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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread quinombrom #17357 01/28/01 11:59 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley OP Carpal Tunnel OP Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta "The Economist" cites this word in its obituary of the philosopher Willard Quine: He would have had a fondness for the quinombrom, an old word for conundrum, defined in James Howell's "Lexicon Tetraglotton" of 1660: "You will judge, perhaps, that the author hath some strange freaks, or quinombroms, in his noddle." Worth a revival? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: quinombrom #17358 01/28/01 02:43 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 your quote is, in fact, the *only citation in OED. I can't see any advantage to using this rather than conundrum, unless you were in a quandary for quaint and quirky q-words. joe (q-less) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: quinombrom #17359 01/28/01 03:33 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Main problem would be finding a chance to spring it. Good reprisal though to some show-offs, if you can work it in. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: quinombrom #17360 01/28/01 09:16 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Good reprisal though to some show-offs, if you can work it in. Then they would think you were quixotic. Right, J. Clueless? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: quinombrom #17361 01/29/01 08:14 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 >that the author hath some strange freaks, or quinombroms, in his noddle. And where would one find one's noddle? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: quinombrom #17362 01/29/01 10:11 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England And where would one find one's noddle? Presumably on one's shoulders. That's where this one's noddle is! Webster says: noddle \Nod"dle\, n. [OE. nodil, nodle; perh. fr. nod, because the head is the nodding part of the body, or perh. akin to E. knot; cf. Prov. E. nod the nape of the neck.] 1. The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously. The American Heritage Dictionary says: nod·dle (ndl) n. The head. [Middle English noddel, back of the head, perhaps from Latin ndulus, lump, knob; see nodule.] I've heard it malaproped to "noodle" as in "use your noodle". The idiot also known as Capfka ... 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,347 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 (), 818 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,548 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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