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ILKA

PRONUNCIATION: (IL-kuh)

MEANING: adjective: Each; every.

ETYMOLOGY: From ilk (each), from Old English ylc + a (indefinite article). Earliest documented use: 1200.
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MILKA -kitchen-English for "latte"

INKA - prefix for "dinka-doo" popularized in the Forties and Fifties by Jimmy Durante

ILKAT - Felix is sick

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YCLEPT

PRONUNCIATION: (i-KLEPT)

MEANING: adjective: Called or named.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English geclypod, past participle of (ge)clypian (clepe). Earliest documented use: 950.
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YCWEPT - what Elmer Fudd did, hunting Bugs Bunny (that Wascally Wabbit)

YSLEPT - took a nap,, first- or third-person depending on whether you pronounce the Y as a long I or a long E

CYCLEPT - struck hard by a one-eyed monster

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DOGMATIC

PRONUNCIATION: (dog-MA-tik)

MEANING: adjective: Expressing beliefs or opinions forcefully or positively as if they were true.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin dogma (tenet), from Greek dogma (opinion), from dokein (to seem good, think). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dek- (to take, accept), which also gave us dignity, discipline, doctor, decorate, docile, deign, condign, doxy, heterodox, and philodox. Earliest documented use: 1605.
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DOGMATTIC - the place to store old, outdated authoritarian ideas

DOHMATIC - the verbal behavior of Bart Simpson

DOG MA TICK - the reason Fido is persistently infested by disease-carrying insects

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LUSTRATE

PRONUNCIATION: (LUHS-trayt)

MEANING: verb tr.:
1. To purify by means of rituals or ceremonies.
2. To remove undesirable people from an organization, especially in an abrupt or violent manner.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lustrare (to make bright). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leuk- (light), which also gave us lunar, lunatic, light, lightning, lucid, illuminate, illustrate, translucent, lux, lynx, pellucid, lucubrate, lutestring, limn, levin, and lea. Earliest documented use: 1623.
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DUSTRATE - how much it costs to clean the house

LUSHRATE - percentage of the population that has alcohol-use disorder

LU'S TRADE - he swapped WHAT for WHAT?

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TOURBILLION

PRONUNCIATION: (toor-BIL-yuhn)

MEANING: noun: A whirlwind or whirlpool.

ETYMOLOGY: From French tourbillon (whirlwind), from Latin turbo (spinning top, whirl), from Greek turbe (turmoil, confusion). Earliest documented use: 1477.
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FOURBILLION - approximate number of seconds since 1891 (US)

TOURBULLION - what you can't do in Fort Knox, KY

TOUR BILL ICON - what you click on to pay for your vacation trip

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ANTIGODLIN

PRONUNCIATION: (an-ti-GOD-lin)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Out of line; lopsided; out of whack.
2. Diagonal.

ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. The term is used in the American south. Perhaps from anti- (against) + goggling, from goggle (to look obliquely). Perhaps influenced by the folk etymology “against God”. Earliest documented use: around 1900.
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ANTIGON-LIN - Orestes' drama is recast in Federalist America and done in Rap

ANTIGODLING - I hate that baby Eros with his bow and arrow

ANTIGODLINE - No, I don't think a direct phone to Heaven would be a good idea

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AGGRATE

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-GRAYT)

MEANING: verb tr.: To please or gratify.

ETYMOLOGY: From Italian aggradare (to please), from Latin aggratare, from gratus (pleasing, grateful). Earliest documented use: 1590.
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AGGERATE - properly described, after previously having been over-hyped

AG ORATE - the Attorney General will speak...

AGOG RATE - ..and how many people are waiting eagerly to hear it

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MORBIDEZZA

PRONUNCIATION: (mor-bi-DET-suh)

MEANING: noun: An extreme softness, smoothness, or delicacy, especially in works of art, sculpture, music, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: From Italian morbidezza (softness, smoothness), from morbido (soft, smooth), from Latin morbidus (diseased), from morbus (disease). Ultimately from the Indo-European root mer- (to rub away or to harm), which also gave us morsel, mordant, mortal, mortgage, nightmare, amaranth, amaranthine, daymare, mortify, premorse, and ambrosia. Earliest documented use: 1624.
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MORBIDEZRA - American poet writing about death, disease, and unhappiness

AMOR B.I.D. EZZA - fall in love two times every day, Ezzy!

MORBIDEZIA - the black sheep of the Addams Family; second cousin to Itt and Morticia

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VOCIFERATE

PRONUNCIATION: (vo-SIF-uh-rayt)

MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To shout or utter loudly.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vox (voice) + ferre (to bear). Earliest documented use: 1548.
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VOICI-FERATE - to exclaim loudly in French "Here it is!"

VOCIFERRATE - to speak in a steely voice, which brooks no refusal

VOCIFERANTE - how much it costs to play at the Vocifer Poker Palace

VOCO-FER-ATE - I call for an octet in Rome

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JUXTAPOSE

PRONUNCIATION: (JUHK-stuh-pohz)

MEANING: verb tr.: To place side by side for comparison or contrast.

ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from juxtaposition, from Latin juxta (near, next) + French poser (to place). Ultimately from the Indo-European root yeug- (to join), which is also the ancestor of junction, yoke, yoga, adjust, enjoin, rejoinder, junta, junto, syzygy, jugular, jugulate, subjugate, zeugma, and rejoinder. Earliest documented use: 1851.
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JUXT S'POSE - let's pretend

JUXTAPPOSE - that's redundant!

JUNTA POSE - the rulers put it there

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