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SIREN SON – seems that one of those sailors actually made it.
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BACCHANT
PRONUNCIATION: (buh-KANT, -KAHNT, BAK-uhnt)
MEANING: noun: A boisterous reveler.
ETYMOLOGY: From Bacchus, the god of wine in Roman mythology. His Greek equivalent is Dionysus who gave us the word dionysian. Earliest documented use:1699. _____________________________
BATCHANT - one of a small army of six-legged arthropods
BACCHIANT - simultaneously smoking and drinking cheap wine from a straw-wrapped bottle
BACHCHANT - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
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YERKPRONUNCIATION: (yuhrk) MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To rise, stir, strike, whip, pull, kick, etc. noun: A sudden movement, kick, jerk, stab, etc. ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps imitative. Earliest documented use: 1424. _____________________________ YEARK - the First Millennium YEROK - just a scratch; don't worry, it'll heal before the wedding BYERK - the tennis player is an idiot
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Live and learn. _______________________________
UNCO
PRONUNCIATION: (UHNG-koh)
MEANING: adjective: Unusual; remarkable; strange. adverb: Remarkably; extremely. noun: 1. A stranger. 2. News.
ETYMOLOGY: A variant of uncouth, from uncuth, from un- (not) + cuth (known), from cunnan (to know). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gno- (to know), which also gave us know, recognize, acquaint, ignore, diagnosis, notice, normal, agnosia, anagnorisis, prosopagnosia, cognize, gnomon, and kenning. Earliest documented use: 1410. ____________________________________
UNCOA - 1. the Other Aluminum Company ("Aluminium," if you prefer) 2. 7-Up's Christmas ad campaign (no L)
FUNCO - Walt Disney Inc, after the makeover
UNGO - Come again?
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UNTO all the Nations.....
----please, draw me a sheep----
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SAGAPRONUNCIATION: (SAH-guh) MEANING: noun: 1. A long narrative of heroic exploits. 2. A long detailed report. ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse, literally (narrative). Originally, a saga was an Old Norse or Icelandic prose narrative dealing with historic or legendary figures. Earliest documented use: 1709. _______________________________ SHAGA - a parasitic disease caused by a trypanosome, endemic to Mexico, Central and South America SPAGA - a large hunk of pasta; a little one is a Spaghet, pl. Spaghetti SANGA - Funiculi, Funicula emerging from a bar in Milan
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SPAGA - a large hunk of pasta; a little one is a Spaghet, pl. Spaghetti
----please, draw me a sheep----
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JAGA – narrative of a really long bender or cry.
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DIEL
PRONUNCIATION: (DY-uhl, deel)
MEANING: noun: A period of 24 hours. adjective: Lasting 24 hours or having a 24-hour period.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin dies (day), which also gave us adjourn, diary, diet, circadian, journal, journey, quotidian, and sojourn. Earliest documented use: 1934. _____________________________________
DO-EL - Christmas with a very stuffed nose
DIELA - the one who turns over the cards in a Boston casino
DIXEL - a single element in a double-density computer-generated image
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ALAR
PRONUNCIATION: (AY-luhr)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Relating to wings; wing-shaped. 2. Relating to the armpit.
EDIT: "Armpit"? That's AXIL/AXILLARY. Is it ALA too?)
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ala (wing), which also gave us aisle and aileron. Earliest documented use: 1791.
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ALARA - OSHA jargon for radiation safety: acronym for "As Low As Reasonably Achievable"
ALER - a pub-crawler with very limited taste
AR-AR - a Cockney pirate's 'earty laugh
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