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Gefluffenmeowzer

2012-01-06T00:29:00.000-07:00

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Gefluffenmeowzer: Neologism coined by Gloria Nelson: Fluffy companion cat.
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Pithy quote: "And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence." -Bertrand Russell
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Kerslonchwise

2011-11-10T05:39:00.000-07:00

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Kerslonchwise: Catawampus, sitting crookedly,
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"...we sang splendidly...but then he'd say or do something to knock the good out of it."-Molly Bloom in James Joyce's Ulysses.
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Shraums

2011-10-25T09:03:00.001-07:00

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Shraums: Eye gunk. [Irish colloquial, see James Joyce: Ulysses]
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Quote of the day: "Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines." -Bertrand Russell
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Frazil

2011-05-08T03:23:00.000-07:00

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Frazil: floating ice plates: ice that forms as small plates drifting in rapidly flowing water where it is too turbulent for pack ice to form
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Quote of the day: "One cat just leads to another." Ernest Hemingway
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Sumer

2011-04-30T22:27:00.000-07:00

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Sumer: Middle English = Spring. Best known from the song Sumer is icumen in. The word is often translated as Summer, but as far as I can tell, it is properly Spring. Spring makes a lot more sense to the rest of the song than Summer would. I translated the song into Esperanto.-

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Pithy quote: "If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all." -Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Tailor's Goose

2011-03-30T08:17:00.001-07:00

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Tailor's Goose: A smoothing iron.
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Pithy quote: “Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours” Swedish Proverb
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Scurf

2011-03-09T03:48:00.001-07:00

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Scurf: Dead skin
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Quote of the day: "If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive." Dorothee Solle
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Trews

2011-02-24T08:13:00.000-07:00

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Trews: Leggings, plus-fours
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Quote of the Day: "If cats could talk, they wouldn't." Nan Porter
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Velocipede

2011-02-11T08:54:00.000-07:00

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Velocipede: Wheeled vehicle powered by foot.
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Quote of the day: "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." John Benfield
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Caubeen

2011-02-03T21:00:00.000-07:00

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Caubeen: An Irish hat similar to a Balmoral, beret or Tam O' Shanter.
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Quote of the day: "Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.” Jonathan Swift
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Ha Ha

2010-12-17T17:33:00.000-07:00

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Quote of the Day: "Cursing is the bowel movement of the soul." Josef Goebbels
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Sinciput

2010-10-17T08:34:00.002-07:00

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Sinciput: Forehead; Since he put his sinciput on my shoulder, I have grease on my coat.
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Quote of the day: "One kind word can warm three winter months." Japanese Proverb
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Lipogram

2010-10-02T17:43:00.001-07:00

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Lipogram: Word, phrase, paragraph, article, book which does not contain the letter "E".
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Quote of the day: "Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative." Maurice Chevalier
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Rumen

2010-09-25T09:04:00.000-07:00

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Rumen = personal car, paunch
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Quote of the day: "Hell is full of musical amateurs." George Bernard Shaw
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Tumid

2010-09-17T23:47:00.001-07:00

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Tumid: Overinflated.
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Quote of the day: "A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." Thomas Mann
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Apse

2010-09-12T07:40:00.001-07:00

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Apse: Church section, usually polygonal and containing the altar.
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Quote of the day: "If the shoe fits, get another one just like it." Bob the Butler
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Cymric

2010-09-04T15:07:00.000-07:00

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Cymric: Welsh language, long-haired Manx-type cat.
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Quote of the day: "When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Pilose

2010-08-29T11:13:00.001-07:00

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Pilous, pilose: Hairish
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Quote of the day: "What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it" Charles Dudley Warner
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Gabble

2010-08-23T07:21:00.003-07:00

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Gabble: Jabber
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Quote of the day: "Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night." Philip K. Dick
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Pung

2010-08-14T22:50:00.000-07:00

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Pung: One-horse sleigh.
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Quote of the day: "Nietsche is Pietsche." Ogen Nash
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Costermonger

2010-08-08T07:39:00.000-07:00

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Costermonger: Street seller of produce in London and other British towns.

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Quote of the day: "One cat just leads to another." Ernest Hemingway
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Quagga

2010-07-31T04:02:00.000-07:00

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Quagga: Extinct half-striped zebra.

