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THITHER

PRONUNCIATION: (THITH-uhr)

MEANING: adverb: To or towards that place.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English thider. Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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TITHER - an agent, who takes 10% off the top

THINTHER - a dietary supplement, to help lose weight

PHITHER - what you could knock a surprised Irishman over with

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AUTOMANIA

PRONUNCIATION: (aw-toh-MAY-nee-uh)

MEANING: noun:
1. An obsession with oneself; egomania.
2. An obsession with automobiles or fast driving.

ETYMOLOgy: From Greek auto- (self), also short for automobile + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented: for 1: 1835, for 2: 1902.
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AUTONANIA - a robotic au pair

ATOMANIA - hysterical belief in the Red Menace, now undergoing a resurgence

ABUTOMANIA - pathological need to have next-door neighbors

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AIRHEAD

PRONUNCIATION: (AIR-hed)

MEANING: noun:
1. An area in a hostile territory, secured for bringing in supplies and personnel by air.
2. A silly or unintelligent person.
3. A horizontal channel created to provide ventilation in a mine.

ETYMOLOGY: For 1: From air + beachhead. Earliest documented use: 1943. Also see bridgehead.
For 2: From the metaphorical notion that a person’s head contains only air. Earliest documented use: 1971.
For 3: From air + head (source of a channel). Earliest documented use: 1817.
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AIRHERD - a flock of domesticated eagles

AIR HEAD - the bathroom in a jetliner

FAIR HEAD - a Middle Ages blonde, for whom Knights of Old went on Quests (both meanings of for)

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MONOPHAGY

PRONUNCIATION: (muh-NAH-fuh-jee)

MEANING: noun: 1. The eating of only one kind of food.
2. The act of eating alone.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek mono- (one) + -phagy (eating). Earliest documented use: 1625.
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NONOPHAGY - suffering from very many dietary restrictions

C'MONOPHAGY - refusal to sit down to a meal unless coaxed

SONOPHAGY - obtaining an ultrasound image of the body by having the patient eat the transducer

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SECULAR

PRONUNCIATION: (SEK-yuh-luhr)

MEANING: adjective: 1. Relating to worldly rather than religious matters.
2. Occurring once in an age or century.
3. Enduring over an extended period.
noun: 1. A member of clergy not bound by monastic vows.
2. A layperson.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French seculer, from Latin saeculum (generation, age). Earliest documented use: 1290.
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SPECULAR - observational

SECULAW - a legal code unrelated to any religion

S.E.C. USAR - commission charged with regulating investments in the US Army Reserve

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WONKY

PRONUNCIATION: (WONG-kee)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Unreliable; unsteady; not working properly.
2. Concerned with minute details in a field; nerdy.

ETYMOLOGY: For 1: Of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal wanky, alteration of wankle, from Old English wancol (unsteady).Earliest documented use: 1919.
For 2: Of uncertain origin, perhaps related to the first term or the term wanky. Earliest documented use: 1978.
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ZONKY - narcoleptic

"WON" KEY - a "you-lose" shortcut for text messages

WON'TY - two years old and generally negative; synonym of SHAN'TY

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NEFANDOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (nuh-FAN-duhs)

MEANING: adjective: So wicked as to defy description: abominable, appalling.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nefandus (wicked), from ne- (not) + fandus (to be spoken), gerundive (verbal adjective) of fari (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1649.
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NEF AND US - you and me and the son of my sister

ONE-FAN-DOUS - having only one follower

N.E. FAN DOUSE - Tom Brady is leaving the Patriots

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MINACIOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (mi-NAY-shuhs)

MEANING: adjective: Threatening or menacing.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin minari (to threaten), from minae (threats). Ultimately from the Indo-European root men- (project), which is also the source of menace, mountain, eminent, promenade, demean, amenable, and mouth. Earliest documented use: 1660. A synonym is minatory.
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MINXACIOUS - cunning, impudent, provocative, and verging on mean

AMINACIOUS - containing nitrogen

MINDACIOUS - thoughtful; paying attention; sometimes, objecting

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