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RUINING DOG -- an evil dyslexic deity

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running tog: half a tracksuit.

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Running Agog

Not know where you are going.


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potpourri
PRONUNCIATION: (poh-poo-REE, POH-poo-ree)
MEANING: noun
1. A mixture of dried flower petals, spices, herbs, etc., kept for fragrance.
2. A musical medley.
3. A mixture of incongruous things.

ETYMOLOGY:
From French pot pourri, literally rotten pot (loan translation of Spanish olla podrida), from pot (pot) + pourri (rotten), from pourrir (to rot). English has borrowed not only the loan translated term potpourri from French, but also the original Spanish olla podrida. It has borrowed from other languages a whole bunch of terms to describe hodgepodge or miscellany, such as, from Swedish smorgasbord, from French salmagundi, and from Hungarian goulash. Earliest documented use: 1611.
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ROTPOURRI - really rotten potpourri

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totpourri preschool


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blue blood PRONUNCIATION: (BLOO bluhd)
MEANING: noun:
1. An aristocratic or socially prominent lineage.
2. A member of such a family.
ETYMOLOGY:
Loan translation of Spanish sangre azul (blue blood). The term arose from the visible veins of light-skinned royalty. Earliest documented use: 1835.
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BLUE BLOO - the actual spelling and phonetic pronunciation of blue. As in Baby Boo Boo. frown

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glue blood
- -one of those acquaintances you wish to rid yourself of, but
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blur blood: mongrel.

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POTPOURROI -- a feast fit for a King
(or, maybe, a sachet fit for a King)

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