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BORK
PRONUNCIATION: (bork)
MEANING: verb tr.: To systematically attack a nominee or candidate for public office.
ETYMOLOGY: After Robert Bork (1927-2012), whose nomination for the US Supreme Court was rejected in 1987 after extensive publicity by various groups exposed his extreme views (such as, his support for a poll tax). Earliest documented use: 1987.
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BOURK - To systematically attack a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court of the UK.
BORUK - rough transliteration of a Middle Eastern word meaning "blessed"
BORA - half of a Polynesian island, found in the lee
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JOHN HANCOCK
PRONUNCIATION: (jon HAN-kok)
MEANING: noun: A person’s signature.
ETYMOLOGY: After John Hancock (1737-1793), American politician and revolutionary leader. He was president of the Continental Congress (1775-1777) and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. His large flamboyant signature on the document made his name synonymous with one’s signature. Earliest documented use: 1834.
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JOIN HANCOCK - Hancock is looking for members for his team
JOHN HANCORK - the enterpreneur who first perfected wine storage
JOHN HANCLOCK - the signature 12-o'clock chimes of Big Ben
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BENEDICT ARNOLD
PRONUNCIATION: (BEN-i-dikt AR-nuhld)
MEANING: noun: A traitor.
ETYMOLOGY: After Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), American general in the Revolutionary War, who in 1780 planned to surrender West Point to the British for £20,000. Earliest documented use: 1806.
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BENEDICT ARE OLD - but good for making thousand-year-egg soup
BENE DICTA ARNOLD - the Governor said good things about the California Latin Society
BON EDICT ARNOLD - and that was a good Executive Order, too, Guv
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Benelict Arnold - tongue lashing for prosperity
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MCCARTHYISM
PRONUNCIATION: (muh-KAHR-thee-iz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: The practice of making unfounded accusations against someone.
ETYMOLOGY: After US senator Joseph McCarthy (1909-1957) known for making unsubstantiated claims accusing people of being Communists, spies, or disloyal. Earliest documented use: in 1950 in a cartoon by Herbert Block.
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MCEARTHYISM - accusing others of having lusty uninhibited urges
MECCARTHYISM - accusing others of Islamic preferences
MOCCARTHYISM - 1) accusing others of wearing soft leather shoes;
2) making fun of others in your accusations
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GERRYMANDER
PRONUNCIATIO: (JER-i-MAN-duhr)
MEANING: verb tr: To repartition an area in order to create electoral districts that give an unfair advantage to a political party.
noun: An instance of gerrymandering.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of Elbridge Gerry and salamander. Massachusetts Governor Gerry’s party rearranged the electoral district boundaries and someone fancied the newly redistricted Essex County resembled a salamander. A cartoon showing the district in the shape of a salamander appeared in March 1812 issue of the Federalist newspaper. Earliest documented use: 1812.
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GERRYWANDER - Gerry walks aimlessly (see also GERRYMEANDER)
GERRYWANDER - Gerry's mind is drifting
GERRYWANDER - Gerry is a magician
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Gerrypandering- bipartisan ice cream
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KIBOSH
PRONUNCIATION: (KY-bosh, ky-BOSH)
MEANING: noun: Check; stop (used in the phrase “to put the kibosh on”).
ETYMOLOGY: Origin unknown. Various origins (Yiddish, Hebrew, and Irish) have been proposed, but supporting evidence is lacking in each case. Earliest documented use: 1836.
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SKIBOSH - a four-day downpour at Vail
RIBOSH - a ribosome with a sulfhydryl group
KIBISH - the language of Kibia
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COPACETIC or COPASETIC
PRONUNCIATION: (ko-puh-SE-tik)
MEANING: m adjective: Excellent; satisfactory; OK.
ETYMOLOGY: Of obscure origin. Competing theories attribute its origin to Black English, Louisiana French, Italian, Yiddish, and Hebrew, but evidence is lacking. Earliest documented use: 1919.
