Thursday, April 30, 2009

Dove

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Paloma

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Elephant

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Elephant in the Room: The huge issue that everyone knows about but no one dares comment on. Cyrano's nose.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Forearm

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Forearm: Between the wrist and the elbow. Prepare for battle.
Aftarm: Rear spar on a ship.
Spar: Practice boxing.
Boxing: Packing for shipment.
Pack: Carrier.
Carrier: Ship for delivering and launching planes in combat.
Combat: Boxing with the forearmed.

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Precinct

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Precinct: District:
Postcinct: Aftermath of Titanic.
Intercinct: Between the cincts.

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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Systolic

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Systolic: Peak blood pressure in the arteries.
Apostolic: Blood pressure when the Pope speaks.
Hyperbolic: When the Pope speaks.
Colic: Baby condition.
Folic: Acid.
Hydraulic: Liquid pressure.
-ic: Suffix meaning "of or pertaining to". Oddly applied to addicts of alcohol; alcoholic, chocolate; chocoholic and the rarely heard: caffeineic and heroinic.

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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Chuckles

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Chuckles: Candy bar, clown noted for seltzer-down-pants.
Buckles: Cinches.
Huckles: With berries and Finn.
Cuckolds: Betrayed ones.
Knuckles: Mystery-movie yegg.

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Friday, April 24, 2009

Larrup

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Larrup: Flog.
Stirrup: Boot holder on a saddle.
Stir up: Cause commotion.
Chirrup: Chirp.
Burp up: Belch.
Curple: The curvy part.
Purple: The color which Royalty is born to. Also Oprah.

Festus in Gunsmoke oft would say of vittles: "Them was larruping good and toothsome."

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Andale

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Hoo-ha

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Hoo-Ha: Privates.
Privates: Expendable soldiers.
Soldiers: Broad-shouldered warriors.
Shoulders: Top part of torso.
Torso: Body.
Body: Everything, including hoo-ha.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Stern

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Stern: Aft. Stern, Isaac: Violinist who saved Carnegie Hall. Stern, Bill: Sportscaster.
Aft: P.M.
P.M.: Prime Minister.
Minister: Succor:
Succor: Futbol.

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Monday, April 20, 2009

Complect

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Complect: Plait.
Complicate: Add unnecessary elements.
Complicitous: Togetherishness.
Complimentary: Free.
Complementary: Additional
Complitudinous: Worthy of compliments.

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Wain

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Wain: farm wagon.

John Wayne is a farm wagon with an outhouse.

Wayne Newton is a farm wagon with a fig.

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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Minim

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Minim: Outsider, fluid measure, half-note."If I maximize my minim I will still be an outsider. If I minimize my maxim I'll have a small gun.
Maxim:Aphorism, protagonist of Rebecca, big gun.
Mino: Flip camcorder.
Minion: Enough men.
Mini: Short, short skirt.
Minox: Spy camera for observers of minis.

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Friday, April 17, 2009

Kymric

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Kymric: Welsh
Welsh: Fail to pay a debt.
Debt: What is owed.
Ode: Poem of praise.
Prays: Requests divine intercession.
Divine: Fat movie star.
Star: Large body in the sky.
Sky: Character in Guys and Dolls.

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Factotem

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Moop

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Moop: Push with nose, criminal.

My cat will push with her nose anything movable on the counter until it topples over the edge and falls on the floor. She then hunches over the precipice and stares at the object.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Plum Chili

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Plum Chili: Quite cool.

"Why it be plumb chilly out tonight, Zenobia".
"Sho 'nuff be's Clem".

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Geoduck

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Geoduck: large clam, pronounced gooey-duck.

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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Carbon 14

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Carbon 14: Dating Service.

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Saturday, April 11, 2009

El Dia de Los Muertos

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Cringle

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cringle: Hard grommet.
Kringle: Santa.
Pringle: Conservative Potato Chip.

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Friday, April 10, 2009

Inure

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Inure: Get used to.
In your face: Get used to it.
You're in: You've got the job.
Your'un: Belonging to you.
Your on: I'll take your challenge.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Pigeons

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Pigeon feeder at Warwick Castle, England.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Cosmoline

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Cosmoline: Goo used to protect weapons from rust and to get the goat of anyone trying to remove it.
Vaseline: Petroleum jelly.
Jelly: Goo, made from fruit and sugar.
Sugar: Sweet stuff.
Stuff: Anything, including cosmoline.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Blush Brush

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Blush brush: Sable applicator.
Crush hush: Secret heartthrob.
Gush mush: Throbby novel.
Plush flush: Zsa Zsa's swirl.
Slush rush: High on dirty snow.

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Monday, April 6, 2009

Tun

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Tun: Large cask.
Bun: Round bread.
Dun: Demand money.
Fun: Haha.
Gun: Hooha.
Hun: Warrior.
Nun: Habitual prayer.
Pun: Hoho.
Run: Hightail.
Sun: Big Mama.

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Swash

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Swash: Bluster.

"Avast, ye blighters, buckle yer swash or I'll ventilate yer gizzards, yaaar!"

Squash: Mash, ball game, vegetable.
Squish: Mash.
Swish: Wiggle.
Swoosh: Nike logo.

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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Fungible

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Fungible: Capable of becoming a mushroom. Same-o_Same-o. Interchangeable.

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Friday, April 3, 2009

Applause

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Quibble

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Quibble: Dicker about trivialities.
Dibble: Poke holes.
Kibble: Pet food.
Nibble: Eat fastidiously. Munch lightly.
Sybil, sibyl, Cybele: Woman with personality disorder, goddess.
Ish kabibble: Merwyn Bogue

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Coarse

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Coarse: Rough.
Course: Path.
Cours: Hearts.
Coors: Beer.
Cooers: Pigeons.
Cooders: Rys
Coopers: Barrel-makers

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