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PLIMSOLL LINE
PRONUNCIATION: (PLIM-suhl/sohl lyn)
MEANING: noun:
1. Any of various horizontal lines on the side of a ship indicating the depth to which it may be immersed under various conditions.
2. A threshold or limit.
ETYMOLOGY: After Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898), British MP, whose efforts led to the regulation of the shipping industry. Earliest documented use: 1877.
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PLIMSOLL PINE - an evergreen tree cultivar developed by Everett Plimsoll, Samuel's son; esthetically shaped and very popular around Christmastime
PLIM'S OiL LINE - a new brand of petroleum products, marketed for commercial and consumer use
PLIMSOLL MINE - site of a discovery in the California Rockies in 1847 that ultimately led to the Gold Rush of 1849
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CAVIL
PRONUNCIATION: (KAV-uhl)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To raise a trivial or frivolous objection.
noun: A trivial or frivolous objection.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French caviller (to mock or jest), from Latin cavillari (to jeer), from cavilla (jeering). Earliest documented use: verb: 1548, noun: 1570.
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ÇA VAIL - that's a ski resort in Colorado
C. AVRIL - Est-ce qu'il faut payer les Taxes d'Income pendant: A. Janvier; B. Mai; C. Avril; D.Septembre?
CAVE IL - the 49th in a series of connected grottoes
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SHIRTFRONT
PRONUNCIATION: (SHUHRT-fruhnt)
MEANING: noun: 1. The front of a shirt.
2. A high, front-on collision or bump on an opponent.
3. An aggressive direct confrontation.
verb tr.: 1. To run at and collide with someone.
2. To confront someone aggressively.
ETYMOLOGY: From shirt, from Old English scyrte + front, from Old French front (forehead), from Latin frons (forehead, front). Earliest documented use: noun 1808, verb 1952.
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SHIRTFROND - an upper-body garment torn to tatters that flutter in the wind like a fern
SHIREFRONT - the first land you see entering Hobbit territory
SHIFT-FRONT - 1. the first half of one's time on duty; 2. Reverse, Neutral, and Third gears on a standard automobile transmission sequence (more commonly lly described an an "H")
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FOIN
PRONUNCIATION: (foin)
MEANING: verb intr.: To thrust with a weapon; lunge.
noun: A thrust with a weapon.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French foine (trident), from Latin fuscina (trident). Earliest documented use: verb 1400, noun: 1450.
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FOING - making unnecessary enemies
LOIN - to learn in a Brooklyn school (and not necessarily about cuts of meat, either!)
FORIN (sometimes FORN) - not domestic
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FLYSPECK
PRONUNCIATION: (FLY-spek)
MEANING: noun: 1. A small dot made by the excrement of an insect, such as a fly.
2. Something tiny or insignificant.
adj.: Tiny or insignificant.
verb tr.: 1. To mark with flyspecks.
2. To examine in minute detail, especially to nitpick.
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From fly + speck, from Old English fleogan + specca. Earliest documented use: noun: 1723, verb: 1850.
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FLY SPOCK - how to get the baby doctor quickly to his next destination
FLY'S PECK - a kiss from a common buzzing house pest
FLY'S PECK - businessman Jeremiah Fly tried to redefine the measurement as one-tenth part of a bushel instead of the more usual one-eighth part, but his customers objected and the measure never caught on
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TOBOGGAN
PRONUNCIATION: (tuh-BOG-uhn)
MEANING: noun: 1. A flat-bottomed sled curled up at the front.
2. A sharp decline.
verb intr.: 1. To ride a toboggan.
2. To decline rapidly.
ETYMOLOGY: From one of the languages of the Algonquian family spoken by American Indians. Perhaps from Mi’kmaq topagan (sled). Earliest documented use: 1829.
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NO BOGGAN - what you see when someone tries to take advantage of you at the Faneuil Hall market in Boston
TO LOGGAN - where you go to catch a plane after your Boston visit
"TO B" ORGAN - a musical instrument played as background during Hamlet's soliloquych a plane after your visit
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QUIDAM
PRONUNCIATION: (KWEE-dam, KWID-uhm)
MEANING: noun
1. An unknown person.
2. An unimportant person.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quidam (someone), from quis (who). Earliest documented use: 1579.
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SQUIDAM - the mother of all squids
QUI DIM - he who turns down the lights
QUI DAMN - For I the Lord am an unforgiving Lord
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RUDESBY
PRONUNCIATION: (ROODZ-bee)
MEANING: noun: A rude, boorish person.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French ruide, from Latin rudis (rough, crude). Earliest documented use: 1566.
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RUY DESBY - a chess opening from the Fouteenth Century, from which the Roy Lopez was adapted
RUN, DESBY - early candidate for the title of John Updike's popular Rabbit series, quickly discarded
RUE DESBY - a street in the 23me Arrondissement of Paris
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GALOOT or GALLOOT
PRONUNCIATION: (guh-LOOT)
MEANING: noun: A clumsy, eccentric, or foolish person.
ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1808.
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GALLO O.T. - working extra hours at the worlds largest winery
GAL OUT - softball player tagged before touching the base
PGA LOOT - the Players Championship, the US Open, and the Masters
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JOBSWORTH
PRONUNCIATION: (JOBZ-wuhrth)
MEANING: noun: A petty official who insists on following trivial rules at the expense of common sense.
ETYMOLOGY: From the expression “It’s more than my job’s worth”. Earliest documented use: 1970.
