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CURE-ALL
PRONUNCIATION: (KYOOR-awl)
MEANING: noun: A remedy to any problem.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cura (care or concern) + eall/all (all). Earliest documented use: 1793. ___________________________________
C.U.? REALLY? - expression of disbelief and dismay over the scandal at Consumers' Union
CURSE-ALL - a symptom of Tourette's Syndrome
C.U. REAL - the Centrales Unidas soccer club
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WANTWIT
PRONUNCIATION: (WANT-wit)
MEANING: noun: A fool; one lacking good sense.
ETYMOLOGY: From want + wit, from Old Norse vanta (be lacking) + Old English wit (mind). Earliest documented use: 1449. ____________________________
WASN'T WIT - distinctly not funny
TAN TWIT - tease about getting so much sun
WANT WRIT - No, you need a court order for that
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KNOW-IT-ALL
PRONUNCIATION: (NO-uht-ahl)
MEANING: noun: One who acts as if they know everything, dismissing others’ ideas or advice.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English cnawan (to recognize, identify) + hit (it) + eall/all (all). Earliest documented use: 1873 __________________________
KNOWITAL - a barbiturate that makes you omniscient
KIOWI TALL - slogan of a proud tribe of Native Americans from the central plains
KOWITALL - pertaining to phonetic copulation
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MAKEPEACE
PRONUNCIATION: (MAYK-pees)
MEANING: noun: One who reconciles persons at odds with each other; a peacemaker.
ETYMOLOGY: From make + peace. From Old English macian (to make) + Old French pais, from Latin pax (peace). Earliest documented use: 1513. _________________________
MAKEPLACE - provide room for another person
MAKEPEACH - grow Elbertas, Clings, and Freestones
SAKEPEACE - the tranquility that follows drinking rice wine
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QUIDDITATIVE
PRONUNCIATION: (KUI-di-tay-tiv)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to the essential nature of something or someone.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quid (what), which also gave us quidnunc, quid pro quo, and quiddity. Earliest documented use: 1600. _____________________________
"QUIDDIT!" ACTIVE - an unmistakable order to stop
SQUIDDITATIVE - behaving like a tentacled marine cephalopod
QUADDITATIVE - transforming into a four-part entity
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MICROCEPHALIC
PRONUNCIATION: (my-kro-suh-FA-lik)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Having an abnormally small head. 2. Small-minded.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek micro- (small) + -cephalic (having a head), from kephale (head). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghebh-el- (head), which also gave us the word gable. Earliest documented use: 1857. The opposite of today’s word is macrocephalic. ____________________________
MICRONEPHALIC - with only the tiniest bit of turbidity
OMICROCEPHALIC - having a round head with a hole in the middle, like the Greek letter O
MICRO-CEPHELIC - a dwarf variable star, whose brightness pulsates with a well-defined stable period
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CHRYSOCRACY
PRONUNCIATION: (kri-SAH-kruh-see)
MEANING: noun: Rule by the wealthy.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek chryso- (gold) + -cracy (rule). Earliest documented use: 1828. A synonym is plutocracy. _________________________
CHRYSOCRACK - special kind of yellow cocaine
CHRYSOC TRACY - his real name; small wonder the detective preferred to be called "Dick" by his friends
CHRYSLOCRACY - when Ford and GM couldn't pull it off, yet another car manufacturer tried to make the rules
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LACHRYMOGENIC
PRONUNCIATION: (lak-ruh-muh-JEN-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Inducing tears.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lacrima (tear) + -genic (producing). Earliest documented use: 1907. Two related words are lachrymose and lachrymal. ___________________________
LACHRYMOPENIC - dry-eyed (not enough tears)
LOCH RYMOGENIC - a lake in the northernmost reaches of Scotland, little known and hardly ever visited
LACH RHYMOGENIC - a psychological disorder wherein the victim shows paroxysms of laughter leading to a compulsion to speak in rhymes
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PLENILOQUENCE
PRONUNCIATION:(ple-NIL-uh-kwens)
MEANING: noun: Excessive talking.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pleni- (full) + -loquence (speaking). Earliest documented use: 1838. The opposite is breviloquence. __________________________________
PLENILOQUENCH - Shut up!
SPLENILOQUENCE - a lengthy screed, full if vitriol and anger
POENILOQUENCE - vividly describing wracking pain
PENCILOQUENCE - graphite-based writing
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RAZZLE-DAZZLE
(RAZ-uhl daz-uhl)
MEANING: noun: Noisy excitement, showy display, or extravagant actions, especially when executed in an effort to distract or confuse.
ETYMOLOGY: A reduplication of dazzle, frequentative of daze, from Old Norse dasa (weary). Earliest documented use: 1885. ____________________________
RAZZLEDAZOLE - a new anti-seizure medicine
FRAZZLE-DAZZLE - when people are stunned by your really, REALLY, REALLY bad-hair day
RAZZ LE DAZZLE - tease the ultra-bright Paris lighting
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