Theory Thursday: Prefix Briefs Part 3
Briefs and Phrases From The Blacklist: Season 1, Episode 3

Shanghai= SHAING/HAO*I
Pudong= PAOU/DO*NG
Belize= BA/LAO*EZ
replacement= PLAEFRMT
due diligence= DAOULGS
breakfast= BREFS
omelette= OM/L*ET psycho
psychopath= SKO*EPT
psychopaths= SKO*EPTS
physical therapy= FAERP
Chinese= KHAOINS
Ph.D.= PHD
China= KHAOIN
Lisbon= LIS/BO*N
invisible= KB-FBL
invisibility= KB-FBLT
cryptography= KRIP/TOG/GRA*EF or KRIPT/TOG/GRA*EF
Bedouin= BED/DOE/W*IN or BED/O*E/W*IN or BED/DOE/*IN or BED/O*E/*IN
radio station= RAOGS
encryption= KBRIPGS
intercepted= SB-FPTD or SBREPTD or SBEFPTD
data= DAT
mirroring= MRORG
Mandarin= MAND/R*IN
nicotine= NIK/TAO*EN
polymer= POIL/M*ER
surveillance= SWAONS
protocol= PROELT
morphine= MOFRN
container= TAIRN
biometric= BO/MERKT or BO/M*ERKT
visitors= VIFRTS
database= D-B
DARPA= DAR/PA*
descending= SDENGD
transmissions= TR-MGSZ
algorithm= AL/GA/R*IMT
obsolete= SBLAOET
insertion= SNERGE
monastery= MON/STA*ER
Kunming= K*UN/M*ING
jeopardy= JEP
instincts= KBINGTS
balcony= BAL/KO*EN
microchip= MAOIRK/KHIP
Beijing= BAI/J*ING
frustration= FRUFGS
ballistics= BLIFKTS
classified= KLAFD
Stenspiration™
Rules Of Grammar: Plurale Tantum
Plurale Tantum is Latin for, “pural only.” It is a noun that only has a plural form and doesn’t have a singular form.
Here are some examples:
scissors
slacks (referring to pants)
glasses (referring to eyewear)
shenanigans
cahoots
amends (as in “making amends”)
thanks
goggles
smithereens
suds
trousers
jitters
riches
Medical Monday: Amniohook
Medical Monday: Psittacosis
Psittacosis is “an infectious disease of birds caused by a bacterium transmissible to humans in whom it occurs as a flu-like illness often accompanied by pneumonia.” This disease is also called “parrot fever,” or “ornithosis.”
Machine Briefs:
OPTION #1: psittacosis= SIT/A/KOE/S*IS
OPTION #2: psittacosis= SIT/KOE/S*IS
OPTION #3: psittacosis= SIT/A/KO*EZ
OPTION #4: psittacosis= SIT/KO*EZ
OPTION #5: psittacosis= SIT/TA/KO*EZ
OPTION #6: psittacosis= SIT/TA/KOE/S*IS





