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Just as long as he doesn't charge us 10/6 for that...
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SAPROGENIC
PRONUNCIATION: (sap-ro-JEN-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Causing or produced by decay.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek sapro- (rotten) + -genic (producing). Earliest documented use: 1876.
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SAPOROGENIC - giving rise to a Japanese Winter Olympics site
SAPROENIC - causing wine to turn to vinegar
'SPROGENIC - 's not antigenic (so it doesn't stimulate allergies)
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'sprogenic- in support of aphaeresis
(even though I had an adverse stem cell reaction)
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Just as long as he doesn't charge us 10/6 for that...
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ECTOGENOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (ek-TOJ-uh-nuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Able to survive outside a host (as some bacteria and other parasites do).
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek ecto- (outside) + -genous (producing). Earliest documented use: 1883.
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ECTOGENROUS - sharing one's wealth with the outside environment (see also ECOGENROUS)
ECTOGELOUS - with an external coating of Jell-O
PECTOGENOUS - for enlarging the female bust
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CARCINOGENIC
PRONUNCIATION: (kahr-si-nuh-JEN-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Capable of causing cancer.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek carcino- (cancer) + -genic (producing). Earliest documented use: 1916.
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CALCINOGENIC- producing calcium deposits
CHARCINOGENIC - why you shouldn't eat VERY-very-well-done beef
CARCINOGENIE - See, this crab found an old lamp on the beach, and rubbed it, and...
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HOBBESIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (HOB-zee-uhn)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Of or relating to Thomas Hobbes or his ideas.
2. Grim, selfish, unrestrained, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: After English philosopher and author Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), who in his book Leviathan displayed a grim, dog-eat-dog view of human nature. Earliest documented use: 1776.
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HOBBESICAN - Calvin's declaration of quiet confidence
HOBOESIAN - like a vagrant
HOBBLESIAN - limping
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MARIVAUDAGE
PRONUNCIATION: (mar-uh-VO-dazh)
MEANING: noun
1. Affected writing style.
2. Banter, especially of flirtatious nature.
ETYMOLOGY: After the French novelist Pierre de Marivaux (1688-1763), known for the verbal preciousness of his romantic comedies. Earliest documented use: 1765.
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MARIV ADAGE - a pithy saying about evening in Jerusalem
MARDI VAUDAGE - Tuesday's nonsense
MARI VEAUDAGE - my husband can't talk about anything but veal
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MARINISM
PRONUNCIATION: (muh-REE-ni-zuhm)
MEANING: noun: A literary style marked by extravagant imagery, elaborate metaphors, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: After the Italian poet Giovanni Battista Marino (1569-1625). Earliest documented use: 1867.
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DARINISM - making everything you sing sound like "Mack the Knife"
MARTINISM - seven parts gin to one part vermouth, plus an olive, in a small glass, please
MARIANISM - 1. insisting on having a certified librarian;
2. hasn't been a really good contralto since Ms. Anderson
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CERVANTIC
PRONUNCIATION: (suhr-VAN-tik)
MEANING: adjective: Of or relating to Miguel de Cervantes, especially his satirizing of the chivalric romances.
ETYMOLOGY: After the Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), best known for Don Quixote. Earliest documented use: 1760. Many of Cervantes’s characters have also become eponyms.
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SERVANTIC - below-stairs shenannigans
CURVANTIC - what a good pitcher can make a baseball do
FERVANTIC - Portmanteau word, combining fervent and frantic
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