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SQUARELY
PRONUNCIATION: (SKWAIR-lee)
MEANING: adverb:
1. In a straightforward or frank manner.
2. Firmly.
3. Directly.
4. At right angles.
ETYMOLOGY: From square, from Latin exquadrare (to square). Earliest documented use: 1557.
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SQUAD-RELY - a US Armed Forces habit: the practice of depending on ones companions
QUARELY - iritable
'SQUARTELY - it's by 32-ounce increments
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TANGENT
PRONUNCIATION: (TAN-juhnt)
MEANING: noun: 1. A line of thought or action that diverges from the main topic or course.
2. A line that touches a curve or a surface at one point but doesn’t cross it.
adjective: 1. Straying from the main topic.
2. Touching a curve or a surface at one point without crossing it.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin tangere (to touch). Earliest documented use: 1594.
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TAN-GENE - ...and he gets darker-skinned, not sunburnt, just like everyone else in his family
BAN-GENT - the rule says No Men Allowed
DANG E.N.T. - dad-burned otorhinolaryngologist
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ASYMPTOTE
PRONUNCIATION: (AS-im-toht)
MEANING: noun:
1. Something or someone that gets closer and closer but never touches.
2. A straight line whose distance to a curve approaches zero as the curve approaches infinity.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek asymptotos (not falling together), from a- (not) + syn (with) + ptotos (falling), from piptein (to fall). Earliest documented use: 1656.
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ASYMPTONE - what a symp sounds like (see also ASYMPNOTE)
A SYMPH TOTE - a souvenir gift for donating to your local orchestra
EASY M.P. TOTE - a simple way to carry Military Police
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SNAIL MAIL
PRONUNCIATION: (SNAYL-mayl)
MEANING: noun: The physical delivery of letters and other material. Also, a piece of such mail.
verb tr., intr.: To send a letter or other material by the postal system.
ETYMOLOGY: From snail, known for its sluggishness, from Old English snægl + mail, from Old French malle (bag). Earliest documented use: 1929.
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NAIL MAIL - armor made by cutting the heads off nails and twisting the remaining shafts into interlocking rings to form a deflector when worn
STAIL MAIL - when you send a check to your bank and it's returned because it took more than six months to arrive
SAIL MAIL - an invitation to join the crew of an Americas' Cup yacht
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GREENMAIL
PRONUNCIATION: (GREEN-mayl)
MEANING: noun: The practice of buying a large quantity of a company’s stock as a means of hostile takeover, then selling it back to the company at a higher price.
verb tr.: To subject a company to this tactic.
ETYMOLOGY: From green (money), from greenback (US currency note, from the color of its printing) + mail (as in blackmail), from Middle English male (rent or tribute), from Old English mal (agreement, pay), from Old Norse mal (agreement). Earliest documented use: 1983.
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GREENMALL - a place to buy flowers, vegetables, seedings, grass, sod, and other organics, along with the tools and supplies useful in nurturing them, with many vendors in one market
AGREE'N'MAIL - what you do with the contract from an online company
GREEDMAIL - spam
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POSTAL
PRONUNCIATION: (POHS-tuhl)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to the mail or the post office.
2. Very angry, insane, or violent.
ETYMOLOGY: From French poste, from the posting of horse riders at intervals to transport letters along a route. Earliest documented use: sense 1: 1842, sense 2: 1993.
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POSIAL - Flowery
PROSTAL - Of or pertaining to a cancer that afflicts only men
PROSTAL - when a paid athlete takes much more time than necessary to make his next action
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MAILED FIST
PRONUNCIATION: (MAYLD fist)
MEANING: noun: A threat or show of force to maintain control.
ETYMOLOGY: Translation of German gepanzerte Faust (mailed fist), from Panzer (armor) + Faust (fist). The word mail here is an armor made of interlinked rings, as in chain mail, from Old French maile (loop). Earliest documented use: 1897.]
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MAILED FISH - starts to smell after three days...
MA, I LED LIST - Look, Mother, I was the first one mentioned!
MAULED FIST - my third metatarsal bone is broken
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GRAYMAIL
PRONUNCIATION: (GRAY-mayl)
MEANING: noun: 1. A defense tactic in an espionage trial where the accused threatens to reveal secrets to avoid prosecution.
2. Email that the recipient no longer finds valuable even though it’s not spam. For example, a newsletter from a company where one has shopped.
verb tr.: To compel the prosecution to drop charges by threatening to disclose sensitive information.
ETYMOLOGY: Formed on the pattern of blackmail, utilizing “gray” to denote something that is indeterminate or falls into a “gray area”. The word mail here (as in blackmail) is from Middle English male (rent or tribute), from Old English mail (agreement, pay), from Old Norse mal (agreement). Earliest documented use: 1978.
