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zymurgy
PRONUNCIATION: (ZY-muhr-jee)
MEANING: noun: The branch of chemistry dealing with fermentation, as brewing.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek zym- (ferment) + -urgy (work). Earliest documented use: 1868. ____________________________________
ZYMURKY - when the zym needs more urgy
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RYMURGY - for no particular reazon
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logomania
PRONUNCIATION: (lo-go-MAY-nee-uh) MEANING: noun: 1. Obsessive interest in words. 2. Excessive and often incoherent talking.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek logo- (word) + -mani (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1882. _____________________________________________ - i logomana - (NZ) words used by the powerful, by high authority; usually spoken with supernatural effect
ex: ---> BOO!
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Isn't that eliminating 2 letters? Just asking.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Who me? Not me Luke, I am as good as my word, most times. I looked again and found myself innocent.
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POGOMANIA - That possum with the beard should run for office! POGO FOR PRESIDENT ! POGO FOR PRESIDENT !! POGO FOR PRESIDENT !!
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Quite rightly! And I wanna dance!
What I said goes baby I want you to hold just what you got I want you to wind up your yo-yo When I say pogo I mean let that yo-yo go I mean let the string out baby Now go Look at Annie yo-yo Round 'n and round 'n round Pogo pogo we gonna yo-yo Round 'n round 'n round
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PLUTOLATRY
PRONUNCIATION: (ploo-TOL-uh-tree)
MEANING: Excessive devotion to wealth.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pluto- (wealth) + -latry (worship). Earliest documented use: 1891. Pluto was the god of riches
[I thought Pluto was the god of the Underground. Or else Walt Disney's dog. Live and learn.]
FLUTOLATRY - James Galway is my idol
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u -> o
PLOTOLATRY - a morality play where burning a rich man at the stake is the dénouement of the plot
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OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
MEANING: noun: The branch of medicine dealing with the ear, nose, and throat. Also known as otolaryngology.
ETYMOLOGY: The word is coined so that one is forced to use all three -- ear, nose, and throat -- to be able to pronounce it. Either that, or it's from Greek oto- (ear) + rhino- (nose) + laryngo- (larynx) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1900. Also, see rhinorrhea.
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OTORHINOLARYNGEOLOGY - In the shale I found the fossilized remains of a great lumbering beast with tiny little ears and a big horn on its nose
alternatively: ONORHINOLARYNGOLOGY - my doctor says my tonsils hve to come out
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