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INFORDEMIC - cars are in my blood! wofahulicodoc 05/31/23 02:53 AM
INFODEMIC

PRONUNCIATION: (in-fuh/foh-DEM-ik)

MEANING: noun: A glut of mostly unreliable, rapidly spreading information relating to an event, crisis, disease, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: A blend of information + epidemic, coined by the author and columnist David J. Rothkopf in a Washington Post column about the SARS epidemic. Earliest documented use: 2003.
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IN-LODE MIC - lets miners call the surface

INTO DE MIC - where the emcee wants his guests to speak

INFODERMiC - some kinds of knowledge really get under your skin
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Greetings, all! I read you loud and clear... wofahulicodoc 05/30/23 10:47 PM
REJECTION

J --> P

RECEPTION
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Parsimonious funeral A C Bowden 05/30/23 04:34 AM
The coffin was made of cheap plastic,
With duct tape and bits of elastic.
The occupant's will
Said "Keep down the bill!"
Which they did – but the effort looked drastic.

REFLECT – REGARD
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They won't accept it A C Bowden 05/30/23 03:44 AM
SECRETION

S > J

REJECTION
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RUSTIC LEA - a pastoral meadow wofahulicodoc 05/30/23 02:24 AM
RUSTICLE

PRONUNCIATION: (RUHS-tuh/ti-kuhl)

MEANING: noun: An icicle-like formation of rust, as on an underwater shipwreck.

ETYMOLOGY: A blend of rust + icicle, coined by oceanographer Robert Ballard while describing such formations on the hull of the Titanic, the wreckage of which he discovered. Earliest documented use: 1986.
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RUSTICLEF - a musical symbol covered with Fe2O3

LUSTICLE - aphrodysiac

RESTICLE - what's left of my frozen sherbet on two sticks
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a charged particle no one knows of wofahulicodoc 05/30/23 02:15 AM
EROTICISE

I --> N

SECRETION
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- -of lust LukeJavan8 05/29/23 04:37 PM
+I


EROTICISE
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Très recherché A C Bowden 05/29/23 01:44 PM
CREOSOTE

O > I

ESOTERIC
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Quirky art A C Bowden 05/28/23 04:51 AM
"This triptych you see", said the guide,
"A tribute to Bell, who'd just died,
Depicts, in the centre,
The famous inventor,
With patterns of phones on each side."

EFFORT – ELASTIC
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Re: HAIRCAT - feline with very long, silky fur wofahulicodoc 05/28/23 02:29 AM
PICADILLY CIRCUS

PRONUNCIATION: (pik-uh-dil-ee SUHR-kuhs)

MEANING: noun: A place that is very busy, crowded, or noisy.

ETYMOLOGY: After Piccadilly Circus, a busy area in London where several roads meet. The area has tourist attractions, entertainment, shopping, and large illuminated ads. A circus here means a traffic roundabout, but what about Piccadilly? It’s named after a tailor who made a fortune selling piccadill/pickadill, a lace collar popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. The American equivalent of the term is Grand Central Station (a train station in New York City), though for look and feel Times Square (also in NYC) would be closer.
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PICK A DILLY CIRCUS - select a doozy

PISCADILLY CIRCUS - a compilation of tall tales and other unlikely yarns about the ones that got away

PICARD ILL; Y CIRCUS - Starship Captain is indisposed, and the club is is providing entertainmenet
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HAIRCAT - feline with very long, silky fur wofahulicodoc 05/28/23 02:16 AM
HAIRCUT

PRONUNCIATION: {HAIR-kuht)

MEANING: noun: A reduction in value.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English hǣr + Middle English cutten. Earliest documented use: 1955.

NOTES: The term haircut is used metaphorically in many ways, such as when assessing the value of an asset pledged as collateral against a loan. For example, a bank might decide that an asset worth $1000 could take a 20% haircut and thus be used to secure a loan of at most $800. The term is also used for other reductions: a pay cut, a cut in benefits, a reduction in the repayment of a loan, etc.
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FAIRCUT - an equitable division

HAIR CUTE - that's a fetching new "do" you just got

"HA" IS CUT - all the humor has been removed from my production
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SWAP SONG - important function of a Hootenanny wofahulicodoc 05/28/23 02:02 AM
SWAN SONG

PRONUNCIATION: (SWAN song)

MEANING: noun: A farewell or final performance, appearance, or accomplishment.

ETYMOLOGY: From the ancient belief that swans sang before dying. From Old English swan. Ultimately from the Indo-European root swen- (to sound), which also gave us sound, sonic, sonnet, sonata, and unison. Earliest documented use: 1596.
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SWAIN SONG - what Romeo sings to Juliet's balcony

SWANS OMG - very surprised to see the graceful white birds

SWAN'S O-NEG - he Ugly Duckling is a universal blood donor
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Saints preserve us wofahulicodoc 05/28/23 01:49 AM
SCOOTER

add E

CREOSOTE
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Small vehicle A C Bowden 05/27/23 12:29 AM
CORONETS

- N

SCOOTER
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re: Welcome Teytonon ! wofahulicodoc 05/25/23 02:53 AM
And PRELATE notwithstanding, I have to object to your declaration of No, not yet. If not now, when?
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