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Largish


"Live Forever!"
 
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lagniappe
 
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Wrapped?
 
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embrodieristic (having traits of an embroiderer)
embroideryous (boisterous, while an embroiderer)
embroideria (place for buying embroidery)
Embroideryville (that there city/town)
Embroideryski (Polish family name with long heritage in- you guessed it!)
Embryodery (developing embroidery)
 
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Chap, a lagniappe ("LAN-yap") is a sort of "kick-back", i.e. a gift from a vendor to a customer.

Broid, love your last entry!

Here's a new one: embrocate
 
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Because I’m involved with so many kickbacks, “lagniappe” wasn’t so hard and a naked kickback is problematic so “wrapped” is usually preferred. “Embrocate” on the other hand was dicier and I had to look it up and I’ll be sure to embrocate the next time I go to the beach.
 
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I first encountered the word defenestration in a Bradbury story, but don't recall which one...
 
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How on earth did you remember that word?
 
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He seemed to really like it, I looked it up and liked it, and I've encountered it since...
 
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A tactinic reaction will never come knocking on my door.
 
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saturnine


She stood silently looking out into the great sallow distances of sea bottom, as if recalling something, her yellow eyes soft and moist...

rocketsummer@insightbb.com
 
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crucible


She stood silently looking out into the great sallow distances of sea bottom, as if recalling something, her yellow eyes soft and moist...

rocketsummer@insightbb.com
 
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homophone
 
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Right! Now correctly write "their," "there," and "they're." No doubt, you know the differences. Each word has its own meaning. It's really worth more than a few cents to have a good sense of the language. Now, this brings me to my new word of the day, "Gnu!"
 
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Good observation, Butch.
Too many folks nowadays confuse "your" and "you're", for example. (Take note good friend Rocket!)
Here are some good homophones:
right, rite, write, and wright (though you don't see the latter much anymore).
One that keeps tripping up singers, for some reason is "lead" and "led", though the former is only the metal...
 
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