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Today’s pangram is POTBELLY.
POTBELLY is defined as slang for a paunch. It is also defined as a bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned.
BELLBOY is defined as someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels.
BELLY is defined as the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis. It is also defined as swell out or bulge out. It is also defined as a protruding abdomen. It is also defined as a part that bulges deeply. It is also defined as the hollow inside of something. It is also defined as the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish.
The word BLOBBY has no known definition.
BOOBY is defined as an ignorant or foolish person. It is also defined as small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both.
BOOTY is defined as goods or money obtained illegally.
BYTE is defined as a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information.
The word EELY has no known definition.
The word EYEBOLT has no known definition.
EYELET is defined as fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines. It is also defined as a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar.
LOBBY is defined as detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors. It is also defined as an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying. It is also defined as a large entrance or reception room or area. It is also defined as the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest.
LOOPY is defined as informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. It is also defined as consisting of or covered with or having loops.
OBEY is defined as be obedient to.
PEBBLY is defined as abounding in small stones.
PEPPY is defined as marked by lively action.
PETTY is defined as contemptibly narrow in outlook. It is also defined as (informal) small and of little importance. It is also defined as larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale). It is also defined as inferior in rank or status.
PEYOTE is defined as the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons. It is also defined as a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons.
PLOY is defined as a maneuver in a game or conversation. It is also defined as an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker.
POLYP is defined as a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane. It is also defined as one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth.
POPPY is defined as annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers.
POTTY is defined as a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. It is also defined as slightly intoxicated. It is also defined as marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness. It is also defined as a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom. It is also defined as (British informal) trivial.
The word TELETYPE has no known definition.
TYPE is defined as a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). It is also defined as identify as belonging to a certain type. It is also defined as write by means of a keyboard with types. It is also defined as all of the tokens of the same symbol. It is also defined as a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper. It is also defined as a subdivision of a particular kind of thing. It is also defined as (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon. It is also defined as printed characters.
TYPO is defined as a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
YELL is defined as utter a sudden loud cry. It is also defined as utter or declare in a very loud voice. It is also defined as a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate). It is also defined as a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition.
YELP is defined as a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog). It is also defined as bark in a high-pitched tone.
So annoying how the NYT cavalierly decides what legitimate words they will accept and which legitimate ones they deign to be too offensive or obscure. Recently they accepted the word “poop”, but today they won’t accept “poopy.” Infants do poop in their diapers (non-offensive), but evidently their poopy diapers crosses some invisible offensive line.
Today the imprimatur was given to blobby which is a word most English-speaking persons have never used, and does not include any definition. And yet, “bobby” didn’t make the grade although most half-wits would recognize the term for a policeman in Great Britain. Ditto for “telly” as in television. Again too British, but neither could remotely be considered offensive or obscure. Hey folks, they are both common English words.
How about simply accepting all legitimate words? Isn’t that the nature of spelling bees?