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ostrichology
-noun
Divining the future through a study of ostriches.
-noun
Divining the future through a study of ostriches.
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ostoeology [n]
the branch of anatomy dealing with vestigial toes up arses.
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the Maestro of bums, tits and naughty bits. 
the branch of anatomy dealing with vestigial toes up arses.
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Penitent
-n.
cheap camping equipment
-n.
cheap camping equipment
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propitious
-adjective
1. presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
2. indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens.
3. favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive: propitious gods.
-adjective
1. presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
2. indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens.
3. favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive: propitious gods.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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amateurpitious
-adjective
1. presenting kinda favorable conditions; favorable
2. sorta indicative of favor; auspicious
3. reasonably favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive
-adjective
1. presenting kinda favorable conditions; favorable
2. sorta indicative of favor; auspicious
3. reasonably favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive
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antipitious
-adjective
1. presenting unfavorable conditions
2. distinctly unfavorable; inauspicious
3. unfavorably inclined; indisposed to bestow favors or forgive
-adjective
1. presenting unfavorable conditions
2. distinctly unfavorable; inauspicious
3. unfavorably inclined; indisposed to bestow favors or forgive
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antipit
noun
The part of the fruit that's not the pit.
noun
The part of the fruit that's not the pit.
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turbopropitious
-adjective
presenting really, really, really favorable conditions
-adjective
presenting really, really, really favorable conditions
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
What happens when all the renewable energy runs out?
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English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
What happens when all the renewable energy runs out?
-- Victoria Ayling
English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
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prostitious
-adjective
favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors for the right price
prosthetitious
-adjective
having the appearance of a prosthetic: People look at Roy's prosthetitious features and think he is wearing a false nose and hairpiece when in fact they are his own FSM given.
-adjective
favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors for the right price
prosthetitious
-adjective
having the appearance of a prosthetic: People look at Roy's prosthetitious features and think he is wearing a false nose and hairpiece when in fact they are his own FSM given.
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viceroy
-noun
1. a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign: the viceroy of India.
2. a brightly marked American butterfly, Limenitis archippus, closely mimicking the monarch butterfly in coloration.
-noun
1. a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign: the viceroy of India.
2. a brightly marked American butterfly, Limenitis archippus, closely mimicking the monarch butterfly in coloration.
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"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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Roy'svice
-noun
Mr. Hunter's passtime.
-noun
Mr. Hunter's passtime.
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
What happens when all the renewable energy runs out?
-- Victoria Ayling
English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
What happens when all the renewable energy runs out?
-- Victoria Ayling
English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
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Velocity
-n.
A town where cycling is very popular.
-n.
A town where cycling is very popular.
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vice grips
-noun
1. Locking pliers with specially shaped jaws for vice work and intricate clamping jobs.
2. How Milo does not have to take care of things.

-noun
1. Locking pliers with specially shaped jaws for vice work and intricate clamping jobs.
2. How Milo does not have to take care of things.
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vice gripes
complaints about graft and corruption
complaints about graft and corruption
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Newmanal
-adjective
A devotee of the Oxford Movement.
-adjective
A devotee of the Oxford Movement.
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