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(continued from here) AMBIVERTPRONUNCIATION: (AM-bi-vuhrt) MEANING: noun: One having the characteristics of both an extrovert and an introvert. NOTES: An ambivert is one who can be an extrovert or an introvert depending on the situation. For example, with family or close friends one can be open and outgoing while being reserved in the presence of strangers. Also, an ambivert can refer to someone who falls somewhere between the two extremes and shows some tendencies of each. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ambi- (both) + -vert (as in introvert/extrovert), from vertere (to turn). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), which also gave us wring, weird, writhe, worth, revert, universe, animadvert, divers, quaquaversal, obverse, obvert, and verso. Earliest documented use: 1923. ________________________________ AMEBIVERT - when a one-celled organism turns itself inside out AMBILERT - broadcast widely over the Internet alerting the public to a missing child AMBIVORT - a whirlpool that can't make up its mind whether it's spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise
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HAPLESS
PRONUNCIATION: (HAP-lis)
MEANING: adjective: Unfortunate.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse happ (good luck) + less, from Old English laes (without). Earliest documented use: 1400.
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HA-LESS - a bad comedian. See also subgroups HAH-LESS - a bad Boston comedian; HAR-LESS - a bad Ozark comedian; HAW-LESS - a bad Texas comedian
HARPLESS - why the choir of angels doesn't sound as full any more
HASPLESS - my diary can''t be locked
CHAPLESS - for women only
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SUPERBIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (su-PUHR-bee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Proud; insolent.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin superbiosus (proud or insolent), from superbia (pride), from superbus (superb, proud). Earliest documented use: 1509.
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SUPER-BIOS - the life stories of Kal-El, Mary Batson, Bruce Banner, Hal Jordan, Peter Parker, Diana Prince, and many others
SUP HERBIOUS - season your dinner with sage, rosemary, thyme, et.al.
SOUP ERBIOUS - potage made with rare earth
SUPERB IOUs - the highest quality promissory notes
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HOARY
PRONUNCIATION: (HOHR-ee)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Gray or white, as from age.
2. Ancient.
3. Trite.
ETYMOLOGY: From hoar (frost), from Old English har. Earliest documented use: 1530.
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OARY - multi-sculled
HONARY - the athlete being appludded
HOVARY - a Cockney hegg-prodcucing organ
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PRECOCIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (pri-KOH-shuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Exhibiting advanced development at an early age.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin praecox (premature, early ripening), from praecoquere (to ripen early), from prae- (pre) + coquere (to cook or ripen). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pekw- (to cook or ripen), which is also the source of cook, cuisine, kitchen, kiln, biscuit, apricot (an early-ripening peach, literally speaking), pumpkin, and Hindi pakka (ripened, cooked). Earliest documented use: 1650.
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PROCOCIOUS - preferring meat cooked rare (not done, even yet!)
PYRECOCIOUS - preferring meat well-done
PRECONIOUS - ice cream before it leaves the scoop
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HANDFAST
PRONUNCIATION: (HAND-fast)
MEANING: noun: A contract or agreement, especially about a betrothal or marriage.
verb tr.: To engage to be married or to bind in wedlock.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English handfæsten (to pledge or betroth), from hand + fæstan (to fasten). Earliest documented use: 1275.
USAGE: “The couple’s decision to be handfasted under the full moon is particularly blessed and by our lights very romantic.”
Dear Abby: I Agree with You; The Washington Post; Oct 13, 2002.
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BANDFAST - the music was presto
HANDCAST - thrown on a wheel by a live potter
BINDFAST - to tie down
HARDFAST - inflexible, like some rules
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REPUGNANT
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-PUHG-nuhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Distasteful; offensive; objectionable.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French répugnant (disgusting), from Latin repugnant (contrary, opposed), from repugnare, from re- (again) + pugnare (to fight), from pugnus (fist). Ultimately from the Indo-European root peuk- (to prick), which is also the source of point, puncture, pungent, punctual, poignant, pounce, poniard, impugn, pugilist, and pugnacious. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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R.I.PUGNANT - epitaph for Benny Paret
REDUGNANT - disinterred
REPUGNAT - pesky little critters, aren't they
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BACKHANDED
PRONUNCIATION: (BAK-han-did)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Indirect or ambiguous, having double meaning; sarcastic or malicious.
