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Connections Hint & Answer #1248

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METONYMY

PROTOZOOLOGY

HYPERBOLE

SCRIVENER

ONOMATOPOEIA

INVISIBILITY

APOTHECARY

OXYMORON

KERFUFFLE

FOOFARAW

HABERDASHER

WAINWRIGHT

BROUHAHA

BEEKEEPER

ABRACADABRA

HULLABALOO

YYellow groupEasiest

Yellow group · easiest

Lots of silly old-fashioned words for a big noisy fuss or ruckus you might hear at a wild scene.
HUBBUB
BROUHAHAFOOFARAWHULLABALOOKERFUFFLEAll four are playful synonyms for a noisy commotion or uproar: a BROUHAHA is a chaotic fuss, FOOFARAW means excessive fanfare or ballyhoo, HULLABALOO is a loud ruckus, and KERFUFFLE is a muddled disturbance.

GGreen groupFairly easy

Green group · fairly easy

These four all describe clever tricks writers use with language — playing up, swapping around, echoing sounds, or pairing opposites.
LITERARY DEVICES
HYPERBOLEMETONYMYONOMATOPOEIAOXYMORONEach names a technique writers use: HYPERBOLE is deliberate exaggeration, METONYMY substitutes a related term for the thing itself (like "crown" for the king), ONOMATOPOEIA forms words that imitate sounds (like "buzz"), and OXYMORON pairs contradictory terms (like "deafening silence").

BBlue groupTricky

Blue group · tricky

These four all describe people you'd have hired centuries ago, each plying a trade that has since faded from common speech.
OLD-TIMEY OCCUPATIONS
APOTHECARYHABERDASHERSCRIVENERWAINWRIGHTAll four are archaic job titles: an APOTHECARY dispensed medicines, a HABERDASHER sold men's clothing notions, a SCRIVENER hand-copied documents, and a WAINWRIGHT built wagons.

PPurple groupTrickiest — wordplay

Purple group · trickiest — wordplay

Each of these terms is absolutely stuffed with one particular letter sound, repeating it over and over so it dominates the word.
WORDS WITH FIVE OF ONE VOWEL
ABRACADABRABEEKEEPERINVISIBILITYPROTOZOOLOGYEach word contains exactly five instances of a single vowel: ABRACADABRA has five A's (A-b-r-A-c-Ad-Ab-r-A), BEEKEEPER has five E's (b-EE-k-EEp-Er), INVISIBILITY has five I's (In-vIs-Ib-Il-It-y), and PROTOZOOLOGY has five O's (prOtOzOOlOgy).

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