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Kate Messinger's avatar

Love how many of these are related to potatoes. I believe Lugubrious pertains to "the stressful act of uprooting legumes", but I could be acting grandiloquent, aka pretending to be scholar when you are really a potato.

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C Pomeroy's avatar

Shibboleth: How the Japanese pronounce "Chevrolet" (no, seriously! They have always called this American car from GM シボレー...) 

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Jeff's avatar

Ameliorate: to reschedule a meeting centered around a meal to a better time.

Liminal: the smallest amount of lime required to make a dish Mexican; also, the amount of lime juice one can extract from a slice of lime provided with any dish from non-Mexican restaurants.

Grandiloquent: the state of having eaten too many loquats in a single sitting.

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