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Quote of the day: "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." Albert Camus
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Jeroboam

2010-07-25T22:44:00.000-07:00

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Jeroboam: Champagne bottle equal to four standard bottles, biblical king.
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Quote of the day: "Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile way and you have their shoes." Author Unknown
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Spate

2010-07-18T07:56:00.001-07:00

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Spate: Overflow
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Quote of the day: "Arizona looks like a battle on Mars." Author Unknown
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Parp

2010-07-11T13:04:00.000-07:00

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Parp: Sound like a car horn.
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Quote of the day: "Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." George Eliot
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Diplodocus

2010-07-03T00:52:00.000-07:00

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Diplodocus: Big, plant-eating Dinosaur of the late Jurassic period.
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Quote of the day: "Criticism is prejudice made plausible." H. L. Mencken
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Killick

2010-06-27T16:47:00.000-07:00

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Killick: Anchor, hitch, head man.
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Quote of the day: "How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct." Benjamin Disraeli
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Assai

2010-06-20T09:07:00.000-07:00

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Assai: Very (musical term, Italian)
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Quote of the day: "When you don't know what you are doing, you don't know when to quit." George Foster
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Wankel

2010-06-13T19:56:00.001-07:00

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Wankel: Pistonless rotary engine.
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Quote of the day: "What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance." Jane Austen
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Epithet

2010-06-06T16:26:00.002-07:00

Epithet: A word of description that clarifies or comments on the characteristic qualities of a person or object. The wine-dark sea, from Homer's Odyssey, describes the nature and appearance of the sea. Richard the Lion Hearted, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Quote of the day: "Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends." Chinese Proverb
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Zydeco

2010-05-31T06:13:00.000-07:00

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Zydeco: American folk music of creole origin.
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Quote of the day: "Laughter is the closest distance between two people.” Victor Borge
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Toots

2010-05-24T10:25:00.000-07:00

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Toots: Term of endearment, iconic harmonica player.
Boots: Fires.
Coots: Geezers
Foots: More than one pedal extremity.
Hoots: Gatherings of folk singers.
Loots: Steals openly.
Moots: Unnecessary arguments.
Roots: Underground support.
Soots: Black coatings.
Woots: Bargain sites.
Zoots: Saxophone players Sims.
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Quote of the day: "Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do." Jean-Paul Sartre
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Rictus

2010-05-17T04:18:00.003-07:00

Rictus: Open-mouthed.
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Quote of the day: "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent." Abraham Lincoln
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Bigotry

2010-05-13T21:41:00.000-07:00

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Bigotry: Irrational ethnic, religious, sexual and racial enmity often leading to personal, military and economic violence.
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Quote of the day: "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers." Socrates
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Patriot

2010-05-11T22:30:00.000-07:00

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Patriot: Everybody.
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Quote of the day: "To disagree with three-fourths of the...public is one of the first requisites of sanity." Oscar Wilde
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Moke

2010-05-11T18:36:00.001-07:00

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Moke: Undesirable person, aka mook.
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Quote of the day: Waiter: "You should be nice to me." Patron: "Why should I?" Waiter: "Because I'm in charge of the butter."
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Cantabridgian

2010-05-10T04:53:00.000-07:00

Cantabridgian: Of Cambridge, gauche.
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Quote of the day: "Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student." George Iles
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Perseverate

2010-05-06T23:25:00.000-07:00

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Perseverate: To continue to do something after there is no reason to do it. Beating a dead horse comes to mind.
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Quote of the day: "The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence." Albert Ellis
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Burrow

2010-05-05T00:13:00.000-07:00

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Burrow: Squirrel hideout.
Furrow: Row.
Murrow: Newsman.
Turow: Writer.
Barrow: Clyde.
Darrow: Lawyer.
Farrow: Actor.
Harrow: School.
Jarreau: Al.
LaRue; Lash.
Marrow: Red cell maker.
Narrow: Mountain pass.
Perot: Helicopter pilot.
Tarot: Mumbo Jumbo.
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Quote of the day: "Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about." Saskya Pandita
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Minim

2010-05-03T09:25:00.000-07:00

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Minim: Not much, half note.
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Quote of the day: "The perfection of art is to conceal art." Quintilian
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Avocado

