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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #20005 - 02/25/01 09:31 PM Re: monger tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass bill, the OED has three-hundred and eighteen (318) entries for 'monger', but the best one, by far, (after costermonger) is: wordmonger - one who deals in words, esp. in strange or pedantic words, or in empty words without sense or substance. Orig. contemptuous. -tsuwm (the supremely unipotent word monger) Top #20006 - 02/27/01 09:01 PM Re: wreaked/wrought Marty enthusiast Registered: 09/20/00 Posts: 347 Loc: Melbourne, Australia This doesn't exactly advance the discussion of the word 'wrought', but I just had to share it with you. I recently came across this name for a local wrought iron business: Ironic Twist Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8419 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209712 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (LukeJavan8), 43 Guests and 4 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 83 jenny jenny 66 wofahulicodoc 47 endymion6 43 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 27 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 Jackie 16 zmjezhd 15 Faldage 15 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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