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Codex Gigas

(English: Giant Book) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of 92 cm (36 in).

It is also known as The Devil's Bible because of a very unusual full-page portrait of the devil, and the legend surrounding its creation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas

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That's not a bible

This is a bible

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hedging (?[or is that 'investing'])

 

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hedge

verb

gerund or present participle: hedging

surround or bound with a hedge

"a garden hedged with yews"

limit or qualify (something) by conditions or exceptions.

"experts usually hedge their predictions, just in case"

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phreatic

adjective GEOLOGY

relating to or denoting underground water in the zone of saturation (beneath the water table).

(of a volcanic eruption) caused by the heating and expansion of groundwater.

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kismet - destiny or fate

I believe this word has Jewish roots - the Yiddish term for something that is ''meant to be.'' But in Islam, it refers to the will of God.

 

cytoplasmatories

crytpo currency for ghosts

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cytoplasmatories

Google cannot find so guess made up but that's fine

But I contend it's sounds more like a relief medication for a blocked ghost fundimental

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-plegia

Suffix meaning paralysis or a stroke.

As in cardioplegia (paralysis of the heart),

hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body),

paraplegia (paralysis of the legs), and

quadriplegia (paralysis of all four extremities).

From the Greek plege meaning a blow or stroke.

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grift

INFORMAL NORTH AMERICAN

verb

gerund or present participle - grifting

engage in petty or small-scale swindling.

"how long have you been grifting?"

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veridical

adjective

FORMAL

truthful

Pilate's attitude to the veridical

coinciding with reality.

"such memories are not necessarily veridical"

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pablum

noun

LITERARY

1. bland or insipid intellectual fare, entertainment, etc.; pap.

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fuckery
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fuckery
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fuckeries#English

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mindfuckery

 

pranayama

noun

1. (in Hindu yoga) the regulation of the breath through certain techniques and exercises.

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heterosis

noun

1. the tendency of a crossbred individual to show qualities superior to those of both parents.

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Phallusy

noun

To commit a phallusy (sometimes also spelt phallacy, phallucy or phallicy) means to mistake something for a penis when it is, in reality, something completely different. Phallusies are relatively common while stargazing, talking to friends, looking at clouds or visiting restaurants.

Apparently pronounced same as fallacy and also, apparently confused with !!!!!

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knavish

adjective

ARCHAIC

1. dishonest or unscrupulous. "his knavish tricks will be frustrated"

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Gender bender
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bender

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-term-gender-bending-offensive
Is the term gender-bender offensive?

my comment
i notice some older people use the term "gender bender" as an insult/slur to define someone as being non compliant to social norms of gender class.
the expression used in an offensive manner is used to undermine the social value & acceptance of the person, usually a gay lesbian bi or trans person.

the direct application of the term(old usage) is used to demand gender compliance behaviors and clothing.

 

nocebo

noun

a detrimental effect on health produced by psychological or psychosomatic factors such as negative expectations of treatment or prognosis.

Opposite of placebo

noun

a harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect

"his Aunt Beatrice had been kept alive on sympathy and placebos for thirty years
a substance that has no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing new drugs
a measure designed merely to calm or please someone

"pacified by the placebos of the previous year, they claimed a moral victory

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anting

noun

Definition of anting

Bird behavior in which ants are rubbed on the feathers to obtain chemicals (such as formic acid) from the ants

First Known Use of anting

1936, in the meaning defined above

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anting

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