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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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PERFIDIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (puhr-FID-ee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Treacherous; deceitful.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin perfidus (treacherous), from per- (beyond) + fidus (faith). Earliest documented use: 1538.
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PERFILIOUS - perpetrated by one's children
PERF-ODIOUS - describing a theatrical production that is utterly repugnant (or an execrable performance by the player(s) in such a production) [or perhaps both]
PERFID-I.O.U.s - promissory notes given with no intention of redeeming them
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PRICKMEDAINTY
PRONUNCIATION: (prik-mee-DAYN-tee)
MEANING: noun: One overly concerned with their personal appearance: dandy.
adjective: Overly concerned about one’s appearance.
ETYMOLOGY: A combination of prick (to pierce) + me + dainty (delicate), from Old French daintie (pleasure), from Latin dignus (worthy). Earliest documented use: 1529.
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TRICK ME DAINTY - it doesn't hurt as much that way
PRICK MED, AIN'T Y'? - A step backwards! That's how they used to give vaccinations!
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CUMBERWORLD
PRONUNCIATION: (KUHM-buhr-wurld)
MEANING: noun: A useless person.
ETYMOLOGY: A cumberworld is one who encumbers the world, literally speaking. From cumber (hinder), from Anglo-French acumbrer (hinder), from combre (dam, barrage) + world. Earliest documented use: 1374. Another way to describe a cumberworld might be a waste of oxygen.
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UMBERWORLD - what you get when you do it up brown
QCUMBERWORLD - populated by salt-free pickles
LUMBERWORLD - stone, glass, brick and metal have not been recognized as construction materials
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PSYCHROLUTE
PRONUNCIATION: (SY-kroh-loot)
MEANING: noun: One who likes to bathe in cold water, especially outdoors in natural bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, and oceans.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin psychrolutes (bather in cold water), from Ancient Greek psychrolouteín (to bathe in cold water), from psychro- (cold) + louein (to bathe). Earliest documented use: 1872.
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PSYCHROLITE - a colorful mineral imagined to be of meteoric origin
p-SYNCHROLUTE - a soft rhythmical melody that repeats incessantly
POSYCHROLUTE - a liquid plant food that promotes brilliantly-colored flowers
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EMPLEOMANIA
PRONUNCIATION: (em-plee-uh/oh-MAY-nee-uh)
MEANING: noun: Mania for holding public office.
ETYMOLOGY: From Spanish empleomanía, from empleo (employment) + -manía (mania). Earliest documented use: 1841.
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HEMPLEOMANIA - irrational preoccupation with the use of marijuana
TEMPLEOMANIA - a fanatical interest in the history and eventual reconstruction of Solomon's twice-destroyed Temple, in Jerusalem
TEMP LEO-MANIA - an unhealthy but self-limited fascination with the question of whether Leo was the first, or the second, or the third King of Armenia eleven hundred (or so) years ago
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RUPESTRIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (roo-PES-tree-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to, composed of, or carved on rocks.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin rupes (rock). Earliest documented use: 1800.
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RUDESTRIAN - a sidewalk-user who deliberately steps off the curb just as the light turns red
RUPERTRIAN - a devotee of Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films
RUMPESTRIAN - a New York City tourist gaping at the skyscrapers while trying to cross the street, who therefore trips and falls on his backside (see also RUBESTRIAN)
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ABULIA
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-BOO/BYOO-lee-uh)
MEANING: noun: An inability to make decisions.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek aboulia, from a- (not) + boule (will). Earliest documented use: 1848.
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FABULIA - the habit of telling stories with morals
ABUSIA - Surface Transit strike in the city
AMULIA - why the Erie Canal shut down: without Sal, and thus without propulsive power
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SIDERODROMOPHOBIA
PRONUNCIATION: (sid-uh-ruh-droh-muh-FOH-bee-uh)
MEANING: noun: The fear of trains.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek sidero- (iron) + dromos (running) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1879.
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¡SI! AERODROMOPHOBIA - That's right! Fear of airports !