2010-04-27T22:35:00.001-07:00

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Avocado: Testicle shaped lawyer. [Word Origin: 1763, from Sp. avocado, altered (by folk etymology influence of earlier Sp. avocado "lawyer," from same L. source as advocate) from earlier aguacate, from Nahuatl ahuakatl "testicle."]
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Quote of the day: "There is a country in Europe where multiple-choice tests are illegal." Sigfried Hulzer
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Arbitrage

2010-04-26T08:08:00.000-07:00

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Arbitrage: What Enron did to us, a bit like the operation in the movie, The Sting. A dress shirt brand.
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Quote of the day: "Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none." Benjamin Franklin
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Periwinkle

2010-04-23T00:11:00.001-07:00

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Periwinkle: Red flower, blue flower, sea snail.
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Quote of the day: "It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Alforja

2010-04-21T09:12:00.001-07:00

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Alforja: Saddlebags.
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Quote of the day: "The highest result of education is tolerance." Helen Keller
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Tumulus

2010-04-19T03:30:00.000-07:00

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Tumulus: Mound.
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Quote of the day: "The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles" Mohandas K. Gandhi:
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Apology

2010-04-17T12:31:00.001-07:00

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Apology: Expression, often verbal, indicating that one regrets having hurt another, and that one considers oneself a skunk unworthy of the company of humans or dogs. Best when accompanied by a declaration that it will not happen again.
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Quote of the day: "If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse." Woody Allen
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Cloud Gate

2010-04-14T13:51:00.000-07:00

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Cloud Gate: Reflective sculpture in Millenium Park, Chicago.
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Quote of the day: "When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion." Abraham Lincoln
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Tawdry

2010-04-12T01:23:00.000-07:00

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Tawdry: Lace, shortening of St. Audry, cheap.
Audry: Seymour's girlfriend and carnivorous plant.
Awdry: Click for nothing to see.
Bawdry: Lewdness.
Caudry: French commune.
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Quote of the day: "Ignorance never settled a question." Benjamin Disraeli
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Hoofer

2010-04-09T00:13:00.001-07:00

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Hoofer: Dancer.
Heifer: Female bovine.
Loofa: Scrubber.
Coffer: Chest.
Cougher: Chest problems.
Boffo: Hoo-ha!
Doofus: Dipstick.
Roofer: One who installs and repairs roofs.
Twofer: Two for the price of one.
Woofer: Bass speaker, some dogs.
Gopher: One who goes for coffee.
Goofer: More goof.
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Quote of the day: "Black holes are where God divided by zero." Steven Wright
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Gussy

2010-04-07T23:05:00.000-07:00

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Gussy: With up; trick out.
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Quote of the day: "Tread softly because you tread on my dreams." William Butler Yeats
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Boffins

2010-04-04T20:45:00.003-07:00

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Boffins: Research scientist, family in Dickens' last novel: Our Mutual Friend

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Quote of the day: "This book fills a much-needed gap." Moses Hadas
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Toad

2010-04-02T10:24:00.000-07:00

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Toad: Broad, tailless amphibian. Frog. Rock band.
Towed: Pulled behind.
Abode: Dwelling.
Bode: Foretell.
Code: Indirect communication.
Goad: Spur.
Joad: Okie family per Steinbeck.
Load: Quantity.
Lode: Mass of material.
Node: Point.
Road: Path.
Rode: Went by conveyance.
Sewed: Stitched.
Told: Snitched.
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Quote of the day: "I don't need equal time, I am equal time!" Rush Limbaugh
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Pashmina

2010-03-31T09:38:00.000-07:00

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Pashmina: Persian wool.
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Quote of the day: "Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer." Saint Thomas Moore
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Aperçu

2010-03-28T21:49:00.002-07:00

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Aperçu: Clever insight
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Quote of the day: "A film is--or should be--more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings." Stanley Kubrick
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Earwicker

2010-03-25T21:39:00.000-07:00

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Earwicker: Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, (HCE, Here Comes Everybody, Has Childers Everwhere), principle character in Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, considered by some to be the greatest novel ever written, by others; junk, by most; interesting and unusual.
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Quote of the day: "Often he who does too much does too little." Italian Proverb
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Syllabub

