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January Olio

1. Nessie (rhymes with messy) is a term usually applied to:
a chocolate layer cake
a monster of the lake
a nurse’s aide
a pigtail braid

2. Vitriol (VITRY-ol) is:
stonework
bitterness
hair dressing
great success

3. An effluvium (uh-FLU-vee-um) is:
a tall smokestack
a water-slide track
a melodious bell
a rotten smell

4. Something that’s ersatz (ur-ZOTS or UR-zots) is:
an inferior substitute
hard to understand
extremely spicy
out of date

5. Sternum (STIR-num) is another term for:
a boat’s rear
home-made beer
the breastbone
a trombone

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