SIDEROPROMOPHOBIA - fear of lobbyists for the iron-and-steel industry
SIDERODROMO-POO-BIA - "Passengers should please refrain from flushing toilets while the train is standing in the station..."
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OMBROPHOBE
PRONUNCIATION: (AHM-bruh-fohb)
MEANING: noun:
1. One who hates or fears rain.
2. A plant that cannot tolerate rainy conditions.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek ombro- (rain) + -phobe (one who fears or hates). Earliest documented use: 1897.
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OMBRO-PHOEBE - a small bird (an eastern flycatcher) that avoids rain
OM-BRIO-PHOBE - one who eschews al liveliness in sindu or Vedic chanting
OMBRO-PROBE - a device for studying the interior of stormclouds
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SARCOPHAGUS
PRONUNCIATION: (sar-KOF-uh-guhs)
MEANING: noun: A stone coffin, often inscribed or decorated.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek sarco- (flesh) + -phagous (feeding on). The limestone used in their construction was believed to decompose flesh rapidly, giving rise to the name. Earliest documented use: 1601.
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STAR-COPHAGUS - when A-list Hollywood personalities eat, this is the tube their food goes through to get to the stomach
S.A.R. COP HAUS - quarters for policeman who guard the Sons of the American Revolution
ARCOPHAGUS - if PacMan ate curves rather than dots
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CANOPHILIST
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-NOF-uh-list)
MEANING: noun: A person who loves dogs.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cano- (dog) + -philist (lover). Earliest documented use: 1879.
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CAN-O'-CHILIST - woiuld prefer to open a can than to make it himself
"I CAN"-OPHILIST - having an unyielding belief in one's capabilities
CANOE-PHILIST - outdoors-lover in a dugout
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MELOMANIA
PRONUNCIATION: (mel-uh-MAY-nee-uh)
MEANING: noun: An inordinate enthusiasm for music.
ETYMOLOGY: From French melo- (music), from Ancient Greek melos (song) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1842.
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MALOMANIA - embracing Evil
MYELOMANIA - the ultimate subspecialty of Hematology
ELOMANIA - superfanatic over the Electric Light Orchestra
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ARCHAEOLATRY
PRONUNCIATION: (ar-kee-AH-luh-tree)
MEANING: noun: Excessive reverence for the past: an earlier time, old customs, antiquity, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek archaeo- (ancient) + -latry (worship). Earliest documented use: 1853.
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ARCHIEOLATRY - and pretty fond of Jughead and Betty and Veronica, too
ARC-HATE-OLATRY - can't stand anything curved, and I'm proud of it !
ARCH-AREOLA - (there is no "try")
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INSUFFLATE
PRONUNCIATION: (IN-suh-flayt, in-SUHF-layt)
MEANING: verb tr.:
1. To blow or breathe into.
2. To treat by blowing air, gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
3. To bless by breathing or blowing on baptismal water or a person.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin insufflare (to blow upon), from in- (into) + sufflare (to inflate), from suf- (sub-) + flare (to blow). Earliest documented use: 1670.
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INSNUFFLATE - one of the earlier forms of tobacco use (through the nose*)
INSUFOLATE - a combination treatment for diabetes and prevention of spina bifida
INSHUFFLATE - a fancy dance move, though not yet popular among teens and young adults
*(The region of the back of the hand at the base of the thumb, defined by two tendons made prominent by extending the thumb upward, is called the "anatomical snuffbox". YCLIU.)
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SPANGHEW
PRONUNCIATION: (SPANG-hyoo)
MEANING: verb tr.: To throw violently into the air.
ETYMOLOGY: From Scots spang (to spring, leap, or throw) + hew, of obscure origin. Earliest documented use: 1781.
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SANG-HEW - usually followed by "You're welcome!"
SPAN GHEE - clarified butter, spread on a bridge to make it smooth
SPANGLEW - what you use to affix all those sparkly things to your dress
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PEREGRINATE
PRONUNCIATION: (PER-uh-gruh-nayt)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To travel, especially to wander from place to place.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin peregrinari (to travel abroad), from peregrinus (foreigner), from per- (through) + ager (land). Earliest documented use: 1593.
