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SWAMI
PRONUNCIATION: (SWAM-ee)
MEANING: noun:
1. A religious teacher, mystic, or yogi.
2. A learned man: pundit.
ETYMOLOGY: From Hindi swami (master), from Sanskrit swami (master, lord). Ultimately from the Indo-European root s(w)e- (third person reflexive pronoun), which also gave us self, sibling, suicide, secret, sober, sullen, idiot, and Irish Sinn Fein (literally, We Ourselves). Earliest documented use: 1773.
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SWANI - river in Florida
'OWAMI - phrase preceding the answer "Pretty well, thanks!"
SHAMI - Irish detectives (pl. of SHAMUS)
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KARMAPRONUNCIATION: (KAHR-ma) MEANING: noun: 1. A person’s action (bad or good) that determines his or her destiny, in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. 2. Destiny; fate. 3. An aura or atmosphere generated by someone or something. ETYMOLOGY: From Sanskrit karma (deed, work). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kwer- (to make), which also gave us tera- (trillion), Farsi lashkar (army), and the word Sanskrit (literally, well-formed). Earliest documented use: 1827. NOTES: In Hinduism, after death a person is reborn to pay for bad actions or to enjoy the rewards of good actions in the previous life. The goal of life is to become free from the cycle of birth and death: nirvana (blowing out, extinguishing). _____________________________________ WARMA - Boston weather in the Spring KATMA - diminutive name for the capital of Nepal KABMA - what you ask your mother to call you when you need a taxi 
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COCK-UP, COCK UP, COCKUP
PRONUNCIATION: (KOK-up)
MEANING: noun: 1. complete mess; a blunder.
2. An upward turn.
verb tr.: 1. To botch.
2. To turn upward or curl.
ETYMOLOGY: From English cock (to turn up or to one side), from cock (rooster). The first sense of the word is a construction parallel to “screw-up” probably influenced by the slang sense of the word cock. Earliest documented use: 1693.
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CORKUP - what you do to the wine bottle when you want to save what's left
COCOUP - two people together overthrow the government
COCKUPU - the offspring of a cocker-spaniel and a pudle
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CRAPULOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (KRAP-yuh-luhs)
MEANING: adjective: Sick from excessive drinking or eating.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin crapula (drunkenness), from Greek kraipale (hangover, drunkenness). Earliest documented use: 1540. Also crapulent.
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CRAMPULOUS - I ate a great big lunch and then I went swimming right away
CAPULOUS - pertaining to Juliet's extended family
CRAPULOTUS - meditative position assumed after over-indulging
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Crappulous- OK fish chowder
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PRICKET
PRONUNCIATION: (PRIK-it)
MEANING: noun: 1. A sharp point or spike for holding a candle.
2. A male deer in its second year, before the antlers have branched.
ETYMOLOGY: Diminutive of prick/prik, from Old English prica (point). Earliest documented use: 1331.
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APRICKET - a yellow-orange fruit with fuzzy skin and but a single stone
PARICKET - a yellow-orange small bird, commonly domesticated
PICKET - choose a sci-fi film about a (sort of) yellow-orange alien who gets marooned and has to phone home
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FARD
PRONUNCIATION: (fahrd)
MEANING: noun: Makeup
verb tr.: 1. To apply makeup.
2. To embellish or gloss over.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French fard (makeup), from farden (to apply makeup), of Germanic origin. Earliest documented use: 1450.
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FIARD - mountainous port in northeast Norway
FAWRD - opposite of "aft," on a boat in the fiard
FĀLD - flunked the spelling test
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CUNCTATION
PRONUNCIATION: (kungk-TAY-shunn)
MEANING: noun: Delay; procrastination; tardiness.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cunctari (to hesitate, delay). Earliest documented use: 1585.
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CUNCTARION - one who sees things in their entirety
UNCTATION - the application of a nard
PUNCTATION - periods and colons an' such, without regard for spellng
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Junctation- the process of heavily padding an inheritance
Functation- creating a fun situation
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