2022-07-11

Published: 2022-07-11

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-07-11.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• bang
• mollusk
• back teeth are floating
• dead-on
• spring to life
• orb
• surefire
• amoeba
• intersperse
• uptight
• roll in the hay
• terminator
• skedaddle
• born on third base
• dishevel
• schmancy
• squishy
• swing
• forte
• perforate

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bang

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• “to have sex (with)”

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mollusk

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• also mollusc
• Latin mollis (soft)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollusca
• cf mollify

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back teeth are floating

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• the DARE defines this phrase as “One’s bladder is very full”

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dead-on

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spring to life

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orb

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• Latin orbis (circle)
• cf. orbit

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surefire

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• sure + fire
• often in form surefire way to do

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amoeba

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• Latin amoeba
• Greek ἀμοιβή (change)
• plural amoebae

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intersperse

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• Latin inter (between) + spargō (I scatter)
• cf. English sparse, from Latin sparsus (scattered) <- spargō

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uptight

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• up- + tight

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roll in the hay

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• hay as “bed”

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terminator

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_(solar)
• Japanese 明暗境界線

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skedaddle

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• probably a fanciful formation

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born on third base

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• “to be born with an advantage over other people”

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dishevel

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• probably chiefly a back-formation from dishevelled

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schmancy

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• fancy-schmancy, reduplication of fancy
• prefix schm-, replacing the initial letter(s), forms a nonsense word which is added after the original word in order to convey disparagement, dismissal, or derision. (cf. love schmove)
• cf. schmuck

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squishy

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• squish + -y

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swing

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forte

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• French fort (strong)
• cf. English fort
• final -e reflects the French feminine form

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perforate

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• Latin perforō (I bore) <- forō (I bore)