Introduction -- You
can tell quite a lot about yourself from the words you don't use.
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all about -- Weeds
in the garden of inventive language.
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alternative-- Accomplice
to the 20th Century's biggest myth.
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analogy -- Uncocking
a Trap: Differences versus similarities.
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art -- In search of Unity,
Emphasis, and Coherence.
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attitude
-- The A-Word: Volition's personal hiding place. S:TM
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basically -- Mindless
attention-holder.
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be -- Be-Free English:
Volition's linguistic hiding place. S:TM
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bourgeois -- On adapting
to conformity.
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canny -- Opposites
detract.
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can't -- Volition will
say won't.
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cause --
Wind does not blow where it listeth. S:TM
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charisma-- An illusive
prize still eludes me.
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community -- A collection
of collective nouns.
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compelling -- Over-the-top
persuasion.
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compulsion -- Abdicating
volition to a greed machine.. S:TM
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computer science
-- Bytemobile: Technology neglects terminology.
S:TM
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comrade -- A trampled
flower in the garden of language.
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concupiscence -- First
principles in sexuality.
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conundrum-- Riddling
a transcendental groaner.
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cop-out-- Parody of
sensitivity training.
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corny-- Technical commemoration
of Art Deco.
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crackpot-- Trademarking
the Stars & Stripes: Cure for flag burning. S:TM
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cunning-- Management
Mystery: A flawed recruiting instrument.
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deniability-- A
diatribe against premeditated cover-up. S:TM
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disabuse
-- Passionate Error: When reality crushes a dream. S:TM
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dyskeptia
-- Vulgar Error: When reality is not good enough. S:TM
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eclectic -- Letting
the best be good enough.
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edutainment -- Another
gismo in the machinery of our language.
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eleemosynary--
Management Secret: How to select a candidate. S:TM
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elegancelessness--
Self Reference: A festival of amusements. S:TM
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eschew -- Volition
may not espouse.
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etc. -- There may not
be any others.
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expectorate-- On
customs in the dugout.
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factoid -- Respect
for facts, large and small. S:TM
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fairy-- The price for
purloined words.
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falsies -- On juvenile
snickering and grown-up woe.
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feck -- No such word,
but there ought to be.
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fiasco -- Management
Mistake: The rating curve and consequences.
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flaky -- Self-referent
put-down.
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fool -- Providential
put-down.
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frivolous -- Aerobic
exercises for the misled mind.
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frugal -- Vital policies
for the nascent mind.
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ground rules-- English
as a game of inches. S:TM
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hackney-- English
as a game for pedants.
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happen--
Parenting by the Numbers: An offbeat guide to fatherhood. S:TM
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hate -- English as a
game of excesses.
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heuristic--
Discovering Assumptions: Powerful tool for innovation. S:TM
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holomorph -- Management
Systems: An offbeat guide to brain-trusting.
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horseshit-- Not
to be confused with bullshit.
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housewife -- Abdicating
volition to liberation.
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hubris -- English
is Greek to me.
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humbug
-- Saving this word for an iniquitous movie. S:TM
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hyperbole -- Dangerous
weapon against the bland.
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idealoger -- Dealing
with the devil in the data.
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ignominy--
English as a game without rules. S:TM
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ilk -- A grandiose send-up
for brain trusters.
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impress-- Beautiful
downtown Reality City.
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insouciance -- Environmental
impact scansion.
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intellectual --
The aspect of mind best kept in the closet.
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intercourse --
Not to be confused with intromission.
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into -- Joy to the Jaded:
Close call by candlelight.
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iotacism-- On worthlessness
and wordlessness.
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jeece -- Regional expletive
with pronounced nuance.
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lawyer -- Conceding
a correct parental proscription.
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leverage -- Fostering
risk as a reward for greed. S:TM
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literally-- A useful
distinction lost in habitual hyperbole.
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litotes-- A self-referent
tangle of terms.
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loser -- On the cult
of winning.
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lucky -- Retrospective
reality and prospective insights.
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matriphobia -- The
most common of all fears has no name.
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middle age -- The
minority to which no one aspires.
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miracle -- Municipal
laws in Reality City.
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misconstrue -- The
good, the bad, and the unctuous.
