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Holy LukeJavan8 07/03/25 04:41 PM
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Good style A C Bowden 07/03/25 04:31 AM
FLARE

E > I

FLAIR
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seen on July 4th LukeJavan8 07/02/25 04:00 PM
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I'll have a beer, please wofahulicodoc 07/02/25 01:36 PM
RANGE

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LAGER
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"Home, home on the ...... LukeJavan8 07/01/25 04:16 PM
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Pesky rodent A C Bowden 06/30/25 05:24 AM
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GNAWER
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ERNST - sincere wofahulicodoc 06/28/25 06:39 PM
ERST

PRONUNCIATION: (uhrst)

MEANING: adverb: Formerly: in the past.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English ǣrest (first), superlative of ǣr (early). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ayer- (day, morning), which also gave us early and ere. Earliest documented use: before 1150. The word is more commonly found in the adjective form erstwhile.
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ERAST - rubbed out

ERSAT - one fake (several would be "ersatz")

'EREST - what G-d do on the seventh day
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OLEAL - fatty wofahulicodoc 06/28/25 06:30 PM
LEAL

PRONUNCIATION: (leel)

MEANING: adjective: Loyal; honest; true.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French leel, from Latin legalis (legal), from lex (law). Earliest documented use: 1300.
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ALEAL - alternate forms of the same gene leading to different external manifestations of a trait

LEIAL - like the Princess of Alderaan (Surprise! Not of Naboo!)

LEIAL - 2) like a floral necklace
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KERI - operatic Soprano from New Zealand wofahulicodoc 06/28/25 06:19 PM
KERF

PRONUNCIATION: (kuhrf)

MEANING: noun:nn1. A cut, notch, slit, etc. made by a cutting tool.
2. The width of such a cut.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English cyrf (a cutting). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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PERF - short for perforations, where Toilet Paper tears. Or doesn't.

SKERF - a head covering worn by the orthographically challenged

SERF - where a seashore-dwelling feudal peasant plays in the waves
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OIK - Three Stooges word meaning "Gotcha!" wofahulicodoc 06/28/25 06:01 PM
OIK

PRONUNCIATION: (oik)

MEANING: noun: A person perceived as uncouth, unpleasant, and of lower social standing.

ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1917. Also see chav and yob.
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WOIK - Brooklynese for "Services performed to earn money"

ONIK - a singular semi-precious stone, black with white stripes, traditionally the birthstone for July

OK,IK - shorthand for "We're both doin' all right"
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VIL'N - a high-pitched stringed instrument wofahulicodoc 06/28/25 05:43 PM
VULN

PRONUNCIATION: (vuhln)

MEANING: noun: Vulnerability: susceptibility to attack, injury, or temptation.
verb tr.: To wound.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vulnerare (to wound), from vulnus (wound). Earliest documented use: verb: 1583, noun: unknown.
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VILN - a city in Lithuania

V-ULNA - an uncommon deformity of the funnybone, in the lower arm

AVULN - home of King Arthur and the Nuts of the Round Table
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