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richie
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19 Oct 2007, 5:47 pm

ebb

(Mines a 1950 Merriam-Webster second edition. Unabridged.)

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19 Oct 2007, 6:14 pm

bowdlerism

(Cool,I am going to get a 2007 edition,but will start an antique collection! )

(I like how we can whisper in brackets)
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19 Oct 2007, 6:19 pm

Mnemonic

(I don't even have a dictionary here and I'm supposed to compete , not counting dictionary.com of course )

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19 Oct 2007, 6:20 pm

chelation

(I get a hernia just looking at my antique dictionary! )

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19 Oct 2007, 7:04 pm

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19 Oct 2007, 7:07 pm

recidivist

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19 Oct 2007, 8:03 pm

tmesis

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19 Oct 2007, 8:20 pm

Smites (I'm going for anagrams now)

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19 Oct 2007, 8:42 pm

Sorghum.

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19 Oct 2007, 9:23 pm

malevolent

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Philosophy: A good way to demonstrate our ability to make stuff up.

Religion: A good way to demonstrate our ability to believe things that just aren't so.

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19 Oct 2007, 11:05 pm

tuxedo

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20 Oct 2007, 1:03 am

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20 Oct 2007, 6:28 am

sort

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20 Oct 2007, 8:07 am

temporal

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Music Theory 101: Cadences.
Authentic cadence: V-I
Plagal cadence: IV-I
Deceptive cadence: V- ANYTHING BUT I ! !! !
Beethoven cadence: V-I-V-I-V-V-V-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I
-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I! I! I! I I I

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lau

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20 Oct 2007, 9:13 am

unusual

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