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COULROPHOBIA

PRONUNCIATION: (kool-ruh-FOH-bee-uh)

MEANING: noun: The fear of clowns.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kolobatheron (stilt) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1980s.
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COWLROPHOBIA - fear of a lineup of cloaks

COUGROPHOBIA - fear of predatory older women

COULDOPHOBIA - fear of second-guessing after the fact

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BOODLER

PRONUNCIATION: (BOOD-luhr)

MEANING: noun: Someone involved in bribery or corruption.

ETYMOLOGY: From Dutch boedel (property). Earliest documented use: 1872.
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NOODLER - one who fiddles around idly exploring ideas, using your noodle

BOZODLER - a scary bumbling clown (see COLROPHOBIA)

BOODEER - what you yell when your car hurtles toward at an ungulate in the night


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AMBISINISTROUS

PRONUNCIATION: (am-bi-SIN-uh-struhs)

MEANING: adjective: Clumsy with both hands.

ETYMOLOGY: Modeled after ambidextrous (able to use both hands with equal ease), from Latin ambi- (both) + sinister (left). Earliest documented use: 1863.

NOTES: An ambisinistrous person has two left hands, etymologically speaking. You’d think it would be rare for such an uncommon word to have a perfect synonym, but there is one: ambilevous, from Latin laevus (left). A similar express is “to have two left feet” (to be clumsy, especially while dancing).

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AMBIVINISTROUS - not sure whether red or white wine is preferred

AMBIFINISTROUS - like Schrödinger's cat: unclear whether dead or alive

AMBUSINISTROUS - using the breathing bag with the left hand

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DEFENESTRATION

PRONUNCIATION: (dee-fen-uh-STRAY-shuhn)

MEANING: noun: Throwing someone or something out of a window.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin de- (out of) + fenestra (window). Earliest documented use: 1620.

NOTES: There have been many defenestrations over the course of history, but the most famous, and the one that inspired the word defenestration, was the Defenestration of Prague on May 23, 1618. Two imperial regents and their secretary were thrown out of a window of the Prague Castle in a fight over religion. The men landed on a dung heap and survived. The Defenestration of Prague was a prelude to the Thirty Years’ War. The word is also used in a metaphorical sense to remove someone from an office. Check out the defenestration of various articles of furniture in this unique San Francisco sculpture.
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DREFENESTRATION - throw the rapper out the window

DEAFENESTRATION - 1. hardest-of-hearing; 2. loopholes in the Drug Enforcement Agency's policies

DEFEWESTRATION - the least possible amount of food

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Defenestriation- to play fair

Depenestration- 1. To deepen your concentration

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Most recently, in 1948 Jan Masaryk of Poland was pushed or jumped or fell out a window to his death under poorly recorded circumstances, subsequently the subject of much speculation.

See here for a short history of the three events. What's so special about Prague in this regard I don't really know.

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There are other biblical ones: Rahab let the spies out the window
in Judges, i.e.


----please, draw me a sheep----
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Braveheart...maybe it's because stone walls with holes were easy to toss people out of? Less paperwork.

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Originally Posted By: may2point0
Braveheart...maybe it's because stone walls with holes were easy to toss people out of? Less paperwork.

[video:youtube]https://youtu.be/r0Spl1cOf-o[/video]

I just realized it may appear that I have a political agenda. I don't. Personally, I've built a significant wall of my own. Deconstructing it isn't any easier than reading Wallace. Henry was blind, but could he see?

("Are you kidding? That guy was a mystery, wrapped in an enigma and crudely stapled to a ticking &@$&@ time bomb. He was either going to hit somebody or start a blog. To tell you the truth I'm kind of glad he hit you.") a little insight, a mystery, some initiation...blog it is.

Best wishes, be seeing you around. 😉

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PULCHRITUDE

PRONUNCIATION: (PUL-kri-tood, -tyood)

MEANING: noun: Beauty.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pulchritudo, from pulcher (beautiful). Earliest documented use: 1460.
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PUNCHRITUDE - belligerence

PURCHITUDE - the Christmas spirit of buying presents (see "The Fourth Rule" above)

BULCHRITUDE - morbid obesity

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