war story \WOR-STOR-ee\ (noun) : a story of a memorable personal experience typically involving an element of danger, hardship, or adventure Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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pleonasm \PLEE-uh-naz-um\ (noun) 1 : the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense : redundancy 2 : an instance or example of pleonasm Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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We have had some toothsome dishes, interesting war stories (so to speak), and many instances of pleonasm here at Hatrack.
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fealty \FEEL-tee\ (noun) 1 a : the fidelity of a vassal or feudal tenant to his lord b : the obligation of such fidelity 2 : intense fidelity Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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miasma \mye-AZ-muh or mee-AZ-muh\ (noun) 1 : a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease; also : a heavy vaporous emanation or atmosphere 2 : an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt; also : an atmosphere that obscures : fog Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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Sisyphean \sih-suh-FEE-un\ (adjective) : of, relating to, or suggestive of the labors of Sisyphus; specifically : requiring continual and often ineffective effort Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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wooden \WOO-dun (WOO as in "wood")\ (adjective) 1 : made or consisting of wood 2 : lacking ease or flexibility : awkwardly stiff Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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What is up with the last three words of the day? I mean, benedict? Wooden? Cosmetize? I think I'm going to cosmetize you now. When are you ever going to use that word?
factitious \fak-TIH-shuss\ (adjective) 1 : produced by humans rather than by natural forces 2 a : formed by or adapted to an artificial or conventional standard b : produced by special effort : sham Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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sounding board \SOWND-ing-BORD\ (noun) 1 : a structure behind or over a pulpit, rostrum, or platform to give distinctness and sonority to sound 2 : a device or agency that helps propagate opinions or utterances 3 : a person or group on whom one tries out an idea or opinion as a means of evaluating it Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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engender \in-JEN-der or en-JEN-der\ (verb) 1 : beget, procreate 2 : to cause to exist or to develop : produce 3 : to assume form : originate Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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whelm \HWELM or WELM\ (verb) 1 : to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something : cover or engulf completely with usually disastrous effect 2 : overwhelm 3 : to pass or go over something so as to bury or submerge it Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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prestigious \preh-STIH-juss or preh-STEE-juss\ (adjective) : having an illustrious name or reputation : esteemed in general opinion Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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kangaroo court \kang-guh-ROO-KORT\ (noun) 1 : a mock court in which principles of law and justice are disregarded or perverted 2 : a court characterized by irresponsible, unauthorized, or irregular status or procedures Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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devolve \dih-VAHLV or dee-VAHLV\ (verb) 1 : to pass (as rights or responsibility) by transmission or succession 2 : to come by or as if by flowing down 3 : to degenerate through a gradual change or evolution Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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Dobie, your toothsome fealty to pleonasm could never be classed as Sisyphean because, if other cosmeticized threads were allowed to whelm this factitious Brigadoon, it would engender a devolution of our prestigious Hatrack, turning it into a miasmal kangaroo court of crepuscular eloquence.
(edited for embarrassing misspilling signed, Mrs. Malaprop.)
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visceral \VIH-suh-rul or VISS-rul\ (adjective) 1 : felt in or as if in the viscera 2 : not intellectual : instinctive 3 : of or relating to the viscera
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diminution \dih-muh-NOO-shun or dih-muh-NYOO-shun\ (noun) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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sophistry \SAH-fuh-stree\ (noun) 1 : subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation 2 : an argument apparently correct in form but actually invalid; : especially such an argument used to deceive Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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I was going to come up with something long and involved, using at least five of the last six WOTD's. But then I decided I've had enough of sophistry.
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stellar \STEH-ler\ (adjective) 1 a : of or relating to the stars : astral b : composed of stars 2 : of or relating to a theatrical or film star 3 a : principal, leading b : outstanding
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