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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread search of the week: pantagruelist #138602 02/02/2005 11:24 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass pantagruelist I don't know the context (if any) that drove the search; but in any case it is used allusively (take note, wwftd master!), pertaining to, characteristic of, or appropriate to, Pantagruel, represented by Rabelais as a coarse and extravagant humorist, dealing satirically with serious subjects. "Had I mixed more with the world than I have, I should probably have become a Pantagruelist." - James Russell Lowell (1847) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: search of the week: pantagruelist #138603 02/03/2005 11:13 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 coarse and extravagant humorist ??someone who pours porridge down your pants?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: search of the week: pantagruelist #138604 02/03/2005 11:45 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Next week, the battle that makes Godzilla vs Mothra look like patty-cake. Pantagruel meets Gargantua in the mother of all cage matches. The last one to die is the winner. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: search of the week: pantagruelist #138605 02/12/2005 1:19 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... Pantagruelist = Swanson's Soups Company 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 Website 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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