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AGATHISM
PRONUNCIATION: (A-guh-thiz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: The doctrine that, in the end, all things tend toward good.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek agathos (good), which also gave us agathokakological and the name Agatha. Earliest documented use: 1830.
NOTES: An optimist would say that everything is for the best. An agathist, on the other hand, would say that what’s happening right now may be unfortunate or evil, but, ultimately, it will all end well.
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AGATISM - having no handgun
AGOTHISM - without morbidness and darkness
AGATE-ISM - worship of hexagonal crystals of silicon dioxide, in any of a variety of colors
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YESTERNIGHT
PRONUNCIATION: (YES-tuhr-nyt)
MEANING: noun: Last night.
adverb: During last night.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English giestran/gierstan (a time one period prior to the present period) + niht (night). Earliest documented use: c. 450. A related word is yestreen (yesterday evening).
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YES, HER NIGHT - everyone agrees, at the debutante's Ball
YE STERN EIGHT - one short of a Puritan jury
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QUÆSTUARY or QUESTUARY
PRONUNCIATION: (KWES/KWIS-chuh-ree)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to financial matters.
2. Done only for monetary gain.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quæstus (gain), from quærere (to seek, gain, or inquire). Earliest documented use: 1581.
NOTES: In Ancient Rome, a quæstor was an official dealing with financial matters. Later it was the term for a prosecutor. In the Roman Catholic Church, a quæstor was the official removing sins in exchange for money (aka granting indulgences). In modern times, in the European Parliament, qæstors are officials elected to oversee financial matters.
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QUERTUARY - a place for broken typewriter keyboards
QUE STUART - Sí, but did you mean James, Charles, Mary, William, or Anne?
EQUESTUARY - where thoroughbred horses are kept; syn. for "stable" only classier
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HABITUS
PRONUNCIATION: (HAB-i-tuhs)
MEANING: noun:
1. The physical characteristics of a person, especially as relating to disease.
2. The way someone of a particular social group perceives and responds to the world.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin habit (state, appearance), from habere (to have). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghabh- (to give or to receive), which also gave us give, gift, able, habit, prohibit, due, duty, habile, and adhibit. Earliest documented use: 1886.
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AHABITUS - having a gaunt, one-legged appearance and an obsessive personaity
HABITIS - inflammation of the funnybone
HABT US - weak attempt at the second-person-plural present tense of "to have," by a confused student of German
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ESCHATOLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (es-kuh-TOL-uh-jee)
MEANING: noun: The doctrine or the study of final or ultimate matters, such as, death, judgment, end of the world, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek eschatos (last) + -logy (study). Ultimately from the Indo-European root eghs (out), which also gave us strange, extreme, and external. Earliest documented use: 1844
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ESCHEATOLOGY - practiced by a lawyer specializing the disposition in the unclaimed assets of an intestate decedent
ESCHARTOLOGY - the study and practice of artistic-perspective trickery, named for its principal exponent Mauritz
ISCHATOLOGY - a subspecialty of orthopedics dealing with hip-joint diseases
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NEOIST
PRONUNCIATION: (NEE-uh-ist)
MEANING: noun: One who favors or employs new ideas, styles, techniques, etc.
adjective: Favoring new ideas, styles, techniques, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek neo- (new). Earliest documented use: 1916.
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ONE-O-IST - someone who favors victory by the narrowest of margins
NO-IST - 1. one who's consistently negative; 2. a devotee of Japanese drama
N.E. JOIST - a horizontal subflooring support at the northeast part of a building
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ROUNDER
PRONUNCIATION: (RAUN-duhr)
MEANING: noun: A drunkard, idler, or self-indulgent person.
ETYMOLOGY: Apparently referring to one who makes rounds of bars or downs many rounds of drinks. From Latin rotundus (round), from rota (wheel). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ret- (to run or to roll), which also gave us rodeo, rotunda, rotate, rotary, roulette, orotund, rondeau, and rotund. Earliest documented use: 1854.
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AROUNDER - one who doesn't want to go over, under, or through
PRO-UNDER - someone who always roots for the competitor expected to lose
GRO-UNDER - an agriculturalist specializing in root crops
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HOTSPUR
PRONUNCIATION: (HOT-spuhr)
MEANING: noun: A rash, hotheaded person.
adjective: Having a rash, hotheaded temperament.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1403.
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HOPS PUR ® - brand name known to artisanal brewers; its whose slogan is "It makes your beer better!"
HOT'S P.U. - When you sweat, you stink!
HOT, SPURN - to be angry and dismissive at the same time
SHOT SPUR - my rowel is dull, and it won't turn, either
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BLELLUM
PRONUNCIATION: (BLE-luhm)
MEANING: noun: An idle, talkative person.
ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps a blend of Scots bleber (to babble) + skellum (rascal). Earliest documented use: 1790.
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B. TELL 'UM - Second choice in giving people unpleasant news, after A. Avoid the subject
BREL, LUM - Jacques' younger brother
B.L.E. ALUM - graduate of the Bourdeaux Lycée Économique
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POT-VALIANT
PRONUNCIATION: (POT-val-yuhnt)
MEANING: noun: A person displaying boldness or courage while drunk.
adjective: Displaying bravado under the influence of alcohol.
ETYMOLOGY: From pot, alluding to a drinking pot + valor (boldness), from Latin valor (worth), from valere (to be well, be of worth). Earliest documented use: 1647. Someone pot-valiant is also said to display liquid courage or Dutch courage.
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POI VALIANT - an earnest first attempt at Hawaiian cooking
POT-VARIANT - mentholated weed
POT; VAIL I AIN'T - To what do you attribute your success as a ski resort?
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BLACK SWAN
PRONUNCIATION: (BLAK swan)
MEANING: noun:
1. An unpredictable occurrence that has major consequences.
2. Something extremely rare.
ETYMOLOGY: From the former belief that all swans were white until black swans were discovered in Australia in 1697.
Earliest documented use: 1570.
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BRACK SWAN - a graceful bird which swims in salty water
BACK SWAN - a retrograde popular dive
A-LACK SWAN - "SWN"
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GOWK
PRONUNCIATION:
(gouk, gohk)
MEANING:
noun: 1. A foolish person.
2. A cuckoo.
verb tr.: To make a fool of or to stupefy.
verb intr.: To stare foolishly.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old Norse gaukr (cuckoo). Earliest documented use: 1325.
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HOWK - erstwhile Yankees and Red Sox manager
GROW K - you can raise aquamephyton in your own back yard by planting Kale (though that's not the origin of the name)
AGO WK - seven days in the past
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LAME DUCK
PRONUNCIATION: (LAYM duhk, laym DUHK)
MEANING: noun:
1. An elected official soon going to be out of office due to losing a re-election bid, not running again, or being ineligible to run again.
2. Something or someone weak, unsuccessful, ineffectual, disabled, helpless, etc.
3. Someone who cannot fulfill their contracts, especially one who has lost a great deal of money in stocks or other speculations.
ETYMOLOGY: The term originated in the London Stock Exchange where a stockbroker who lost a lot of money and defaulted on his debts was called a lame duck. Other animal metaphors used in the financial world are bull and bear. Earliest documented use: 1761. The term came to be applied to politics about 100 years later.
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LIME DUCK - a sturdy, green, tightly woven canvas-like material, with two yarns in the warp and a single yarn in the weft
LAMA DUCK - the Dalai Donald
FLAME DUCK - Icarus Drake
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HENPECK
PRONUNCIATION: (HEN-pek)
MEANING: verb tr.: To criticize, nag, pester, etc. in a persistent manner.
ETYMOLOGY: The word hen has been used for a woman or a girl for a long time (1555). So has the verb peck for nagging (1641). Earliest documented use for the verb henpeck: 1677.
NOTES: The word is often used in reference to a wife nagging her husband. A henpecked husband is one considered subservient to his wife and a chickenpecked parent is one nagged, harassed, or bullied by a child.
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THENPECK - what you do at a typewriter after youhunt
HANPECK - a Solo air-kiss
HENDECK - where Noah stowed the egg-layers on the ark
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OSTRICHISM
PRONUNCIATION: (OS-tri-chiz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: The act or policy of refusing to face reality or unpleasant facts.
ETYMOLOGY: From the erroneous popular belief that ostriches bury their heads in the sand when facing danger. From Old French ostrusce/ostriche, from Latin struthio (ostrich), from Greek strouthos. Earliest documented use: 1834.
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OSTRI-SCHISM - fragmentation in the bird colony
POST-RICH-ISM - life after bankruptcy
MOST-RICH-ISM - Potlatch-participants' credo
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MITZVAH
PRONUNCIATION: (MITS-vuh)
MEANING: noun:
1. A good deed.
2. A duty, obligation, or commandment.
ETYMOLOGY: From Hebrew mitzvah (commandment), from tziwwah (to command). Earliest documented use: 1723. Plural: mitzvahs or mitzvoth.
