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Active Threads | Active Posts | Unanswered Today | Since Yesterday | This Week Wordplay and fun GRUENMAIL - correspondence with the watch company wofahulicodoc 05/08/24 12:52 AM GREENMAIL PRONUNCIATION: (GREEN-mayl) MEANING: noun: The practice of buying a large quantity of a company’s stock as a means of hostile takeover, then selling it back to the company at a higher price. verb tr.: To subject a company to this tactic. ETYMOLOGY: From green (money), from greenback (US currency note, from the color of its printing) + mail (as in blackmail), from Middle English male (rent or tribute), from Old English mal (agreement, pay), from Old Norse mal (agreement). Earliest documented use: 1983. ______________________________ GREENMALL - a place to buy flowers, vegetables, seedings, grass, sod, and other organics, along with the tools and supplies useful in nurturing them, with many vendors in one market AGREE'N'MAIL - what you do with the contract from an online company GREEDMAIL - spam 84 7,428 Read More Wordplay and fun SNARL MAIL - an angry letter, full of invective wofahulicodoc 05/07/24 10:02 PM SNAIL MAIL PRONUNCIATION: (SNAYL-mayl) MEANING: noun: The physical delivery of letters and other material. Also, a piece of such mail. verb tr., intr.: To send a letter or other material by the postal system. ETYMOLOGY: From snail, known for its sluggishness, from Old English snægl + mail, from Old French malle (bag). Earliest documented use: 1929. ________________________ NAIL MAIL - armor made by cutting the heads off nails and twisting the remaining shafts into interlocking rings to form a deflector when worn STAIL MAIL - when you send a check to your bank and it's returned because it took more than six months to arrive SAIL MAIL - an invitation to join the crew of an Americas' Cup yacht 84 7,428 Read More Wordplay and fun A SUMP TOTE - a bag to move drainage holes wofahulicodoc 05/07/24 07:04 PM ASYMPTOTE PRONUNCIATION: (AS-im-toht) MEANING: noun: 1. Something or someone that gets closer and closer but never touches. 2. A straight line whose distance to a curve approaches zero as the curve approaches infinity. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek asymptotos (not falling together), from a- (not) + syn (with) + ptotos (falling), from piptein (to fall). Earliest documented use: 1656. _______________________ ASYMPTONE - what a symp sounds like (see also ASYMPNOTE) A SYMPH TOTE - a souvenir gift for donating to your local orchestra EASY M.P. TOTE - a simple way to carry Military Police 84 7,428 Read More Wordplay and fun TANGENT - he's spent a lot of time in the sun... wofahulicodoc 05/07/24 06:56 PM TANGENT PRONUNCIATION: (TAN-juhnt) MEANING: noun: 1. A line of thought or action that diverges from the main topic or course. 2. A line that touches a curve or a surface at one point but doesn’t cross it. adjective: 1. Straying from the main topic. 2. Touching a curve or a surface at one point without crossing it. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin tangere (to touch). Earliest documented use: 1594. _______________________ TAN-GENE - ...and he gets darker-skinned, not sunburnt, just like everyone else in his family BAN-GENT - the rule says No Men Allowed DANG E.N.T. - dad-burned otorhinolaryngologist 84 7,428 Read More Wordplay and fun SQUIRELY - like a knight's attendant wofahulicodoc 05/07/24 06:48 PM SQUARELY PRONUNCIATION: (SKWAIR-lee) MEANING: adverb: 1. In a straightforward or frank manner. 2. Firmly. 3. Directly. 4. At right angles. ETYMOLOGY: From square, from Latin exquadrare (to square). Earliest documented use: 1557. ______________________ SQUAD-RELY - a US Armed Forces habit: the practice of depending on ones companions QUARELY - iritable 'SQUARTELY - it's by 32-ounce increments 84 7,428 Read More Wordplay and fun Am I really that far behind? ! wofahulicodoc 05/07/24 06:30 PM TRIANGULATION PRONUNCIATION: (try-ang-gyuh-LAY-shuhn) MEANING: noun: 1. Determining the position of a point by measuring angles to it from two points a known distance apart. 2. Positioning between two extremes, especially in politics. