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. _______________________________
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. ________________________________
FULOVOUS - egocentric
FOUL, VOUS! - the French referee just gave him a red card
FUELVOUS - soaked in kerosene
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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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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. ________________________________
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. _____________________
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. ______________________________
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. ____________________________________
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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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. _______________________________
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. __________________________
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. _________________________________
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. _______________________
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. ______________________________
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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