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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A new word site #93452 01/27/03 04:22 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I found about a dozen words here new to me. See how many are new to you. http://www.hollyandjustin.com/JustinFiles/CoolWord.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Apocope #93453 01/27/03 04:35 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Shouldn't that be pronounced AH-puh-coap? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A new word site #93454 01/27/03 04:38 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK I reckon on a fairly rapid skim through that there were about 20 that were completely new to me. Strangely these were almost all in the first half of the alphabet. A good list. Today's Oxford word for the day was new to me: bovrilize ========= an old-fashioned verb meaning 'to condense something to its essence'. This example is from a 1911 edition of the Daily News: 'Here is one of those bovrilized announcements: Wanted, Sit. as Comp. by Eng. Lady, 35; good refs, would trav.' It's taken, of course, from Bovril, the trademark name for a concentrated essence of beef which can be diluted with hot water to make a drink. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A new word site #93455 01/27/03 04:58 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 A pot (French) ka pee = a thundermug full of urine My mother came from Belfast, ME, and used a number of French words. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: today's obviousizing #93456 01/27/03 05:20 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 >Shouldn't that be pronounced AH-puh-coap? apocope -- n. [uh-PAH-coh-pee] dropping the final sound or syllable of a word -ron o. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: today's obviousizing #93457 01/27/03 05:22 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Thanx ron Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: today's obviousizing #93458 01/27/03 09:03 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... Book 'im, ron o! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: today's obviousizing #93459 01/28/03 01:18 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky >Shouldn't that be pronounced AH-puh-coap? apocope -- n. [uh-PAH-coh-pee] dropping the final sound or syllable of a word Good one, Faldage! And thanks for the def., tsuwm, 'cause otherwise I wouldn't have caught the humor. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,328 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 0 members (), 287 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,539 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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