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... Another
Word A Day
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Another
Word A Day
An All-New Romp
through Some of the Most
Unusual and Intriguing
Words in English
Anu Garg
John Wiley & Sons, ... Became Words
(or Places That Became Words) 9
orrery
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cadogan
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Oxfordian
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derby
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Yarborough
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zugzwang
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checkmate
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gambit
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stalemate
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endgam...
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31 Kangaroo Words 1 32
indolent
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rapscallion
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amicable
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frangible
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scion
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cingular
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lucent
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prudential
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vanguard
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suppurate
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orotund
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draggle
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trunnel
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pinnate
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lability
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sachem
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wampum
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high-muck -a- muck
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manitou
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powwow
52 Loanwords from...
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... the
Russian advances—real and imagined—in Central Asia, the
Himalayas and Tibet.”
—New York Times
gambit (GAM-bit)
noun 1. An opening in which a pawn or another piece is sacri-
ficed to obtain a strategic ... And she’s an Oxfordian, a believer in
Edward de Vere as the real Shakespeare.”
—Montreal Gazette
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Whodunit
The battle rages,...
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... Economist
22 ANOTHER WORD A DAY
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
—
CARL SAGAN, astronomer and author (19 34 1996)
Hasta Mañana
These three possibilities for the word anon pretty ... from gamba (leg).
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“North Korea will no doubt try to gain maximum advantage by
playing South Korea,America and Japan off against each other.
If it fails to get the result—and the cash...
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... Economist
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Never attribute to malice that which can be
adequately explained by stupidity.
—
HANLON’S RAZOR
Bard Bettered
Several years ago, I heard a delightful story about Isaac Bashe-
vis ... other language, and that some
words were in fact untranslatable. As an example Singer
picked the word chutzpah,saying that its being an untranslat-
able word he was...
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... mittere.
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I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
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W. C. F IELDS, comedian (1880–19 46)
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hat do a magazine and an albatross have in ... lasche (slack), ultimately from
Latin laxare (to loosen).
When you admire the “lush” decor of an apartment, sign a
“lease,” simply “relax,” or use a “laxative,” you are employing...
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... this [AAA] card as a talisman against auto-
motive calamity should know that, in doing so, they lend sup-
port to an agenda in favor of road building, against pollution
control and even auto-safety ... auto-safety measures—that helps deepen the
automotive calamity afflicting the nation as a whole.”
—Harper’s Magazine
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I have always imagined that paradise will...
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... incident
was characterized as gang activity, ‘probably drug-related.’
Mason winced at the words. The line had grown to be a bad
joke around the mission,the explanation they almost always got
whenever a ... goujon.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
—
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, composer (1770– 182 7)
Side-hill Gudgeon
Ever hear of a side-hill gu...
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... from the
Latin word caput (head). Such words are called cognates.
On the other hand, we have false cognates, also known as false
friends. These are words that appear to be related but have com-
pletely ... and father of Laurene, Miriam,Tycko,Timothy,
Sarabeth, Marie, Dawnita,Anna Leah,Alexander, and Caleb.
Clearly, my wife is neither impregnable nor inconceivable—
and she certainly is beara...
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... out”). One day he was ranting and raving
about an exaggerated claim made by his archrival, Louis B.
Mayer. Mayer had said that his studio, MGM, had more stars
than the sky. Goldwyn demanded to ... of a medial
syllable, as in people who say ‘realator’ instead of ‘realtor.’”
—Chicago Sun-Times
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic...
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... drumbeats, and
landscapes. The English language has borrowed words from many
of Africa’s languages: trek, aardvark, impala, gnu, okra to name a few.
In this chapter we’ll see words that originate ... the Paradox database, by Borland. ANSA was the
zombie. My wife and I worked as freelance technical writers
for ANSA.
Borland is a zombie too, from all appearances. So the
“brilliant” venture...
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... shape suggests that of a seahorse. Anatomy
also yields a horse-related phrase: cauda equina, Latin for “the
tail of a horse,” an apt description of the array of sacral and
coccygeal nerve tracts ... what a war really is!
● “Better known by his nom de guerre as Abu Al Abed, Al Bas-
soumi recalls in detail his childhood and the happy and sad
events of that period.”
—Star (Amman, Jordan)...
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... against the Chinese
armada in a friendly between Malaysia and China today.”
—Malay Mail (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
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The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body ... Latin armata (army).
An anagram of this word is another term from Spanish. What
is it?
● “Choong Hann, who won the Taiwan Open last week, how-
ever,has a chance for revenge a...
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... in auctions, reverse auc-
tions and Dutch auctions of livestock and grain.”
—Industry Standard
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Every creature is better alive than dead,
men and moose and pine trees, and ... which a sacrifice is made to
secure advantage. And adding an F to estival results in the
word festival, a feast day or celebration.”
“Good old Watson,”Holmes exclaimed,jumping up from...