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TOMCAT
PRONUNCIATION: (TOM-kat)
MEANING: noun: 1. A male domestic cat.
2. A womanizer.
verb intr.: To pursue women promiscuously.
ETYMOLOGY:The word was probably popularized by the anonymously published children’s book The Life and Adventures of a Cat (1760). Earliest documented use: for a cat: 1772; for a womanizer; 1884, for verb: 1917.
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I AM CAT - popular song proclaiming the power of the species; 1971, by Feline Reddy, also covered by many others
TOM-TAT - past tense of the singer of "Willow, tit-willow, tit-willow"
TOM-CRAT - member of a government by cat
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WHINGE
PRONUNCIATION: (whinj)
MEANING: verb intr.: To whine or to complain.
noun: A whine or complaint.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English hwinsian (to whine). Earliest documented use: verb 1150, noun 1530.
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SHINGE - to sear one's hair while intoxicated
WHINCE - to flinch in an aspirated fashion
W-HINGE - articulates in three bends
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NITCH
PRONUNCIATION: (nich)
MEANING: noun: A notch or a small cut.
verb tr.: To make a small cut or notch.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of niche. Earliest documented use: noun: 1726; verb: 1880.
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KITCH - where you prepare din-din
NIT, DH - Now batting, Willie Nit, Designated Hitter
NITCO - "Our Specialty: the eggs of Pedculus humanus capitis"
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MARATHON
PRONUNCIATION: (MAR-uh-thon/thuhn)
MEANING: noun: 1. A footrace of 26 miles, 385 yards (42.195 km).
2. Any long-distance race, for example, a swimming marathon.
3. An endurance event or contest, such as a dance marathon.
4. An event of greater than usual length, for example, a Netflix marathon.
adjective: Relating to something that requires a lot of effort and endurance.
verb tr.: To take part in a long race, task, event, etc., or one that requires long sustained effort.
ETYMOLOGY: After Marathon, a village in Greece, the site of victory over Persians in 490 BCE and from where a messenger ran to Athens to carry the news. Earliest documented use: 1896.
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BARATHON - major push to study before the lawers' certification test
MARATHOU - deface a $1,0000 bill
MURATHON - covering the entire wall with art in one single session
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TROCHE
PRONUNCIATION: (TROH-kee, British: trosh)
MEANING:
oun: A small tablet or lozenge, typically round and sweetened.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek trochos (wheel), from trechein (to run), which also gave us the metrical trochee. Earliest documented use: 1597.
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TORO CHE - prize bull named for the Cuban revolutionary
TROTHE - women promising to marry
TOCHE - one buttock
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INTERLOPE
PRONUNCIATION: (in-tuhr-LOHP, IN-tuhr-lohp)
MEANING: verb intr.: To intrude or interfere.
ETYMOLOGY: Probably a back-formation from interloper, from Latin inter- (between) + Dutch lopen (to run), which also gave us landloper and landlubber. Earliest documented use: 1603.
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INTER HOPE - exhortation to All Ye Who Enter Here
INTER-POPE - when the Pope dies and a new Pope has yet been elected
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PRODROME
PRONUNCIATION: (PROH-drohm)
MEANING: noun: An early symptom that indicates the onset of a disease or an episode of something such as a migraine.
ETYMOLOGY: From French prodrome (forerunner), from Latin prodromus, from Ancient Greek prodromos, from pro- (before) + dromos (running), which also gave us syndrome, hippodrome, and palindrome. Earliest documented use: 1611.
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PYRO-DROME - where they hold competitive fireworks displays
PRO DOME - indoor arena where the Big Leagues play
PROD ROMEO - Juliet is hinting
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DROMOMANIA
PRONUNCIATION: (droh-muh-MAY-nee-uh)
MEANING: noun
1. A compulsive desire to travel.
2. An excessive enthusiasm for running.
ETYMOLOGY: From Ancient Greek dromos (running) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1900.
