Lorax

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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