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CATULLUST- A forlorn man

*(by way of "how now brown cow")

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SWOOPSTAKE

PRONUNCIATION:
(SWOOP-stayk)

MEANING:
adverb: In an indiscriminate manner.


SCOOPSTAKE - a utensil used to keep the ice-cream dispenser from being misplaced

(SNOOPSTAKE - kills gossiping vampires ?)

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CATTLELUST- bull when cows are in heat


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SWOOPSFAKE - a phoney indiscrminate manner

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THEOCRASY

PRONUNCIATION:
(thee-AWK-ruh-see)


MEANING:
noun: A mixture of deities or religious forms.


ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek theo- (god)- + -krasia (blending). Earliest documented use: 1816.



THEOCREASY - a wrinkled old LARE or PENATE

THEOCRAZY - any religious zealot

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AGREMENT

PRONUNCIATION:
(ah-GRAY-mahnt, -mahn*)
[the final syllable is nasal]


MEANING:
noun:
1. Formal approval, especially one given by a country to the proposed diplomat from another country.
2. Grace notes: notes applied as an embellishment on a piece of music.


ETYMOLOGY:
From French agrément (approval, agreement, pleasure), from Latin ad- (to) + gratus (pleasing). Earliest documented use: 1711.



AGREPENT -- the Attorney General regrets his previous malfeasances and wished to atone for them

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AGREMENT

a > o

ogrement- an agreement gone so sour that -ment is not mumbled as a french nasal but phonetically pronounced MENT with the harshness that the English ment was meant to be.

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JARGOON

PRONUNCIATION: (jahr-GOON)

MEANING: noun: A colorless, pale yellow, or smoky variety of zircon.

ETYMOLOGY: From French jargon, from Italian giargone, from Persian zargun (golden). Earliest documented use: 1769.


OARGOON: a state in the US Pacific Northwest, just south of Washingtoon.

CAR-GO-ON: marketer's name for the Auto-train - ship the family Buick to Florida and ride the train down with it

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JarJarGoon - the clan to which Jar Jar Binks belonged.


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JARGONE - the jargon used by a gang of thieves to indicate that someone has stolen their money jar

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