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metonymy

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Using a phrase to represent something else

“The Big Guy“ in Hunter’s email is a metonymy for President Biden.

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mugwump

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A Republican by name only who supports democratic causes

John McCain was a mugwump.

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charientism

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a gracefully veiled insult

Nile’s charientism “I will try to defer to your shellfish demands.” was brilliant.

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desultory

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skipping around, aimless or random

Biden’s desultory manner is a hallmark of dementia.

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pleonastic

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redundancy

A pleonastic example is “the man he said boo,” should read “ the man said boo.”

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callomania

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characterized by a woman under the illusion she us beautiful

Hollywood abounds in callomania.

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excerebrose

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having no brain

Pelosi is excerebrose.

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hebetude

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mental dullness

Biden’s hebetude as he chews his cud is on display to the world.

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animateur

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A teacher who puts life into a subject

Father Gaglia was an animateur.

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jolie-laide

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unusual looking but kind of pretty

Ellana was jolie-laide.

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hesternal

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of yesterday

I fondly recall my hesternal body surfing days with Kevin.

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amatory

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having to do with sexual love

She spurned his amatory advances.

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aphilophrenia

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a sudden feeling you are not loved

Biden is suffering from aphilophrenia.

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testudinate

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tortoise like

The testudinate traffic in miami is soul-crushing.

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Gibralter

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a stronghold

She is his Gibralter.

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bated

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reduced in force

The bated gale allowed the sailboat to survive.

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wainscoting

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wood paneling

The wainscoting is beautiful.

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Kilkenny Cats

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a fight to the bitter end and no one is left

The coming war with China will be one of Kilkenny Cats.

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gadfly

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one who persistently annoys

Mom in her senility and confusion has become a gadfly.

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argonaut

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a bold and daring sailor

Before GPS sailors were true argonauts.

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anfractuous

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winding and gyrating

He was crazy in love with the pelvically anfractuous Mildred S. Bonk.

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hobbledehoy

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a gangly awkward youth

Who would have foreseen she would marry that hobbledehoy.

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cyprian

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characteristic of a lewd woman or prostitute

I found her cyprian ways unattractive.

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epistolary

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characterized by writing letters to one another

I always dreamed if an epistolary relationship with WF Buckley.

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quixotic

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not sensible about practical matters

Oft my quixotic nature led me astray and into penury.

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sciolist

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a pretender to knowledge

Fauci sounds authoritative but is actually a sciolist.

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venal

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able to be bribed

Both Biden and his Son are venal.

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pronkened

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moved majestically

Q pronkened about the dressage arena.

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impudicity

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shamelessness

Hunter Biden’s impudicity is beyond words.

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deipnosophy

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learned conversation

The deipnosophy that Dennison and I had at Salute on the beach was always enjoyable.

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abderianism

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incessant idiotic laughter

Kamala’s abderianism is really inappropriate.

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insouciance

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unconcern, uncaring about consequences

The murderer’s insouciance about his crime appalled the jury.

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bratticing

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wooden boarding erected to partition off a dangerous area

Bratticing was erected around the condemned house.

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perfidy

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unfaithfulness, treachery

Keegan’s perfidy is a marriage breaker.

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esplanade

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a long flat stretch of shoreline

The esplanade at Bahia Honda is one of the best in the USA.

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diabob

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an object of amateur art

Why do Hunter’s diabobs sell only to CCP members? Duh!

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hircine

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smelling like a goat, uriniferous

Although Adonis-like in appearance, his hircine odor was a buzz kill.

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animadversions

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very harsh criticisms

Even CNN is leveling blasts of animadversions at the White House.

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estivate

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to pass summer in a dormant state

The teen ideal is to estivate with their video games.

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mensche

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a decent upright person

I am a mensche.

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Rabelraisian

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coarsely humorous

I am not fon of Bala’s Rabelraisian jokes.

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insular

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isolated like an island

Because of the bad news coverage he became insular.

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brimborion

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a useless thing

Truck drivers, saddled with a brimborion, compensate with big wheels and elevated trucks.

44
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minuend and subtrahend

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12- 4=8

Twelve is the minuend and the subtrahend “behind” it is four.

