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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Obambulate — and bidentate et al #179741 10/22/2008 2:12 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Language Log has rung in on the issue of this weeks theme. Check out this post and take your own stab at future words. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al Faldage #179746 10/22/2008 3:17 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Who's the fifth, mystery candidate? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al BranShea #179748 10/22/2008 3:47 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh There's a whole bunch (link). Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al zmjezhd #179764 10/23/2008 7:02 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Alright, but in the end it always ends in a one to one fight. The mystery candidate is Helen: "Whenever Helen sleeps, her fevered rest meekens her; hence, she re-emerges enfeebled -- her strength, expended; her reserves, depleted." The odd duckess in this line and I don't see te relevance of the word 'meeken' at all. (?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al BranShea #179770 10/23/2008 11:14 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: BranShea I don't see te relevance of the word 'meeken' at all. (?) It's a pretty weak member of this group. Only reason I can see for its having been chosen is the fact that it has the phonemes /m/, /k/, and /n/. Surely there must have been better choices, something maybe with the prefix caino- or the suffix -caine. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al Faldage #179781 10/23/2008 3:32 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague I'm sure your guess is right! Meeken, Mekain? You Jane? Well ....good luck to all. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al Faldage #179796 10/23/2008 5:48 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 >pretty weak boy, howdy! meeken.. weak un' -ron o. 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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