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- First recorded in 1880鈥�85.
- Imitates the sound of a yelping dog or canid; perhaps influenced or related to the word coyote, from the Nahuatl word 肠辞测艒迟濒.
EXAMPLES OF KYOODLE
- She let the audience kyoodle for a few minutes, then calmly picked up where she left off.
- The dachshund began to kyoodle the moment the mail carrier turned the corner.
trafficator
[ traf-i-key-ter ]
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noun
a blinker or turn signal on a vehicle
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- First recorded in 1930鈥�40.
- Combines traffic + (indic)ator.
- Originally used in British English; now common in Nigerian English.
EXAMPLES OF TRAFFICATOR
- Their left trafficator kept blinking long after the car had turned.
- As part of the transformation, the old trafficators were swapped for programmable LED strips.
proscribe
[ proh-skrahyb ]
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verb
to denounce, condemn, or prohibit something
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- First recorded in Middle English (1150鈥�1475), defined as “to announce the name of a condemned person.”
- From Latin 辫谤艒蝉肠谤墨产别谤别, meaning “to publish, confiscate, or outlaw;” combines 辫谤辞-鹿 + scribe, meaning “to write.”
EXAMPLES OF PROSCRIBE
- The new law will officially proscribe the use of facial recognition software in public spaces.
- Some teachers still proscribe ending a sentence with a preposition, which is a rule I was never comfortable with.
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