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#217701 - 07/16/14 12:47 PM SECRETORY BUGMEN [Re: Bazr]
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EXAMPLE:
"The secret behind such organised societies is communication through the use of around 20 pheromones, emitted by ants' secretory organs."
Wisdom of Crowds; The Economist (London, UK); Apr 8, 2009.
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SACRETORY - a Conservative French Cardinal
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FACTITIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (fak-TISH-uhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Artificial
2. Sham
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin facticius (artificial), past participle of facere (to do). Earliest documented use: 1646.
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FACTRITIOUS - full of objective truths, thereby nourishng the mind
FACETITIOUS - describing a gem cut into many small smooth sides, to enhance internal reflectivity and increase sparkle
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Hmm... first inspissated, then secretory, now factitious - could be subtitled "Another thread of Words from Medicine"
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PRONUNCIATION: (PRO-uhm, -em)
MEANING: noun: An introduction, preface, or preamble.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French proeme, from Latin prooemium, from Greek prooimion, from pro- (before) + oime (song). Earliest documented use: 1410.
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PROLEM - what an alcoholic has (see VOTARDY, above)
PROXEM - singular of PROXI
BROEM - a Dutch besom
PRO-REM - that new sleeping medicine
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PHOEM (FOE-em ) -
1) a home phone not a cell phone
2) anything archaic
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ROEM - what you do to shells, sculls, and wherries
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live in the moment
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P-ROOM - a private room
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...that would be a private bathroom ?
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