2010-03-24T07:33:00.002-07:00

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Syllabub: Spiked milk drink or dessert.
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Quote of the day: "He was a bold man that first ate an oyster." Jonathan Swift
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Mumble

2010-03-22T07:33:00.000-07:00

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Mumble: Speak indistinctly.
Bumble: Move awkwardly.
Fumble: Drop the ball.
Humble: Modest.
Hummus: Messed up chick peas.
Jumble: Word puzzle.
Rumble: Noise, fight.
Scumble: Mess up paint.
Tumble: Fall.
Gumble: Round bubble gum, Sometime partner of Couric.
Gamble: Risk, partner of Proctor.
Gimble: Department Store, Antagonist to Macy.
Grumble: Bitch about partner or antagonist.
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Quote of the day: "It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument." William G. McAdoo
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Guernica

2010-03-18T21:29:00.001-07:00

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Guernica: Small town in Spain carpet-bombed by Nazis in WWII for no strategic purpose other than terrorism and practice. Immortalized by Picasso.
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Quote of the day: "When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up." John Scalzi,
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Tenderloin

2010-03-16T20:38:00.006-07:00

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Tenderloin: Cut of meat, red-light district.
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Quote of the day: "Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you." Spanish Proverb
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Spondulicks

2010-03-15T08:33:00.001-07:00

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Spondulicks: Money, from a greek word meaning vertebra, possibly from the appearance of a stack of coins.
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Quote of the day: "Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to the family than money going to the men. So we changed our policy and gave a high priority to women. As a result, now 96% of our four million borrowers in Grameen Bank are women." Muhammad Yunus
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Tuner

2010-03-12T07:43:00.000-07:00

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Tuner: One who tunes, device for finding frequencies.
Tooner: with -ville; comic site featuring trolley.
Crooner: Sloppy singer.
Kahuna: Hawaiian leader.
Tuna: Food fish.
Petunia: Cartoon pig, flower.
Mooner: Marlon Brando.
Sooner: Oklahoman.
Spooner: With -ism; word confusion.
Swooner: Teen-ager with spooner, due to crooner. (obsolete)
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Quote of the day: "Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not." Epicurus
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Lame

2010-03-10T01:09:00.000-07:00

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Lame: Weak, crippled.
Lamé: Metallic weave.
Dame: Female knight.
Fame: Widespread but usually fleeting attention.
Game: What you got.
Mame: An Eisenhower.
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Quote of the day: "Don't set your wit against a child." Jonathan Swift
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Whist

2010-03-08T10:05:00.000-07:00

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Whist: Card game.
Schist: Type of rock.
Cyst: Blob.
Dissed: Sneered.
Hissed: Disapproved a performance.
Kissed: Approved a performance.
List: Lean to one side.
Mist: Fog.
Wrist: Location of CTS.
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Quote of the day: "When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of,
he always declares that it is his duty."--George Bernard Shaw
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Batten

2010-03-05T19:43:00.003-07:00

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Batten: Wooden slat inserted into pockets in sails to give them shape. In a storm, hatches to the hold could blow open exposing the cargo to the weather. Battens were used to secure them by sliding the slat through metal loops, hence the term, "Batten down the hatches!" (Always shouted). Other similar uses.
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Quote of the day: "To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am." Bernard M. Baruch
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Pilchard

2010-03-03T05:33:00.000-07:00

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Pilchard: Long sardine, idiot.
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Quote of the day: "We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh." Agnes Repplier
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Penuche

2010-03-01T10:41:00.000-07:00

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Penuche: Fudge. (July 22 is National Penuche Day in the United States. Mark your calendar)
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Quote of the day: "Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability." George Bernard Shaw
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Quote

2010-02-26T00:19:00.000-07:00

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Quote: Cite, citation.
Quit: Stop.
Quite: Very.
Cute: Oogey Woogey.
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Quote of the day: "If you refuse to be made straight when you are green,
you will not be made straight when you are dry." African Proverb
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Snood

2010-02-24T12:36:00.000-07:00

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Snood: Hair bag.
Snerd: Dummy of Edgar Bergen.
Snide: Derisive, contemptuous.
Snade: Part of Larsen E. Whipsnade, W. C. Fields character.
Snored: Made nasal sounds while sleeping.
Snared: Caught prey.
Snoozed: Slept lightly.
Sneezed: Ah-choo-ed.
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Quote of the day: "It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not." James Gordon, M.D.
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Canuck

