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NAUSEATE
PRONUNCIATION: (NAW-zee/zhee/see/shee-ayt)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.
1. To experience or induce nausea (stomach distress with an urge to vomit).
2. To feel or evoke disgust.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nauseare (to be seasick), from Greek nausea, from naus (ship). Earliest documented use: 1625.
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N.A.U. SEATED - the North American Union took its place on the committee
HAUSMATE - with whom you share a Berlin home
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KEEL
PRONUNCIATION: (keel)
MEANING: noun: 1. The beam along the length of the base of a ship or boat on which the frame is built.
2. A fin-like structure on the bottom of a hull, improving stability.
verb tr., intr.: To capsize, collapse, or fall.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse kjölr. Earliest documented use 1532. See also keelhaul.
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KEEL - the eleventh and twelfth letters of the Roman alphabet
KEG-EL - Superman's father's drinking buddy in University, on Krypton
KETEL - got into trouble for inappropriately calling the pot black
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BY AND LARGE
PRONUNCIATION: (by uhn LARJ)
MEANING: adverb: In general; on the whole.
ETYMOLOGY: From the world of sailing, describing a ship that could sail well in almost all wind conditions. Earliest documented use: 1669.
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BRYAN D'LARGE - an Irish lord from the Dark Ages whose appellation derived from his stature - tall, wide, and thick
BOY AND LARGE - caption for a snapshot of Marmaduke, the Great Dane, and his young owner
BY AND LARGO - a stately dance, music by Georg Fredrick Handel
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ECLAT or ÉCLAT
PRONUNCIATION: (ay-KLAH)
MEANING: noun:
1. Enthusiastic approval or praise.
2. A strikingly brilliant display or effect.
3. Notable success.
ETYMOLOGY: From French éclat (splinter, brilliance), from éclater (to burst out), which also gave us slat and eclair. Earliest documented use: 1676.
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EFLAT - same as DSharp, of course
ACLUT - the trolley that goes to the American Civil Liberties Union headquarters
EGLAT - a measurement - for example, Latitude
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From French éclat (splinter, brilliance), from éclater (to burst out), which also gave us slat and eclair. derived from éclater? I thought it came from éclairer, to light up (not necessarily as a flash or sparkle).
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BOSKY
PRONUNCIATION: (BAH-skee)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Densely wooded; covered in trees and shrubs.
2. Pertaining to forests or wooded areas.
ETYMOLOGY: From bosk (bush), from Latin bosca. Earliest documented use: 1616.
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BOSKO - a powdered chocolate milk drink
BOSKEY - a single keystroke that will bring up on your computer screen a spreadsheet, so if the Boss unexpectedly drops in you can quickly make it look like you've been doing some serious work (instead of surfing the net, as usual)
BOOSKY - term of disapproval expressed by unhappy sports fans at the Krakow Stadium
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FUBSY
PRONUNCIATION: (FUHB-zee)
MEANING: adjective: Short and stout; stocky.
ETYMOLOGY: From fubs (chubby person), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1780.
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BUBSY - Famiiy name of two sets of twins (Nan and Bert; Freddy and Flossie) in an eponymous series of books for eight-to-ten year olds,
FUBIY - irreverent military acronym, à la FUBAR: unravels to "Fouled Up By Ignorant Yahoos"
F.U. BUSY. - Amscray. I have more important things to do.
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GLEED
PRONUNCIATION: (gleed)
MEANING: noun: A glowing coal.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English gled. Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghel- (to shine), which also gave us yellow, gold, glimmer, gloaming, gloze, glimpse, and glass. Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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FLEED - incorrect past tense of flee, often used instead of FLEW
GLEND - nickname of the Good Witch of the South
GLEYED - spoiled, the way some of the the best-laid plans o' mice and men gang aft
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SAPID
PRONUNCIATION: (SAP-id)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Having a pleasant taste or flavor.
2. Pleasant; engaging; stimulating.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sapidus (tasty), from sapere (to taste). Earliest documented use: 1634.
