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AGNOIOLOGY

PRONUNCIATION: (ag-noi-OL-uh-jee) 

MEANING: noun: The study of ignorance or the investigation of the unknowable.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek a- (not) + gnosis (knowledge). Earliest documented use: 1854.
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AGNOSIOLOGY - The study of neurologic deficits pertaining to the loss of ability to interpret sensory input. (An example would be not recognizing a banana by sight, while the capacity to do so by feel or scent or taste is preserved.)

ANNOIOLOGY - knowing all the right buttons to push

AgNIO: LOGY - How should you expect to feel after taking Silver Nitro-Iodo-Oxide?

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ITEROPAROUS

PRONUNCIATION: (IT-uh-ro-PAR-uhs)

MEANING: adjective: Reproducing multiple times in one’s lifetime.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin iterum (again) + -parous (producing). Earliest documented use: 1954.
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ITEROPARLOUS - saying the same thing over and over and over again

INTEROPAROUS - describing the time between productions at La Scala or the Met

AITEROPAROUS - hatching on an island (some turtles reproduce this way)

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MELANISM

PRONUNCIATION: (MEL-uh-niz-uhm) 

MEANING: noun: An inherited overproduction of melanin leading to unusually dark coloration.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek melano- (black). Earliest documented use: 1842.
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MEANISM - 2) espousing "the 'middle' is the sum of all the amounts, divided by the number of samples" - i.e. enhancing the effect of extreme outliers

MEANISM - 3) having an exaggerated tendency to explain everything

MELONISM - worship of Cantaoupe and Honeydew and Casaba; an offshoot of the cult of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

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