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REPLETION
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-PLEE-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: The condition of being completely filled or satisfied.
ETYMOLOGY: Via French, from Latin replere, from re- (back, again) + plere (to fill), from plenus (full). Earliest documented use: 1398.
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PREPLETION -- what a good waiter does by pouring more into your glass just before you ask for it
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DEPLETION - the drain of spirit which occurs when a Culture choses excessive order over reason. Example: Nazi Germany. REPLETION - the renewal of the human spirit after all Communist pinkos have been thrown out and freedom once again becomes enow.
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PONDEROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (PON-duhr-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Having great weight. 2. Awkward or unwieldy. 3. Dull or laborious.
ETYMOLOGY: Via French, from Latin ponderare (to ponder, weigh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root (s)pen- (to draw, to spin), which is also the source of pendulum, spider, pound, pansy, pendant, ponder, appendix, depend, spontaneous, perpend, vilipend, filipendulous, and equipoise. Earliest documented use: 1400.
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PANDEROUS - a quality universally possessed by politicians
PONDERONUS - weighty obligations
PONDEROPUS - I wonder what that penguin meant?
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PonderR'us - a gym chain for heavyweight lifters
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QUONDAM
PRONUNCIATION: (KWON-duhm)
MEANING: adjective: Former; onetime.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quondam (formerly). Earliest documented use: 1535.
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QUONDAY - in old calendars, an unidentified day near the beginning of the week
(not to be ocnfused with QUONDAE - the ice cream treat I just finished eating)
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QUONDAMN adj - belonging to bad times long past ex: a quondamn lover.
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QUONSAM A itty- bitty quonset.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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QUONDIM – fading of old memories.
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INIMICAL
PRONUNCIATION: (i-NIM-i-kuhl)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Harmful. 2. Unfriendly.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin in- (not) + amicus (friend). A few other words that share the same root are: amigo, amity, enemy, amicable, and amicus curiae. Earliest documented use: 1645.
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MINIMICAL - not very funny...
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That is because you are an intellectual giant and to average folks your jokes are
INTIMICAL - a smug manner that is intimidating to others so much as to their not wanting to engage you in casual conversation.
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