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HOTSY-TOTSY (also HOTSIE-TOTSIE)
PRONUNCIATION: (HOT-see TOT-see)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Just right; perfect.
2. Haughty; pretentious.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the cartoonist Billy DeBeck (1892-1942), famed for his comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. Earliest documented use: early 1920s. Another of his coinages that has found a place in English language dictionaries is heebie-jeebies.
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HOOTSY-TOOTSY - traffic-jam of Bumper-Cars
BOTSY-TOTSY - Artificial Intelligence being playful
HOTSY-ROTSY - college Officers-in-Training in full dress uniform
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FRUMIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (FROO-mi-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Very angry.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Lewis Carroll as a blend of fuming and furious in the poem Jabberwocky in the book Through the Looking-Glass. Earliest documented use: 1871.
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FRUMP IOUs - dowdy old-fashioned statements of indebtedness
ARUMIOUS - like a lily, with a pungent odor
FORUMIOUS - tending to form large committees
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BOONDOGGLE
PRONUNCIATION: (BOON-dog-uhl)
MEANING: noun: 1. A pointless project funded as a political favor.
2. A holiday trip to an exotic location, disguised as a business trip.
3. Braided cord, made of plastic strips, fabric, etc.
verb intr.: 1. To do useless or trivial work.
2. To go on a business trip in which the real purpose is relaxation or fun.
3. To braid plastic strips, fabric, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by scoutmaster Robert H. Link. Earliest documented use: 1929.
NOTES: The original boondoggle was a braided cord made by Boy Scouts. In 1935, a New York Times article quoted someone criticizing a New Deal program to train jobless to make handicrafts as a boondoggle. Since then this sense of the word has become more common.
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[noun (sense 3) is also known as "gimp," at least in parts of New England]
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BOOND-OGLE - a leer from 007 Agent Jaames
BOONTOGGLE - the wish-granting switch
BOON-FOGGLE - a miasm on the far-flung marshes
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CEILIDH
PRONUNCIATION: (KAY-lee)
MEANING: noun: A social gathering, typically involving folk music, dancing, and storytelling.
ETYMOLOGY: From Scottish Gaelic ceilidh and Irish célidhe (visit), from Old Irish céile (companion). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kei- (to lie, bed, dear), which also gave us city, cemetery, Sanskrit shiva, and incunabulum. Earliest documented use: 1875.
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CEIPIDH - peeling potatoes, washing dishes, etc, in the Army (pronunciation: KAY-pee)
CEILISH - like a large salt-water mammal (pron. SEAL-ish)
CEILIDE -
1. a piece of plaster falling from the top of the room (pron: SEEL-ide)
2. the tide was much higher than I expected (pron: SEA-lied)
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SOPHROSYNE
PRONUNCIATION: (suh-FROZ-uh-nee)
MEANING: noun: Soundness of mind, as expressed in moderation, self-control, and prudence.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek sophrosyne, from sophron (of sound mind, prudent). Earliest documented use: 1889
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SOPHROSYNC - getting the timing right with the moderation, self-control, and prudence
SOPHOSYNE - second-year student, nostalgiacally speaking
SOPOROSYNE - a yawn
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SEGUE
PRONUNCIATION: (SEG-way, SAY-gway)
MEANING: verb intr.: To make a smooth transition from one section or topic to another, in conversation, music, film. etc.
noun: A smooth transition from one section or topic to another.
ETYMOLOGY: From segue (there follows), third-person singular present of seguire (to follow), from Latin sequi (to follow). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sekw- (to follow), which also gave us sect, sequel, sue, suit, suite, execute, and society. Earliest documented use: 1740.
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SEAGUE - when you get an ache and fever on the cruise to Bermuda
SENGUE - expression of gratefulness; the common response is "Yer welcome!"
SEQUE - 1. search for (pron. SĒK)
2. ham radio operator's call signal, meaning "Is anybody lisening? Please respond" (pron. SEE-KEW}
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HORS D'OEUVRE
PRONUNCIATION: (ohr DERV)
MEANING: noun: An extra little dish outside of and smaller than the main course, usually served first.
ETYMOLOGY: From French hors (outside of), oeuvre (job or work). Earliest documented use: 1715.
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HORSE OEUVRE - pulling a plow
HORS D'OUVRE - going around rather than opening; circumventing
SHOR'S D'OEUVRE - famed NYC restaurant, frequented by celebrities
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HALFPENNYPRONUNCIATION: (HAY-puh-nee, HAP-nee) plural halfpence (HAY-puhns) MEANING: noun: 1. A British coin representing half a penny. 2. A sum of half a penny. adjective: 1. Worth half a penny. 2. Worth very little. ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English halfpeny, from Old English h(e)alf + penig, penning. Earliest documented use: 1330. _________________________________ ALF P. ENNY - Alfred P Doolittle's step-brother HALF-PEONY - a haploid flower of the genus PaeoniaHALPEN, NY - a family with roots in Keuka Falls (in the Finger-Lakes region of upstate New York)
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MONOPHOBIA
PRONUNCIATION: (mon-uh-FOH-bee-uh)
MEANING: noun: A fear of being alone.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek mono- (one) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1880.
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MINOPHOBIA - fear of Cretan kings who sacrifice teenagers to monsters in labyrinths
MONOPHIBIA - having only one bone in the lower legs
ONOPHOBIA - fear of hearing bad news
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SITOMANIA
PRONUNCIATION: (sy-tuh-MAY-nee-uh)
MEANING: noun: An abnormal craving for food.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek sito- (grain, food) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1882. The opposite is sitophobia.
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SINEMANIA - abnormal fixation on movies
SINOMANIA - an abnormal fixation of things Chinese
SITHOMANIA - an abnormal fixation on Star Wars villains
PSITOMANIA - 1. an abnormal fixation on parrots; 2. an abnormal fixation on ESP
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