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Word of the day: lob·lol·ly n. pl. lob·lol·lies 1. Chiefly Southern U.S. A mudhole; a mire. 2. The loblolly pine. [Perhaps dialectal lob, to bubble + lolly, broth.] Regional Note: Loblolly is a combination of lob, probably an onomatopoeia for the thick heavy bubbling of cooking porridge, and lolly, an old British dialect word for "broth, soup, or any other food boiled in a pot." Thus, loblolly originally denoted thick porridge or gruel, especially that eaten by sailors onboard ship. In the southern United States, the word is used to mean "a mudhole; a mire," a sense derived from an allusion to the consistency of porridge. Love this one, and few know of it or have used it...