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DR. OÖMANIA - a medical ovulation specialist (not to say a fanatic)
DR.OZ-OMANIA - what almost got him elected in Pennsylvania
DRONOMANIA - excessive enthusiasm about remote-controlled flying craft
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CHERUBIC
PRONUNCIATION: (chuh-ROO-bik)
MEANING: - adjective: Having a sweet, innocent appearance.
ETYMOLOGY: - From cherub, from Latin cherubim, from Greek kheroubin, from Hebrew kerubim. Ultimately from the Semitic root krb (to praise). Earliest documented use: 1645.
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THE RUBIC - that fellow who invented that cube puzzle so popular 40 years ago
CHERUB, INC - a subsidiary of Heaven, LLC (salvation is a growth industry these days)
CHER URIC - dear gout
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NIDUS
PRONUNCIATION: (NY-duhs)
MEANING: noun:
1. A nest.
2. A source or the central point, especially of infection where bacteria or other pathogens breed.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nidus (nest). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sed- (to sit), which also gave us nest, sit, chair, saddle, assess, sediment, soot, cathedral, tetrahedron, nidifugous (leaving the nest soon after birth), and nidicolous (remaining with parents). Earliest documented use: 1691.
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MID-U.S. - two or three hundred miles on either side of the Mississippi
NIDUC - a Native American tribe of western New Hampshire
NINDUS - a river in Nindia, one of the four great rivers of the middle-east and Nindian subcontinent and a cradle of cnivilization
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PELAGIC
PRONUNCIATION: (Pe-LAJ-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to or living in the open ocean, far from land.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin pelagicus (of the sea), from Greek pelagos (sea). Ultimately from the Indo-European root plak- (to be flat) which also gave us archipelago, flake, flaw, placate, plead, please, and plank. Earliest documented use: 1656.
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PELATIC - like an eastern exercise program
P.E. MAGIC - mystical results resulting from a Physical Education program
OPELAGIC - like a German car
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TATTERDEMALION
PRONUNCIATION: (tat-uhr-di-MAYL-yuhn, -MAL-)
MEANING: adjective: Ragged, tattered.
noun: A person in ragged clothes.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse toturr (rag). The origin of demalion is uncertain. Earliest documented use: 1608
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TATTED ÉMALION - made lace in the French town of Émalion
TASTER deMAL-ION - epicure specializing in evil charged particles
TATTER-DERMA-LION - big cat with raggedy skin
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BIBLIOPHAGIST
PRONUNCIATION: (bib-lee-AH-fuh-jist)
MEANING: noun: One who loves to read books; a bookworm.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek biblio- (book) + -phage (one who eats). Earliest documented use: 1881. Another form of the word is bibliophage.
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BILIOPHAGIST - a bile drinker
BIBIOPHAGIST - one who devours Israeli Prime Ministers
BIBLIOPTAGIST - one who values books because of their appearance
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PROSATEUR
PRONUNCIATION: (pro-zuh-TUHR)
MEANING: noun: A writer of prose.
ETYMOLOGY: From French prosateur (a prose writer), from Italian prosatore, from Latin prosator, from prosa (straightforward). Earliest documented use: 1728.
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PRO-S.A.T.-ER - someone in favor of continuing to use the Scholastic Aptitude Test as part of the College Admissions process
PROSTATEUR - a connoisseur of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (that bane of the aging male)
PYROSATEUR - a hypersexed demon, half man and half goat, who lights fires
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BIBLIOPOLE
PRONUNCIATION: (BIB-lee-uh-pohl)
MEANING: noun: A bookseller, especially of rare works.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin bibliopola (bookseller), from Greek bibliopoles, biblio- (book) + polein (to sell). Earliest documented use: 1775.
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BIBLIOPOLY - government by book readers (a consummation devoutly to be wished)
BILLIOPOLE - to which you tie the male goat, to keep him out of mischief
BIBLIOPLE - (the library was really in Istanbul, not Alexandria)
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PERITEXT
PRONUNCIATION: (PER-uh-tekst)
MEANING: noun: The material surrounding the main text of a book, such as covers, preface, bibliography, colophon, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek peri- (around) + text, from Latin texere (to weave). Ultimately from the Indo-European root teks- (to weave), which also gave us context, texture, tissue, tectonic, architect, technology, ]PERITEXT[/b]subtle, and subtile. Earliest documented use: 1977.
