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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread gnathonic #125847 03/22/2004 4:47 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Hey, Grapho! does this apply to you? Date: Tue Dec 5 00:01:11 EST 2000 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--gnathonic gnathonic (na-THON-ik) adjective Sycophantic; fawning. [From Latin gnathonicus, derivative of Gnathon- (stem of Gnatho) name of a sycophantic character in the Roman comedy Eunuchus by Terence.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gnathonic #125848 03/23/2004 4:37 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Thank you, Bill, I haven't laughed so hard since the last millennium. A touch, I do declare. [fanning hisself] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gnathonic #125849 03/23/2004 11:11 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Made me grin, it did! Lucky I wasn't sipping my coffee as I read it... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gnathonic #125850 03/23/2004 2:24 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Lucky I wasn't sipping my coffee as I read it... I wasn't so lucky! That's hilarious, Dr Bill... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gnathonic #125851 09/11/2004 2:14 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... There is a helluva lot of coffee sipped around this place and a helluva lot of it is spewed out. Bunch of gargoyles. (cross-thread ref. from this morning's looking around below the equator.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gnathonic #125852 09/13/2004 11:08 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zing! 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 Website 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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