2010-02-22T00:18:00.000-07:00

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Canuck: Canadian.
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Quote of the day: "It is better to suffer an unjustice than to commit one." Socrates
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Buntline

2010-02-19T13:49:00.000-07:00

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Buntline: Ned; novelist, gun-toter, six-shooter by that name, a marine hitch.
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Quote of the day: "Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present." English Proverb
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Brux

2010-02-17T02:11:00.001-07:00

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Brux: Grind the teeth.
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Quote of the day: "I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none." Ben Shahn
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Lorax

2010-02-14T23:29:00.000-07:00

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Lorax: Cartoon character; environmentalist, ID for lumber company. Opposite of Truax and Onceler.
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Quote of the day: "A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Kilter

2010-02-11T22:37:00.001-07:00

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Kilter: Order, one who wears or makes kilts.

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Quote of the day: "A teacher is a person who never says anything once." Howard Nemerov
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Ganache

2010-02-10T08:49:00.000-07:00

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ganache: icing

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Quote of the day: "Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet." Chinese Proverb
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Hoodie

2010-02-08T00:32:00.002-07:00

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Hoodie: Bunnyhug.
Booty: Swag.
Bootie: Baby shoe.
Cootie: Undesirable one.
Duty: That which must be done.
Tootie: Margaret O"Brien role.
Vootie: Reet-o-rooney.
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Quote of the day: "Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult." Ann Radcliffe
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Ball

2010-02-04T23:57:00.000-07:00

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Ball: Spherical thing.
Call: Communication on cell phone.
Dalle: Sluice.
Fall: Autumn.
Gall: Produced by bladder.
Hall: Partner of Oates.
Lall: Longest Allowed Lobe Length, Live and Let Live, Laughing and Limping Lazily.
Mall: Bunch of stores.
Maul: Rough up; related to Mall.
Pall: Deathly.
Tall: Vertical measure.
Wall: Impediment.
Yall: Inclusive pronoun in Savannah.
Zall: Ain't no mo'.

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Quote of the day: "I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice." Abraham Lincoln
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Twit

2010-02-02T23:50:00.000-07:00

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Twit: British-ism meaning idiot, Teenage Woman In her Thirties. Not a ripe goldfish. Character in a children's book.
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Quote of the day: "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese." Charles de Gaulle
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Topo

2010-02-01T00:52:00.001-07:00

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Topo: Map stuff, saccharine rodent, singer, bear, robot, Tunable Optical Parametric Oscillator
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Quote of the day: "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much" Oscar Wilde.
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Kew

2010-01-29T08:55:00.000-07:00

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Kew: Botanical Gardens including many large sculptures

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Quote of the day: "If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst." Joan Crawford
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Screed

2010-01-27T06:45:00.000-07:00

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Screed: Personal letter.
Scrod: Fish.
Screwed: Fastened with a conical inclined plane device.
Sacred: Believed to be holy.
Scared: Fearful that Big Louie will getcha in the night.

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Quote of the day: "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." John Cage
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Spong

2010-01-25T11:12:00.000-07:00

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Spong: one who encounters great good luck, despite their own incredible stupidity or clumsiness. (spawny + mong )

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Quote of the day: "Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory." Albert Schweitzer
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Drill

2010-01-21T23:53:00.001-07:00

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Drill: Practice.
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Video of Roman Police motorcycle drill - 1950
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Quote of the day: "Hope costs nothing." Colette
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Gloze

2010-01-20T13:28:00.001-07:00

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Gloze: Underplay, explain away.
Doze: Nap.
Owes: Must pay.
Does: Female deer.
Poes: Edgar Allen, et al.
Foes: Defriends
Goes: Exits, makes.
Hoes: Gardens, ladies who enthusiastically corrupt the publick gude.
Ohs: Exclamations.
Pose: Sit.
Hose: Water down.
Lows: Nadirs, makes cow sounds.
Mows: Cuts down.
Knows: Is in on.
Nose: Snuffle around the crime scene, bouquet.
Rose: That which by any other name smells about the same.
Crows: Cocks-a-doodle-do, blackbirds.
Bows: Arrow flingers, ribbon curlicues, bends.
Sews: Binds with thread.
Chose: Selected.
Slows: Unhastens.
Froze: Way unhastened.

