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hump

Function: noun, verb

Etymology: akin to Middle Low German hump bump; Dutch homp lump, chunk; Frisian homp, himp

Date: 1681

01: [n] A rounded protuberance, as on a humpbacked human; "It may seem romantic, him being from Paris, but believe me, dude - that hump wasn't getting the guy any play with the mademoiselles."

02: [n] A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal; "Look! A Bichon Frise with an enormous hump!"

03: [n] A large hill or mountain (the Himilayan Hump); "The pay is good, I'll give you that, but I'm just sooooo fucking tired of humping lumber over the Himilayan Hump."

04: [v] To carry a heavy load; "...Sooooo tired of humping lumber, man..."

05: [n] British: A fit of depression or sulking; "I do say, ol' chap - I've been in a bit of a hump lately, what with me getting my bollocks bitten off by that Bichon Frise on the very same day the missus left me for the milkman."

06: [n] A difficult, trying, or critical phase or obstacle; "It's gonna be a fucking long, hard hump these next five weeks if we're gonna hit our 4th quarter projections."

07: [v] To have sexual intercourse; "I'm telling you, man - Gary humped his landlady to make rent, and that old bag looks like a Bichon Frise!"

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yam

Function: noun

Etymology: earlier iname, from Portuguese inhame & Spanish ñame, of African origin; akin to Fulani nyami to eat

Date: 1657

01: the edible starchy tuberous root of various plants (genus Dioscorea of the family Dioscoreaceae) used as a staple food in tropical areas; "I'm gonna eat so much stuffing and yams, I'm not gonna poop for a week."

02: a moist, usually orange-fleshed, sweet potato; "I'm not shitting you, the guy's head was so fucking misshaped, and his hair was so fucking orange, that we called him 'The Yam' or just 'Yam', and believe me, he hated it. Even his girlfriend called him 'Yam', or her 'sweet potato'! Fucking priceless."

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pundit

Function: noun

Etymology: Hindi pandit, from Sanskrit pandita learned

Date: 1672

01: a learned man; "I've got a BA in Communications - that makes me a pundit."

02: a person who gives opinions in an authorative manner, usually via the mass media; "Christ, these cable news networks will let any dope with big teeth and a Communications degree play pundit on their shows."

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jiggumbobs

Function: noun

Etymology: British slang, from bobs - testicles; earlier, bob - a man

Date: late 1700's

01: testicles; "Don't talk to me, Randy's the one who dipped his jiggumbobs in the hollandaise."

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consensual

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin consensus + English -al

Date: 1754

01: existing or made by mutual consent without an act of writing; "There may not have been a written contract between Roman Polanski and Samantha Gailey, but there was nothing consensual about their sexual encounter of March 10th, 1977."

02: involving or based on mutual consent; "There is absolutely nothing consensual about drugging and sodomizing a thirteen year old girl who repeated says 'no'."

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fond

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English fonned, from fonne fool

Date: 14th century

01: foolish, silly; "Ach, you and your fond dreams of wealth and fame."

02: prizing highly, or having an affection (used with of); "Anyone who knows me, knows I'm quite fond of butterscotch, Winona Ryder, and thoughts of Winona Ryder covered in butterscotch."

03: foolishly tender, indulgent; "Fond mothers make for spoiled kids."

04: cherished with great affection; "My fondest memory may be building a go-kart with my grandpa one weekend when I was nine."

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qualm

Function: noun

Etymology: unknown

Date: circa 1530

01: a sudden attack of nausea, illness, or faintness; "The smell coming from the last stall in the men's room on the second floor gave me qualm."

02: a sudden and overwhelming feeling of disturbing emotions such as fear or doubt; "The smell coming from the last stall in the men's room on the second floor filled me with the kind of qualm that haunts a man the rest of his days."

03: a feeling of uneasiness about a point of conscience or propriety; "I have serious qualms about your sudden interest in my masturbating habits."

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epic

Function: adjective, noun

Etymology: Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos word, speech, poem

Date: 1589, 1706

01: [adj, 1589] of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an epic; "Connie was holding court in the kitchen, talking some nonsense about William Carlos Williams' Paterson being a modern epic poem, and I mistakenly snickered loud enough for her to hear me, so naturally she asked why I was snickering, and all I could think to say was 'Yeah, Paterson might be Williams' epic, but you can't seriously believe it's an actual Epic Poem - it was originally published as five separate books, for chrissakes, and ultimately attempts to make grand statements by focusing on small moments and common people in the city of Paterson, New Jersey, of all places, instead of telling big stories of heroic men spanning decades and sweeping across whole continents," to which she kicked me in the balls and stormed off into the living room, most likely to try hate-fucking Tom The Tool."

02: [adj] extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope; "The girth of his potato finger was truly epic."

03: [noun, 1706] a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero; "The way he was talking about his lunch with the CTO, you'd think he was retelling an epic."

04: [noun] a work of art that resembles or suggests an epic; "Now, The Changing Light At Sandover by James Merrill is truly a modern epic poem."

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plonk

Function: noun

Etymology: Australian slang, short for earlier plink-plonk, perhaps modification of French vin blanc white wine; later adapted by U.S. servicemen during WWII

Date: 1930's

01: a cheap grade of wine (or sometimes hard liquor) often made with atypical ingredients, such as wildflowers, rhubarb, prunes, or black currants; "That fucking plonk made me plotz in my Sansabelts and puke all over the cat."