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JOBS-WORTHY - a deserving candidate for CEO of Apple Inc
LOBS-WORTH - the value of a wobbly, lofted, poorly-thrown pass
JOB SWORETH - how Job reacteth when he saw the whale approaching
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ROTURIER
PRONUNCIATION: (ro-TOOR-ee-ay, -uhr)
MEANING: noun: A person of low rank; a commoner.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French roture (newly cultivated land), from Latin rumpere (to break). Earliest documented use: 1586.
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ROTARIER - old name for a member of the Rotary Club; a Rotarian
ROKURIER - someone who stores and streams video for viewing whenever wanted; one who watches that streamed video
EROTURIER - a procurer and supplier of high-class pornography
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JOB SWORETH - how Job reacteth when he saw the whale approaching Wasn't that Jonah?
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Oops. Oh well, one out of three ain't bad.
By the same process was the city of "Middletown" named after Moses, I'm told.
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ZUGUNRUHE
PRONUNCIATION: (TSOOK-oon-roo-uh)
MEANING: noun: Restlessness at the beginning of a migration period.
ETYMOLOGY: From German Zugunruhe, from Zug (move, migration) + Unruhe (anxiety, restlessness). Earliest documented use: 1950.
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ZUG-UNRUE - losing one's regrets about visiting the Swiss city/mountain/lake of that name
ZUGUN RUNE - mysterious characters thought to have been created by a tribe of Native Americans of the Southwest
ZUGUN RULE - Zug, the "Eloquent Peasant" from Egypt around two thousand years BCE, was the first to voice what has come through the centuries to misnamed as the "Golden Rule"
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IMBROGLIO
PRONUNCIATION: (im-BROHL-yo)
MEANING: noun:
1. A difficult, confusing, or embarrassing situation.
2. A confused heap or tangle.
ETYMOLOGY: From Italian imbroglio (entanglement), from im- (in) + brogliare (to tangle, embroil). Earliest documented use: 1753.
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UMBROGLIO - a mixture of shadows
I'M BRO. GRIO - In the Abbey they call me Fr. Cricket.
I'M BRIG, LIO - If you see me coming, Lio, you're going to jail.
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VATICINATE
PRONUNCIATION: (vuh-TIS-uh-nayt)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To prophesy or predict.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vates (prophet) + canere (to sing, utter). Earliest documented use: 1623
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VATICINNATE - intrinsic immunity against the blandishments of organized religions
V.A... 'TIS IRATE - the Veterans' Administration didn't like what we did
VATICINASE - enzyme that dissolves the Church in Rome
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VATIOCINATE - what the theoretical brain-in-a-vat does
VERTICINATE - to count the corners on a geometrical figure
VACCINIGATE - corruption scandal involving vaccines (-gate as in Watergate)
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JANIFORM
PRONUNCIATION: (JAN-uh-formJAN-uh-form)
MEANING: adjective: Having two faces, sides, or contrasting aspects.
ETYMOLOGY: After Janus, the Roman god of doors, gates, and transitions. Earliest documented use: 1814.
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PANIFORM - shaped like a loaf of bread
JUNIFORM - bustin' out all over
JANIFARM - specializes in growing winter wheat
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OPSOMANIAC
PRONUNCIATION: (op-so-MAY-nee-ak)
MEANING: noun: A person with a craving for a particular food.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek opson (delicacies) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm). Earliest documented use: 1842.
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OSOMANIAC - having a passion for Spanish bears
IPSOMANIAC - the compleat narcissist
PPS-OMANIAC - can't bring themself to end a letter
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FETTLE
PRONUNCIATION: (FET-l)
MEANING: noun: State or condition.
ETYMOLOGY: From English dialect fettle (to make ready), probably from Old English fetel (girdle, belt). Earliest documented use: 1748.
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FESTLE - a small holiday
FEETLE - pertaining to unborn offspring
Fe-TITLE - how you address Ironman, to show proper respect
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KILTER
PRONUNCIATION: (KIL-tuhr)
MEANING: noun: Proper or usual state or order.
ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1582.
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KILOER - a "Guess-your-weight!" huckster at a carnival, if they use the metric system
KELTER - after "helters-", in all directions
SKILATER - 1. moving staircase. 2. We'll schuss down the mountainside, but not just yet
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WREAK
PRONUNCIATION: (reek)
MEANING: verb tr.: To cause or inflict.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English wrecan (to drive out or avenge). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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WRE-ASK - inquire again
WIRE A K - send me a thousand dollars real quick!
WE'RE OAK - No, not teak or mahogany
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TENTERHOOK
PRONUNCIATION: (TEN-tuhr-hook)
MEANING: noun: One of various hooks used for stretching cloth on a frame.
ETYMOLOGY: From tenter (a frame for stretching cloth to dry during manufacturing), from tendere (to stretch) + hook, from Old English hoc. Earliest documented use: 1480.
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ENTER HOOK - the villain in Peter Pan comes on stage for the first time
CENTERHOOK - a basketball shoot made by the tallest player on the team
SENT E.R. (HOOK) - was taken to the Emergency room after an accident while fishing
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DESERTS
PRONUNCIATION: (di-ZUHRTS)
MEANING: noun: Something that is deserved.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin deservire (to serve zealously). Earliest documented use: 1297.
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DESESTS - defeats the incumbent in a Congressional election
DECERTS - these are the signatures we had to disqualify on the petition
DE-BERTS - removes the yellow Muppet from the Sesame Street show
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ZUGRUHE - a peaceful night's sleep on a long-distance train
ZOG RULE - the regime of the former king of Albania
ZIGEUNERUNRUHE - the restlessness of the nomad
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