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AETNA GREEN - insurance company scrip

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CRETNA GREEN - A place where couples go to get divorced and have a wild time.


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Whitehall

PRONUNCIATION: (HWYT-hawl)

MEANING:
noun: The British government or the British Civil Service.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Whitehall, a street in London, on which many government offices are located. The street gets its name from the Palace of Whitehall. Earliest documented use: 1827.
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WHITEHAIL - Nazi salute crazy

SHITEHALL - "Whitehall" as termed by guest fanatics. crazy

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WHITEWALL - the perfect spot for graffiti.


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WHITHEHALL - an obsolete expostulation, generally rendered in our enlightened time as "WTF"

WHITEBALL - Ping-Pong

WHITEHALF - Yin (Blackhalf is Yang)

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WHITECALL - a Caucasian lost in the wild and desperate to get out.


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rounceval or rouncival

PRONUNCIATION: (ROUN-si-vuhl)

MEANING:
adjective: Big or strong.
noun: Someone or something that is large.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Roncesvalles, a town at the foot of the Pyrenees. It was the site of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 in which Roland, a commander of Charlemagne's army, was defeated by the Basques. Over time the story turned into a legend and giant bones of prehistoric animals discovered there were claimed to be those of heroes slain at the battle. Earliest documented use: 1570.
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rouncivil - behaving civil in a rounabout way

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ROUNDEVAL - what the players do at the Duplicate Bridge tournament while waiting for the next board to arrive at the table

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BOUNCEVAL - a rounceval that is really excited.


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