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BRAYMAIL - postal service on Animal Farm
GRANMA, IL - how I just addressed a card to my father's mother in Chicago
GRAYMAIR - the old horse ain't what she used to be, now that she's aging
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'A' TYMPNOTE - type of tuning for kettledrums
A LIMPNOTE - not a bang but a whimper
ASEPTITE - soft mineral that can be rubbed against the hands to sterilize them
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POSITAL - hypothetical
PASTAL - relating to spaghetti etc
PROS(I)TAL - full of Bavarian heartiness
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GALVANIC
PRONUNCIATION: (gal-VAN-ik)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Stimulating; energizing; shocking.
2. Relating to electric current, especially direct current.
ETYMOLOGY: After Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), physician and physicist known for his pioneering experiments on the electrical stimulation of animal tissues, which demonstrated the existence of electricity within biological organisms. Earliest documented use: 1797.
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GAL MANIC - the woman goes crazy sometimes
GALVANIA - a small former SSR just east of Minsk
GALLANIC - French, and full of respect, courtesy, and consideration
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STAN
PRONUNCIATION: (stan)
MEANING: noun: An extremely zealous or obsessive fan.
verb tr., intr.: To be or act as such a fan.
ETYMOLOGY: After Stan (short for Stanley), the title character of rap artist Eminem’s song from the year 2000. Earliest documented use: 2000.
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ISTAN - the former Constantinople, after the male in the herd died
STOAN - what you don't want to throw first, but you also don't want it unturned
STRAN' - to leave without transportation home
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MAECENATISM
PRONUNCIATION: (my/mi-SEE-nuh-tiz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: Patronage, for example, the support or financial sponsorship provided to artists, musicians, or writers.
ETYMOLOGY: After Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (c. 70-8 BCE), a wealthy adviser to the Roman Emperor Augustus. Maecenas was renowned for his generous patronage of poets like Horace and Virgil. Earliest documented use: 1606.
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MARE CENATISM - a large flat bright region on the back of the moon, not visible from Earth
MAE-CENT-ISM - campaign to replace Lincoln's head on the penny with the bust of a movie star
MARC-ENATISM - doctrine that Cleopatra was actually Marc Anthony's mother
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ALASTOR
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-LAS-tuhr)
MEANING: noun: An avenger.
ETYMOLOGY.
After Alastor, a deity or spirit of vengeance in Greek mythology. The name is apparently from Greek a- (not) + lathein (to forget), alluding to this deity’s role in ensuring that the members of a family remember acts of vengeance and commit fresh crimes, thus perpetuating the cycle of bloodshed (think Romeo & Juliet’s families). Earliest documented use: 1603.
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ATLAS' TOR - the hill on which the Titan stood with the world on his shoulders
ALA STORE - place to buy your wings
ALAS...TORY - Not a popular position in pre-Revolutionary War Boston
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PYGMALION
PRONUNCIATION: (pig-MAYL-yuhn, -MAY-lee-uhn)
MEANING: noun: A mentor, especially a man who mentors a woman.
adjective: Describing a word considered offensive, such as a swear word.
ETYMOLOGY: From George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion. Earliest documented use: noun: 1926, adjective: 1914.
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PYGMY LION- Prince of the Beasts
PY(G) MALIGN - Post-Year of Graduate School is evil...
PYGAMA LION - if Calvin and Hobbes had evolved slightly differently
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PITCH-PERFECT
PRONUNCIATION: (pich-PUHR-fikt)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Perfect in every way, especially in being sensitive to a particular situation.
2. Right tone, pitch, mood, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From pitch, from Old English pic + perficere (to finish), from per- (across) + facere (to do). Earliest documented use: 1902.
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ITCH-PERFECT - the ultimate Poison Ivy remedy
PINCH-PERFECT - like my one-year-old nephew's pink cheeks
PITCH PER FEET - the proper slope for a pedestrian walkway
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FANFARE
PRONUNCIATION: (FAN-fayr)
MEANING: noun:
1. A showy public display.
2. A brief, lively sounding of brass instruments, especially trumpets, in a celebration.
ETYMOLOGY: From French, ultimately of echoic origins. Earliest documented use: 1605. Also see fanfaron and fanfaronade. It’s not known if these two words are related to today’s word.
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HANFARE - meals on the Millennium Falcon
FANFAR - a person sitting in the last row of top tier of the stadium
FANFIRE - how you put the "blast" in "blast furnace"
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DOWNBEAT
PRONUNCIATION: (DAUN-beet)
MEANING: noun: 1. The downward stroke of a conductor indicating the first or an accented beat of a measure.
2. The first beat of a measure.
adjective: 1. Gloomy or pessimistic.
2. Understated, muted, or restrained.
ETYMOLOGY: From down, from Old English dun/dune, from adune (downward), from the phrase “of dune” (off the hill), from dun (hill) + beat, from Old English beatan. Earliest documented use: 1766.
