Re: EXEGESIS
A C Bowden
03/28/2026 2:21 AM
EXO-JESUS - a version of Christ whose Second Coming is not physical but involves a miraculous communication link from Heaven
EX-GENESIS - Bible edition with the first book omitted
X-TMESIS - word or phrase interrupted by some unprintable profanity
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Re: LABYRINTHINE
A C Bowden
03/28/2026 2:11 AM
LABOUR IN LINE - political slogan referring to the British dole queues of the 1930s
LABO(U)R ONLINE - socialist website
LAY IT IN THINE - carpet-fitting service
LADY IN TIME - call-girl provider for busy clients
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TURBITUDE - degree of obscurity
wofahulicodoc
03/27/2026 11:49 PM
TURPITUDE
PRONUNCIATION: (TUHR-pee-tood/tyood)
MEANING: noun: Depravity or baseness, or an instance of this.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin turpitudo (ugliness, disgrace), from turpis (disgraceful, base). Earliest documented use: 1490.
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BURPITUDE - the tendency of a foodstuff or beverage to cause eructation
TAR-PIT-UDE - propensity to catch animals and preserve them intact for future generations thousands of years later, like e.g. La Brea in Los Angeles
T.U.R.P.-ITUDE - a Urologist's feelings about Trans-Urethral Prostate Resection surgery
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EX-EGGS IS - chickens exist
wofahulicodoc
03/27/2026 1:29 AM
EXEGESIS
PRONUNCIATION: (ek-suh-JEE-sis)
MEANING: noun: An explanation or interpretation, especially a critical interpretation of a text.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek exegesis, from exegeisthai (to interpret), from ex- (out) + hegeisthai (to lead). Earliest documented use: 1600.
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ELEGESIS - the writing of a mournful poem
EX-AEGESIS - having formerly been shielded
EX-EGESTS - projectile vomiting in the past
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JOVENES' SCENT - the aroma of Latin teenagers
wofahulicodoc
03/26/2026 1:57 AM
JUVENESCENT
PRONUNCIATION: (joo-vuh-NES-uhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Becoming youthful; young or youthful.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin juvenescere (to grow young), from juvenis (young; youth). Earliest documented use: 1821.
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JUVENASCENT - having children as parents
TU VENES, CENT - loosely translated, "Someday my Roman soldier will come!"
JA, VEN, ASCENT - a polyglot confirming that they want you to come and climb the mountain
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GENUFLECTIO - Latin for "I yield," first person singular
wofahulicodoc
03/24/2026 4:42 PM
GENUFLECTION
PRONUNCIATION: (jen-yoo-FLEK-shuhn)
MEANING: noun:
1. The act of bending the knee.
2. Servile deference; groveling.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin genuflectere (to bend the knee), from genu (knee) + flectere (to bend). Earliest documented use: 1526.
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GENUFLECTON - the quantum of deference; smallest possible angulation of the knee
GENEFLECTION - a bending of chromosomes
GENUS FLECTION - taxonomic classification of snakes and eels
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SAMBIOSIS - Brazilian dancing as a living art
wofahulicodoc
03/24/2026 4:25 PM
SYMBIOSIS
PRONUNCIATION: (sim-bee/by-OH-sis)
MEANING: noun: A close, often mutually beneficial relationship between different species, groups, or people.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek symbiosis (living together), from sym- (with, together) + bio- (life) + -sis (action, state). Earliest documented use: 1622.
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GYMBIOSIS - the bugs you're exposed to in the training room
SUM-BIOSIS - all self-aware life, asserting "I am!"
SYMBIOS IS! - there exists an Operating System based on symbols
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Re: SUPERINCUMBENT
A C Bowden
03/23/2026 10:48 PM
SUPPERINCUMBENT - dining in the ancient Roman manner
SUPERINCOME BET - a successful wager at long odds
SUPERINCOMPETENT - the lowest grade awarded by schools inspectors
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SUPERB INCUMBENT - We elected a winner!
wofahulicodoc
03/23/2026 1:45 AM
SUPERINCUMBENT
PRONUNCIATION: (soo-puhr-in-KUHM-buhnt)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Lying or resting on something else.
2. Weighty; oppressive.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, present participle of superincumbere (to lie on top of), from super- (above) + incumbere (to lie or lean upon), from in- (in) + cumbere (to lie down). Earliest documented use: 1659.
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SUPER, INC. UNBENT - the company that supplies for-hire building managers has relented
SUP, ERIN, CUM BEN - Ben and Erin have dinner date in Rome
SUPER-INCUBENT - totally involved in a tesseract
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LABOR IS THINE - encouraging Natural Childbirth
wofahulicodoc
03/19/2026 11:15 PM
LABYRINTHINE
PRONUNCIATION: (lab-uh-RIN-thin/theen/thyn)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to a labyrinth or maze.
2. Intricate, convoluted, or confusing.
3. Relating to the inner ear.
ETYMOLOGY: From labyrinth, a maze built by Daedalus. Earliest documented use: 1632.
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LABYRINTH, INC. - offering the ultimate Escape Room experience
LAZY? RUIN THANE - lack of effort was MacBeth's downfall
LADY IN THE N.E. - Bostonian woman
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MIA'S MISC. - Sinatra's third wife's had lots of odds and ends
wofahulicodoc
03/19/2026 8:34 PM
MIASMIC
PRONUNCIATION: (my/mee-AZ-mik)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to noxious emissions, such as smoke and vapors.
2. Relating to an oppressive or unpleasant atmosphere.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek miasma (pollution, defilement), from miainein (to pollute). Earliest documented use: 1822.
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MIAMIC - pertaining to Florida's second largest city by population
MIDAS' MIC - a golden microphone. (The King never understood why it didn't make him sound any louder!)
"MIO" AS MI - "O Sole Mio" played in the key of A (la, in Solfeggio)
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REDUCENT - diminishing
wofahulicodoc
03/18/2026 2:39 AM
RELUCENT
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-LOO-suhnt)
MEANING: adjective
1. Shining or reflecting light.
2. Radiant; luminous.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin re- (back) + lucere (to shine). Earliest documented use: 1487.
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RELUCTENT - an unnwilling outdoor shelter
ELUCENT - clarifying, figuratively or literally
RELUENT - having a relapse of syphilis
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Realpolitik
A C Bowden
03/17/2026 3:41 AM
Nicolas Maduro
Fell foul of Trump's anti-narcotics bureau.
But when Venezuelans cried "Freedom!"
Trump refused to heed 'em.
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SATURIENT - filled to capacity
wofahulicodoc
03/16/2026 10:18 PM
SCATURIENT
PRONUNCIATION: (skuh-TOOR/TYOOR-ee-uhnt)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Overflowing.
2. Overly demonstrative; effusive.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin scaturire (to gush out), from scatere (to bubble up). Earliest documented use: 1684.
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SCATORIENT - run helter-skelter toward the East
STATURIENT - basking in acknowledgement of one's size and demeanor
CATHURIENT - requiring a tube in the bladder to be able to void
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BAN TAM! - forbid Scottish hats with tight brim and flat top
wofahulicodoc
03/14/2026 3:54 AM
BANTAM
PRONUNCIATION: (BAN-tuhm)
MEANING: noun: 1. Any of various breeds of small chickens, often miniature versions of larger breeds.
2. A small but aggressive person.
adj.: 1. Diminutive; miniature.
2. Aggressive; spirited.
ETYMOLOGY: After Bantam, the former English name of Banten in Java, Indonesia, a port associated in English etymology with the importation of small fowl. Earliest documented use: 1749.
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BANTAM - source (by anagramming) for BATMAN, who took the name when he was still young, small, cocksure, and feisty
BONTAM - in French-speaking Caribbean, the advertising motto of vacation resorts, an Anglicization of Bon Temps, meant to convey "Have a good time!"
BART-AM - morning rush-hour mass transit in metropolitan San Francisco
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GASCON ADDER - poisonous snake found in Toulouse
wofahulicodoc
03/14/2026 3:32 AM
GASCONADER
PRONUNCIATION: (gas-kuh-NAY-duhr)
MEANING: noun: A braggart.
ETYMOLOGY: After Gascon, a native of the Gascony region in France, from the stereotype of Gascons as boasters. Earliest documented use: c. 1709.
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GARÇONADER - a singing waiter in Bordeaux
GAS CO. NADER - the consumer watchdog who targets liquid fuel providers
GASH ON A DEER - big cat failed to bring down its prey, but it got close
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LAODICEANISM
A C Bowden
03/13/2026 3:37 AM
LAOTIANISM - a school of Oriental philosophy
LAYDEACONISM - a feature of some nonconformist sects
LOWDICTIONISM - the literary use of vernacular speech
LUDICRANISM - theatre of the absurd
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ARCADIA
A C Bowden
03/13/2026 3:24 AM
ARCADIANA - pastoral odes, eclogues etc
ARCADIAN I - Strephon in Iolanthe ("A shepherd I...")
ARICADIA - mass-produced souvenirs sold in Arica, Chile
BARRICADIA - Classics students' facetious plural of 'barricade'
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BABYLONIAN
A C Bowden
03/13/2026 2:48 AM
BABYLONIUM - an ancient building material used in the construction of the Tower of Babel
BATHYIONIAN - Greek diver
BARYTONIAN - like the sound of the baryton in Haydn's trios
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