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GOBBLEDEGOOK
PRONUNCIATION: (GOB-uhl-dee-gook)
MEANING: noun: Speech or writing marked by jargon, circumlocution, or unintelligible terms.
ETYMOLOGY: Probably from gobble, representing a turkey’s gobble. Earliest documented use: 1944.
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GOBBLE DE ROOK - I jump on your sacrifice of a castle, said the chess master
COBBLE DE COOK - get the chef some shoes
GOBBLE DE GOOP - As Ralph Kramden said to Ed Norton, "What's that slop yer eating?"
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COLUMANDER – informal term for the commander of a column
CULLODENER – a Scot who is still bitter about the crushing of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745
POLANDER – Polish nationalist seeking independence
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BERSERK
PRONUNCIATION: (ber-SURK/ZURK)
MEANING: adjective: Frenzied or deranged, especially in a violent manner.
noun: One who has become frenzied or deranged.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse berserkr (bear-shirt), from ber (bear), feminine of björn (bear) + serkr (shirt). Earliest documented use: 1814.
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BEESERK - how bees behave when their hive is threatened
BESSER: K - the twelfth meaning of the German word for "better"
BETS 'ER 'K - it's legal to wager
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KINDLER
PRONUNCIATION: (KIN-duh-luhr)
MEANING: noun:
1. A person or thing that starts a fire.
2. A person or thing that inspires, incites, or arouses.
ETYMOLOGY: Probably from Old Norse kynda (to ignite). Earliest documented use: 1439.
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KINDLER - someone who reads digital books on a commercially supplied device
KANDLER - a person who searches for spoiled eggs by shining a light through them
KINUDLER - a roue
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FAIRY-TALE
PRONUNCIATION: (FER-ee-tayl)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Referring to a situation where improbable events lead to a happy ending.
2. Relating to a story with fantastical, untrue, or idealized elements.
ETYMOLOGY: From fairy, from Latin fata (the Fates), plural of fatum (fate) + tale, from Old English talu (story). Earliest documented use: 1904.
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AIRY-TALE - gossamer prose
FAIR-TALE - Charlotte's Web, i.e. (You say it's not? Just ask Templeton!)
FAIRY-TABLE - another name for mushroom
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FAIRY HAIL – rare meteorological phenomenon in intense cold
BEARY TALE – the story of Goldilocks
BEERY TRAIL – pub crawl
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RESURRECT
PRONUNCIATION: (rez-uh-REKT)
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To raise from the dead.
2. To restore to use, practice, view, etc.
verb intr.: To rise from the dead.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from resurrection, from Anglo-French resurrectiun, from Latin resurgere (to rise again), from re- (again) + surgere (to rise). Earliest documented use: 1772.
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RECURRECT - to make the same amendments time after time
RESURJECT - to throw on top of something else...again
PRESURRECT - apply force before an expected event
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PENETRALIUM
PRONUNCIATION: (peh-nuh-TRAY-lee-uhm)
MEANING: noun: The innermost, secret, or hidden parts of something.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from penetralia (plural of penetrale), based on the mistaken assumption that its singular form was penetralium. From penetrare (to penetrate), from penitus (interior) + intrare (to enter).
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BENETRALIUM - the definitive biography of poet Steven Vincent Benet
PENETRANIUM - an icepick wound to the skull
PELE-TRALIUM - fanciful way to refer to the soccer paparazzi from 1956 to 1974 (especially Brazil)
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BRINDLE
PRONUNCIATION: (BRIN-duhl)
MEANING: noun: 1. Gray or tawny with streaks or spots of a darker color.
2. An animal, especially a dog, cat, or cow, with a brindle coat.
adj.: Of the color brindle.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from brindled, an alteration of brinded (streaked or spotted), from Old Norse. Earliest documented use: 1676.
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B. RIDDLE - He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's younger sister Barbara
BRIDLE - a girl getting married at the age of four
BRINDALE - a broad valley that's been inundated by salt water
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JURISPRUDE
PRONUNCIATION: (JOOR-uhs-prood)
MEANING: noun: One who flaunts legal knowledge or is excessively preoccupied with the nuances of law.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from jurisprudence (influenced by prude), from Latin jus (law, right) + prudentia (knowledge).
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AURISPRUDE - one who can be influenced by ambient sounds
JURISPRUNE - a wizened old lawyer, stuck in his ways
JUDI'S PRUDE - Dame Dench is getting quite Victorian in her old age
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