OVER A CITY - how airplanes approach many urban airports
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10/03/2026 2:38 AM
VERACITY
PRONUNCIATION: (vuh-RAS-i-tee)
MEANING: noun:
1. Truthfulness or accuracy.
2. Something true; a truth.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin verax (truthful), from verus (true). Earliest documented use: 1614.
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TERACITY - the number of trilions comprising something
FERACITY - wildness (a multilayered portmanteau of feral and voracity and ferocity)
VERACIFY - to investigate something and establish that it is true and accurate
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VENOMUS - full of poison
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10/03/2026 2:17 AM
VENOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (VEE-nuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to veins.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vena (vein). Earliest documented use: 1626.
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AVENOUS - broad roads, usually perpendicular to Streets
GENOUS - very smart, except not so good at spelling
KENOUS - like a gambling game, similar to a punch-card or Lotto game
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CASHUE - a fancy crescent-shaped nut
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10/01/2026 1:05 AM
CASQUE
PRONUNCIATION: (kask)
MEANING: noun: A helmet or a helmet-like structure.
ETYMOLOGY: From French casque (helmet), from Spanish casco (helmet, skull). Earliest documented use: before 1586.
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CASQUET - formal word for "coffin"
CASK ¿QUE? - That barrel has what in it ?!
CASHUE - Excuse me, I sneezed
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AND ROPY, NOUS - we French are like cables of hemp
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10/01/2026 12:54 AM
ANDROGYNOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (an-DROJ-uh-nuhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Having both masculine and feminine characteristics, or being neither distinctly masculine nor feminine.
2. Biology: Having both male and female sex characteristics.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin androgynus, from Greek androgynos, from andro- (man) + -gune (woman). Earliest documented use: 1628.
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ANDROGYN OPUS - the Bloom County penguin is a closet hermaphrodite!
ANDROGENOUS - like testosterone. hormonally speaking
ANDY O'GYNUS - young Andrew is in the House of Gynus
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B.I.D.-IOCRACY - government twice a day
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10/01/2026 12:41 AM
IDIOCRACY
PRONUNCIATION: (i-dee-AH-kruh-see)
MEANING: noun:
1. Government by idiots.
2. A society governed or populated by idiots.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of idiot and -ocracy (rule or government). Earliest documented use in this sense: 1967.
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IDIOM RACY - blue language, rated PG at best
IDIO CRACK - one-of-a-kind cocaine
IDIOCRACY - government twice yearly by joyful Islamic festival, with minor lesser governing on a weekly basis
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OBI-USE - what you need to do with an untied kimono
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09/27/2026 10:14 PM
OBTUSE
PRONUNCIATION: (uhb-TOOS/TYOOS)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Slow or unwilling to understand.
2. Dull or indistinct, as a sound, pain, or sensation.
3. Blunt; not sharp or pointed.
4. Of an angle: measuring more than 90° and less than 180°.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin obtundere (to beat against), from ob- (against) + tundere (to beat), which also gave us pierce, contuse, and obtund. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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MOBTUSE - rioters, thinking mindlessly
OBTASE - the enzyme that helps digest OBT
OBIT-USE - transmission of coded messages via death notices
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KIXOLOGY - breakfast-cereal science dealing with corn puffs
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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EVILOQUENT - replete with words found in the Devil's Dictionary
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09/14/2026 2:32 AM
BREVILOQUENT
PRONUNCIATION: (bre-VIL-uh-kwuhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Using few words.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin brevis (short) + loqui (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1865.
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BREWILOQUENT - extoling the virtues of fermented spirits in great detail
REVILOQUENT - full of rejection and loathing
BREXILOQUENT - passionate on the subject of Britain leaving the European Union
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MAXILENT - pre-Easter abstaining from the the most
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09/10/2026 6:08 PM
MACILENT
PRONUNCIATION: (MAS-uh-luhnt)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Lean or emaciated.
2. Lacking in substance.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin macilentus (lean). Earliest documented use: before 1425.
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MA SILENT - Mother didn't say a word
iMAC I LENT - My desktop Apple computer is being borrowed at the moment
MASCILENT - opposite of FEMINENT
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UNI-DOROUS - having only one entrance
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09/10/2026 5:26 PM
NIDOROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (NY-duh-ruhs)
MEANING: adjective: Smelling strongly of cooking, burning, or decaying animal matter.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nidor (strong smell from cooking or burning), unrelated to odor. Earliest documented use: 1626.
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Ni-TOROUS - a nickel doughnut
NODOROUS - without a smell
FIDOROUS - having a small portal so a dog can enter or leave without disturbing its owner
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ROID - testosterone
wofahulicodoc
09/09/2026 7:21 PM
RORID
PRONUNCIATION: (ROR-id)
MEANING: adjective: Dewy.
ETYMOLOGY: n From Latin roridus (dewy), from ros (dew). Earliest documented use: 1425
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R.U.R. ID - ISBN-13 978-1974489862
ORO RID - Madrid abolishes the gold standard
ROR B.I.D. - you should ROR twice daily
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STUPOR-OLUS - a light nap
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09/07/2026 10:35 PM
STUPOROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (STOO/STYOO-puh-ruhs)
MEANING: adjective: Dazed, sluggish, or barely responsive.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin stupere (to be stunned or dazed), which also gave us stupendous, stupefy, and stupid. Earliest documented use: 1712.
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SIT-UPOROUS - tending to admonish others for poor posture
SCUPOROUS - having good drainage
SETUPOROUS - constructed to be leaky
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CROW-HEARTED - boastful
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09/06/2026 10:53 PM
COWHEARTED
PRONUNCIATION: (KOW-har-tid)
MEANING: adjective: Cowardly.
ETYMOLOGY: From cow, from Old English cu (cow) + heart, from Old English heorte. Earliest documented use: 1660.
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SCOWHEARTED - worthless; full of garbage down to its core
COWHEATED - warmed in the winter by burning manure; comfortable but smelly. a dubious combination
COWSHEAR TED - nickname of the guy who cuts the hair off leather early in the tanning process
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GRIFFONUAGE - a cloud shaped like an eagle in front,lion in back
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09/06/2026 10:37 PM
GRIFFONAGE
PRONUNCIATION: (grif-uh-NAHZH)
MEANING: noun: Careless or illegible handwriting; scrawl.
ETYMOLOGY: From French griffonner (to scribble or scrawl), from griffe (claw). Earliest documented use: 1832.
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GRIFFIN AGE - 1962-1986, the years when singer and band leader, movie actor, television personality and media mogul Merv hosted his talk show
GRIFT ON AGE - the vocation of one who practices deceiving older people
GRIEFONAGE - sadly, how the above practitioners work, using the telephone
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