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@forkedknight said
I was trying to think of french words, while eating my BBQ:

mezquite

how about
EZU
Venezuela

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MBL

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@the said
MBL
Ramble

To be fair forkedknight's EZU has not been solved.
Proper nouns are not allowed. Venezuela does not count.

EZU

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@wolfgang59 said
Ramble
I was actually thinking of dumbly, but in retrospect, ramble, gamble, tumble, rumble, etc.

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@forkedknight said

EZU
All I thought of was bezuki - which I thought was a musical instrument.
However an interwebs search shows it's a tobacco extract that I can't find in a dictionary and it seems that I can't spell bouzouki.

EZU stands.

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@forkedknight said
EZU
mezuzah

YBD

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@handyandy said
mezuzah

YBD
good one, I was thinking bejeezus

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@handyandy said
mezuzah

YBD
molybdenum
Periodic table seems a good resource for this thread!

XYZ

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@orangutan said
molybdenum
Periodic table seems a good resource for this thread!

XYZ
I could only think that this is a chemical name.
So I tried Oxyzylene and bingo!

KEK

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@wolfgang59 said
I could only think that this is a chemical name.
So I tried Oxyzylene and bingo!
Bingo? I did a google search, and found a couple of obscure chemistry papers that use "oxyxylene", and your post. I don't think oxyzylene is a thing

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@forkedknight said
Bingo? I did a google search, and found a couple of obscure chemistry papers that use "oxyxylene", and your post. I don't think oxyzylene is a thing
How about hydroxyzine?

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@handyandy said
How about hydroxyzine?
Good one, it's got a wikipedia page, so I think that qualifies it 🙂

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@handyandy said
How about hydroxyzine?
That was the one that I'd found ... though I had to look in a pretty hefty dictionary.

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@orangutan said
That was the one that I'd found ... though I had to look in a pretty hefty dictionary.
It's medication for anxiety.

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@handyandy said
It's medication for anxiety.
I'm anxious about oxyzylene!