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
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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
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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
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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
wofahulicodoc
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
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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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An Eleemosynary Paradox
A C Bowden
07/08/2026 1:27 AM
I fail to see the logic of endurance feats for charity;
I follow the performers' rationale with total clarity,
For while a street collector may be thought a tad importunate,
Bold deeds create publicity, which succours the unfortunate.
But why should any donor's contribution be conditional
On someone else's skill in tolerating the attritional?
What makes prospective givers calibrate their generosity
According to a person's strength, or distance, or velocity?
If they could make oblations with a more objective attitude,
The beneficiaries, I'm sure, would offer them their gratitude.
TORRID – TRACKS
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