What is a pit Woofie?
A "pit woofie", would be to stock car racing, what a "groupie" is to the rock and roll world. "Why don't you come back later on and you and me will find us a couple low mileage 'pit woofies' and help 'em build a memory." -L. Q. "Sonny" Clemmons Get the pit woofie mug.
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To "Reef"
Sailing term
"Reduces the area of a sail
Reefing reduces the area of a sail, usually by folding or rolling one edge of the canvas in on itself and attaching the unused portion to a spar or a stay, as the primary measure to preserve a sailing vessel's stability in strong winds. Restoring full sail area is termed shaking out a reef."
Sailing term
"Reduces the area of a sail
Reefing reduces the area of a sail, usually by folding or rolling one edge of the canvas in on itself and attaching the unused portion to a spar or a stay, as the primary measure to preserve a sailing vessel's stability in strong winds. Restoring full sail area is termed shaking out a reef."
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Fis·tu·la
/ˈfisCHələ/
noun
1.
an abnormal or surgically made passage between a hollow or tubular organ and the body surface, or between two hollow or tubular organs.
Word Origin
late Middle English: from Latin, ‘pipe, flute, fistula’.
/ˈfisCHələ/
noun
1.
an abnormal or surgically made passage between a hollow or tubular organ and the body surface, or between two hollow or tubular organs.
Word Origin
late Middle English: from Latin, ‘pipe, flute, fistula’.
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Bacchanal: drunkard; a reveler
ORIGIN
Bacchanal
1530s (n.), "riotous, drunken roistering;" 1540s (adj.) "pertaining to Bacchus," from Latin bacchanalis "having to do with Bacchus (q.v.). The meaning "characterized by intemperate drinking" is from 1711; the meaning "one who indulges in drunken revels" is by 1812.
ORIGIN
Bacchanal
1530s (n.), "riotous, drunken roistering;" 1540s (adj.) "pertaining to Bacchus," from Latin bacchanalis "having to do with Bacchus (q.v.). The meaning "characterized by intemperate drinking" is from 1711; the meaning "one who indulges in drunken revels" is by 1812.
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dullard noun
/ˈdʌlɑːd/
/ˈdʌlɑːrd/
(old-fashioned)
a stupid person with no imagination
Word Origin
Middle English: from Middle Dutch dullaert, from dul ‘dull’.
/ˈdʌlɑːd/
/ˈdʌlɑːrd/
(old-fashioned)
a stupid person with no imagination
Word Origin
Middle English: from Middle Dutch dullaert, from dul ‘dull’.
We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depths of our answers - Carl Sagan
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Eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious
Extremely well
Additional Information
American slang word. A 30-letter adjective meaning "very good, very fine". It can be found in Wisen's dictionary of American slang, printed in 1934. It appears to be an American slang originating in the area of Nebraska, Oregon, and Massachusetts. It was probably formed as a portmanteau by adjoining together two pre-existing words.
Extremely well
Additional Information
American slang word. A 30-letter adjective meaning "very good, very fine". It can be found in Wisen's dictionary of American slang, printed in 1934. It appears to be an American slang originating in the area of Nebraska, Oregon, and Massachusetts. It was probably formed as a portmanteau by adjoining together two pre-existing words.
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My goodness! That's a huge area of origin. Stretching across the entire country from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.Doodoo wrote: ↑August 8, 2023, 3:50 pmEellogofusciouhipoppokunurious
Extremely well
Additional Information
American slang word. A 30-letter adjective meaning "very good, very fine". It can be found in Wisen's dictionary of American slang, printed in 1934. It appears to be an American slang originating in the area of Nebraska, Oregon, and Massachusetts. It was probably formed as a portmanteau by adjoining together two pre-existing words.
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Portmanteau:
port·man·teau
/pôrtˈmantō/
noun
1.
a large trunk or suitcase, typically made of stiff leather and opening into two equal parts.
2.
a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel (from ‘motor’ and ‘hotel’) or brunch (from ‘breakfast’ and ‘lunch’).
"podcast is a portmanteau, a made-up word coined from a combination of the words iPod and broadcast"
port·man·teau
/pôrtˈmantō/
noun
1.
a large trunk or suitcase, typically made of stiff leather and opening into two equal parts.
2.
a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel (from ‘motor’ and ‘hotel’) or brunch (from ‘breakfast’ and ‘lunch’).
"podcast is a portmanteau, a made-up word coined from a combination of the words iPod and broadcast"
'Don't waste your words on people who deserve your silence'
~Reinhold Messner~
'You don't have to be afraid of everything you don't understand'
~Louise Perica~
"Never put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until next week."
