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. _________________________
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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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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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. ___________________________
RUSTICLEF - a musical symbol covered with Fe2O3
LUSTICLE - aphrodysiac
RESTICLE - what's left of my frozen sherbet on two sticks
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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. ______________________________
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. _____________________________
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. _____________________________
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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