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BAMBOOZLEPRONUNCIATION: (bam-BOO-zuhl) MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To deceive. 2. To confuse. ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1703. _________________________ BARBOOZLE - redundant term for a tipple BAMBOODLE - the proceeds of a mugging RAMBOOZLE - Sly Stallone is just putting you on 
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FLAPDOODLE
PRONUNCIATION: (FLAP-doo-duhl)
MEANING: noun: Nonsense.
ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1834.
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FLAYDOODLE - an idle drawing used to strike people across the shoulders and neck
FLAPOODLE - a Miami dog
FLAPNOODLE - waving linguini
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FIDDLESTICK
PRONUNCIATION: (FI-duhl-stik)
MEANING: noun: 1. The bow with which the fiddle is played.
2. Something insignificant.
interj.: Nonsense. (typically used as a plural)
ETYMOLOGY: From fiddle, from Old English fithele + stick, from Old English sticca. Earliest documented use: 1400s.
NOTES: The use of the word to refer to something of little value may be related to the fact that the verb fiddle has a contemptuous meaning: to fiddle is to do something frivolous, to do something aimlessly. How did the bow of a violin end up being a synonym for nonsense? No one knows, but any comedian would tell you that words ending in a K sound are funny. And when you have a word starting with F and ending in K, well, it would be a crime not to employ it as an interjection
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FIDDLETICK - something is rattling in my Stradivarius
FIDDLESTINK - my violin smells awful
RIDDLESTICK - a scytale
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UPBEAT
PRONUNCIATION: (UHP-beet)
MEANING: noun: An unaccented beat before the first beat of a measure.
adjective: Cheerful; optimistic.
ETYMOLOGY: From up + Old English beatan (beat). Earliest documented use: 1869.
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PUPBEAT - animal cruelty
UMPBEAT - what you want to do when he blows a call
PbEAT - cause of lead poisoning
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ORCHESTRATE
PRONUNCIATION: (OR-kuhs-strayt)
MEANING: verb tr.:
1. To compose or arrange music for performance by an orchestra.
2. To arrange elements of a situation to achieve a desired result.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin orchestra, from Greek orkhestra, from orkheisthai (to dance). Earliest documented use: 1858.
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OR CHESTER ATE - d'ya think maybe Chester skipped dinner?
ORCHESTRAFE - The airplanes are attacking Symphony Hall
PORCHES RATE - a nice veranda will enhance the curb appeal of your house
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CONCERT PITCH
PRONUNCIATION: (KAHN-suhrt pich)
MEANING: noun:
1. A tuning standard for musical instruments in which the note A above middle C is assigned a frequency of 440 cycles per second (audio).
2. A state of being tensely alert or ready.
ETYMOLOGY: From concert, from French concerter, from Italian concertare (harmonize) + pitch, probably from Old English pic. Earliest documented use: 1735.
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CONVERT PITCH - proseytizing spiel
CONCERT MITCH - Mr Miller, the oboist, will present concerti by Albinoni, Bach, Cimarosa, and Handel
CONCERT PITAH - pocket breads will be available at intermission
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TROMBENIK or TROMBENICK
PRONUNCIATION: (TROM-buh-nik)
MEANING:
noun: A lazy or a boastful person.
MEANING: noun: A lazy or a boastful person.
ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish tromba (trumpet, horn) + -nik (suffix denoting a person associated with a particular quality, group, etc., e.g. nudnik). The English equivalent is a person tooting one’s own horn. Earliest documented use: 1931.
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TROMBON-ICK - I get nauseated just listening to horn music
TROMBENICE - brass player from the south of France
ROMBENIK - a square who sees things from a different angle
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ACTUATE
PRONUNCIATION: (AK-choo-ayt)
MEANING: verb tr.: To put into motion or action; to activate; to motivate.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin actuare (to actualize), from actus (act), past participle of agere (to drive or do). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw, or move), which also gave us act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue, ambassador, agonistes, ambage, axiomatic, cogent, incogitant, exigent, exiguous, and intransigent. Earliest documented use: 1594.
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ACLU ATE - dinner with the American Civil Liberties Union
ACQUATE - get to know somebody when you have a stuffed nose
ACTLATE - pretend you didn't arrive on time
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PARLEY
PRONUNCIATION: (PAR-lee)
MEANING: verb intr.: To have a discussion, especially with an opposing party.
noun: A discussion, especially between opposing groups.
ETYMOLOGY: Apparently from French parler (to talk), from Latin parabolare (to speak or talk), from parabola (speech). Earliest documented use: 1490.
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PPARLEY - to discuss softly
PARLET - a capable but young golfer
PORLEY - not very well
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DECLAIM
PRONUNCIATION: (di/dee-KLAYM)
MEANING: verb intr.: 1. To speak rhetorically.
2. To speak in a pompous manner.
verb tr.: 1. To recite with eloquence.
2. To state with passion.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin declamare, from de- (intensive prefix) + clamare (to shout). Earliest documented use: 1374.
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E-CLAIM - file for benefits (insurance, Social Security, etc) via computer
DECLAM - remove bivalve molluscs
DEFLAIM - extinguish
DELAIM - successful outcome at Lourdes
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