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like foe. fauxmo rhymes with homo.


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eta: THank you for that as I would rhymed it with cow mo

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Dale. How do you pronounce faux pas, for heaven's sake? tsk tsk...

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Anna: You never know. The typical slangster probably doesn't know French and no doubt pronounces it fox pass. In a shorter time than you might imagine, then, it's picked up by Merriam just that way


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that's one faux pas that MWCD just doesn't (and I trust won't) make:

faux pas \fo-pa, fo-\ noun pl faux pas \-pa(z), -pa(z)\ [F, lit., false step] (1676)
: blunder; esp : a social blunder


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> picked up by Merriam just that way

UrbDic maybe; MW, doubtful.


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And a bromosexual is, presumably, someone who has sex with a blue-glass jar?

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and a beer drinker: foamosexual

the boss: majordomosexual

cowboy: roamosexual


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Onan: loamosexual

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