cingular (SING-gyuh-luhr) adjective
1. Of or pertaining to a cingulum, an anatomical band or girdle on an
animal or plant.
2. Encircling, girdling, surrounding.
Also has to do with dentistry
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cingular&r=66Must be very obscure as gets only 4 hits on OneLook
When you google cingulum + images you get an interesting arrray
of cingulum related subjects.
Belts, brains, teeth, snakes, mugwort,plankton,planets.
>very obscure
I think this makes compliance with Trademark law a bit less burdensome.
folks are always trying to predict words that will be featured during Anu's weekly themes -- this one should be a challenge!
-joe (nickelodeon) friday
I'm reminded of the expression “tighter than Dick's hat band.” I capitalized d to allow, if desired, a clean reading that conceives of Dick as some obscure or fabulous person.
morph well put and delicately with perfect PC too so as not to ruffle any Admin feathers. Of course the expression derives from decades ago when many men, detectives included, wore a hat like Harry Truman
I was really raked over the coals when I reported that I had switched from prescriptivism to de- and allowed as how I'd now just have lie down and spread my cheeks. Of course I meant the ones at the corners of my facial orifice....
...but wait, maybe it just hasn't landed yet