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MIT ZE V.A.H. - ...along with the Veterans' Administration Hospital
MIT, ZVI? AH! - Zvi just got into his first-choice college
M.I.? TZVI? AH... - No, Tzvi just had a heart attack
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CHERUB
PRONUNCIATION: (CHER-uhb)
MEANING: noun: A person, especially a child, with a sweet innocent appearance.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cherubim, from Greek kheroubin, from Hebrew kerubim. Ultimately from the Semitic root krb (to praise). Earliest documented use: 825.
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CHERUT- a cigar with a heavenly aroma
CHE TUB - this bath was used during the Cuban Revolution
CHER B - body double for Cherilyn Sarkisian
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TZEDAKAH or ZEDAKAH
PRONUNCIATION: (tsuh-DAH-kuh, -dah-KAH)
MEANING: noun: Charitable giving or charity, especially when seen as a moral obligation.
ETYMOLOGY: From Hebrew tzedaqah (righteousness). Earliest documented use: 1959. Plural: tzedakahs or tzedakot.
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ZEDAKIAH - the book of the Bible between Zephaniah and Habakkuk
TED A.K.A. "H" - Ted adopted a nom-de-plume for his blog
"THE DAK" - AH! - Quarterback Prescott has lived up to his advance billing
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SHEKEL or SHEQEL
PRONUNCIATION: (SHEK-uhl)
MEANING: noun:
1. Money; wealth; cash.
2. A monetary unit of Israel.
ETYMOLOGY: From Hebrew sheqel, from shaqal (to weigh). Ultimately from the Semitic root tql (to weigh), which also gave us scallion and shallot. Earliest documented use: 1560.
NOTES: A shekel was an ancient unit of weight of the Babylonians. From there the term came to be applied to a coin of this weight. In 1980, Israel replaced the pound as its monetary unit with the shekel. Hyperinflation forced the replacement of shekel with the new shekel in 1986. Today, the new shekel is simply called a shekel. Three shekels equal approx. one US dollar.
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SHECKEL - what the Lower East Side bartender gave to the martini he was mixing for James Bond
SHEQUEL - 1. followup tale as related by a drunken storyteller; 2. with a female main character
SHEIKEL - a minor middle-Eastern potentate
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SABBATH
PRONUNCIATION: (SAB-uhth)
MEANING: noun:
1. A day of the week observed as a day of rest.
2. A period of rest.
3. A meeting of witches and sorcerers (typically spelled as sabbat).
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English sabat, from French sabbat, from Latin sabbatum, from Greek sabbaton, from Hebrew sabbat, from sabat (rest). Earliest documented use: 950.
NOTES: Typically, Friday is considered a day of Sabbath by Muslims, Saturday by Jews (and some Christians), and Sunday by Christians. Why not convert to Islam, Judaism, and Christianity and take a three-day weekend off?
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SAAB BATH - what you give to your Swedish car when it gets filthy
AB BATH - ritual dip when you get your college degree
SAMBATH - Brazilian dances, with a lisp
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WRONGOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (RONG-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Unfair, lacking propriety, illegal, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From wrong, from Old English wrang + wise (manner). Earliest documented use: 1200.
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WRONG OF US - we shuddn'a done it
ORO'N'GOUS - a tasty mouthful
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EUPNEA
PRONUNCIATION: (yoop-NEE-uh)
MEANING: noun: Normal breathing.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek eu- (good) + pnein (to breathe). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pneu- (to breathe), which also gave us pneumonia, sneer, sneeze, snort, snore, pneumatic, pneuma, and pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Earliest documented use: 1706.
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EUTNEA - a kind of Reader published periodically, now only on-line
EUPEA? - an Italian parent encourages the bambino to use the potty
EUPHEA? - How much do you charge?
EUPPEA - Eung Upwardly-mobile Professional
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POSTPOSITION
PRONUNCIATION: (post-puh-ZISH-uhn)
MEANING: noun:
1. The placing of something after another.
2. Something placed in this manner, especially a word or an element placed after another.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin post- (after) + position, from 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, appose, depose, repose, interpose, apposite, apropos, eftsoons, postiche, and pungle. Earliest documented use: 1546.
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PAST POSITION - where you were before you changed your mind
POSH POSITION - the lap of luxury
POSTPONITION - putting off until tomorrow what you can do today
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APOCRYPHAL
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-PAH-kri-fuhl)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Of dubious authorship or authenticity.
2. False; erroneous; fictitious.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin apocryphus (secret), from Greek apokruphos (secret, hidden), from apokruptein (to hide away), from apo- (away) + kruptein (to hide). Earliest documented use: 1590.
