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metonymy

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Using a phrase to represent something else

“The Big Guy“ in Hunter’s email is a metonymy for President Biden.

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mugwump

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A Republican by name only who supports democratic causes

John McCain was a mugwump.

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charientism

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a gracefully veiled insult

Nile’s charientism “I will try to defer to your shellfish demands.” was brilliant.

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desultory

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skipping around, aimless or random

Biden’s desultory manner is a hallmark of dementia.

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pleonastic

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redundancy

A pleonastic example is “the man he said boo,” should read “ the man said boo.”

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callomania

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characterized by a woman under the illusion she us beautiful

Hollywood abounds in callomania.

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excerebrose

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having no brain

Pelosi is excerebrose.

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hebetude

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mental dullness

Biden’s hebetude as he chews his cud is on display to the world.

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animateur

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A teacher who puts life into a subject

Father Gaglia was an animateur.

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jolie-laide

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unusual looking but kind of pretty

Ellana was jolie-laide.

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hesternal

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of yesterday

I fondly recall my hesternal body surfing days with Kevin.

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amatory

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having to do with sexual love

She spurned his amatory advances.

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aphilophrenia

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a sudden feeling you are not loved

Biden is suffering from aphilophrenia.

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testudinate

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tortoise like

The testudinate traffic in miami is soul-crushing.

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Gibralter

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a stronghold

She is his Gibralter.

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bated

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reduced in force

The bated gale allowed the sailboat to survive.

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wainscoting

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wood paneling

The wainscoting is beautiful.

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Kilkenny Cats

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a fight to the bitter end and no one is left

The coming war with China will be one of Kilkenny Cats.

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gadfly

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one who persistently annoys

Mom in her senility and confusion has become a gadfly.

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argonaut

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a bold and daring sailor

Before GPS sailors were true argonauts.

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anfractuous

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winding and gyrating

He was crazy in love with the pelvically anfractuous Mildred S. Bonk.

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hobbledehoy

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a gangly awkward youth

Who would have foreseen she would marry that hobbledehoy.

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cyprian

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characteristic of a lewd woman or prostitute

I found her cyprian ways unattractive.

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epistolary

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characterized by writing letters to one another

I always dreamed if an epistolary relationship with WF Buckley.

