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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  compound complex

  When a thoughtless and callow youth, I did things that now make me weep with shame.

  definition: juvenile, naive, immature

  new word: picaresque
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  Grandson Came, Cleaned, Cooked

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  pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.

  or, something like that.. tee hee hee..

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  compound complex

  On a sadder note, grits were used as punishment in the film, The Secret Life of Bees.
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  Grandson Came, Cleaned, Cooked

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.

  or, something like that.. tee hee hee..

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  compound complex

  I was puzzled regarding a line uttered by Ralph Fiennes in HOTEL BUDAPEST:

  "May I offer any of you inmates a plate of mush?"

  I was expecting him to say "porridge," given the background of the characters and setting. Well, the American "mush" was certainly funnier. Still, I was in conflict. We kids had mush nearly every day for breakfast back in the '50s. USA.
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  Grandson Came, Cleaned, Cooked

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.

  or, something like that.. tee hee hee..

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  compound complex

  Hominy grits are a type of grits made from hominy with the germ removed, which is corn that has been treated with an alkali in a process called nixtamalization.

  Grits are usually served with other flavorings as a breakfast dish, usually savory.

  You're right, Syl! Hominy people really know this?

  https://www.google.com/search?q=hominy+grits&oq=hominy&aqs=chrome.4.69i57j0l5.8159j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
  
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  Words for the Day; please share

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  escheat:

  reversion of land to state when there are no heirs

  warren:

  Safely within the warren were the quivering rabbits; the raging storm without failed to buffet the now sheltered denizens.

  weir:

  This winter, in Sacramento, California, weirs (horizontal barriers across the width of a river) were opened manually to lower the steadily rising waters.
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  Grandson Came, Cleaned, Cooked

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.

  or, something like that.. tee hee hee..

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  compound complex

  Family joke: Some acquaintance of ours, unfamiliar with grits, looked at the menu in a restaurant and asked what a "grit" was.
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  Quick question can a monisterial servant conduct the watchower

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  hello.

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  compound complex

  There's an edit icon for the heading.

  Used it myself recently when I went into a lather over unthinkingly using incorrect punctuation. Fortunately, I spotted the error within the 30-minute limit.

  Some mistakes, however, can never be undone . . .
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  Grandson Came, Cleaned, Cooked

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
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  pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.

  or, something like that.. tee hee hee..

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  compound complex

  I like my grub smothered!

  
  
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  Words for the Day; please share

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  fealty:

  What true believer JWs give the Governing Body. Will fawning obeisance be next?

  obeisance
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  Words for the Day; please share

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  3. 
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  compound complex

  entail (n. & v.)

  First heard this when spoken by Scout, in To Kill a Mockingbird. Later, in Downton Abbey.