~Ian Vincent~
~Reinhold Messner~
'You don't have to be afraid of everything you don't understand'
~Louise Perica~
"Never put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until next week."
~Ian Vincent~
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dil·et·tante
/ˌdiləˈtänt/
noun
a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
"a wealthy literary dilettante"
/ˌdiləˈtänt/
noun
a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
"a wealthy literary dilettante"
'Don't waste your words on people who deserve your silence'
~Reinhold Messner~
'You don't have to be afraid of everything you don't understand'
~Louise Perica~
"Never put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until next week."
~Ian Vincent~
~Reinhold Messner~
'You don't have to be afraid of everything you don't understand'
~Louise Perica~
"Never put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until next week."
~Ian Vincent~
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Caffoy: velvety fabric
Some velvets, such as moquette, caffoy, and plush, were made of wool and were more durable than silk. Large quantities of predominantly plain-patterned velvets produced in Holland are now (inaccurately) called Utrecht velvets.
Some velvets, such as moquette, caffoy, and plush, were made of wool and were more durable than silk. Large quantities of predominantly plain-patterned velvets produced in Holland are now (inaccurately) called Utrecht velvets.
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Sa·lu·bri·ous
adjective
1.
health-giving; healthy:
"salubrious weather"
ORIGIN
"favorable to health, wholesome," 1540s, from Latin salubris "promoting health, healthful," from salus (genitive salutis) "welfare, health" (from PIE root *sol- "whole, well-kept"). Originally of foods, medicine; in reference to air, climate, etc., by 1610s. Related: Salubriously; salubriousness.
adjective
1.
health-giving; healthy:
"salubrious weather"
ORIGIN
"favorable to health, wholesome," 1540s, from Latin salubris "promoting health, healthful," from salus (genitive salutis) "welfare, health" (from PIE root *sol- "whole, well-kept"). Originally of foods, medicine; in reference to air, climate, etc., by 1610s. Related: Salubriously; salubriousness.
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Csardas
NOUN 1. A Hungarian dance with a slow introduction and a fast, wild finish.
"My folk dancing group is learning the csardas this week."
"The dancers will show off many traditional European dances, including the csardas from Hungary."
"I'm always completely out of breath by the time we finish the fast-paced ending of the csardas."
NOUN 1. A Hungarian dance with a slow introduction and a fast, wild finish.
"My folk dancing group is learning the csardas this week."
"The dancers will show off many traditional European dances, including the csardas from Hungary."
"I'm always completely out of breath by the time we finish the fast-paced ending of the csardas."
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Argle-bargle: copious but meaningless talk or writing
argle (v.)
1580s "to argue obstinately, wrangle," "prob. a popular perversion of argue, or confusion of that word with haggle" [OED]. Reduplicated form argle-bargle is from 1822 (sometimes argy-bargy, 1857); As a noun, "wrangling" from 1861.
also from 1580s
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argue (v.)
c. 1300, "to make reasoned statements to prove or refute a proposition," from Old French arguer "maintain an opinion or view; harry, reproach, accuse, blame" (12c.), ultimately from Latin arguere "make clear, make known, prove, declare, demonstrate" (from a suffixed form of PIE root *arg- "to shine; white"). The transmission to French might be via arguere in a Medieval Latin sense of "to argue," or from Latin argutare "to prattle, prate," frequentative of arguere.
De Vaan says arguere is probably "a denominative verb 'to make bright, enlighten' to an adj. *argu- 'bright' as continued in argutus and outside Italic." He cites a closely similar formation in Hittite arkuuae- "to make a plea." The meaning "to oppose, dispute, contend in argument" is from late 14c. Related: Argued; arguing.
argle (v.)
1580s "to argue obstinately, wrangle," "prob. a popular perversion of argue, or confusion of that word with haggle" [OED]. Reduplicated form argle-bargle is from 1822 (sometimes argy-bargy, 1857); As a noun, "wrangling" from 1861.
also from 1580s
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argue (v.)
c. 1300, "to make reasoned statements to prove or refute a proposition," from Old French arguer "maintain an opinion or view; harry, reproach, accuse, blame" (12c.), ultimately from Latin arguere "make clear, make known, prove, declare, demonstrate" (from a suffixed form of PIE root *arg- "to shine; white"). The transmission to French might be via arguere in a Medieval Latin sense of "to argue," or from Latin argutare "to prattle, prate," frequentative of arguere.
De Vaan says arguere is probably "a denominative verb 'to make bright, enlighten' to an adj. *argu- 'bright' as continued in argutus and outside Italic." He cites a closely similar formation in Hittite arkuuae- "to make a plea." The meaning "to oppose, dispute, contend in argument" is from late 14c. Related: Argued; arguing.
