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5371. Batrachomyomachy

Making a mountain out of a molehill.

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5372. Billingsgate

Loud, raucous profanity. See also Profanity.

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5373. Bloviate

To speak pompously or brag.

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5374. Borborygm

A rumbling of the stomach. See also Body.

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5375. Hemidemisemiquaver

A musical timing of 1/64. See also Music.

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5376. Snickersnee

A long knife. See also Old-Timey.

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5377. Widdershins

In a contrary or counterclockwise direction.

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5378. Tatterdemalion

A child in rags. See also Old-Timey.

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One might suppose that cruciverbalism refers to the ability to murder the King's English with great ease or perhaps the skillful art of using one's razor-sharp tongue to gore a grumbling grammarian. See also Puzzles.

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