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Why invent (or backform) 'sipid' as the antonym of 'insipid'?
Who banished 'sapid' [having savor or flavor; palatable (Webster's Collegiate, 5th ed)] into outer darkness?
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sipid...sapid
Do we have us a case of reverse umlaut going on here?
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innocuous is very common, I have never seen "nocuous" until I just now looked it up. Perhaps "noxious" took its place.
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Now don't be uncouth, dr. bill.  [Would "anastrophic" count?]
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And by the way, clyde, that was a SUPERB question. Thank you, and welcome aboard!
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Dear Keiva: I cannot be "kempt" because a washcloth is all I need. But I manage to be unkempt for all of that.
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"Wait'll you hear this!" he said chalantly.
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Very eptly done, slithy. 
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"What did I do wrong?" he asked nocently.
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My cousin gave me a book of poems written by Felicia Lamport and illustrated by Edward Gorey which contains one about "souciance."
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My impressions of this matter are quite delible, markable, and phatic.
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markable and phatic? Bad form, old boy.
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dr. bill, is it thinkable that W'ON would have no rationale that makes his post explicable? Let's be more gonistic.
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markable and phatic? Bad form, old boy.re em > reem > I guess I just got reemed, huh?  The Only WO'N!
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Dear WO'N: you reminded me of my wife's favorite grandfather, a traveling salesman, who picked up a lot of salty expressions from his companions, and got revenge for being henpecked by teaching his wife and my mother-in-law some of them, which they repeated totally unaware of the indecent content. So I had trouble keeping my face straight when my mother-in-law would complain about having been "rimmed" in an unsatisfactory purchase.He also taught them to describe being detained by pointless conversation as being "hung up by the tongue." I had to explain that to my wife to keep her from using it. She had trouble believing her dear sweet grandfather could be so devious.
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AWAD members can cut the mustard!
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FF: My cousin gave me a book of poems written by Felicia Lamport and illustrated by Edward Gorey which contains one about "souciance."
I can see where this would happen FF, since souciance is a word commonly used in French - so is insouciance. Correct me if I'm wrong all you word etymology mavens out there but insouciance looks like it has been borrowed from the French.
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And for those who may be interested in WW's "cut the mustard" here is Quinion's (www.worldwidewords.com) URL about it: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cut1.htm
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And for those who may be interested in WW's "cut the mustard" here is Quinion's (www.worldwidewords.com) URL about it: When I tested it, it worked only with edit,copy,,,edit, paste http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cut1.htm
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"ana" is not a negative. YCLIU
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"ana" is not a negative. YCLIUFrom Merriam-Webster's: Main Entry: ana-
Variant(s): or an-
Function: prefix
Etymology: Latin, from Greek, up, back, again, from ana up -- more at ON
1 : up : upward <anabolism>
2 : back : backward <anatropous>Backward is postive? And what about anaphrodisia? The Only WO'N!
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re: And what about anaphrodisia?Juan-- what part of getting up is negative?  back can be a return, or in anastrophia, a back(wards) formation of a sentence. not negative.. Order reversed, still, meaning clear.not very good at that on the spur of the moment.
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Dear WO'N: what is a "phrodisiac"?
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Dear WO'N: what is a "phrodisiac"?Oh, that's easy, Dr. Bill! Aphro-disiac is a sexual stimulant you find growing in Africa! The Only WO'N!
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"ana" is not a negative.
Agreed. Reversal is akin to negation, each being a kind of "opposite", but is not identical. So whether anastrophic fits this thread depends on how widely the net of this tread is cast [hence my question mark].
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Dear WO'N: I would watch the discards if I played poker with you.
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Dear WO'N: I would watch the discards if I played poker with you.Huh, Dr. Bill? Are you talkin' about dis card or dat card? The Only WO'N!
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Are you talkin' about dis card or dat card?
nah, he's suspicious of the W'ON you've got up your sleeve ;)
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nah, he's suspicious of the W'ON you've got up your sleeve ;)Hey, mav...aren't those Aces 'n' Eights you're holding?...I'd be awfully careful if I were you! The Only WO'N!
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what part of getting up is negative?Well, since nobody picked up on it...first of all, it's an.aphrodisiac (I cheated), and secondly, here's the def from Merriam-Webster's: Main Entry: an·aph·ro·di·si·ac
Pronunciation: "a-"na-fr&-'dE-zE-"ak, -zhE-, -'di-zE-
Function: adjective
Date: 1823
: inhibiting or discouraging sexual desire
- anaphrodisiac noun See, Helen, there's nothing upgetting about that! The Only WO'N!
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W'ON!!! Have we neglected to congratulate you on your pooh-bahity???
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
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>"What did I do wrong?" he asked nocently. (Dr. Bill)
>Not yet in horrid Shade or dismal Den
Nor nocent yet, but on the grassy Herb
Fearless unfeared he slept
(John Milton: Paradise Lost Book IX 185-7)
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watch the discards
You peek at the discards I ain' playin no poker with *you, Dr. Bill. You won' need no aces and eights.
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This thread was full of effable beauty.
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This thread was full of effable beauty
We'll have none of that language around here, thank you!!
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As long as the effable beauty is not pictured in action, what's the beef?
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As long as the effable beauty is not pictured in action, what's the beef?Yeahbut®, what good is effable beauty if it's not nocuous?  The Only WO'N!
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Dear WO'N : If you were an effable beauty, would you want to have somebody noccuoup?
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noccuoup? LOL!! The Only WO'N!
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This thread is certainly ane.
And it has given a horrifying new meaning to the term deliver.
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Yep, Sparteye!...ane and ebriate!...that's how I like 'em! The Only WO'N!
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It is also advertently satiable.
But not to worry: I am neither pervious nor perturbable.
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Would it be anticlimactic to revive this thread?
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Keiva: you started a flamewar, and would not quit.
You were banned, and got back only by shameful threat
of a lawsuit Wordsmith could not ;afford.
You are contemptible, and unwelcome to post here.
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