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What's one really cool word for today? Part 5.

Asked by ibstubro (18804points) September 6th, 2015

I’ll start:

Prowess.

They were having fun with it on an NPR program. “Isn’t that a nautical term?” etc.
Have fun with it!

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Loafalicious.—Just made my famous meatloaf, everyone is in a frenzy right now. lol—

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I heard that prowess….“nautical term?” How about beautimous?

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Boobular.

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fribble. To spend one’s time on meaningless, insignificant things. Kind of like spending a day on Fluther.

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Hoi polloi. No, it is not a Chinese dish.

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Inauspicious start with “Loafalicious” on a
English
words
games
spelling
question @Coloma, but I’ll give it a GA on the “Have fun with it!” scale.

Wiktionary even makes distinctions of beautimous, @stanleybmanly. Amazing.

Boobular top image result, @Symbeline. lol

Ding, ding, ding! We have my favorite new answer, @zenvelo. Traditional word, new to me, appropriately defined.

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Riffraff, @ZEPHYRA.

Introspection

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Log-apalooza. I was reading a design magazine before and they were talking about how the issue is full of log homes, and they called it a log-apalooza.

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Malfeasance=Kim Davis

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Stoichiometry. I can really get my teeth into this one because it is efficient on a molar level.

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From the “Grammarly” site on FB: “Windbaggery” – a long conversation with little content.

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Defibrillator

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Fisticuffs

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Lollygagging.

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Charcuterie – - – Sausage Making

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YARN POCALYPSE

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Chanticleer
little cocky this morning

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Cockerel :-p

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cockananny

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Cockatoo

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Cocktails (I have tomorrow off)

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Cockpit.

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Cockleshells

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Cockswain.

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Boatswain.

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Cock a doodle do.

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Cockle shell

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Cockapoo.

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Joe Cocker LOL

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cockeyed

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Cockatiel

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Cockamamie

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Coccyx.

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Coccidia

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Cockroach. Just to make you all squirm. You’re welcome.

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Roadrunner – - Geococcyx californianus

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Cocktail

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Cockeyed

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Cock blocker.

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Halcyon
Truly one of my favorite, secret, mental words.
I say, in my mind, “My halcyon days.” and I am Ray Bradbury, spinning tales. He never seemed to be in a hurry.

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Cock-a-leekie (soup)

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cockahoop
(brave attempt @ibstubro to try and get us off cocks…)

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Cuckold

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Braggadocious
From an NPR piece.

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Pillow. pillows are soft, and I’m goin in them now, later

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^ Symbeline into the pillow, is that like Alice through the looking glass? Down the pillow hole she goes. lol

Bucolic

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Yeah. It’s like a big pit where the walls are pillows, and you fall in there, smacking into pillows. Then you end up in Pillowland.

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Perambulator

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Strumpet.

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Tromboner.

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Saxephoner lol

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Anglo-Saxon

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Philately.

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Philanthropic

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Flocculation.

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Jocular.

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Jo Jo Starbuck.

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Buck Naked.

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Neee-farious!

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Notorious.

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Nunchucks
Also spelled Nunchaku

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Naginata.

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Succumb.

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Rapey. lol

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@Symbeline Gotta look that one up!

Rapunzel

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@Symbeline A thrusting sword, sounds rapey to me. lol

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Lol, yeah. It’s the grandfather of the famous rapier.

Also; zweihänder.

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Bastard sword.

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Slither

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Scintillating!

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Scathing.

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Eew.

Scattling gun.

Eeeeeeew.

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That’s not a thing, @Symbeline super Eeeeeew.

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It is now. Also, ew.

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lol, scattling gun, LMAO

Carnivore

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Cannibal.

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Hannibal.

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Mandible

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Proboscis.

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Preposterous

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Rhinoceros.

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Flying saucerous

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Schnauzer

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Hiphopopotomus

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Preposterous.

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Stupendous

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Varmint.

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Critter

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hermaphrodite

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hemophiliac.