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PRE-GRIN, ATE - first eat, then you'll smile
PÈRE OGRINATE - the father of all monsters
PELE GRIN, ATE - soccer star enjoyed a good meal
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QUETCH
PRONUNCIATION: (kwech)
MEANING: verb intr.:
1. To twitch or stir.
2. To break the silence by uttering a sound.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English cweccan (to shake or stir). Earliest documented use: 1150.
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QVETCH - (dial.) to complain petulantly
QUIETCH - the librarian's admonition, antomym of QUETCH
¿QUE TECH? - Which I.T. person is coming to the Havana office?
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NIDIFY
PRONUNCIATION: (NID-uh-fy)
MEANING: verb intr.: To build a nest.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nidificare (to build a nest), from nidus (nest) + facere (to make or do). Earliest documented use: 1656.
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BIDIFY - to make a conditional offering, as in "If my partner opens, I'm likely to BIDIFY have 6 or more high card points."
MIDIFY - to regress toward the mean
NODIFY - to make drowsy
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ONOLATRY
PRONUNCIATION: (oh-NOL/NAHL-uh-tree)
MEANING: noun:
1. Worship of the donkey or ass.
2. Devotion to foolishness.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek ono- (ass) + -latry (worship). Earliest documented use: 1903.
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OTOLATRY - an eary fetish
ONE-L-ATRY - devotion to the first year of Law School
OH-NO-LATRY - stricken with dismay at every turn
ENOLA-TRY - the Gay B-29 gets only one attempt
NO-NO-LATRY - everything not specifically permitted is forbidden
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GRIZZLE
PRONUNCIATION: (GRIZ-uhl)
MEANING: verb tr.: To make gray.
verb intr.: 1. To turn gray.
2. To fuss; to gripe or grumble.
noun: 1. An animal with gray or grizzled fur.
2. Gray hair.
adjective: 1. Having gray hair.
2. Gray.
ETYMOLOGY: For the color-related senses: from Old French grisel, diminutive of gris (gray).
For the grumble sense: origin unknown.
Earliest documented use: 1390.
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FRIZZLE - uneven, standing on its end (said of narrow slender things like hair or grass)
GRINZLE - a mythical monster reported in the folklore of Middle-Ages Britain
GORIZZLE - a renegade Great Ape, native to the deepest African jungle
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POLYPHONY
PRONUNCIATION: (puh-LIF-uh-nee)
MEANING: noun:
1. The combination of independent melodic lines sounded together. For example, a fugue.
2. The representation of different sounds by a letter or symbol. For example, the letter c which can represent /s/ or /k/.
3. A multiplicity of distinct voices or perspectives.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek poly- (many) + -phony (sound). Earliest documented use: 1790.
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POLY-PRONY - tendency to lie in many different positions on one's abdomen
MOLYPHONY - a counterfeit molybdenum steel alloy
POLYP-HONEY - a medieval remedy for the treatment of pre-cancerous colon lesions
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BIBBLE
PRONUNCIATION: (BIB-l)
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To eat or drink noisily.
verb intr.: 2. To drink habitually or to excess.
3. To produce bubbles or a bubbling sound.
noun: 4. Nonsense; something worthless or deceptive.
ETYMOLOGY: Senses 1-2: From bib (to drink) + -le (a frequentative ending). Probably from Latin bibere (to drink).
Senses 3-4: A variant of bubble, of expressive origin.
Earliest documented use: 1529.
See also: misophonia.
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BIBILE - diminutive name for Israeli former prime Minister
BI-BILE - describing a liver that synthesizes two distinct secretions
BIRBLE - what a Jabberwock does as it whiffes through the tulgey wood
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JACTATION
PRONUNCIATION: (jak-TAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun:
1. Boasting.
2. Involuntary bodily movements, such as tossing or twitching.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin jactation (tossing, boasting), from jactare (to throw, boast), frequentative of jacere (to throw). Earliest documented use: 1576. Also spelled as jactitation.
