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VOCABULARY BUILDER. Learning Vocabulary With Yo ’ Momma Jokes. UBIQUITOUS ( yoo BIK wi tuhs ). Yo Momma’s so ubiquitous , when she sits around the house, she sits AROUND the house!
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VOCABULARY BUILDER Learning Vocabulary With Yo’ Momma Jokes
UBIQUITOUS (yoo BIK wituhs) • Yo Momma’s soubiquitous, when she sits around the house, she sits AROUND the house! • Ubiquitous does not mean fat or huge, but rather seemingly everywhere. Advertising for the new iPhone is ubiquitous; I can’t go 5 minutes without seeing a new commercial. • Now you use it in a sentence… 1
EMACIATED (i MAY shee ay tid) • Yo Momma’s so emaciated, she can hula hoop in a fruit loop. • Emaciated isn’t just skinny. It’s too skinny, unhealthy-looking, skeletal. Gandhi’s hunger strike left him emaciated, weak, and near death, • Now you list synonyms… 1
PALLID (PAL id) • Yo Momma’s skin is sopallid, when it snows she disappears. • The root word of pallid is “pale” and that’s kind of what the word means. Pallid means dull, or lacking radiance. Her writing is pallid and bores me to death. • Now you list synonyms… 1
HIRSUTE (HUR suit) • Yo Momma’s so hirsute she bathes with a Rug Doctor. • The easiest way to remember hirsute is to think of a “hair suit,” because it means very hairy. Austin Powers thought his hirsute chest was sexy; women did not. • Now you use it in a sentence… 1
VORACIOUS (vuh RAY shus) • Yo Momma’s appetite is so voracious she eats Wheat Thicks. • The word voracious describes an intense or huge craving for something. She was a voracious reader and couldn’t wait for the next Twilight book to come out. • Now you use it in a sentence… 1
CORPULENT (CORE pyooluhnt) • Yo Momma’s so corpulent, when her cell phone goes off, people think she’s backing up. • Even though it sounds polite, calling someone corpulent is rude, it means you are calling them excessively fat. Fat Albert was the only corpulent one among all the Cosby Kids. • Now you list synonyms… 1
LARGESSE (lar JESS) • Yo Momma’s has such largesse, she’d give me the hair off her back. • Largesse is not related to hirsute, instead it means generosity in giving gifts. • Now you list synonyms… 1