45
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cacoethes

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an uncontrolable desire to do something bad, or a bad habit

His cacoethes is stress eating.

46
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palmary

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a prize worthy accomplishment or event

Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem was a palmary literally.

47
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deliciate

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to reward oneself

Given my successful weight loss, i will deliciate myself Friday with a cheese pizza.

48
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agathist

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a philosophical optimist

Agathists just shrug at the shrillings of Global Warmers.

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sententious

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moralizing and pompous

As the screechy sententious little bitch wagged her finger at me , I yawned a cavernous and sincere yawn.

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uxorious

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doting excessively on ones wife

One cannot help but wonder if Brad is a bit too uxorious for Jaclyn.

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opine

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to give an opinion

Many opine , but few are knowledgeable.

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gerontolagnia

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strong sexual desire in an older man

The protagonist in Lolita suffers from gerontolagnia.

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quaquaversal adj

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characterized by a declivity in every direction

The quaquaversal peak of Half Dome was dizzying and dangerous.

54
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sophistry

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arguing deceitfully

Blaming gas prices on Putin is sophistry.

55
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vainglorious

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conceited

The vainglorious Aaron Rodgers was handed a stunning defeat by the rookie from Cincinnati.

56
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ceteris paribus adv. setteris par ee boose

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if all other things remain the same

Ceteris paribus, the current political clime favors a Democratic demolition.

57
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scopophilia

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the sexual stimulation experienced by a peeping tom

The scopohilic sign at Blue Haven states “Showers 1$, peeks 5$.”

58
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discerp

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to tear to shreds

I watched in amazement as the toddler discerped an entire roast chicken… Versed…obviously a good sedative to use.

59
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internecine

inter knee sign

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The internecine violence amongst BLM members is consistent with their belluine tendencies.

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bruited

brew eed

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to spread news of rumours

“The Queen is dead!” bruited about Parliment.

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natable

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able to float

My natable BMI is an advantage when I swim.

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diathyramb

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a hymn to Bacchus

The wild Miami Spring Breakers sang out their diathyrambs in praise of Bacchus.

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syntomy

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conciseness in speech

Dennison’s syntomy was legendary.

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callow

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lacking in adult sophistication and judgement

Even as a child, Travis was never callow.

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upbraid

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to censure or find fault with

We need to upbraid Ilhan Omar for her anti-Semitism.

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tendentious

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trying to promote a particular politic and not unbiased

MSM is so tendentious that one does not know the truth anymore.

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soss

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an interjection to call the pigs on a farm to meals

Hey Honey, could you soss the children for dinner?

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longanimous

long gan eh mus

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characterised by silent and patient suffering

Job was longanimous.

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inveterate

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confirmed in habit

Schumer is an inveterate liar.

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Bucentaur

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the luxury barge of the doges of Venice

Hilary, and her lover, returned to her Bucentaur on the Riviera.

71
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cocinnity

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a harmonius arrangement

The concinnity of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony will never be outdone.

72
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calumny

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slander

They heaped calumny about my feet.

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neoteny

knee aught ten knee

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keeping an ancestral feature

The neoteny of the broad flat nose of Africans has passed down through eons.

74
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nullibicity

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the state of being nowhere

I survived the nullibicity of Nebraska.

75
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irascible

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easily angered

Everyone is so irascible nowadays.

76
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ben trovato

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well made up even if untrue

As with all reminicences, they tend to be ben trovato.

77
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caballine

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horselike

Her caballine face is ugly.

78
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lipper

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a slight ruffling of the sea

The sun coruscated off the lipper.

79
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drizzen

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a mournful wail of a lazy person being forced to work

The predictable teenage drizzen followed my command, “Do your homework damnit!”

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abatjour

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a structure in a building that brings in more light

I am placing an abatjour, a skylight in my house.

81
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blandishments

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excessive compliments to curry favor

The Russian Colonel’s blandishments of Putin did not succeed in getting him promoted.

82
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logy

low gee

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sluggish

My precaffienated logy ain’t pretty.

83
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boiserie

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carved wood paneling

Psi Upsilon’s mahogany boiserie was spectacular.

84
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calefacient

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a warming ointment

The strong calefacient odor of Bengay permeated the loser’s locker room.

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