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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread AW-WAD-niminy-piminy-Day 4 #137902 01/27/2005 6:45 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 Today's AW-WAD is: niminy-piminy (NIM-uh-nee PIM-uh-nee) adjective Affectedly delicate or refined. [Origin uncertain; probably alteration of namby-pamby*] It makes you want to sing, doesn't it? Niminy-piminy shim-shim-sharoo Note: "Chim-Chim-Cheree" - Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews (won the Academy Award for "Best Original Song") - Wikipedia * NIMBY to PIMBY Policy change to bring about Please In My Back Yard [from Not In My Backyard] http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/NIMBY_20to_20PIMBY Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted AW-WAD-holus-bolus-Day 5 plutarch 01/24/2005 5:26 AM AW-WAD-hubble-bubble-Day 2 plutarch 01/25/2005 7:43 AM AW-WAD-riprap-Day 3 plutarch 01/26/2005 9:55 AM AW-WAD-riprap-Day 3 plutarch 01/26/2005 6:04 PM AW-WAD-niminy-piminy-Day 4 plutarch 01/27/2005 6:45 AM AW-WAD-holus-bolus-Day 5 plutarch 01/28/2005 6:28 AM holus-bolus Jackie 01/29/2005 1:36 AM Re: holus-bolus plutarch 01/29/2005 9:57 AM Re: holus-bolus Wordwind 01/29/2005 1:41 PM Re: holus-bolus plutarch 01/29/2005 2:10 PM Re: holus-bolus Wordwind 01/29/2005 2:14 PM Re: holus-bolus plutarch 01/29/2005 2:17 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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