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Strabismus
The inability of one eye to obtain binocular vision with the other because of an imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball.
In the schoolyard, Billy protested that he wasn’t cockeyed. “I suffer from Strabismus,” he said, whereupon the bullies beat him harder.
Capybara
A tailless, largely aquatic South American rodent often exceeding four feet in length
Don’t look now Pedro, but I think that tailless, largely aquatic four-and-a-half-foot rodent swimming next to you may be a capybara
Boanthropy
The delusion that one has become an ox
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Dystopia
A place or state where things are as bad as it gets.
Whenever Jack gets depressed about living in a dystopia, he calls his brother in Florida
Ecdysiast
A striptease artist.
Politically correct Tom told his son, “say ‘ecdysiast,’ the word ‘stripper’ is insulting.”
Bankrupt
The state of being hopelessly in debt.
Having to choose between being morally bankrupt or financially bankrupt, Philip chose moral, saying “if I have to be bankrupt, I at least want money.”
Phylactery
Either of two square leather boxes containing religious texts, traditionally worn on the left arm and head by Jewish men during morning weekday prayers.
Billy, put down that phylactery—we’re Episcopalian.
Cow
It means “a cow.”
Please spell cow.
Cystitis
An inflammation of the urinary bladder.
Sally’s mother told her it was her cystitis that made her special.
Acouchi
A South American rodent of the genus Myoprocta, resembling an agouti
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Thalposis
A sensation of warmth
After feeling another wave of thalposis, Tommy realized he was in the kiddie pool.
Arriviste
A person who has attained high position or great power without due merit, effort, or intelligence.
Kim Kardashian received top honors at this year’s first annual Arriviste Awards.
Pheochromocytomata
Tumors that produce excess epinephrine and cause hypertension, nausea, and diarrhea in one’s sympathetic nervous system.
When the Dr told John about his Pheochromocytomata, he wondered how nausea and diarrhea could be part of a Sympathetic nervous system.
Tittup
It means lively movement or behavior, or to move restlessly. It refers to the sound of horse hooves—tittup, tittup, tittup.
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Catterjoons
That definition is unknown. It exists in the oral tradition, seems to be an old Nantucket whaling term. There is only one written citation.
The neap tide is upon us. The leviathan nears. Catterjoons.
