SLUE

PRONUNCIATION: (sloo)

MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To turn, swing, or slide in a particular direction.
noun: Such a turn, swing, or slide.

ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1860.
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'S LUES - "it's syphilis," elided

ST. LUE - city in eastern Missouri, for short

SULUE - it was a woman at the helm of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701