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Etymo

You’re dressing up as a minion for Halloween? Gosh you’re such an etymo”
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Etymo

Another word for lawn furniture and a subject in Möbelix-Mologie.
Im am so high like a white shark. Etymo
by Dr. Charles Darwin June 27, 2017
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Etymo

“Etymo” meaning, stupid, worm-like, and smelly. The embodiment of a feral rat. This word is used to describe someone of bad nature and minion-like qualities.
Hey guys have you seen how Fred was acting today? Such an Etymo! I could practically feel his minionness turning my skin yellow!”
by liluana October 2, 2022
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The standard logic used by such people as the knights of the round table. It's sound logic that can only be understood by men of science.

E.g. You want to test if a woman is a witch. You burn witches, but you also burn wood. This means witches burn because they are made of wood. Wood also floats in water, just like a duck. So therefore, if she weighs the same as a duck, then she is made out of wood, and is therefore a witch. Now you must weigh her on a set of large scales with a duck, and if they weigh the same, she is guilty of being a witch.
Well, Bernard, that is some Monty Pythonesque application of the principles of logic and etymology right there!
by PetersonE1 February 16, 2017
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etymological terrorist

A person who purposefully misuses a term or tries to appropriate a term based on historical meanings in order to advance a political agenda.

Terms some etymological terrorists have used in the past:

Isolationist to refer to non-interventionism
Classical libertarian to refer to communism
and more.
Bill Kristol is being an etymological terrorist when he calls people who don't want to always be involved in a war "isolationists" when in fact isolationism is what North Korea has and non-interventionism is what Switzerland has.
by Gunguy September 6, 2016
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etymogenesis

"I couldn't think of a word that meant what I wanted to say, so I made one up, and it really works. I guess I just committed an act of etymogenesis. Neat."
by BvO November 1, 2003
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Entymology

The study of words that bug you.
Regina earned her degree in entymology after successfully defending her thesis, titled "Guesstimation at the expresso stand: the impact of misnomers in coffee culture".
by sigil_vii October 28, 2016
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