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Short Words

Yare - nimble, alert, prepared
Kef - dreamy state, possibly drug induced
Lief - both soon and gladly
Gar - “Shiver my timbers”
Snup - buy something of value which some less discerning person has discarded or sold cheap

5 Words

5 words

5 Words

A Taste Of Your Own Medicine - When you feel the same way how you treat others.
Piece of cake - a task that can be accomplished very easily.
Add Fuel To The Fire - Whenever something is done to make a bad situation even worse than it is.
Apple of My Eye - Someone who is cherished above all others.
Barking Up The Wrong Tree - A mistake made in something you are trying to achieve.
Bend Over Backwards - Do whatever it takes to help. Willing to do anything.
Blue Moon - rare event
Curiosity Killed The Cat - Being Inquisitive can lead you into a dangerous situation.
Cut to the Chase - Get to the point
Down To The Wire - Something that ends at the last minute or last few seconds.
Go the extra mile - Going above and beyond whatever is required for the task at hand.
Never Bite the hand that feeds you - Don’t hurt anyone that helps you.
On The Same Page - Both agree on the same thing
Pass the buck - Pass the blame or Avoid responsibility by giving it to someone else.

5 Words

Tintinnabulation - the ringing or sound of bells.
Bailiwick - a person’s area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work: to confine suggestions to one’s own bailiwick.
Fortuitous - coming or happening by a lucky chance
Felicitous - Well chosen or suited to the circumstances; fortunate.
Myriad - Innumerable

Idioms 101

Jack Frost - If everything has frozen in winter, then Jack Frost has visited.
Movers and shakers - Dynamic, important people who can get things done quickly and are influential are the movers and shakers.
Go through the mill - If you go through the mill, you have a very unpleasant experience. If you put someone through the mill, you make them undergo an unpleasant experience.
Paint the town red - If you go out for a night out with lots of fun and drinking, you paint the town red.
Rack and ruin - If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked.

ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous
confuzzled (adj): confused and puzzled at the same time
woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement
chillax (v): chill out/relax, hang out with friends
cognitive displaysia (n): the feeling you have before you even leave the house that you are going to forget something and not remember it until you’re on the highway
gription (n): the purchase gained by friction: “My car needs new tires because the old ones have lost their gription.”
phonecrastinate (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number
slickery (adj): having a surface that is wet and icy
snirt (n): snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed
lingweenie (n): a person incapable of producing neologisms