2. Performed with the back of the hand facing forward.
ETYMOLOGY: The metaphorical sense of the term derives from the image of a hand facing backward being indirect or hiding something. Earliest documented use: 1800. The word forehanded is not an opposite of this word.
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JACKHANDED - halfway to being able to open the pot
BOCKHANDED - holding a large stein of beer
BACHANDED - Tempus Fugit - write faster!
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IRONFISTED
PRONUNCIATION: (EYE-uhrn-fis-tid)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Ruthless; tyrannical.
2. Stingy; tight-fisted.
ETYMOLOGY:
For sense 1, from the allusion to someone wielding a crushing fist.
For sense 2, from the allusion to a hard-to-open fist clutching money.
Earliest documented use: 1852.
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I WON!-FISTED - aggressive celebration of victory, pumping a clenched hand skyward
IRON-FOISTED - the victim thought it was gold
IRON-FITTED - just got made-to-measure golf clubs for the short game
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DEAD HAND
PRONUNCIATION: (DED hand)
MEANING: noun:
1. The stifling influence of something, especially of the past on the present.
2. The perpetual ownership of property by institutions, such as churches.
ETYMOLOGY: A literal translation of the term mortmain. Earliest documented use: 1615.
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DREAD HAND - 2-3-4-5-7. You lose. Period.
DEAR HAND - Four Aces. That's much better. Until it loses to a straight-flush; then it was very dear, indeed...
DEAD BAND - for which we are forever Grateful
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GAZUMP
PRONUNCIATION: (guh-ZUHMP)
MEANING: verb tr.:
1. To raise the price after accepting an offer from a buyer.
2. To offer a higher price to a seller on something that’s already being sold to another.
3. To preempt something, especially by questionable means.
4. To swindle.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Yiddish gezumph (to overcharge). Earliest documented use: 1928.
NOTES: Gazumping often happens in house sales. You have found your dream house, everything looks great, price negotiations are finished, inspection is done, you are ready to sign the contract, and then the seller receives a higher bid and gazumps: raises the price on you. It’s mostly seen in the UK. The term is often used in an extended sense: to trump something by the use of dubious methods. There’s a counterpart to today’s word. Meet it on Friday
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GAZUP - what it does before it comes down, as it must
HAZUMP - decides whether things are dangerous or not
GAGUMP - baseball referee's been ordered not to say anything to anybody...
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AL DESKO
PRONUNCIATION: (al DES-ko)
MEANING: adverb: At one’s desk.
ETYMOLOGY: Patterned after alfresco, from desk, from Latin desca (desk), from discus (disk), from Greek diskos (disk). Earliest documented use: 1981.
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AIL DESKO - repetitive strain injury caused by sitting still at work all day
AL DISKO - ¿Where are we dancing tonight, Mamacita?
ALDO'S KO - the former Prime Minister of Italy was famous for using this tactic when he played Go
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GRINAGOG
PRONUNCIATION: (GRIN-uh-gog)
MEANING: noun: One who is always grinning.
ETYMOLOGY: From grin, from Old English grennian (to show the teeth in pain or anger) + apparently -agogue (bringer). Earliest documented use: 1565.
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GRINGO G. - a recently-arrived visitor to Latin America, whose identity shall remain disguised
GRIN, MAGOG - the Apocalypse is at hand!
AGRI-NAGOG - a farm near the pond in Acton/Littleton, Massachusetts
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POT-VALOR
PRONUNCIATION: (POT-val-uhr)
MEANING: noun: Boldness or courage induced by the consumption of alcohol.
NOTES: Also known as liquid courage or Dutch courage.
ETYMOLOGY: From pot, alluding to a drinking pot + valor (boldness), from Latin valor (worth), from valere (to be well, be of worth). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wal- (to be strong), which also gave us valiant, avail, valor, value, wieldy, countervail, valence, valetudinarian, and valorize. Earliest documented use: 1623.
