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PASSEL

PRONUNCIATION: (PAS-uhl)

MEANING: noun: A large group or a large number.

ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of parcel, from Anglo-French parcele, from Latin particella, diminutive of particula (small part), diminutive of pars (part). Earliest documented use: 1325.

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PARSEL - the language of Nangini the snake

SPASSEL - just my little joke, Fräulein

PASSELI - what Tom B. wants to do, and in as many categories as possible

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PARSEL - the language of Nangini the snake

wise, are you


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(It was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek remark)

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SASSY

PRONUNCIATION: (SAS-ee)

MEANING: adjective: Impudent; bold; outspoken; lively; feisty; stylish.

ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of saucy, from sauce, from Latin salsa, from sallere (to salt), from sal (salt). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sal- (salt), which is also the source of silt, sausage, salad, salami, salary, and salmagundi. Earliest documented use: 1833
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SPASSY - another German joke

SASLY - like a Scandinavian airplane

SASPY - a member of the Peruvian Secret Service

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TARNAL

PRONUNCIATION: (TAHR-nuhl)

MEANING: adjective, adverb: Damned.

ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of eternal (as in “eternal damnation”), from Latin aeternus, from aevum (age). Ultimately from the Indo-European root aiw-/ayu- (vital force, life, eternity), which also gave us ever, never, aye, nay, eon, eternal, medieval, primeval, utopia, Sanskrit Ayurveda, aught, coeval, and coetaneous. Earliest documented use: 1790.
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TSARNAL - the Droit de Seigneur in St. Petersburg; hanky-panky in old Russia

BARNAL - what keeps the mouse population down on upstate Vermont farms

TARNAIL - what a sailor bites when he's nervous

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RAIMENT

PRONUNCIATION: (RAY-muhnt)

MEANING: noun: Clothing.

ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of arrayment, from array, from Old French arrayer (to array). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reidh- (to ride), which also gave us ride, raid, road, and ready. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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VRAIMENT - truly Parisian

PAIMENT - 'ow you buy things

RAIPENT - the Irishman demands you renounce your bad deeds

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HIPPOLOGY

PRONUNCIATION: (hi-POL-uh-jee)

MEANING: noun: The study of horses.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hippo- (horse) + -logy (study). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ekwo- (horse), which also gave us equestrian, equitant, hippocampus, hippogriff, and the name Philip (lover of horses). Earliest documented use: 1854.
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HIPOLOGY - the study of the leg/pelvis joint

CHIPPOLOGY - INTEL's patent portfolio

HAPPOLOGY - how a Brit says "I'm sorry"
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(And don't forget "hippopotamus" is a "river horse." The Potomac River is redundant.)

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HOPPOLOGY the study of the movement of rabbits and hares and
Kangaroos.


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HYPOGEAL

PRONUNCIATION: (hy-puh-JEE-uhl, HIP-uh-)

MEANING: adjective: Underground: living, growing, or existing below the surface of the earth.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hypo- (under) + -geal (relating to earth), from ge (earth). Earliest documented use: 1686.
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HYPNOGEAL - sleeping powder that tastes like dirt

HYPOGEL - artificial injectable cartilage for spine discs, or knees, or whatever you'll pay for; see SynVisc

HYPOGOAL - this deltoid muscle right th-e-r-e!

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XEROPHILIC

PRONUNCIATION: (zee-ruh-FIL-ik)

MEANING: adjective: Adapted to a very dry or desert environment.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek xero- (dry) + -philic (liking). Earliest documented use: 1961.
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AEROPHILIC - liking flying

XENOPHILIC - liking strange things

ZEROPHILIC - liking nothing

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