MORAL CO-PASS - get-out-of-jail-free card for two
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10/19/25 01:16 PM
MORAL COMPASS
PRONUNCIATION: (MOR-uhl kuhm-puhs)
MEANING: noun: One’s inner sense of right and wrong.
ETYMOLOGY: From moral, from Latin mos (custom) + compass (an instrument for determining directions), from Old French compasser (to measure), from Latin com- (with) + passus (pace). Earliest documented use: 1817.
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CORAL COMPASS - how the sea organisms know to make such a perfect circle
ORAL COMPASS - open my mouth, stick out my tongue, and I can tell which way the wind is blowing
AMOR-AL COMPASS - an innate sense of knowing where to bestow my affections
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LIGHTNING ROOD - a very fast distance to traverse
wofahulicodoc
10/16/25 07:22 PM
LIGHTNING ROD
PRONUNCIATION: (LYT-ning rod)
MEANING: noun:
1. A grounded metal rod placed at the top of a structure to protect it from lightning.
2. A person or thing that frequently attracts criticism.
3. Someone who diverts criticism from another.
ETYMOLOGY: From lightning (a flash of light) and rod (a stick or pole), from Old English leoht and rodd. Earliest documented use: 1770.
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LIGHTING ROD - a stick with one or more light sources at intervals along it, to be mounted on a wall or under a shelf
LIGHTEN, INC ROD - a company that manufactures illumination devices
LIGHT NINA ROD - a device used by Al Hirshfeld to hide the name of his daughter in many a Sunday Times theater-page caricature in the 1950s and 1960s
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MILLTONE - the sound of flour production
wofahulicodoc
10/16/25 06:57 PM
MILLSTONE
PRONUNCIATION: (MIL-stohn)
MEANING: noun:
1. One of a pair of round stones used for grinding grain.
2. A heavy burden or source of distress, especially one that’s hard to get rid of.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English mylenstan (millstone), from Latin mola (mill, grindstone), from molere (to grind). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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MILLSTINE - Russian-American violinist, died in 1992 at the age of 90, known for his renditions of Bach
WILLSTONE - a rock placed on your last testament to keep the pages from blowing away
MILLI-STONE- about a sixth of an ounce (1 stone = 14 pounds = 168 ounces)
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STILLE - Christmas Eve in Bavaria
wofahulicodoc
10/15/25 07:25 PM
STILE
PRONUNCIATION: (styl)
MEANING: noun:
1. A set of steps or rungs allowing a person to go across a fence or wall while denying animals access.
2. A turnstile: a revolving gate that controls access to an area.
3. A support for overcoming an obstacle.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English stigel (stile). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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SPILE - to turn, or go rotten, in certain neighbourhoods
S.A.T.-ILE - where one ranks nationally on a Scholastic Aptitude Test
ST. ILEX - Holly's name after their sanctification
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ACE-CURTAIN - last serve in an uneven tennis match
wofahulicodoc
10/15/25 07:09 PM
LACE-CURTAIN
PRONUNCIATION: (LAYS-kuhr-tuhn)
MEANING: adjective: Aspiring to or pretentiously displaying middle-class respectability.
ETYMOLOGY: From the lace curtains once fashionable in middle-class homes. Earliest documented use: 1824.
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LACK-CURTAIN - "early-matrimonial" style; sparsely-furnished
PLACE-CURTAIN - determining social status of the owner by inspection of the facade of an edifice from the street, particularly the window furnishings
GLACÉ-CURTAIN - the world outside after a grand sleet-storm
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