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Old September 10th, 2019, 11:34 AM
Debbie
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Default [Dixonary] Round 3013 Definitions for Prisencolinensinainciusol

1. [nonce] a "secret ingredient" in a New Zealand television
commercial which promises to reduce the price of clothing from a certain
company.



2. a nonce word for a cleaning solution used in the halls of
government (Spy, U.S. magazine, 1982)



3. an acidic forest soil of low fertility, common to the cool, humid
areas of North America and Eurasia



4. a price that is made to appear to be cheap, but is actually not a
bargain.



5. chemical name of an industrial cleanser commonly sold as Prisol



6. a leached soil formed mainly in cool, humid climates



7. the sleepy mumble of someone with a hangover



8. to put into a mixed and disordered condition



9. gibberish



10. a cyclodiene chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide that causes liver
disease in animals and is a suspected human carcinogen.



11. a branch of nuclear physics.



12. togetherness, harmony. Coined for promotional use by the 1968 World
Language Fair.



13. a proprietary aliphatic solvent used in oil and gas extraction
(fracking)


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