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Not sure if I'm supposed to present my reasoning but I will.

Good word: Demonstrably.

I know that the etymology refers to something that is able to be demonstrated, but I like the *monstr* section because it actually sounds like "to a monstrous extent." So when I say "You are demonstrably wrong" I really mean it.

Bad word: Porcine

Too high culture a word to just mean pig. No.

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anticipating literal fistfights in the comments

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Mar 26Liked by Alex Dobrenko`

In 2012, I threw the word ‘foodie’ from the 9th floor of an Omni Hotel with an implied threat to a handful of other words.

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Mar 26Liked by Alex Dobrenko`

Mustard's good word: kerfuffle

Mustard's bad word: kumquat

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Mar 26Liked by Alex Dobrenko`

good word: defenestrate

bad word: gerrymander

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Mar 26Liked by Alex Dobrenko`

Good word: Bingo!

Bad word: matriculate (c’mon people)

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Mar 26Liked by Alex Dobrenko`

Good: Euphoria

Bad: Phlegm

?: shenanigans

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Mar 26Liked by Alex Dobrenko`

good word: bad

bad word: good

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Mar 26Liked by Alex Dobrenko`

Good word:turnip

Bad word: jocularity

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Good word: gravy (as the sauce and as in in London slang 'that's gravy that is')

Bad word: grave

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Megillah— for Purim but also its guttural. A word you can choke on. Like dry Hamantaschen.

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Mar 26Liked by Alex Dobrenko`

Good word: movie (it's makes me almost giddy with its absurdity: a picture that moves is a movie

Bad word: gestate (too ugly)

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Good word: Pizzazz

Bad word: Synergy

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Mar 26Liked by Alex Dobrenko`

Good word: Fathomless

Bad word: Journey {as in "my wellness journey/my parenthood journey/my writing journey" -- shut up, I'm sick of it, pick a different word!!!!!!!!!!!}

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Mar 26Liked by Alex Dobrenko`

Good word: Spectrum

Bad word: Zealot

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Good: Frazzle

Bad: gubernatorial

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