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SAFARI

PRONUNCIATION: (suh-FAHR-ee)

MEANING: noun: An expedition to observe (or, in the past, to hunt) wild animals in their natural habitat.
verb intr.: To go on such an expedition.

ETYMOLOGY: From Swahili safari (journey), from Arabic safari (of a journey), from safar (journey). Earliest documented use: 1859.
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SAFARUS - a solo expedition to observe wild animals in their natural habitat (fem. SAFARA)

SOFARI - an introductory phrase describing my immediate past

SAMARO - a mispronounced Chevy muscle car

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GOB

PRONUNCIATION: (gob)

MEANING: noun:
1. Lump or a large amount of something.
2. Mouth.
3. Sailor.

ETYMOLOGY: For 1: Probably from Middle French gobe/goube (mouthful, lump). Earliest documented use: 1382.
For 2: Probably from Irish and/or Scottish Gaelic gob (beak, mouth). Earliest documented use: 1568.
For 3: Probably from gobshite (a worthless person), from gob (lump) + shite (feces). Earliest documented use: 1910.
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OOB - v.t., to help a patient get Out Of Bed during a hospital stay

GSB - a dyslexic British playwright, author of Pymgalion and others

GOK - identified GOK's Disease, a common malady without a cure ("What's wrong with him? God Only Knows")

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SKELF

PRONUNCIATION: (skelf)

MEANING: noun:
1. A splinter.
2. A tiny amount of something.
3. A thin or slight person.
4. An annoying or troublesome person.

ETYMOLOGY: Probably from Middle Low German or obsolete Dutch schelf (flake, splinter, or scale). Earliest documented use: 1610.
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ASKELF - how to find your way to Santa's Workshop

'SKERF - what you call the blade's-width of sawdust lost by cutting wood

SKEEF - a small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern, sailing under the Spanish flag

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SHINGLE

PRONUNCIATION: (SHING-guhl)

MEANING: noun: 1. A tile laid in overlapping rows to cover walls or roofs.
2. A small signboard indicating a professional office. Used in the phrase “to hang one’s shingle”.
3. A woman’s close-cropped haircut tapering from the back of the head to the nape.
4. Waterworn pebbles found on a beach.
5. A place where such pebbles are found.
verb tr.: 1. To cover with shingles or to lay out something in an overlapping manner.
2. To cut hair in a shingle.
3. To squeeze or hammer puddled iron to remove impurities.

ETYMOLOGY: For noun 1-3 & verb 1-2: From Latin scindula (a thin piece of wood). Earliest documented use: 1200.
For noun 4-5: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1513.
For verb 3: From French cingler (to whip or beat), from German zängeln, from Zange (tongs). Earliest documented use: 1674.
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SHINOLE - a brand of brown shoe polish

SPHINGLE - the Sphinx's daughter

SHIGGLE - combination of shimmy and wiggle, close to a modern-day twerk

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PLENUM

PRONUNCIATION: (PLEE-nuhm, PLEN-uhm)

MEANING: noun:
1. An assembly in which all members are present.
2. A space in which air or another gas is at pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure.
3. A space filled with matter, as contrasted with vacuum.
4. A space, above the ceiling or below the floor, that serves as a receiving chamber for heated or cooled air.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin plenus (full). Earliest documented use: 1674.
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UP-LE-NUM - French for "Long Live What's-his-Name!"

PELENUM - soccer star couldn't feel anything on his forehead after so many years of trauma there

PHENUM - charges for services

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REDE

PRONUNCIATION: (reed)

MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To advise.
2. To interpret or explain.
noun: 1. Advice.
2. An account or a narration.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English rǣdan (read). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ar- (to fit together), which also gave us army, harmony, article, order, read, adorn, arithmetic, rhyme, and ratiocinate. Earliest documented use: before 450.
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REDER - someone who peruses only abridged books

RENE - jargon for a kidney

RE-BE - undergo reincarnation

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MYCOLOGY

PRONUNCIATION: (my-KOL-uh-jee)

MEANING: noun: The study of fungi.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek myco- (mushroom, fungus) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1836.
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MYOLOGY - the study of muscles

MY COLOGN - my vial of scent is not quite full

MYCRO-LOGY - Sherlock's brother is sluggish today

MYCOLONY? - Why, I come from Massachusetts, thank you for asking

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AILUROPHILE

PRONUNCIATION: (eye/ay-LOOR-uh-fyl)

MEANING: noun: One who loves cats.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek ailuro- (cat) + -phile (lover). Earliest documented use: 1914.

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-- There have been some serious ailurophiles over the years. Examples: Ben Rea of UK who left $13 million to his black cat Blackie or Maria Assunta of Italy who also left $13 million to her black cat Tommaso.
-- If there are any black cats reading this, I recommend they use Google to find their nearest aging ailurophile millionaire having a net worth of $13 million. Or they could just start a YouTube channel.
--The opposite of an ailurophile is ailurophobe.
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A FLUROPHILE - my dentist (he sees so many fewer cavities since fluoride)

'AIKU-ROPHILE
in Cockney accent
A short Japanese poem
I love to listen

AILEROPHILE - those trim tabs make my plane fly so much more smoothly

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OROGENY - making mountains

PRONUNCIATION: (o-RAH-juh-nee)

MEANING: noun: Folding and faulting of the earth’s crust resulting in mountain formation.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek oro- (mountain) + -geny (formation). Earliest documented use: 1890.
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OTOGENE - the DNA determinant of ear shape

FROGENY - tadpoles

OWOGE, NY a dyslexic town in Tioga County, on the Susquehanna River, about 17 miles west of Binghamaton


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EPIGEAL

PRONUNCIATION: (ep-i-JEE-uhl)

MEANING: adjective: Living close to the ground, as certain plants.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek epi- (upon) + -geal (relating to earth), from ge (earth). Earliest documented use: 1861.
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A-PIG-EAL - no ham, no bacon. Boaring.

E-PAGEAL - Amazon Kindular

EPI-GOAL - everyone should be able to afford to carry emergency anaphylaxis therapy


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