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w00terkin- the 1337 property room
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Poppylock- a useless lock with little to no value
Poppymock- beau- ootiful soo- oop Och = Dutch for Alas Poppycock inspired Alice in Wonderland. I pass the following images daily at school. I take credit for none. Oh, I guess, we just finished soups, too. Can anyone figure out the reflected quote? Oliver Wendell Holmes...
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Brattle- My way or the highway
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BRABBLE PRONUNCIATION: (BRAB-uhl)
MEANING: verb intr.: To argue over petty matters.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle Dutch brabbelen (to quarrel or jabber). Earliest documented use: 1500. __________________________
BRIBBLE - a cloth tied loosely around Baby's neck to catch the drooling: a combination of "bib" and "dribble"
BRABIBLE - the Maidenform Handbook
BI-RABBLE - an undisciplined two-part group (like the US Congress)
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ANODYNE
PRONUNCIATION: (AN-uh-dyn)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Relieving pain; soothing. 2. Bland or insipid: not likely to provoke or offend. noun: 1. Something that soothes or comforts. 2. A medicine that relieves pain.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin anodynos, from Greek anodynos, from a- (not) + odyne (pain). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ed- (to eat, to bite), which also gave us edible, comestible, obese, etch, fret, postprandial, esurient, and edacity. Earliest documented use: 1543. _______________________________
ANUDYNE - a fragment of the force that keeps this Board going
ANODYE - what gives anodized metal its color
ANOMYNE - 1. (pronounced "ANN-o-mine") - the girl Raggedy Andy sings lovesongs to when he's a bit under the influence and feeling maudlin 2. (pronounced "a-NOM-in-ee") - a candidate for political office
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SALACIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (suh-LAY-shuhs)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Obscene. 2. Lustful.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin salax (lustful, fond of leaping), from salire (to leap). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sel- (to jump), which also gave us salient, sally, sauté, assail, assault, exult, insult, result, somersault, resile, desultory, and saltant. Earliest documented use: 1661. ___________________________________
SALACIONUS - the burden of being lecherous
SALARIOUS - a laughable stipend
FALACIOUS - singing euphemistic choruses
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Procity- for living in the city Prodity- for doing it yourself, in regards to moving Propity- for stone fruit Propity- for the love of Mr. T, A Team
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PROBITY
PRONUNCIATION: (PRO-bi-tee)
MEANING: noun: Integrity and honesty.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin probus (upright, good). Ultimately from the Indo-European root per- (forward), which also gave us paramount, prime, proton, prow, German Frau (woman), and Hindi purana (old). Earliest documented use: 1425.
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PROBRITY - in favor of England
PROBITH - what one doth (or should) before one jumpith to conclusions
PYROBITY - burning small particles
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RECTITUDE
PRONUNCIATION: (REK-ti-tood, -tyood)
MEANING: noun: 1. Moral uprightness. 2. Correctness. 3. Straightness.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin rectus (right, straight). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule) that also gave us regime, direct, rectangle, erect, alert, source, surge, recto, abrogate, arrogate, incorrigible, interregnum, prorogue, regent, regnant, and supererogatory. Earliest documented use: 1425. ________________________________
REACTITUDE - a hair-trigger temper
RESTITUDE - just the opposite: slow to respond, verging on torpor
RECTITUNE - what the amateur band did to my song
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Rectimude- mood wrecker
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