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Quote of the day: "The first condition of immortality is death. Stanislaw J. Lec
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Draught

2010-01-18T07:39:00.000-07:00

Draught: Draw.

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Quote of the day: "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." William Butler Yeats
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Pingo

2010-01-15T00:28:00.000-07:00

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Pingo: Ice mound.
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Quote of the day: "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Abraham Lincoln
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Babool

2010-01-13T05:20:00.000-07:00

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Babool: Babul: Medicinal herb; home remedy for diarrhea.

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Quote of the day: "Life is a sexually transmitted disease." R. D. Laing
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Broach

2010-01-11T05:31:00.000-07:00

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Broach: Pin, introduce subject, bore.
Brooch: Broach.
Breach: Break.
Britch: Half a trouser.
Bletch: Expression of disgust.
Blotch: Stain.
Belch: Burp.
Bulge: Hernia.

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Quote of the day: "For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum." J. W. Schopf
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Dance

2010-01-08T07:58:00.000-07:00

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Dance: Modern dance as opposed to ballet. Body movement, often thought beneficial.
Chance: Happenstance, fortune, fortuitousness.
Gance: Abel, early French film director, notably of "Napoleon".
Lance: Spear, pike, Reventlow.
Nance: Ray-jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer.
Pants: Trousers, to forcibly remove same from victim on schoolyard.

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Quote of the day: " I am not young enough to know everything" Oscar Wilde.
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Umbel

2010-01-06T14:01:00.002-07:00

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Umbel: Umbrella-like cluster of flowers on a single stalk.

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Quote of the day: "Never let the fear of striking out get in your way." Babe Ruth
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Paradiddle

2010-01-03T21:46:00.002-07:00

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Paradiddle: Rudiment of snare drumming.

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Quote of the day: "I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch." Gilda Radner
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Antic

2010-01-01T08:21:00.002-07:00

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Antic: Goofy.
Frantic: Panicky
Pedantic: Educational.
Semantic: About language use.
Gigantic: Really big.
Atlantic: Ocean between New York and Bermuda.
Panic: Franticky
Mechanic: Hit man.

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Quote of the day: "Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses." Confucius
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Phlegm

2009-12-30T09:09:00.007-07:00

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Phlegm: Inactivity.
BEM: In SciFi: bug-eyed monster.
Dem: Demoscrat.
Hem: Edge.
LEM: Lunar dingus.
REM: Rapid eye movement.

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Quote of the day: "What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money." Henny Youngman
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Tatterdemalion

2009-12-28T09:15:00.000-07:00

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Tatterdemalion: Motley.

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"Quote of the day: "Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home." Bill Cosby
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Nudje

2009-12-24T23:18:00.003-07:00

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Nudje or noodge: Pest, pester.

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Quote of the day: "Art must take reality by surprise." Francoise Sagan
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Tyro

2009-12-23T01:45:00.000-07:00

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Tyro: Beginner.
Gyro: Spinning
Pyro: Related to fire.
Cairo: Cities in Egypt, Georgia, Illinois...

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Quote of the day: "I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays." Henny Youngman
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Nonce

2009-12-21T00:23:00.001-07:00

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Nonce: Used once; for the occasion only, idiomatically: for the time being.

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Quote of the day: "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." Dorothy Parker
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Pronk

2009-12-17T22:30:00.003-07:00

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Pronk: Jump straight up as a Gazelle.

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Quote of the day: "To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult." Plutarch
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Col

2009-12-16T07:10:00.001-07:00

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Col: Mountain pass
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Quote of the day: "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." Plato
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Bloke

2009-12-14T06:26:00.002-07:00

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Bloke: Gent, dude.
Cloak: Covering garment, veil.
Doke: Follows Okey.
Folk: The people.
Hoke: Nonsense.
Joke: Funny story.
Coke: Recreational ingestible.
Poke: Rude touch.
Soak: Get very wet.
Toke: Puff.
Woke: Stopped sleeping.
Yolk: Egg yellow.

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Quote of the day: "Neither blame nor praise yourself." Plutarch
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Midden

2009-12-11T05:55:00.000-07:00

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Middens: Heaps of the remains of ancient cooking sites.

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