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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread hogwash™ - LAST CALL #40723 09/03/2001 11:02 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass æolotropy; or, the wind beneath our wings… choose one: a) a sudden change in wind direction b) an embarrassing condition suffered by ancient aircraft and by Icarus wherein one's wings drop off c) existing in a state of suspension caused by wind; applicable to germination of certain flora d) a change in weather caused by winds blowing onto or off the mountains e) the evolutionary process by which limbs become wings f) bombast, logorrhea. from Aeolean, windy, and tropus, rhetorical figure g) the tendency in plants to grow upwards, as opposed to growing along the ground (agoratropy) h) in physics, the change in the direction of the flow of a system of vapors created by an increase in the amount of alcohol injected into a rotating, highly specific laboratory furnace i) the flight of time j) the process which enabled early amphibians to breathe air for longer periods and make the transition to fully developed lungs k) change of electrical, optical, or other physical qualities consequent upon change of position; the opposite of isotropy l) the process of water particles from breath condensing on glass m) the amount of wind energy in the weather system n) the change in the pigmentation of arboreal foliage attributed to the turning of season from summer to autumn Copy Link to Clipboard #40724 09/03/2001 11:47 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40725 09/03/2001 11:51 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Tsuwm: Congratulations on breaking the carpal barrier! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40726 09/04/2001 12:46 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 275 wordcrazy enthusiast wordcrazy enthusiast Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 275 I hesitate, but nevertheless please put me down forA Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40727 09/04/2001 3:55 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 The only one I can't posiively eliminate or write off as total BS is F, so I'll go with that. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40728 09/04/2001 8:06 AM Joined: May 2001 Posts: 53 Munich, Germany squid journeyman squid journeyman Joined: May 2001 Posts: 53 Munich, Germany I'm pretty up in the air on this one, but I'll take C. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40729 09/04/2001 9:36 AM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom rodward addict rodward addict Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom Since nobody posted the real definition (the method by which ISPs such as AOL make it even harder for users by using obscure characters in their addresses) I wind up having to pick (eeny-meeny...) E. Rod Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40730 09/04/2001 4:28 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Oh! K. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40731 09/04/2001 5:08 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 A Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40732 09/04/2001 5:55 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 387 Hartsville, New York. jimthedog enthusiast jimthedog enthusiast Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 387 Hartsville, New York. k. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40733 09/04/2001 6:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon It's either the right answer, or it's a brilliant ploy to capture votes. I'll take K. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40734 09/04/2001 7:24 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Gee...I'll take G. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40735 09/04/2001 7:57 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 131 Alabama Chemeng1992 member Chemeng1992 member Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 131 Alabama I like N. Don't remember from my days in physics (although I probably would have skipped over that one) Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ by Carpal Tunnel! #40736 09/04/2001 9:17 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Tsuwm! I just noticed! Carpal Tunnel the First! Is there light at the end of that Syndrome? A strange beyond-Pooh-Bah designation, indeed! remember, titles are just for fun, folks! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40737 09/04/2001 9:43 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... E is for Evolution. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40738 09/04/2001 10:58 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA Hyla addict Hyla addict Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA [cue scratchy Dylan font] "A change in the weather is known to be extreme, but what's the use of changing [guesses] in mid-stream..." I'll go with G Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40739 09/05/2001 9:14 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta C. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40740 09/05/2001 12:37 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia paulb addict paulb addict Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia G for me Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40741 09/05/2001 1:01 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US Flatlander addict Flatlander addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US K is just mundane enough to be right. The others are too... flighty. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40742 09/05/2001 1:59 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 I'm torn between c) and f) - but as the definition in f) is what I suffer from, and as diseases are always more manageable when you can put a name to them, I'll go for F Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ - VOTE NOW #40743 09/06/2001 12:05 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 328 Eastern Pennsylvania Rapunzel enthusiast Rapunzel enthusiast Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 328 Eastern Pennsylvania K Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash? - VOTE NOW #40744 09/06/2001 1:15 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ K Copy Link to Clipboard #40745 09/09/2001 9:23 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Re: hogwash™ Did I miss the results? (NM) #40746 09/10/2001 2:55 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass no, max -- I merely left an important bit of data in my other computer. (an alternate definition, if you must know) before I'm done nearly everyone will score in this round. -joe (I'll kill this game yet) bfstplk Copy Link to Clipboard 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. 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