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APOCRYPTAL - pertaining to the point most distant from a tomb
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ANERGY
PRONUNCIATION: (AN-uhr-jee)
MEANING: noun:
1. Lack of energy.
2. The lack of an immune response to a foreign substance.
ETYMOLOGY: From an- (not) + ergon (work). Earliest documented use: 1890. The opposite of sense 1 is energy and the opposite of sense 2, allergy. Earliest documented use: 1890.
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ANERGO - similar to a wherefore, a hence, and a therefore
IANERGY - what gives the original James Bond novels their drive
AN URGY - emphatic suggestion of importance and a need for promptness
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WAFFLEPRONUNCIATION: (WAH-fuhl) 1. MEANING: noun: A crisp cake made by baking batter in an appliance with a gridlike pattern. ETYMOLOGY: From Dutch wafel. Ultimately from the Indo-European root webh- (to weave; to move quickly), which also gave us weave, webster, wave, waver, wafer, wobble, and weft. Earliest documented use: 1744. 2. MEANING: American English: verb intr.: To be indecisive or evasive; to waver. noun: Evasive speech or writing. British English: verb intr.: To talk or write idly or foolishly. noun: Pretentious or useless speech or writing. ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps a frequentative of woff (to yelp), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1298. ______________________________________ WAAFLE - a diminutive soldier of the Women's Auxilliary Air Force WIFFLE - to curve unpredictably, due to changing aerodynamic drag WAFFLEY - like the nose of Christopher Robin's mouse [scroll down]
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TAW
PRONUNCIATION: (taw)
MEANING: verb intr.: To shoot a marble.
noun: 1. A large marble used as a shooter.
2. A line from which the players shoot marbles.
ETYMOLOGY: Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1709.
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To prepare raw material for use.
2. To tan animal skin with alum and salt.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English tawian (to make or prepare). Earliest documented use: 893.
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ITAW - what I tawt I did to a puddy tat
TEA W - the twenty-first entry on a list of brewed beverages
TAL - Latvian chess player, World Champion in the early 1960s, died 1992
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CHUM
PRONUNCIATION: (chuhm)
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MEANING: noun: 1. A close friend.
2. A roommate.
verb intr.: 1. To be a close friend or to be friendly.
2. To share a room, especially in a dormitory at a school or college.
ETYMOLOGY: Originally university slang, probably from chamber fellow or chamber mate. Earliest documented use: 1684.
B.
MEANING: noun: Matter, especially fish parts, dumped into the water to attract fish.
verb intr.: To throw fish parts into the water.
ETYMOLOGY:
Of uncertain origin, perhaps from chum salmon. Earliest documented use: 1857.
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MEANING:
noun: Chum salmon, a fish of the northern Pacific Ocean.
ETYMOLOGY:
Probably from Chinook Jargon tzum (spotted, striped). Earliest documented use: 1908.
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CHURM - a Teutonic pathogen
CHUR - the noise made by a cicada by rubbing its foot over its wing rapidly
CO-HUM - two people yawning at the same time
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MARL
PRONUNCIATION: (marl)
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MEANING: noun: 1. An earthy deposit containing clay and lime.
2. Earth.
verb tr.: To fertilize with marl.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French marle, from Latin margila, diminutive of Latin marga (marl). Earliest documented use: 1280.
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MEANING: noun: A yarn made of differently colored threads or a fabric made from such a yarn.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Probably from shortening of marble or marbled, from Latin marmor, from Greek. marmaros (shining stone). Earliest documented use: 1892.
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MBA/RL - a business degree attained via Zoom (Masters of Business Administration/Remote Learning)
DARL - a shortened term of familiar endearment
MORL - the pithily-expressed point of Esop's Fbles
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GROUSE
PRONUNCIATION: (grous)
1.
MEANING: verb intr.: To complain or to grumble.
noun: A complaint.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old French groucier/grousser (to murmur or grumble). Earliest documented use: 1887.
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MEANING: adjective: Wonderful.
ETYMOLOGY: Australian slang, of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1941.
3.
MEANING: noun: Any of various birds that are typically plump, ground-dwelling, and have feathered legs.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin, perhaps from northern English dialect crouse (cheerful). Earliest documented use: 1531.
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TROUSE - what a trouser does
AGRO-USE - farming
GAROUSE - what a dog does to a covey of hidden game-birds
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CACOETHES
PRONUNCIATION: (kak-oh/uh-WEE-theez)
MEANING: noun: An irresistible urge to do something, especially something inadvisable.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kakoethes (ill-disposed), from kakos (bad) + ethe (disposition). Kakos is ultimately from the Indo-European root kakka-/kaka- (to defecate), which also gave us poppycock, cucking stool, cacology, and cacography. Earliest documented use: 1603.
