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@dalehileman,

Well, I couldn't decide if it was . . .
An exclusively individual trait
OR
An individual exclusively straight.

I get substracted in my old age

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@dalehileman,

Many decades ago, I did it with the Reader's Digest. I'm not sure whether it worked or not, but what the hay~!

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@dalehileman,

Addisonian

PRONUNCIATION:
(ad-uh-SO-nee-uhn)

MEANING:
adjective: Having clarity and elegance.

Help, help somebody

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@dalehileman,

Mebbe "Add a Sonyian," somebody who can hold forth on a discussion of the ultinational conglomerate and its accomplishments

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=what+is+Sony

...suggesting the existence of someone who can answer almost any q you place, but is left in a quandary by, "Mom, what is Sony?" reflecting one of the drawbacks of extreme intelligence, that loses track of the everyday stuff

Wow, that came hard, required the help of my Better Half (no puns intended). Surely you gotta better idea

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@dalehileman,

Some time ago, I read a book about Panasonic. It was very interesting how two Canadians helped that company grow into a multinational conglomerate.

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@cicerone imposter,

So Cis, "Add a Pan," suggesting the response to the intellectual. We're gettin' closer but still splashin' around a bit

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@dalehileman,

Tatting from his optative yataghan

Shreds of handmade lace dangling from his preferred weapon, an ancient sabre with curved blade and no crosspiece

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@dalehileman,

megrim

PRONUNCIATION:
(MEE-grim)

MEANING:
noun:
1. (In plural, megrims) Low spirits.
2. Whim.
3. Migraine

An easy one

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@dalehileman,

Thingamajig.

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@cicerone imposter,

Hi Cis. Thin game, a jig, meaning easily remembered because its identification constitutes a kind of game, although thin when considered as as a memory crutch. Yes, no, terrible

Thing, positively magic with the addition of a "g." Still pretty bad

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@dalehileman,

Maecenas

PRONUNCIATION:
(mee-SEE-nuhs, mi-)

MEANING:
noun: A generous patron, especially of art, music, or literature.

Of course "Me seen us" or "Miss seein' us" could somehow be twisted into a suggestion of that def. However, it's not always easy to remember the pron

Cis? any suggs appreciated

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@dalehileman,

messuage

PRONUNCIATION:
(MES-wij)

MEANING:
noun: A residential building with outbuildings and the attached land.

What a mess you make (of your immediate environment) as you age

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@dalehileman,

piacular

PRONUNCIATION:
(pie-AK-yuh-luhr)

MEANING:
adjective: Making or requiring atonement

Pie, actually. I've slapped you in the face with a newly baked pie, but upon learning you were the wrong target I atone

Okay, not so good

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@dalehileman,

chicane

PRONUNCIATION:
(shi-KAYN)

MEANING:
verb tr.: To trick or deceive.
noun: 1. Deception. 2. An artificial narrowing or a turn added to a road to slow traffic down.

Easy one. Imagine a perfectly healthy chicken simulating a broken leg with the use of a crutch, hobbling down the center of the road

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@dalehileman,

rebus

PRONUNCIATION:
(REE-buhs)

MEANING:
noun: A representation of a word or phrase using pictures, symbols, letters, etc.

For instance, we've purchased a pillow showing someone running from one bus to another. Clearly a symbology of "rebus," where we might have got onto the wrong bus and had to transfer

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@dalehileman,

apricity

PRONUNCIATION:
(a-PRIS-i-tee)

MEANING:
noun: Warmth of the sun; basking in the sun

April in the city

Well, best I could do quickly early in the a.m.

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@dalehileman,

bema

PRONUNCIATION:
(BEE-muh)
plural bemata, bemas

MEANING:
noun: 1. A platform for speaking. 2. An area around the altar in a place of worship

Help! Sounds a bit like " beam up." Suppose the audience member might feel the urge but don't see much connection.

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@dalehileman,

constative

PRONUNCIATION:
(kuhn-STAY-tiv, KON-stuh-)

MEANING:
noun: A statement that can be judged as true or false.
adjective: Capable of being true or false

...because I constantly remind you fellas that the apodictical existential pantheist maintains God's "existence" is one that can be argued either way

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@dalehileman,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4lVjKB8N4

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Trancemission: N
Cosmic direction often, though not always, received while wearing tin foil hat.

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