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With these two I am reminded of the "now you know", that's the "rest of the story" guy. Senior Moment. (That'd be Paul Harvey, yes?) TEMEROARIOUS - The players on my side had the audacity to be shouting loudly. (Also we don't spell so gude.)
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A.Word.A.Day less Anu Garg malapert PRONUNCIATION:(MAL-uh-puhrt) MEANING: adjective: Boldly disrespectful.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French mal- (bad, wrong) + apert (bold, insolent, clever), from Latin apertus (open). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to cover), which also gave us overt, cover, warranty, warren, garage, garret, garment, garrison, garnish, guarantee, and pert. Earliest documented use: 1400. ________________________________
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malavert verb - the act of avoiding that which is bad
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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 With these two I am reminded of the "now you know", that's the "rest of the story" guy. Senior Moment.
(That'd be Paul Harvey, yes?)
I used to listen daily, could see his face, and continued to scratch my head. Finally gave up. Paul Harvey: thanks.
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malatort the act of avoiding litigation
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malaport - them French pirates are coming up on our left side...
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MALAPEST - an awkward poetic foot guaranteed to disrupt the scansion of any verse
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lex loci
PRONUNCIATION:(leks LOH-sy, -kee, -ky)
MEANING:noun: The law of the place.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin lex (law) + locus (place). Earliest documented use: 1832.
NOTES: Lex loci says that the law of that country or jurisdiction applies where the act was done. _______________________________
TEX LOCI (noun) - if you wanna play music in Texas you'd better have a fiddle in the band.
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Rex Loci - the set of dinosaurs equidistant from a case in point
Lex Lock - tied up in legal red tape
Lex Loki - injustice in Asgard
Lex Loca - crazy immigration policy
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Lex pokey -Superman's nemesis in jail
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