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SURPRISING “STICKY P’S”

SURPRISING “STICKY P’S” PRE-WORDS THAT CAN’T DROP THE FRONT P! “YOU CAN DO IT BEFOREHAND, BUT YOU CAN’T DO IT AGAIN!” HELPS YOU TO LEARN A FEW RE-WORDS TO CHALLENGE (AND TO NOT PLAY THOSE WORDS YOURSELF!)

PREPRICE STICKY D S PREPRICE: v. TO PRICE BEFOREHAND (PREPRICING) I hope THE PRICE IS RIGHT because you cannot reprice* it. 3

D PREpaste S STICKY PREPASTE: v. TO PASTE BEFOREHAND (PREPASTED, PREPASTES, PREPASTING) You can’t repaste* this! 4

D PREBAKE S STICKY PREBAKE: v. TO BAKE BEFOREHAND (PREBAKED, PREBAKES, PREBAKING) “TWICE BAKED” BUT NOT rebaked* (!) PREBAKE THEN BAKE, FOR A GREAT “TWICE BAKED” POTATO DISH 5

PREBLESS STICKY PREBLESS: v. TO BLESS BEFOREHAND BLESS MY SOUL, BUT ONLY ONCE 6

PRECHILLS STICKY PRECHILL: v. TO CHILL BEFOREHAND PRECHILLED PRECHILLS PRECHILLING YOU CAN ONLY CHILL BEER ONCE. 7

PRECLEARS STICKY PRECLEAR: v. TO CLEAR BEFOREHAND (PRECLEARS, PRECLEARED, PRECLEARING) 8

PRECOOLS STICKY PRECOOL: v. TO COOL BEFOREHAND (PRECOOLS, PRECOOLED, PRECOOLING) Pre. Cool Vest improves performance by precooling the athletes' muscles before they compete. Studies show that muscles perform better when they're not wasting their resources on cooling down. 9

D PRECURE S STICKY PRECURE: v. TO CURE BEFOREHAND, PARTICULARLY RUBBER, TO ENHANCE ITS DIMENSIONAL STABILITY PRIOR TO CURING (PRECURED, PRECURES, PRECURING) “You had that occurrence, and I cured you. I’m afraid you have a recurrence, but unfortunately recure* doesn’t work. YOU CAN BE A PROCURER, BUT THERE IS NO R REAR HOOK FOR PRECURE 10

PRELIMIT S STICKY PRELIMIT: v. TO LIMIT BEFOREHAND (PRELIMITED, PRELIMITS, PRELIMITING) GOVERNORS ON GO-KARTS DO PRELIMIT SPEED. 11

PRETENDS STICKY PRETEND: v. TO ASSUME OR DISPLAY A FALSE APPEARANCE OF (PRETENDED, PRETENDING, PRETENDER/S) SHE DID PRETEND THAT SHE WOULD TEND THE FIRE WITH CARE BUT ONLY ONCE. 12

D PREGUIDE S STICKY PREGUIDE: v. TO GUIDE BEFOREHAND (PREGUIDED, PREGUIDES, PREGUIDING) 13

PREPUNCH STICKY PREPUNCH: v. TO PUNCH IN ADVANCE (PREPUNCHED, PREPUNCHES, PREPUNCHING) THIS PUNCHER IS “A ONE PUNCH MAN” BECAUSE repunch* IS NO GOOD! 14

PRERINSE STICKY D S PRERINSE: v. TO RINSE BEFOREHAND (PRERINSED, PRERINSES, PRERINSING) RINSE IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, BECAUSE YOU CAN’T rerinse* IT. 15

_ PREVUED STICKY PREVUED: v. TO VIEW IN ADVANCE, PREVIEW [PREVUE, PREVUES, PREVUED, PREVUING (!)] REVUE: n. A TYPE OF MUSICAL SHOW (pl. REVUES) But not a verb so no –ED or –ING form 16

PRESLICE STICKY D S PRESLICE: v. TO SLICE BEFOREHAND (PRESLICING) SLICE IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, BECAUSE YOU CAN’T reslice* IT. 17

PREWARN STICKY S PREWARN: v. TO WARN BEFOREHAND (PREWARNED, PREWARNS, PREWARNING) But only once. Because, she can’t rewarn* anybody. 18

PRETEXT STICKY S PRETEXT: v. TO ALLEGE AS AN EXCUSE (PRETEXTS, PRETEXTED, PRETEXTING) I didn’t come to your party because…uhh… my llama was sick. Under the pretext that your llama…hmm… Don’t text me again. Actually I can’t text again. No one can retext* at all. 19

OK, WE ARE STILL GOING TO LOOK AT PRE-WORDS THAT HAVE STICKY P, BUT NOUNS OR ADJECTIVES… 20

PRETERM S STICKY PRETERM: n. (!) AN INFANT BORN PREMATURELY TERM: v. TO GIVE A NAME TO Yeah? Well, that’s just tough, because once I term something, I can’t reterm* it. You can say “preemie” but I prefer the term preterm. 21

PREAUDITS STICKY PREAUDIT: n. AN AUDIT MADE PRIOR TO A FINAL SETTLEMENT OF A TRANSACTION NOT A VERB! 22

PREBEND S STICKY PREBEND: n. (!) A CLERGYMEN’S STIPEND The blessing of the Lord brings wealth. Proverbs 10: 22 NOT A VERB! AND YOU CERTAINLY CANNOT rebend*. 23

PREMOLT STICKY S PREMOLT: adj. PRECEDING A MOLT) ANIMALS MOLT ONCE PER SEASON 24

PRERACE STICKY PRERACE: adj. PRECEDING A RACE 25

PREOWNED STICKY PREOWNED: adj. PREVIOUSLY OWNED NOT A VERB! “D-ONLY FORM” “No, you don’t really want to buy back your car that you traded in for your preowned one you bought here last year. Nobody does that. No one has reowned* their vehicle! 26

PRECRASH STICKY PRECRASH: adj. PRECEDING A CRASH 27

PREDIVE STICKY PREDIVE: adj. PRECEDING A DIVE “IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO DIVE ONCE, CHAD” 28

PREFLAME STICKY PREFLAME: adj. PRECEDING A FLAME 29

STICKY P “PRE-WORDS” BUT NOT A SURPRISE PREHUMAN PREGGERS PREMIUMS PREVIOUS PREVAILS PRESTIGE PREENING 30

SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL STICKY P “PRE-WORDS” PREPREG: n. REINFORCING MATERIAL ALREADY PREPREG IMPREGNATED WITH A SYNTHETIC RESIN PREFRANK: v. TO MARK A PIECE OF MAIL FOR FREE DELIVERY IN ADVANCE PREDELLA: n. THE BASE OF AN ALTERPIECE PRECIEUX: adj. EXCESSIVELY REFINED 31

MORE UNUSUAL STICKY P “PRE-WORDS” PRELUDER: n. ONE WHO PERFORMS A PRELUDE, PRELUDER A MUSICAL INTRODUCTION (PRELUDE is a verb) PREROCK: adj. PRECEDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC PREGAME: v. (NWL 2018) TO CONSUME ALCOHOL BEFORE A GAME (PREGAMED, PREGAMES, PREGAMING) PREPENSE: adj. PLANNED IN ADVANCE 32

& 2 WORDS WE WOULD LIKE TO USE VERY SOON: PREMUNE: adj. RESISTANT TO A DISEASE PREBOOM: adj. PRECEDING A SUDDEN EXPANSION OF BUSINESS 33

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