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GENUFLECTIO - Latin for "I yield," first person singular wofahulicodoc 03/24/2026 4:42 PM
GENUFLECTION

PRONUNCIATION: (jen-yoo-FLEK-shuhn)

MEANING: noun:
1. The act of bending the knee.
2. Servile deference; groveling.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin genuflectere (to bend the knee), from genu (knee) + flectere (to bend). Earliest documented use: 1526.
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GENUFLECTON - the quantum of deference; smallest possible angulation of the knee

GENEFLECTION - a bending of chromosomes

GENUS FLECTION - taxonomic classification of snakes and eels
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SAMBIOSIS - Brazilian dancing as a living art wofahulicodoc 03/24/2026 4:25 PM
SYMBIOSIS

PRONUNCIATION: (sim-bee/by-OH-sis)

MEANING: noun: A close, often mutually beneficial relationship between different species, groups, or people.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek symbiosis (living together), from sym- (with, together) + bio- (life) + -sis (action, state). Earliest documented use: 1622.
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GYMBIOSIS - the bugs you're exposed to in the training room

SUM-BIOSIS - all self-aware life, asserting "I am!"

SYMBIOS IS! - there exists an Operating System based on symbols
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Re: SUPERINCUMBENT A C Bowden 03/23/2026 10:48 PM
SUPPERINCUMBENT - dining in the ancient Roman manner

SUPERINCOME BET - a successful wager at long odds

SUPERINCOMPETENT - the lowest grade awarded by schools inspectors
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SUPERB INCUMBENT - We elected a winner! wofahulicodoc 03/23/2026 1:45 AM
SUPERINCUMBENT

PRONUNCIATION: (soo-puhr-in-KUHM-buhnt)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Lying or resting on something else.
2. Weighty; oppressive.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, present participle of superincumbere (to lie on top of), from super- (above) + incumbere (to lie or lean upon), from in- (in) + cumbere (to lie down). Earliest documented use: 1659.
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SUPER, INC. UNBENT - the company that supplies for-hire building managers has relented

SUP, ERIN, CUM BEN - Ben and Erin have dinner date in Rome

SUPER-INCUBENT - totally involved in a tesseract
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