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SCROOP
PRONUNCIATION: (skroop)
MEANING: verb intr.: To make a scraping or grating sound. noun: A scraping sound, especially the rustle of a silk fabric.
ETYMOLOGY: Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1787. ___________________________
SCHROOP - to drink the last of the soup directly from the edge of the bowl
'S CROUP - I know the kid's sick, but why's his cough sound so funny?
SCROOD - past tense of...oh, never mind
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FANFARONADE
PRONUNCIATION: (fan-far-uh-NAYD, -NAHD)
MEANING: noun: 1. Bragging or blustering behavior. 2. Fanfare.
ETYMOLOGY: From French fanfaronnade, from Spanish fanfarronada (bluster), from fanfarron (braggart), ultimately of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1652. ______________________________
FANFARONASE - an intracellular enzyme involved in the metabolism of fanfarones
FANTA-RON ADE - a soft drink that you can get in McDonald's
FANFARE ON A D - short ceremonial flourish played on brass instruments to introduce the fourth letter of the English alphabet
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JAPE
PRONUNCIATION: (jayp)
MEANING: noun: A joke or prank. verb intr.: To joke or play a trick. verb tr.: To mock or trick.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French japer (to yap; Modern French japper), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1362. __________________________
JA, PEU - Overheard in a café in Strasbourg, after "Would you like a some more coffee?"
J.A. PEI - the architect's younger brother
JA, pp- response to "Even softer, Herr Beethoven?
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WHICKER
PRONUNCIATION: (HWIK-uhr, WIK-)
MEANING: verb intr.: 1. To neigh. 2. To laugh in a half-suppressed manner.
ETYMOLOGY: Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1656. ________________________
WHISKER - someone who moves things quickly from one place to another
WHICHER - a stickler for grammar, who [wrongly] searches and removes all "that"s from his writing and replaces them with "which"es
WICKER - the person who puts the cotton string in the middle of candles
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SOMEDEAL
PRONUNCIATION: (SUHM-deel)
MEANING: adverb: Somewhat; to some degree.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English sum (some) + dael (deal). Earliest documented use: 725. _____________________________________
COMEDEAL - 1. the casino is hiring; 2. pertaining to humor
SAME DEAL - nothing has changed
DOMEDEAL - buying an NFL football stadium
SAMEDEAL - pertaining to Saturday in Paris
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ABAFT
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-BAFT)
MEANING: adverb: Toward the rear or stern. preposition: Behind.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English a- (toward) + baft (in the rear). Earliest documented use: 1400. ___________________________
ADAFT - a bit off yer rocker
A-BART - the first car undercoating (the last being Z-bart)
JABAFT - a shot in the rear
A.B., OFT - what follows four years of college, frequently
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NATHELESS
PRONUNCIATION: (NAYTH-luhs/lis)
MEANING: adverb: Nevertheless; notwithstanding.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English na (no) + the (this, that) + laes (less). Earliest documented use: 11th c. ___________________________
LATHELESS - why the carpenter can't make spindles for his staircase railings
MATH E-LESS - before the concept of natural logarithms was developed
NAT_HELEN_S - the username adopted by Nathan and Helen Szczymonowsky
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ENDLONG
PRONUNCIATION: (END-long)
MEANING: adverb: From end to end; lengthwise.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English andlang (lengthwise). Earliest documented use: 1225. __________________________________
BENDLONG - fold along the long axis
'EADLONG - head over heels
ENDLOG - the linchpin of a stockade fence
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SOMEWHITHER:
PRONUNCIATION: (SUM-hwith-uhr)
MEANING: adverb: To some place; somewhere.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English sum (some) + whither (where). Earliest documented use: 1398. _______________________________
SAMEWHITHER: - fellow-travellers, having the same destination
SOMEWITHER: - how apples become wrinkled
SOMEWHITER: - the difference between laundry loads after you put in bleach
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CANKER-BLOSSOM
PRONUNCIATION: (KANGK-uhr-blos-uhm)
MEANING: noun: One who destroys good things.
ETYMOLOGY: From canker (to decay, infect, or corrupt), from Old English cancer (crab, tumor) + blossom (the mass of flowers on a plant). Earliest documented use: 1600, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ____________________________
CAN KERB LOSS ...OM - a Brit meditating on limiting financial woes
TANKER-BLOSSOM - barnacles on the oil transport sip
CANKER-FLOSSOM - dentist's advice on how to prevent aphthous stomatitis (mouth sores)
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