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(continued from here, after 1,000+ posts!) ======================= HEIGHTISMPRONUNCIATION: (HY-tiz-uhm) MEANING: noun: Discrimination based on height, especially the unfair treatment of people who are short. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by sociologist Saul Feldman, from height, from Old English hehthu (height), from heah (high). Earliest documented use: 1971. _______________________________ HIGHTISM - discrimination based on one's name (obsolete) EIGHTISM - requirement that all mathematical statements shall be in Base 8 EIGHTISM (2) - monetary system based on the old Spanish dollar ( real de ocho) and its parts; "two bits" = a quarter = 25 ¢ HEIGHTIST - synonym of aerialist, high-wire artist
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THEOPHORIC
PRONUNCIATION: (thee-uh/oh-FOR-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Having or derived from the name of a god.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek theo- (god) + -phoric (bearing). Earliest documented use: 1891.
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THEOPHOTIC - taking a picture of God
THEOCHORIC - singing God's praises (see also THEOPHONIC)
THEOPHORIC - I feel like a cup of tea
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EKPHRASIS
PRONUNCIATION: (EK-fruh-sis)
MEANING: noun: A description of or commentary on a work of visual art.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ecphrasis, from Greek ekphrasis (description), from ek (ex-, out) + phrazein (to explain). Earliest documented use: 1632.
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ELK PHRASIS - the Sayings of the BPOE
EKPHASIS - the opposite of EMPHASIS
EEKPHRASIS - mouse-aphobia
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DIEGETIC
PRONUNCIATION: (dy-uh-JET-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Happening inside a story.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek diegesis (narrative). Earliest documented use: 1970.
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DIE AGE-TIC - in Berlin, the twitch in your eyelid that comes with growing oder
DI-ERGETIC - producing twice as much energy
DYE-GET, I.C. - an international company that produces and markets hair coloring
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YESTERWEEK
PRONUNCIATION: (YES-tuhr-week)
MEANING: noun: Last week.
adverb: During last week.
ETYMOLOGY: From yester- (a time one period before the present one), from Old English giestran (previous day) + week, from Old English wice (week). Earliest documented use: 1830.
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HESTERWEEK - the seven-day period when aficionados get together to re-read The Scarlet Letter.
EYES, TERWEEK! - Mr Terweek, copying answers from your neighbors' test papers is not permitted
YESTERWEED - a strain of marijuana so strong you're stoned for even before you use it
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TZIMMES or TSIMMES
PRONUNCIATION: (TSIM-is/uhs)
MEANING: noun:
1. Fuss; confusion.
2. A stew of fruits and vegetables, and sometimes meat.
ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish tsimes (stew). Earliest documented use: 1892.
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T. ZIMMER - less-known younger brother of the guy who replaced Jackie Robinson at 2nd Base
TO "I'M ME!"S - toasting the victims of identity theft
TRIMMES - modest haircuts at the Olde Barber Shoppe
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GRAVY TRAIN
PRONUNCIATION: (GRAY-vee trayn)
MEANING: noun: A situation offering a lot of money or benefits for little work.
ETYMOLOGY: The word gravy has been used for easily acquired money. Eventually it began to be used in the phrase: to ride the gravy train. Earliest documented use: 1895. See also sinecure.
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GRAVY TO RAIN - a task just a bit easier than turning wine into water
GRAVY STRAIN - taking the solids out of the drippings from roast turkey
GRAVY TRAIL - what Hansel and Gretel left after their father struck it rich and they ate roast beef instead of bread
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COLD TURKEY
PRONUNCIATION: (KOLD TUHR-kee)
MEANING: noun: 1. An abrupt and complete withdrawal, especially from an addiction.
2. A frank and direct expression of views.
adjective: Abrupt and complete.
adverb: Abruptly.
verb tr., intr.: To abruptly and completely withdraw, especially from something addictive.
ETYMOLOGY: Apparently from the serving of cold roast turkey which requires no preparation. Earliest documented use: 1921.
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OLD TURKEY - brand of cheap bourbon
COLA, TURKEY ! - Ya want root beer with that, fella?
COLD TURNKEY - even the guards wear a coat in that cheap Duke's dungeon
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NOTHINGBURGER
PRONUNCIATION: (NUH-thing-buhr-guhr)
MEANING: noun: Someone or something that turns out to be inconsequential.
ETYMOLOGY: From the metaphorical use of a burger missing a patty. Coined by Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons. Earliest documented use: 1942.
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NOT-HUNG BURGER - portrait of a bourgeois town resident that isn't yet up on the wall
BOTH IN G-BURG E.R. - the two of them have been taken to the city Emergency Room in Gettysburg
NO THINK! BURGER!! - Cookie Monster's cousin Hammie M. has no trouble deciding what to order at Macdonald's
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PLAIN VANILLA
PRONUNCIATION: (PLAYN vuh-NIL-uh)
MEANING: adjective: The basic, plain, or bland.
ETYMOLOGY: From plain + vanilla, from Spanish vainilla (little pod), from vaina (sheath), from Latin vaginα (sheath) + -illa (diminutive suffix). Earliest documented use: 1942.
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Once vanillin, the organic compound that gives vanilla its flavor, was synthesized, it became cheap to use vanilla flavor. It became the default flavor of ice-cream and soon the term was used for anything basic, unadorned, without any extras.
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PLAIN MANILLA - a simple unadorned Philippine city
SWAIN VANILLA - an uunremarkable, ordinary-loooking, but dependable suitor
PLAID VANILLA - a sweet Scottish dessert flavor
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