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CAPRIODE – What Byron wrote after a boat trip out of Napoli.
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KENNING
PRONUNCIATION: (KEN-ing)
MEANING: noun: A figurative, usually compound, expression used to describe something. For example, whale road for an ocean and oar steed for a ship.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse kenna (to know). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gno- (to know), which is also the source of know, recognize, acquaint, ignore, diagnosis, notice, normal, prosopagnosia, gnomon, anagnorisis, and agnosia. Earliest documented use: 1320. Kennings were used especially in Old Norse and Old English poetry. ___________________
iKENNING - Scottish computer knowledge
K-INNING - 1. when the pitcher strikes out the side in baseball 2. a VERY long cricket match
VENNING - circular reasoning
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MOT JUSTE
PRONUNCIATION: (mo ZHOOST)
MEANING: noun: The right word.
ETYMOLOGY: From French mot juste (right word). Earliest documented use: 1896. A related term is bon mot.
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MORT JUSTE - martyrdom
MOT JOUSTE - fighting words
MAT JUSTE - where Right and Wrong duke it out
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Not Juste- Hella.....Unfair Dot Juste- Hecka Fair Lot Juste-HellaFair
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HOLOPHRASM
PRONUNCIATION: (HOL-uh-fraz-um)
MEANING: noun 1. A one-word sentence, for example, “Go.” 2. A complex idea conveyed in a single word, for example, “Howdy” for “How do you do?”
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek holos (whole) + phrasis (speech). Earliest documented use: 1862.
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HOLOPHERASM - orders given by Nebuchadnezzar's Commanding General
HOOPHRASM - excitement about basketball
HOLOPHRASE - a complete sentence
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BOLOPHRASM – I let my machete do the talking.
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POCHISMO
PRONUNCIATION: (po-CHEEZ-mo)
MEANING: noun 1. An English word borrowed into Spanish, often given a Spanish form or spelling, such as mopear (to mop) instead of trapear or limpiar. 2. American customs, attitudes, etc., adopted by a Hispanic in the US and perceived pejoratively by his compatriots.
ETYMOLOGY: From Spanish pocho (discolored, faded). Earliest documented use: 1944.
NOTES: Pocho is a derogatory term used by a Hispanic for a fellow countryman living in the US who is perceived to have lost his culture and adopted American attitudes, and speaks Spanglish (Spanish heavily influenced by English).
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PACHISMO - thickness
POCKISMO - toughness, proved by surviving Variola
OCHISMO - the Eightfold Way
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PORCHISMO – Being fearless until just before reaching the front sidewalk.
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ANTONOMASIA
PRONUNCIATION: (an-toh-noh-MAY-zhuh)
MEANING: noun 1. The use of an epithet or title for a proper name, for example, the Bard for Shakespeare. 2. The use of the name of a person known for a particular quality to describe others, such as calling someone brainy as Einstein. Also known as eponym.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, from Greek antonomazein (to name differently), from anti- (instead of) + onoma (name). Earliest documented use: 1589. ____________________________
AUTONOMASIA - speaking without thinking
ANTONOMARIA - West Side Story in a nutshell
GANTONOMASIA - uneasiness about a Cuban port (and prison)
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DINT
PRONUNCIATION: (dint)
MEANING: noun: 1. Force, power. 2. A dent. verb tr.: To make a dent or to drive in with force.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English dynt (blow). Earliest documented use: 897. ____________________________
DONT - refrain from force or power
DINUT - a two-holed pastry enjoyed with coffee
DIPT - what you did with your DINUT
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