MIS-TOUT - That scoundrel gave me a tip...about the wrong horse!
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07/28/2026 2:28 PM
MISDOUBT
PRONUNCIATION: (mis-DAUT)
MEANING: verb tr.: To doubt or suspect.
verb intr.: To have doubts.
noun: Doubt or suspicion.
ETYMOLOGY: From mis- + doubt, from Old French doter (to doubt or fear), from Latin dubitare (to doubt or hesitate). The doubt element is ultimately from the Indo-European root dwo- (two), which also gave us dual, double, dubious, doubt, diploma, twin, between, and didymous (occurring in pairs). Earliest documented use: 1530s.
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MI-DOUBT - I think the third note of your scale was flat
MIS'D-OUT - you didn't take advantage of that opportunity
AMIS' DOUBT - I hear Kingsley's written a new book, about a spy plagued by uncertainty
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ANTI-P LARGE - polyuria (high volume of urine)
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07/28/2026 2:26 AM
ANTIPELARGY
PRONUNCIATION: (an-ti-peh-LAR-jee)
MEANING: noun: The love and care children return to their parents; more broadly, any requital or mutual kindness.
ETYMOLOGY: Via French antipelargie or Latin antipelargia, ultimately from Greek anti- (in return) + pelargos (stork). Greek and Roman writers claimed that young storks fed their aged parents, making the stork an emblem of filial devotion. Earliest documented English use: 1649.
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ANTIPELAGRY - Niacin (Vitamin B3). (Pellagra is a vitamin deficiency disease.)
ANTI-ELARGY - antagonist to the foreign supstances which make for itching and other irritations in response to an antigen
XANTIPE-LARGO - Socrates' wife moved very slowly, though ever so stately
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ECHT, NATE - It's true, Herr Hale
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07/27/2026 8:22 PM
ECHINATE
PRONUNCIATION: (EK-uh-nayt)
MEANING: adjective: Spiny or bristly.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin echinus (hedgehog, sea urchin), from Greek ekhinos (hedgehog, sea urchin). Earliest documented use: 1668.
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ECHINASE - enzyme found in certain marine predators which will digest tough, spiny starfish skin
E-CHINA TEA - a virtual beverage from the Orient
ECH INNATE - Ugh! He was born that way.
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BELOW ETHER - under starry skies [Don't Fence Me In]
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07/27/2026 8:16 PM
BELLWETHER
PRONUNCIATION: (BEL-weth-uhr)
MEANING: noun:
1. An indicator of future trends.
2. A leader or trendsetter.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English belle (bell) + wether (castrated ram). Earliest documented use: c. 1440.
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BILL WET HER - Mr Clinton hosed down his boat
BELL TETHER - a leather thong to keep the clapper from striking the bell inavdertently when Big Ben is cleaned once a year
BILL WETHER - your invoice arrives regardless of the outcome of the case; the opposite of a contingency arrangement
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EXPISCATE - caviar ("coming out of a fish")
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07/27/2026 7:56 PM
EXPISCATE
PRONUNCIATION: (EK-spuh-skayt, ek-SPIS-kayt)
MEANING: verb tr.: To fish out; to find out by careful investigation.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin expiscari (to fish out), from ex- (out) + piscari (to fish), from piscis (fish). Earliest documented use: 1598.
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EXIST, ATE - We took food, therefore we are
EXPLISCATE - I asked for an explanation from Catherine, my former spouse
EXPISCARE - OMG I think I just passed a kidney stone!
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ALTAR CUP - communion vessel
wofahulicodoc
07/27/2026 7:52 PM
ETTERCAP or ATTARCUP
PRONUNCIATION:
(ET-uhr-kap or AT-uhr-kop)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A bad-tempered or spiteful person.
2. A spider.
ETYMOLOGY:
A variant of attercop, from Old English attorcoppa, from ator (poison, venom) + coppa (spider). It’s the same element that shows up in cobweb, literally spider’s web. Earliest documented use: before 1525.
BETTER CAP - Superior headgear
ATTAR CUP - a container with 8 ounces of of rose oil
FETTER CAP - macaroni, according to Yankee Doodle
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ECHO NATE - repeat what Nathan said
wofahulicodoc
07/27/2026 7:33 PM
ECHINATE
PRONUNCIATION: (EK-uh-nayt)
MEANING: adjective: Spiny or bristly.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin echinus (hedgehog, sea urchin), from Greek ekhinos (hedgehog, sea urchin). Earliest documented use: 1668.
