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PREPREHEND - the ultimate in Thought Police: scolding you for something before you even think of doing it...
(I'll be AFthisK for the next few days too - it's going to feel a bit strange but I'm sure you'll get along fine without me...)
Yessir, WD, Your "PREPREHEND" will be a hard one to match. And besides, I can amuse myself for a few days by trying to decipher "AFthisK".
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PRONUNCIATION: (GRAV-i-tas) MEANING: noun: Seriousness, dignity, or weightiness. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin gravis (serious). Earliest documented use: 1924. USAGE: "To some early critics, Mr. Büsser's playful choice lacked gravitas." Victoria Gomelsky; Iconic Names for Iconic Watches; The New York Times; Feb 24, 2014. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false. -Lawrence M. Krauss, theoretical physicist (b. 1954) ----------------------------------------------------------
GRAVITASK - a chore of utmost import to mankind's understanding of everything i.e. since no one has ever seen a wave or a particle it is only by faith that we conceptualize the existence of matter.
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PRONUNCIATION:(LANG-gwid) MEANING: adjective: 1. Lacking vigor or vitality. 2. Lacking interest. 3. Pleasantly lazy and calm. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin languere (to languish). Earliest documented use: 1595. USAGE: "Tahiti today is not the calm South Seas paradise depicted in Paul Gauguin's paintings of languid Polynesian women." South Sea Bubble; The Economist (London, UK); Nov 11, 2004.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592) ----------------------------------------------------
LANGUILD - a cult of lazy monks
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ELANGUID (ee LAN gwid) - the opposite of being languid
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LANGUIDE - the pleasant Polynesian girl who guides you to all the best bars on the island.
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SLANGUID - the overuse of slang words by a someone who thinks that he is hip, but what he really is, is lazy.
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ANGUID LIZARDS: 1) a small family of useful lizards that only eat slugs and bugs. 2) a human being with the same traits.
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PRONUNCIATION: (puhr-FYOOZ) MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To spread over as a liquid, color, light, aroma, etc. 2. To force a liquid, such as blood, through an organ or tissue. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin perfundere (to drench), from per- (through) + fundere (to pour). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gheu- (to pour), which is also the source of funnel, font, fuse, diffuse, gust, gush, geyser, and infundibuliform. Earliest documented use: 1425. USAGE: "The heady aroma of strong coffee perfused the cozy kitchen." Olivia Cunning; Hot Ticket; Sourcebooks; 2013. __________________________________________________________
SERFUSE - items set aside for use by serfs only. Examples: hoe, rake, shovel, etc.
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HERFUSE - to hefuse means "NO"; to herfuse means "maybe". Or vice versa.
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PELFUSE - how you spend your ill-gotten gains after a nefarious caper PERFUS - what they'll do if they find us
PEROUSE - an episode of nocturia
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