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POT-VATOR - device for taking the weed up or down a floor, but in any case out of view
POT-VAPOR - all that remains of the marijuana after using the above device
POST-VALOR - ...nor Covid-19 shall stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds
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GAZUNDER
PRONUNCIATION: (guh-ZUHN-duhr)
MEANING: verb tr.: To reduce the amount of an offer after it has been accepted by the seller.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of gazump + under. Earliest documented use: 1988.
NOTES: To gazump is to raise the price after accepting an offer from a buyer, but buyers are not always angels. Sometimes a buyer reduces the offer, just before signing the contract. These typically happen in the housing market. A real-estate company even offers a helpful article on How To Gazunder Successfully. While legal, the practice is clearly unethical. It’s fitting then, that the word gazunder has another slang meaning, though it’s unrelated to today’s word. It also refers to a chamber pot, from the condensed spelling of “goes under” referring to where a chamber pot is placed.
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GAZE-UNDER - to search for a chamber-pot
GA-ZOUNDER - one who is given to SUDDEN LOUD EXCLAMATIONS !
G'LAUNDER - to run through the g'washing machine
GAWUNDER - drown
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TRANSECT
PRONUNCIATION: (tran-SEKT)
MEANING: verb tr.: To cut across.
noun: 1. A narrow section through a natural feature.
2. A path along which measurements or observations are made.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin trans- (across) + secare (to cut). Earliest documented use: for verb 1634, for noun 1905.
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TRANSECTS - arthropods who change their gender
TRAINSECT - we worship railroad locomotive and cars and tracks
TRANSPECT - to look across
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SURFEIT
PRONUNCIATION: (SUHR-fit)
MEANING: noun: 1. Excess.
2. Overindulgence in eating or drinking.
3. Satiety or disgust caused by overindulgence.
verb tr.: To do or supply anything to excess.
verb intr.: 1. To overindulge.
2. To suffer from overindulgence.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French surfait (excess), from past participle of surfaire (to overdo), from sur- (over, above) + faire (to do), from Latin facere (to do). Earliest documented use: for noun 1387, for verb 1400.
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SMURFEIT - the little blue girl
SQUR-FEIT - how my apartment is measured
SUR-FIT - same size for everybody! (see also SURE-FEIT)
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RECONNOITER or RECONNOITRE
PRONUNCIATION: (ree-kuh-NOI-tuhr, rek-uh-)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To explore or scout an area for gathering information.
noun: An act of reconnoitering.
ETYMOLOGY: From obsolete French reconnoître, from Latin recognoscere, from re- (again) + gnoscere (to know). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gno- (to know), which is also the source of know, recognize, acquaint, ignore, diagnosis, notice, normal, agnostic, incognito, connoisseur, cognize, anagnorisis (the moment of recognition or discovery), and prosopagnosia (inability to recognize faces). Earliest documented use: for verb 1705, for noun 1781.
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DECONNOITER - suppress information about an area
RE: CONN OBITER - about the writer of death notices in Hartford and vicinity
RECON OUTRÉ - investigate the bizarre
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TRAJECT
PRONUNCIATION: (truh-JEKT)
MEANING: verb tr.: To transport or transmit.
noun: Transport, transmission, or passage.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin traicere (to throw across), from trans- (across) + jacere (to throw). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ye- (to throw), which also gave us jet, eject, project, reject, object, subject, adjective, joist, jactitation, subjacent, and jaculate. Earliest documented use: for noun: 1552, for verb 1624.
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TRA-JEST - the chorus of a jocular song
PRAJECT - the speaker could be heard, but his enunciation wasn't very good
TERAJECT - to throw in billions
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INTERPOSE
PRONUNCIATION: (in-tuhr-POHZ)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: 1. To place in between.
2. To intrude or to interrupt.
noun: 1. The act of, or an instance of, putting something in between.
2. An interference or interruption.
ETYMOLOGY: From French interposer, from Latin interponere, from inter (between) + ponere (to put). Ultimately from the Indo-European root apo- (off or away), which is also the source of pose, apposite, after, off, awkward, post, puny, apposite, and apropos. Earliest documented use: for verb: 1599, for noun: 1610.
