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ASPERSION
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SPUHR-zhuhn/shuhn)
MEANING: noun:
1. A damaging accusation: slander.
2. The sprinkling with water, as in baptism.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin aspergere (to sprinkle), from ad- (toward) + spargere (to strew). Earliest documented use: 1570.
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ASPERSICON - a collection of insinuations
ASSERSION - accusation made while intoxicated
CASPER'S ION - a friendly but charged ghost
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MISOGYNOIR
PRONUNCIATION: (muh-soj-uh-NWAR)
MEANING: noun: Hatred or prejudice directed toward Black women.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the scholar and writer Moya Bailey (b. 1983) as a blend of misogyny + French noir (black). The word misogyny is from Greek miso- (hate) + gyne (woman). Earliest documented use: 2010.
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MI SONY NOIR - my black Spanish/Italian Play-Station
MISS GYN, SIR - You say you won the beauty contest for physicians? What title was that, Madam?
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OUTGRABE
PRONUNCIATION: (out-GRAYB)
MEANING: verb intr.: To emit strange noises, such as bellowing, whistling, and shrieking.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky. He described the word as connected with the old verb to grike or shrike. Earliest documented use: 1855.
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OUTGRATE - to scrape off more parmesan cheese than the other contestant
OUTGRAB - what you have to do to get the bride's tossed bouquet
OUTGO ABE - how Andy Johnson became US President
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INTERTEXTUALITY
PRONUNCIATION: (in-tuhr-teks-chuh-WA-luh-tee)
MEANING: noun: Interpretation of a text in relation to other texts, rather than in isolation.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the philosopher and novelist Julia Kristeva (b. 1941) in French as intertextualité, from inter- (between) + textuel (textual), from Latin texere (to weave). Ultimately from the Indo-European root teks- (to weave), which also gave us context, texture, tissue, tectonic, architect, technology, subtle, and subtile. Earliest documented use: 1970.
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INTERTEXT-QUALITY - how much and what part of your text is informed by others'
INTERSEX-TU-ALITY - addressing a member of another gender by the familiar ("tu") pronoun
INTERTENTUALITY - hanky-panky on an overnight hike
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GENTEELISM
PRONUNCIATION: (jen-TEE-liz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: The substitution of a word that is believed to be more polite or refined. For example, washroom for lavatory.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the lexicographer H.W. Fowler (1858-1933). From genteel, from French gentil (noble), from gens (clan). Earliest documented use: 1926.
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GENT-PEEL-ISM - distraction by a male stripper
GEN-ZEEL-ISM - an oversimplification referring to people born between 1997 and 2012, when they get overenthusiastic
DENT-EELISM - promoting the teeth of long, sinuous, ray-finned fish
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GOOGOLPLEX
PRONUNCIATION: (GOO-guhl-pleks)
MEANING: noun: The number 1 followed by a googol number of zeros.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Milton Sirotta (1911-1981), nine-year-old nephew of the mathematician Edward Kasner. From googol + -plex as in duplex. Earliest documented use: 1937.
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GOOGOLPLEA - to beg so persistently and tiresomely it feels like forever
GOGOLPLEX - the extraordinately-involved plot of the latest work by the author of Taras Bulba
GOO-GOLF LEX - PGA regulation prohibiting the application of any foreign substance to a golf ball that is in play
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ELOCUTIONARY
PRONUNCIATION: (el-uh-KYOO-shuhn-uhr-ee)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to public speaking, especially in clear, expressive, and often emphatic manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin eloqui (to speak out), from ex- (out) + loqui (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1846.
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ELOCAUTIONARY - being careful choosing one's words
E.L.O. CUT IN ARY - Electric Light Orchestra plans to have its next release in Pakistan!
LOCUTIONARY - done by Captain Picard while he was part of the Borg Collective
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COMMENSURABILITY
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-men-suh/shuh-ruh-BIH-lih-tee)
MEANING: noun:
1. The quality of being in proportion or suitable in relation to something else.
2. The quality of being measurable by a common standard; comparability.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin com- (together) + mensurare (to measure). Earliest documented use: 1570.
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COMPENSURABILITY - eligibility for insurance if you can't work any more
COMMENSUR-AGILITY - the measure of your gymnastics proficiency
COMMEN SURF ABILITY - You can join us and ride the waves! It's easy, and lots of people are doing it!
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VITUPERATORY
PRONUNCIATION: (vy-TOO/TYOO-pruh-tor-ee)
MEANING: adjective: Criticizing bitterly, scathing, abusive.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vituperare (to blame), from vitium (fault) + parare (to make or prepare). Earliest documented use: 1586
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VITUP-ORATORY - inflammatory rhetoric
VIT. OPERA TORY - a British Conservative who believes Puccini musical works will improve your health
VI. SUPERATORY - The sixth item on the agenda will be a discussion by the building manager
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EQUIVOCACY
PRONUNCIATION: (i-KWIV-uh-kuh-see)
MEANING: noun: The quality of being deliberately ambiguous or vague.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin aequi-/equi- (equal) + vocare (to call), from vox (voice). Earliest documented use: 1646.
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EQUINOCACY - the bi-annual festival marking the advent of summer and of winter
EQUUVOCACY - Mr Ed, of course, of course
ETUI-VOCACY - advocating for the rights of sewing kits
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