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mukashi--
Matter Over Mind: Memories in machines and elsewhere. S:TM
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Negro --
A linguistic event, as sudden as curious. S:TM
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neologer -- Being
what one calls oneself.
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nerd -- Derogation tinctured
with envy.
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nihilism -- Dumping
reality, dismissing morality.
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nope -- One memory can
be strong enough to obliterate a whole word.
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n't -- The most important
word in any sentence.
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obsession -- On creating
word problems.
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old age-- The Nine-Year-Old
Child: Legends are made not born.
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ordure -- Pondering
the primal scream.
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orientate -- Ornamentating
verbs for no good reason.
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overkill -- Fallout
Shelter: An obscenity became a household word.
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pancake-- On a curiously
familiar abbr.
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paradigm-- Valuable
coinage squandered on pretension.
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parameter -- A juicy
term that got gobbledegooked.
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paraprosdakian
-- A ubiquitous instrument of jocularity.
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parriage -- A neologism
for preseving a sacred institutions.
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person -- On lunacy
in language.
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personnel-- A linguistic
event in management.
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pig -- Hardly a term
of endearment.
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Platonic--
Gender Bender: Where winning meets losing. S:TM
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pluplural
-- Laugh and Learn: Where degree meets kind. S:TM
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poetry -- Belief in
the paradoggerel.
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point in time --
A worthwhile concept quashed by pedants.
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polykut -- On inventing
things more than names.
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pretermission --
What a word ought to mean but doesn't
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problematical --
Too many synonyms are -- well, problematical.
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prolix -- Fibonacci
and the Saguaro: Deciphering aesthetics.
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propur alcon ad
solap -- Management Treasure: The Rational Process.
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puke -- A noun reserved
for making a point.
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pussyfoot-- A verb
reserved for being reserved.
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quadrumanous -- On
nature's redundant tautology.
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quasi -- Not to be
confused with semi.
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Quient
-- Land of the Shiny People: Volition's limits in management.. S:TM
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ramification -- Denatured
verbs hiding in wimpy nouns.
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Reaman -- On naming
and being named.
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relationship-- A
gender specific euphemism.
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restitution -- Punishing
the criminal does not repay the crime.
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retromingent-- One
of many unplayed pranks.
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retrotax -- Paying
the Full Price: How to solve all of our problems.S:TM
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role model-- Smokey
Joe: The moral equivalent of a three-lunger. S:TM
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rump -- Management Lexicon:
It all started with a dirty story.
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run --
Meaning lost in too many meanings. S:TM
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sarcasmic -- Taking
a word from bad to worse.
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science fiction --
As bogus as rhyming gibberish.
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Scotch -- The particular
meets the general.
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sequigamnesia --
The best kept secret about divorce.
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sheepskin
-- A son's remembrance of a father's resentment. S:TM
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sincere
-- Transforming misapprehension into high jinx. S:TM
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sitcom -- Reflections
in a laughing bottle.
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solipsism -- Philosophy
of self absorprtion.
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splendid-- Transforming
high jinx into peer approval.
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squaw -- A world-class
pun lost to ethnicity.
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stereotype-- An
uprooted vegetable in a garden of vexation
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stupid- No brainer
of the third kind
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subconscious --
How the unconscious subverts deceit. S:TM
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survival value --
Ostentation pays off in perpetuation.
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synecdoche-- Deciphering
meaning from particulars.
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talisman-- Parental
guidance as a subversive act.
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televisions-- On
words with singular plurality.
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threat -- Liberation
means reciprocal inquiry.
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track record-- Secrets
of success, revelations in failure.
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tridecabillion --
Acquiring the power of guessing. S:TM
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trivia-- Acquiring
the power of knowing.
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truculent-- Acquiring
the power of diligence.
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unbelievable-- On
petty pilfering from necessary notions.
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urinate -- Expressions
caught between the dog and the fire plug.
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velar--
A billion-dollar idea that nobody wants. S:TM
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very -- Strength through
deletion.
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viable -- A lively
word transplanted to a garden of weeds.
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virago -- Self-Proving
Theorem: Gender asymmetry, ready or not.
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virgule -- Slashing
the English Language.
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war -- A hobgoblin against
calamity.
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way, shape, or form --
Pompous protestations
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xanthocroid-- If the
slur fits, wear it.
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zygote -- Becoming
Human: The minority from which we all emerge.
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