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ODORABLE
PRONUNCIATION: (OH-duhr-uh-buhl)
MEANING: adjective: Able to be smelled.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin odor (smell). Earliest documented use: 1589.
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FODORABLE - eligible for inclusion in a travel reference guide
ODOTABLE - a list of milage between places, often included on a road map [remember those?!]
ODORABLE - skunkish
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IMPASSIBLE
PRONUNCIATION: (im-PAS-uh-buhl)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Not susceptible to suffering, pain, or injury.
2. Incapable of feeling emotion.
ETYMOLOGY: From French impassible, from Latin impassibilis, from in- (not) + passibilis (passible), from passus, past participle of pati (to suffer). Earliest documented use: 1340.
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I'M PARSIBLE - you can figure out what I'm trying to say
IMP AS BIBLE - little scamp has its own scripture
IMPASS ISLE - When you get to that island, you can't go forward, but you can't go back either. You're stuck.
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NOS VŒUX - for better, for worse, etc
NO 'VOUS' - please address me as 'tu'
NIVEAU? - Are you upper, middle or working class?
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TOUCH GRASS
PRONUNCIATION: (tuhch GRAS)
MEANING: verb intr.: To spend time in the real world, especially as a corrective to excessive online activity.
ETYMOLOGY: Originally a derogatory remark implying someone is delusional or out of touch due to internet addiction; later adopted as a mantra for digital well-being. Earliest documented use: 2016.
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COUCH GRASS- smoke pot in the comfort of your living room
TOUCH GLASS - show how clean the windowpane really is
TOUGH GRASS - Zoysia
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DOOMSCROLL
PRONUNCIATION: (DOOM-skrohl)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To scroll through the news or other online material compulsively, especially negative or distressing stories.
ETYMOLOGY: From doom, from Old English (judgment, law) + scroll, a blend of Old French scrow (writing) + rowle (roll). Earliest documented use: 2020.
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DOORSCROLL - pretentioius term meaning "mezuzah"
DOOM STROLL - taking a walk, remembering the apocalypse
LOOM SCROLL - written list of the punchcard deck that directed a Jacquard fabric on a Jacquard machine
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SHADOW BAN
PRONUNCIATION: (SHAD-oh ban)
MEANING: verb tr.: To block or restrict someone without their being aware of it.
noun: The practice of doing so or an instance of it.
ETYMOLOGY: From shadow, from Old English sceadu (shade) + ban, from bannan (to proclaim). Earliest documented use: 2007.
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SHADOW BANK - an offshore bank, itself a shell company, for purposes of laundering money and avoiding taxes
SHADOW BIN - where all the shadows are stored when the sun goes behind a cloud
SHADOW MAN - he Knows What Evil Lurks in the Mind of Man (maniacal laughter)
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EDGE-LORD
PRONUNCIATION: (EJ-lord)
MEANING: noun,a person who affects an edgy persona by saying or doing provocative things, chiefly to attract attention.
ETYMOLOGY: From edge, from Old English ecg + lord, from hlaford (loaf guard). Earliest documented use: 2013.
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HEDGELORD - Br’er Rabbit in the Briar Patch
EDGELARD - coating the outside of the roast with additional fat
EDGE-LORE - natural outgrowth of flat earth theory.
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NEPO BABY
PRONUNCIATION: (NEH-po bay-bee)
MEANING: noun: A person whose success is significantly aided by family connections.
ETYMOLOGY: Short for nepotism, from Italian nepotismo, from Latin nepos (grandson, nephew) + baby. Earliest documented use: nepotism baby, since 1992; shortened form popularized c. 2020.
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EPO BABY - a baby with polycythemia ("EPO" being an acronym for "erythropoietic hormone," which promotes red cell production)
NERO, BABY - the dude who fiddled while Rome burned
REPO BABY - they reclaimed the kid when his folks couldn't pay the charges any more
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GUYLINER
PRONUNCIATION: (GY-ly-nuhr)
MEANING: noun: Eyeliner used by men.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of guy + eyeliner. Earliest documented use: 2004.
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GUTLINER - the glass of milk you drink before going bar-hopping (PS It doesn't work!)
GUYLIVER - a man who voyaged Swiftly abroad, visiting midgets and giants and horse-headed people and other strange creatures
GUYLINEAR - a straight man for other comedians
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DATAVEILLANCE
PRONUNCIATION: (day-tuh-VAY-luhns)
MEANING: noun: The collection or monitoring of data relating to personal activities.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of data + surveillance. Earliest documented use: 1972.
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DATAVEILLANCHE - there's enough information coming at you to bury you entirely
DA TRAVEIL LANCE - that long pointy stick you take with you to go fight abroad
DATA-VEIL DANCE - in the proverbial strip-tease, this is the eighth and most obscuring garment
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BROLIGARCHY
PRONUNCIATION: (BRO-luh-gar-kee)
MEANING: noun: A small group of extremely wealthy men who wield disproportionate influence in government.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of bro, a clipping of brother, used to refer to a male member of the same in-group + oligarchy (a system in which a few people control power). Earliest documented use: early 2000s.
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BRIOLIGARCHY - enthusiastic and energetic government
BIOLIGARCHY - bicameral government, presumably both carbon-based organisms
BROILIGARCHY - government lurching out of the frying pan into the fire, often by impulse
BAROLIGARCHY - pressure tying the government into knots
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PRECARIAT
PRONUNCIATION: (pri-KAIR-ee-uht)
MEANING: noun: People living with chronic economic insecurity.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of precarious (uncertain) + proletariat (working class). Earliest documented use: 1989.
