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Word of the Day for Friday, April 8, 2011futz \FUHTS\, verb: 1. To pass time in idleness (usually followed by around). noun: "For God's sake, Tommy, just do it, and then you can futz with your papers all you want to." "I think it's because, unlike most people, she doesn't futz around being polite." Futz is an Americanism of unknown origin, though it may be derived from Yiddish slang. | |||||||||
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  Want to pack more punch than a metaphor provides? Consider hypocatastasisMetaphors and similes are figures of speech used to add flair and/or humor to a phrase. These popular rhetorical devices are all well and good, but sometimes you just need to get to the point; enter hypocatastasis. Hypo is derived from the Greek "under," cata comes from the Ancient Greek kata, meaning "down from, or down... | |||||||||
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