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STAPID - like the innermost bone of the middle ear
USA PID - pelvic inflammatory disease in the United States
SAPIN - a fastener used in the southern part of the Western Hemisphere to affix a hat to a woman's hair
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FARCE
PRONUNCIATION: (fars)
MEANING: noun: 1. A light play, film, or literary work involving absurd, exaggerated, or improbable situations.
2. Humor of this type.
3. An absurd or ridiculous situation; mockery.
4. A mix of finely chopped ingredients used as stuffing.
verb tr.: 1. To pad a speech or written work with jokes or witty remarks.
2. To stuff or fill with culinary mixture.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French farce (stuffing, interlude), from Latin farsa, feminine of Latin farsus, from farcire (to stuff). Earliest documented use: 1390.
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FEARCE - having great strength and vigor
FARCEE - the official language of western Eeran
FARTE - flatulence, in the 1500s
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JAMMY
PRONUNCIATION: (JAM-ee)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Covered with, made with, or like jam; sticky or sweet in texture or appearance.
2. Easy, pleasant, desirable, or profitable, often referring to a situation or opportunity.
3. Lucky, implying an unearned or undeserved advantage.
ETYMOLOGY: From jam (fruit preserve made by boiling fruits with sugar), metaphorically extended to denote something desirable or fortunate. Earliest documented use: 1853.
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JAMBY - like a doorsill
JA, EMMY - Indeed, you did get an award for excellence in a TV production
YAMMY - a bit too reminiscent of sweet potato
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TRIPE
PRONUNCIATION: (tryp)
MEANING: noun
1. The lining from the stomach of a ruminant animal, especially cattle and sheep, used as food.
2. Worthless or rubbish (often used to describe written or spoken material).
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French tripe/trippe (entrails). The metaphorical sense emerged from tripe’s historical reputation as inexpensive, less desirable food. Earliest documented use: 1300.
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TRI-PED - once had three feet (past tense of TRIPOD)
TRAIPE - singular of TRAIPSE; one step in a long trek
TRIOE - three female musicians playing together
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BARMY
PRONUNCIATION: (BAR-mee)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Full of froth.
2. Exciting or excited.
3. Crazy; foolish; eccentric.
ETYMOLOGY: For 1 & 2: From barm (froth on malt liquors), from Old English beorma.
For 3: An alteration of balmy.
Earliest documented use: 1535.
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BERMY - covered with rows of piled-up dirt or snow
BARE MY... - what my swimsuit is designed to do
BAMMY - archrival of Auburn
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TAFFY
PRONUNCIATION: (TAF-ee)
MEANING: noun:
1. A soft, chewy candy made by boiling sugar, butter, and other ingredients, then repeatedly pulling the mixture to incorporate air, resulting in a light, fluffy texture.
2. Insincere flattery.
ETYMOLOGY: An earlier form of the word toffee, ultimately of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1817.
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STAFFY - having too many people on the payroll
TAN-FY - nickname of the old Woolworth's 5-and-10-cent stores
TAFTY - tending to approve of the policies of the 27th POTUS (1909-1913)
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WHATNESS
PRONUNCIATION: (WAT-nis)
MEANING: noun: That which constitutes the fundamental nature of a thing: the essence or inherent quality.
ETYMOLOGY: From what, from Old English hwæt (what). Earliest documented use: 1611. See also, quiddity.
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WHAMNESS - the knockout potential of a boxer's plunch
CHATNESS - an artificial assessment of intelligence
WHATNESS - capacity for playing second base (with a tip o' the hat to Abbott and Costello)
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WHITNESS – minuteness of a part in relation to the whole
WHATLESS – null, void, incoherent
THATNESS – the quality of an out-of-body experience (illeity)
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FLESHMENT
PRONUNCIATION: (FLESH-muhnt)
MEANING: noun: Excitement resulting from a first success at something.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English flǣsc (flesh). Earliest documented use: 1616.
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FLASHMENT - the seal around the chimney so the roof doesn't leak at the joint
FLEISHMENT - the clandestine substitution of margarine for butter in a recipe
FLESHMEN - obligate carnivores
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PEJORISM
PRONUNCIATION: (PEJ-uh-riz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: The belief that the world is becoming worse.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin peior (worse). Earliest documented use: 1879. One holding such a belief is a pejorist.
