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FRUITERER
PRONUNCIATION: (FROO-tuhr-uhr)
MEANING: noun: A fruit seller.
ETYMOLOGY: From fruiter (fruit-seller) + -er (occupational suffix). From Latin fructus (enjoyment, fruit), past participle of frui (to enjoy). Earliest documented use: 1408.
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FOR U, ITERER - a Latin scholar gives a present to a roadie, announces it in Netspeak
FRUSTERER - one who cuts off the top part of a cone or pyramid with a plane parallel to the base
FRUG IT, ER, ER... - a dancer in Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity is discomfited after realizing he's just been using unacceptable language
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INNUMERATE
PRONUNCIATION: (i-NOO/NYOO-muhr-it)
MEANING: adjective: Marked by ignorance of mathematical concepts.
noun: A person who is unable to count or do simple mathematics.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin in- (not) + numerate (able to understand mathematical concepts), from numerare (to number), from numerus (number). Earliest documented use: 1959.
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SIN-NUMERATE - How do I offend thee? Let me count the ways
IN SUMER-ATE - like the time Lhude-ly to Sing Cuccu
INNUBERATE - dined in the hired car with driver
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PULE
PRONUNCIATION: (pyool)
MEANING: verb intr.: To whimper or whine.
ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1398.
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PUTE - What others think of you...but only the very first time. After that it's "repute," for good or ill.
PHULE - 1) to deceive by a false internet message for nefarious purposes; 2) one so deceived
P-UKE - what you might do after hearing a ukulele softly but poorly played
PURL-E - the stitch you would use to knit a scarf meant to get you through the Gates of Heaven
PURÉ - a thick masculine soup
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AGON
PRONUNCIATION: (AG-on), plural agones (AG-uh-neez)
MEANING: noun: A conflict, contest, or struggle.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek agon (struggle, contest). Earliest documented use: 1592.
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ARGON - a French forest reputed to be inert.
AGONG - Surname of a great Australian tennis player (Evonne Gool) from the 1970s and early 80s
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EXFOLIATE
PRONUNCIATION: (eks-FO-lee-ayt)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To remove or shed dead cells, leaves, bark, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin exfoliare (to strip off leaves), from ex- (out) + folium (leaf). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhel- (to thrive), which also gave us bloom, flower, flour, foil, folio, and feuilleton. Earliest documented use: 1639.
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EXFILIATE - to disown any and all male offspring
EXFOLLIATE - come to one's senses after a period of silliness
EX-BOLL I ATE - the song of a boastful cotton-plant eater
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PUSSOPHILIST
PRONUNCIATION: (puh-SOF-uh-list)
MEANING: noun: A cat lover.
ETYMOLOGY: From puss (cat), of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative of calls to attract cats + Greek -philist (lover). Earliest documented use: 1891.
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OPUSSOPHILIST - a Berke-Breathed-penguin lover
PASSOPHILIST - the coach just loves a top-notch quarterback
FUSSOPHILIST - exemplified by Lucy van Pelt
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CATLAP
PRONUNCIATION: (KAT-lap)
MEANING: noun: A watery drink, especially weak tea or milk.
ETYMOLOGY: From cat + lap (a liquid food), from Old English lapian. Earliest documented use: 1785.
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CARLAP - one of 200 at the Indiana 500
"C" ATLAS - the third in a series of powerful rockets
SCAT, LAP ! - You tell me where it goes whenever you stand up !
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PHILOFELIST
PRONUNCIATION: (fi-LOF-uh-list)
MEANING: noun: A lover of cats.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek philo- (love) + Latin feles (cat). Earliest documented use: 1843.
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PHILOVELIST - devotée of the mystery stories of S.S Van Dine
PHALOFELIST - one who enjoys deep-fried balls or patties made from ground chickpeas and/or fava beans, flavored with near-Eastern herbs and spices
PILOFELIST - an expert on cat hair
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CATNAP
PRONUNCIATION: (KAT-nap)
MEANING: noun: A short, light sleep, typically in the daytime.
verb intr.: To sleep briefly or lightly.
verb tr.: To steal a cat.
ETYMOLOGY: For noun and verb intr.: Alluding to cats’ frequent short, light dozes. Earliest documented use: 1801.
For verb tr.: A blend of cat + kidnap, from kid + nap, a variant of nab. Earliest documented use: 1901.
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CAR-NAP - the last resort of the parents of an inconsolably fussy infant
CAT MAP - the lack of availablility of which, when he asked for one in the Princeton library, led Richard Feynman to disdain ever taking another biology course after finishing Comparative Anatomy (see Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman)
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PUSSOMANIAC
PRONUNCIATION: (puhs-o-MAY-nee-ak)
MEANING: noun: One having an excessive enthusiasm for cats.
ETYMOLOGY: From puss (cat), of uncertain origin + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1890.
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PUSSOMNIAC - a catnapper
TUSSOMANIAC - This cough is driving me crazy!
PASSOMANIAC - the coach wouldn't be caught dead calling a rushing play
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SMITHFIELD BARGAIN
PRONUNCIATION: (SMITH-feeld bar-guhn)
MEANING: noun
1. A bargain in which the buyer is taken advantage of.
2. A marriage of convenience, especially for money.
ETYMOLOGY: After Smithfield, London, the site of the famous Bartholomew Fair (1133-1855). Earliest documented use: 1664.
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IS M.I.T. H-FIELD BARGAIN? - Crimson headline questioning whether it's actually a good idea to sell them Harvard Stadium at the announced price
SMITH: FIE! L.E.D. BARGAIN ! - Smith! Shame on you! You missed the opportunity to save us a fortune in lighting bills !
