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Ooo, wofa, that's brilliant.

lex lopi: Cops! Let's run!

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suborn

PRONUNCIATION:(suh-BORN)
MEANING: verb tr.: To induce another to perform an unlawful act or give false testimony.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin subornare, from sub- (secretly) + ornare (to equip). Other words that derive from ornare are adorn and ornate. Earliest documented use: 1534.
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SUNBORN- we are the stuff of stars


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That's a beautiful thought, JJ.


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SUBARN - where Pedro keeps the livestock

SUBORB - a bathysphere

SUBORAN - recently-identified Algerian oil reserve, as yet untapped because it lies beneath a major metropolitan area

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stewbarn where food is prepared for the 'hoedown'


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nuborn: Greek infant.

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mens rea

PRONUNCIATION: (MENZ REE-uh)

MEANING: noun: Criminal intent.

ETYMOLOGY:From Latin mens rea (guilty mind). Earliest documented use: 1861.
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mens rep - a vulgar mind

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mens rec poetic scratchings on restroom stall dividers.


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mens rhea = male ostrich

mens read = Playboy Magazine

mens rear = don't even go there !

And if we bend the rules j-u-u-s-t a bit, salving our guilty conscience (a real "mens rea"?) by changing both words the same way -

amens area = evangelical meeting hall

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hands?, he said tongue-in-cheek.




mens reap bordello

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