WINDBUG - what goes splat on your windshield as you drive
wofahulicodoc
02/09/2026 3:55 PM
WINDBAG
PRONUNCIATION: (WIND-bag)
MEANING: noun: A person who talks pompously or excessively.
verb intr.: To talk pompously or excessively.
ETYMOLOGY: From wind, from Old English wind + bag, from Old Norse baggi. Earliest documented use: noun: 1472, verb: 1885.
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WANDBAG - a high-fashion accessory for wizards and witches who want to stow, show, and protect their wands while displaying their own wealth
WIN'D BiG - gambled, and won
WINDRAG - 1. come in first in a cross-dressing competition; 2. what you use to clean off the windbugs
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Re: AGNATOLOGY
A C Bowden
02/09/2026 1:29 AM
AGONOLOGY - the study of competition or rivalry
AGNOTONYMY - the use of expressions like 'thingamajig' and 'whatshisname'
AGNOTOSOPHY - "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent" (Wittgenstein)
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RUB AGATE - how you get the gem to shine
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02/08/2026 9:56 PM
RUNAGATE
PRONUNCIATION: (RUHN-uh-gayt)
MEANING: noun:
1. A person who has run away.
2. A vagabond or wanderer.
ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of renegate (renegade), past participle of renegare (to renounce), from re- (back) + negare (to deny). Earliest documented use: 1530.
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TUNAGATE - how fish get past dams on their annual migration up the river to spawn
RUNT GATE - a tiny door in a fence so the little ones can get through
LUNAGATE - the political scandal about selling the moon
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Re: RENITENT
A C Bowden
02/08/2026 12:49 PM
REGINANT - acting like a (drama) queen
RETONANT - repeating a single note while tuning an instrument
RETINNITANT - ringing at regular intervals
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SERRIED - tbe ranks of warriors who never quail...
wofahulicodoc
02/08/2026 1:10 AM
(...or they conceal it, if they do)
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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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ROITER - a singular British news agency
wofahulicodoc
02/08/2026 12:58 AM
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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BARQUIS - He's willin', according to DIckens
wofahulicodoc
02/08/2026 12:39 AM
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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TRIAL ROGUE - an unpredictable attorney
wofahulicodoc
02/08/2026 12:27 AM
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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Changing course
A C Bowden
01/31/2026 2:53 PM
On losing a crucial election,
A government faces ejection.
When taking its place,
The next will efface
Its laws, and reverse its direction.
POPULAR – POSE
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ERE-NITENT - occurring before dusk
wofahulicodoc
01/30/2026 7:34 PM
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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ANTI THA LION - that's my mane objection
wofahulicodoc
01/30/2026 7:22 PM
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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ANATOLOGY - there are no words to describe the birth process
wofahulicodoc
01/30/2026 7:07 PM
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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Fairy lore
A C Bowden
01/28/2026 4:14 AM
It's easy to defend oneself
Against a goblin, gnome or elf,
But ogres can be really scary,
Though their size and strength may vary.
EFFACE – EJECTION
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DERBICIDE - kiling a hat
wofahulicodoc
01/27/2026 3:03 PM
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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DEPOTOCRACY - government by Grand Central Station
wofahulicodoc
01/26/2026 8:41 PM
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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Good Samaritans
A C Bowden
01/25/2026 2:55 PM
The Bible says we should befriend
Society's outcasts, and spend
Our cash on the needy
And never be greedy.
Our souls benefit in the end.
OGRE – ONESELF
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ZOODLE - to hum idly with a kazoo
wofahulicodoc
01/24/2026 3:36 AM
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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...and when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat"
wofahulicodoc
01/22/2026 9:28 PM
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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