NOTES: The word is primarily used with books, but can be applied to other creative works such as films, computer games, etc.
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"PERI - NEXT!" - the dentist specializing in gum-diseases must be doing a land-office business
PETIT-EXT - a small extension
P.E. WRITE-XT - old computer program for teachers to record the results of gym class
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BIBLIOPHOBE
PRONUNCIATION: (BIB-lee-uh-fohb)
MEANING: noun: A person with a strong aversion to books.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek biblio- (book) + -phobe (one who fears).
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BI-BIOPHOBE - fearful of having the story of one's life told twice
BILIOPHOBE - afraid of gall bladder secretions
BIBLIOPROBE - Congress investigates its Library
BIBLIOPHOEBE - a Gospel-singing bird
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FOLKMOOT
PRONUNCIATION: (FOK-moot)
MEANING: noun: A general assembly of the people of a town, city, county, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English folcmot, from folc (folk) + mot (moot). Earliest documented use: 1513.
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FORKMOOT - the reply to the question, "Should the place setting include to salad fork or the dinner fork when all I'm serving is split pea soup?"
FOLKMOON - the peasants make a rude gesture en masse
FOLKMOO - the sound of the herd
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QUALM
PRONUNCIATION: (kwam, kwom)
MEANING: noun:
1. An uneasy feeling about the rightness of a course of action.
2. A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1531.
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QUAD M - a pretty big type spacer, about as wide as the letter M is tall
SQUAL M - the thirteenth small, localized, intense sea storm of the season
QUO ALM - Whence cometh this charity?
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PASTILLAGE
PRONUNCIATION: (PAH-stee-ahj)
MEANING: noun: A sugar paste that’s molded into shapes and figures for decorating cakes, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From French pastillage (a small figure made of sugar), from pastille (lozenge), from Spanish pastilla (candy), from Latin pasta (dough). Earliest documented use: 1883.
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POSTILLAGE - after the harvest is over
PASVILLAGE - 1. the town my dad grew up in; 2. a community of dances
PASTILLAGE - see POSTILLAGE, above
EASTILLAGE - a neighborhood in lower Manhattan
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PSALM
PRONUNCIATION: (sahm)
MEANING: noun: A sacred poem or song.
verb intr.: To sing a poem or song.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English psealm, from Latin psalmus, from Greek psalmos (plucking of strings), from psallein (to pluck). Earliest documented use: c. 450 CE.
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UPS ALM - government charity for the delivery company with the brown trucks
PSALOM - the son for whom King David wept when he heard of his death in battle
PSA-FM - a Public Service Announcement on the radio
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POINTILLAGE
PRONUNCIATION: (pwan-tee-YAZH)
MEANING: noun: A style of painting in which small dots are applied to the canvas. Also known as pointillism.
ETYMOLOGY: From French pointiller (to paint small dots), from Latin punctum (point), from pungere (to prick). Earliest documented use: 1887.
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PO IN VILLAGE - the river goes through the middle of town
PIN TILLAGE - the growing of golf holes
POINT ULLAGE - a promontory where liquid contents evaporate from bottles
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EUNOIA
PRONUNCIATION: (yoo-NOY-uh)
MEANING: noun:
1. A feeling of goodwill.
2. A state of good mental health.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek eunoia (well mind), from eu (well, good) + noos (mind, spirit).
NOTES: Eunoia is the shortest word in English with all five vowels.
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EU-NO-MI-A - my Italian acquaintance
REUNOIA - the return of the psychotic
PUNOIA - the satisfying feeling of having just made a good one
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SCRAUNCH or SCRANCH
PRONUNCIATION: (skrawnch)
MEANING: verb tr.: To crunch, crush, or grind.