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PREPARIAT - fancy name for the Kitchen in the Officers' Mess
PRELARIAT - before the invention of rope
PRE ARIA "T" - Aria "S"
PRECARAT - why Bugs Bunny's ancestors went hungry
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ZOODLE
PRONUNCIATION: (ZOO-duhl)
MEANING: noun: A thin strip of a vegetable, typically zucchini, prepared like pasta.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of zucchini + noodle. Earliest documented use: 1991.
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ZOODOLE - minumum rations at the Tiergarten
GOODLE - a small but satisfying snack, typed in upper case by mistake
'ZOIDLE - (vernacular) having four sides, with the top and bottom parallel
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DESPOTOCRACY
PRONUNCIATION: (des-puh-TAH-kruh-see)
MEANING: noun: Government by a despot.
ETYMOLOGY: From despot (tyrant or autocrat), from Greek despotes (master) + -cracy (rule). Earliest documented use: 1860.
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RE-SPOTOCRACY - government by Mulligan; if you don't like the outcome it's a do-over
DESPORTOCRACY - government whose sole purpose is to eliminate athletic competition
DESPOTOCRAZY - (I'm too young to get involved in a political discussion)
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VERBICIDE
PRONUNCIATION: m(VUHR-buh-syd)
MEANING: noun:
1. The deliberate distortion or destruction of the meaning of a word.
2. A person who deliberately distorts the meaning of a word.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin verbum (word) + -cide (killing). Earliest documented use: 1826.
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VERICIDE - murdering the truth
OVER BICIDE - ...finished. And in addition...
VERBICIDER - a sweet liquid formed by expressing the essence of words
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AGNATOLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (ag-nuh-TOL-uh-jee)
MEANING: noun
1. The study of deliberate, culturally produced ignorance or doubt.
2. The deliberate production or cultivation of ignorance or doubt.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek agnosis (not knowing) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1992.
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AGNATOLOGO - the dunce cap, that icon of ignorance
AGNUTOLOGY - the study of lambs and sheep
AGONATOLOGY - the study of painul labor and delivery
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ANTITHALIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (an-tee-THAY-lee-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: Opposed to fun, festivity, or joy.
ETYMOLOGY: From anti- (against) + Thalia, the muse of pastoral and comic poetry. Earliest documented use: 1818.
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ANT ITALIAN - Roman formics
ANTI THE ALIAN - I don't like furriners
"AIN'T" IS THALIAN - comic poets talk funny, too
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RENITENT
PRONUNCIATION: (REN-uh-tuhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Resistant to compulsion or pressure.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin renitent-, renitens, present participle of reniti (to resist), from re- + niti (to strive, to struggle). Earliest documented use: 1604.
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RENTITENT - how you can host a huge party in your backyard; occasionally, the torn condition of the shelter after things got a little out of hand overnight
RE-UNITENT - tending to come together again after being separated
ARENITENT - insisting on a large venue to form in
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TRIALOGUE
PRONUNCIATION: (TRY-uh-log)
MEANING: noun: A discussion in which three parties participate.
ETYMOLOGY: Formed in English on the model of dialogue. Earliest documented use: 1532.
NOTES: The word dialogue comes from Greek dia- (across) + -logue (discourse). The prefix has nothing to do with numbers. English speakers mistook dia- for di- (two) and concluded that a dialog involves two participants, so let’s do trialogue with three.
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STRIA LOGUE - firewood in layers
TRIVALOGUE - recounting of an inconsequential journey
TRIALOGE - the Courthouse balcony
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MARQUIS
PRONUNCIATION: (mar-KEE)
MEANING: noun: 1. A permanent canopy over the entrance of a theater, hotel, etc.
2. An illuminated sign over the entrance of an entertainment venue, displaying the names of attractions, performers, etc.
3. A large tent typically having open sides, used for outdoor parties, exhibitions, etc. (British English)
adj.: Headlining; star; superlative.
ETYMOLOGY: From French marquise (wife of a marquis), taken as a plural in English and made singular as marquee. Earliest documented use: 1690.
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MARQUIT - deface the work--leave the job
MAR. QUIZ - the little test to see whether you're ready for April Fools' Day
MARAQUIS - dried gourds filled with dried seeds, to be rattled in a rhythm band
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ROISTER
PRONUNCIATION: ROY-stuhr)
MEANING: verb intr.:
1. To revel noisily and boisterously.
2. To behave in a swaggering manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From the verb use of the noun roister, via French from Latin rusticus (rustic). Earliest documented use: 1663.
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ROYSTER - pearl-containing shellfish fit for a King
ROIDSTER - body-builder who uses testosterone derivatives
ROASTER - emcee at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
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SERRIED
PRONUNCIATION: (SER-eed)
MEANING: adjective: Arranged close together, often in a line.
ETYMOLOGY: Past participle of obsolete serry (to press close together), from French serré (pressed together), past participle of serrer (to press close), from Latin serrare (to lock), from sera (bolt, bar). Earliest documented use: 1667.
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SURRIED - fit for a fringe on the top
SE RIER - French for "to laugh at oneself"
SORRIED - slid over an opponent's piece in a board game, sending it back to start
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