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DAWNBEAT - more succinct version of "The early bird gets the worm"
DOWNBOAT - launch the life-raft !
DOWNBLEAT - plaintive sound from a duck after its feathers are plucked
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BOOGIE
PRONUNCIATION: (BOOG-ee)
MEANING: verb intr.: 1. To move, go, or depart quickly.
2. To dance in an energetic manner, especially to rock music.
noun: 1. A style of blues music played on the piano, characterized by a fast tempo and repetitive bass pattern.
2. A form of lively dance.
ETYMOLOGY: From boogie-woogie, from African American Vernacular English. Further etymology is uncertain, perhaps of West African origin. Earliest documented use as both noun and verb: 1929.
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BONGIE - affectionate name for a child's favorite water-pipe
B.O.-OGRE - a storybook monster who smells bad
MOOGIE - describing music that sounds as if it came from a synthesizer
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FIDDLE-FADDLE
PRONUNCIATION: (FID-uhl-fad-uhl)
MEANING: noun: Nonsense.
verb intr.: To trifle.
ETYMOLOGY: Reduplication of fiddle, from Old English fithele, of obscure origin. Earliest documented use: 1577.
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FIDDLE-ADDLE - when the Concertmaster who lives upstairs drives you crazy with incessant practicing
FIDDLE-PADDLE - what the string player had to do when up the creek with no other means of propulsion
PIDDLE-FADDLE - the reason many players use a folded diaper between the violin and their clavicle, especially if the instrument has a liquid tone
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HOORAY HARRY
PRONUNCIATION: (hoo-ray HEN-ree)
MEANING: noun: A young, upper-class man who behaves in a loud, obnoxious, and often pretentious manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From hooray, from hurra, alteration of huzza, perhaps a hoisting cry + Henry, a generic use of the name. Earliest documented use: 1936.
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HOLO-RAY HENRY - the guy who designed the first personal projector
HOTRAY HENRY - Who invented that gadget for keeping things warm on the buffet table?
SHOO RAY, HENRY - Hank, tell Ray to get outa here!
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NERVOUS NELLIE or NELLY - n. nervous nelly, -nelly
PRONUNCIATION: (nuhr-vuhs NEL-ee)
MEANING: noun: One who is unusually nervous, timid, or fearful.
ETYMOLOGY: From nervous, from nervus (nerve) + Nelly/Nellie, a female given name. Earliest documented use: 1925.
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NERVOUS KELLY - how he felt after seeing the "NINA" in the want-ad
NE'ER VOUS, NELLIE - Non, Mademoiselle, you don't have to worry about this
NERVOUS NEELIE - how Francie Nolan's brother (in Brooklyn) felt about going on his first date
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Are you thinking of the Duke of Sussex? 
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BOUGIE ROUGE - candlelit piano improvisation by Liberace
BOGGY BOGGY BLUE - upbeat version of the old English folksong The Foggy Foggy Dew
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FLASH HARRY
PRONUNCIATION: (flash HAR-ee)
MEANING: noun: A man who dresses and behaves in a vulgar, showy, or pretentious manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From flash (showy) + generic use of the name Harry. Earliest documented use: 1960.
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FLASH LARRY - cousin of Leisure Suit Larry (in the Land of the Lounge Lizards)
FLASH HARPY - a mythological Siren, without clothes
LASH-HARRY - to torment your enemies with a whip as they flee before you
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DROWNBEAT - fortissimo rhythm on percussion
DOWNBOAT - bathyscaphe
DOWNBITE - orthodontic term
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AUNT SALLY
PRONUNCIATION: (ant SAL-ee)
MEANING: noun:
1. An object of criticism.
2. Someone or something set up as an easy target for criticism in order to deflect it from others.
ETYMOLOGY: From aunt, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (father’s sister), diminutive of amma (mother) + Sally, a form of the name Sarah. Earliest documented use: 1858.
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TAUNT SALLY - we do tease her a lot
PUNT SALLY - sudden attack via a flat-bottomed riverboat
AUNT SALTY - Mom's sister can swear like a sailor!
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GOOD-TIME CHARLEY/CHARLIE
PRONUNCIATION: (GOOD-tym char-lee)
MEANING: noun: One devoted to the pursuit of convivial fun and amusement.
ETYMOLOGY: From good-time (pleasure-seeking) + Charlie/Charley, diminutive of Charles. Earliest documented use: 1925.
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GOOD-TIME HARLEY - devoted to pursuit of a convivial motorcycle ride
GOOD-LIME CHARLIE - makes the best drink in Margaritaville
GOOD-TIDE CHARLIE - prefers to wait until the proper moment, and then lead on to Fortune; Shakespeare's metaphor for "caveat emptor"
[Make that "carpe diem". What was I thinking ?!]
