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TOPOPHILIAPRONUNCIATION: (top-uh-FIL-ee-uh) MEANING: noun: The love or the emotional connection to a particular place. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the poet John Betjeman (1906-1984), from Greek topo- (place) + -philia (love). Earliest documented use: 1947. _____________________ TYPOPHILIA - unusual fondness of making careless mistakes at the keyboard TORPOPHILIA - pathological admiration of lethargy and sloth TOP O' PHILIP - a felt "Robin Hood" hat, often red, with a feather (see illustration)
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EVANESCENT
PRONUNCIATION: (e-vuh-NES-uhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Fading quickly; transitory.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ex- (out) + vanescere (to disappear), from vanus (empty). Earliest documented use:
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HEVANESCENT - a gift from the Gods, if your spelling isn't too good
VANE'S SCENT - that's the smell of the rooster who tells you the direction of the wind
EVADE CENT - accept not even a penny
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SPLENDIFEROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (splen-DIF-uhr-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Extraordinarily impressive; magnificent.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin splendor (brilliance) + -fer (bearing). Earliest documented use: 1500.
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SPLEENDIFEROUS - when he's angry, it's just a little different from most of us
SPENDIFEROUS - throwing money around wildly, without regard to the cost of things
'S PLEAD IF ERROUS - if I made a mistake I'll beg your pardon
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ONTIC
PRONUNCIATION: (ON-tik)
MEANING: adjective: Having or relating to a real existence.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek onto (being). Earliest documented use: 1907.
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ANTIC - scurrying, busy, active; like an insect of the family Formicidae
OSTIC - bony
ONOIC - (pronunciation: "oh-NO-ick"): dismayed upon discovering something unexpected and unwanted
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PHANTASMAGORICAL
PRONUNCIATION: (fan-taz-muh-GOR-i-kuhl)
MEANING: adjective: Illusory; strange; deceptive; imaginary; surreal; hallucinatory.
ETYMOLOGY: From French fantasmagorie, from fantasme (phantasm) perhaps combined with Greek agora (assembly). Earliest documented use: 1828.
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PHANTASMAORICAL - describing the spirit world of indigenous New Zealand
PHANTASMAYORICAL - the wildest dreams of the Chief Executive Officer of New York City
PHANTASMAGONICAL - like the maunderings of the Transformation Professor at Hogwarts
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CONSUMMATE
PRONUNCIATION: (adj.: KON-suh-muht, kuhn-SUH-muht; verb: KON-suh-mayt)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Complete or perfect.
2. Highly accomplished or skilled.
verb tr.: 1. To finish, complete, or make perfect.
2. To make a marital or other romantic union complete by having sex.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin consummatus (brought to completion), past participle of consummare (to complete or sum), from con- (together) + summa (sum). Earliest documented use: 1447.
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COSUMMATE - two people add up the same column of numbers and get the same answer
CONSUME, ATE - present and simple-past tenses of the fuzzy verb "to ingest"
CONSUME MATE - what a female praying mantis often does after copulation
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EFFERVESCENT
PRONUNCIATION: (ef-uhr-VES-uhnt)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Lively; animated; vivacious.
2. Bubbling.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin effervescere (to foam up), from ex- (out, up) + fervescere (to start boiling), from fervere (to be hot or to boil). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhreu- (to boil or to bubble), which also gave us brew, bread, broth, braise, brood, breed, barmy, defervescence, and perfervid. Earliest documented use: 1684.
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E.F. SERVES CENT - Eugene Frances grasps for every penny !
OFFER V. E. SCENT - Would you like to re-experience the aroma of Victory-in-Europe Day, which ended World War Two in the West?
EFFER DESCENT - he who Effs goes down
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MALODOROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (mal-OH-duhr-uhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Having a foul smell.
2. Highly improper.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French mal- (bad) + odorous (having a smell), from Latin odor (smell). Earliest documented use: 1850.
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MALODOROUST - after the skunk sprayed, everyone left in a hurry
MAN-ODOROUS - the guy really needs a shower
MALLODOROUS - the garbage collectors' strike created a very smelly shopping center
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PIQUANT
PRONUNCIATION: (PEE-kuhnt/kahnt, pee-KAHNT)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Pleasantly pungent or spicy.
2. Engaging or stimulating in a provocative manner.
3. Sharp or stinging.
ETYMOLOGY: From French piquer (to prick). Earliest documented use: 1494.
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PI-QUART - how much milk you want after you eat the whole thing by yourself
BIQUANT - purchase a specified anouont
PI-QUINT - approx 15.7080
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FULGENT
PRONUNCIATION: (FUHL-juhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Shining brilliantly; radiant.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fulgere (to shine). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhel- (to shine or burn), which is also the source of blaze, blank, blond, bleach, blanket, and flame. Earliest documented use: 1475.
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FURLGENT - the guy who folds up the flag
FUNGENT - a gigolo
BULGENT - showing a beer-belly
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