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CHICANE
PRONUNCIATION: (shi-KAYN)
MEANING: verb tr.: To trick or deceive. noun: 1. Deception. 2. An artificial narrowing or a turn added to a road to slow traffic down. ____________________________
[Doesn't it also mean, in Bridge, void in a suit?] ____________________________
ETYMOLOGY: From French chicaner (to quibble). Earliest documented use: 1672. _________________________
CHICAGE - the alternative to free-range pullets
CHICARE - Medical Assistance for the impoverished and uninsured in urban Illinois
CHOCANE - when she got older, Harry Potter's first crush developed a sore hip and used this
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Chipane- bubbly drink, often imbibed as part of a celebration (she a pain) when wife is out of town.
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DEROGATEPRONUNCIATION: (DER-uh-gayt) MEANING: verb tr.: To disparage or belittle. verb intr.: 1. To detract from (authority, value, etc.). 2. To deviate from (a standard, for example). ETYMOLOGY: From Latin derogare (to repeal), from de- (from) + rogare (to ask, propose a law). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule), which is also the source of regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, surge, abrogate, and queen regnant. Earliest documented use: 1513. __________________________________ AEROGATE - scandal at Boeing ZEROGATE - a binary Maxwell's Demon, which selectively excludes ones DEDOGATE - what happened to my homework
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LUDIC
PRONUNCIATION: (LOO-dik)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to play; playful.
ETYMOLOGY: From French ludique, from Latin ludere (to play), from ludus (play). Ultimately from Indo-European root leid- (to play), which is also the ancestor of allude, collude, delude, elude, illusion, ludicrous, and Ludo. Earliest documented use: 1940.
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LUPIC - wolfish
LAUDIC - complimentary
LUXIC - very bright (and energy-efficient; see also LEDIC)
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ALTERCATE
PRONUNCIATION: (AL-tuhr-kayt)
MEANING: verb intr.: To argue or dispute heatedly.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin altercari (to quarrel with another), from alter (other). Earliest documented use: 1530. __________________________________
ALTARCATE - when religious extremists of two different faiths have a disagreement
ALTERCYTE - a stem cell that just differentiated
ALTERCAT - Garfield got fixed
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ALTERCAFE – Put stuff into your morning beverage. ALTERCASE – Press the shIFt key. ACTERCATE - Blanchett
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Tomplot- Tom and Jerry's ensuing mayhem and destruction
Domplot- is that the reason your security certificate is often in question? Whodunit?
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COMPLOT
PRONUNCIATION: (KOM-plot, for verb: kuhm-PLOT)
MEANING: noun: A plot or conspiracy. verb tr., intr.: To plot or conspire.
ETYMOLOGY: From French complot (crowd, plot). Earliest documented use: 1577.
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COMAPLOT - Cliff Notes for Robin Cook's book
COMPLOST - I can't find my free tickets
COWPLOT - Where's the beef?
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Camplot- good taste of bad taste mentalese
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REBUS
PRONUNCIATION: (REE-buhs)
MEANING: noun: A representation of a word or phrase using pictures, symbols, letters, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin rebus (by things), from res (thing). Earliest documented use: 1605. ______________________________________
H.R.E.BUS - public transportation in the days of Charlemagne
RE-BAUS - to look up again in the authoritative Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
REB-OUS - characterized by old Southern chivalry
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