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PERP
PRONUNCIATION. (puhrp)
MEANING: noun: One who commits a crime or is accused of committing one.
ETYMOLOGY: Short for perpetrator, from perpetrare (to carry out), from per- (through) + patrare (to bring about), from pater (father). Earliest documented use: 1968.
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PURP - what you get when you mix red and blue paint together (if you're into "perp"s)
(ERP) - belch from the OK Corral
PIER "P" - between Pier "O" and Pier "Q"
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PEJORIST
PRONUNCIATION: (PEJ-uh-rist)
MEANING: noun: A person who believes that the world is getting worse.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin peior (worse). Earliest documented use: 1879.
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PEZORIST - a collector of plastic themed candy-dispensers; popular in the 19650s and 60s,
but actually created in 1927 and still available today
MEJOR-IST - a Spanish-speaker who thinks things can always be improved
PEORIST - citizen of central Illinois (about 400 miles east of Omaha, Nebraska)
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GABERLUNZIE
PRONUNCIATION: gab-uhr-LUHN-zee)
MEANING: noun: A wandering beggar, especially one who is licensed.
ETYMOLOGY: From Scots, further origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1508.
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GABERLUNGIE - air-breathing
GABERDUNZIE - a tightly woven fabric with a smooth, lustrous finish, twill weave, and diagonal ribs on the right side.
GABERLUN-ZINE - an electronic publication devoted to news of Gaberlun.
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DANDIPRAT
PRONUNCIATION: (DAN-dee-prat)
MEANING: noun
1. An inconsequential person.
2. A person of small stature.
3. A child.
ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1525. Dandiprat was also the name of a silver coin in 16th-century England, worth three halfpence.
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DANDI CRAT - proponent of government by the foppish
DONDI PRAT - comic strip waif makes an ass of himself
D. AND I RAT - we're turning States evidence
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LOGODAEDALUS
PRONUNCIATION:
(log-uh-DEE-duh-luhs)
MEANING:
noun: One skilled with words.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin logodaedalia, from Greek logodaidalia, from logodaidalos, from logos (word) + daedalus (skillful). Earliest documented use: 1611.
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LOCO DAEDALUS - How could he fly so close to the Sun like that? Of course he was crazy!
LOGO: DAEDALUS - Assessing the interest level in Portrait of the Artise and Uysses Steven decided to establish a formal Web presence with all the trappings, and hired a commercial artist to design a truly memorable icon
LO! GOD AGED ALL US - Dust we were and to dust returneth, eventually
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LENTITUDE
PRONUNCIATION: (LEN-tuh-tood/tyood)
MEANING: noun: Slowness or sluggishness.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lentus (slow). Earliest documented use: 1623.
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LENTITUDE - the sense of entitlement and grudging surliness that accompanies a loan
LANTITUDE - mixing urine with one's beer
LENTITTDE - the water level in the bay rises and falls twice a day, but oh, so slowly
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VIRID
PRONUNCIATION: (VIR-id)
MEANING: adjective: Bright green.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin viridis (green), from virere (to be green). Earliest documented use: 1600.
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VIROID - like Roman numeral 6
VIRIDE - when you take your girlfriend Violet for a spin in your convertible
VIXID - Who was that foxy lady I saw you with last night?
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COTERMINOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (koh-TUHR-muh-nuhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Having the same or coincident boundaries.
2. Meeting at the ends.
3. Contained within the same boundaries.
4. Having the same scope, meaning, extent, etc.: synonymous.
ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of conterminous, from Latin con- (with) + terminus (boundary). Earliest documented use: 1799.
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CO-VERMINOUS - simultaneous infestation of rate and mice
CO-GERMINOUS - having chicken pox and a strep throat at the same time
COPTER-MINUS - we need one more MedEvac aircraft
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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SALVIFIC
PRONUNCIATION: (sal-VIF-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Having the power to save or redeem.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin salvus (safe). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sol- (whole), which also gave us solid, salute, save, salvo, soldier, catholicity, solicitous, solicitude, salutary, and salubrious. Earliest documented use: 1591.
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SAL' VI-IC - Room 6-99 in the Rome Hilton
SOLVIFIC - genius at working out problems
SALVIAFIC - like a plant in the largest genus of the sage family Lamiaceae
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Pooh-Bah
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Pooh-Bah
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AUNT RALLY - large family get-together
GAUNT SALLY - spoof version of 1970s rock band Thin Lizzy
VAUNT ALLY - stick up for your friend
AUNTIE'S ALL(E)Y - BBC broadcasting station at Alexandra Palace, London (from the BBC's nickname 'Auntie', and the building's nickname 'Ally Pally')
AIN'T SILLY - Well said!
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Pooh-Bah
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Pooh-Bah
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DANDICAT - Puss in Boots
CANDIMAT - vending machine for confectionery
RANDIPRAT - lecherous fool
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