WORD MAN: I remember my high-school English teacher (Miss Landis) talking about the PREDICATE of a sentence (the part containing a verb), but I often hear people using predicate in a different way.
So I looked it up.
NOUN: the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g. went home in John went home); or something which (that) is affirmed or denied concerning an argument of a proposition.
VERB: state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition; or declare or affirm (something) as true or existing; postulate or assert; or found or base something on.
The last meaning (found or base something on) is the way I wasn't as familiar with. But I think they're pronouncing it wrong.
I just found JOCOSELY, and it makes me think of jocularity. Jocosely is a formal way to say "jokingly." Use this adverb any time you want to describe an action that's done in a facetious or satirical way. I was right.
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