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[b]FOXYTON IZE - having shrewd, if heavy, vision wofahulicodoc 12/27/2025 5:43 PM

OXYTONIZE

PRONUNCIATION: (OK-si-tuh-nyz)

MEANING: verb tr.: To make oxytone, that is, to put the stress on the last syllable.

ETYMOLOGY: From oxytone, from Greek oxys (acute) + tonos (tone). Earliest documented use: 1887.
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OY-TON IZE - to see the potential worry in everything

OXY TONITE - This evening's lesson is about Element #8

OXY-GON-IZE - extinguish a fire by removing the oxygen from the surrounding atmosphere

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Re: Non-Slanderous Political Speech JerryC 12/19/2025 2:14 PM

I believe the author of this Non-Slanderous Political Speech is Bill Garvin, published in Mad Magazine, #139, December 1970. This makes it copyright material. https://madcoversite.com/mad139.html

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It's not far A C Bowden 12/05/2025 1:00 AM

ALLOY

Y > C

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