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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: spry #134910 11/06/2004 2:45 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California (Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous [AHD]) That's why discribing an old person as spry has more metaphorical oomph than describing a spry sprat as that. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted spry Wordwind 11/06/2004 1:59 PM Re: spry jheem 11/06/2004 2:15 PM Re: spry Faldage 11/06/2004 8:10 PM Re: spry jheem 11/06/2004 9:32 PM Re: the nimble crowd Wordwind 11/06/2004 10:04 PM Re: the nimble crowd Jackie 11/07/2004 1:19 AM Re: spry Buffalo Shrdlu 11/06/2004 2:20 PM Re: spry tsuwm 11/06/2004 2:24 PM Re: spry jheem 11/06/2004 2:45 PM Re: spry tsuwm 11/06/2004 2:56 PM Re: spry Wordwind 11/06/2004 3:01 PM Re: spry jheem 11/06/2004 3:20 PM Re: spry tsuwm 11/06/2004 3:21 PM Re: spry Wordwind 11/06/2004 3:27 PM Re: spry Buffalo Shrdlu 11/06/2004 3:36 PM Re: spry Wordwind 11/06/2004 4:10 PM Re: spry jheem 11/06/2004 4:33 PM Re: spry tsuwm 11/06/2004 4:25 PM Re: spry wsieber 11/08/2004 6:54 AM Re: spry Faldage 11/08/2004 11:13 AM Re: spry Jackie 11/08/2004 2:25 PM Re: spry AnnaStrophic 11/08/2004 5:57 PM Re: spry Jackie 11/09/2004 2:15 AM Re: spry Father Steve 11/08/2004 8:30 PM Re: feminine forms tsuwm 11/08/2004 8:45 PM Re: feminine forms AnnaStrophic 11/08/2004 9:25 PM old farts Father Steve 11/09/2004 12:51 AM Re: spry nancyk 11/09/2004 12:42 AM Re: spry jheem 11/13/2004 2:44 PM Re: spry Faldage 11/13/2004 7:24 PM Re: spry Wordwind 11/13/2004 7:30 PM Re: spry jheem 11/13/2004 11:52 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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