(words, phrases and letters)
(page numbers in boldface italic indicate entries where the indexed item is a primary subject)
$, 214
&c. (hey, even I am curious about where the typesetters are going to put this one in alpha order), 188 A, 188,193 A.D./B.C., 12 a/an, 42 absenteeism, 46 absentious, 74 abstemious, 74 acronym, 56 adder/na<dder, 127 adjective, 163, 164 adjourn, 19 adverb, 163 JE, i8g, 193 aglet, 73 agnail, 130 ain’t, 115, 118 aisle, 131 albatross, 30 albeit, 46, 48 alcohol, 30, 32
alfalfa (indexing allows me to use this unusual word twice!),
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alkali, 30, 32 alligator, 30, 135 alma mater, 73 alpaca, 30 alphabetical, 193 al-Qaeda, 30 ammunition, 30 among, 50 anachronism, 56 anacronym, 56 anacronymizer, 1 ancient, 47 and, 51 anelidous, 74 anemious, 74 Anno Domini, 12 another, 122 apartheid, 46 appendicious, 74 appetitious, 74 apple/napple, 127
apricot, 30 apron/napron, 127 arenicolous, 74 arguably, 117 arreptitious, 74 arsenious, 74 arterious, 74 ash (the letter), 188, 189 asinine, 173 ask, 178 assemblage, 14 assention-court, 74 atheism, 46 atramentitious, 74 auger/nauger, 127 AWOL, 57 B.C., 12 baggage, 108 balogna, 177 baloney, 177 barbacoa, 89 barbecue, 87 bear, 178 because, 51 benefcience, 47
between, 30 big cheese, the, 129 biology, 74 bit, 71 bitch, 180 blindfold, 133 blizzardous, 71 bon, 7
bona fide, 127
bonfire, 7
bonified, 127
boon, 7
booze, 84
bouler, 5
bovine, 178
bowdlerize, 83
bow-wow, 177
boycott, 85
bratwurst, 88
Brazil nut, 23
brb, 216
brethren, 211
Britain (the word), 164
brother, 211
BS, 5
bug (computer), 86 bud, 5, 54 bullshit, 5 bullshittemet, 1 bumsides, 85 butt, 52 butterfly, 71 buttonhole, 134 byte, 71 C, 181
can, 165 canine, 175,178 cannot, 42 capers, 128 cardigan, 86 carduus thistle, 73 carnivore, 202 cat, 178 Celsius, 198 center/centre, 197 centigrade, 199 cbuise lounge/chaise longue, 128 chauvinism, 85 cherry, 128,135,149,153 children, 210 chile I chili I chilly, 21 chill, 22
chitchattemet, 1 cbiz, 129 circumstance, 35 civus, 130 cniht, 196 co-conspirator, 153 coconut, 23 cohort, 132 coin, 60
coincidentally, 118 colinderies, colinda, 56 comma, 172 computer bug, 86 conceive, 46 concierge, 47 condom, 84 continuum, 73
commudgin, 24 cortege, 152
coud, 128
coue, 179 could, 128
coup de grace, 205 cow, 178,179 coward, 178 cower, 179 crap, 83 crawdad, 136 crawfish, 137 crayfish, 135,136 criteria KpiTpiA, 148 crommt, 69 cry, 35 cubit, 72 curiously, 118 curmudgeon, 24 cwm, 190 D, 187 data, 159 dead ringer, 95 debit, 151 debt, 150 deca, 154 decimate, 134, 133 deer, 137, 148, 211 definitive, 1 delusionary, 1 derrick, 83
det/dett/dette/debt, 151 dialect, 26 dialegsthai, 26 dialogue, 26
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diatribe, 27 |
fast and furious, 35 |
griey, 180 |
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dictionary, 70 |
feline, 175,178 |
gringo, 101 |
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discrete/discreet, 45 |
fell, 133 |
grr/grrl, 190 |
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disindivisibility, 74 |
female, 13 |
han-cho, 10 |
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Dord, 138 |
figurative, 137 |
hangnail, 129 |
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dot, 167 |
finally, 118 |
hazardous, 71 |
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doubt, 131 |
fired, 93 |
hem and haw, 35 |
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drainage, 14 |
fish, 178 |
herbivore, 202 |
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dreamt, 69 |
fishwife, 204 |
herstory, 6 |
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drunkard, 179 |
fly, 40 |
high muckamuck, 129 |
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dullard, 179 |
fly-speck, 215 |
himnia/hisnia, 6 |
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duoliteral, 74 |
fold, 133 |
historical (not istorical), |
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duumvir, 73 |
fond, 195 |
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duumvirate, 73 |
foot, 72 |
history, 6 |
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£,22, 45,46,51, 53,55, |
