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OSCULATE
PRONUNCIATION: (OS-kyuh-layt)
MEANING: verb tr.: To kiss. verb intr.: To touch or to bring together.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin osculatus, past participle of osculari (to kiss), from osculum (kiss; literally, little mouth), diminutive form of os (mouth). Ultimately from the Indo-European root os- (mouth), which also gave us usher, oral, orifice, oscillate, os, and ostiary. Earliest documented use: 1656.
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OSCULITE - butterfly kisses
OSCURATE - a bloviating clergyman, who habitually runs on at the mouth
OBSCULATE - an excuse meant to hide why I didn't get home until 3AM
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Rerurgitate-Arctic Scooby Snack
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Preregurgitate- long range surveillance restaurant review
(Malarkey~ Searsucker~ milk and sugar~ "a Nerkle, a Nerd and a Seersucker too"~ "Ermahgerd Sundae"~ Green Eggs and Ham~ Peter Rabbit~ whimsy and fun)
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REGURGITATE
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-GUHR-ji-tayt)
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To bring up undigested food through the mouth. 2. To repeat something without understanding it.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin regurgitare (to overflow or flow back), from re- (again) + gurgitare (to flood), from gurges (whirlpool). Earliest documented use: 1578.
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REGURGILATE - symptom of heavy-metal poisoning; you don't feel bad until many hours after ingestion. Watch out for it at the company picnic if they serve lemonade out of a galvanized iron trash can, even if it's never been used before (the acid in the lemonade dissolves the zinc coating on the can...and you drink it)
REGURGITAT - a cruel fraternity prank: a tattoo with special ink that makes you toss your lunch
REGUGGITATE - to form a new art conglomerate by merging a famous NYC museum with a renowned London gallery
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MASTICATE
PRONUNCIATION: (MAS-ti-kayt)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: 1. To chew. 2. To reduce to pulp by crushing and grinding.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin masticare (to chew), from Greek mastikhan (to gnash the teeth). Earliest documented use: 1562. A synonym of this word is fletcherize.
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MASTICASTE - Brahmin
MASSICATE 1. wholesale drying 2. a very dry Catholic religious service
MASTICALE 1. vegetables grown in the Crow's Nest 2. this beer tastes like glue
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Mastecate- more beer (Chavez-esque)
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Mastecate- more beer (Chavez-esque) ĦAha! ĦMe gusta!
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..so why did all the words this week end in "ate" ? That's noe what "Latinate" is supposed to mean ! _______________________
EXUNGULATE
PRONUNCIATION: (ek-SUNG-uh-layt)
MEANING: verb tr.: To pare nails, claws, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin exungulare (to lose the hoof), from ex- (out) + ungula (claw, nail, hoof, talon, etc.). Earliest documented use: 1623.
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EX-UNC U LATE - my aunt's former husband didn't get here on time
EXANGULATE - used to have sharp pointy corners, but not any more
REXUNGULATE - another name for Satan, the hoofed King of the Nether Regions
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PS I'll be away for the key board next week - please carry on without me :-)
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Exdungulate- out of scat (boo bi yoo bi bi yu di di ooh dun)
exPUNgulate- capital punishment (please forgive me)
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