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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 40 of 40 1 2 … 38 39 40 Go to page... BIG HILL - Mt Everest wofahulicodoc #233511 06/06/25 01:41 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA BIG CHILL PRONUNCIATION: (big CHIL) MEANING: noun: 1. An extremely cold spell. 2. A prolonged period of global cooling or glaciation. 3. A state of emotional letdown, disillusionment, or waning enthusiasm. 4. A metaphor for death or the end of life. ETYMOLOGY: From big, perhaps of Scandinavian origin + chill, from Old English cele (coolness). Sense 3 was influenced by the 1983 film The Big Chill in which former college idealists reunite and confront their disappointments. Earliest documented use: 1911. _________________________________ BIG CHILI - a prize-winning pepper BRIG CHILL - the ship's prison, being well below-decks, is quite cold BING CHILL - cherries are best when served at 41-44 degrees F Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter BUNNY BOWLER - Bugs' Charlie Chaplin hat wofahulicodoc #233513 06/06/25 01:59 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA BUNNY BOILER PRONUNCIATION: (BUH-nee boy-luhr) MEANING: noun: A person who is dangerously obsessive and vengeful, especially when spurned. ETYMOLOGY: After a character in the 1987 film Fatal Attraction who boils a pet rabbit belonging to the family of a married man who has an affair with her but then spurns her. Earliest documented use: 1990. ______________________________ BUNNY, FOILER - Bugs' role vis-à-vis Elmer Fudd RUNNY BOILER - a gadget meant to cook soft-boiled eggs the rest of the way BUNN, BOILER - when you use your extravagantly-expensive coffee-maker to heat water for tea (or, worse yet, soup) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter CENTRAL CASHING - the office of the Bursar wofahulicodoc #233514 06/06/25 02:52 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA CENTRAL CASTING PRONUNCIATION: (sen-truhl KAS-ting) MEANING: adjective: Stereotypical. noun: A company or department that provides actors for minor or background roles, often based on stereotypical appearances. ETYMOLOGY: After Central Casting, a company founded in 1925 to cast actors for minor roles in film and television. Earliest documented use: 1941. __________________________________ VENTRAL CASTING - filling a mold through an orifice in its back CENTRAL COSTING - a way of minimizing through scale the expenditures that will be needed for a particular project CENTRAL COASTING - a sardonic way of describing the futility of making an island paradise, since the coast is by definition the periphery Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter FERO - irony wofahulicodoc #233524 06/11/25 07:28 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA NERO PRONUNCIATION: (NEE-ro) MEANING: noun: A cruel, depraved, or tyrannical ruler. ETYMOLOGY: After Nero (CE 37-68), Roman emperor (54-68), whose name became synonymous with tyranny. Earliest documented use: 1542. ____________________________ NARO - strait NORO - a virus causing GI distress (upper and lower), commonly in children NERO - (2) a popular pianist whose career has lately petered out Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter HERODE - what the cowboy did, off into the sunset wofahulicodoc #233525 06/12/25 01:40 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA HEROD PRONUNCIATION: (HER-uhd) MEANING: noun: A cruel and wicked tyrant. ETYMOLOGY: After Herod the Great (74/73 BCE - 4 BCE), King of Judea under Roman authority. Earliest documented use: 1405. ____________________________ HERID - what they ask a woman for at every health-facility encounter THEROD - if you have a spare one your child will be spoiled...or something like that HER ODD - cryptic puzzle definition for the Personnel Department (these days called "HR" instead) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter TANTALOUS - Sisyphean, with a vengeance wofahulicodoc #233526 06/12/25 02:11 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA TANTALUS PRONUNCIATION: (TAN-tuh-luhs) MEANING: noun: 1. Something temptingly close, yet out of reach. 2. A stand or case for liquor decanters, designed to display them while preventing access. ETYMOLOGY: After Tantalus, a king of Lydia in Greek mythology. Earliest documented use: 1888. _________________________________ TAN TALUS - my anklebone has been out in the sun far too long TANTA LUS - that's my Aunt Lucy from Djakarta TANTAPUS - a sea creature with 10 arms instead of the standard 8 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 40 of 40 1 2 … 38 39 40 Go to page... 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. 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