fortunately, 118 |
hit, 120 |
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69, 70, 74, 150, 159, |
fox, 178 |
hogwash, 176 |
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177, 188, 189, 190, |
frikkin’, 172 |
hoi polloi, 29, 32, 155 |
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191,192, 193, 215 |
fro, 35 |
hoity-toity, 31 |
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eats, 124 |
frugal, 169 |
honcho, 10 |
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efficient, 47 |
frumentarius, 24 |
honeymoon, 91 |
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egregious, 115 |
fuck, 55, 61, 176 |
honorificabilitudinitatibu |
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eke, 127 |
fun, 195 |
s, 169 |
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English (the word), 1 63 |
F-word, 61, 63 |
hooker, 19, 84 |
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entourage, 152 |
FF-word, 63 |
hopefully, 1, 115, 117 |
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epixoriambikos, 181 |
galnocologist, 6 |
horrendous, 71 |
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equine, 178 |
garden, 19 |
horse, 178 |
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erstwhile (I don't talk |
gerrymander, 83 |
hound, 178 |
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about it, but just use |
gerund, 163 |
hue, 35 |
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it—isn't it a cool |
ghoti, 99 |
humvee, 57 |
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word?), 86 |
golf, 55, Go, 73 |
hydrargyrum, 8 |
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etc., 144, 147, 188 |
gorp, 63 |
I, 41, 46, 188, 192, 193 |
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eth, 183, 187 |
gossip, 69 |
ic, 216 |
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ewt/newt, 12.7 |
gray, 181, 187 |
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facetious, 74 |
grey, 187 |
I’ll, 131 |
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Fahrenheit, 198 |
greyhound, 179 |
impact, 115 |
impastoriare, 18 impester, 17 individuum, 73 indivisibility, 74 insvXat&d/insula, 132 interestingly, 117 interjection, 163 interrobang, 214 interrogate, 178 ioton, 148 island, 33, 131 isle, 131
its/ it’s, 115,119 J, 181, 183,187 jeep, 57 jeopardous, 71
jiffy- 75 journal, 19 journey, 18 journeyman, 18 kill, 90 kilter, 35 knecht, 196 knee, 196 knight, 195 knock, 196 knot, 196 know, 196 knuckle, 196 kudos/kudo, 148 lad, 196 laser, 56, 57 iawi, 212 learn, 123
leiyons and teigers and beirs, oh mei, 46 light/lite, 12, 136 literal, 157 llama, 30 login, 166, 212 lol, 211, 216 luckily, 118 lukewarm, 34 lupine, 178 lynch, 83 lyricritic, 1 macadamia nut, 23 magazine, 171 majestic, 169 malapropism, 83 male, 13 manipulate, 135 mano a mano, 134 manufacture, 135 mas/masculus, 13 may, 165 meow, 177 mercury, 8 microparse, 1 millionaire, 75 mine, 120
minimums/minima, 160 minuscule, 20 minute, 20 minutia, 160, 161 mistletoe, 136 mob, 78
mobile vulgus, 78
monologue, 26 month, 71 moo, 177
moose, 39, 148, 211 muckamuck, 129 multitudinous, 169 must, 165 musteline, 178 muumuu, 73 nadder/adder, 127 napple/apple, 42,127 napron/'apron, 127 NATO, 57 nauger, 127 ne (for any), 211 neighbor, 45 new, 150
news, 64, 148,150 nickname, 127 night, 12, 136 nite, 156
no man is an island, 107
nonce-word, 164
notch/otch, 127
nother, 122
noun, 163
novel/novelette, 13
O, 188
oink, 177
once, 165
or, 53
orange, 71
Oscar (the name), 113 otch/notch, 127
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ought, 165 |
point, toy |
retinue, 152 |
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outrage, 14 |
pomp, 35 |
ruin, 35 |
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outre, 14 |
populous, 151 |
rule of thumb, 72 |
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over-exaggeration, 121 |
porcine, 175, 178 |
S, 215 |
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ovine, 178 |
posh, 55, 58, 66 |
Sahara, 32, 133 |
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P's and Q’s, 38 |
posh-houri/posh- |
sake, 11 |
