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TERSICOLORED - having a succinct palatte wofahulicodoc 07/18/25 07:13 PM
VERSICOLORED

PRONUNCIATION: (VUHR-si-kuhl-uhrd)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Having many colors; variegated.
2. Having a color that changes in appearance; iridescent.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vertere (to turn) + color. Earliest documented use: 1721.
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VERTICOLORED - all the pigments go straight up and down

VERBICOLOR-RED - language that's very salty (rated R)

VESSICOLORED - having such thin skin that you can see the arteries and veins right through it
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VERDAZU RINK - where people go practice Verdazu wofahulicodoc 07/18/25 07:00 PM
VERDAZURINE

PRONUNCIATION: (vuhrd-AZH-uh-reen)

MEANING: adjective: Bluish-green; sea-green.

ETYMOLOGY: From Italian verdazzurro (sea-green), from verde (green) + azzurro (blue). Earliest documented use: 1681.
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VEND AZ URINE - when you live in Tucson you can sell your pee

G.E.R.D. AZURINE - a form of GI disease which necessitates that you avoid foods that are blue

VERDAZU RITE - what people do in a Verdizu Rink (see above)
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SPA DICE-OUS - gambling as you lose weight wofahulicodoc 07/18/25 06:20 PM
SPADICEOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (spay/spuh-DISH-uhs)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Of a reddish-brown color.
2. Relating to a spadix, the floral spike usually enclosed in a spathe.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin spadix (a torn-off palm branch and its fruit), from Greek spadix (a torn-off frond). Earliest documented use: 1646.
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SPALDICEOUS - like a pink rubber ball

SOPADICEOUS - soupy, in Mexico City

iPADICEOUS - like a handhold multi-purpose electronic device, more than a Palm Pilot and even a smartphone, but less than a laptop computer
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four-and-twenty blackbirds wofahulicodoc 07/18/25 06:04 PM
BARKED

D --> Y

BAKERY
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Voice of authority A C Bowden 07/17/25 02:21 PM
BRACED

C > K

BARKED
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Prepared for LukeJavan8 07/16/25 04:43 PM
+D


BRACED
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Heave ho ! wofahulicodoc 07/16/25 03:22 AM
BEACH

H --> R

CABER
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One-sided games A C Bowden 07/14/25 12:05 AM
PREPOSTEROUS – PREVAIL

Preposterous sporting mismatches
May upset the odds in some patches,
But the form-book prevails
When England plays Wales
At rugby, with just a few scratches.

THERMOMETER – THIGH
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Space cruises A C Bowden 07/11/25 03:30 PM
It may be too far to the stars,
But pleasure-craft orbits of Mars
Will be offered by firms
On generous terms,
With organized quizzes and bars.

PREPOSTEROUS – PREVAIL
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On the shore A C Bowden 07/09/25 11:53 PM
CHASE

S > B

BEACH
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fox and rabbits LukeJavan8 07/09/25 04:10 PM
- I

CHASE
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Take another seat A C Bowden 07/09/25 01:05 AM
ARCHIE

R > S

CHAISE
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FESTU CINQ - fifth birthday wofahulicodoc 07/09/25 01:03 AM
FESTUCINE

PRONUNCIATION: (FES-tyuh-syn/seen)

MEANING: adjective: Of a pale yellow or straw-like color.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin festuca (stalk, straw). Earliest documented use: 1646.
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FEST-AU-CINÉ - when they take movies at the party

FeS-LUCINE - a nutritional supplement containing insoluble iron sufide and an amino acid

FESTUCIDE - the elimination of all festu
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FULGOUS - radiant wofahulicodoc 07/08/25 07:26 PM
FULVOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (FUHL-vuhs)

MEANING: adjective: Tawny; brownish-yellow or orange.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fulvus, from flavus (yellow). Earliest documented use: 1664.
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FULOVOUS - egocentric

FOUL, VOUS! - the French referee just gave him a red card

FUELVOUS - soaked in kerosene
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...and Betty and Veronica, and Jughead, too wofahulicodoc 07/08/25 07:17 PM
CHAIR

add an E

ARCHIE
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Nil desperandum A C Bowden 07/08/25 04:48 PM
If life makes you feel you can't win,
Just pour a large brandy or gin
And quaff it with verve –
You'll recover your nerve,
And you won't contemplate giving in.

