POSIT HURISM- stipulate that Ben Hur had a cadre of devotees
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06/23/2026 2:49 AM
PSITHURISM
PRONUNCIATION: (SITH-yuh-riz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: A rustling or whispering sound, especially of leaves in the wind.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek psithurizein (to whisper), from psithuros (whispering, slanderous). Earliest documented use: 1848.
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SITH URISM - the masters of the Dark Side of the Force were the power behind the ancient Sumerian city
PSI TOURISM - using teleportation and telekinesis to see the sights more efficiently
P.S., IT HUBRIS, M? - Oh, and by the way, don't you think you're being just a bit too cocky?
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PURLCHRISTUDINOUS - knitting a Yuletide present
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06/23/2026 2:30 AM
PULCHRITUDINOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (puhl-kri-TOOD/TYOOD-uh-nuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Physically beautiful; comely.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pulchritudo (beauty), from pulcher (beautiful). Earliest documented use: 1706.
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PULCHRISTUDIOUS - like a connoisseur of feminine beauty
MULCHRITUDINOUS - applying a layer of protective material around the base of a plant, to protect against dehydration or other hazards
PUL-CHARIOTUDINOUS - describing the motive power of a two-wheeled Roman racing vehicle
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VICI'd - "I conquered," in pseudo-Latin
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06/23/2026 2:18 AM
VISCID
PRONUNCIATION: (VIS-id)
MEANING: adjective: Sticky; glutinous; slimy.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin viscidus (sticky), from viscum (birdlime, mistletoe). Earliest documented use: 1635.
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MISC ID - miscellaneous form of identification
VIZ., CID - that is to say, the Criminal Investigation Division
VISAID - a brand of corrective lenses
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TEPIDANT - lukewarm
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06/23/2026 2:09 AM
TREPIDANT
PRONUNCIATION: (TREP-i-duhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Timid, apprehensive, or trembling with fear.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin trepidare (to hurry or be alarmed). Earliest documented use: 1891.
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TREPEDANT - three-footed
STREPIDANT - infected with round, gram-Positive microorganisms
TREPIDON'T - declining to tackle even an only-moderately-risky challenge
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TEMULEST - the most temule
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 1:57 AM
TEMULENT
PRONUNCIATION: (TEM-yuh-luhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Drunk; intoxicated.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin temetum (intoxicating drink) + -ulentus (full of). Earliest documented use: 1629.
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TEMULENE - a cyclic hydrcarbon with the empirical formula C6H6CH3
THEMULENT - the ones you temporarily entrusted to the care of someone else
ITEMULENT - singlar of THEMULENT
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SOSOURRATION - Army-issue hard candy made with citric acid
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 1:32 AM
SUSURRATION
PRONUNCIATION: (soo-suh-RAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: A soft, low sound, such as a rustling, whispering, or murmuring.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin susurrare (to whisper or hum), from susurrus (a murmur or whisper), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: before 1425.
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SUS-ORRATION - a discourse given in the southern United States on the cotton- and slave-based economy
SUN/SURFATION - ditto in Florida, Southern California, and Hawaii for the leisure economy
CUSSRRATION - a limited number of imprecations
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CHORIZONE - singing is permitted here
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 1:14 AM
CHORIZONT
PRONUNCIATION: (KOR-i-zont)
MEANING: noun: One who disputes the authorship of a work.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek khorizo (to separate). Earliest documented use: 1868.
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HORIZONT - parallel to the line between sea and sky
CHORIONT - an organism having a liquid-filled sac in which its embryo floats
THORIZONT - a citizen of Asgard who can trace his roots back to the Thunder God
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ANADAM - early human; husband of Aneve
wofahulicodoc
06/23/2026 12:48 AM
ANADEM
PRONUNCIATION: (AN-uh-dem)
MEANING: noun: A wreath or garland for the head.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin anadema (wreath, headband), from Greek anadema, from anadein (to wreathe, bind up), from ana- (back, up) + dein (to bind). Earliest documented use: 1598.
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CANADEM - a US expatriate who doesn't like the current US administration
ANALEM' - an abbreviated somewhat disdtrted figure-of-eight centered on the equator of a globe, charting the path of the noonday sun over the course of a year
ACADEM - a House of Learning
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RECUMBENTIBUM - a reclining vagrant
wofahulicodoc
06/22/2026 11:57 PM
RECUMBENTIBUS
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-kuhm-BEN-ti-buhs)
MEANING: noun: A knockdown blow.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin recumbere (recline, lie down again), from re- (back) + cumbere (to lie down), which also gave us incumbent, procumbent, and superincumbent. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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RECUMBEN-TABUS - lying down is definitely frowned upon among local customs
RECUMBEN-TITUS - the Emperor is quite lazy, notwithstanding his opening the Colisseum in Rome and visiting te victims of Pompeii
RE-COMB-ENT-IBUS - having one's hair styled again before entering the van full of Tolkien's tre-creatures
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SAUCILOQUY - an impertinent speech
wofahulicodoc
06/22/2026 11:32 PM
PAUCILOQUY
PRONUNCIATION: (paw-SIL-uh-kwee)
MEANING: noun: Economy of expression, especially in speech.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pauci- (few) + loqui (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1623.