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MEJORISM - the chief official of Mexico City is a confirmed optimist, and believes that things will inevitably get better
PERORISM - a habit of saving the most telling arguments to the end of your presentation
"P.E.-OR"-ISM - an approach to High School gym class that lets the student substitute an equivalent activity
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UNIQUITY
PRONUNCIATION: (yoo-NIK-wuh-tee)
MEANING: noun: The quality of being the only one of its kind.
ETYMOLOGY: From French unique, from Latin unus (one). Earliest documented use: 1789.
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UNEQUITY - when you have to pay someone to buy your house from you
UNQUITY - not likely to give up and stop trying
UNITUITY - the essence of one-ness, like the set consisting of the Null-set
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WHERENESS
PRONUNCIATION: (HWAIR-nis)
MEANING: noun: The condition or essence of being situated or existing in a specific place or location.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English hwǣr. Earliest documented use: 1674.
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WHERELESS - not a citizen of any country
WERENESS - having a past life
WHEZENESS - asthma
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CHALK LINE
PRONUNCIATION: (CHAWK lyn)
MEANING: noun:
1. A standard of proper behavior.
2. A line made with chalk or a similar substance.
ETYMOLOGY: From chalk, from Old English cealc, from Latin calx (lime) + line, from Old French ligne (line), from Latin linum (flax). Earliest documented use: 1450.
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CHALK PINE - a kind of fir tree with very pale wood
CHALKALINE - a writing implement that neutralizes the acid in cheap paper
CHALK LANE - a row of boxes, in a big-city sidewalk, devoted to people drawing graffiti and pictures
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RATCHET
PRONUNCIATION: (RACH-it)
MEANING: noun: 1. A mechanism consisting of a toothed wheel or bar engaged by a pawl to allow controlled movement in one direction only.
2. An incremental change, typically in one direction and irreversible.
verb tr., intr.: To move or to cause to move in small increments, especially progressively or irreversibly.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French rochet (ratchet). Earliest documented use: 1650.
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PRATCHET - author Terry doesn't have his 4-o'clock snack
BRAT, CHET? - the Hardy Boys offer their friend a treat at the local deli
RANCHET - a diminutive tourist attraction out West, with just a hut and a shed and a couple of ponies
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PARISH PUMPPRONUNCIATION: (par-ish PUHMP) MEANING: noun: A water pump shared by people within a small area. adjective: Of local, often trivial, interest or importance. ETYMOLOGY: From parish (a small area, especially one that has its own church) + pump, of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1840. ________________________________ PARISH PUMP - the Celtics center's characteristic preliminary motion with the ball toward the basket before taking his shot PARISH PIMP - companion of Tom Lehrer's Old Dope PeddlerPARISH PLUMP - the local priest is chubby
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WINDMILL
PRONUNCIATION: (WIND-mil)
MEANING: noun: 1. A machine powered by wind.
2. An imagined enemy, opponent, or threat.
verb tr., intr.: To move or to cause to move like a windmill.
ETYMOLOGY: From wind, from Old English wind + mill, from Old English mylen, from Latin mola (grindstone, mill), from molere (to grind). Earliest documented use: 1230.]
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WANDMILL - facility for making shoddy magic tools in large numbers
WINDMALL - a place sailors wish existed so they could purchase a way to deal with the doldrums
WINDMILE - how they measure the distance between here and Oz
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SWISS ARMY KNIFE
PRONUNCIATION: (swis AHR-mee nyf)
MEANING: noun:
1. A pocketknife, with multiple blades and other tools such as scissors, saw, corkscrew, can opener, etc.
2. A person or object with many diverse skills or functions.
ETYMOLOGY: From its use by Swiss Army officers. Originally produced by Karl Elsener in Switzerland in 1891. Earliest documented use: 1935.
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SWISS? OR MY KNIFE - Would you like cheese on your ham sandwich? Or a sharp utensil to cut it into smaller pieces?
