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We in the Triumvirate firmly believe that an education can never stop. And education is good. It doesn't rot your teeth....never mind. Go to Spot's Poetry Corner if you want to know all that stuff.

Anyway, point is, even Dutchy learned to spell strike. You can increase your Dutchy Vocabulary too! Just use the Triumvirate's handy-dandy Word-A-Day Referencing System (aka DutchyWords). Here's an example of how it works.

Quintessence
definition: n. 1) the purest form of some quality; pure essence. 2) the most perfect
example of something.
DutchyPhrase: Ivan Dudynsky is the quintessence of dancing and newsieness.

See, you get the word, definitions, the part(s) of speech, and an example of how to use your new DutchyWord in everyday conversations and/or possibly in term papers. Freak your profs out. It's fun.
Here we go! (Grab your Yule Whip. But please don't flock your computer.)

January 1 - Klatch
definition: n. a gathering marked by informal conversation.
DutchyPhrase: While Dutchy was eating a knockwurst, the Newsies were having a
klatch in Tibby's after their fight in which they were aided by Brooklyn.
January 1st is New Year's Day.
January 2 - Leviathan
definition: n. something large or formidable
DutchyPhrase: Given the right exposure, Ivan would become a leviathan in the world
of choreography.
January 2nd is a bank holiday in Scotland and New Zealand.
January 3 - Williwaw
definition: n. 1. a sudden, violent wind 2. a violent commotion
DutchyPhrase: Dutchy and the other newsies spread information to other parts of
New York City, creating a williwaw of angry newsie protesters.
January 4 - Stalwart
definition: adj. Marked by outstanding strength of body, mind, or spirit
DutchyPhrase: Dutchy and the other newsies fought the stalwart newspaper
magnates of 1899 New York... and won.
January 4th is Trivia Day.
January 5 - Janus-faced
definition: adj. Having two contrasting aspects
DutchyPhrase: Ivan's characters Lewis the Band Geek and "A Dude" may seem
Janus-faced, but we all know they're the same lovable person.
January 5th is Twelfth Night.
January 6 - Recant
definition: v. to take back formally and publicly: renounce
DutchyPhrase: In the inconceivable event that DutchyWeb addicts would enter a
twelve-step program to end their addiction, they would be forced to recant all
knowledge of anything Dutchy.
January 6th is the Feast of the Epiphany.
January 7 - Epigram
definition: n. a terse, witty poem or saying
DutchyPhrase: To view epigrams about Dutchy, visit Spot's Poetry Corner.
January 8 - Footle
definition: v. 1. to talk or act foolishly. 2. to waste time
DutchyPhrase: If the Triumvirate ever met Ivan in person, first they'd footle, and after
that, they don't know what they'd do.
January 8th is [Andrew] Jackson Day and "the King's" (you know, Elvis's)
birthday.
January 9 - Obdurate
definition: adj. 1. hard-hearted. 2. stubbornly resistant: unyielding
DutchyPhrase: Every morning, Dutchy is obdurate about taking the towel off his
head; he won't do it!
January 9th is Balloon Ascension Day.
January 10th - Chilblain
definition: n. an inflammatory swelling or sore caused by exposure to cold
DutchyPhrase: If Dutchy didn't have the Lodging House in winter, he would get many
chilblains, and then we would be sad.
January 11th - Impervious
definition: adj. 1. incapable of being penetrated. 2. incapable of being affected.
DutchyPhrase: Ivan is apparently impervious to the pleas of his fans as he has not
been on TV since 1994.
January 11th is International Thank-You Day.
January 12th - Pinchbeck
definition: n. something counterfeit or spurious
DutchyPhrase: No matter how much makeup he had to wear for Roundhouse, Ivan's
looks were never pinchbeck, they were the real thing.
January 12th is National Pharmacist Day.
January 13th - Schadenfreude
definition: n. enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
DutchyPhrase: Dutchy experiences schadenfreude from watching the Delancys get
beaten up.
January 13th is Stephen Foster Memorial Day.
January 14th - Quietus
definition: n. 1. removal from activity, especially: death. 2. something that quiets or
represses.
DutchyPhrase: Nothing, not even Pulitzer, could impose a quietus on Dutchy and the
