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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 81 of 100 1 2 … 79 80 81 82 83 … 99 100 Go to page... Re: Good Ol' Ben wofahulicodoc #213848 01/06/14 08:52 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,758 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,758 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA REPLETION PRONUNCIATION: (ri-PLEE-shuhn) MEANING: noun: The condition of being completely filled or satisfied. ETYMOLOGY: Via French, from Latin replere, from re- (back, again) + plere (to fill), from plenus (full). Earliest documented use: 1398. ---------------------------------------------- PREPLETION -- what a good waiter does by pouring more into your glass just before you ask for it Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ORDER or DiSoRDeR? wofahulicodoc #213854 01/07/14 06:00 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 DEPLETION - the drain of spirit which occurs when a Culture choses excessive order over reason. Example: Nazi Germany. REPLETION - the renewal of the human spirit after all Communist pinkos have been thrown out and freedom once again becomes enow. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter heavy the head that bears the crown jenny jenny #213867 01/07/14 08:07 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,758 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,758 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PONDEROUS PRONUNCIATION: (PON-duhr-uhs) MEANING: adjective: 1. Having great weight. 2. Awkward or unwieldy. 3. Dull or laborious. ETYMOLOGY: Via French, from Latin ponderare (to ponder, weigh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root (s)pen- (to draw, to spin), which is also the source of pendulum, spider, pound, pansy, pendant, ponder, appendix, depend, spontaneous, perpend, vilipend, filipendulous, and equipoise. Earliest documented use: 1400. ---------------------------------------- PANDEROUS - a quality universally possessed by politicians PONDERONUS - weighty obligations PONDEROPUS - I wonder what that penguin meant? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: heavy the head that wears a frown wofahulicodoc #213868 01/07/14 09:06 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 PonderR'us - a gym chain for heavyweight lifters Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Once upon a time... jenny jenny #213876 01/08/14 12:30 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,758 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,758 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA QUONDAM PRONUNCIATION: (KWON-duhm) MEANING: adjective: Former; onetime. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quondam (formerly). Earliest documented use: 1535. ------------------------------ QUONDAY - in old calendars, an unidentified day near the beginning of the week (not to be ocnfused with QUONDAE - the ice cream treat I just finished eating) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Once upon an unhappy time... wofahulicodoc #213881 01/08/14 03:20 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 QUONDAMN adj - belonging to bad times long past ex: a quondamn lover. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Once upon a time... wofahulicodoc #213884 01/08/14 04:24 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,936 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,936 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water QUONSAM A itty- bitty quonset. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter LukeJavan8 #213888 01/08/14 08:45 PM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska QUONDIM – fading of old memories. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter nobody laughs when I tell a joke jenny jenny #213902 01/09/14 04:41 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,758 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,758 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA INIMICAL PRONUNCIATION: (i-NIM-i-kuhl) MEANING: adjective: 1. Harmful. 2. Unfriendly. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin in- (not) + amicus (friend). A few other words that share the same root are: amigo, amity, enemy, amicable, and amicus curiae. Earliest documented use: 1645. --------------------------------------------- MINIMICAL - not very funny... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: nobody laughs when I tell a joke wofahulicodoc #213905 01/09/14 06:21 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 That is because you are an intellectual giant and to average folks your jokes are INTIMICAL - a smug manner that is intimidating to others so much as to their not wanting to engage you in casual conversation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 81 of 100 1 2 … 79 80 81 82 83 … 99 100 Go to page... 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