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JAVATION - adding coffee flavoring
JA-STATION - a place where all the Germans agree with you automatically
X-ACTATION - carving with a very small, very sharp knife
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STELA
PRONUNCIATION: m. (STEE-luh)
MEANING: noun: An upright stone or pillar inscribed or sculpted, often serving as a monument. Also known as a stele.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek stele (pillar). Ultimately from the Indo-European root stel- (to put or stand), which is also the source of stallion, stilt, install, gestalt, stout, and pedestal, and epistolary. Earliest documented use: 1776.
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STELLA !!! - starlike in Boston (even before Tennessee Williams!)
ST RE, LA - the second note and the sixth note of the scale have been canonized
U.S. TELA - diminutive name of a large American telecommunications, cable, and internet company
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MOITY
PRONUNCIATION: (MOI-tee)
MEANING: adjective: Containing moits -- foreign particles in wool, such as straw or bark.
ETYMOLOGY: From moit (a small impurity in wool), a variant of mote (speck), from Old English. Earliest documented use: 1844. Moity is sometimes used as a variant spelling of moiety (a half or portion).
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AMO-ITY - a declaration of love
MO-IFY - to make the lawn evenly shorter
MOOTY - describing a cow who won't stay quiet, or an argument that needn't be heard at all
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CRUNK
PRONUNCIATION: (kruhnk)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Intoxicated.
2. Crazy.
3. Excited.
4. Wonderful.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Possibly a nonstandard past tense of crank, a variation of drunk, or a blend of crazy + drunk. Earliest documented use: 1972.
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GRUNK - Patriots former tight end, Number 87, after a few too many
CARUNK - not the grandaddy of automobiles, but at least its father's brother
CRUNA - what they called Perry Como or Bing Crosby when they came to Boston
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MOATY – well-defended
MORONITY – a measure of stupidity (the reciprocal of IQ)
HOITY-MOIETY – what you get when you omit the 'toity'
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CRWTH
PRONUNCIATION: (krooth)
MEANING: noun: An ancient stringed instrument that’s typically associated with Welsh music. Also called a crowd.
ETYMOLOGY: From Welsh. Earliest documented use: 1837.
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GRWTH - gttng bggr nd bggr
CRWETH - provide sailors for a ship in the Middle Ages
CROTH - how you get from one thide of the road to the other
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CWTCH
PRONUNCIATION: (kuch [u as in push or bush])
MEANING: noun: 1. A hiding place, such as a cupboard or a cubbyhole.
2. A hug or a cuddle.
verb tr.: To hug or cuddle.
verb intr.: 1. To crouch down.
2. To hide.
ETYMOLOGY: From Welsh cwtsh (hug, cuddle, recess, hiding place). Earliest documented use: 1890.
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C-WATCH - standing guard for the night shift
COWTCH - what you occupy to watch TV
CWTCH - "CWTCH she love, CWTCH she woo, CWTCHY CWTCHY CWTCHY CW,
Has anybody seen my girl"?
(from "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue")
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TRIMMER
PRONUNCIATION: (TRIM-uhr)
MEANING: noun:
1. One who adjusts beliefs, opinions, and actions to suit personal interest.
2. A person or a tool that clips, shortens, neatens, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From trim, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English trymman/trymian (to arrange, strengthen, etc.). Earliest documented use: 1513.
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BRIMMER - a native of Birmingham, to another native
TRIMER - the mega-continent consisting of North, Central, and South America
TRIOMER - a plastic made of chains of three linked small subunits (cf. dimer)
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BILGE
PRONUNCIATION: (bilj)
MEANING: noun: 1. The bottom (inner or outer) part of a ship or a boat.
2. Water, oil, and waste that collect in the lowest part of a ship or a boat.
3. Nonsense; rubbish.
4. The bulging part of a barrel or a cask.
verb: 1. To bulge or swell.
tr., intr. 2. To break a hole. 3. To spring a leak.
ETYMOLOGY: Probably a variant of bulge, from Old French boulge, from Latin bulga (bag). Earliest documented use: 1522.
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BILOGE - having two tiers of boxes between the theater floor and the balcony
BILBE - a bible for the dyslexic
ABILGE - full to the brim with sewerage
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