Words

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Winningest

sports-speak for most winning.

Patsy

1. a person who is easily taken advantage of; 2. a scapegoat.

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Rubenesque

full-figured, round, or plump.

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Crap

Informal but highly versatile.

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Bankster

= a new word referring to a banker who engages in shady practices.

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Newfangled

new and perhaps needlessly modern.

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Discombobulate

= to throw into a state of confusion.

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Reappropriate

1. to appropriate again; 2. to appropriate something negative and make it positive.

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Ginormous

= a humorous, emphatic fusion of gigantic (or giant) and enormous.

Whac-A-Mole

a futile effort to suppress something that keeps popping up no matter how many times one tries to get rid of it.