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I really love deliquesce, which means "to melt." Whenever you say this word, you can almost see a huge block of ice gradually melting in the summer sun. OW Holmes, Sr., the original autocrat of the breakfast table, could write, "Whose whole vocabulary had deliquesced into some half dozen expressions." I used to think that college professors were among the most eloquent people on earth. Then I realized that all they really knew was the vocabulary of their field and a few common multi syllabic words. Their vocabularies likewise had deliquesced into the jargon of the trade.

And, I can't help but think of the Wicked Witch of the West when deliquesce and its noun friend deliquescence comes to mind. While she may be saying, after Dorothy has doused her with water, "I'm melting, melting," I bet innocent little Dorothy Gale of Kansas was secretly muttering to herself, "Deliquesce, bitch."

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