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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Sort of in keeping... #203128 11/08/11 01:37 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky ...with this week's theme: words we almost never see any more. I just solved a word puzzle to which the answer turned out to be "frocks", and it occurred to me that I don't recall seeing this word (or its singular) anywhere in years, except when I read something that was written decades ago. What other maybe-making-an-exit words can you-all think of? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sort of in keeping... Jackie #203130 11/08/11 02:12 AM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,919 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,919 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Religious clergy can be 'defrocked', but when are they 'frocked' and how does it occur? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sort of in keeping... LukeJavan8 #203138 11/08/11 12:24 PM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under @ that Luke. As to frocks.....we still use that term in Oz. Fillies, frocks, fascinators were seen frequently at the fashions on the field at Flemmington races recently. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sort of in keeping... Candy #203142 11/08/11 01:41 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh frock I have heard it or read it within the last couple of years. maybe I hang with an archaic crowd. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sort of in keeping... LukeJavan8 #203146 11/08/11 02:48 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,919 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,919 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Religious clergy can be 'defrocked', but when are they 'frocked' and how does it occur? Perhaps that is why clergy persons are called "Persons of the cloth", tho' I'll be 'frocked' if I ever see anything resembling the cloth, whatever it may be. Certainly not the black shirt and white insert thingie substitute for a collar formerly (before, say, 25 years ago) worn only by Roman and Anglican clergy, now everyone including store-front churches. So they can be defrocked, ok, but when are they 'frocked' and what is the origin of the term? ----please, draw me a sheep---- 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 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 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 (), 889 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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