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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: this forum may be pinin'... BranShea #186892 09/21/09 10:53 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Or either that or dwarf moons. Take your pick. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: this forum may be pinin'... Faldage #186899 09/21/09 03:10 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 Nah, moonlet is fine. A moonlet serenade. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: this forum may be pinin'... BranShea #186900 09/21/09 03:49 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Not to quibble over such a small thing, moon or moonlet, but NASA called them moons when giving their names and telling the public about them: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060624.html ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: this forum may be pinin'... LukeJavan8 #186901 09/21/09 04:11 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass some discussion on why Pluto is now, officially, a dwarf planet. (it should be noted that Pluto's moons were discovered, and named, before this declassification; Faldo's 'dwarf moons' follows logically.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: this forum may be pinin'... LukeJavan8 #186902 09/21/09 04:13 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 1611, "a pun, a play on words," probably a dim. of quib "evasion of point at issue" (c.1550), from L. quibus "by what (things)?," dative and ablative plural of quid "what," neut. of quis (see who). The word's overuse in legal jargon supposedly gave it the association with trivial argument. Meaning "equivocation, evasion of the point" is attested from 1670. The verb in this sense is from 1656. That's funny, that's exactly what our childhood arguments were called : kibbelen. We did not fight, we kibbelden. Never saw this English 'quibble' before. Quibus/kwiebus btw is a noun still in use too, meaning silly person. Last edited by BranShea; 09/21/09 04:18 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: this forum may be pinin'... BranShea #186904 09/21/09 09:00 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water I just love this site - it has so many authorities on so many subjects. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 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 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,174 Members9,198 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 927 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,062 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,971 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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