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IMAGO

PRONUNCIATION: (i-MAY-go, -MAH-)
plural imagoes or imagines (i-MAY-guh-neez)

MEANING: noun:
1. The final or adult stage of an insect.
2. An idealized image of someone, formed in childhood and persisting in later life.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin imago (image). Ultimately from the Indo-European root aim- (copy), which also gave us emulate, imitate, image, imagine, and emulous. Earliest documented use: 1787.
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IMPGO - Scram, you little devil !

IMA-DO - Philanthropist Hogg's coiffure

IMAGOD - "I think, therefore I am" - Jehovah

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TOUR DE FORCE

PRONUNCIATION: (toor duh FORS)
plural tours de force (toor duh FORS)

MEANING: noun: A feat of strength, skill, or ingenuity: an exceptional performance or achievement.

ETYMOLOGY: From French tour (turn, feat) + de (of) + force (strength). Earliest documented use: 1802.
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TOUR DE FARCE - Monty Python's Flying Circus will be coming to town this summer!

TOUR DE FORGE - see Vulcan's Workshop while you're on vacation

FOUR DE FORCE - Luke, Leia, Anakin, and Yoda

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sour de force- a lot to digest

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BOURGEOIS

PRONUNCIATION: (boor-ZHWAH, BOOR-zhwah)
plural bourgeois (boor-ZHWAH, BOOR-zhwah)

MEANING: noun:
1. A member of the middle class.
2. One who exhibits behavior in conformity to the conventions of the middle class.
3. In Marxist theory, a member of the capitalist class.

adjective:
1. Belonging to the middle class.
2. Marked by a concern for respectability and material interests.
3. Mediocre or unimaginative: lacking artistic refinement.

ETYMOLOGY: From French bourgeois, from Latin burgus (fortress, fortified town), from West Germanic burg. Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhergh- (high) which is also the source of iceberg, belfry, borough, burg, burglar, bourgeois, fortify, and force. Earliest documented use: 1564.
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COURGEOIS - brave, but can't spell very well...

BOY-URGE-O-IS - testosterone-driven

BOURGE-POIS - green peas from Burgundy

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OXYMORON

PRONUNCIATION:
ok-see-MOR-on, -mor-)
plural oxymorons or oxymora (ok-see-MOR-uh, -mor-uh)

MEANING: noun: A figure of speech in which two contradictory terms appear together for emphasis, for example, “deafening silence”.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek oxymoron, from neuter of oxymoros (sharp dull), from oxys (sharp) + moros (dull). The word moron comes from the same root. Earliest documented use: 1656.
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POXYMORON - musta had a nasty case of acne in his youth

DOXYMORON - a concubine who isn't very bright

OXYMOROON - my field may be plowed by boustrophedon, but it's purple!

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moxymoron- an expert moron

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FOXYMORON - a dumb blonde, but ooh-la-la!

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ORPHIC

PRONUNCIATION: (OR-fik)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Melodious; entrancing.
2. Mystical; occult.

ETYMOLOGY: After Orpheus, a musician, poet, and prophet in Greek mythology. His lyre-playing and singing could charm animals, trees, and even rocks. After his wife Eurydice, a nymph, died of a snakebite, he traveled to the underworld to bring her back. His music melted the heart of Hades, the god of the underworld, who allowed him to take his wife back on the condition that he not look back at her until they had reached the world of the living. They had almost made it when he looked back and lost her again. His mother Calliope/Kalliope has also given a word to the English language: calliopean. Earliest documented use: 1656.
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MORPHIC - sleepifying

MORPHIC - shape-changifying

ORCHIC - stylish, maybe

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MYRMIDON

PRONUNCIATION: (MUHR-mi-dahn, -duhn)

MEANING: noun: One who unquestioningly follows orders.

ETYMOLOGY: In Greek mythology, the Myrmidons were led by Achilles in the Trojan War. The name is possibly from Greek myrmex (ant). In a version of the story, Zeus created Myrmidons from ants. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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MYRMIDOL - women with fishtails have fewer menstrual symptoms when they use this

MYRMIDOC - I can hardly hear the MD; he mumbles a lot...

MYOMIDON - ...but I think he's trying to tell me I have some kind of muscle problem

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Aorphic- galop infernal

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