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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 extended MAD lexicon #113635 10/26/03 06:26 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,725 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,725 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA obviously, many of these were borrowed from Yiddish ...as in "It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide!" P.S. "Potrzebie bounces." Is there perhaps a word in, say, Polish, pronounced something like "po-CHEB-yuh" maybe, that means "ball" or "rubber" or "counterfeit check" or something, which makes the statement true? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: extended MAD lexicon #113636 10/26/03 07:11 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Potrzebie, pronounced much as you suggest, doc, is Polish for need. I have conflicting notes in my JDM® as to whether it's the accusative of the noun or some form of the verb. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,602 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 157 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,725 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,933 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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