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PLUTONIAN
PRONUNCIATION: ploo-TOH-nee-uhn)
MEANING: m adjective: 1. Relating to the dwarf planet Pluto. 2. Relating to Pluto, the god of the underworld in the Greek mythology. 3. Relating to the underworld.
ETYMOLOGY: Via Latin from Greek Plouton (Pluto, the god of the underworld). Earliest documented use: 1604. ____________________________________
BLUTONIAN - thuggish (from a character in Popeye)
PNUTONIAN - classical physics (the P is silent, like the pee in "pswimming")
PLUTONIN - Anais' little brother, disinherited a couple of years ago. New pictures of him have recently appeared, taken by some fly-by-night outfit.
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HYDRA
PRONUNCIATION: (HY-druh)
MEANING: noun: A persistent or multifaceted problem that presents a new obstacle when a part of it is solved.
ETYMOLOGY: After the many-headed monster Hydra in Greek mythology. When its one head was cut off, it sprouted two more. It was ultimately slain by Hercules. From Latin Hydra, from Greek Hudra (water snake). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wed- (water, wet), which also gave us water, wash, winter, hydrant, redundant, otter, and vodka. Earliest documented use: 1374. ____________________________
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead. -Ernest Hemingway, author and journalist, Nobel laureate (21 Jul 1899-1961) _____________________________
HI, DRA - Crabbe and Goyle being unacceptably familiar with young Malfoy
HYBRA - an uplifting undergarment preferred by Madonna
HYDRY - stranded
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CERBERUS
PRONUNCIATION: (SUHR-buhr-uhs)
MEANING: noun: A powerful, hostile guard.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, from Greek Kerberos. Earliest documented use: 1386.
NOTES: Cerberus (also Kerberos) was the three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades, the infernal region in classical mythology. Ancient Greeks and Romans used to put a slice of cake in the hands of their dead to help pacify Cerberus on the way. This custom gave rise to the idiom “to give a sop to Cerberus” meaning to give a bribe to quiet a troublesome person. Cancerbero (from Spanish can: dog) is one of the Spanish terms for a goalkeeper in fútbol (football). Kerberos is the name given to an authentication protocol for computer networks. _______________________________
ACERBERUS - given to tossing out sharp-tongued witticisms
CARBERUS - pertaining to old-time fuel-injection systems
CURBERUS - Big-box chain of stores that sell Pooper-Scoopers and other pick-up-after-your-dog supplies
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Cereus-br ~ Queen of the Night
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NOCTURNAL
PRONUNCIATION: (nok-TUHR-nuhl)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to, happening, or active at night.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nocturnalis (of the night), from nox (night). Earliest documented use: 1485.
NOTES: Pluto’s moon Nix is named after Nyx, the ancient Greek goddess personifying night. In Roman mythology she’s known as Nox. The Latin word for night, nox, also appears in such words as equinox (equal day and night) and noctambulation (sleepwalking). _____________________________
NOCHURNAL - sorry, we're all out of butter
NOCTURINAL - gets up at night to empty the bladder
NO-TURNAL - no ueys allowed
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Styngian- wise saying ie: "when field mouse sees his shadow, time to string beads." ~ Chief Standing Bull
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STYRGIAN - Like the dark, gloomy, and hellish flavor of caviar.
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STYGIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (STIJ-ee-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Dark or gloomy. 2. Hellish. 3. Unbreakable or completely binding (said of an oath). 4. Relating to the river Styx.
ETYMOLOGY: In Greek mythology Styx was a river in the underworld over which souls of the dead were ferried by Charon (after whom Pluto’s largest moon is named). Styx was also the river by which oaths were sworn that even gods were afraid to break. The word is from Latin Stygius, from Greek Stygios, from Styx (the hateful). Earliest documented use: 1566.
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STYGIANT - Alpha-boar
STYLIAN - prepare a new outfit for James Bond's author
STAYGIAN - You will join us for dinner, won't you, Mr. Menotti !?
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Yikes! Looks like your styrgian went roegue.
P.S. hellabaluga
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