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Necrophage.

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Decoupage.

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Dismemberment.

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Decembers rent.

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Butt O Matic

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Bass O Matic lol

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Duodecimal – - – Numerical system known a base 12. That is where the “dozen” came from.

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@Tropical_Willie Heavy man, heavy, lol

Hourglass

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Buttsack.

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@Symbeline really lost me here….

but I’ll say… Fanny Pack.

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Fandango

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Pillowy soft.

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Sponge worthy.

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Charmin

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You know what I don’t get? Toilet paper advertisement. They show kittens and stuff on them, to tell you that the product is soft and all. I get that, I like soft things. But come on, I wouldn’t wipe my ass on a kitten, or a bear or, wtf toilet paper is so weird.

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Astroglide

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Vole.

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Rain! Yay…us parched Californians have some rain happen’en now!

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Flask.

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Gauntlet

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Gobbledygook

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Gobstopper

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Buttsmoker.

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Doppleganger

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Double dimple dribble lol

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Red Dixie cup ! !

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Kegger LOL

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The wind blow high an’ the wind blow low, off to the streets in my kilt I go, all of Fluther goes hello, Sym’line where’s ye knickers!

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Daguerreotype

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Oh man, men in Kilts, seeeexxxxy! lol

Autumn! Oh what a stupendous morning here, cool, breezy, perfect!

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Calvin’s alter egos;

Spaceman Spiff

Stupendous Man

Tracer Bullet

And the one time Napalm Man.

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Transmogrify

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transubstantiation
(for all you catholics…)

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Transformation.

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Transfomah!

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reconcilliation

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Cotillion

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Collusion

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Collision

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Repose.

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The Ponderosa. haha

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Buttkiss.

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Buttress

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Beefalo

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Yakalo
(that’s twice today you’ve made me google, @Coloma)!

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@Stinley Haha…what was the other one?

Yakima Washington state

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@Coloma Ponderosa – I chose Buffalo because there is a restaurant chain in France called Buffalo Grill – how good is that name??

anachronistic
(I nearly used this in a meeting today)

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arachnophobic

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Archaic

@Stinley Oh yes, Ponderosa is the name of the pine trees here in my area and the name of a famous old TV western series ranch in this area too.

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Midgets and dwarfs.
Artificer

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Fisticuffs

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handcuffs

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Buttcuffs.

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Cufflinks

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fisticuff

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Kerfuffle

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Kercheif

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Channeling @gail @Coloma Kerchief!
Atchoo

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Chattanooga

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Choo choo

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@Stinley haha…oops.

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Clandestine

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Intestine.

…connected to the butt.

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Rosy red Rectum.

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Sphincter.

also butt related

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Bottom.
Very butt related.

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Bangers

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The OP asks, “What is a good word for today?” In my part of the world this is an autumn Saturday, so…...
Procrastinate.

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Mellifluous
Too late to say Arse

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And because it’s October, how about…
Pumpkin.

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Squash (so weird. You can eat it and you can also squash a squash… English is strange.)

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Maleficent.

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Malevolent

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John Malcovich. lol

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glabrous

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SET. Only three letters long, yet it has the largest number of definitions in the English language.

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Unhinged. (I like the figurative meaning of this, compared to its literal meaning…. I get a strange Picasso-style image in my mind.) A person is ‘not on the level’ or ‘doesn’t have a handle on things’ or be ‘over one’s threshold’ .... all things pertaining to a door.

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Swinging

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Pinging.

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swingeing
which is what I was thinking of

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Rogering.

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Pirateering

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Fleece—as in, yay, it is finally chilly enough to wear warm, fuzzy clothes in the mornings now. lol—

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Fuzzy

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Snarky.

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Automaton
Evokes the ‘Mad Men’ era for me.

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Auto erotic

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Oxymoron.

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Marbles

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Nuts somehow related to marbles

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Wine. OMG…what a long day, now, a nice glass of red wine for me! haha

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Automat

Lucille Ball: hot water + ketchup = tomato soup.

