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spizerinctum
 n.β€” Β«β€œI think the country is entitled to know he is young, vigorous, and full of spizerinctum.” [Sen. Alexander Wiley (R) Wis.] said spizerinctum was a word coined by an old banker in his town of Chippewa Falls, Wis., to describe someone full of pep and vitality.Β» β€”β€œTV Makes Ike β€˜Look Old’” in Washington, D.C. Independent (Pasadena, California) May 11, 1956. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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