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gargoyle

1. A gargoyle is a drainage spout found on Gothic structures. Though many are grotesque representations of human or mythical forms, the proper context is that of a structural element, not a mythical creature.
Gargoyles were often carved into grotesque cariatures of people the stoneworkers might personally know.
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Groody

"...the number sewn on the groody part just above the old tick-tocker..."
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Goth

1. One of many ancient Teutonic tribes originating in what is now Germany.

2. One of the many tribes of barbarians overrunning the Roman Empire during the 3rd, 4th and 5th centuries A.D.
The Ostrogoths settled in what was Roman Italia, while the Visigoths eventually settled down on the Iberian peninsula.
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baphomet

1. An idol or image

2. Idol or image originally used by the Knights Templar, claimed by the Inquisition to seal their heresy.

3. The most well-known and recent depiction shown by Eliphas Lévi's 1854 Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, consisting of a goat with a torch between the horns. This image is often used as a representation of Satan or some other hierarchy of Hell.

4. Suggested etymologies:
A. From the Greek 'baphe' and 'metis', meaning "baptism of wisdom".
B. Atbash cipher for the Goddess Sophia
C. Acronymn: 'Temp. ohp. Ab.' originating from the Latin 'Templi omnium hominum pacis abhas,' meaning "the father of universal peace among men."
Baphomet was once thought to be a demon worshipped by freemasons, a legend originating from the Taxil hoax.
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urbandictionary

A place for oh so "clever" kids to create breathtakingly unhumorous definitions for various words, both real and contrived.
Poopchute spork thinger - OMG! It's what you use to eat out your dog's ass after he's had worms!!!! OMGWTF!!11 FUnnnYYYyY!!!111
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invaginate

Verb.
1. To enclose or become enclosed.

2. To turn or become inward.

3. To infold or become infolded so as to form a hollow space within a previously solid structure.
The larnyx ventricle conists of a large fold invaginating from the lumen.
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Widget

1. General-purpose term for any hypothetical object, esp. used in textbook demonstrations.

2. A floating widget is found inside cans of beer where it collects nitrogen from the fluid and forecefully releases it upon opening, creating a foamy head in imitation of draught beer.

3. In programming, a widget is a graphical component often used to build a graphical user interface.
Adam Smith's factory manufactured 120,000 widgets per annum at four pence each.
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