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Coincidence. Back To The Future celebration right during the mass arrival of long gone jellies.

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Shrinky dinks.

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Stew —Mmmm…just finished putting a yummy stew together in the crock pot.—

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Fricasse
just had cpr (chicken peas and rice for dinner! )

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Frittata
just fun to say

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Tortilla

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Flotilla.

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Advil the middle aged persons best friend. lol

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Doozy

Armenian Aphrodite
(it’s not all about the Kardashians!)

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Flapdoodle

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Jetsam.

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Jetstream
not sure if this is two words or one

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Scramjet – a ramjet in which combustion takes place in a stream of gas moving at supersonic speed.

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Horseman/woman

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Frankenstein

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(@Coloma , I believe headless would sort of indicate, “woman” giggle.)

creepy

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Scapegoat

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Dreamscape

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Departure

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Layover

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Tablescape.

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Tableau

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Scrabble

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Babble.

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Hodgepodge—a random assortment of things

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Willynilly

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Galavanting.

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Traipsing

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traversing

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Dispersing

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dissolving

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Dissolution

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Resolution.

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Exponential (this is seriously one of my favorite words)

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(Seriously! One of mine too!)

Pi.

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irrational

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multi-national.

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Indefensible

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Caribou

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Luncheon meeting a a friend for lunch soon.

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Smorgasbord.

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Remembrance
since it is Remembrance Sunday

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Cranberry sauce! Just made my famous cranberry/apple relish. Yummmmy!

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Jaunty

I once had an on-line friend that got a tattoo of a ‘jaunty little skeleton’.

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Javelin

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Sponge-worthy.

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Noteworthy

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Turbulence

Fasten your seatbelts…

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Paraskevidekatriaphobia – - – fear of Friday the 13th

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@Tropical_Willie Not allowed – it’s my daughter’s birthday today. Happy words only about today!

Felicitations

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@Stinley, my daughters B-Day is this Weds. the 18th, happy birthday to your family!

Salutations

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Cunnilingus.

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@Coloma thank you!

Draconian

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my son’s birthday was Friday the 13th too!

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Specious

Hint – currently a synonym for ‘Republican’.

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@cazzie birthday twins! DD is 9
Coincidence

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Precipitation! Yay…rain, rain, rain here in the parched CA. hills.

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Celsius
(We finally got freezing and there is a dust of snow on the ground.

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Spork
good for camping

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Sparkle not in my allergy’d out eyes today. lol

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Tinkle.

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Sprinkle
@jca have you been reading the urinal q too?!

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@Stinley: No, but when I was little, urination was referred to as “tinkling.”

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Crinkle

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Wee Willie Winkie.

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^^^ Haha..“Winkey” is our ranch dog here but she is not wee, she is a big she.

Luxuriate what I am doing today, luxuriating in a lovely day off.

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Akimbo
Top that. I woke this morning with my arms all akimbo.

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Hullabaloo

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Gigolo.

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juggernaut

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Junebug

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Bugged out.

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Buggery

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Begonia,

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Bologna

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Bolognese – - Red Sauce at its best.

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Bourgeois

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Bellicose

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Belligerent

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Blimp.

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blockade

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Blurb.

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Blasphemy

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….Bullshit?

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Gesticulation

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Diagnostic FRACK, I just spent 2 freaking HOURS trying to troubleshoot a network connection issue and all it freaking took was to unplug for a minute after jumping through all kinds of technical hoops. Gah!

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Jumbo.

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Jambalaya

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Judicious

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Jubilee.

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Jubilant I am jubilant about the coming storm today!

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Joshua tree.

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Juxtapose

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Hydroponic.

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Reverse osmosis

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substantial

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sprain I sprained my poor ankle for the 2nd time in the last 8 weeks, bah humbug!

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Claptrap

“What is, a whorehouse?” @Alex.
:-D

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^ LMAO!

Syphilis

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Symphony

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Cacaphony.