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INTEL POSE - capsule summary of that new thriller The Pretend Spy
INTER POISE - just the right amount of savoir-faire
ENTER POSE - to begin the impersonation
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HETEROCHROMATIC
PRONUNCIATION: (het-uhr-oh-kroh-MAT-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Having many different colors.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hetero- (different) + chrom- (color). Earliest documented use: 1895.
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HETAEROCHROMATIC - the color of an elegant Greek courtesan
HEPTEROCHROMATIC - seven-colored, like a rainbow
HE TERACHROMATIC - he's a chameleon, with a trillion colors
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HOMOPHENE
PRONUNCIATION: (HOM-uh-feen)
MEANING: noun: A word or phrase that, when spoken, appears to be the same as a different word or phrase on a person’s lips, for example my and pie.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek homo- (same) + phainein (to show). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bha- (to shine), which is also the source of beacon, banner, phantom, photo, phosphorus, phenomenon, fantasy, epiphany, sycophant, and apophenia. Earliest documented use: 1883.
NOTES: Here are some more examples of words/phrases that appear the same to someone lip reading:
mark, park, and bark
“elephant juice” and “I love you”
bargain and market
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HEMOPHENE - benzene-based compounds, found in trace amounts in the blood
HO! MORPHENE! - look at that stash I just found!
HOLOPHENE - one who has terrible things happen to him in a drunken stupor (according to the Book of Judith)
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HETEROCLITE
PRONUNCIATION: (HET-uhr-uh-klyt)
MEANING: noun: 1. A person who is unconventional; a maverick.
2. A word that is irregularly formed.
adjective: 1. Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric.
2. (In grammar) Irregularly inflected.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin heteroclitus, from Greek heteroklitos, from hetero- (different) + klinein (to lean, inflect). Ultimately from the Indo-European root klei- (to lean), which also gave us decline, incline, recline, lean, client, climax, and ladder. Earliest documented use: 1580.
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HETEROCLIME - Like New England weather - if you don't like it, just wait 15 minutes
HETHEROCLITE - a kind of iron ore found in Scotland mixed in among wildflowers
HETEROCULITE - having a different prescription to correct the vision in each eye
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HOMOLOGATE
PRONUNCIATION: (huh-MOL-uh-gayt, ho-)
MEANING: verb tr.: To approve officially, especially a car, engine, etc., for sale in a particular market or for its use in racing.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin homologare (to agree), from Greek homologein (to agree or allow). Earliest documented use: 1644.
NOTES: Some auto racing competitions require participating vehicles to be available for sale to the general public, and not be custom made for racing. In other words, the vehicle must be a production model, not a prototype. The process of homologation verifies this. The initials GTO listed after some auto names (Ferrari, Pontiac, etc.) stand for “Gran Turismo Omologato”, Italian for “Grand Touring, Homologated”.
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NOMOLOGATE - to make suitable for baseballer Garciaparra
HOMOLOCATE - to find a missing person by using the GPS chip in his smartphone
HOMOLEGATE - lawyer for all mankind
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HETEROGRAPHY
PRONUNCIATION: (het-uh-ROG-ruh-fee)
MEANING: noun:
1. A spelling different from the one in current use.
2. Use of the same letter(s) to convey different sounds, for example, gh in rough and ghost.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hetero- (different) + -graphy (writing). Earliest documented use: 1783.
NOTES: The idea of heterography is a recent phenomenon, relatively speaking. Earlier, when English was mainly a spoken language, it was a free-for-all, spelling-wise. Any spelling was fine as long as you could make yourself understood. Each writer spelled words in their own way, trying to spell them phonetically. Shakespeare spelled his own name in various ways (Shaxspear, Shakespear, and so on) ...
With the advent of printing in the 15th century, spelling began to become standardized. By the 19th century, most words had a single “official” spelling, as a consensus, not by the diktat of a committee.
Today if you write “definately” and someone points out that you’ve misspelled the word, just tell them you’re a practitioner of heterography.
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HESTEROGRAPHY - a handwritten manuscript of The Scarlet Letter
....."handwritten manuscript" - now there's a redundant phrase for you!
