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peccadillo
Hello, everyone! I'm the new poster for Tuesdays. This is the first time I've been a main poster for a group, so forgive me if I make a mistake this week. Enjoy!
peccadillo, noun, a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault
Pronounced pe-ke-DIL-oh
The plural form is either peccadilloes or peccadillos. Most sources say the first known ( ... )Leave a comment ( 7 )
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pulpatoon
pulpatoon, noun. A dish made of rabbits, birds, etc., in a crust of forcemeat.
Forcemeat is a mixture of ground meat and other ingredients, bound with egg. Or, sometimes it's bound with breadcrumbs. Basically, it's meat paste.
So, pulpatoon is sort of an extra-meaty meat pie, which could be an interesting option for this week's pi day.
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picaroon
picaroon (pik-uh-ROON) - n., a rogue, an adventurer; a pirate, corsair, or picaro; a small pirate ship. v., to act r operate as a pirate or brigand ( ... )Leave a comment ( 2 )
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pingle
pingle
noun.
1. a small tin pan or saucepan with a long handle.
2. a small piece of inclosed (fenced or surrounded on all sides) ground.
verb.
1. to strive or struggle; to toil without much progress.
2. to dawdle or trifle with one's food; to eat with little appetite.
Etymology: The word seems to originate from Swedish pyngla, to toil with little ( ... )Leave a comment ( 1 )
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tarnal, passel
Sorrow for not posting last week. I'd blame traveling during inclement weather for missing my day, but I was already home by then, so in truth it was me just flaking. To make it up, here's two words this week.
tarnal (TAR-nuhl) - adj., damned.
passel (PAS-uhl) - n., an indeterminately large quantity or group ( ... ) -
pogonip
pogonip (POG-uh-nip) - n., ice fog in a mountain valley.
That is, a fog with frozen particles of ice. This is a regionalism, specific to the western United States (and possibly also the Rock Mountain provinces of Canada? -- not sure). It comes from Shoshone paγɨnappɨh or pakenappeh, meaning cloud or possibly thunder cloud -- dictionaries are ( ... )Leave a comment ( 2 )
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polysemous
Happy Saturday! it's time to put a word and story in front of you. Maybe you can enjoy it with some coffee, or some fruit. it's ok. It won't be mad if you don't have anything to eat with it. It's nice that way.
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poutine
poutine, a Canadian dish composed of French fries and cheese curds, covered with brown gravy.
Poutine originated in the 1950's, but the details are cloudy. It seems to have first turned up in Quebec; the most common story of its origin references Warwick, near Montreal.
Classic Montreal poutine uses a special pepper sauce. There are many modern ( ... )Leave a comment ( 10 )
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pelf
I admit, this is, in part, inspired by Conan O'Brian's Audiency Awards, given for the sitting and viewing arts.
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phytohaemagglutinin
phytohaemagglutinin
A substance that is derived from a plant and causes red blood cells to clump together.
Specifically, it is the lectin (sugar-binding protein) obtained from red kidney beans.
Etymology: phyton (plant) + haima (blood) + agglutinare (to glue); the first two words are Greek but agglutinare is Latin
When properly prepared, beans are ( ... )Leave a comment ( 1 )
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