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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Mystery of a word #169314 07/20/2007 1:14 AM Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 gaijinco stranger gaijinco stranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 I love reading AWAD but I have bad memory so from time to time I forget words that I find fascinating. However this week it happened something really strange: I used a word I swear I read about in AWAD but for which I can not find any reference at all in anywhere! The word is "grey bishop" and my memory was that it meant the power behind the power as the role the cardinal Richelieu has in the "Thee Musketeers" Did I just made that up? Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mystery of a word gaijinco #169316 07/20/2007 3:13 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Perhaps éminence grise (French for "grey eminence")? [Wikipedia, accessed 19.vii.2007 20:15 PDT.] Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mystery of a word zmjezhd #169317 07/20/2007 7:01 AM Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 gaijinco stranger gaijinco stranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Yeah that's it! I thank you very much for your help! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mystery of a word gaijinco #169323 07/20/2007 8:09 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 don't you hate that feeling of "but I know I've seen it somewhere" 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

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