HEXEROGRAPHY - 1. pictures of witches; 2. man's dry reproduction process
HERTEROGRAPHY - the collected writings of Eisenhower's Secretary of State
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BOKEH
PRONUNCIATION: (BOH-kay/kuh)
MEANING: noun: The blurred effect in a photograph, typically as a soft out-of-focus background, that results in a pleasing effect and helps to draw attention to the subject of the photograph.
ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese boke (blur, haze) or boke-aji (blur quality). Earliest documented use: 1997.
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BOKEN - with "HO!," a greeting uttered upon arrival at a city in New Jersey
BOKETH - past tense of the old third-person-singular form of the verb meaning "to ride on a two-wheeled vehicle"
BOKEN - how a two-year-old just learning to speak describes something that doesn't work right any more
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SENSEI
PRONUNCIATION: (SEN-say, sen-SAY)
MEANING: noun: A teacher, mentor, or a master in a field.
ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese sensei (teacher, master), from sen (earlier) + sei (birth), meaning a teacher was born earlier and knows more and has more experience. Earliest documented use: 1874.
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SEN-SEN - the Curiously Strong Mint of the 1950s (give or take 15 years)
SENSEKI - a dramatic move in Go that had better not be made
SENASE I - the first enzyme that catalyzes activity in the Upper House of Congress
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SAYONARA
PRONUNCIATION: (sy-uh-NAHR-uh)
MEANING: interjection: Goodbye.
ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese sayonara (goodbye), short for sayo naraba (if it is to be that way), from sayo (thus) + naraba (if it be), ultimately from Chinese. Earliest documented use: 1863.
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MAYONARA - adj, describing an Italian dish prepared with mayonnaise and a brine marinade
SAYONARMA - Okay, I'm Norma, now what?
SAY ON A RAG - critic's review of the first performance of The Entertainer
RAYON ARA - a synthetic cloth constellation
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ORIGAMI
PRONUNCIATION: (or-i-GAH-mee)
MEANING: noun:
1. The art of folding paper into various shapes.
2. An object made by folding paper.
ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese origami, from ori (fold) + kami (paper). Earliest documented use: 1948.
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OBIGAMI - an Irishman with two wives
ORINAMI - the mouth of a tidal wave
PRIG, AM I? - You accuse me of being prudish?
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SEPPUKU
PRONUNCIATION: (se-POO-koo, SE-puh-koo)
MEANING: noun:
1. Ritual suicide by disembowelment.
2. Ruining one’s own interests.
ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese setsu fuku, from setsu (to cut) + fuku (abdomen), ultimately from Chinese. Earliest documented use: 1871.
NOTES: ...also known as harakiri
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SEE-PUKU - what the Tokyo hockey goalie has to do well...
SEP-PUPU - platter of small amounts of several different foods, to order at an Asian restaurant
SEMP-UKU - gallant action by the Imperial Marines
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YARRA-BANKER
PRONUNCIATION: (YAHR-uh-bangk-uhr)
MEANING: noun:
1. A vagrant or a loafer.
2. A soapbox orator or agitator.
ETYMOLOGY: After the Yarra river in Victoria, Australia. Its bank was once a popular hangout for vagrants, soapbox orators, and the like. Earliest documented use: late 19th century.
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YARRA-BANNER - see many of them, along the riverside tourist esplanade in Victoria, Australia
FARRA-BANKER - the Six Million Dollar Woman's second career was in finance
Y'AGRA-BANKER - its headquarters is right next to the Taj Mahal (and it specializes in farm loans)
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KLONDIKE
PRONUNCIATION: (KLAN-dyk)
MEANING: noun: A rich source of something valuable.
ETYMOLOGY: After the Klondike region in the Yukon Territory, Canada, named after the Klondike River. It was the site of a gold rush from 1896 to 1899. Earliest documented use: 1897.
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BLONDIKE - when Eisenhower lightened his hair dramatically
KOLONDIKE - the physical cause of constipation
KLM ON DIKE - Royal Dutch Airways aircraft made an emergency landing on a sea-wall
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RUBICON
PRONUNCIATION: (ROO-bi-kon)
MEANING: noun: A point of no return, one where an action taken commits a person irrevocably.
