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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 47 of 100 1 2 … 45 46 47 48 49 … 99 100 Go to page... Monday, Monday... wofahulicodoc #211918 07/30/13 02:45 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA AUSPICES auspices PRONUNCIATION: (AW-spi-seez) MEANING: noun: 1. Patronage, support, or sponsorship. 2. A favorable sign. SUSPICES - What the McCormick salesman with a stutter sells. (See related ANU-SPICES - tasteful condiments occasionally served up on this Board...) AUSPISCES - a little-known Zodiacal constellation in the skies of the Southern hemisphere Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Monday, Monday... wofahulicodoc #211924 07/30/13 11:18 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PAPARAZZI PRONUNCIATION: (pah-puh-RAT-see) MEANING: noun: Photographers who follow famous people to take their pictures for publication. ETYMOLOGY: Plural of paparazzo, from the name of a photographer in Federico Fellini's 1959 film La Dolce Vita. Fellini got the name via scriptwriter Ennio Flaiano who picked it from the 1901 travel book By the Ionian Sea. The book mentions a hotel owner named Coriolano Paparazzo. Fellini claimed at another time that the name Paparazzo suggested to him "a buzzing insect, hovering, darting, stinging". Earliest documented use: 1961. PAMPARAZZI - mounted photographers of the Argentine plains PAUPARAZZI - very poor photographers Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Monday. becomes Tuesday automatically. wofahulicodoc #211925 07/30/13 11:52 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran OP jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi PAPARJAZZI - out-of-work hip musicians who chase photographers hoping to get their picture on the cover of Rolling Stone. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter hipstones jenny jenny #211926 07/30/13 04:01 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Just guessing what might be coming later in the week: Scissors? Spaghetti? Trousers/Pants/Knickers/Shorts? even Bloomers? Random thought: Is the noun "underwear" singular or plural? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hipstones wofahulicodoc #211931 07/31/13 03:51 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran OP jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Good questions but taboo. How many panties is/are a pair of panties, one, two, or four? Meanwhile a slip is just a slip. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Are jock straps singular or triangular? Or pink? jenny jenny #211934 07/31/13 04:44 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran OP jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi cognoscenti PRONUNCIATION: (kon-yuh-SHEN-tee, kog-nuh-) MEANING: noun: Those with informed appreciation of a particular topic, such as fine arts or literature. ETYMOLOGY: Plural of obsolete Italian cognoscente, from conoscere (to know). Modern Italian form of the word, conoscente, means acquaintance -- you want to use the word intenditore or conoscitore if you mean cognoscente. Earliest documented use: 1777. ____________________________________________________ add c COGNOSCENTIC noun - a intenditore: a singular of cogonoscenti Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Amaizing ! jenny jenny #211938 07/31/13 11:06 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA CORNOSCENTI - the aroma of Italian popcorn Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter swansong - NOT wofahulicodoc #211941 07/31/13 02:28 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA How about CYGNOSCENTI = the smell of a newly hatched swan ( Afterthought: What's the singular of hoi polloi ? ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter tempura wofahulicodoc #211960 08/01/13 02:02 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA MORES PRONUNCIATION: (MOHR-ayz) MEANING: noun: Customs and conventions of a social group. ETYMOLOGY: Plural of Latin mos (custom). Earliest documented use: 1898. MOREST - superlative form of "some" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tempura wofahulicodoc #211962 08/01/13 02:58 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran OP jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi 'ORES noun : Customs and conventions of a social group Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 47 of 100 1 2 … 45 46 47 48 49 … 99 100 Go to page... 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. 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