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Posted By: wwh AWAD archives May 95 - 06/23/03 04:00 PM
divagate
appurtenance
wassail
passim
mimetic
quisling
consanguinity
footling Wordsmith gives as one of the definitions “trivial:” I had an experience in which it was not trivi;al.
My wife decided to have home delivery with second child. Her doctor could not be found, and I had to
deliver my daughter, with a single footling breech, and cord around the neck. Very scary.
argot
groundling
uvula
generalissimo
pooh-bah
roorback
rodomontade
jackanapes
digitalis
persnickety
gallivant
bibliopole The root “polein = to sell” is new to me. Surprising it is not frequentl;y used. to make some dandy bits
of scurrility. S;uch as pornopole.
vademecum
athenaeum
bibliotheca
codex
bibliolater May their tribe increase.
bibliomania Now a very fine site on Internet.
bibliopegy
omphaloskepsis
abiogenesis






Posted By: Bingley Re: AWAD archives May 95 - 06/24/03 05:51 AM
http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives/0595


Bingley
Posted By: Bingley Re: AWAD archives May 95 - 06/24/03 05:56 AM
In reply to:

bibliopole The root “polein = to sell” is new to me.


A monopoly is a situation where there is just one seller.

Bingley

Posted By: maverick Re: AWAD archives May 95 - 06/24/03 12:10 PM
and the police sell cold treats to the criminal fraternity

Posted By: wwh Re: AWAD archives May 95 - 06/24/03 01:08 PM
Dear Bingley: I am shedding great big tears that you didn't comment on my elegant coinage for pussy peddling.

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