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Shemitah

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Shibboleth

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Frosty so frosty and cold my monster, mega fluffy cat took one step out on the deck and then came back in. haha

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Boaz – - It means “swiftness” in Hebrew.

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Snooze.

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Hawaii

Beautiful exotic word for a beautiful exotic place.

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Madrigal

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Ukulele

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Kia ora.

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Christmas
natch

Be well, @cazzie.

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Fa la la la la la la la laaaaaa

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Rowdy.

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^^^ My neigh-bor, a horse, is named Rowdy. haha

Toucan

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Touché

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Torchiere

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@ibstubro are you getting a Torchiere lamp? ?

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Troubadour

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Lucifer.

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Beelzebub.

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Betelgeuse

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@cazzie Cool article, Raspberry flavored space dust. haha

Chrysalis

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Zephyr.

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Spangled

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My Charona.

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^ LOL

Mony Mony…

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Fiona Apple.

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Spatial

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Intergalactic

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Superfluous

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Pond-shark

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Pompous

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Serendipity.

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Serenity

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Surreal

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@jca I meant to say that Serendipity is one of my favourite words

Spanish

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Synovia as in Synovial fluid, my knee joints are drying out.

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Cyanotic

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Cyanide

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Cyphering
Jethro

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@ibstubro Do you need to take off your shoes and socks for more complicated cypherin’? lol

Cyclone

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Psilocybin.

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Psychedelic

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bogeyman

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Beatnik

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Flabbergasted

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Blubber

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landlubber

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Rubber ducky

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Galoshes rubber overshoes

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Chiclets

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Chipolatas

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Cant have haggis without NEEPS

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Raviole

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Pierogi.

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Pain Perdu – - > French Toast

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Procrastination

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@Stinley haha..that’s me with taking out the trash, I call it procrastitrash.

Pugnacious

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Plummet

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Pugilistic

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Pugsley.

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Pungent

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Succotash

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Hashish.

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Mishmash

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Platitude

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Splish splash.

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Precipitation

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Pusillanimous.

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Urinary Gah..I have a UTI for the 1st time in 25 years…gah..I am dying. haha

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Oversharing

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LOL

Overactive bladder

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Mediocrity

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Media circus.

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Krylon.

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Cryptogram

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Cryptosporidium—a genus of apicomplexan protozoans that can cause gastrointestinal illness (cryptosporidiosis)

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helicobacter

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Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. Look it up.

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Pizza pizza…

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Persimmon

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Two in a row @Coloma

Parsnip

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Periwinkle

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Privet a botanical jag

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Porcupine

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Pincushion

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Magenta

A word that I unequivocally remember learning from my Crayola Crayon’s box.

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Mulberry

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Burgundy
(couldn’t resist another go)

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Corduroy.

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Velveteen

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avoidance

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Avarice

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Javalina

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Stalwart
To mark George Kennedy’s passing.

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Cinnamon

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Cardamon

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Cardamom, @Stinley.

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@jca I had to google but it seems it can be either (I have to concur that cardamom is the more common since it is the main entry)

Potato

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Mashed although I have never eaten mashed potato before

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Tapioca

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Kumara (because my kid took a sweet potato I bought and brought it to me and acted like it was talking. ‘You are so nice and pretty. I’m so glad I’m here with you.’ it said. See… it was being sweet.)

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Calliper

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Calliope

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calamari

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Cauliflower

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Chocolate

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Bunny. almost time for chocolate easter bunnies. haha

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6 haha..good word

Marmalade Smarmalade?

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Atheneum.

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Delphinium

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Alpha Beta lol

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Gazebo
Heard on NPR today

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Garbanzo

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Ephemera.

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Eclipse

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Enchilada

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Enteritis what you get when you eat too many enchilads. haha

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thanks @Coloma I was thinking about enchiladas for dinner. Not now!
Ephemera

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Ethereal @Stinley haha…sorry.

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Pugnacious

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Part 6!

(I didn’t realize we’d run on so long.)

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