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Sacchagrine- seersucker at the zoo in the land of milk and honey
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FARRAGO
PRONUNCIATION: (fuh-RAH-goh)
MEANING: noun: A confused mixture.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin farrago (mixed fodder). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhares- (barley), which also gave us barn, barley, and farina. Earliest documented use: 1637. ____________________________________
FARTAGO – usual response to, "Are we there yet?"
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FARRAGO
PRONUNCIATION: (fuh-RAH-goh)
MEANING: noun: A confused mixture.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin farrago (mixed fodder). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhares- (barley), which also gave us barn, barley, and farina. Earliest documented use: 1637.
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FARRAGNO - an Incredibly Hulking actor from Boston
FARRAGE - horseshoeness
BARRAGO - what I go into when I want a drink
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Farraso- a quilting party song...farr a long, long way to sooo a camel pulling thread
Farrado- a hip square dance...farr a long, long way back to dosido
Yehaw! Everybody cut loose, footloose!
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QUOZ
PRONUNCIATION: (kwaz)
MEANING: noun: An odd person or thing.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps it’s a variant of the word quiz which has a similar meaning. Or maybe the word quiz is a variant of quoz. It’s all very quizzical. Or quozzical. Earliest documented use: 1780. __________________________________
QUON - a hybrid particle, combining the qualities of a quark and a muon
IQUOZ - the intelligence of the Wizard
SQUOZ - pluperfect subjunctive for what you shouldn't do to the Charmin'
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----please, draw me a sheep----
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...or, QUOF = what the Raven faid, nevermore ?
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VIDIMUS
PRONUNCIATION: (VAI-di-muhs)
MEANING: noun: 1. An attested copy of a document. 2. An official inspection.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vidimus (we have seen), from videre (to see). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weid- (to see), which also gave us guide, wise, vision, advice, idea, story, history, vizard, videlicet, prudential, previse, and invidious. Earliest documented use: 1436.
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OVIDIMUS - We have written a poem in Latin
VIDIPUS - Oedipus before he plucked his eyes out, so he could still see
VIDIMUST - You just have to watch this!
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VIODIMUS inspector of violins, violas, etc.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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PINCHBECK
PRONUNCIATION: (PINCH-bek)
MEANING: adjective: Counterfeit or spurious. noun: An alloy of zinc and copper, used as imitation gold in jewelry.
ETYMOLOGY: After watchmaker Christopher Pinchbeck (1670-1732), who invented it. It’s ironic that today his name is a synonym for something counterfeit, but in his time his fame was worldwide, not only as the inventor of this curious alloy, but also as a maker of musical clocks and orreries. The composition of this gold-like alloy was a closely-guarded secret, but it didn’t prevent others from passing off articles as if made from this alloy... faking fake gold! _________________________________
PINCHBACK - what you should do to the rhododendrons after they finish blooming (see "deadheading")
PINCHNECK - a Vulcan maneuver to disable one's opponents without causing permanent harm
PUNCHBECK - what a kid does in a Brooklyn schoolyard when someone hits him
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