barrack
PRONUNCIATION:
(BAR-uhk, the first syllable is the same as in barrel)
MEANING:
verb tr., intr.: 1. To shout in support: to cheer. 2. To shout against: to jeer.
(A.Word.A.Day for 10/24/2008)
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pol·y·se·ma·ni·a n [ POLYSEMY + MANIA ; syncope of polyseimania: compare mineralogy] (1985) an abnormal awareness of possible ambiguity; an uncontrollable tendency to bring to mind the inappropriate or unintended sense of a word in any context.
From an article Polysemania, Semantic Taint, and Related Conditions by John Ellison Kahn, appearing in Verbatim®, The Language Quarterly, Vol. XII, No. 3 Winter 1986.
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The writings of Harold L Chase and his "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut" (c)1956, a version of Little Red Riding Hood, about the Wicket Woof and the Ladle Gull.
For a complete version of Anguish Languish go to : Kevin Rice's ANGUISH LANGUISH PAGE
"Remember! The greasy wheel gets the action."- She must have been talking about a Mafia Don!
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