Frangipani
velleity
Hell’s teeth, do I have a story to tell about this - but I’m waiting til I get to the end of it before posting.
In the meantime: Mondegreen
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Philately
Numismatics
Quiescent
Torpid
Indefatigable
Phlegmatic
Sartorial
Tonsorial
Stentorian
Obdurate
Hematoma
Dearth
Evanescence
Fiduciary (and tertiary)
Kumquat
Paucity
Recalcitrant
Unmutual
Zeugma
Zoophyte
Unguent
Garrulous
Prolix
Bombast
Invertebrate
Dodecahedron
Ethnocentric
Smegma
[it deserved its own post]
Translucent
Iridescent
Crystalline
Celestial
Dogma
Ex Cathedra
Rectory
Toroid
Oblate Spheroid
Phlegmatic
Stoic
Sardonic
(All the sailing terms)
intrinsic
epithelial
implacable
sardonic
freudulent
flotsam and jetsam
His boy, Elroy.
Jane, his wife.
I like this one so much that … when an optometrist once told me I had a mild case of epitheliopathy in one eye … after confirming that it wasn’t serious and didn’t require treatment … I was thinking
“Huh. How cool is that?”
Hey, you forgot daughter Judy in between.
I won money on a radio contest once, the question was “Where did Judy Jetson go to school?”
Didn’t forget.
Restraining Order.
Long story
Okay, now that’s impressive. I can’t remember. Care to dazzle the folks at home … one more time ??
It was Orbit High School.
My mom actually answered the phone and had no idea, she put her hand over the phone and asked me.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner !
She was able to ‘phone a friend’ before the idea ever occurred to Regis Philbin. Nice !
And … since Astro’s former name was Tralfaz … though Astro hated it … it was a pretty cool word.
Tralfaz!
Now that’s impressive.
Chiaroscuro
Sfumato
Someone mentioned bookkeeper in a recent thread. To which I’ll add abstemiously, facetiously.
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