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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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