NONomatopoeias

@ekename,

Is that a neologism? Philosophistry, I mean. I not only like it, I may even find a use for it.

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bitcoin
half a sixpence

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Diplomacy:
The BS you use to get your BS

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Laundry--grass clippings left after mowing.

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Obstreperous sounds like they have a really bad cold or allergy.

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Is it convent when you are ranting about Trump?

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Meretricious - Highly commendable , contranymical.

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Ha ha is onomatopoeic for laughter in English. It doesn't sound much like laughter, but there it is.

In Russian ka kachoo is onomatopoeic for laughter, which sounds more like sneezing, but there it is too.

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Jocose--in the manner of a high school athlete.

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umbrage (umb. rage)

noun

1. extreme offence or annoyance over speech disfluency eg. um er ar eh ( cf. spout rage)

2.phonetic shade or shadow cast by diction and/or the wind in the willows

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@boomerang,

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What common word, based solely on it's sound, should mean something else?

With your kind complaisance I beseech you to gainsay the limitation to sounds and broaden the topic to any word that should mean something else, given that's what's happening.

Rehearsal - Practice to ensure that you are as stiff as a board come the big day.

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Gainsay--Lie about your income.

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Pigeon - Adroitly accurate aerial attack.

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Income - The sound of electronic transfer money landing.

Flutter - Ejaculation of surprise at the enormous return from a small wager.

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vindicate - the terroir of the wine

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Fissure--Catch of the day menu item

Mucus--Cursing muttered under one's breath

Marinate--Someone who has been in a marriage for more than 50 years

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@firefly,

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Marinate--Someone who has been in a marriage for more than 50 years

LOL funniest definition yet. I wonder what it's like to be happily marinated

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Ethereal : Substantially out of it.

Rorschach : Inchoate blotting of the copy book.

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vomitoria--not even close to what it sounds like. It sounds like it ought to be a bathroom when you're sick.

Here's what it is: an inside entrance to a stadium.

http://www.basileusonline.it/images/venusia/anfiteatro/vomitorium.jpg

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Natatorium--sounds like a public place where people can watch childbirth in process. I first saw it in big letters on the outside of a school. I thought wow, that's the new sex education? But, alas, it's real meaning is just an indoor swimming pool.

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