Recurring alphabet thread

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Opine.

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Orc

As in: "Look! There are orcs over there."

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Oscillate

Definition: "Too look alternately and repeatedly at two doughnuts."

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Oink

Note: an example of onomatopoeia

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Oinkomatopoeia

Definition: to sound like a pig

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Oldham

Note: a city in West Yorkshire with a population of 890,500 and five teams in the English Football League.

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Oresome {phonetic spelling of oresome}

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Oralize

Definition: to turn written words into a different form.

@the-gravedigger said
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Oresome {phonetic spelling of oresome}

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Omid Scooby {author}

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Oh

Note: the only two-letter word in English that can mean both "I should have knocked" and "I can't believe what you just said."

@the-gravedigger said
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Omid Scooby {author}

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Penguin, pick up a

Note: OK if it's a chocolate biscuit in the 70s, but not good if it's a large flightless seabird, in any decade, if you are not a zookeeper.

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Pluperfect

a.k.a. past perfect

Note: often tricky for learners of English as a foreign language who do not already speak a Romance or Germanic language.

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Persuade

As in: "I persuaded Russ to ban Executioner Brand 25 times with a fixed-rate lump sum at the beginning."