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A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.

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  1. n. A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.
  2. n. an word/informal">informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge
  3. A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge. He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever. De Quincey.
  4. A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch ofknowledge.He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy,and all other ologies whatsoever. De Quincey.
  5. n. an word/informal">informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge