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BROMANCE
PRONUNCIATION: (BRO-mans)
MEANING: noun: A close friendship between men.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of bro + romance. Earliest documented use: 2001. The female equivalent is womance (Don’t blame us -- we didn’t coin any of these).
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EBROMANCE - a novel taking place on a Spanish river
BOOMANCE - a novel taking pace on Halloween
BROMANCHE - my brother lives on the other side of the English Channel, in France
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STADDLE
PRONUNCIATION: (STAD-uhl)
MEANING: noun: A base, support, or supporting framework.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English stathol (base, support, or tree trunk). Earliest documented use: 900.
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STANDLE - a low knick-knack stand
STADDLER - a fictional scientist (see Atlas Shrugged) who sold out his intellectual integrity to the Estabishment, in return for Power
STADD LEE - originator of Spiderman with a bad cold, introducing himself
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DRAGOON
PRONUNCIATION: (druh-GOON)
MEANING: verb tr.: To force someone to do something; coerce.
ETYMOLOGY: From French dragon (dragon, to dragoon). Earliest documented use: 1622.
NOTES: This is a good example of how the meaning of a word evolves from an object to a person to an action. Originally, the word dragoon referred to firearms, either from the fact that they breathed fire like a dragon or from the shape of the pistol hammer. Eventually, it began to be applied to a cavalryman armed with a carbine. Today the term is a verb for forcing someone to do something against their will.
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DRANGOON - capital of Dburma
DRABOON - a colorless omnivorous primate
ERAGOON - protagonist of a scifi series by Chris Poolini
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SPECIE
PRONUNCIATION: (SPEE-shee/-see)
MEANING: noun:
1. Money, especially in a form that has an intrinsic value (for example, coins made from precious metals as opposed to paper money).
2. Type or kind (used in the phrase “in specie” meaning “in a similar manner”).
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin species (appearance, form, kind), from specere (to look). Earliest documented use: 1551.
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SPECIE - another counterexample to "I before E except after C..."
SPECOE - answer to "What kind of tea did you say this is?"
SPECIME - a sample children's TV program which takes place on a street
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NAVVY
PRONUNCIATION: (NAV-ee)
MEANING: noun: A laborer or a construction worker.
ETYMOLOGY: Short for navigator, from Latin navigator (sailor), from navigare (to sail), from navis (ship). Earliest documented use: 1574.
NOTES: A navigator is someone who navigates. In the past, it was also a sailor or a mariner, from Latin navis (ship). Then the word came to be applied to someone who worked on the construction of a canal. Eventually, it became shortened to navvy and was used for any constructor worker, one who worked on roads, railroads, etc. The word is also used for mechanical excavators.
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LAVVY - a diminutive London washroom
NAVEY - like the place in a church where the congregation sits
KNAVVY - fourth highest card in each suit in a modern deck
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COMPROMIS
PRONUNCIATION: (KOM-pruh-mee)
MEANING: noun: An agreement, especially between nations, to submit disputes to arbitration.
ETYMOLOGY: From French compromis (compromise). Earliest documented use: 1590.
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COMP. ROMAs - free plum tomatoes
COR: PRO MIs - you have a lot of risk factors for getting a heart attack, y'know
COME: PROM IS...! - Would you accompany me to the Senior dance?
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SPEECHIFY
PRONUNCIATION: (SPEE-chuh-fy)
MEANING: verb intr.: To make a speech, especially in a tedious or pompous manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From speech, from Old English spaec/spreac (speech), from sprecan (to speak) + -ify (to make), from Latin facere (to make or do). Earliest documented use: 1723
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SPEECH IFFY - we're not sure whether or not he'll give his oration
SPEE CHIEF Y - club named after the Captain of the Dirigible.
PEECHIFY - convert the orchard to a different fruit
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AGROSTOLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (ag-ruh-STOL-uh-jee)
MEANING: noun: The study of grasses.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek agrostis (a type of grass), from agros (field) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1820.
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A GROSS -OLOGY - a crude body of knowledge
AGRISTOLOGY - how windmills work during a famine
AGRA-STOLOGY - the study of Indian marble mausoleum sites
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SMILET
PRONUNCIATION: (SMY-luht)
MEANING: noun: A little smile.
ETYMOLOGY: From smile + -et (a diminutive suffix). Earliest documented use: 1591.
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SMITLET - a tap in the wrist
SMILENT - describing the Mona Lisa's expression
'SMILES - how far I have to go before I sleep (said Tom, frostily)
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TERGIVERSATION
PRONUNCIATION: (tuhr-ji-vuhr-SAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun:
1. Misleading, evasive, or ambiguous speech or action.
2. Desertion of a party, position, cause, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin tergiversari (to turn one’s back, to evade), from tergum (back) + vertere (to turn). Earliest documented use: 1570.
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FERGIVERSATION - when two people meet for apology, acceptance, and reconciliation
TERGIVER'S ACTION - Mr Tergiver has been a busy bee, hasn't he?
TER GIVE RATION - why I donated my lunch
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