| Term | Definition |
|---|
| annotation | explanatory note (foot notes) |
| appellation | title (Sunshine State: Florida) |
| eponym | a person whose name is the source of the name of something (Raleigh: Sir Walter Raleigh) |
| linguistics | study of language |
| malapropism | humorous misuse of familiar sounding words (Mrs. Malaprop) |
| neologism | new word (download) |
| parlance | particular manner of speaking |
| patois | regional dialect (Cockney, Adam & Eve: Believe) |
| polyglot | using several languages |
| vulgar | indecent, display of wealth |
| contingent | conditional |
| eventuality | a possibility |
| implausible | difficult to believe |
| inconceivable | impossible to grasp |
| in vain | wthout success |
| perchance | perhaps |
| preposterous | absurd |
| procilvity | a tendency (noun) |
| prone | having a tendency (adj) |
| theoretical | unproven, abstract |
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