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1. pants<\/strong> \u2014 [UK slang<\/em>] terrible, of bad quality<\/p>\n

“I don’t care if the whole village go there, it’s always been a <\/em>pants pub with watery beer.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. dietrologia<\/strong> \u2014 [Italian<\/em>] conspiracy theory, science of discerning hidden motives behind events<\/p>\n

Everyone knew he’d been fired for stealing from the till, but Ben’s commitment to <\/em>dietrologia was such that he remained convinced that he’d been set up, that his boss Remy had set him up in some convoluted plot to get back at her ex-husband, with whom Ben remained friendly, though in his cups Ben even alleged that his troubles stemmed from a conspiracy between both Remy and her ex.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. bolshie<\/strong> \u2014 [UK slang<\/em>] Bolshevik, communist; leftist<\/p>\n

Even though the FBI had plenty of evidence he’d been passing secrets to the Soviets, the young physicist managed to emigrate to Britain where his <\/em>bolshie bent didn’t prevent him from getting a position at Leeds University.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. autofiction<\/strong> \u2014 blend of autobiography and fiction<\/p>\n

And to think James Frey could have avoided all that trouble with Oprah if he’d just labeled his books as <\/em>autofiction, though likely they wouldn’t have made as much money … which is, after all, the entire point of writing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. blazon<\/strong> \u2014 [heraldry<\/em>] formal description of a coat of arms; coat of arms<\/p>\n

By the time these quarterings had gotten to the point where a <\/em>blazon might consist of sixty-four separate quartered shields, the whole point of coat of arms had gotten lost, as no one could determine what family was represented without consulting learned treatises.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. anastasic<\/strong> \u2014 of or relating to resurrection<\/p>\n

Perhaps her very name was responsible for the legend, though the many and separate <\/em>anastasic reappearances of the last surviving Romanova made pecuniary motives more likely.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. oast<\/strong> \u2014 drying kiln, esp. for hops<\/p>\n

They uncovered articles of clothing\u2014her shoes and a scarf\u2014in one of the abandoned <\/em>oasts at the north end of the island, but no other trace of Carly was ever found.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. clothespress<\/strong> \u2014 cabinet or wardrobe for storing clothes<\/p>\n

The fine wooden <\/em>clothespress stood seven feet tall, which is the only reason his cousin hadn’t taken it with the rest of the furniture when Aunt Agatha passed away.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. theretofore<\/strong> \u2014 previously<\/p>\n

Such were the strictures under which the society had <\/em>theretofore imposed a benign regulation of advertising and self-promotion.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. gantlope<\/strong> \u2014 running the gauntlet as a form of military punishment<\/p>\n

A 18th-Century manual for Prussian cavalry specifies that any soldier drunk on duty shall run the <\/em>gantlope between 200 men ten times in a row.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

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short arms and deep pockets<\/strong> (also short arms and long pockets<\/strong>) \u2014 miserly<\/p>\n

“Don’t bother asking him for naught, as Mr. High-and-Mighty has got <\/em>short arms and deep pockets, and will tell you he didn’t get where he is today by giving all and sundry a handout.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. pants \u2014 [UK slang] terrible, of bad quality “I don’t care if the whole village go there, it’s always been a pants pub with watery beer.”   2. dietrologia \u2014 [Italian] conspiracy theory, science of discerning hidden motives behind events Everyone knew he’d been fired for stealing from the till, but Ben’s commitment to … <\/p>\n

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