SKIRL - the sound of bagpipes
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08/12/2026 4:55 PM
SKIRR
PRONUNCIATION: (skuhr)
MEANING: verb intr.: To move rapidly, especially away.
verb tr.: To range rapidly over an area, especially in search of something.
noun: A whirring or grating sound.
ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps a variant of scour (to move rapidly or search), itself perhaps from Old Norse skur (shower). Earliest documented use: 1548 for the verb and c. 1870 for the noun.
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OSKIRR - award for making the best Irish movie of the year
SHIRR - to bake an egg in a tall cuplike dish with a narrow rim at the top
STIRR - to mix gently with a spoon, or a stick, and a Scottish burr
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RAPTULE - a small rapt
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08/12/2026 4:40 PM
RAPTURE
PRONUNCIATION: (RAP-chuhr)
MEANING: noun: 1. A state or expression of ecstasy.
2. In some Christian theologies, the supernatural taking up of believers from earth during the end times.
verb tr.: 1. To fill with joy; enrapture.
2. To cause a believer to be taken up supernaturally from earth during the end times.
ETYMOLOGY: From rapt + -ure, ultimately from Latin rapere (to seize). Earliest documented use: 1594 for the noun and 1636 for the verb.
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RA, PURE - the Sun God, undiluted
RAP TURN - it's Open Mike night, and you're on
RAPT, SURE - definitely paying attention!
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ASSCART - a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a donkey
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08/12/2026 4:29 PM
ASSART
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SART)
MEANING: noun: 1. A tract of woodland cleared for cultivation.
2. The act of clearing such land.
verb tr., intr.: To clear woodland for cultivation.
ETYMOLOGY: From French essart (cleared land) and essarter (to clear), ultimately from Latin exsarire (to weed out), from ex- (out) + sarire (to hoe or weed). Earliest documented use: before 1450 for the noun and 1523 for the verb.
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MASSART - a statewide program to support graphic, visual, musical, and theatrical culture in Massachusetts
ASHART - an image created from fire residue
ABSART - a tattoo on the belly
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DOW FACT - The DJIA was established in 1896
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08/11/2026 4:04 PM
DOWFART
PRONUNCIATION: (DAU-fuhrt)
MEANING: noun: 1. A dimwit.
2. A coward.
adj.: 1. Dim or dull.
2. Cowardly.
ETYMOLOGY: From Scots dowf (dull, dim) + -art, a variant of the usually pejorative suffix -ard. Earliest documented use: 1719. Also spelled duffart.
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DOWL ART - a toy structure made of round wooden sticks of various lengths
DORF ART - a picture adorning the roof of a building in Germany
DOWFARM - where startup companies are raised to grow into industrial giants
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PI'S MORE - Is 3 > or < the cirumference of a unit circle?
wofahulicodoc
08/11/2026 3:47 PM
PISMIRE
PRONUNCIATION: (PIS/PIZ-myr)
MEANING: noun:
1. An ant.
2. An insignificant person.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English pissemire, from pisse (urine) + mire (ant). Earliest documented use: 1395.
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PISPIRE - to sweat so much that there's no fluid left to make urine
PI-SMITE - the facial impact that is the basis of much clowning around
PIGSMIRE - the gunk that covers the swineyard
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PI-SMILE - the Aha! moment on realizing that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of every circle is the same
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SCUMBROUS - covered with a layer of distasteful slime
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08/11/2026 3:24 PM
CUMBROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (KUHM-bruhs)
MEANING: adjective: Difficult to carry, use, or manage, especially because of size, weight, or complexity.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French encombrer (to hinder), from combre (dam). Earliest documented use: before 1400.
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CRUMBROUS - easily breakable into small pieces
CHUMBROUS - like a well-meaning but somewhat oafish friend
CAMBROUS - having multiple small protrusions around its otherwise-circular rim
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BUMBLAZE - after a spanking
wofahulicodoc
08/11/2026 3:15 PM
BUMBAZE
PRONUNCIATION: (buhm-BAYZ)
MEANING: verb tr.: To bewilder or stupefy.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Scots baze (to dismay). Earliest documented use: 1587.
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BUMBARE - to dress for the occasion at the nudist colony
BOMBAZE - portmanteau word for the subjective feeling after being near a very loud, sudden sound
BUNBAKE - a contest attended by all the boulangers in the city
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CROTCHET - Tiny Tim's family name
wofahulicodoc
08/03/2026 5:57 PM
CROTCHET
PRONUNCIATION: (KRAH-chit)
MEANING: noun:
1. An eccentric opinion, preference, or habit.
2. In music, a quarter note.
3. A small hook or hooklike device or structure.
ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-French crochet (small hook), diminutive of croc (hook), from Old Norse krókr (hook). Earliest documented use: c. 1427.
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CROTCHEST - 1. having the most bifurcations; 2. in which a black bird keeps its trinkets
CROAT, CHET - Frank and Joe Hardy answer their friend's question about Slavic nationality
SCROTCHET - what you do to an itch
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MISANNUL - to cancel the wrong legal action
wofahulicodoc
08/03/2026 5:38 PM
DISANNUL
PRONUNCIATION: (dis-uh-NUHL)
MEANING: verb tr.: To annul completely; cancel or make void.
ETYMOLOGY: From dis- (completely) + annul, from Anglo-French annuller, from Latin annullare (to bring to nothing), from Latin ad nullum (to nothing). Earliest documented use: 1485.
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DISANNUAL - a particular garden plant, which can survive for only one growing season
DI-SANDUL - light, open footwear that comes only in pairs
NISAN: NUL - the Japanese team in the automakers' football league didn't score
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DEPURSATE - snatch the pocketbook
wofahulicodoc
08/03/2026 5:24 PM
DEPURATE
PRONUNCIATION: (DEP-yuh-rayt)
MEANING: verb tr.: To cleanse or purify.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin depurare (to purify thoroughly), from de- (completely or thoroughly) + purare (to purify), from purus (pure). Earliest documented use: 1620.
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DEEP URATE - the internal crystals that make gouty deposits and kidney stones
DEPUTATE - appoint a Sheriff's assistant
DESPURATE - 1. remove the goads; 2. as a last resort
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WITHSOY - how to make teriyaki sauce
wofahulicodoc
08/03/2026 5:15 PM
WITHSAY
PRONUNCIATION: (WITH-say)
MEANING: verb tr.: To contradict, deny, oppose, or refuse.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English wiðsæcga (to renounce, literally, to say against), corresponding to with- + say. Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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WITCHSAY - to utter a magical incantation
WITHPAY - the best vacations
WITSAY - Piglatin name of the actress who played Hot-Lips Houlihan
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MIS-TOUT - That scoundrel gave me a tip...about the wrong horse!
wofahulicodoc
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)
wofahulicodoc
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
wofahulicodoc
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]
wofahulicodoc
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
wofahulicodoc
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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