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absurd ad lib adjective Amazons American ancient Greek applied artist audiophile Audit autocue bafflegab beans became become better brook bummarees C. K. Ogden called cantankerous century CEREBROTONIC char Charlotte Brontë CHEERYBYE Clan Mackintosh clap-trap classical cliff-hanger clue common cope copelessness cotchell described dictionary ding-dong dismissal dolorimeter Dream ectomorph empirical employed endomorph English ESCHEW fashionable favoured favourite gannet GERONTOLOGY gimmick grape-vine Greek word haggis Hence imply kind later Latin less lingo lush maladjusted mashing means meant Mercy Mercy Ship MUSHROOMING NAVVY noun nowadays nubbins once Oneirology origin ovate overall P. G. Wodehouse person play popular presumably proverb Psepho PSEPHOLOGIST purlieu relaxed satellite seems Shakespeare signify skiffle slang social sophisticated sound spiffing spifflication spillikins stentorian Subtopian suggests sundry Sunfolk syllables t'wallop talk term things toxic tranquillizer TRICHOLOGICAL turned usage verb vocabulary vogue-word wacky waffling writing young zombie ZOOT