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin triangulare (to make a triangle), from triangulus (three-cornered). Earliest documented use: 1818. ___________________________ TRIANNULATION - three simultaneous divorce ceremonies TRI-BANGULATION - wearing exactly three wristlets TRIANNULATION - converting a modest show into a three-ring circus 84 7,428 Read More Wordplay and fun Re: Anagrams XIX LukeJavan8 05/07/24 03:35 PM EXCELLENT FIND 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun Between Italy and Croatia A C Bowden 05/07/24 02:22 PM CARYATID Y > I ADRIATIC 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun thank you for your support, Madam wofahulicodoc 05/07/24 03:47 AM RAPACITY A --> D CARYATID 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun Law of the jungle A C Bowden 05/04/24 11:59 PM ALACRITY L > P RAPACITY 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun briskly good-natured wofahulicodoc 05/04/24 03:43 AM CLARITY add A ALACRITY 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun Re: that much is clear A C Bowden 05/04/24 03:05 AM CRYSTAL S > I CLARITY 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun Sound management A C Bowden 05/04/24 03:00 AM Sopranos' high improvisation Has no need of amplification, But a microphone aids A mezzo's fine shades Or a baritone's rich declamation. GALLOWS – GAMBLE 699 2,558,083 Read More Wordplay and fun that much is clear wofahulicodoc 05/03/24 02:34 AM CARLIST I --> Y CRYSTAL 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun Old Spanish conservative A C Bowden 05/03/24 12:21 AM SCARLET E > I CARLIST 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun Is my face red? wofahulicodoc 05/02/24 05:40 PM CASTLE Add R SCARLET 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun Norman fortress A C Bowden 05/02/24 04:12 AM ELASTIC - I CASTLE 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun ....stretchy LukeJavan8 05/01/24 05:06 PM P > E ELASTIC 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun Re: Clerihews A C Bowden 05/01/24 12:51 AM Jason Beer KC Deserves a hefty fee For grilling witnesses in the Post Office scandal With the vast paperwork which he can effortlessly handle. Sir Wyn Williams, the inquiry's Chair, Controls proceedings with wisdom and care, With an occasional intervention When a witness's answer defies comprehension. Post Office staff (whom I shall not name) Mostly reply, with no hint of shame, "I'm sorry, I cannot recall – It's so long ago, I've forgotten it all". 79 124,569 Read More Wordplay and fun Synthetic substance A C Bowden 05/01/24 12:27 AM PILATES E > C PLASTIC 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun [b]ECLIPTIC[/b] - the plane occupied by the orbit wofahulicodoc 04/30/24 08:40 PM ELLIPTIC PRONUNCIATION: (i-LIP-tik) MEANING: adjective 1. Marked by extreme economy of expression in speech or writing. 2. Cryptic, ambiguous, or obscure. 3. Marked by ellipsis: the omission of one or more words from a sentence. 4. Relating to or shaped like an ellipse. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek eleipein (to come short). Earliest documented use: 1715. The word is also used in its longer form, elliptical. _______________________________ ELLIP-STIC - mouth-coloring for men ELL-OPTIC - the twelfth lens ELI-P.T.-IC - like freshman Physical Education at Yale 84 7,428 Read More Wordplay and fun that's a stretch wofahulicodoc 04/30/24 01:18 PM PILASTER drop R PILATES 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun Architectural feature A C Bowden 04/30/24 02:33 AM STAPLER + I PILASTER 671 344,605 Read More Wordplay and fun All too real A C Bowden 04/30/24 02:24 AM Von Richthofen, flying his fighter (Whom some thought fictitious), was brighter Than all the poor Brits Who suffered his hits. They cried "It's that Red Baron blighter!" MEZZO – MICROPHONE 699 2,558,083 Read More Wordplay and fun putting it all together wofahulicodoc 04/30/24 12:24 AM POLSTER O --> A STAPLER 671 344,605 Read More Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,360 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 (wofahulicodoc), 615 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,556 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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