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CAPACETIC - able to contain only a defined amount
COPARETIC - developing advanced syphilis at the same time
MOPACETIC - swab the floor with vinegar
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trambunctious- a tram off the rails, tired of being moved by an unmoved mover
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RAMBUNCTIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (ram-BUNGK-shus)
MEANING: adjective: Uncontrollably boisterous.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of its synonym rumbustious. Earliest documented use: 1830.
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RAMBUNCTIONS - repeated acts of anointing with Oil of Sylvester Stallone
RIMBUNCTIOUS - the shenanigans accompanying a particularly spectacular slam-dunk
RUMBUNCTIOUS - describing the hi-jinx attributable to copious amounts of grog
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trambunctious- a tram off the rails, tired of being moved by an unmoved mover The universe is indeed strange. I just rode a tram with Michio Kaku!! Embarrassingly, I have proof.
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CODSWALLOP
PRONUNCIATION: (KODZ-wol-uhp)
MEANING: noun: Nonsense.
ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. According to a popular story, a fellow named Hiram Codd came up with the design of a soft-drink bottle with a marble in its neck to keep the fizz. Wallop was slang for beer and those who preferred alcoholic drinks dismissively referred to the soft-drink as Codd’s Wallop. This story is unproven. Earliest documented use: 1959.
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CODSCALLOP - two inhabitants of the North Atlantic
COD-SWALLOW - try to impress your friends when you're drunk and out of goldfish
RODSWALLOP - what you spare a child so as not to spoil it
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Lollytag- OZ guild wars tag. Ex. IggS, "I'm gonna git you sucka" gang
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LOLLYGAG
PRONUNCIATION: (LOL-ee-gag)
MEANING: verb intr.: To fool around, waste time, or spend time lazily.
ETYMOLOGY: Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1880.
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POLLYGAG - Well, shut my mouth...all of them!
LOLLYGARG - offer a candy-on-a-stick to a Wordsmith
OLLYGAG - so Kukla and Fran can get a word in edgewise
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OFFING
PRONUNCIATION: (AW-fing, AWF-ing)
MEANING: noun: Near future (used in the phrase “in the offing”).
ETYMOLOGY: In nautical use, offing is the part of sea visible from the shore, but beyond anchoring ground. From off (away), from of. Earliest documented use: 1600.
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BFFING - expressing affection and loyalty (albeit with some hyperbole)
FFFING - conveying extreme loudness
UFFING - thinking like a beamish boy watching for a Jabberwock
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Coffing- distinctive style of coughing caught while yachting off the coast of Nantucket
Loffing- thin chortle made with clenched teeth and extended pinky
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JURY-RIG
PRONUNCIATION: (JOOR-ee rig)
MEANING: verb tr.: To assemble or fix temporarily using whatever is at hand.
ETYMOLOGY: On a sailing ship, a jury-mast is a temporary mast, rigged when the original is damaged or lost. From jury (makeshift or temporary), perhaps from Old French ajurie (help). Earliest documented use: 1840.
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JULY-RIG - stand and mounting brackets used to launch a fireworks display
JUDY RIG - Outfit for one of the puppets in a Punch-and-Judy show
JURY-WIG - a special toupée used only in a formal British jury trial (see also JURY-RUG, worn at not-quite-as-formal settings)
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SLUSH FUND
PRONUNCIATION: (sluhsh fuhnd)
MEANING: noun: A fund established for illegal activities, especially in business and politics.
ETYMOLOGY: Originally, a slush fund was money collected to buy small luxuries for a ship’s crew. The fund was raised from the sale of slush (reuse fat) from the ship’s galley. Earliest documented use: 1839.
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FLUSH FUND - I financed my education by playing poker
SHUSH FUND - OK, kid, I'll pay you to just Shut Up
SLUSH FOND - I love sweetened syrup over shaved ice!
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Pilchgut- a receptacle for carrying fluids, i.e. waterskin, bota bag
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PINCHGUT
PRONUNCIATION: (PINCH-guht)
MEANING: noun: A miserly person.
adjective: Miserly.
ETYMOLOGY
Originally, a pinchgut was someone who didn’t give enough food to a ship’s crew. Earliest documented use: 1615.
