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COQUELICOT
PRONUNCIATION: (KAHK/KOHK-lee-koh)
MEANING: adjective: Of orangish-red or reddish-orange color.
noun: Such a color.
ETYMOLOGY: From French coquelicot (red poppy), from its resemblance to the crest of a rooster, from coq (rooster). Earliest documented use: 1795. Also see, coxcomb.
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COQUELICOST - How much do you want for that scallop shell?
CO-QUELLCOT - it took both of us together to subdue that tent sleeper
COQUELI-CAT - like a calico, but less so
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CAPACIOUS
PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-PAY-shuhs)
MEANING:
adjective: Having a lot of space; roomy.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin capax, from capere (to take). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kap- (to grasp), which also gave us captive, capsule, capable, capture, cable, chassis, occupy, and deceive. Earliest documented use: 1614.
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CARPACIOUS - something fishy
CA PAC IOUs - promissory notes from the California Political Action committee
ÇA PA. TOUS - that's just about all of Pennsylvania
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DOUBLE-TALK
PRONUNCIATION: (DUH-buhl-tahk)
MEANING: noun: 1. Speech that’s a mix of actual words and gibberish.
2. Evasive or ambiguous language meant to deceive or confuse.
verb tr., intr.: To engage in double-talk or to try to persuade with it.
ETYMOLOGY: From double, from Old French duble/doble (double), from Latin duplus (twofold), from duo (two) + talk, from Middle English talkien, from tale. Earliest documented use: 1938. Also see doublethink.
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DOUBLET-TALK - discussion of vest styles
DOABLE-TALK - says what he'll do, can do what he said
DOUBLE-TACK - attach with two rows of fasteners
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VAPOROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (VAY-puh-ruhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to vapor.
2. Producing vapors; volatile.
3. Vague; hazy; obscure; insubstantial; transitory; unreliable; fanciful.
4. Translucent.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vapor (steam). Earliest documented use: 1527.
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VAPORONS - newly recognized sub-atomic particle, the fundamental particle of Ether
APOROUS - impenetrable
V.A. POR US - after discharge Latins support the Veterans Administration, as it helps both the country and themselves
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LUTEOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (LOO-tee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Of an orange-yellow or greenish-yellow color.
2. Muddy.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin luteus (yellow), from lutum (yellowweed, mud). Earliest documented use: 1656.
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LUTE-FOUS - crazy over plucked French stringed instruments
GLUTEOUS - buttery
LUK-E-OUS - "Aren't we fortunate?!"
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CUSHY
PRONUNCIATION: (KOO-shee)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Easy; not burdensome.
2. Soft; comfortable.
ETYMOLOGY: From Hindi/Urdu khushi (pleasure, happiness), from Persian khushi. The second sense probably influenced by the word cushion. Earliest documented use: 1887.
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CRUSHY - using an inappropriately strong handshake
CUSSY - afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome, blurting out offensive words uncontrollably
C.U., SAY - name an organization purporting to be for consumers' protection ["Consumers' Union"]
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POGONIP
PRONUNCIATION: (POG-uh-nip)
MEANING: noun: A dense winter fog having ice particles.
ETYMOLOGY: From Shoshone paγinappih (cloud). Earliest documented use: 1860.
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PROGONIP - in favor of encouraging toothless puppies to bite
PIGONAP - 3.14159... says it's going to lie down and rest now
VOGON I.P. - the intergalactic highway-builders want to copyright their ideas
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PISHOGUE
PRONUNCIATION: (pi-SHOHG)
MEANING: noun: Sorcery; witchcraft; spell.
ETYMOLOGY: From Irish piseog (witchcraft). Earliest documented use: 1829.
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PASHOGUE - a town in Suffolk County (South Shore of Long Island, NY), a couple of miles west of Brookhaven
PISH AGUE - dysuria
PIS-HAGUE - those old Dutch cities are going from bad to worse
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ZARF
PRONUNCIATION: (zarf)
MEANING: noun: A sleeve or holder designed to hold a hot cup.
ETYMOLOGY: From Arabic zarf (container, sheath). Earliest documented use: 1836.
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AARF - the sound made by retired dogs
OARF - coamposer of Carmina Burana
ZARO - sweet syrup with no calories
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PICARO
PRONUNCIATION: (PEE-kuh-roh)
MEANING: noun: A rogue; an adventurer.
ETYMOLOGY: From Spanish picaro (rogue). Earliest documented use: 1622. Also see picaresque and picaroon.
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PICRO- - prefix meaning one trillionth ( 10 ^ -12 )
PI, CLARO - What does a Spanish mathematician call the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter?
PICA PRO - someone with ingests bizarre substances, like ice or lead paint chips or dirt, for a living
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