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pants, 70 |
kooroona, 59 |
scrabble, 203 |
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parliament, 192 |
posse, 152 |
scrimp, 168 |
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participle, 163 |
prefix, 163 |
scule, 20 |
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pasteurize, 83 |
pronoun, 163 |
sesquipedalian, 169 |
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pea/pease, 128, 149 |
pukey, 108 |
shall, 165 |
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pea nut, 23 |
pumper, 77 |
shamefaced, 128 |
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peanut, 23 |
pumpernickel, 77 |
sheep, 178 |
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pedal, 9 |
pure and simple, 35 |
sheet, 15 |
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pen, 17 |
purple, 71 |
sheriff, y3 |
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pencil, ly |
pussyfoot, iy3 |
shit, 34, 66 |
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penis, ly |
put up with, 112 |
should, 166 |
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peple/people, 151 |
P-word, 176 |
shrift, 35 |
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perceive, 46 |
Q, 181, 186 |
shrimp, 168 |
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perpetuum, 73 |
qoph, 186 |
sic, 66 |
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persnickitor, 1 |
question, 178 |
sick and tired, 35 |
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pest/pester, ly |
queue, 186 |
sideburns, 83 |
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pestis, 18 |
quick, 8 |
silver, 71 |
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PETA, 57 |
quicksilver, y |
sine nobilitate, 78 |
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phat, 67 |
quis/quisling/ |
sire, 93 |
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pig, 178 |
quisquilian, 72 |
sirloin, 93 |
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pig-ass, 204 |
R, 190 |
skei-, 56 |
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pig-wife, 204 |
radar, 57 |
skosh, 11 |
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piscine, 178 |
RAM, 57 |
sluggard, 179 |
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plantar wart, 9 |
RBI, 39 |
snafu, 57 |
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plenish, 135 |
redundancies, 47 |
snob, y8 |
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plumber, 131 |
replenish, 133 |
sonar, 57 |
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pneumonoultramicroscop |
residuum, 73 |
SOS, 77 |
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icsilicovolcanoconiosis, |
resonate, 16 |
spoonerism, 83 |
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resound, 16 |
stadiums/stadia, 160 |
stipend, 65 stips, 65 stupendous, 71 subtle, 151 suffix, i6j sukoshi, 11 surcharge, 93 sur-clouded, 93 surname, 93 surpass, 93 survive, 93
sweetswineomine, 178 swine, 178 T, 188, 191 tchili, 22 teach, 125 team, 152, i 9 8 teetotaler, 25 teh, 215 tempero, 11 tempura, 11 testes, 91 testicles, 91 testify, 90 6 , 184
the, 29, 31, 184, 215 the proof is in the pudding, 105 the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, 73
theater/theatre, 197 their, 46 theirs, 120
with singular nouns, 200
thesaurus, lyo thine, 120 thorn, 183, 187 three dog night, 70 three sheets to the wind, !5
throe/throw, 20 throw the baby out with the bathwater, 95 tip off, 65 tip/tips, 55, 65, 66 to, 35, 109 town, 74 tremendous, 71 triage, 27 trialogue, 26 trier, 27 trivia, 161 try, 27
U, 184, 185, 188 u r, 211
umpire/numpire, 127 underground, 75 ursine, 178 use, 126 usually, 117 utile, 126 utilize, 125
V, 183 vacuum, 73 vegetarian, 202 verb, 163
veritable, 159 vigor, 35 villain, 178 vim, 35 virtual, 158 visceral, 159 vital, 9 vowel, 191 vulpine, 178
W, 181, 183, 186, 190 WAC, 57
wafce, 95
wastenotwantnot, 44 we, 41 weasel, 178 weigh, 45 who/whom, 48 will, 165 with, 112 wolf, 178
womenopause/womenstr nation, 6 wop, 55
word, 207, 218, 219 would you like fries with that?, 221 wrack, 35 wynn, 183
X, 181
y, 181,184,188 y’all, 48, 161 ye, 184 Z, 182
zed, 182,183