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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread tornadic #103281 05/13/2003 9:26 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, it's a word. And what's curious about this adjective relating to things characteristic of a tornado is that it only gets two hits out of the over 800 references on Onelook.com. Just thought y'all would like to add it to y'all's weather words if'n it ain't already thar. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: tornadic #103282 05/14/2003 12:19 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Whoa, it only got 32 on Google. Gee, Wordwind, why am I not surprised that you came up with this word? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: tornadic #103283 05/14/2003 8:58 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... It's in the 10th Edition of MW (online version)--but the word's been around since the 19th century. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: tornadic #103284 05/14/2003 12:55 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park its just the right word for this month-- the average number of tornado's in the US in May is 39X- by Sunday past (the 11th) the US had already had over 400 tornado's! the weather this month has be tornadic! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,508 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 17 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,302 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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