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BIBLIOLATER

PRONUNCIATION: (bib-lee-OL-ay-tuhr)

MEANING: noun:
1. One with extreme devotion to books.
2. One having excessive devotion to the Bible, especially to its literal interpretation.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek biblio- (book) + -latry (worship). Earliest documented use: 1847.
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[Funny; I would have expected it to be spelled with an -OR instead]
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BIBLIOLAFTER - makes fun of the Holy Writ

BIBLIO-EATER - devours books voraciously

BIB-LION-LATER - so Leo can eat his lobster neatly tonight

BIBLI ORATER - 1. declaiming the Book from a soapbox in Trafalgar Square

BIBLIO RATER - 2. "The Revised Standard Version is more tolerant the King James, but less poetic; the Revised English Bible attempts to be more in tune with modern eqalitarian sensibilities..."

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PANDECT

PRONUNCIATION: (PAN-dekt)

MEANING: noun:
1. A complete body of the laws of a country, organization, etc.
2. A comprehensive treatise on a subject.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pandectes (encyclopedia), from Greek pandektes (all-receiving), from pan- (all) + dektes (receiver), from dekhesthai (to receive). Ultimately from Indo-European root dek- (to take, accept), which also gave us dignity, discipline, doctor, decorate, docile, deign, condign, dogmatic, doxy, heterodox, philodox. Earliest documented use: 1531.
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PANDICT - someone who speaks all languages (compare POLYGLOT)

PANDA ECT - shock treatment for depressed pandas

PANDE.CL - the chloride salt of Pande

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ADONIS

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-DAHN-is, uh-DOH-nis)

MEANING: noun: An exceptionally handsome young man.

ETYMOLOGY: After Adonis, a strikingly handsome youth in Greek mythology, loved by Aphrodite and Persephone. Earliest documented use: 1571.

NOTES: Adonis has a verb coined after him as well, adonize (to make more attractive), though he has nothing to do with anodizing.
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ADMONIS - chide or scold someone while drunk

'AD-ONS - wut 'e wuz wearin', colloquially

ADONISM - hypertrophy of the two masses of lymphoid tissue laterally in the back of the mouth

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CROESUS

PRONUNCIATION: (KREE-suhs)

MEANING: noun: A very wealthy person.

ETYMOLOGY: After Croesus (595-546 BCE), last king of Lydia, known for his great wealth. Earliest documented use: 1390.

NOTES: The story goes that Croesus showed his enormous wealth to the visiting wise man Solon and asked him who the happiest man was, fully expecting himself to be named. Solon’s reply, “Consider no one happy until he is dead”, disappointed him. Croesus realized the wisdom of Solon’s words when Cyrus the Great of Persia defeated and captured him.
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CROES-R-US - where we used to get mannikins stuffed with straw to place in the cornfield to scare away the birds

CRIESUS - roots for the United States in the Olympics

CROJESUS - a religious figure revered by cro-magnon man

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FORTEAN

PRONUNCIATION: (FOHR-tee-uhn)

MEANING: adjective: Relating to paranormal phenomena.

ETYMOLOGY: After Charles Hoy Fort (1874-1932), a writer and researcher of paranormal phenomena. Earliest documented use: 1920.

NOTES: Charles Hoy Fort once wrote, “I believe nothing of my own that I have ever written.” That’s all you need to know about the paranormal phenomena.
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FORTEEN - target audience of Young Adult fiction

FORTEA - what we'll invite the whole team out for to celebrate the victory, according to Tom Lehrer

FORT WAN - a Jedi military stronghold, named in honor of Obi Kenobi

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APOLLO

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-PAHL-oh)

MEANING: noun: A strikingly handsome young man.

ETYMOLOGY: After Apollo, the god of music, poetry, prophecy, healing, and more in Greek and Roman mythologies. He was considered the most beautiful god. See also: Apollonian.
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AP OSLO - the Norwegian Associated Press office

AP OLLA - an earthenware jar in the Cancun Associated Press office, viewed from front to back

AP OLIO - a potpourri of Associated Press columns

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ZOILUS

PRONUNCIATION: (ZOI-luhs)

MEANING: noun: A harsh critic.

ETYMOLOGY: From Zoilus (c. 400-320 BCE), a Greek critic known for his severe criticism of Homer. Earliest documented use: 1565.
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ZOILEUS - an animal with a distended, non-contracting intestinal tract

BOILUS - the motto of masochistic lobsters

ZOÖLUS - a miniature collection of animals for public display

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HAUSSMANNIZE

PRONUNCIATION: (HAUS-muh-nyz)

MEANING: verb tr.: To redevelop or rebuild an area, especially on a massive scale.

ETYMOLOGY: Coined after Georges-Eugène Haussman (1809-1891) who was appointed by Napoleon III to carry out the renovation of Paris. Earliest documented use: 1865.

NOTES: Haussmann carried out a massive overhaul of Paris that involved demolishing whole neighborhoods. The new Paris had, among other things, widened, tree-lined boulevards, new parks, fountains, sewers, aqueducts, and more. His renovation of Paris inspired other cities around the world to carry out similar overhauls. Haussmann was forced out as opposition to him swelled, due to huge disruption of life (some 20,000 buildings were destroyed) and cost overruns.
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HAUSSMANNITE - 1. inhabiant of the town of Haussmann . 2. a rare ore found in certain meteorites

RAUSSMANNIZE - to be summarily tossed out of bed by a German drill sergeant

MAUSSMANNIZE - to be beaten up by a Mighty Mouse's European cousin

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MACGYVER

PRONUNCIATION: (muh-GY-vuhr)

MEANING: verb tr.: To improvise an ingenious solution using whatever is available at hand.

ETYMOLOGY: After Angus MacGyver, a secret agent in the television series MacGyver, who was known for improvising ingenious solutions to the problems he faced. He carried a Swiss Army knife and duct tape. Earliest documented use: 1992. Some related terms, though not synonyms, are kludge and jury-rig.
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MACGYRER - a slithy Irish tove, macgimbling in the wabe

MACGIVER - donor of mass-produced hamburgers

MACGOVER - a complete redoing of the appearance

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PASTEURIZE

PRONUNCIATION: (PAS-chuh-ryz)

MEANING: verb tr.: To heat or irradiate something just long enough to kill pathogenic microorganisms.

ETYMOLOGY: After Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), chemist and microbiologist, known for his discoveries in this area. Earliest documented use: 1881.
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PASTURIZE - to make a meadow

PASTEPRIZE - award for the best adhesive

PASTE-UP-IZE - make into a collage

CASTEURIZE - take a look at

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