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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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CORROBOREE

PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-ROB-uh-ree)

MEANING: noun:
1. A meeting.
2. A large or noisy gathering or celebration.
3. A tumult.

ETYMOLOGY: From Dharug garabara (a style of dancing). Dharug is an Australian Aboriginal language. Earliest documented use: 1811.
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CORROSOREE - something that is eaten away

ZORROBOREE - shop where Don Diego de la Vega (a.k.a. Zorro) gets his cape

COPRO-BOREE - one who is tired of sophomoric bathroom jokes

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MONOMACHY

PRONUNCIATION: (muh-NOM-uh-kee)

MEANING: noun: A fight between two people or forces.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek mono- (one) + -machy (battle). Earliest documented use: 1582.
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MANOMACHY - hand-to-hand combat

MONO-TACHY - having only one speed: "Fast" !

MONO-MACY - the department store on 34th Street is unique

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VERISIMILAR

PRONUNCIATION: (ver-uh-SIM-uh-luhr)

MEANING: adjective: Having the appearance of truth or reality.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin verum (truth) + similis (like). Earliest documented use: 1681. The noun form is verisimilitude.
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PERISIMILAR - having a same-shaped border

VERI-SUMILAR - the arithmetic's been checked

EVERISIMILAR - always the same, in all respects

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POLYSTYLE

PRONUNCIATION: (POL-ee-styl)

MEANING: adjective: Having many columns.
noun: A structure having many columns.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek poly- (many) + -style (column). Earliest documented use: 1736.
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POLYSTYLE - having many connections between stigma and ovary

POKY STYLE - habitually sluggish

POLY-STYLO - a French pen that writes in many colors

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