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ECHINASE - enzyme found in certain marine predators which will digest tough, spiny starfish skin
E-CHINA TEA - a virtual beverage from the Orient
ECH! INNATE - disgusting, though he was born that way
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a U.S. pirate
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07/27/2026 7:16 PM
AUSPICATE
PRONUNCIATION: (AW-spi-kayt)
MEANING: verb tr.: To begin an undertaking, especially with a ceremony intended to bring good luck.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin auspex (one who observes birds), from avis (bird) + -spex (watcher), from specere (to look). Earliest documented use: 1604.
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CUSPICATE - to bite, especialy with the fangs or eyeteeth
EAU SPICATE - moonshine with a fancy name; from distillation of heads of grain (latin spica)
AU SPYCATE - to or of an espionage effort
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GA, NY - home of ATL and NYY respectively in MLB
wofahulicodoc
07/27/2026 2:33 AM
GAMY or GAMEY
PRONUNCIATION: (GAY-mee)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Having the flavor or odor of game, especially game meat.
2. Having the flavor or odor of meat kept until slightly tainted.
3. Ill-smelling; rank.
4. Sordid, seamy, corrupt, or disreputable.
5. Suggestive or racy.
6. Plucky or spirited.
ETYMOLOGY: From game (wild animals hunted for food or sport; fighting spirit). Earliest documented use: 1820.
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GAMMY - affectionate nickname for the mother of either of my parents
GUAMY - like the US Territory in the Pacific, largest and southernmost of the Marianas Islands, about 1500 miles south of Japan
GAPEY - like the dentition of seven-year-old who is missing the central upper incisors
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HOCKÉ - I'm satisfied with this
wofahulicodoc
07/27/2026 2:13 AM
HOCK
PRONUNCIATION: (hok, rhymes with clock)
MEANING: verb tr.: To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to make ineffective. (Also see hamstring and hough.)
noun: The joint in the hind leg of a quadruped animal, such as a horse, corresponding anatomically to the human ankle.
verb tr.: To pawn.
noun: 1. The state of being pawned.
2. Debt.
3. Prison.
verb tr.: To forcefully spit out something, such as phlegm.
ETYMOLOGY: For the leg-related senses: a variant of hough, from Old English hoh (heel).
For the pawn-related senses: from Dutch hok (pen, hutch, kennel, prison).
For the spit-related sense: a variant of hawk, of imitative origin.
Earliest documented use: 1540.
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HOC - Latin; masculine 3rd person singular of hic (this) in the accusative and nominative cases, and occasionally masculine in the ablative case as well
HOKK - a story about a boy who rides down the Mississippi River on a raft with an escaping slave; the kid is generally considered to be Finnish
HOCKE - a game played on ice while skating with a stick chasing a chunk of rubber, but I won't tell you Y
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NOODLEM - an apprentice thug
wofahulicodoc
07/27/2026 1:39 AM
NOODLE
PRONUNCIATION: (NOOD-l)
MEANING: noun: 1. A long narrow strip of dough, usually cooked by boiling.
2. Head.
3. A fool; a simpleton.
verb intr.: 1. To improvise on an instrument in a haphazard or casual way.
2. To muse, improvise, experiment, or play around.
3. To catch or try to catch fish, especially catfish, by hand.
ETYMOLOGY: For noun 1: From German Nudel (noodle).
For noun 2-3: Perhaps an alteration of noddle (head).
For verb 1-2: Perhaps imitative.
For verb 3: Origin unknown.
Earliest documented use: 1720.
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NOODRE - alternative to masculine and feminine
NOOBLE - obscured, veiled, from latin nubes (cloud)
UN-OODLE - to reduce from a multitude to a single object
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COBROLOGY - the study of hooded snakes
wofahulicodoc
07/26/2026 8:44 PM
COPROLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-PROL-uh-jee)
MEANING: noun:
1. The scientific study of excrement.
2. Pornographic material.
3. Language, literature, or art dealing with excretory matters in a prurient or humorous manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kopro- (dung) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1856.