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flagrant

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin flagrant-, flagrans, present participle of flagrare to burn

Date: 1513

01: archaic; fiery hot; "Man, I'm blowing some flagrant farts today!"

02: conspicuously offensive (flagrant errors); especially so obviously inconsistent with what is right or proper as to appear to be a flouting of law or morality; "When Brad banged my ex-girlfriend, that was a flagrant disregard for the fucking bro code, dude!"

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blather

Function: verb, noun

Etymology: Old Norse blathra; akin to Middle High German blōdern to chatter

Date: 1524

01: (verb, 1524) to talk foolishly, at length; "Reverend Screamin' Ben wouldn't stop blathering about O.J.'s innocence."

02: (noun, 1719) voluble nonsensical or inconsequential talk or writing; "Hot Poop is the epitome of blather!"

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poop

Function: noun, verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pope, from Latin puppis

Date: 15th Century

01: (noun, 1450) an enclosed superstructure at the stern of a ship above the main deck; "The captain's down in the poop!"

02: (verb, 1748) to break over the stern of a ship (a sea or wave); "Man, the sea is pooping hard today!"

03: (verb, 1903) to break wind or defecate (from Middle English poupen) to make a gulping sound of imitative origin; "Whew, that hummus has got me poopin' tonight!"

04: (verb, 1932) slang; to put out of breath, to tire out: "Fuck, am I pooped!"

05: (noun, 1941) slang; information, a scoop; "Hey Hank, what's the hot poop?"

06: (noun, 1965) slang; feces; "Jesus Christ on rollerskates, there was monkey poop everywhere!"

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juice

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English jus, from Anglo-French, broth, juice, from Latin; Akin to Old Norse ostr cheese, Greek zyme leaven, Sanskrit yusa broth

Date: 14th century

1: the extractable fluid contents of cells or tissues

2a: the natural fluids of an animal body; "Hey, Katie - please pass the moo juice."

2b: the liquid or moisture contained in something; "I was covered in sweet sticky mango juice and the monkeys were closing in."

3a: the inherent quality of a thing, essence;

3b: strength, vigor, vitality;

4: a medium such as electricity or gasoline that supplies power; "I gave it too much juice and flipped the damn cycle right in front of my dad."

5: slang: liquor: "We passed around a bottle of the good juice and recounted our woes."

6: slang: exorbitant interest exacted of a borrower under the threat of violence:

7: slang: influence, clout; "My boss has alot of juice with the CFO."

8: a motivating, inspiring or enabling force or factor;

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crux

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin cruc-, crux cross, torture

Date: 1718

1: a puzzling or difficult problem: an unsolved question; "So dig this big crux..."

2: an essential point requiring resolution

3: a main or central feature (as of an argument); "The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe..."

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zombie also zombi

Function: noun

Etymology: Louisiana Creole or Haitian Creole zonbi, of Bantu origin; akin to Kimbundu nzúmbe ghost

Date: circa 1871

1: usually zombi

a: the supernatural power that according to voodoo belief may enter into and reanimate a dead body

b: a will-less and speechless human in the West Indies capable only of automatic movement who is held to have died and been supernaturally reanimated

2 a: a person held to resemble the so-called walking dead ; especially automaton

b: a person markedly strange in appearance or behavior

3: a mixed drink made of several kinds of rum, liqueur, and fruit juice

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dilated

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French dilater, from Latin dilatare, literally, to spread wide, from dis- + latus wide

Date: 14th century

1: expanded laterally; especially being flat and widened; My cousin Chico's head was so big when he was born, that my aunt Judine's cervix was dilated 13 centimeters.

2: expanded normally or abnormally in all dimensions; My eyes were so dilated I was seeing interdimensional witches, dude.

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vigorous

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English vigorous, vigrous, from Anglo-French vigour

Date: 14th century

1: possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; STRONG; The chick had a vigorous mind.

2: done with vigor; carried out forcefully and energetically; After a couple of drinks and a game of Scrabble, we got down to some vigorous noodling.

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hinky

Function: adjective

Etymology: Probably derived from obsolete Scottish word hink, from Old English inca doubt. Possibly from hank, a loop or coil OR figuratively, anything that curbs or restrains. Derived from American slang hincty, suspicious.

Date: 1956

1: slang; nervous, jittery; That dude was hinky as fuck - did you see the way his leg was twitchin'?

2: slang; suspicious; The bastard just sat in the corner eyeballing the place like he was planning something hinky, ya know?

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splooge

Function: noun, verb

Etymology: American, possibly a derivative of splotch, loogie, spunk, splat

Date: 1990-1995

1: male ejaculate; There was splooge everywhere!

2: the act of ejaculating; He splooged all over her coffee-maker.

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viscous

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English viscouse, from Anglo-French viscos, from Late Latin viscosus full of birdlime, viscous, from Latin viscum mistletoe, birdlime; akin to Old High German wīhsila cherry, Greek ixos mistletoe

Date: 14th century

1: having a glutinous consistency

2: having or characterized by viscosity: "Boy, that's some hot, viscous poop."

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