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KIXOLOGY - breakfast-cereal science dealing with corn puffs
wofahulicodoc
09/24/2026 8:05 PM
KIDOLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (kid-AHL-uh-jee)
MEANING: noun: The art or practice of bluffing or deceiving.
ETYMOLOGY: From kid (to deceive or tease) + -ology (a field of study). The verb kid is probably from the notion of treating someone like a child. Earliest documented use: 1964.
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FIDOLOGY - canine studies
SKIDOLOGY - the science of free-siding tires (and vehicles) on an icy road
CIDOLOGY - specialized knowledge about the British Criminal Investigation Division
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TIMBROUS - wooden; not showing any response
wofahulicodoc
09/24/2026 7:51 PM
TIMOROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (TIM-uhr-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Full of fear; timid.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin timor (fear), from timere (to fear). Earliest documented use: c. 1450.
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TIMOR HOUS - an e-less Indonesian dwelling
TIMER-OUS - mechanical, bound by unnecessary temporal constraints
STIMOROUS - persistently provocative
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AMIS GIVING - a donation from author Kingsley
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09/24/2026 7:41 PM
MISGIVING
PRONUNCIATION: (mis-GIV-ing)
MEANING: noun: A feeling of doubt or apprehension.
ETYMOLOGY: From misgive (to cause doubt or apprehension), from mis- (badly or wrongly) + give (in its former sense: to suggest). Earliest documented use: 1582.
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MISS GIVING - how I feel when my philanthropic impulses cannot be acted upon
MING IV -ING - acting the great-grandson of Flash Gordon's favorite opponent - Merciless!
MIS-LIVING - the pursuit of evilness
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SONORIFEROUS - Stentorian
wofahulicodoc
09/24/2026 7:27 PM
SOPORIFEROUS
PRONUNCIATION. (sop-uh-RIF-uhr-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Inducing sleep.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sopor (deep sleep) + -fer (bearing). Earliest documented use: 1583.
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SPORIFEROUS - reproducing by spores
SOPORIFERROUS - sleeping like a pig-iron ingot
SO-POORIFE-ROUS - there are so many financially-challenged families everywhere
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Re: Clerihews
wofahulicodoc
09/24/2026 2:32 AM
Dolly Parton
Had an appearance and a talent startin'
With a personality and a manner so endearing
That whenever and wherever she was on stage her audience began cheering
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DECODENT - decrypted
wofahulicodoc
09/24/2026 2:20 AM
DECEDENT
PRONUNCIATION: (di-SEE-duhnt)
MEANING: noun: A person who has died.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin decedens (departing), from decedere (to depart, to die), from de- (away) + cedere (to go, yield). Earliest documented use: 1599.
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DEC. EDENTI - my teeth were pulled in Rome on the first day of winter
DECKED E.N.T. - oto-rhino-laryngologist was knocked out in a fight
D.E.C. EVENT - With much fanfare, Digital Equipment Company announced their new PDP-11 mini-computers in 1969.
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MORE-DENT - extra dings in your car
wofahulicodoc
09/24/2026 2:05 AM
MORDENT
PRONUNCIATION: (MOR-duhnt)
MEANING: noun: A musical ornament typically made by playing a note, the note immediately above or below it, and the original note again in quick succession.
ETYMOLOGY: From German Mordent, from Italian mordente (biting), ultimately from Latin mordere (to bite). Earliest documented use: 1806.
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MONDENT - sophisticated, world-weary
MERDENT - crude, vulgar
AMORDENT - offensively persistent in expressing affection, after being rebuffed
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ROSTERY - a place to buy pre-made lists of any desired item
wofahulicodoc
09/24/2026 1:55 AM
ROSERY
PRONUNCIATION: (ROHZ-uh-ree)
MEANING: noun: A garden or part of a garden devoted to roses.
ETYMOLOGY: From rose + -ery, from Latin rosa (rose). Earliest documented use: 1745.
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HOSERY - where to purchase the watering apparatus for your new garden
PROSERY - Buy your books here, and you won't be disappointed. You can be confident that things will never go from bad to verse.
EROSERY - an ancient Greek monument dedicated to all aspects of love
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VI0L EIN - the most adept player in the Bavarian string consort
wofahulicodoc
09/24/2026 1:37 AM
VILLEIN
PRONUNCIATION: (VIL-uhn)
MEANING: noun: A peasant legally bound to a feudal lord, owing labor or dues in return for the use of land.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French vilein (peasant), from Latin villanus (farm worker), from villa (country estate, farm). Earliest documented use: before 1325.
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VIOLEIN - a medieval musical instrument
VILE IN - a despicable means of entry based on knowing someone
V-IL LENIN - Founder 5-49 of the Red Russian political movement in the early Twentieth Century
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EVER-AT - cannot be relocated
wofahulicodoc
09/24/2026 1:18 AM
EVERT
PRONUNCIATION: (i-VUHRT)
MEANING: verb tr.: To turn inside out or outward.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin evertere (to overturn), from e- (out) + vertere (to turn). Earliest documented use: 1533.
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EWER-T - a brew made from steeped leaves (and sometimes stems) and served in a pitcher
EV-EMT - en electric-powered vehicle designed for transporting those giving and receiving emergency care
IE-VENT - making a special occasion of spelling a word with E-before-I, like a deceitful neighbor giving you a receipt
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