SWEISS ARMY KNIFE - a competing alternative produced by Dietrich Sweiss in 1916
SWIT'S ARMY KNIFE - used by the nurse in Mobile Army Surgical Hospital 4077 for many purposes when equipment was in short supply
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ALSATIA
PRONUNCIATION: (al-SAY-shuh)
MEANING: noun
1. A sanctuary.
2. A lawless place.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Alsatia, an area north of River Thames in London, once out of the reach of law. Earliest documented use: 1676.
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A.L.S. ASIA - a variant of Lou Gherig's Disease occurring mostly in the Orient
AL'S ARIA - that would be Swanee, in Rhapsody in Blue, the biopic of George Gershwin from 1945
ALSO TÍA - Is there a synonym for "tita" ("aunt" in some Spanish-speaking countries)?
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CARTHAGINIAN PEACE
PRONUNCIATION: (kar-thuh-JIN-ee-uhn pees)
MEANING: noun: Peace or settlement in which very harsh terms are imposed on the defeated side.
ETYMOLOGY: After Carthage, an ancient city-state, in present-day Tunisia. Earliest documented use: 1940.
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CARTHAGINIAN PEACH - a fuzzy fruit once grown on a Mediterranean island
CARTHAGINIAN PENCE - a now-obsolete currency
CART HANG IN IAN PLACE - two-wheeled hauler suspended from the ceiling of John's barn
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CATHAY
PRONUNCIATION: (ka-THAY)
MEANING: noun:
1. A remote and exotic land, steeped in mystery, richness, and bliss.
2. A literary name for China.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin Cataya/Cathaya, from Turkish Khitai, from Khitan Khitai (the Khitan people who ruled northern China). Earliest documented use: 1744. See also Shangri-la.
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CATH DAY - when you're scheduled to have your coronary arteries evaluated
CASH? AY! - I left my iPhone in the hotel - do you take bills and coins here in Scotland?
CATHADY? - cowboy Hopalong's (who rode a big white horth named Topper) latht name
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SIBERIANIZE
PRONUNCIATION: (sy-BEE-ree-uh-nyz)
MEANING: verb tr.: To send to a remote location as a form of punishment.
ETYMOLOGY: After Siberia, Russia, the place where those who had fallen out of favor were sent. Earliest documented use: 1864.
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SABERIANIZE - to modify a dueling sword by curving the blade and adding an arched guard to cover the back of the hand
SIBERIANITE - a specimen of iron ore found at the site of the great Russian meteor explosion of 30 June 1908
SOBERIANIZE - to instill an aversion to all forms of alcohol
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BOTANY BAY
PRONUNCIATION:
(BOT-uh-nee BAY)
MEANING:
noun: A place of exile, punishment, or hard labor.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Botany Bay, south of Sydney, Australia. Earliest documented use: 1789.
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BOT - AN eBAY - a small program which will wait until one second before an auction ends, then make a bid $1 higher than the hitherto most recent one
BOTANY PAY - need to know before I decide whether to major in it or not
BET ANY BAY - guide for playing the ponies
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NITHING
PRONUNCIATION: (NY-thing, second syllable as in clothing)
MEANING: noun: 1. A coward.
2. An outlaw.
3. A miser.
adjective: 1. Cowardly.
2. Treacherous.
3. Miserly.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English nithing, from Old Norse nidhingr, from nidh (scorn). Earliest documented use: before 1150. See also, niddering.
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N.Y. THING - The Times Square special
NIT-HINGE - the joint at the base of a louse egg, so it can be lifted away from the hair shaft without dislodgment
N.I.T.-ING - consigning to a lesser basketball tournament if you're not quite good enough to be selected for the March Madness pool
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IBERIANIZE - to add tildes randomly to letters in an English text
SIDEREALIZE - "I'm gonna make you a star!"
