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LACKWIT
PRONUNCIATION: (LAK-wit)
MEANING: noun: One who lacks intelligence. adjective: Lacking intelligence.
ETYMOLOGY: From lack + wit, perhaps from Middle Dutch or German lac (deficiency) + Old English wit. Earliest documented use: 1668. ___________________________
LACK IT - why you can't hang from a tree by your tail
LACE WIT - vary clever tatting
BACKWIT - repartee
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DINGTHRIFT
PRONUNCIATION: (DING-thrift)
MEANING: noun: One who is wasteful and reckless with money or resources.
ETYMOLOGY: From ding (to damage), from Old English dingan (to ding) + thrift (prosperity), from Old Norse thrifast (to thrive). Earliest documented use: 1566. A synonym is spendthrift. _________________________
DOING TH'RIFT - following the latest dance craze
DINGTH RAFT - the fourth measurement on a raft or dinghy, after the length, the width, and the depth
BING THRIFT - buying only windfall cherries
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NIPCHEESE
PRONUNCIATION: (NIP-cheez)
MEANING: noun: 1. A miser. 2. A ship’s purser (an official in charge of money matters).
ETYMOLOGY: From nip (pinch, snip), probably from Middle Dutch nipen (to pinch) + cheese, from Old English cese (cheese). Earliest documented use: 1785. Also see cheeseparing. ___________________________________
NIPCHEESS - Hey! Who stole my knight?
NICHE-ESE - the language of specially-fitting places
NAPCHEESE - cheese high in melatonin, said to have soporific properties
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SCATTERGOOD
PRONUNCIATION: (SKAT-uhr-good)
MEANING: noun: One who spends wastefully.
ETYMOLOGY: From scatter + good, perhaps from Old English sceaterian (to scatter) + god (good). Earliest documented use: 1577. ___________________________
SCATTERHOOD - the area covered by your scattering
SCATTER GOD - prosyletize
SHATTER GOOD - an sudden act of hideous violence committed against the innocent
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SPATTERGOOD - fake blood
SCANTERGOOD - poverty
SHATTERFOOD - do not microwave
SCATTERGOO - substance for young kids to play with
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HALLUX
PRONUNCIATION:(HAL-uhks)
MEANING: noun: The big toe. More generally, the innermost digit on the hind foot of animals.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin hallux. Earliest documented use: 1831.
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HALF-UX - My wife isn't fully divorced yet
HALL UP - how you get the bucket of water out of the well
HiLLUX - mounds of earth dotting the countryside
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CANTHUS
PRONUNCIATION: (KAN-thuhs)
MEANING: noun: Either of the two corners of the eye, specifically where the upper and lower eyelids meet, known as the inner and outer canthus.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin canthus, from Greek kanthos (corner of the eye). Earliest documented use: 1646. ___________________________
CAN'T THUS - impossible to do it this way
CAN THIS - Put this one up for storage. Or maybe fire it.
CAN, THUG - You'll get a jail sentence for sure this time, punk...
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UVULA
PRONUNCIATION: (YOO-vyuh-luh)
MEANING: noun: The small, fleshy mass that hangs in the back of the mouth, above the throat.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin uvula, diminutive of uva (grape). Earliest documented use: 1400. ________________________________
LUV U, L.A. - I adore you, Hollywood, even if I can't spell too good
OVULA - where plant seeds mature
URVULA - Wilbur's airplane co-inventor was actually a girl
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