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COULROPHOBIA
PRONUNCIATION: (kool-ruh-FOH-bee-uh)
MEANING: noun: The fear of clowns.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kolobatheron (stilt) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1980s.
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COWLROPHOBIA - fear of a lineup of cloaks
COUGROPHOBIA - fear of predatory older women
COULDOPHOBIA - fear of second-guessing after the fact
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BOODLER
PRONUNCIATION: (BOOD-luhr)
MEANING: noun: Someone involved in bribery or corruption.
ETYMOLOGY: From Dutch boedel (property). Earliest documented use: 1872.
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NOODLER - one who fiddles around idly exploring ideas, using your noodle
BOZODLER - a scary bumbling clown (see COLROPHOBIA)
BOODEER - what you yell when your car hurtles toward at an ungulate in the night
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AMBISINISTROUSPRONUNCIATION: (am-bi-SIN-uh-struhs) MEANING: adjective: Clumsy with both hands. ETYMOLOGY: Modeled after ambidextrous (able to use both hands with equal ease), from Latin ambi- (both) + sinister (left). Earliest documented use: 1863. NOTES: An ambisinistrous person has two left hands, etymologically speaking. You’d think it would be rare for such an uncommon word to have a perfect synonym, but there is one: ambilevous, from Latin laevus (left). A similar express is “to have two left feet” (to be clumsy, especially while dancing). ___________________________________ AMBIVINISTROUS - not sure whether red or white wine is preferred AMBIFINISTROUS - like Schrödinger's cat: unclear whether dead or alive AMBUSINISTROUS - using the breathing bag with the left hand
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DEFENESTRATION
PRONUNCIATION: (dee-fen-uh-STRAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: Throwing someone or something out of a window.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin de- (out of) + fenestra (window). Earliest documented use: 1620.
NOTES: There have been many defenestrations over the course of history, but the most famous, and the one that inspired the word defenestration, was the Defenestration of Prague on May 23, 1618. Two imperial regents and their secretary were thrown out of a window of the Prague Castle in a fight over religion. The men landed on a dung heap and survived. The Defenestration of Prague was a prelude to the Thirty Years’ War. The word is also used in a metaphorical sense to remove someone from an office. Check out the defenestration of various articles of furniture in this unique San Francisco sculpture.
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DREFENESTRATION - throw the rapper out the window
DEAFENESTRATION - 1. hardest-of-hearing; 2. loopholes in the Drug Enforcement Agency's policies
DEFEWESTRATION - the least possible amount of food
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Defenestriation- to play fair
Depenestration- 1. To deepen your concentration
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Most recently, in 1948 Jan Masaryk of Poland was pushed or jumped or fell out a window to his death under poorly recorded circumstances, subsequently the subject of much speculation. See here for a short history of the three events. What's so special about Prague in this regard I don't really know.
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There are other biblical ones: Rahab let the spies out the window
in Judges, i.e.
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Braveheart...maybe it's because stone walls with holes were easy to toss people out of? Less paperwork.
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Braveheart...maybe it's because stone walls with holes were easy to toss people out of? Less paperwork. [video:youtube] https://youtu.be/r0Spl1cOf-o[/video] I just realized it may appear that I have a political agenda. I don't. Personally, I've built a significant wall of my own. Deconstructing it isn't any easier than reading Wallace. Henry was blind, but could he see? ("Are you kidding? That guy was a mystery, wrapped in an enigma and crudely stapled to a ticking &@$&@ time bomb. He was either going to hit somebody or start a blog. To tell you the truth I'm kind of glad he hit you.") a little insight, a mystery, some initiation...blog it is. Best wishes, be seeing you around. 😉
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PULCHRITUDE
PRONUNCIATION: (PUL-kri-tood, -tyood)
MEANING: noun: Beauty.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pulchritudo, from pulcher (beautiful). Earliest documented use: 1460.
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PUNCHRITUDE - belligerence
PURCHITUDE - the Christmas spirit of buying presents (see "The Fourth Rule" above)
BULCHRITUDE - morbid obesity
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Pulchridude- an intellectual nihilist
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Regustation - a verbose decluttering of the esophagus
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DEGUSTATION
PRONUNCIATION: (dee-guh-STAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: Tasting samples of a variety of similar foods or drinks.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin degustare (to taste), from de- (completely) + gustare (to taste). Ultimately from the Indo-European root geus- (to taste or choose), which also gave us choice, choose, gusto, ragout, and disgust. Earliest documented use: 1651.
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DEBUSTATION - the Greyhound terminal
DEGASTATION - where you fill up the tank
DEGESTATION - For unto us a child is born (Messiah season begins next weekend!)
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Bulolic- getting a kick out of most things you do
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 __________________ BUCOLICPRONUNCIATION: (byoo-KOL-ik) MEANING: adjective: 1. Pastoral; rustic. 2. Of or relating to a herdsman or a shepherd. noun: 1. A pastoral poem. 2. A farmer; shepherd. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek boukolos (herdsman), from bous (ox). Earliest documented use: 1609. Other words derived from the same animal are bovine, boustrophedon, and hecatomb. ______________________________ BUC-HOLIC - I'm addicted to the Pirates BUCOMIC - funny act at Boston University BLUCOLIC - my DVD player is jammed
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PUISSANT
PRONUNCIATION: (PWIS-uhnt, PYOO-uh-suhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Potent.
