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June 24, 2009

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skulduggery \skul-DUG-uh-ree\ , noun; also skullduggery:

1. Dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery:

    bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery

2. An instance of dishonest or deceitful behavior; trick.

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May 13, 2009

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Brobdingnagian \brob-ding-NAG-ee-uhn\ , adjective:
Of extraordinary size; gigantic; enormous.

The venture capital business has a size problem. A monstrous, staggering, stupefying one. Brobdingnagian even.
-- Russ Mitchell, "Too Much Ventured Nothing Gained", Fortune, November 11, 2002

Brobdingnagian is from Brobdingnag, a country of giants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels.

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April 28, 2009

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eleemosynary \el-uh-MOS-uh-ner-ee\, adjective:
1. Of or for charity; charitable; as, "an eleemosynary institution."
2. Given in charity; having the nature of alms; as, "eleemosynary assistance."
3. Supported by or dependent on charity; as, "the eleemosynary poor."

The source of eleemosynary is Medieval Latin eleemosynarius, from Late Latineleemosyna, "alms," from Greek eleemosyne, from eleemon, "pitiful," from eleos, "pity."

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