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ZOOM: A TRY - first attempt at video-conferencing
wofahulicodoc
04/19/24 02:03 AM
ZOOLATRY
PRONUNCIATION: (zo-OL-uh-tree)
MEANING: noun:
1. The worship of animals.
2. Extreme devotion to animals, for example, to one’s pets.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek zoo- (animal) + -latry (worship). Earliest documented use: 1784.
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AZO-OLATRY - worship of nitrogen
BOOLATRY - worship of simple logical concepts ( and, or, not, both )
ZOO, LARRY? - Curly and Moe are thinking of visiting the captive animals on display
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SPYROPHOBIA - afraid of Vice President Agnew
wofahulicodoc
04/16/24 07:02 PM
PYROPHOBIA
PRONUNCIATION: (py-roh-FOH-bee-uh)
MEANING: noun: An extreme fear of fire.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pyro- (fire) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1858.
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PAROPHOBIA - fear of not making the cut after you've shot only even par on the first two rounds
SYROPHOBIA - fear of living in Damascus
YR-O-PHOBIA - the club that gifts you a different fear every day for 365 days
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NEPHILIA - love of your sibling's son
wofahulicodoc
04/16/24 01:43 AM
NEOPHILIA
PRONUNCIATION: (nee-uh-FIL-ee-uh)
MEANING: noun: The love of what’s new or novel.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek neo- (new) + -philia (love). Earliest documented use: 1899. The opposite is neophobia.
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ONE-O-PHILIA - love of tightly-fought low-scoring games
DEOPHILIA - affection for The Banana-Boat Song ("Daylight Come and me want go Home")
NETOPHILIA - penchant for playing way up toward the front of the tennis court
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CRUCIBLE
A C Bowden
04/14/24 01:32 AM
CRUCIBLE (adj) - potentially crucial.
CRUCIBELL - 19th-century warning signal on road/rail crossings.
CRUCIBALL - (1) spot-the-ball newspaper soccer puzzle. (2) game played in medieval monasteries, between two teams representing God and the Devil (banned by the papal decree De Ludis Profanis).
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SURLIMATE - your Significant Other is grouchy
wofahulicodoc
04/12/24 06:00 PM
SUBLIMATE
PRONUNCIATION: (verb: SUHB-luh-mayt, noun, adj.: -mit)
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To divert basic or instinctual impulses to something more socially acceptable.
2. To refine or purify.
verb tr., intr.: To directly transform from solid to gas, or vice versa, bypassing the liquid state.
adjective: Refined; purified; elevated; exalted.
noun: A substance obtained by sublimating.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sublimare (to elevate). Earliest documented use: 1425.
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STUBLIMATE - your Significant Other didn't shave
SULLI-MATE - W S Gilbert
SUBLIMEATE - steak dinner at the Capital Grille restaurant
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