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Here is a word I would never use. "genialize" said to mean" cause to be marked by
sympathetic cheerfullness, warmth and firiendliness." Whoever coined that one has
all their taste in their mouth.
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Gentrification is another stinker:
" Gentrification means different things depending upon your skin color and your political beliefs.
Minority Definition: Gentrification means that more financially able "non-minorities" are moving into your
neighborhood and are improving their properties. Since the improved properties have a higher value, this also means that the
local authorities will raise your property taxes to the point where you will no longer be able to afford to live there. But cheer
up! Since you are on the government's "preferred minority/color" list there are a large number of tax-payer supported
programs which will help you "buy back" into your old neighborhood.
Non-Minority, Poor White Definition: If you are a lower-income NON-minority, gentrification means that
wealthier whites have begun moving in and improving their properties. Your property taxes will be raised to the point that you
will no longer be able to afford to live there, and you will be forced to flee to suburban locations even further from your work
opportunities. But since you are defined as "white" the government will NOT make any tax dollars available to assist you in
holding on to your home in the "gentrified" neighborhood".
Summary: If your are a minority, the government defines gentrification as "bad" -- especially if it means that more
"whites" are moving into your neighborhood. But if you are "white", the government defines gentrification as "good" as long
as it means that you have to leave the neighborhood so that more minorities can live there."
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Geomalism
Ge*om"a*lism (?), n. [Gr. , , the earth + a leveling.] (Biol.) The tendency of an organism to respond, during its growth, to the force of gravitation.
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georgic
adj.
5L georgicus < Gr gebrgikos, agricultural < gebrgos, husbandman, farmer: see GEORGE6 having to do with agriculture or husbandry
n.
5L (Virgil) georgicum (carmen), georgic (song)6 a poem dealing with farming or rural life
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Geotrophic
Relating to the earth. Negatively geotrophic means that the young caterpillars move
away from the earth.
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geotropism
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5GEO3 + 3TROPISM6 any positive, or negative, movement or growth of a plant or sessile animal in response to, or against, the force of gravity
ge[o[trop[ic 7jc#b tr9p4ik8
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The guy I see once a month.
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gesso
n.
5It, gypsum, chalk < L gypsum, GYPSUM6 plaster of Paris (or, now, chalk) mixed with glue and applied to flat or carved surfaces or as bas-reliefs, etc. and then painted, gilded, etc.
A coat of this was applied to ceiling of Sistine Chapel before Michelangelo created his masterpiece there.
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geta
n.,
pl. ge$ta or ge4tas 5Jpn < ?6 in Japan, a high wooden clog fastened to the foot by a thong between the first and second toes
When I was in the Philippines, many girls wore very elaborately decorated clogs, which they would never
have called by a Japanese word. It used to amuse me to seem them take them off, walk barefoot around
a puddle they could not avoid, stamp their feet, and put the clogs back on.
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geusioleptic - characterised by a pleasant flavor
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