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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 87 of 100 1 2 … 85 86 87 88 89 … 99 100 Go to page... Re: I've been BUMFUZZLED all my days. wofahulicodoc #214137 02/04/14 10:01 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 RESPLENDENT PRONUNCIATION: (ri-SPLEN-dent) MEANING: adjective: Shining; brilliant; radiant; splendid. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin resplendere (to shine brightly), from re- (intensive prefix) + splendere (to shine). Earliest documented use: 1440. USAGE: "Gilderoy Lockhart was walking onto the stage, resplendent in robes of deep plum." J.K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Bloomsbury; 1998. ------------------------------ RESPLENDANT - taste modified with another packet of artificial sweetener (made with New Technology) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I've been BUMFUZZLED all my days. wofahulicodoc #214138 02/05/14 02:56 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 SLIPSTREAM PRONUNCIATION: (SLIP-streem) MEANING: noun: 1. A stream of air (or another fluid) forced backwards by a propeller. 2. The area of reduced pressure behind a fast-moving object. verb tr., intr.: 3. To follow behind a vehicle to take advantage of decreased wind resistance. --------------------------- SLIPSDREAM - I've fallen in the lingerie department and I can't get up... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Always Say Never wofahulicodoc #214145 02/06/14 05:02 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 HEINOUS PRONUNCIATION: (HAY-nuhs) MEANING: adjective: Extremely wicked. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French haine (hatred), from hair (to hate). Earliest documented use: 1394. USAGE: "You have been brought here before the Council of Magical Law ... so that we may pass judgment on you, for a crime so heinous." J.K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Bloomsbury; 2000. -------------------------- NEINOUS - rhymes with "minus" - like a German obstructionist also HEIROUS - next in line to inherit Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Always Say Never wofahulicodoc #214147 02/07/14 12:30 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska HEINUS – Grooks of seventeen syllables. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Always Say Never Tromboniator #214150 02/07/14 02:27 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 SEPULCHRAL PRONUNCIATION: (suh-PUHL-kruhl) MEANING: adjective: 1. Relating to a grave or a burial. 2. Gloomy, serious, or sad. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sepulcrum (grave, tomb), from sepelire (to bury). Earliest documented use: 1615. ---------------------------------- SHE-PULCHRAL - pertaining to feminine beauty etym. from Latin pulchritudo beauty; excellence, attractiveness Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter re; Heinku Tromboniator #214151 02/07/14 02:34 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 Quote: HEINUS - Groooks of seventeen syllalbles Ooh, nice one. I'd forgotten about those ! Seventeen syllables divided into three lines of 5-7-5 syllables, of course. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: re; Heinku wofahulicodoc #214154 02/08/14 05:27 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska It was exposure to Piet Hein that made me realize that excellence in one field does not preclude excellence in others. Obvious in, say, Leonardo, but Hein was still very alive when I discovered him in my preteens. Made all the difference. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Always Say Never wofahulicodoc #214155 02/08/14 05:39 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska SHE-PULCHRAL - yes! SEPULCORAL – Burial at sea. SEPULCHORAL – Requiem Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter HIGGLEDY PIGGLEDY Tromboniator #214160 02/09/14 01:14 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 WIGGLEDY JIGGLEDY: what I was when I'd walk on stage at Wesley's Boobie Trap and Bait Shop back when I was a pole dancer. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter But, but... jenny jenny #214161 02/09/14 01:54 AM 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 ...but it's Saturday! I don't recall seeing an AWAD entry on the weekend in a dog's age, if ever. I guess the fact of seven HP books was stronger than the practice of five-days-makes-a-week. (And welcome back, Jen, we've missed you.) __________________________________ HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY PRONUNCIATION: (HIG-uhl-dee PIG-uhl-dee) MEANING: adverb: In a disordered or random manner. adjective: Confused; jumbled. ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin, perhaps referring to the herding of pigs. Earliest documented use: 1598. __________________________________ [contrast "Jiggery-Pokery," noun, underhanded sabotage or mischief] [Also the paradigm for a double-dactyl, a form of doggerel poetry with particular structural rules, and beyond the scope of this post] __________________________________ WHIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY - a form of political satire, used by the Tories to cast their opponents in an unflattering light Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 87 of 100 1 2 … 85 86 87 88 89 … 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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