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Re: EXEGESIS A C Bowden 03/28/2026 2:21 AM
EXO-JESUS - a version of Christ whose Second Coming is not physical but involves a miraculous communication link from Heaven

EX-GENESIS - Bible edition with the first book omitted

X-TMESIS - word or phrase interrupted by some unprintable profanity
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Re: LABYRINTHINE A C Bowden 03/28/2026 2:11 AM
LABOUR IN LINE - political slogan referring to the British dole queues of the 1930s

LABO(U)R ONLINE - socialist website

LAY IT IN THINE - carpet-fitting service

LADY IN TIME - call-girl provider for busy clients
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TURBITUDE - degree of obscurity wofahulicodoc 03/27/2026 11:49 PM
TURPITUDE

PRONUNCIATION: (TUHR-pee-tood/tyood)

MEANING: noun: Depravity or baseness, or an instance of this.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin turpitudo (ugliness, disgrace), from turpis (disgraceful, base). Earliest documented use: 1490.
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BURPITUDE - the tendency of a foodstuff or beverage to cause eructation

TAR-PIT-UDE - propensity to catch animals and preserve them intact for future generations thousands of years later, like e.g. La Brea in Los Angeles

T.U.R.P.-ITUDE - a Urologist's feelings about Trans-Urethral Prostate Resection surgery
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EX-EGGS IS - chickens exist wofahulicodoc 03/27/2026 1:29 AM
EXEGESIS

PRONUNCIATION: (ek-suh-JEE-sis)

MEANING: noun: An explanation or interpretation, especially a critical interpretation of a text.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek exegesis, from exegeisthai (to interpret), from ex- (out) + hegeisthai (to lead). Earliest documented use: 1600.
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ELEGESIS - the writing of a mournful poem

EX-AEGESIS - having formerly been shielded

EX-EGESTS - projectile vomiting in the past
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