It might be part of plattdeutsch, which was a trading language in the German culture used by the farmers, fisherman, and tradesman to do business. Measures were not necessarily standard so a little (-kin) might be a designation of size tacked onto the end of a goods name. This is all conjecture on m...

So things travel in groups of three, so where is the set of muddle instructions? Fooplicit.

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Goat skin when properly cured is dense, although it is still surprisingly supple. Being a hide it also breaths some, it was often used in shields. A modern day use is in leathers worn by motorcycle riders, besides the helmet to save your nut, prevents road rash and lasts during the terrifying skid w...

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I'll let you go scot-free then, since as I progress thru the end of middle age I see the trend in myself.

This word is from the 1970s, and means the end of a section or music, a song, or a TV show. It is the opposite of Intro . I have run across this work in some technical writings that are authored by 20 somethings. I suppose it to be in slang usage. The interesting thing on alphaDictionary I found tha...

Now that is funny... the BLM has it's roots in this position. I wonder what influence one has had on the other?

Hypercondriac is a condition that affects the mind where a person thinks they are unwell, but they are really heathy. Also, fearing all the time they might bet sick.

Found this in an old Gothic story, it seems to be rare.

v. To rationalize falsely; to use faulty logic to come to an untrue conclusion. Paralogize is the American-English version, in contrast to paralogise that is the British-English spelling. IMHO, at first I thought this only meant a mistake, but then I realized between all the political whaha and faul...

Firkin is a small cask for liquids, or a measure for a small tank of fish. Children is a a) a quarter barrel, & b) metaphorically a large amount. These are apparently lexical orphans. Middle dutch, that relate to German and English. Relate to family of other -kins, like jerkin, Wilkins, napkin, ...

Puerto Rico doesn't charge income tax on retirement income. New Hampshire is sans income tax too. I was in Texas as a guest of the USAF at Lackland AFB, and found San Antonio charming. Also, been to Houston and Dallas, in the summer the Devil can have them. I have friends in Austin, TX and sounds li...

Oh, sorry. I only mentioned the site because it is the only reason I recognized the word.

Invocation of evil spirits. It antonym is theurgy. It traces to Greek goeteia, then up to Latin goetia, to French goétie. It relates to an old Serbian gudeti "to fiddle" and govoriti "to speak", and appear in Sanskrit as jogU "singing praise". SRC: YourDictionary.com I'...