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Page 3 of 3 < 1 2 3 Topic Options #183920 - 03/25/09 07:45 PM Re: centre of gravitas [Re: tsuwm] PastorVon member Registered: 12/30/08 Posts: 106 Loc: USA, North Carolina Originally Posted By: tsuwm mathematicaster = adder who can't sum (my others were even worse) Might it be an adder that cannot fish; or an adder that will not strike? But, then you have another portmanteau -- is that right? Can a portmanteau be a word with two utterly different meanings? Edited by PastorVon (03/25/09 07:46 PM) Edit Reason: word left out Top #183924 - 03/25/09 10:47 PM Re: centre of gravitas [Re: PastorVon] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9386 Loc: this too shall pass >Might it be an adder that cannot fish; or an adder that will not strike? but those wouldn't qualify, now would they. (15-letter def'ns for 15-letter words) Top Page 3 of 3 < 1 2 3 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7141 Members 16 Forums 12692 Topics 187376 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 0 registered (), 10 Guests and 26 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Jean Galt, bigmouthbarb, Barney, DavidHill, ianpc 7141 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12365 Jackie 10202 tsuwm 9386 Buffalo Shrdlu 6587 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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