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quixotic
not sensible about practical matters Oft my quixotic nature led me astray and into penury.
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sciolist
a pretender to knowledge Fauci sounds authoritative but is actually a sciolist.
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venal
able to be bribed Both Biden and his Son are venal.
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pronkened
moved majestically Q pronkened about the dressage arena.
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impudicity
shamelessness Hunter Biden’s impudicity is beyond words.
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deipnosophy
learned conversation The deipnosophy that Dennison and I had at Salute on the beach was always enjoyable.
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abderianism
incessant idiotic laughter Kamala’s abderianism is really inappropriate.
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insouciance
unconcern, uncaring about consequences The murderer’s insouciance about his crime appalled the jury.
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bratticing
wooden boarding erected to partition off a dangerous area Bratticing was erected around the condemned house.
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perfidy
unfaithfulness, treachery Keegan’s perfidy is a marriage breaker.
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esplanade
a long flat stretch of shoreline The esplanade at Bahia Honda is one of the best in the USA.
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diabob
an object of amateur art Why do Hunter’s diabobs sell only to CCP members? Duh!
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hircine
smelling like a goat, uriniferous Although Adonis-like in appearance, his hircine odor was a buzz kill.
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animadversions
very harsh criticisms Even CNN is leveling blasts of animadversions at the White House.
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estivate
to pass summer in a dormant state The teen ideal is to estivate with their video games.
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mensche
a decent upright person I am a mensche.
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Rabelraisian
coarsely humorous I am not fon of Bala’s Rabelraisian jokes.
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insular
isolated like an island Because of the bad news coverage he became insular.
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brimborion
a useless thing Truck drivers, saddled with a brimborion, compensate with big wheels and elevated trucks.
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minuend and subtrahend
12- 4=8 Twelve is the minuend and the subtrahend “behind” it is four.
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cacoethes
an uncontrolable desire to do something bad, or a bad habit His cacoethes is stress eating.
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palmary
a prize worthy accomplishment or event Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem was a palmary literally.
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deliciate
to reward oneself Given my successful weight loss, i will deliciate myself Friday with a cheese pizza.
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agathist
a philosophical optimist Agathists just shrug at the shrillings of Global Warmers.
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sententious
moralizing and pompous As the screechy sententious little bitch wagged her finger at me , I yawned a cavernous and sincere yawn.
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uxorious
doting excessively on ones wife One cannot help but wonder if Brad is a bit too uxorious for Jaclyn.
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opine
to give an opinion Many opine , but few are knowledgeable.
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gerontolagnia
strong sexual desire in an older man The protagonist in Lolita suffers from gerontolagnia.
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quaquaversal adj
characterized by a declivity in every direction The quaquaversal peak of Half Dome was dizzying and dangerous.
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sophistry
arguing deceitfully Blaming gas prices on Putin is sophistry.
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vainglorious
conceited The vainglorious Aaron Rodgers was handed a stunning defeat by the rookie from Cincinnati.
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ceteris paribus adv. setteris par ee boose
if all other things remain the same Ceteris paribus, the current political clime favors a Democratic demolition.
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scopophilia
the sexual stimulation experienced by a peeping tom The scopohilic sign at Blue Haven states “Showers 1$, peeks 5$.”
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discerp
to tear to shreds I watched in amazement as the toddler discerped an entire roast chicken… Versed…obviously a good sedative to use.
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internecine inter knee sign
The internecine violence amongst BLM members is consistent with their belluine tendencies.
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bruited brew eed
to spread news of rumours “The Queen is dead!” bruited about Parliment.
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natable
able to float My natable BMI is an advantage when I swim.
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diathyramb
a hymn to Bacchus The wild Miami Spring Breakers sang out their diathyrambs in praise of Bacchus.
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syntomy
conciseness in speech Dennison’s syntomy was legendary.
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callow
lacking in adult sophistication and judgement Even as a child, Travis was never callow.
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upbraid
to censure or find fault with We need to upbraid Ilhan Omar for her anti-Semitism.
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tendentious
trying to promote a particular politic and not unbiased MSM is so tendentious that one does not know the truth anymore.
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soss
an interjection to call the pigs on a farm to meals Hey Honey, could you soss the children for dinner?
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longanimous long gan eh mus
characterised by silent and patient suffering Job was longanimous.
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inveterate
confirmed in habit Schumer is an inveterate liar.
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Bucentaur
the luxury barge of the doges of Venice Hilary, and her lover, returned to her Bucentaur on the Riviera.
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cocinnity
a harmonius arrangement The concinnity of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony will never be outdone.
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calumny
slander They heaped calumny about my feet.
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neoteny | knee aught ten knee
keeping an ancestral feature The neoteny of the broad flat nose of Africans has passed down through eons.
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nullibicity
the state of being nowhere I survived the nullibicity of Nebraska.
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irascible
easily angered Everyone is so irascible nowadays.
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ben trovato
well made up even if untrue As with all reminicences, they tend to be ben trovato.
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caballine
horselike Her caballine face is ugly.
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lipper
a slight ruffling of the sea The sun coruscated off the lipper.
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drizzen
a mournful wail of a lazy person being forced to work The predictable teenage drizzen followed my command, “Do your homework damnit!”
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abatjour
a structure in a building that brings in more light I am placing an abatjour, a skylight in my house.
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blandishments
excessive compliments to curry favor The Russian Colonel’s blandishments of Putin did not succeed in getting him promoted.
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logy low gee
sluggish My precaffienated logy ain’t pretty.
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boiserie
carved wood paneling Psi Upsilon’s mahogany boiserie was spectacular.
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calefacient
a warming ointment The strong calefacient odor of Bengay permeated the loser’s locker room.

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