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371. Preposterous

Preposterous means utterly absurd or ridiculous. See also Absurd, Ridiculous.

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372. Hodge-Podge

If a planned event goes terribly wrong in the sense that it gets crazy, you've got yourself a hodge-podge.

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373. Phalange

Finger bone. See also Body.

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374. Ostinato

In music, an Ostinato is a motif or phrase which is persistently repeated in the same musical voice. See also Italian, Music.

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375. Beseech

Ask someone urgently and fervently to do something.

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376. Dollop

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377. Bric-a-brac

Random knickknacks and such. See also French.

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378. Collywobbles

A feeling of fear or apprehension characterized by uneasiness in the belly.

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379. Shneee

Apparently a word for smoke that comes from a dragon's lair. See also Nerds.

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380. Yips

Former professional golfer Tommy Armour is credited with inventing the term yips to describe a combination of psychological and neuromuscular factors that forced his early retirement from competitive golf. Also, In 2007, the yips were a major part of the plot line of an episode of How I Met Your Mother. The episode was titled "The Yips", and uses the yips as a metaphor for the character Barney's sudden difficulties in hitting on women.

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