PROF UNION - University teachers' collective-baraining unit
wofahulicodoc
03/07/2026 12:46 AM
PROFUSION
PRONUNCIATION: (pruh-FYOO-zhuhn)
MEANING: noun: 1. Extravagance. 2. A large quantity or abundance.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin profundere (to pour forth), from pro- (forth) + fundere (to pour). Earliest documented use: 1545. ___________________________
PROFUSION - in favor of using the reaction Deuterium-->Helium as a source of clean energy
PROFUSICON - a 3-D printer which simplifies the rapid production of religious symbols
OROFUSION - the ultimate surgical treatment for morbid obesity: sewing the lips together
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PERFUMION - a place to buy incense
wofahulicodoc
03/07/2026 12:27 AM
PERFUSION
PRONUNCIATION: (puhr-FYOO-zhuhn)
MEANING: noun: 1. The spreading of a liquid, color, light, aroma, etc. 2. The passage of a fluid through an organ or tissue, for example, to supply nutrients or oxygen.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin perfundere (to drench), from per- (through) + fundere (to pour). Earliest documented use: 1574. _________________________
PERIFUSION - Iolanthe and Tinkerbell merge
PEARFUSION - grafting a pear-tree bole onto apple-tree stock
PERUSION - reading
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Peeving the people
A C Bowden
03/06/2026 1:10 AM
Though President Trump likes to pose As a scourge of America's foes, Most voters abhor Perpetual war, So popular discontent grows.
SAGACIOUS – SALVO
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P.O. DOSE - when you take your medicine by mouth
wofahulicodoc
03/04/2026 9:17 PM
POROSE
PRONUNCIATION: (por-OHS)
MEANING: adjective: Having pores.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin porosus, from Latin porus (pore). Earliest documented use: 1400. __________________________
SPOROSE - reproducing like ferns or mushrooms
PRO ROSE - 1. the boxer was knocked down but he got up again; 2. the professional riveter
PYROSE - fiery
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TOROSE - doughnut-shaped
wofahulicodoc
03/03/2026 3:42 PM
MOROSE: (muh-ROHS)
MEANING: adjective: Gloomy, sullen, or sour-tempered.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin morosus (peevish), from mos (manner, will). Earliest documented use: 1565. ________________________
MOR USE - repair/recycle rather than replace
MOROUSE - Now get up, and stay up!
MONOSE - singular
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INCU-BUS - a traveling nursery
wofahulicodoc
03/02/2026 9:00 PM
INCUBOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (IN-kyuh-buhs)
MEANING: adjective: Arranged so that each part overlaps the one above it (the reverse of how roof shingles are laid).
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin incubare (to lie upon), from in- (upon) + cubare (to lie). Earliest documented use: 1857. ______________________
ZINCUBOUS - pertaining to Element No. 30
INOCUBOUS - inoculating an ox against anthrax or other diseases
IN-CURB-OUS - how to describe something inside a hollowed-out curbstone
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IN CAB, US - we took a taxi
wofahulicodoc
02/28/2026 4:19 AM
INCUBUS
PRONUNCIATION: (IN-kyuh-buhs)
MEANING: noun: 1. An oppressive burden. 2. A nightmare. 3. A male demon believed to have sex with sleeping women.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin incubare (to lie upon), from in- (upon) + cubare (to lie). Earliest documented use: 1275. ____________________________
INCA BUS - Betcha didn't know they had mass transit in Machu Picchu, didja?
IN CUBE, US - we use only cartons with right angles and equal-length edges
INOCUBUS - a mobil immunization clinic
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OF A LLOW - pertaining to a cow's vocalization
wofahulicodoc
02/28/2026 4:05 AM
FALLOW
PRONUNCIATION: (FAL-oh)
MEANING: adj.: 1. Inactive or unproductive. 2. (Of land) left to lie idle for a season, sometimes after plowing. noun: 1. Land left to lie idle to restore its fertility. 2. The act of plowing land and leaving it unseeded. verb tr.: To leave unseeded.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English fealh (fallow land). Earliest documented use: before 1150. _____________________________
FILLOW - a light thin multilayered dough used in many middle-eastern cuisines
FAL-LA - OW! - to sing madrigals for so long that it hurts
FEAL LOW - to be melancholic
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SELLOW - when combined with BIHI, a bad strategy for investing
wofahulicodoc
02/28/2026 3:57 AM
SALLOW
PRONUNCIATION: (SAL-oh)
MEANING: adjective: Of a sickly yellowish or pale color.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English salu. Earliest documented use: before 1150. ________________________
SOLLOW - describing the bottom C on a piano (C-5, I think it is); also, when sung with no accompaniment
SALKOW - an ice-skating maneuver, usually done in multiples of two, three, or rarely four
FALLOW - to lose your balance and hurt yourself on contact with the ground
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LURID - salacious
wofahulicodoc
02/28/2026 3:43 AM
LUCID
PRONUNCIATION: (LOO-sid)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Clear; easily understood. 2. Clearheaded, especially between periods of confusion. 3. Bright or shining
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lucere (to shine), from lux (light). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leuk- (light) that is also the source of lunar, lunatic, light, lightning, lucid, illuminate, illustrate, translucent, lux, and lynx. Earliest documented use: 1581. ____________________
LUCIED - binged on the old TV show, with Desi and Fred and Ethel; (reruns still available)
LUCIDE - a combination of Lucy with chlorine or another halogen
ELUCID - the person who would eat things to draw out their meaning, a process called "elucidate"
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My object all sublime
wofahulicodoc
02/28/2026 3:22 AM
LEFTIST T -->S
...The billiards sharp whom anyone catches, HIs doom's extremely hard; He's made to dwell in a dungeon cell On a spot that's always barred,
And there he plays extravagant matches In FITLESS fingerstalls On a cloth untrue .With a twisted cue ..And elliptical billiard balls! [laughing maniacally]
-- The Mikado, Act II
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MAC I.D. - the serial number of my desktop computer
wofahulicodoc
02/24/2026 3:30 AM
MUCID
PRONUNCIATION: (MYOO-sid)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Moldy, musty, or slimy. 2. Rotten; really bad.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin mucere (to be moldy). Earliest documented use: 1656. __________________________
MO, C.I.D. - Maurice, Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Division detective, introduces himself tersely
MU HID - Why can't I find the twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet?
'MUCIDE - killing the Liberty Mutual Insurance company's advertising mascot
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MAC ID - the serial number of my computer
wofahulicodoc
02/23/2026 7:36 PM
MUCID
PRONUNCIATION: (MYOO-sid)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Moldy, musty, or slimy. 2. Rotten; really bad.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin mucere (to be moldy). Earliest documented use: 1656. __________________________
MO, C.I.D. - Maurice, Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Division detective, introduces himself tersely
MU HID - Why can't I find the twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet?
'MUCIDE - killing the Liberty Mutual Insurance company's advertising mascot
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high ideals
wofahulicodoc
02/22/2026 6:21 AM
FALSETTO
A --> I
LOFTIEST
[Also FALSETTO / E --> K / SOFTTALK. (Remember the 1980s?) But that had only one T.]
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