Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Sodding

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Sodding: An often pejorative British intensifier, putting in grass.
Hodding: Carrying bricks in a device.
Nodding: Slipping into sleep.

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Cartouche

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Cartouche: Egyptian artwork, cartridge.
Scaramouche: Literary character.
Car douche: Washing of the auto.

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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Tandem

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Tandem: One behind the other, together.
Random: In no particular order.
Handsome: Good looking.
Hansom: Horse drawn cab.
Ransom: Fee to get something back. First name of Olds, Stoddard.

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Squib

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Squib: Imitation gunshot in films.
Squab: Little fowl.
Squub: What you do to get off the dirt.

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Friday, June 26, 2009

Paint

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Selvage

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Selvage: An edge of a woven fabric finished so that it will not ravel. Thought to be a corruption of self edge, though it has to be done by something other than itself.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Toddle

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Toddle: Wobble.
Bottle: Container.
Toodle: Goodbye.
Coddle: Cook eggs.
Dodder: Wobble.
Totter: Teeter.
Cotter: Pin.
Hotter: More warm.
Potter: Clay former.
Water: H2O.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Andante

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Andante: Slowish
On Donder: Command to reindeer.
On Blitzen: Eine Kleine Nacht-reindeer

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Absquatulate

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Absquatulate: Run away.

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Nincompoop

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Nincompoop: Dumkopf.
Income Poop: The latest dope from the IRS.

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Hydrate

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Hydrate: Add water.

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Friday, June 19, 2009

Gaggle

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Gaggle: Group of geese.
Giggle: How geese laugh.
Google: Huge search engine.
Googol: Huge number.
Goggle: Eye protector.
Gogol: Russian writer.
Gogo: Dancer.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Phenomenon

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Soroban

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Soroban: Abacus.
Sorbonne: University in Paris.
Sorbet: Sherbet.
Soretoe: That which has been stubbed.
Source: Spring.
Sour: Acid,
Shower: Douche.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Cantabrigian

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Cantabrigian: Pertaining to Cambridge.

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Monday, June 15, 2009

Whinny

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Whinny: Nicker, speak like a horse.
Knicker: Underpant.
Nacre: Mother of Pearl.
Necker: Kisser.
Knocker: Attention getter.
Snooker: Ball game, trick.
Snacker: Muncher.
Snicker: Smirk, candy bar.

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Fix

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fix: Make better, pickle.
Fax: Send facsimile.
fuchs: Klaus.
Fox: Volpone.
foxx: Redd or Jamie.
Fokker: German airplane maker.
Vox: Voice.
Boxer: Fighter, underwear, rebellion or politician.
Vex: Make unhappy.
Vax: Vot you do, make it shiny.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Overdue

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Overdue: Late.
Over do: Too much.
Over dew: On top of on top of the grass.
Do over: Make better.
Dew over: On top of on top of on top of.

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Friday, June 12, 2009

Redundant

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Redundant: Unnecessary. A wave of unneeded words.

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Four Cues

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Four Cues
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Quintillion

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Quintillion: 10 to the 18th power. If you had a quintillion pennies...

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Pastiche

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Pastiche: Hodge-podge, imitation.

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Monday, June 8, 2009

Huckleberry

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Huckleberry: A small berry, something insignificantly small, the right person for the job. "That's a huckleberry beyond my persimmon."

Huckleberry Finn: Mark Twain character who loved his freedom from civilization.

Huckleberry Friend: Perhaps Doc Golightly or Fred in the song "Moon River" by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, from the movie, from the book by Truman Capote, "Breakfast at Tiffany's".

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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Foofaraw

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Foofaraw: Much ado, fuss.

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Doodad

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Doodad: Gadget, thingamabob, doohickey, decoration.

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Friday, June 5, 2009

Stabile

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Stabile by Jack Wilson
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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Rad

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Rad: Extremely cool.
Radical: Change at the root.
Radish: Root

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Cannikin

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Cannikin: Small drinking vessel, nuclear test.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Torsion

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Torsion: Twist, twisted spermatic cord.

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Monday, June 1, 2009

Porter

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Porter: One who carries.
Porter, Cole: Brilliant song writer.
Porter: Dark beer.

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