ETYMOLOGY: Contrary to popular belief, Caesar salad is not named after Julius Caesar. But today’s term does have a connection to him. In 49 BCE, Caesar crossed the Rubicon, a small river that formed the boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy. As he crossed the river into Italy, he exclaimed “Iacta alea est” (The die is cast), knowing well that his action signified a declaration of war with Rome. Today when an action marks a situation where there is no going back, we say the Rubicon has been crossed. Earliest documented use: 1613.
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RUBIC WON - Who got the prize for the best toy of the early 1980s?
REBICON - annual gathering of Civil War renacters, partial to the South
RUBI-CORN - maize of a particularly intense deep red
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MEANDER
PRONUNCIATION: (mee-AN-duhr)
MEANING: verb intr.: 1. To follow a winding course.
2. To move aimlessly.
3. To speak or write without a focus.
noun: 1. A curve or bend in a path, stream, etc.
2. A winding path.
3. A circuitous journey; a ramble.
ETYMOLOGY: After Maeander (modern name: Büyük Menderes), a river in Turkey, known for its winding course. Earliest documented use: 1576.
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MEAN TER - Cockney behaving with ill will
MEANTER - teacher, role model, and guide
MEADER - Vaughan the Comedian (and JFK satirist)
MD ANDER - father of a well-known cancer hospital and research center in Texas
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NIAGARA
PRONUNCIATION: (ny-AG-ruh, ny-AG-uhr-uh)
MEANING: noun: An outpouring; a deluge.
ETYMOLOGY: After the Niagara river which forms the Niagara Falls, a group of three massive waterfalls, between the US and Canada. Earliest documented use: 1800.
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"NI!" AGORA - Greek marketplace full of Knights from Monty Python
NiAg BRA - lingerie worn by Metallica on tour
NAG ARA - pester the Notre Dame football coach
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LITHOPHONE
PRONUNCIATION: (LITH-uh-fon)
MEANING: noun: Any of various musical instruments in which sound is produced by striking pieces of stone.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek litho- (stone) + -phone (sound). Earliest documented use: 1889.
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LITHOPRONE - given to forming kidney and gall-bladder stones
LITHOPHONY - rocks made of papier-maché but painted
LITHOPHANE - a thin layer of wrapping material that you can't unfold or tear open or even see through, for wrapping packs of guaranteed-safe cigarettes
LITHOSHONE - very highly polished marble
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AISCHROLATREIA
PRONUNCIATION: (eye-skroh-luh-TREE-uh)
MEANING: noun: Excessive devotion to filth or obscenity.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek aischro- (shameful or ugly) + -latreia (worship). Earliest documented use: 1912.
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AISCHROLATRIA - having ugly upper-chambers of the heart
AISCROLATREIA - worshipping the parchment and ink of the ancient Holy Writ rather than the meaning of its contents
AISCHROLATRESIA - the island fishery did not develop properly
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HENOTHEISM
PRONUNCIATION: (HEN-uh-thee-iz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: Belief in or worship of one god without denying the possibility of others.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek heno- (one) + -theism (belief in god). Earliest documented use: 1860.
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HEROTHEISM - worship of a protagonist
XENOTHEISM - worship of an alien god
ME-NOT-HE-ISM - I'm all right, Jack
SHE-NOT-HE-ISM - I always knew God didn't have a long white beard
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HYPONYM
PRONUNCIATION: (HY-puh-nim)
MEANING: noun: A more specific term in a general class. For example, “purple” is a hyponym of “color”.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hypo- (under) + -nym (name). Earliest documented use: 1963.
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TYPONYM - TU1/2ONYM
HYPO-GYM - the locker rooms are downstairs, right below us
BY PONY, M - reply to "How do you plan to escape from those desperadoes afterward, Bond?"
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GERATOLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (jer-uh-TOL-uh-jee))
MEANING: noun:
1. The study of aging and related decline.
2. The study of a species approaching extinction.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek gerat- (old age) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1884.
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GER-OTOLOGY - the study of ear disorders in the elderly
GERMATOLOGY - the study of skin infections
VERATOLOGY - the study of Truthiness
GEARATOLOGY - the study of mechanical interactions
GYRATOLOGY - the study of spinning
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