SIBELIANIZE - to re-orchestrate music to make it sound colder
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CARTHAGINIAN PISTE - path taken by Hannibal's foot-soldiers for quickly descending the Alps; (figuratively) something rapid but hazardous
CARTHAGINIAN BEAST - elephant
CARTER'S GENUINE PEACE - Camp David agreement and subsequent treaty
CAROLINGIAN PHASE - France in the 7th-10th centuries
CARTAGENA, PLEASE - request by English-speaking rail traveller in Spain
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BARBERMONGER
PRONUNCIATION: (BAR-buhr-mong-uhr)
MEANING: noun: One excessively concerned about appearance; a fop, a dandy.
ETYMOLOGY: From barber, from Old French barbour, from Latin barba (beard) + monger, from Old English mangere (merchant), from Latin mango, (dealer), Earliest documented use: 1608.
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BARBELMONGER - makes weights for body-builders
BERBERMONGER - someone concerned about Thiamin (Vitamin B-1) deficiency
BARBER LONGER - one who pines for an artisan who removes facial hair
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VARLET
PRONUNCIATION: (VAR-luht/lit)
MEANING: noun
1. An unprincipled or dishonest person.
2. An attendant, servant, or a knight’s page.
ETYMOLOGY: A variant of valet, from Latin vassus (servant, vassal). Earliest documented use: 1470.
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VIRLET - the Latin equivalent of "homunculus"
VATLET - a small tun for brewing small batches of craft beer
TARLET - what an outhouse is called in rural South Carolina
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APPLEJOHN
PRONUNCIATION: (AP-uhl-jon)
MEANING: noun: One with a shriveled body and/or mind.
ETYMOLOGY: After apple-john, a kind of apple that was said to keep for two years and then reached a shriveled state. It was apparently named after St. John’s Day (Jun 24) around the time it ripened. Earliest documented use: 1572.
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AMPLEJOHN - the other nickname for Robin Hood's right-hand man and second-in-command, who was not "Little" at all
APPLEJOIN - the place in the trunk at which apple trees are grafted
APPLY JOHN - a special pay toilet to which you must have previously asked for and been granted permission to enter
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TRIFLERPRONUNCIATION: (TRY-fuh-luhr) MEANING: noun: One not to be believed or taken seriously. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French trufleor (liar, cheat). Earliest documented use: 1382. _____________________________ TRIFLER - pastry chef, preparer of a creamy white desseert (dozens of recipes, I'm sure!) RIFLER - a sneak thief TRIFLIER - aviator in a three-winged airplane
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Pooh-Bah
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CATHRAY - proposed model name of early TV set
CASHAY - to hide something, especially cash (from French cacher)
KATTY KAY - BBC broadcaster and journalist
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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PODSNAP
PRONUNCIATION: (POD-snap)
MEANING: noun: A smug, self-satisfied person.
ETYMOLOGY: After John Podsnap, a character in Charles Dickens’ novel Our Mutual Friend (1865). Earliest documented use: 1865.
NOTES: Podsnap is a pompous, jingoistic character, proudly immune to nuance. As Dickens describes him, “Mr Podsnap was well-to-do, and stood very high in Mr Podsnap’s opinion. ... Mr Podsnap’s world was not a very large world, morally; no, nor even geographically: seeing that although his business was sustained upon commerce with other countries, he considered other countries, with that important reservation, a mistake.”
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POD SNAG - the okra has clogged the garbage disposal
POP SNAP - an early version of the slogan for Rice Krispies cereal
HOD SNAP - what happpens when you try to carry too many bricks at once
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Carpal Tunnel
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TURVEYDROP
PRONUNCIATION: (TUHR-vee-drop)
MEANING: noun: One who poses as a model of deportment: the way in which one conducts oneself.
ETYMOLOGY: After Mr. Turveydrop, a character overly concerned with deportment, in Charles Dickens’ Bleak House (1852). Earliest documented use: 1876. The adjectival form is Turveydropian.
NOTES: "Mr. Turveydrop...[i]n short...was deportment without depth, a walking, talking showroom dummy for etiquette."
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SURVEYDROP - what a President may see after a tumultuous first hundred days in office
TURKEYDROP - a Thanksgiving catastrophe if Chef is too harassed
TURVEY DROOP - what hapens if you dont water your Turvey plant enough
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