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HEMIDEMISEMTQUAVER
PRONUNCIATION: (hem-ee-dem-ee-SEM-ee-kway-vuhr)
MEANING: noun: A sixty-fourth note.
NOTES: It’s a long word about the shortest note in music. For another example of prefixes gone wild, see preantepenultimate (fourth from the last).
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hemi- (half) + French demi- (half) + Latin semi- (half) + quaver (an eighth note), from Middle English quaveren (to shake or tremble). Earliest documented use: 1853.
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HE.MADE.MI.SEMI.QUAVER - what the Concorde pilot did when he flew over my big truck at supersonic speed
HEMI.DEMISE.MIQU-OVER - 1. half dead because of a bad job of dubbing
2.half-dead because of a bad transformation
HEMI.DEMI.SEMI.QUAKER - my great-grandfather came from Lancaster, PA
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SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (soo-puhr-ka-li-fra-juh-lis-tik-eks-pi-ah-li-DO-shuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Extraordinarily wonderful.
ETYMOLOGY: A fanciful formation. Earliest documented use is from 1949, though this word was popularized by the 1964 film Mary Poppins.
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SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOLUS - whut HE said, only a little one
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC.EXPAL.IDOCIOUS - used to be my best friend
SUPERCALE.FRAGILIST.ICEXPIALIDOCIOUS - extremely fine, luxurious sheets
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BRAHMIN
PRONUNCIATION: (BRAH-min)
MEANING: noun: A member of the upper class, having wealth, social status, and political power.
ETYMOLOGY: From Sanskrit brahmin, a member of the priestly class, the highest of the four classes, from Brahma, the creator of the universe in Hinduism. Earliest documented use: 1481.
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CRAHMIN - what you'll find Harvard students doing if they've left all their course work undone until the day before the final exam
BROHMIN - third lightest halogen, Atomic No. 35
BRAHMSIN - an orgy of listening to a loop of the Academic Festival Overture
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(married Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra, too, she did)
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AVATAR
PRONUNCIATION: (AV-uh-tahr)
MEANING: noun:
1. An embodiment of a concept.
2. A representation of a person or thing in computers, networks, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Sanskrit avatar (descent, as of a god from heaven to the earth), from ava- (away) + tarati (he crosses). Ultimately from the Indo-European root terÉ™- (to cross over or pass through, to overcome), which also gave us through, thorough, transient, nostril, and thrill. Earliest documented use: 1784.
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AMATAR - a doctor who sails for the pure love of it
AVIATAR - a Navy pilot who flies from aircraft carriers
JAVATAR - the gunk left in the bottom of your coffepot after it all boils out
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PUNDIT (or PANDIT)
PRONUNCIATION: (PUN-dit)
MEANING: noun:
1. A learned person.
2. A person who offers commentary or judgments as an expert on a certain topic.
ETYMOLOGY: From Hindi pandit, from Sanskrit pandita (learned). Earliest documented use: 1661.
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Since we have two variants -
PUNPIT - the seed of the next bit of clever wordplay
SPUNDIT - what Meadowlark Lemon did to the basketball
PANDIST - a devotée of Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling and that ilk
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SPUNDIT - what Meadowlark Lemon did to the basketball
I think you once got on me for two letter changes, no????
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Sundit- sun dog millionaire
Pandit- cast iron cookery
Nundit- Mother Theresa like patience
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SPUNDIT - what Meadowlark Lemon did to the basketball
I think you once got on me for two letter changes, no????
Yes, but the Word for the Day is " pundit (or pandit) ". Two choices. I used both! ;-)
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SPUNDIT - what Meadowlark Lemon did to the basketball
I think you once got on me for two letter changes, no????
Yes, but the Word for the Day is " pundit (or pandit) ". Two choices. I used both! ;-) ANd last week you said if there were more than one choice, leave one for others?
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C'mon now, there were four others after I offered mine, including both choices.
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