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#214479 - 03/18/14 01:13 AM
"I see your point," Tom said sharply
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ACUITY
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-KYOO-i-tee)
MEANING: noun: Sharpness; keenness.
ETYMOLOGY: Via French from Latin acuere (to sharpen). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ak- (sharp), which is also the source of acrid, vinegar, acid, acute, edge, hammer, heaven, eager, oxygen, mediocre, paragon, and acescent. Earliest documented use: 1400.
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AQUITY - watered stock
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#214481 - 03/18/14 03:38 PM
Re: "I see your point," Tom said sharply
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AKUITY=High faluttin' cat.
Last edited by LukeJavan8; 03/18/14 03:39 PM.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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#214483 - 03/18/14 04:30 PM
A sad desuetude of the once happy word DESUETUDE
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desuetude PRONUNCIATION:(DES-wi-tood, -tyood) MEANING: noun: A state of disuse. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin de- (away from) + suescere (to become accustomed). Earliest documented use: 1623. USAGE: "Far from being a high-tech wonder, the Earth Station had a sad, neglected air about it, a feeling of desuetude and abandonment." Douglas Preston; Impact; Forge Books; 2010. ======================================================== DE-SUET-DUDE - de dude who makes de soap. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn. -John Updike, writer (1932-2009) Yeah. That's what I thought about Rabbit Redux. 
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#214488 - 03/19/14 05:41 PM
Re: Rubens would be so proud
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TURGRID - the congested morning traffic found in every city where the streets form a grid ============================================================== A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:It's best to give while your hand is still warm. -Philip Roth, novelist (b. 1933) That's easy for you to say, Phillip Roth. 
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#214492 - 03/20/14 01:15 PM
The pretentious use of the word SCIOLISM
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sciolism
PRONUNCIATION: (SY-uh-liz-uhm)
MEANING:
noun: Pretentious display of superficial knowledge.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Late Latin sciolus (smatterer), diminutive of Latin scius (knowing), from scire (to know). Ultimately from the Indo-European root skei- (to cut or split), which also gave us schism, ski, shin, science, conscience, nice, scienter, nescient, exscind, and adscititious. Earliest documented use: 1810.
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SCIOLIST - he who understands that all knowledge is superficial ()
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