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PAUCILOQUAY - a pier or mooring with barely enough space for one vessel
PAULILOQUY - a oration give by three-Popes-ago
PAUCILO-GUY - a man who is lacking in several different ways
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Re: HUDIBRASTIC
A C Bowden
06/15/2026 11:58 PM
HUBRICLASTIC - hubris-shattering; nemetic
LUDIPLASTIC - children's model-making kit
HUGH DE BRASTIC - medieval baron
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Clerihews
A C Bowden
06/15/2026 11:44 PM
Gianni Infantino
Said "I doubt that San Marino
Will ever win the World Cup,
But you never know what might turn up".
Sir Keir Starmer,
When asked if some knight in shining armour
Might help the Labour Party's chances,
Said "Yes – bring me my spurs and lances!"
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DEIPNOSOPHIST
A C Bowden
06/12/2026 2:27 PM
DIAGNOSOPHIST - a physician who uses pseudoscience
DEHYPNOSOPHIST - someone who wakes up and cries "Eureka!"
DEEP NOVELIST - writer of multi-layered fiction
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PREMONITORY
A C Bowden
06/12/2026 2:18 PM
PRENOMINARY - the status of a new chemical element before it is officially named
PRONOMINARY - a list of staff members indicating whether they wish to be referred to as 'he', 'she', 'they' or 'it'
PRAEMUNIRETORY - accused of obeying the Pope rather than the King of England
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TREE SAYLE - Get your saplings here. Plant a tree,save the world
wofahulicodoc
06/09/2026 4:04 PM
TRESAYLE or TRESAIEL
PRONUNCIATION: (tre-SAY-uhl, TRES-ayl)
MEANING: noun: A grandfather's grandfather: great- great-grandfather.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French trisaïeul, from tri- (three) + aïeul (grandfather), from Latin avolus, diminutive of avus (grandfather). Earliest documented use: 1491.
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ARES AIEL - Martian garlic
FIRE SAYLE - Prices Slashed! Only Minor Smoke Damage! Everything Must Go!
TRES ALE - triple-brewed beer
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LICE IN WONDERLAND - improbable nits
wofahulicodoc
06/07/2026 2:09 PM
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
PRONUNCIATION: (AL-is in WUHN-duhr-land)
MEANING: noun: An absurd, illogical, or fantastical situation.
adjective: Absurd, dreamlike, fantastical, or illogical.
ETYMOLOGY: After Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), a children’s novel by Lewis Carroll. Earliest documented use: 1874.
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MALICE IN WONDERLAND - wondrous, but insensitive and cruel
ALICE IN "WON'T!"ERLAND - a fanciful name for child development's Terrible Twos
A LICK IN WONDERLAND - the most exquisite ice cream you've never tasted
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HAD l BRAS TIC - owned a shiny metal small insect
wofahulicodoc
06/07/2026 1:59 PM
HUDIBRASTIC
PRONUNCIATION: (hyoo-duh-BRAS-tik)
MEANING: adjective: Mock-heroic; playfully burlesque or satirical.
noun: A piece of verse or writing in this style.
ETYMOLOGY: After Hudibras (published in three parts in 1663, 1664, and 1678), a mock-heroic satirical poem by Samuel Butler. Earliest documented use: 1712.
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HUDIBRASTIC - Hard-drinking, arrogant, womanizing, living a self-centered, indolent life, like Hud Bannon as personified by Paul Newman in the 1963 movie Hud
MUDIBRASTIC - shiny metal, splattered with wet earth
HAD l BRA STIC - possessed only one stiffener for my brassiere
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LORD OF THE FOLLIES - Flo Ziegfield
wofahulicodoc
06/07/2026 1:21 AM
LORD OF THE FLIES
PRONUNCIATION: (lord uv thuh FLAIZ)
MEANING: adjective: Marked by a breakdown of order into cruelty, chaos, and savagery.
ETYMOLOGY: After Lord of the Flies (1954), a novel by William Golding. Earliest documented use: 1969.
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LORD OF THE FLIERS - Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, a.k.a the Red Baron
LORD OF THE FLIES - Carl Furillo, right fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers
LORD OF THE LIES - (insert your favorite prevaricator HERE)
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DEI-PRO-SOPHIST - a wise man is beloved by God
wofahulicodoc
06/07/2026 1:00 AM
DEIPNOSOPHIST
PRONUNCIATION: (daip-NOS-uh-fist)
MEANING: noun: One skilled at dinner-table conversation.
ETYMOLOGY: After Deipnosophistae (The Deipnosophists), a work from around 200 CE by the Greek writer Athenaeus. From Greek deipnon (meal, dinner) + sophistes (wise man, sophist). Earliest documented use: 1581.
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DIP NO SOPHIST - Scholars shall not be subject to Trial by Drowning to test if they are witchs (or warlocks)
DE I.P. NO SOPH IS - you can't make a second-year student out of Intellectual Property
DEIGN, O SOPHIST - OK, wise guy, let's see how condescending you are now!
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BRAVE NEW WORLD - a stalwart neologism
wofahulicodoc
06/07/2026 12:44 AM
BRAVE NEW WORLD
PRONUNCIATION: (brayv noo/nyoo WUHRLD)
MEANING: noun: A radically transformed world, situation, or era, especially one with both promise and peril.
ETYMOLOGY: After Brave New World (1932), a novel by Aldous Huxley. Earliest documented use: 1933.
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BRAVE PEW WORLD - the Protestant Revolution
BRAVE NET WORLD - the Atlanta baseball organization is setting up a Tennis league
BREVE NEW WORLD - Dvořák's Ninth Symphony (in E minor) played in Cut Time (2/2)
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