Advice to pilots
A C Bowden
06/30/2026 4:42 PM
DECISION – DECREASE
As your altitude starts to decrease,
You may fly near a flock of wild geese.
A lack of decision
Can risk a collision
And cause your untimely decease.
DISCORDANT – DISGRACE
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CARROLLIN' - singin' Christmas songs
wofahulicodoc
06/30/2026 2:44 AM
CARROLLIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-ROH-lee-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: Fanciful, absurd, logic-twisting, or playfully nonsensical.
ETYMOLOGY: After Lewis Carroll, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Earliest documented use: 1907.
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CARROLLON - a set of silly bells, typically a huge xylophone in a church steeple
CAR-ROLLIN' - a contest where daredevils try to make their automobiles swerve so violently that they turn upside down
COR, ROLL IAN - I guess there's nothin' to do except see if Ian has anythin' worth stealin'
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FOURMOUS - Mickey and his three nephews
wofahulicodoc
06/30/2026 2:28 AM
FORMOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (FOR-muhs)
MEANING: adjective: Beautiful.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin formosus (beautiful, handsome), from forma (form, shape, beauty). Earliest documented use: c. 1450.
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FARMOUS - belonging to Old Macdonald
'NORMOUS - ‘uge
FIORMOUS - flowery
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PENTOUS - fivefold
wofahulicodoc
06/30/2026 2:19 AM
LENTOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (LEN-tuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Sticky; viscous.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lentus (sticky, viscous, tenacious; also slow). Earliest documented use: 1646.
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LENTOLUS - a very small loan
DENTOUS - toothy
ILE’И’TOUS - a store where you can buy an island and any accessory you want
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TUMORSOME - growing, unexpectedly
wofahulicodoc
06/30/2026 2:07 AM
TIMORSOME
PRONUNCIATION: (TIM-uhr-suhm)
MEANING: adjective: Timid; easily frightened.
ETYMOLOGY: From timorous + -some; timorous is ultimately from Latin timor (fear), from timere (to fear). Earliest documented use: c. 1600.
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TIMORDOME- a football arena in Micronesia in the south Pacific
TIMERDOME - igloo-shaped structure covering of the relay system
TIMORDAME - Bloody Mary is the / Girl I Love
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VINOLENT - to give up wine for the 40 non-Sundays before Easter
wofahulicodoc
06/30/2026 2:01 AM
VINOLENT
PRONUNCIATION: (VAI-nuh-luhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Drunken with wine; given to drinking wine to excess.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vinolentus (full of or drunk with wine), from vinum (wine) + -ulent (full of). Earliest documented use: 1384.
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VINYLENT - plasticized
VINOCENT - a penny for a dram of wine
VI: NO LET - Clause Six: Sub-leasing is not permitted
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POSIT HURISM- stipulate that Ben Hur had a cadre of devotees
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 2:49 AM
PSITHURISM
PRONUNCIATION: (SITH-yuh-riz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: A rustling or whispering sound, especially of leaves in the wind.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek psithurizein (to whisper), from psithuros (whispering, slanderous). Earliest documented use: 1848.
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SITH URISM - the masters of the Dark Side of the Force were the power behind the ancient Sumerian city
PSI TOURISM - using teleportation and telekinesis to see the sights more efficiently
P.S., IT HUBRIS, M? - Oh, and by the way, don't you think you're being just a bit too cocky?
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PURLCHRISTUDINOUS - knitting a Yuletide present
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 2:30 AM
PULCHRITUDINOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (puhl-kri-TOOD/TYOOD-uh-nuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Physically beautiful; comely.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pulchritudo (beauty), from pulcher (beautiful). Earliest documented use: 1706.
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PULCHRISTUDIOUS - like a connoisseur of feminine beauty
MULCHRITUDINOUS - applying a layer of protective material around the base of a plant, to protect against dehydration or other hazards
PUL-CHARIOTUDINOUS - describing the motive power of a two-wheeled Roman racing vehicle
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VICI'd - "I conquered," in pseudo-Latin
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 2:18 AM
VISCID
PRONUNCIATION: (VIS-id)
MEANING: adjective: Sticky; glutinous; slimy.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin viscidus (sticky), from viscum (birdlime, mistletoe). Earliest documented use: 1635.
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MISC ID - miscellaneous form of identification
VIZ., CID - that is to say, the Criminal Investigation Division
VISAID - a brand of corrective lenses
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TEPIDANT - lukewarm
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 2:09 AM
TREPIDANT
PRONUNCIATION: (TREP-i-duhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Timid, apprehensive, or trembling with fear.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin trepidare (to hurry or be alarmed). Earliest documented use: 1891.
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TREPEDANT - three-footed
STREPIDANT - infected with round, gram-Positive microorganisms
TREPIDON'T - declining to tackle even an only-moderately-risky challenge
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TEMULEST - the most temule
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 1:57 AM
TEMULENT
PRONUNCIATION: (TEM-yuh-luhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Drunk; intoxicated.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin temetum (intoxicating drink) + -ulentus (full of). Earliest documented use: 1629.
