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screwsman vs screwman

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sommelier

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What do Americans mean by Pantomime

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unicorn

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hymeneal

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Making one's nut

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Deadline

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Graupel

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Why a "lid"

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by incarnatus est » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:04 am
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laundromat

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by Archived Topic » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:54 pm

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copacetic / copasetic / copesetic

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by Archived Topic » Mon Sep 20, 2004 6:15 pm

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Clients and Customers

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Scrumping

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elegiac

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Words coined by Thomas Hardy

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Billowous

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clickbait

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Hob

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by trolley » Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:14 pm
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rabble-rouser

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by Ankh151 » Tue Mar 08, 2005 1:10 pm

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2018 Word of the Year

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wrong-foot

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glug

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pearl-clutching, pearl clutching

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Hyper/Hypo

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Incel and incel

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pie-hole

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One who lives there entire life in one area

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pitted/pittered out?

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by trolley » Sat Oct 20, 2018 7:23 am

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ambit

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Hue and Cry

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woe betide

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drag / in drag / drag queen

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by jgodfroy » Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:56 pm

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arriviste / arrivist

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blind men on galloping horses

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by Tony Farg » Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:40 pm
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dead cat bounce

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by Wizard of Oz » Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:20 pm

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Neologism - volunteeriat

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by Bobinwales » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:04 pm

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mung (the verb)

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kleptocracy

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Aug 30, 2018 4:13 am

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kayfabe

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by Ken Greenwald » Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:01 am

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okey dokey artichokey

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by Rich » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:16 pm
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umami

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by Ken Greenwald » Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:05 pm

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POTTER/PUTTER?

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by trolley » Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:35 pm

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gaslighting

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conservative kidney

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by Ken Greenwald » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:05 pm

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Flash Language

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by Wizard of Oz » Sun May 13, 2018 2:03 pm

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tinfoil hat

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by Ken Greenwald » Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:12 pm

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Pluck

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by Bobinwales » Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:46 pm

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spoony

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by Ken Greenwald » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:21 pm

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Sideboards

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