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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #27607 - 07/09/01 01:03 PM Re: collective nouns maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4683 A loving of handcuffs. Oh, sorry, I thought it was corrective nouns Top #27608 - 07/09/01 11:51 PM Re: collective nouns WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/13/01 Posts: 4189 Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Aw, Faldage, you just wanted to bring up Sparteye's "lick" post again! Top #27609 - 07/10/01 04:12 PM Re: collective nouns wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 But they melt where they are not supposed to Top #27610 - 07/10/01 07:07 PM Re: collective nouns maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4683 How about 'a jones of Mother Superiors'? oh, sorry, I thought it was collective nuns Top #27611 - 07/12/01 04:16 PM Re: collective nouns Anonymous Unregistered Aw, Faldage, you just wanted to bring up Sparteye's "lick" post again! i don't understand her post. "p_____" stands for what?? wwh's subsequent post implies it's "pickles", so i'm not sure i understand the significance of not just spelling it out. Top #27612 - 07/12/01 04:29 PM Re: collective nouns of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park My pudish ex was very angry with me when i used dildoes in (or as dr. bill put it " will dill do"?) in a scrabble game.. as i recall, got a triple word score for it..(one of the d's, so it counted two ways!) and a lick of chocotate p_ n_s_s -- fill in the blanks with vowels... did you really not know that? Obviously you go to the wrong kind of candy stores! _________________________ my other obsession Top #27613 - 07/12/01 04:41 PM Re: collective nouns Sparteye Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1763 My pudish ex was very angry with me when i used dildoes Oh, man, I almost stopped reading right there and then. Good thing I kept going!!! Top #27614 - 07/12/01 05:02 PM Re: collective nouns Anonymous Unregistered fill in the blanks with vowels sheeeshh.. glad i asked i'll happily admit that at first blush i read that as pansies. i'm still not entirely sure i understand the intrinsic* value of the confection you're suggesting, but then again i don't care much for chocolate. * Atomica helpfully provides the following: in·trin·sic (1)Of or relating to the essential nature of a thing; inherent. (2)Anatomy. Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts. Used of certain nerves and muscles.[E.A.] Top #27615 - 07/12/01 05:34 PM Re: collective nouns wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 "at first blush" was there only one? Top #27616 - 07/12/01 06:49 PM "pudish"? AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6489 Loc: lower upstate New York As in "pudendum"? if you can't beat 'em, join 'em Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 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 Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts 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 View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7256 Members 16 Forums 12812 Topics 189756 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 3 registered (AnnaStrophic, zmjezhd, tsuwm), 7 Guests and 30 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Alan, jincy crow, aml, Goodspeaker, W1343 7256 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12534 Jackie 10393 tsuwm 9577 Buffalo Shrdlu 6690 AnnaStrophic 6489 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4189 March 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 31

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