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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.
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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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Wolf! Wolf! wofahulicodoc 03/04/2026 8:42 PM
MISTRAL

add A

ALARMIST
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Cold wind A C Bowden 03/03/2026 5:00 PM
TAILORS

O > M

MISTRAL
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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.
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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.
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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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Sam, you made the pants too long wofahulicodoc 03/02/2026 4:36 PM
FLORIST

F-->A

TAILORS
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Flowery occupation A C Bowden 03/02/2026 5:44 AM
FLIRTS

+ O

FLORIST
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Might be, if you’re a teenager wofahulicodoc 02/28/2026 5:44 PM
TRIFLES

drop E

FLIRTS
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Nothing of importance A C Bowden 02/28/2026 5:40 PM
FITLESS

S > R

TRIFLES
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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On the workers' side A C Bowden 02/25/2026 2:19 AM
LOFTIEST

- O

LEFTIST
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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.
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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.
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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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High notes A C Bowden 02/22/2026 1:50 AM
FLATTENS

N > O

FALSETTO
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the plane truth wofahulicodoc 02/22/2026 12:48 AM
TALENTS

add F

FLATTENS
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AUTO FAMOUS - you could make a case for Ford's Model T wofahulicodoc 02/22/2026 12:45 AM
AUTOGAMOUS

PRONUNCIATION: n (aw-TAH-guh-muhs)

MEANING:mm adjective: Self-fertilizing.

ETYMOLOGY: From autogamy, from German Autogamie, coined in 1876 by Austrian botanist Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1831-1898).Earliest documented use: 1880.
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AUTO GAME U.S. - Gran Turismo 1

AUTOGAM IOUs - going into debt to buy a computer racing simulator

AUTO AMOUR - the Americans' Creed
(see also AUTO GLAMOUR, Detroit's response)
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COCKALONE - when the rooster runs away from his flock wofahulicodoc 02/19/2026 11:45 PM
COCKALANE

PRONUNCIATION: (KOK-uh-layn)

MEANING: noun:
1. An incoherent or rambling story.
2. A satire or lampoon.

ETYMOLOGY: From French coq-à-l’âne (satire, literally from cock to ass), from coq (cock) + à (at) + le (definite article) + âne (ass). Earliest documented use: 1596.
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COCOALANE - no coffee availlable in this line, only hot chococlate

COCKALATE - delayed ejaculation

CLOCKALANE - the cops set up a speed trap on the far left side, watch out!
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S. EXPERT, I.T. - computer guru for the southern office wofahulicodoc 02/19/2026 11:17 PM
SEXPARTITE

PRONUNCIATION: (seks-PAR-tyt)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Divided into six parts.
2. Having six participants.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sex (six) + partite (parted), from partire (to divide). Earliest documented use: 1654.
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SEWPARTITE - member of a faction that, when making clothes, never fails to leave at least one seam unfinished

SEMPARTITE - Marines bond with each other

SEX PART, IT END - Finish the darn porno film aleady and let's move on!
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FICATE - to contribute to one's Social Security account wofahulicodoc 02/19/2026 3:26 AM
FUCATE

PRONUNCIATION: (FYOO-kayt)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Artificially colored.
2. Counterfeit; disguised; falsified.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fucatus, past participle of fucare (to paint), from fucus (rouge, false color). Earliest documented use: 1531.
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FURCATE - to separate into one part

PUPATE - young Fido had a meal and underwent a metamorphosis

FU CARE - not many are interested
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