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FANATOPHOBIA - fear of extremists
SANATOPHOBIA - fear of medical treatment
LANATOPHOBIA - fear of woollen textures
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EVANGELICAL
PRONUNCIATION: (ee-van-JEL-i-kuhl)
MEANING: adjective: 1. extremely enthusiastic about a cause. 2. Relating to Christian churches emphasizing the Bible’s authority and a personal relationship with Jesus. noun: A member of an evangelical church.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin evangelicus, from Greek euangélion (good news), from eu- (good) + angelos (messenger). Earliest documented use: 1527. __________________________
EXANGELICAL - Satanic
E. V. ANGERICAL - his Prius notwithstanding he's given to road rage
EVANGELICAR - Billy Graham's private Rolls-Royce
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EPIPHANY
PRONUNCIATION: (i-PIF-uh-nee)
MEANING: noun: A sudden insight, understanding, or realization.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek epi- (upon) + -phany (showing). Earliest documented use: 1350. __________________________
I.E.P.-IPHANY - a insightful flash of realization of just what this kid's Individual Education Plan should include
EPIPHANT - a parasite who lives on Babar (or some other pachyderm)
EPIPHONY - this generic Adrenalin™ is really just saline
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SACRIFICIAL LAMB
PRONUNCIATION: (sak-ruh-FISH-uhl lam)
MEANING: noun: Someone or something blamed or sent to their doom in order to spare others.
ETYMOLOGY: From sacrifice, from Latin sacer (holy) + facere (to make) + lamb, from Old English lamb. Earliest documented use: 1834. ____________________________
SACRIFICIAL LAMP - a light left burning for 24 hours after the death of someone who has lost their life to ave others
SACRIFICIAL LIMB - gnawing off a leg to escape from a trap
SACRIFINIAL LAMB - a pointed spike on the roof of a public building on which to impale animals in an attempt to appease the gods
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PAROCHIAL
PRONUNCIATION: (puh-ROH-kee-uhl)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Having a narrow outlook or scope. 2. Relating to a parish.
ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-French parochial, from Latin parochia (parish), from Greek paroikos (neighbor). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weik- (clan), which also gave us vicinity, village, villa, and villain (originally, a villain was a farm servant, one who lived in a villa or a country house), ecumenical, and ekistics. Earliest documented use: 1425. _____________________________________
PAROCHIAL - within the walls (e.g. "parochial hours" when women are permitted to enter an all-men's college dormitory)
PYRO-CHIAL - relating to a slow-motion, low-contact Chinese martial art involving defense via fire
PRO-CHIAL - in favor of a vital force; one's good health requires that it flow unimpeded
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JUDGEMENT DAY
PRONUNCIATION: (JUHJ-muhnt day)
MEANING:n. noun: 1. A time when one is evaluated, especially for their actions. 2. In some religious traditions, the day when the world ends and God judges people, sending them to heaven or hell.
ETYMOLOGY: From judgment, from Latin judicare (to judge) + day, from Old English dæg. Earliest documented use: 1544. _______________________
JUDGE-MEANT DAY - when the court-appointed attorney explains the judge's decision to you
JUDGEMENT: DRY - when it's safe to take the laundry out of the machine and fold it
JUDGE-MELT DAY - the Wicked Judge of the West disappeared when Dorothy doused him with a bucket of water
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