Newsies.
January 14th is Ratification Day.
January 15th - Countenance
definition: v. to extend approval or toleration to: sanction
DutchyPhrase: Had Judge E. A. Monagham allowed Dutchy and the Newsies to go
free, he would have been expressing tacit countenance to their raucous
behavior.
January 16th - Rakish
definition: adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of a dissolute person
DutchyPhrase: Frankly, Dutchy doesn't seem rakish at all; that title goes to Jack.
January 16th is Prohibition Remembrance Day.
January 17th - Bobbery
definition: n. a noisy disturbance: brawl
DutchyPhrase: Warden Snyder and the bulls viewed the Newsies Rally as a
bobbery; however, Dutchy did not. He thought it was pretty cool.
January 17th is Kim's birthday. Kim is the sister of Ali (well, she's supposed to
be, anyway.) =)
January 18th - Ambiguous
definition: adj. capable of being understood in more than one way
DutchyPhrase: The name Dutchy is ambiguous; it could be Dutch, Pennsylvania
Dutch...or it could mean that he makes the girls pay when he takes them on
dates.
January 18th is Maintenance Day.
January 19th - Cadence
definition: n. the measure or beat of a rythmical flow
DutchyPhrase: It is a fact that Dutchy marched to a cadence all his own.
January 20th - Peremtory
definition: adj. 1. imperative. 2. marked by arrogant self-assurance.
DutchyPhrase: Refer to the sentence for January 16th and insert the word peremtory. January 20th is Inauguration Day.
January 21th - Darkle
definition: v. 1. to become clouded or gloomy. 2. to become sealed in the dark
DutchyPhrase: Dutchy and the Newsies darkled when Jack was hauled off, and also
when Denton announce he was leaving (although no one knows why.)
January 22nd - Nocent
definition: adj. having a tendency to harm
DutchyPhrase: Dutchy, as a Newsie, always fights valiantly against the nocent ways
of the Delancy brothers.
January 23rd - Hierophant
definition: n. 1. one who explains or interprets 2. a spokesperson or advocate.
DutchyPhrase: The Triumvirate doesn't care what anyone says - Dutchy should have
been the hierophant for the Newsies.
January 24th - Tangible
definition: adj. 1. perceptible especially by the senses of touch 2. substantially real
DutchyPhrase: If Dutchy were tangible to his admirers, especially the Triumvirate,
through the screen, his fans would be incredibly happy (not to mention
surprised.)
January 25th - Eidetic
definition: adj. marked by extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall
DutchyPhrase: All Ivan's fans are eidetic about his sparse moments in Newsies.
January 26th - Wizen
definition: v. to become or cause to become dry or wrinkled
DutchyPhrase: Hopefully, time will not cause Ivan to wizen.
January 27th - Recapitulate
definition: v. to repeat the principal points of: summarize
DutchyPhrase: Allow us to recapitulate: Ivan is gorgeous, Ivan is talented, and this
page is about Ivan. Enough said.
January 27th is National Activity Professionals Day.
January 28th - Mossback
definition: n. an extremely oldfashioned or reactionary person: fogy
DutchyPhrase: Although the Triumvirate does not know Ivan's political affiliation, we
presume that he is not a mossback.
January 29th - Cryptic
definition: adj. puzzling or mysterious
DutchyPhrase: Why Ivan has such a tiny role in Newsies is cryptic.
January 30th - Ostracize
definition: v. to exclude from a group by common consent
DutchyPhrase: The evil so-called DutchyFans who suddenly decided to ostracize
Ivan were immediately drawn, quartered, and flocked.
January 31st - Disabuse
definition: v. to free from error, fallacy, or misconception
DutchyPhrase: The purpose of DutchyWeb is to disabuse netsurfers of notions that
Ivan is not a god.

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Copyright: The Triumvirate stole--er borrowed these words from Merriam Webster's 365 New Words Calendar 1998. (Workman Publishing, New York City) and the idea was OURS, all OURS! D'you hear me?? But, just so no one is mad at me, I really really think you should go out and buy yourself a MERRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY. Okay? Cool.
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