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TEMULENE - a cyclic hydrcarbon with the empirical formula C6H6CH3
THEMULENT - the ones you temporarily entrusted to the care of someone else
ITEMULENT - singlar of THEMULENT
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SOSOURRATION - Army-issue hard candy made with citric acid
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 1:32 AM
SUSURRATION
PRONUNCIATION: (soo-suh-RAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: A soft, low sound, such as a rustling, whispering, or murmuring.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin susurrare (to whisper or hum), from susurrus (a murmur or whisper), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: before 1425.
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SUS-ORRATION - a discourse given in the southern United States on the cotton- and slave-based economy
SUN/SURFATION - ditto in Florida, Southern California, and Hawaii for the leisure economy
CUSSRRATION - a limited number of imprecations
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CHORIZONE - singing is permitted here
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 1:14 AM
CHORIZONT
PRONUNCIATION: (KOR-i-zont)
MEANING: noun: One who disputes the authorship of a work.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek khorizo (to separate). Earliest documented use: 1868.
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HORIZONT - parallel to the line between sea and sky
CHORIONT - an organism having a liquid-filled sac in which its embryo floats
THORIZONT - a citizen of Asgard who can trace his roots back to the Thunder God
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ANADAM - early human; husband of Aneve
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 12:48 AM
ANADEM
PRONUNCIATION: (AN-uh-dem)
MEANING: noun: A wreath or garland for the head.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin anadema (wreath, headband), from Greek anadema, from anadein (to wreathe, bind up), from ana- (back, up) + dein (to bind). Earliest documented use: 1598.
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CANADEM - a US expatriate who doesn't like the current US administration
ANALEM' - an abbreviated somewhat disdtrted figure-of-eight centered on the equator of a globe, charting the path of the noonday sun over the course of a year
ACADEM - a House of Learning
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RECUMBENTIBUM - a reclining vagrant
wofahulicodoc
06/22/2026 11:57 PM
RECUMBENTIBUS
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-kuhm-BEN-ti-buhs)
MEANING: noun: A knockdown blow.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin recumbere (recline, lie down again), from re- (back) + cumbere (to lie down), which also gave us incumbent, procumbent, and superincumbent. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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RECUMBEN-TABUS - lying down is definitely frowned upon among local customs
RECUMBEN-TITUS - the Emperor is quite lazy, notwithstanding his opening the Colisseum in Rome and visiting te victims of Pompeii
RE-COMB-ENT-IBUS - having one's hair styled again before entering the van full of Tolkien's tre-creatures
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SAUCILOQUY - an impertinent speech
wofahulicodoc
06/22/2026 11:32 PM
PAUCILOQUY
PRONUNCIATION: (paw-SIL-uh-kwee)
MEANING: noun: Economy of expression, especially in speech.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pauci- (few) + loqui (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1623.
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PAUCILOQUAY - a pier or mooring with barely enough space for one vessel
PAULILOQUY - a oration give by three-Popes-ago
PAUCILO-GUY - a man who is lacking in several different ways
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Re: HUDIBRASTIC
A C Bowden
06/15/2026 11:58 PM
HUBRICLASTIC - hubris-shattering; nemetic
LUDIPLASTIC - children's model-making kit
HUGH DE BRASTIC - medieval baron
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Clerihews
A C Bowden
06/15/2026 11:44 PM
Gianni Infantino
Said "I doubt that San Marino
Will ever win the World Cup,
But you never know what might turn up".
Sir Keir Starmer,
When asked if some knight in shining armour
Might help the Labour Party's chances,
Said "Yes – bring me my spurs and lances!"
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DEIPNOSOPHIST
A C Bowden
06/12/2026 2:27 PM
DIAGNOSOPHIST - a physician who uses pseudoscience
DEHYPNOSOPHIST - someone who wakes up and cries "Eureka!"
DEEP NOVELIST - writer of multi-layered fiction
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PREMONITORY
A C Bowden
06/12/2026 2:18 PM
PRENOMINARY - the status of a new chemical element before it is officially named
PRONOMINARY - a list of staff members indicating whether they wish to be referred to as 'he', 'she', 'they' or 'it'
PRAEMUNIRETORY - accused of obeying the Pope rather than the King of England
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TREE SAYLE - Get your saplings here. Plant a tree,save the world
wofahulicodoc
06/09/2026 4:04 PM
TRESAYLE or TRESAIEL
PRONUNCIATION: (tre-SAY-uhl, TRES-ayl)
MEANING: noun: A grandfather's grandfather: great- great-grandfather.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French trisaïeul, from tri- (three) + aïeul (grandfather), from Latin avolus, diminutive of avus (grandfather). Earliest documented use: 1491.
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ARES AIEL - Martian garlic
FIRE SAYLE - Prices Slashed! Only Minor Smoke Damage! Everything Must Go!
TRES ALE - triple-brewed beer
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