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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: dumb answer #50623 12/26/01 06:39 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I still shake my head trying to imagine how the word for "rib" got stretched to mean an incline down which one could "coast". And while the derivation for the decanter tray is quite logical, the "coasters" for individual drinking glasses do not move. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted dumb question wwh 12/23/01 02:55 PM dumb answer tsuwm 12/23/01 04:15 PM Re: dumb answer Jackie 12/24/01 01:34 AM Re: dumb answer Wordwind 12/26/01 11:23 AM Re: dumb answer Faldage 12/26/01 02:06 PM Re: dumb answer Wordwind 12/26/01 06:13 PM Re: dumb answer wwh 12/26/01 06:39 PM Re: dumb answer Wordwind 12/26/01 08:18 PM Re: dumb answer tsuwm 12/26/01 11:25 PM Re: dumb answer wwh 12/27/01 12:26 AM Re: dumb answer Wordwind 12/27/01 10:41 AM Re: dumb answer Faldage 12/27/01 01:24 PM Re: dumb answer Wordwind 12/27/01 01:44 PM Re: dumb answer Faldage 12/27/01 01:58 PM philter/philtre wofahulicodoc 12/27/01 02:59 PM Re: philter/philtre tsuwm 12/27/01 04:16 PM Re: philter/philtre Wordwind 12/27/01 05:27 PM Re: philter/philtre Keiva 12/27/01 05:30 PM Re: philter/philtre Jackie 12/28/01 12:40 AM Re: philter/philtre wwh 12/28/01 12:54 AM Re: philter/philtre Wordwind 12/28/01 09:26 AM Re: philter/philtre tsuwm 12/28/01 04:10 PM Re: philter/philtre Wordwind 12/28/01 04:19 PM Re: philter/philtre wwh 12/28/01 04:58 PM Re: dumb answer wwh 12/27/01 02:34 PM Coasting along plutarch 12/27/01 01:50 AM Re: dumb answer Jackie 12/26/01 03:25 PM Re: dumb answer tsuwm 12/26/01 04:19 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,421 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 1,023 guests, and 4 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,592 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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