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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread today's wwftd is.. zerk #145926 08/02/2005 9:51 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 the worthless word for the day is: zerk [fr. Oscar U. Zerk, American inventor] /zerk/ a grease fitting "The beefy arms themselves are thick, rounded heavy-duty shafts made of 1 ¼-inch heavy-wall DOM tubing, are zinc-plated and come with zerk fittings and Grade 8 mounting bolts." - Gabriel Sheffer, Four Wheeler Jul 29, 2005 see http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=148036 for the rest of the story.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: today's wwftd is.. zerk #145927 08/03/2005 3:20 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I'm still disappointed from learning that it wasn't named onomatopoeically. What a neat verb it would have been, as in "The grease zerked through the fitting". 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

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