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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

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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

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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

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GARLIC
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Holy LukeJavan8 07/03/25 04:41 PM
F > G


GRAIL
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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
G > F


FLARE
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I'll have a beer, please wofahulicodoc 07/02/25 01:36 PM
RANGE

N --> R

LAGER
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"Home, home on the ...... LukeJavan8 07/01/25 04:16 PM
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RANGE
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Pesky rodent A C Bowden 06/30/25 05:24 AM
WRANGLE

- L

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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