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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 59 of 100 1 2 … 57 58 59 60 61 … 99 100 Go to page... Re: Doggedly Tromboniator #212552 09/20/13 01:34 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 Quote: CHEVROD – 2. A 1,049-mile auto race from Anchorage to Nome. I'd bet on the dogs but find it amazing that a race a thousand miles long could begin and end in the same State. Wow! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter FRIDAY'S FINAL WORD jenny jenny #212556 09/20/13 05:00 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 chagal PRONUNCIATION: (CHAH-guhl) MEANING: noun: A bag, usually made of canvas or leather, used for carrying water. ETYMOLOGY: From Hindi chhagal, from Sanskrit chhagala (of a goat). Earliest documented use: 1909. ----------------------------------- add N CHANGAL - the Sanskirted girl who gave you change when you bought your goatskin of water. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter If a goat's beard is called a "goatee"... jenny jenny #212560 09/21/13 01:55 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ... why have you never seen a "goator"? CHAGALE - half a dance, done in a windstorm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter This is a Test. This is only a Test. wofahulicodoc #212590 09/23/13 08:58 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SHIBBOLETH PRONUNCIATION: (SHIB-uh-lith, -leth) MEANING: noun: 1. The use of a word or pronunciation that distinguishes a group of people. 2. A slogan, belief, or custom that's now considered outmoded. ETYMOLOGY: According to the Book of Judges in the Bible, the Gileadites used the Hebrew word shibboleth (ear of corn; stream) to identify the fleeing Ephraimites who couldn't pronounce the sh sound. 42,000 Ephraimites were slaughtered. Earliest documented use: 1382. SHIBBOLESH - A failed Field Sobriety tesht -- oops, "test" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: This is a Test. This is only a Test. wofahulicodoc #212609 09/25/13 12:16 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 Sober up, Ephraimite. Ephraimites taste best if sober before slaughtered. O to Q SHIBBQLETH Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: This is a Test. This is only a Test. jenny jenny #212611 09/25/13 01:55 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA HYPOCORISM PRONUNCIATION: (hy-POK-uh-riz-uhm, hi-) MEANING: noun 1. A pet name. 2. The practice of using pet names. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hypokorisma (pet name), from hypo- (under) + kor- (child). Ultimately from Indo-European root ker- (to grow), which is also the source of other words such as increase, recruit, crew, crescent, cereal, concrete, crescendo, sincere, and Spanish crecer (to grow). Earliest documented use: 1850. -------------------------------------- HYPNOCORISM - externally-induced belief that you're all heart Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: This is a Test. This is only a Test. wofahulicodoc #212612 09/25/13 02:43 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 HYPOCOWISM - a male or female milkmaid Etymology: [from Greek] hypo (under) cow (cow) ism (that which isem) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: This is a Test. This is only a Test. jenny jenny #212618 09/25/13 03:26 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 polysemous PRONUNCIATION: (POL-ee-see-muhs) MEANING: adjective: Having multiple meanings. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin polysemus, from Greek polysemos, from poly- (many) + sema (sign). Earliest documented use: 1884. =================================================== POLYSERMOUS : 1) a religious sermon with a self-contradicting message about heaven 2) a religious sermon with a self-contridicting message about hell 3) a religious sermon that does not pertain to religion 4) a long rambling non-religious sermon covering everything from aardvark to zymurgy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter that's "Cyclops" in Greek jenny jenny #212624 09/25/13 10:14 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA POLYFEMUS - son of Poseidon and Thoosa. Had only one eye but saw many bones. 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