ORBIT – ORGANIZE
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Take a seat A C Bowden 07/07/25 01:18 PM
AURIC

U > H

CHAIR
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MEANISM - 1)striving to be unfair, and enjoying it wofahulicodoc 07/07/25 01:34 AM
MELANISM

PRONUNCIATION: (MEL-uh-niz-uhm) 

MEANING: noun: An inherited overproduction of melanin leading to unusually dark coloration.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek melano- (black). Earliest documented use: 1842.
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MEANISM - 2) espousing "the 'middle' is the sum of all the amounts, divided by the number of samples" - i.e. enhancing the effect of extreme outliers

MEANISM - 3) having an exaggerated tendency to explain everything

MELONISM - worship of Cantaoupe and Honeydew and Casaba; an offshoot of the cult of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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UTEROPAROUS - mammalian wofahulicodoc 07/07/25 01:30 AM
ITEROPAROUS

PRONUNCIATION: (IT-uh-ro-PAR-uhs)

MEANING: adjective: Reproducing multiple times in one’s lifetime.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin iterum (again) + -parous (producing). Earliest documented use: 1954.
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ITEROPARLOUS - saying the same thing over and over and over again

INTEROPAROUS - describing the time between productions at La Scala or the Met

AITEROPAROUS - hatching on an island (some turtles reproduce this way)
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AGNOPOLOGY - telling the lambs you're sorry wofahulicodoc 07/07/25 01:00 AM
AGNOIOLOGY

PRONUNCIATION: (ag-noi-OL-uh-jee) 

MEANING: noun: The study of ignorance or the investigation of the unknowable.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek a- (not) + gnosis (knowledge). Earliest documented use: 1854.
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AGNOSIOLOGY - The study of neurologic deficits pertaining to the loss of ability to interpret sensory input. (An example would be not recognizing a banana by sight, while the capacity to do so by feel or scent or taste is preserved.)

ANNOIOLOGY - knowing all the right buttons to push

AgNIO: LOGY - How should you expect to feel after taking Silver Nitro-Iodo-Oxide?
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POGO NOT 'OME - 'E's not in, come back later wofahulicodoc 07/07/25 12:38 AM
POGONOTOMY

PRONUNCIATION: (po-guh-NAH-tuh-mee) 

MEANING: noun: The cutting of a beard; shaving.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pogon (beard) + -tomy (cutting). Earliest documented use: 1896.

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VOGONOTOMY – how to take all the interest out of the “Hitchhiker's Guide

POGO? NO, TOMMY! – answer to your kid's question, “Did the opossum in Walt Kelly's old comic strip smoke see-gars?”

POGONOTOME – another name for “razor,” which cuts beard hairs into very thin layers
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MALISTON – Sonny's mother wofahulicodoc 07/07/25 12:34 AM
MALISON

PRONUNCIATI0N (MAL-uh-zuhn/suhn) 

MEANING: noun: A curse.

ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-French maleiçun (curse), from Latin maledictio (curse), from maledicere (to curse), from mal- (bad) + dicere (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1300.
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MALISON - offspring from one's friend-with-benefits

MALISOU - a counterfeit coin from medieval France (which wasn't worth very much even if genuine)

MACISON - the location of an Apple computer, as in “The Macison the desk”
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there's gold in them thar hills! wofahulicodoc 07/06/25 08:39 PM
CURIAL

drop L

AURIC
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In court A C Bowden 07/05/25 07:04 AM
GARLIC

G > U

CURIAL
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by the clove wofahulicodoc 07/04/25 06:44 PM
GRAIL

add C

GARLIC
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