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FRANGIBLE
PRONUNCIATION: (FRAN-juh-buhl)
MEANING: adjective: Readily broken; breakable.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin frangere (to break) which also gave us fraction, refract, chamfer, defray, infringe, and fracture. Earliest documented use: 1440
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FANGIBLE - toothy
ORANGIBLE - 1. can be changed into a round juicy fruit 2. can be changed into a large primate
FLANGIBLE - useful for a food fight in the Cordon Blue School in Paris yesterday (portmanteau of FLING [past tense] and FLAN)
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COLOPHON
PRONUNCIATION: (KOL-uh-fon, -fuhn)
MEANING: noun: 1. A note at the end of the book giving information about its production: font, paper, binding, printer, etc. 2. A publisher’s emblem, usually on the spine or the title page of the book.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin colophon, from Greek kolophon (summit, finishing touch). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kel- (to be prominent; hill), which also gave us colonel, colonnade, column, culminate, excel, and hill. Earliest documented use: 1628
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ECOLOPHON - the school's PA system
COLOPHONY - the wordless campfire scene from Blazing Saddles
COLOTHON - the annual alumni fund-raising campaign, compressed into 24 hours (pronounced CALL-a-thon)
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COLONAPHON when a friend of mine watches the screen as the doctor does his colonoscopy.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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RECTO
PRONUNCIATION: (REK-toh)
MEANING: noun: The front of a leaf, the side that is to be read first.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin recto folio (right-hand leaf), from rectus (right). Ultimately from the Indo-European reg- (to move in a straight line, lead, or rule) that is also the source of regent, regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, surge, arrogate, abrogate, regent, and supererogatory. Earliest documented use: 1789.
NOTES: In languages that are written left-to-right, such as English, recto is the right-hand page. In languages written right-to-left, such as Arabic, recto is the left-hand page. The other side is called verso.
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RECITO - Latin for "I'm talking now, dammit, and don't you interrupt!"
ERECTO - early name considered for sildenafil (Viagra) until A C Gilbert Company put the kibosh on it
RECTOZ - what the Wicked Witch of the East and her minions would gladly have done of Dorothy had let them
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BIBLIOGONY
PRONUNCIATION: (bib-lee-OG-uh-nee)
MEANING: Noun: The art of producing or publishing books. Also known as bibliogenesis.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek biblio- (book) + -gony (origin). Earliest documented use: 1835.
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BIBLIOGONE - book-burning
BIBLIAGONY - It's painful getting through this one (compare BIBLIOTONY, which is boring)
BIBLOGONY - Let's write a Scripture, like Dianetics or the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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CODEX
PRONUNCIATION: (KOH-deks)
MEANING: noun: A manuscript volume (as opposed to a scroll), especially of an ancient text.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin codex (tree trunk, wood block, book). Earliest documented use: 1581.
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EODEX - amphetamine for horses, banned at racetracks (see also GODEX)
COPEX - police officer's former spouse
CODEO - competition for computer programmers
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OPISTHOGRAPH
PRONUNCIATION: (o-PIS-thuh-graf)
MEANING: noun: A text written on both front and back (of some parchment, papyrus, stone, etc.).
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek opistho- (back) + -graph (writing). Earliest documented use: 1623. ___________________________________
OPISTHEGRAPH - picture of a particular big-nosed penguin
OPISTHOGRAPE - growing them on both sides of the vine
APISTHOGRAPH - a chart chronicling honey-bee hive collapse worldwide
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STOLID
PRONUNCIATION: (STAHL-id)
MEANING: adjective: Having or showing little emotion; dull; impassive.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin stolidus (dull, stupid). Ultimately from the Indo-European root stel- (to put or stand), which is also the source of stallion, stilt, install, gestalt, stout, and pedestal, stele, and epistolary. Earliest documented use: 1600.
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STORID - a UPC
STOWLID - put away the box top
STOLOID - like a short fur coat
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ASCETIC
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SET-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Practicing severe self-discipline or self-denial. noun: One who practices severe self-discipline or self-denial.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek askesis (exercise or training), from askein (to exercise or work). Earliest documented use: 1646.
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NASCETIC - natural childbirth
ASCENIC - the view is nil
ASCENTIC - 1. having no odor; 2. rising gently
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DOUR
PRONUNCIATION: (rhymes with tour; DOU-uhr)
MEANING: adjective: Sullen; severe; gloomy; stubborn.
ETYMOLOGY: Probably from Latin durus (hard). Earliest documented use: 1425.
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DROUR - your session with the psychiatrist
DTOUR - 1. the long way around; 2. where the D-golfers play
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