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CACAOETHES - irresistibe urge to eat uprocessed chocolate
CACO-ETHER - foul-smelling stuff that pervades the entire universe
CACOETHESE - the language spoken in the pre-Columbian Cacoeth civilization
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REFOULEMENT
PRONUNCIATION: (ruh-FUL-man) [the last syllable is nasal]
MEANING: noun: The forcing of refugees or asylum seekers to return to a place where they are likely to face persecution.
ETYMOLOGY: From French refoulement (turning back), from refouler (to push back), from re- (again) fouler (to trample). Earliest documented use: 1780.
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REFOUL EVENT - another example of unpermitted poor sportsmanship
REFOU LAMENT - crazy again, alas
REF: 0-ELEMENT - the umpire says every group has to have one member which after interacting with every other group member leaves it unchanged
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MEMETIC
PRONUNCIATION: (muh/mee/mi-MET-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to memes.
ETYMOLOGY: From meme, from Greek mimeisthai (to imitate, copy). Earliest documented use: 1977.
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MIMETIC - imitating Marcel Marceau
HEMETIC - bloody
MAME-TIC - my Auntie's eyelid twitches repetitively
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BIMARIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (by-MAY-ree-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to two seas.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin bimaris, from bi- (two) + mare (sea). Earliest documented use: 1731.
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'BAMARIAN - neat and tide-y
BINARIAN - one who can always see two sides to everything
BIG MARIAN - the librarian is very tall and strong
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GRAPHOMANIA
PRONUNCIATION: (graf-oh-MAY-nee-uh)
MEANING: noun: An obsessive inclination to write.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek grapho- (writing) + -mania (obsession). Earliest documented use: 1827.
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GRAPPOMANIA - an obsessive devotion to an Italian brandy distilled from fermented pomace
GIRAPHOMANIA - an obsessive devotion to an African herbivore with a very long neck
GRAPHOMANTA - a species of ray that uses its "stinger" to write. (Surprised? Don't be. Mantas have the largest brains among all cold-blooded fish)
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APHRODITE
PRONUNCIATION: (af-ruh-DY-tee)
MEANING: noun: A beautiful woman.
ETYMOLOGY: After Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Her Roman equivalent is Venus. Earliest documented use: 1658.
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ACHRODITE - a colorless person
APHRODILE - a horny reptile
APHRODICE - Johannesburg gambling cubes
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TITANISM
PRONUNCIATION: (TY-tuh-niz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: A spirit of nonconformity, rebelliousness, or revolt, against authority, convention, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: After Titan, any of a family of giant gods in Greek mythology. Titans, under the leadership of Cronus, one of the Titans, overthrew their father Uranus and ruled themselves. Eventually, Cronus’s son, Zeus, rebelled against his father and defeated the Titans. Earliest documented use: 1628.
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TIGANISM - a condition resulting from exposure to trimethobenzamide (Tigan), an anti-nauseant know to have Parkinson-like side effects, because of which it's not used very much these days
TRITANISM - the practice of getting an intense sun exposure three times a year
TETANISM - another word for severe muscle spasms
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BOREAL
PRONUNCIATION: (BOH-ree-uhl)
MEANING: adjective: Northern; relating to the north, north wind, northern regions, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Boreas, the god of the north wind in Greek mythology. Earliest documented use: 1470. The opposite is austral.
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COREAL - describing starfish which eat invertebrate polyp colonies for breakfast in the morning
FOREAL - slang for "No, honestly, it's true!"
BO REGAL - Ms Derick truly has a queenly persona
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VULCANIZE
PRONUNCIATION: (VUHL-kuh-nyz)
MEANING: verb tr.: To harden or improve, for example, rubber by application of sulfur and heat.
verb intr.: To become hardened.
ETYMOLOGY: After Vulcan, the Roman god of fire, metalworking, etc. Earliest documented use: 1846.
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VOLCANIZE - to convert to an active erupting mountain after eons of dormancy
SULCANIZE - to show pouting in ones facial expression
HULCANIZE - to metamorphose into an immensely powerful green monster (see Bruce Banner)
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GORGONIZE
PRONUNCIATION: (GOR-guh-nyz)
MEANING: verb tr.: To paralyze, petrify, or hypnotize.
ETYMOLOGY: After Gorgon, any of the three monstrous sisters in Greek mythology: Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa. They had snakes for hair and turned into stone anyone who looked into their eyes (apparently it was OK to objectify people in those days). Earliest documented use: 1609.
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GORDONIZE - what the Commissioner of Gotham City Police does to reshape his department
GO AGONIZE - you've decided nothing will help your bad situation
G. ORGANIZE - the seventh and ultimate way to improve working conditions
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