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FINCHGUT - someone who eats like a bird
PINCHGAT - <#$&@%> thug stole my gun
'PINACHGUT - Popeye and his family
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JETTISON
PRONUNCIATION: (JET-i-suhn, -zuhn)
MEANING: verb tr.: To cast off something regarded as unwanted or burdensome.
noun: The act of discarding something.
ETYMOLOGY: Originally, jettison was the act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship in distress. From Latin jactare (to throw), frequentative of jacere (to throw). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ye- (to throw), which also gave us jet, eject, project, reject, object, subject, adjective, joist, jactitation, subjacent, and jaculate. Earliest documented use: 1426.
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JETBISON - It's Superbison!
JETTISONG - ...and Yoda's voice is as bad as you would expect
JESTISON - It's Comedy Time !!
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Yettison- little yowie transported by cab
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BLUDGE
PRONUNCIATION: (bluhj)
MEANING: verb intr.: To shirk responsibility.
verb tr.: To obtain something through the generosity of others; to scrounge.
noun: An easy task.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from bludger (pimp), from bludgeoner, from bludgeon, of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1919.
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BLUGE - the second downhill-racing sled
BRUDGE - connected the two sides of a gap (past tense of "bridge")
BLUEGE - apply blue coloring to someone's cheeks
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"Politicks- many blood sucking parasites"
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POLITICK
PRONUNCIATION: (POL-i-tik)
MEANING: verb intr.: To engage in (usually partisan) political activity.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from politicking (engaging in partisan political activity), from politic (pragmatic, shrewd), from Old French politique (political), from Latin politicus (political), from Greek politikos (political), from polis (city). Earliest documented use: 1892.
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POLITRICK - a magic show performed in a Beacon Hill salon
POLISICK - my parrot has psittacosis
POLITECK - an engineering school which disdains any knowledge of the humanities
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Yettison- little yowie transported by cab - not "Littlefoot" ?
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Yettison- little yowie transported by cab - not "Littlefoot" ? Nah, my mother used to call me yowie. During a meditation that day that's what I saw. I still don't understand what it means. Littlefoot makes more sense, except littlefoot (in my mind) is a dinosaur from the land before time.
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(Littlefoot being the son of Bigfoot, a.k.a. Yeti)
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ALLOCUTE
PRONUNCIATION: (A-luh-kyoot)
MEANING: verb intr.: To make a formal speech, especially by a defendant after being found guilty and before being sentenced in a court.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from allocution (a formal speech), from Latin allocution, from loqui (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1860.
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ALTOCUTE - the girl with the low voice is a good-looker
ILLOCUTE - to enunciate poorly
ALLOCHUTE - what the relieved French paratrooper said during an uncomplicated jump
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Allomute- tuning out dissimilar chatter, sometimes leading to a failure to communicate
Allolute- raising vibrations to a different level via sound therapy
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ALLOUETE - most of a gentille French bird, whose feathers I am about to pluck...
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ADOLESCE
PRONUNCIATION: (ad-uh-LES)
MEANING: verb intr.: To reach or pass through adolescence (the period between childhood and adulthood).
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from adolescent, from Latin adolescere (to grow up), from alere (to feed). Earliest documented use: 1859.
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ID-OLESCE - to evolve, like a typical teenager, by rotating among various sub-phases: BADOLESCE, FADOLESCE, GADOLESCE, MADOLESCE, 'NADOLESCE, SADOLESCE
AGO-LESCE - having no memory of earlier times
ODOLESCE - reduce the milage recorder on your car
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Dadolesce- not articulated
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DADOLESCE = teenage parenthood
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FORAY
PRONUNCIATION: (FOR-ay)
MEANING:
noun: 1. An initial attempt into a new activity or area; 2. A sudden raid, especially for taking plunder
verb tr.: To pillage
verb intr.:To make one’s way into a new activity or area
ETYMOLOGY: Probably a back-formation from forayer (raider), from Old French forrer (to forage). Earliest documented use: 1400.
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FORPAY - why poeple work
FORRY - expression of regret despite a speech impediment
UFORAY - undefined but powerful weapon deployed by a flying saucer
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Soray- 1. always sorry, inflection on the "ay" 2. Superlinear convergence
Forray- gathering datum in the unified field of consciousness
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