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CONTUND

PRONUNCIATION: (kuhn-TUHND)

MEANING: verb tr.: To thrash or bruise.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin contundere, from con- (with) + tundere (to beat). Earliest documented use: 1599.
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CONFUND - Prisoners' Legal Assistance

COSTUND - knocked 'em both out at the same time

CONTUNA - how you eat a melt in Mexico City

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APPLE-POLISH

PRONUNCIATION: (AP-uhl pol-ish)

MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To ingratiate oneself.

ETYMOLOGY: From the former practice of schoolchildren giving apples to their teachers. Earliest documented use: 1930s.
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DAPPLE, POLISH - the last two steps in creating a pottery jar

AMPLE POLISH - what it takes to satisfy your Sergeant

APP: E-POLISH - let your iPhone teach you to speak like a Warsaw native

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FIG LEAF

PRONUNCIATION: (FIG leef)

MEANING: noun: Something used to cover, usually inadequately, what may be shameful or embarrassing.

ETYMOLOGY: From the Biblical story (Genesis 3:7) in which Adam and Eve sew fig leaves to cover their nakedness. Earliest documented use: 1535.
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FINGLE AF - Scottish Air Force base, artfully concealed in a cave in the Hebrides Islands

FIG LOAF - a giant-sized Fig Newton

BIG LEAF - a little-known but highly prized variety of marijuana

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GRAPEVINE

PRONUNCIATION: (GRAYP-vyn)

MEANING: noun: An informal transmission of information, rumors, gossip, etc., by word of mouth.

ETYMOLOGY: Shortening of grapevine telegraph, apparently from the spreading of a vine to the spread of a telegraph network and tendrils to wire coils. Earliest documented use: 1867.
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FRA PEVINE - a little-known French monk from Marseilles

GRAF EVINE - a medieval Count from the Alsace-Lorraine region

GRAN PEVINE - a sports-car rally held on the Italian Riviera

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TOP BANANA

PRONUNCIATION: (TOP buh-NAN-uh)

MEANING: noun: The leader of a company, group, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: From the use of bananas as a prop in burlesque shows. Earliest documented use: 1953. A person in a secondary role is called a second banana
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TOP BANDANA - a kerchief for the crown of your head

TOPHA NANA - my Grandma has terrible gout

TOP MAÑANA - it's gonna be the best tomorrow ever!

TOMB ANANA - Lara Croft's unrecognized twin sister


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PLUMMY

PRONUNCIATION: (PLUM-ee)

MEANING: adjective
1. Of or relating to plums.
2. Choice; desirable.
3. Rich and mellow (voice).
4. Carefully articulated and affected (accent), thought typical of the English upper class.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English plume (plum). Earliest documented use: 1724.
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PLUMBY - leaden

PLUMEY - feathery

PLUMNY - an island, off the coast of New York

PLUMPY - n., derogatory fat-shaming word

PLUMMA - another island, off the coast of Massachusetts

PLUMMx - yet more islands, off the coast of Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri - you get the idea!

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CYNOPHOBIA

PRONUNCIATION: (sy-nuh-FO-bee-uh)

MEANING: noun: A fear of dogs.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek kyon (dog) + -phobia (fear). U timately from the Indo-European root kwon- (dog), which also gave us canine, chenille (from French chenille: caterpillar, literally, little dog), kennel, canary, hound, dachshund, corgi, cynic, cynosure, and canaille. Earliest documented use: 1879.
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CYANOPHOBIA - fear of blue (and, by extension, fear of sadness)

CYNCPHOBIA - fear of doing things together

Y NO PHOBIA - fearless in Madrid

CYNPHOBIA - fear of doing wrong things

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PHILLUMENIST

PRONUNCIATION: (fi-LOO-muh-nist)

MEANING: noun: A collector of matchboxes, matchbooks, or their labels.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek phil- (loving) + Latin lumen (light). Earliest documented use: 1943.
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PHILLUMENISN'T - doesn't collect matchboxes, matchbooks, or their labels

PHILLUTENIST - loves harp music

UPHILLUMENIST - lights up the mountains from down in the the valley

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VIRILOCAL

PRONUNCIATION: (vir-i-LOK-uhl)

MEANING: adjective: Relating to the custom of living with the family of the husband.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vir (man) + local. Ultimately from the Indo-European root wi-ro- (man), which also gave us werewolf, virile, virtue, virtuoso, werewolf, world, virago, virtu, German Weltanschauung (worldview), and Sanskrit veerya (brave). Earliest documented use: 1948.
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VIRI-LO-CALF - socks just above the ankle

VIRULOCAL - a well-contained epidemic

SIRILOCAL - speaking directly into your iPhone


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PATHOPHOBIA

PRONUNCIATION: (path-uh-FO-bee-uh)

MEANING: noun: An irrational fear of disease.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek patho- (suffering, disease) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1873. A synonym is nosophobia. A related word is hypochondria.
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PATHOPHOBIA - 1. fear of staying on the beaten track; 2. fear of pity or sadness

PLATHOPHOBIA - fear of Sylvia

PATHOPHOEBIA - a sick little bird

PATHOPHONIA - laryngitis

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