SMITHFIELD BEAR GAIN - the Fair will be advertising the World's Heaviest Ursine if Papa Bear doesn't go on a diet soon
SMITHFIELD BAR? AGAIN? - That makes how many times they've raided that pub?
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KRYPTONITE
PRONUNCIATION: (KRIP-tuh-nyt)
MEANING: noun: A vulnerability, especially in someone who seems otherwise unstoppable.
ETYMOLOGY: After Krypton, Superman’s home planet, whose explosion scattered radioactive kryptonite. Earliest documented use: 1943.
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KRYPTONIZE - to blow your own planet to smithereens
KAY-P TONITE - don't look now, but it's your day for potato-peeling duty
KRY TONITE - what you'll do when you break up with your baby this afternoon
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PUNIC
PRONUNCIATION: (PYOO-nik)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to Carthage.
2. Treacherous, faithless.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin Punicus (Carthaginian), from Greek Phoinix (Phoenician). Carthage was founded as a Phoenician colony, in present-day Tunisia. Earliest documented use: 1590.
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PUN, INC - professional jokes, based on wordplay, delivered on order
PRUNIC - laxative
P.U. NIT - that's one smelly louse egg!
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BYZANTINE
PRONUNCIATION: (biz-uhn-TEE-nyz, BIZ-uhn-tee-nyz)
MEANING: verb tr.: To make complex, elaborate, or intricate.
ETYMOLOGY: After Byzantium, an ancient Greek city, modern-day Istanbul. Earliest documented use: 1855.
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BY FANTINE - singer of "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miz
BY ZANTING - How do you get to Zanzibar?
BYE: ANTINE - announcing that Antine will get a free pass in the first round of the tournament
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SERENDIPITOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (ser-uhn-DIP-i-tuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to fortunate discoveries or happenings by chance.
ETYMOLOGY: From serendipity, coined by Horace Walpole after the fairy tale, “The Three Princes of Serendip”. Earliest documented use: 1958.
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SERENDIP IOUs - primitive currency of Ceylon
SERENDI PIOUS - the Serendi are a deeply religious people
SHE REND I.P.I. TO US - that woman returned the International Peace Institute to United States jurisdiction
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SERENISSIMOUS – like Venice
SEVENDIGITOUS – in the millions
SERMONIFEROUS – able to give speeches on a wide variety of subjects
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THEOMACHY
PRONUNCIATION: thee-OM-uh-kee)
MEANING: noun: A battle among the gods or other powerful entities.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek theo- (god) + -machy (battle). Earliest documented use: 1576.
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THERMACHY - my heating pad was set too high and now I hurt all over
THEOMOCHY - my tea tastes like coffee!
THEO MACY - little known son of R.H, the owner of that department store on 34th Street
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KLEPTOCRAT
PRONUNCIATION: (KLEP-tuh-krat)
MEANING: noun: A politician or an official who uses their position to enrich themselves.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek klepto- (theft) + -crat (ruler). Earliest documented use: 1892. See also kleptocracy
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SLEPTOCRAT – a ruler who snoozes all day
KLEPTOCRAP – one who compulsively steals small worthless items
KLEPTOCRAB - a thieving crustacean who scuttles off sidewise
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THANATOPHOBIA
PRONUNCIATION: (than-uh-tuh-FO-bee-uh)
MEANING: noun: An excessive or irrational fear of death.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek thanato- (death) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1860._
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SHA-NA-TOPHOBIA - great disike of Bowzer and his group
THENATOPHOBIA - fear of the base of the thumb
THE NATO PHOBIA - pathological distrust of the North American Treaty Organization
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EURYPHAGOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (yoo-RIF-uh-guhs)
MEANING: adjective: Eating a wide variety of foods.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek eury- (wide) + -phagous (feeding on). Earliest documented use: 1926.
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EUROPHAGOUS - what Putin wants to be, regarding the NATO members
AURYPHAGOUS - eating only golden yellow foods
NEURYPHAGOUS - consuming nerve tissue, like e.g. Multiple Sclerosis or rabies virus
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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ECHOTOPIA – concert hall with ideal acoustics
EROTOPIA – paradise of free love
ECOTROPIA – going green
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ARBORICIDE
PRONUNCIATION: (ar-BO-ruh-syd)
MEANING: noun: The killing of a tree.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin arbor (tree) + -cide (killing). Earliest documented use: 1899.
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HARBORICIDE - site of many a seafood restaurant
ARMORICIDE - death by jousting
ARBORITIDE - high water in the Banyan grove
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BARBATULOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (bar-BAT-yuh-luhs)
MEANING: adjective: Having a small or sparse beard.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin barbatulus, diminutive of barbatus (bearded) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). Earliest documented use: 1600.
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BAR-EATULOUS - like a diet of peanuts and beer
BARBATTLOUS - brawling in the saloon
BARBAT U, LOIS - Lex Luthor has a few uncouth remarks for Superman’s girlfriend
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PSEUDONYMUNCLE
PRONUNCIATION: (soo-duh-NIM-uhnk-uhl)
MEANING: noun: An insignificant person writing under a pseudonym.
ETYMOLOGY: From pseudonym, from Greek pseudo- (false) + -nym (name) + -uncle (diminutive suffix), from -culus (diminutive suffix). Earliest documented use: 1875.
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PSEUDO N.Y. UNCLE - ...we did the same with my mother’s brother from the Bronx
PSEUDONYMUNCIE - a pen name for the city 60 miles north-northeast of Indianapolis
P.S. E.U. DO N.Y. MUSCLE - as an afterthought: even in Europe they use thugs from New York as bodyguards
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