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Post by sonico on Jun 11, 2021 15:00:11 GMT
Robinsonade: describes this Daniel Defoe's famous 1719 work theme, about castaway Robinson Crusoeon his tropical island.
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Post by madmax on Jun 12, 2021 9:00:08 GMT
Rodomontade: this delightfully imitative word, which rolls swaggeringly off tongues. Like boastful or inflated talk, or behaviour that this describes.
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Post by bleu on Jun 15, 2021 8:00:16 GMT
Sarcophagus: has traditionally been this limestone stone coffin; typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription Particularly associated with Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilisations.
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Post by jet on Jun 23, 2021 8:01:14 GMT
Semordnilap: close relative for the palindrome, this string of letters which reads same backwards as forwards. Like, ("Madam, I'm Adam"; "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!"; "Was it a car or a cat I saw?").
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Post by gaia on Jun 23, 2021 13:00:45 GMT
Merrythought: came from this older customary term. Used mainly for wishbones inherent in Turkey, Chicken or other fowls, served on your table.
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Post by barbie on Jun 23, 2021 17:11:50 GMT
Serendipity: meaning ability for makinge unexpected and fortunate discoveries.
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Post by sassy on Jun 23, 2021 18:15:38 GMT
Singultient: when seeing some thespianic practitioner accepting their Oscar with extreme protestations about love and admiration for everyone she has ever worked with, while flooding lectern with tears in pleasure.
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Post by trinity on Jun 24, 2021 13:06:20 GMT
Skillygalee: is this thin and watery gruel made from oatmeal.
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Post by whitewolf on Jun 25, 2021 8:20:39 GMT
Skimmington: was this common way in English towns for expressing moral outrage toward actions from married couples, perhaps because either her husband beat his wife or she being adulterous.
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Post by sonico on Jun 25, 2021 15:22:31 GMT
Skulduggery: means underhand, unscrupulous or trickery behaviour.
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Post by bleu on Jun 29, 2021 8:13:45 GMT
Slumgullion: means cheap stew made by throwing anything handy into your pot with water and boiling for some while. This word had many other names, like Mulligan stew and Irish stew.
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Post by jet on Jun 30, 2021 8:05:48 GMT
Snickersnee: refers to hand-to-hand fighting with pointed knives.
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Post by gaia on Jun 30, 2021 13:06:57 GMT
Snollygoster: refers about some shrewd, unprincipled person; especially Politicians.
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Post by sassy on Jun 30, 2021 19:08:52 GMT
Sockdolager: literally means someone's heavy or knock-down blow.
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Post by aphrodite on Jul 1, 2021 7:02:44 GMT
Spifflicate: means rough or severe for treating someone.
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