snook \SNOOK\ (noun) - 1 : A gesture of defiance and/or derision. 2 : Any of several kinds of salt-water fish of family Centropomidae, such as the sergeant-fish and the robalo.

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rumint \RU-mint\ (noun) - (Nonce word)Intelligence based on rumor or false information.

"The CIA reported an outbreak of anthrax in the Caucasus based on rumint from a disgruntled emigre."

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onomastics \o-neh-MAES-tiks\ (noun) - 1 : The study of the formation and origins of (proper) names; 2 : the system that underlies the formation of names and specialized nomenclature (related terms).

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prosopopeia \preh-so-peh-PEE-eh\ (noun) - 1 : A rhetorical figure by which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting; the introduction of a pretended speaker; 2 : personification (a rhetorical ...Read More

druther \DREH-dhehr\ (noun) - (Slang) Choice, option.

"When it comes to alternatives to his fast food job, hish school dropout Danny had very few druthers."

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incommensurable \in-kuh-MEN-suh-ruh-bul\ (adjective) - Not commensurable; broadly : lacking a basis of comparison in respect to a quality normally subject to comparison

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