STERNUTATION? Gesundheit!

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STERNUTATION [ster-nyuh-TAY-shun] (noun)

The act or sound of sneezing

"Tabby, the omnipresent housecat, seemed to delight in Natalie's constant sternutation." (TWITO, page 149)

Feeling OIKOFUGIC now that you're vaccinated?

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OIKOFUGIC [oy-ko-FU-jik] (adjective)

Marked by the urge to wander or travel away from home

"Genevieve's employment as an air hostess for Oceanic Airlines enabled her to indulge her most oikofugic fantasies, but an emergency landing in Uzbekistan was not one of them." (TWITO, page 101)

A ZEPHYR might be more effective than a mask

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ZEPHYR  (noun)

A gentle, refreshing wind; also the Greek god of the west wind.

"He saw attempted murder in the pains of green-apple colic, cyclones in the summer zephyr, lost children in every top-spinning urchin, an uprising of the down-trodden masses in every hurling of a derelict potato at a passing automobile."
--O. Henry, "Whirligigs" (1923)

Do you find puns GELASTIC?

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GELASTIC  [jel-AS-tic] (adjective)

Provoking laughter

"Only Desmond's gelastic comments made the tedious seminar bearable." (TWITO, page 60)