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#213848 - 01/06/14 08:52 PM Re: Good Ol' Ben [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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REPLETION
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-PLEE-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: The condition of being completely filled or satisfied.
ETYMOLOGY: Via French, from Latin replere, from re- (back, again) + plere (to fill), from plenus (full). Earliest documented use: 1398.
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PREPLETION -- what a good waiter does by pouring more into your glass just before you ask for it
#213854 - 01/07/14 06:00 AM Joined: Jun 2010
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REPLETION - the renewal of the human spirit after all Communist pinkos have been thrown out and freedom once again becomes enow.
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PONDEROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (PON-duhr-uhs)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Having great weight.
2. Awkward or unwieldy.
3. Dull or laborious.
ETYMOLOGY:
Via French, from Latin ponderare (to ponder, weigh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root (s)pen- (to draw, to spin), which is also the source of pendulum, spider, pound, pansy, pendant, ponder, appendix, depend, spontaneous, perpend, vilipend, filipendulous, and equipoise. Earliest documented use: 1400.
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PANDEROUS - a quality universally possessed by politicians
PONDERONUS - weighty obligations
PONDEROPUS - I wonder what that penguin meant?
#213868 - 01/07/14 09:06 PM Joined: Jun 2010
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PonderR'us - a gym chain for heavyweight lifters
#213876 - 01/08/14 12:30 PM Joined: Aug 2001
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QUONDAM
PRONUNCIATION: (KWON-duhm)
MEANING: adjective: Former; onetime.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quondam (formerly). Earliest documented use: 1535.
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QUONDAY - in old calendars, an unidentified day near the beginning of the week
(not to be ocnfused with
QUONDAE - the ice cream treat I just finished eating)
#213881 - 01/08/14 03:20 PM Joined: Jun 2010
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QUONDAMN adj - belonging to bad times long past ex: a quondamn lover.
#213884 - 01/08/14 04:24 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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Land of the Flat Water
----please, draw me a sheep----
#213888 - 01/08/14 08:45 PM Joined: May 2010
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#213902 - 01/09/14 04:41 PM Joined: Aug 2001
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INIMICAL
PRONUNCIATION: (i-NIM-i-kuhl)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Harmful. 2. Unfriendly.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin in- (not) + amicus (friend). A few other words that share the same root are: amigo, amity, enemy, amicable, and amicus curiae. Earliest documented use: 1645.
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MINIMICAL - not very funny...
#213905 - 01/09/14 06:21 PM Joined: Jun 2010
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INTIMICAL - a smug manner that is intimidating to others so much as to their not wanting to engage you in casual conversation.
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