ETYMOLOGY: Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1620.
NOTES: The word scraunched is the longest one-syllable word in the English language.
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S.C. RANCH - what they call a hacienda in Greenville
SCRUNCH - to squeeze together so as to take up less space, as on a sofa or car seat
S.C.R. LUNCH - midday meal in the cafeteria of the State Capitol Refectory
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LIMNOPHILOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (lim-NOF-uh-luhs)
MEANING: adjective: Fond of or living in inland bodies of water such as lakes, pools, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek limne (lake) + -philous (liking). Earliest documented use: 1855.
NOTES: The word limnophilous is one of the few words in English that have four consecutive letters of the alphabet in a row. Some everyday words are understudy and overstuff.
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LIMOPHILOUS - a devotion to travelling by luxury cars
LIMPOPHILOUS - a fondness for great gray-green greasy rivers
GIMNOPHILOUS - opposite of angiophilous
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PHARMACOPOEIA or PHARMACOPEIA
PRONUNCIATION: (far-muh-kuh-PEE-uh)
MEANING: noun:
1. A book listing approved drugs and related information.
2. A stock of drugs.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pharmakon (drug) + poiein (to make). Earliest documented use: 1618.
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PHARMACOPERA - a musical drama about ants
PARMA-COPE-IA - there's not enough cheese for the spaghetti, but I'll manage
P. HARM-A-COP ERA - 16. an unfortunate outgrowth of the Black Lives Matter movement
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OXYGEUSIA
PRONUNCIATION: (ok-see-GOO/GYOO-zee/zhee-uh, -zhuh)
MEANING: noun: An acute sense of taste.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek oxy- (sharp) + -geusia (taste). Earliest documented use: 1848.
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FOXYGEUSIA - "They never had such a supper in their life/And the little ones chewed on the bones, O...."
LOXYGEUSIA - the yummy taste of bagel and cream cheese and all the trimmings
OXYGE-U.S.A. - what we'll breathe when the CO2 level builds up too high
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HARK
PRONUNCIATION: (hark)
MEANING: verb intr.:
1. To listen attentively.
2. Hark back: to allude to or return to a previous topic, time, event, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English heorcian (to listen). Earliest documented use: 1175. A variant is hearken.
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MARK - the Muster who has three quarks, according to James Joyce
HAIK - when the Center snaps the football on the 5/7/4th syllable (that is, the count is missing its final syllable)
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TARN
PRONUNCIATION: (tarn)
MEANING: noun: A small mountain lake.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse tjǫrn (small lake). Earliest documented use: 1400.
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TO A RN - ode in appreciation of my nurse
STARN - plural of "Star" (German)
TARM - a short runway (or, one with no alternating current)
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TOPOS
PRONUNCIATION: (TOH-pohs/pahs)
MEANING: noun: A traditional theme, literary motif, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek koinos topos (common place) which also gave us the word topic. Earliest documented use: 1948.
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POPOS - what you pat 'em on after thy put their feet up
TOPOS - short for "topographical errors"
NOPOS - Should I attach this wire to the negative terminal?
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SPIV
PRONUNCIATION: (spiv)
MEANING: noun: An unscrupulous person or a petty criminal, especially one who is sharply dressed.
verb intr.: To make a living unscrupulously.
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SHIV a small knife used by a petty criminal
SHTV - use the Mute button on a television set
SPID - went too fast and skidded
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RIVE
PRONUNCIATION: (ryv)
MEANING: verb tr.: To tear, split, fracture, etc.
verb intr.: To become split or cracked.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse rifa (to tear apart). Earliest documented use: 1250.
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RIVER - one who cracks
ROVE - used to crack
DRIVE - chief design officer (CDO) of Apple Inc. (from 1997 until 2019) after he was awarded an honorary doctorate
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IDIOLATRY
PRONUNCIATION: (i-di-OL-uh-tree)
MEANING: noun: Self worship.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek idio- (one’s own, personal) + -latry (worship). Earliest documented use: 1626. A synonym is autolatry.
