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DOCTOR'S MANDATE
PRONUNCIATION: (DOK-tuhrz MAN-dayt)
MEANING: noun: Full authority to deal with a crisis.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin doctor (teacher, later physician), from docere (to teach) + mandate, from Latin mandare (to commission, literally, to give into someone’s hand), from manus (hand) + date, from dare (to give). Earliest documented use: 1931. _____________________________
DOCTOR STAND, ATE - when the surgeon didn't have time to go to the cafeteria
DOCTOR'S ANDANTE - Doc isn't particularly fast; it's more like walking speed
D ACTOR'S MANDATE - "The Show Must Go On"
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SKID ROW
PRONUNCIATION: (skid roh)
MEANING: noun: An area where people down on their luck congregate, often struggling with poverty, addiction, or homelessness.
ETYMOLOGY: From skid road, a path where logs were skidded downhill to the lumber mill. Earliest documented use: 1920. ____________________________
SKIED ROW - a line of schussers just went by
SKID RAW - when you slide without shoes and scrape your feet
SAID "ROW" - what the Coxwain did
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SPACEARIUM
PRONUNCIATION: (spay-SAYR-ee-uhm)
MEANING: noun: A theater with a domed or concave screen on which space scenes are displayed.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of space + planetarium. Earliest documented use: 1962. _________________________
SPICEARIUM - a place to grow herbs and other condiments
SPACE AXIUM - Newton's universal Law of Gravitation
SPA CLEARIUM - the bathhouse has been emptied
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ECOTOPIA
PRONUNCIATION: (EE-ko-to-pee-uh, EK-o-)
MEANING: noun: An ecologically ideal place.
ETYMOLOGY: From Ecotopia (1975), the title of a novel by Ernest Callenbach. In the book, the word is used to describe the Pacific coast of the US. A blend of eco- + utopia. Earliest documented use: 1975. ______________________________
ECTO-PITA - a pocket bread that had the filling placed on the outside. For some reason it never caught on...
ECONO-PIA - an even thinner membrane around the brain
ECHO-TOPIA - a place where every sound reverberates mightily
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SPACE NEEDLE
PRONUNCIATION: (SPAYS need-uhl)
MEANING: noun: A tall slender tower.
ETYMOLOGY: After the Space Needle, a tower in Seattle. Earliest documented use: 1962. _________________________
SPACE NERDLE - a diminutive Science Fiction fan
PACE NEEDLE - a device that measures and graphs and records how tense you are
PAC E-NEEDLE - the Tailors' union is setting up a funding mechanism to support a computerized sewing machine
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GRUNGE
PRONUNCIATION: (gruhnj)
MEANING: noun: 1. A type of rock music blending punk and heavy metal, marked by distorted guitars, raw vocals, and a deliberately unpolished sound. 2. A fashion trend featuring loose-fitting clothes, ripped jeans, etc. with an untidy appearance. 3. Dirt; filth.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from grungy, of unknown origin, perhaps a blend of words such as grubby, grimy, and dingy. Earliest documented use: 1950s; for grunge music 1987. _______________________
GRUNDE (pronounced "GRUN-dee") - stereotype of a nosy, puritanical, intolerant, self-righteous, and generaly unpleasant person, usually female and married {"Mrs. Grunde"}
GROUNCE - a portmanteau unit of mass (gram+ounce) that tries to be a compromise between the Metric and English systems
ORUNGE - an Irish fruit, often made into a sweet jelly called murmelude
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