ETYMOLOGY: Via French from Latin posse (to be able). Ultimately from the Indo-European root poti- (powerful, lord), which also gave us power, potent, possess, posse, possible, and Turkish pasha (via Persian). Earliest documented use: 1435.
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PUSSANT - my mother's sister, who lives in a city in the southeast corner of Korea
PUISSAT - a "can-do" Volkswagen sedan
PTUISSANT - well-versed in the art of spitting
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Alas, couldn't figure out anything clever for QUISSANT
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[video:youtube] https://youtu.be/Uk5_mHsJGj8[/video] Poissant- 1. K2 distribution 2. Food truck found in a Narwhal pod in Portland, Oregon
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Crepeuscular- the definition of ones abdominal wall.
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CREPUSCULAR
PRONUNCIATION: (kri-PUHS-kyuh-luhr)
MEANING: adjective
1. Relating to or resembling twilight: dim.
2. Active or occurring in twilight, as certain animals.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin crepusculum (twilight), from creper (dusky, obscure). Earliest documented use: 1668.
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CREMUSCULAR - the oarsmen are big and strong
CREPUSTULAR - but they have bad skin
CREPUSCALAR - the pancakes have a certain size but no direction
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Gnarl- Shere Khan's son in the thriller Dead Meat
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GNAR or GNARR
PRONUNCIATION: (nar)
MEANING: verb intr.: To snarl or growl.
ETYMOLOGY: Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1496.
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GMAR - a Biblical city known for its abbreviated sinful ways; near SOD
GUNAR - a Norse sharpshooter
IGNAR - what a Pirate does to you when he thinks you're too insignificant to merit attention
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...all I see is a broken icon 
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...all I see is a broken icon Directionless pancakes? The image I had was a stack of crepes, like a "six pack"...so I guess stratification fits better than the directionless universe, perhaps, you are alluding to. I did listen to Radiohead after your query. As for the broken image link, it was more in line with loess and insignificant, Calvin and Hobbes style.
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yackle- being at a loss for words 
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CACKLE
PRONUNCIATION: (KAK-uhl)
MEANING:
verb intr.:
1. To make the sharp broken noise such as a hen does after laying an egg.
2. To laugh in a shrill manner.
3. To chatter.
noun:
1. The sharp broken noise of a hen after laying an egg.
2. Shrill laughter.
3. Chatter.
ETYMOLOGY From Middle English cakelen (to cackle), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1225.
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CPACKLE - your accountant just won an argument with the IRS
BACKLE - what you see on the ribbon of your Pilgrim hat after you turn it around
PACKLE - past tense of PICKLE
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Sucurrate- the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a lollipop lots of love
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CACAKLE what happens in the loo
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SUSURRATE
PRONUNCIATION: (SOO-suh-rayt)
MEANING: verb intr.: To make a whispering or rustling sound.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin susurrare (to whisper or hum), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1623.
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SUDS-U-RRATE - 1. How's the detergent? 2. How's the beer?
SU-SUR-RITE - a triple-positive
SUS-UR-LATE - Kindly arrive promptly next time
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Blobber- 1. one of ten types of people 2. A drunk blogger
An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The bartender says, ‘You’re all idiots’, and pours two beers.”
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An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The bartender says, ‘You’re all idiots’, and pours two beers.”
...and when one more comes in, the bartender says "Sorry, that's your limit!"
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BLUBBER
PRONUNCIATION: (BLUHB-uhr)
MEANING: verb tr.: To weep noisily.
verb intr.: To speak incoherently while weeping.
adjective: Swollen; puffed out.
noun: 1. The layer of fat in whales and other marine mammals. 2. Excess body fat.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English bluberen (to bubble), from bluber (bubble, foam), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: c. 1400.
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BLUBEER - a special patriotic brew for the Fourth of July
BLURBER - an app for writing short book reviews
BLUMBER - not quite as high-quality wood as a-lumber
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SLUBBER what I do when eating watermelon
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Chinter- to resemble a comment mannequin challenge
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An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The bartender says, ‘You’re all idiots’, and pours two beers.”
...and when one more comes in, the bartender says "Sorry, that's your limit!"
Lol 🙃I'm one of those that get it but don't get it, a dizzy blogger
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CHUNTER
PRONUNCIATION: (CHUHN-tuhr)
MEANING: verb intr.: To mutter, grumble, or chatter.
ETYMOLOGY: Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1599.
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CHUNTEA - a hot beverage steeped from the bark of the Chun tree
ICHUNTER - I'm below German
COHUNTER - Gale, to Katniss
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SUCCULENT
PRONUNCIATION: SUHK-yuh-luhnt)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Juicy.
2. Having thick fleshy leaves or stems for storing water, as a cactus.
3. Interesting or enjoyable.
noun: A succulent plant.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin succus (juice). Earliest documented use: 1601.
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BUCCULENT - cheeky
SUCCULINT - characterizing an effective vacuum cleaner
STUCCULENT - bogged-down
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CUCCULENT- - as in a clock
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Lucculent- borrowed karma
Mucculent- fertilizer for fields
Nucculent- Uncle Noam! Loves synonym rolls like grammar makes
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