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IDI-OLATRY - glorifying the former head of Uganda
INDIOLATRY - diehard NASCAR racing fanatic
I DIOL AUTRY - What do I do when I want to talk to Trigger?
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CYNANTHROPY
PRONUNCIATION: si-NAN-thruh-pee)
MEANING: noun: A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a dog.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kyon (dog) + -anthropy (human). Earliest documented use: 1594.
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CYANTHROPY - believing to b one of Burton Rouché's Eleven Blue Men
CYGNANTHROPY - believing to be an Ugly Duckling (actually, a baby swan)a
MY ANTHROPY - a child pioneer in Nebraska at the end of the Nineteenth Century
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BOLT-HOLE
PRONUNCIATION: (BOLT-hol)
MEANING: noun:
1. A place of escape, hiding, or seclusion.
2. A hole through which to escape when in danger.
ETYMOLOGY: From bolt + hole, from Old English bolt (a heavy arrow) + Old English hol (hole, cave). Earliest documented use: 1851.
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BOLT HOME - what the third-base runner does on a passed ball
DOLT-HOLE - alternative to a dunce cap on the three-legged stool in the corner
BOLE-HOLE - where you hang the bucket after tapping the sugar maple tree
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HYPERACUSIS
PRONUNCIATION: (hy-puhr-uh-KYOO-sis)
MEANING: noun: A heightened sensitivity to sounds.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hyper- (over) + acousis (hearing). Earliest documented use: 1825.
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HYPERACUSS - a very special swear word
HYPER-ACCUSIS - "But her e-mails!..."
HOPE-RACUSIS - how we wished the Clarence Thomas affair had worked out (alas, in vain)
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SUEDE-SHOED
PRONUNCIATION: (SWAYD-shood)
MEANING: adjective: Affecting smartness and respectability.
ETYMOLOGY: From the perceived preference of suede shoes by people supposedly smart and respectable. From suede (a soft leather), from French gants de Suède (Swedish gloves). Later the word suede was applied to the material, instead of the country. Earliest documented use: 1936. Also see white-shoe.
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SUED-SHOED - obtained a warrant against the person with the boots
SUE, DE-SHOD - yes and they took off her high heels, too
SUE DE-SHOWED - she took down the racy web images
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SABOTEUR
PRONUNCIATION: (sab-uh-TUHR)
MEANING: noun: One who disrupts, damages, or destroys, especially in an underhanded manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From French saboter (to walk noisily, to botch), from sabot (wooden shoe). Earliest documented use: 1921.
NOTES: The popular story of disgruntled workers throwing their sabots into the machinery to jam it is not supported by evidence. Rather, it’s that the workers typically wore sabots.
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SAVOTEUR - a devotee of Gilbert & Sullivan, so named because of G&S' connection with the Savoy Theater in London
SABETEUR - one who knows (after Spanish ¿Quien sabe?, proposed source of Tonto's "Kemo Sabe")
SAMBOTEUR - habitual patron of a now-defunct restaurant chain (long considered politically incorrect)
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WELL-HEELED
PRONUNCIATION: (wel-HEELD)
MEANING: adjective: Having plenty of money.
ETYMOLOGY: Alluding to a person who can easily afford to replace shoes often. Earliest documented use: 1871. The opposite is down-at-the-heel.
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WELL-HEEDED - paid attention when told "the first priority is a good water supply"
WELL-WHEELED - having enclosures for its wheels
WE'LL-SEE-LED - the CEO has a make-it-up-as-we-go-along attitude
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(B)SNEAKERNET(/B)
PRONUNCIATION (SNEE-kuhr-net)
MEANING: noun: The transfer of electronic information by physically moving it storing it on a device and moving the device), instead of doing it over a computer network.
ETYMOLOGY: From sneaker (a shoe popular in everyday use) + net, alluding to someone carrying a disk, memory key, etc. from one computer to another. The shoes were called sneakers because their rubber soles made them very quiet. Earliest documented use: 1984.
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