R:UTAH-Entry 16 on a multiplechoice geography test
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07/24/24 04:54 PM
RUTH
PRONUNCIATION: (rooth)
MEANING: noun:
1. Compassion.
2. Contrition.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English ruthe, from ruen (to rue). Earliest documented use: 1200. The common affixed form is ruthless.
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RITH - one of the three Rs, according to modern "shorthand" parlance 9cf "rents" for parents and "shrooms" for mushrooms)
DRUTH - if you had yours you'd prefer comparatively more than one of them
WRUTH - what God did when he invented the telegraph (sorta) according to the first message ever sent, in 1884 opening the Baltimore–Washington line
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EPH - sixth letter of the alfabet
wofahulicodoc
07/23/24 06:41 PM
EPT
PRONUNCIATION: (ept)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Competent; skillful.
2. Effective; appropriate.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from inept, from Latin ineptus (unsuitable or absurd), from in- (not) + aptus (apt). Earliest documented use: 1938.
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LE PT - physical therapy school in Québec
EPOT - marijuana for vaping
ERT - what flowers grow in, on Flatbush Avenue
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GRUNTLED - headed by a weary infantryman
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07/22/24 11:53 AM
GRUNTLED
PRONUNCIATION: (GRUHN-tuhld)
MEANING: adjective: Contented; happy.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from disgruntled, from dis- (intensifier) + gruntle (to grumble), frequentative of grunt. Earliest documented use: 1938.
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GAUNTLED - put through a series of [usually unpleasant] experiences administered by a line of people consecutively
GRANT-LED - 1. the Union armies in the later stages of the U. S. Civil War; 2. most scientific research these days, unfortunately
GRUNT-LEAD - (verb) to make an inadvertent sound of reluctance as one plays the first card in a Bridge hand; (noun) the card so led
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re: CHEKHOV'S GUN
wofahulicodoc
07/20/24 05:37 PM
CHEKHOV'S GUN - a special removable adhesive devised by Dr Chekhov for attaching moustache and beard to the actors' faces, as needed, as part of their costume
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OLLIER'S FAITH - skate-boarder's certainty
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07/20/24 05:28 PM
COLLIER'S FAITH
PRONUNCIATION: (KAHL-yuhrz fayth)
MEANING: noun: Unreasonable faith; blind faith.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fides carbonarii (collier’s faith), from German köhlerglaube (collier’s faith). The term may have arisen from the dangerous and uncertain nature of coal mining. Earliest documented use: 1680.
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COLLIE'S FAITH - Timmy will always be there to save Lassie. Or the other way 'round.
COLLIER'S FAINT "H" - coal-miner's distinct Cockney accent
COLLIDER'S FAITH - the physicist's confidence that his cyclotron will behave as expected
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JOHN, THOMSON'S MAN - valet is "John," sez Thomson
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07/20/24 02:57 PM
JOHN THOMSON'S MAN
PRONUNCIATION: (jon THOM-suhnz man)
MEANING: noun: A man excessively submissive to his woman.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps the original form was Joan Thomson’s man. Earliest documented use: 1513. Some other adjectives to describe such a man are uxorious and henpecked.
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JOINT: HOMSON'S MAN - Funny name, but it's a reasonably good pub
JOHN THOMSON'S MANE - J.T. has quite the head of hair, doesn't he?!
JOHN THOMSON'S MOAN - cain't tell whether he's in misery or ecstasy
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BARNEY'S BILL - NYC mens' store wants its money
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07/20/24 02:26 PM
BARNEY'S BULL
PRONUNCIATION: (bar-neez-BUL)
MEANING: noun: Someone or something in a very bad condition or situation.
ETYMOLOGY: Apparently from a popular 19th-century pantomime in which an escaped bull is chased by various characters until the exhausted animal
s captured by a farmhand. Earliest documented use: 1834.
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BLARNEY'S BULL - Yes, it is
BARN EYES BULL - Ferdinand gets looked at by an owl
BARNEY SKULL - ...and all this time Hamlet's been using the wrong name
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PARKIN' SiN'S LAW - Accidents cause people.
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07/20/24 02:12 PM
PARKINSON'S LAWPRONUNCIATION: (PAHR-kin-suhnz law) MEANING: noun: The observation that work expands to fill the time available. ETYMOLOGY: After C. Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993), author and historian, who first articulated this observation in 1955 in an article in The Economist. Earliest documented use: 1955. _____________________________ PARKINSON'S LAWN - Grassy expanses grow to fill time available for watering, mowing, fertilizing, weeding, grub treatments, aerating, and other things you haven't even thought of PARKING SON'S LAW - start turning the steering wheel back when you're even with the tail ight PARKINSON SLAM - see https:// www.facebook.com/watch/?v=485244885181880
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