Friday, October 30, 2009

Flibbertygibbet

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Flibbertygibbet: Mild invective, flighty person.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Shampoo

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Shampoo: Fake feces

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Splat

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Splat: Piece of wood in a chair.

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Friday, October 23, 2009

Velvet

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Velvet: Corduroy, as in the suits worn by Erik Satie.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Collywobbles

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Collywobbles: Upset stomach

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Monday, October 19, 2009

Particle

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Particle: Function word.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Sprat

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Sprat: Small fish
Sprat: Jack; lean person
Spat: Small tiff
TIFF: Graphic file; lossless

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Graf

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Graf: Count
Comte: Count
Add: Count
ADD: Disability

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Kris

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Kris: Malaysian knife
Kris: Kristofferson
Kris: Kringle

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Hamlet

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Hamlet: Small village
Hamlet: Fictional dead King and angry Prince of Denmark
Hamlet: Little piece of pork.
Hamlet: Small actor

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Catenary

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Catenary: Chainlike.

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Bandy

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Bandy: Toss from side to side, game, argue.

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Rump

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Rump: Small remnant.

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

Skeptic

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Skeptic: Member of an ancient Greek school that doubted the possibility of real knowledge.
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Friday, October 9, 2009

Blatherskite

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Blatherskite: Mark Twain's cat, nonsense, galimatia.

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Sneeze

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Sneeze: Sudden expulsion of air and particles from the lungs.
In Spanish: Estornudo. Also in Spanish it is "atchís" (pronounced "a" as in "hat", and the rest as in "cheess", and "atchús" (pronounced "a" as in "hat", and the rest as in "chooss").
In Esperanto: Terno (pronounced "tare-noh).
In French: Éternuement. Also in French it is "atchoum" (pronounced "a" as in "hat", and the rest as in "choom").
In German: Niesen, Also in German it is "hatschi" (pronounced "ha" as in "harp", and the rest as "chee" as in "cheese").
In Polish: Kichanie
In Chinese: 打喷嚏 , In Chinese it is "penti" (喷嚏).
In Italian: Starnutire
In Russian: чихать, In Russian it is "hapchkhi" ("апчхи").
In Kannada it is "seenu".
In Arabic" عطسة" (atsa).
In Persian it is "atseh"
In Bulgarian it is "апчих"("upchikh" pronounced "up" as the word "up", "chi" as in "children", and "kh" as "ch" in "Loch").
In Welsh it is "achw" (pronounced "a" as in "hat" and "choo" as in "choose")
In Portuguese it is "atchim" (pronounced "at" as in "matte", and "chim" like in "chin").
In Danish it is "atjuu" (pronounced "a" as in "hat", "tj" as "ch" in "rich", and "uu" as "oo" in "Boo!").
In Dutch it is "hatsjoe" (pronounced "ha" as in "harp", "tsj" as "ch" in "rich", and "oe" as "oo" in "Boo!"),
and "hatsjie" (pronounced "ha" as in "harp", and the rest as "chee" as in "cheese").
In Hebrew it is "apchee" (pronounced "a" as in "up", and the rest as "chee" as in "cheese").
In Hindi it is "chheenk".
In Indonesia it is "'hatchi'".
In Japanese it is "hakushon" or "kushami". Written as はくしょん or 嚏(くしゃみ).
In Cantonese it is "hut-chi" (乞嚏) .
In Latvian it is "apčī", (pronounced "ap" as in "up" and the rest is "chee").
In Marathi it is "shheenka".
In Polish it is "apsik" (pronounced "apsheek").
In Slovene is "apćiha".
In Turkish it is "hapşuu" (pronounced as "hupshoo").
In Romanian it is "hapciu" (pronounced as "hupchue").
In Urdu it is "chheenk" (pronounced as chheenk with stress on chh).
In Norwegian it is "atsjo".
In Tagalog it is "hatsing" (pronounced as "haching").
In Thai it is "Hutchew or Hutchei" (ฮัดชิ่ว or ฮัดเช่ย) (pronounced hut as "hut" and chew as "chiu" or and chei as "chei").
In Tamil it is "Thummal".
In Malayalam it is "Thummal".
In Telugu it is "Thummu".
In Icelandic it is "Atsjú" (pronounced "achoo").
In somali it is "Hindis"
In Gimerish language\gimerish it is "Gimer" (pronounced "loogee").

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Kadiddlehopper

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Kaddidlehopper: Ned Flanders's's diddley cuss word.
Red Skelton character, Clem. Dumbbell.


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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Cran

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Cran: About 1200 fish.

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Monday, October 5, 2009

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Etui: Case

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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Corm

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Corm: A short, thickened, underground, upright stem in which food is stored.

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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Kudos

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Kudos: Praise

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Friday, October 2, 2009

Caber

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Caber: Long pole tossed by Scotsmen at Scottish Games.

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Ravel

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Ravel: Unravel

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