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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread ALAD-incommunicado-Day 5 #139950 02/21/2005 7:16 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 The AWAD theme this week is Spanish words inspired by Anu's trip to Argentina. The AWAD for Day 5 is "incommunicado". Please scroll down. The AWAD for Day 1 is: Mano a mano means head to head With your fists doin' the talkin' instead Of your head. King Kong: "I'm right! You're wrong!" So it's toe to toe 'til one of 'ems dead. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ALAD-hoosegow-Day 2 #139951 03/07/2005 6:23 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 If you ever get into a row You can choose a "POW!" or pow wow. If you want to hang loose Then never get loose With your fists, or "SLAM!" - the hoosegow. Note: The "hoosegow" is also known as "the slammer", perhaps after the sound of the iron gate slamming behind you when they throw you in there. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ALAD-temblor-Day 3 #139952 03/07/2005 6:28 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 When a boxer goes toe to toe With a formidable heavyweight foe You can feel the floor shake Like a rumblin' earthquake. In Spanish, it's a temblor big show. Note: Warren Buffet's cry "Let's get ready to rumble!" is famous in boxing circles. He lets it rip before every prize fight he announces. "Temblor" means earthquake in Spanish, a fitting metaphor for a heavyweight "rumble". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ALAD-pistolero-Day 4 #139953 03/07/2005 6:32 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 A pistolero is a hired gun. His style is called hit and run. If you're his hit You won't like it a bit. You're kaput when his job is done. Merriam-Webster Dictionary: kaput Variant(s): also ka·putt /k&-'put, kä-, -'püt/ Function: adjective Etymology: German kaputt, from French capot not having made a trick at piquet 1 : utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ALAD-incommunicado-Day 5 #139954 03/07/2005 6:35 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 A mobster who sings like a canary Is incommunicado saying "Hail Mary" To keep him alive. For taking a dive He gets life in the pen solitary. 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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