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COPOLOGY - the study of members of a unifomed municipal police force
CORPOLOGY - the study of commercial organizations of one particuar kind
COMPROLOGY - the study of free tickets
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ARENTE - do not exist (applied to females)
wofahulicodoc
07/26/2026 8:34 PM
ARETE
PRONUNCIATION: (for 1: ar-uh-TAY, for 2: uh-RAYT/RET)
MEANING: noun:
1. Virtue or excellence, especially the realization of one’s potential.
2. A sharp, narrow mountain ridge.
ETYMOLOGY: For 1: From Greek arete (goodness, excellence).
For 2: From French arête (fishbone, ridge, or edge), from Latin arista (ear of corn, fishbone).
Earliest documented use: 1838.
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BARETE - a small bar-shaped clamp for holding hair in position
AREATE - taking up space on a geometric surface
ARETEN - a droid from eight generations after the time of Star-Wars
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Re: Common long words
wofahulicodoc
07/26/2026 8:16 PM
And then there are Stanley Kunitz' self-reported "favorite" words:
"eleëmosynary" and
"phantasmagorical"
A friend of his made a documentary movie about him - I don't know whether it was ever released to the general public - and posed the question to him. They sound different as he uttered them.
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[b]NIGHN[/b] - between eight and ten
wofahulicodoc
07/12/2026 8:50 PM
NIGH
PRONUNCIATION: (ny)
MEANING: adverb: Nearly; almost.
adjective: Near.
preposition: Near.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English neh (near). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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KNIGH - a chivalrouous gentleman who needs Earl Grey's celebrated beverage
EIGH - nine minus one
'N UGH - 'n apostrophe expressing profound distaste
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BLUBBERLY - à la Jabba the Hutt
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07/12/2026 8:38 PM
LUBBERLY
PRONUNCIATION: (LUHB-uhr-lee)
MEANING: adverb: Clumsily, awkwardly, or unskillfully.
adjective: Clumsy, awkward, or unskilled; not seamanlike.
ETYMOLOGY: From lubber (a clumsy or inexperienced person, especially an inept sailor). Earliest documented use: 1580.
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LUMBERLY - massisve, slow-moving, and clumsy
BUBBERLY - fizzy, in Boston
WUBBERLY - weak-kneed and wobbly
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HONDER - a Japanese car brand sold mostly in Boston
wofahulicodoc
07/12/2026 8:30 PM
YONDER
PRONUNCIATION: (YON-duhr)
MEANING: adverb: Over there; at a relatively distant place.
adjective: Being over there; farther away.
ETYMOLOGY: From yond (at a distance), from Old English geond (beyond, at a distance, over there). Earliest documented use: before 1300.
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YONKER - a singular city, just north of the Bronx
YODER - a venerable green Jedi Master from Boston
Y'ORDER - what you asked the wait-staff in the Atlanta restaurant to bring you
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DISPOSI-LIVELY - the waste-handler in my sink is energetic
wofahulicodoc
07/12/2026 8:13 PM
DISPOSITIVELY
PRONUNCIATION: (dis-POZ-uh-tiv-lee)
MEANING: adverb: Conclusively; so as to settle the matter.
ETYMOLOGY: From dispositive, from dispose, from Old French disposer, from Latin disponere (to arrange), from dis- (apart) + ponere (to put). Earliest documented use: 1475.
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DOS, POSITIVELY - one side of the 30-year-old argument between Mr Mac and Mr IBM-PC as to whose Disc Operating System is superior
DI'S POSITIVE, TY - Tyrone wondered whether the rabbit test showed anything interesting...
DIPOSITIVELY - How shall I handle all the proceeds from today's sales?
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SAMEWHEN - simultaneous
wofahulicodoc
07/12/2026 7:59 PM
SOMEWHEN
PRONUNCIATION: (SUHM-(h)wen)
MEANING: adverb: At some indefinite or unspecified time; sometime.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English sum (some) + when, from Old English hwenne. Earliest documented use: 1297.
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HOMEWHEN - a teenager's somewhat imprecise curfew
SOMEHEN - when you've seeo n e chicken you've seen. 'em all
SOREWHEN - post-exercise aching
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Feeling the heat
A C Bowden
07/12/2026 4:33 AM
Industrial carbon emissions
Cause torrid climatic conditions.
The roadways and tracks
Develop large cracks,
And everyone blames politicians.
IMP – IMPETUOUS
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