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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 96 of 100 1 2 … 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Go to page... "I see your point," Tom said sharply jenny jenny #214479 03/18/14 01:13 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 ACUITY PRONUNCIATION: (uh-KYOO-i-tee) MEANING: noun: Sharpness; keenness. ETYMOLOGY: Via French from Latin acuere (to sharpen). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ak- (sharp), which is also the source of acrid, vinegar, acid, acute, edge, hammer, heaven, eager, oxygen, mediocre, paragon, and acescent. Earliest documented use: 1400. ------------------------------ AQUITY - watered stock Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "I see your point," Tom said sharply wofahulicodoc #214481 03/18/14 03:38 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,931 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,931 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water AKUITY=High faluttin' cat. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 03/18/14 03:39 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter A sad desuetude of the once happy word DESUETUDE wofahulicodoc #214483 03/18/14 04:30 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 desuetude PRONUNCIATION:(DES-wi-tood, -tyood) MEANING: noun: A state of disuse. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin de- (away from) + suescere (to become accustomed). Earliest documented use: 1623. USAGE: "Far from being a high-tech wonder, the Earth Station had a sad, neglected air about it, a feeling of desuetude and abandonment." Douglas Preston; Impact; Forge Books; 2010. ======================================================== DE-SUET-DUDE - de dude who makes de soap. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn. -John Updike, writer (1932-2009) Yeah. That's what I thought about Rabbit Redux. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A sad desuetude of the once happy word DESUETUDE jenny jenny #214485 03/19/14 01:24 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 DE SUE-TUBE - used by unscrupulous lawyers to record and share videos of their court cases Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Rubens would be so proud wofahulicodoc #214486 03/19/14 04:39 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 TURGID PRONUNCIATION: (TUR-jid) MEANING: adjective: 1. Swollen; congested. 2. Pompous; high-flown. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin turgere (to swell). Earliest documented use: 1620. ---------------------------------------- STURGID - the fish that gives you black caviar when you have a stuffed nose SURGID - nametag worn by the doctor who's about to take out your appendix THURGID - what his friends called the lawyer who Marshalled his arguments to present Brown v. Board of Education to the Supreme Court, years before he was appointed to the bench himself Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rubens would be so proud wofahulicodoc #214488 03/19/14 05:41 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 TURGRID - the congested morning traffic found in every city where the streets form a grid ============================================================== A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: It's best to give while your hand is still warm. -Philip Roth, novelist (b. 1933) That's easy for you to say, Phillip Roth. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter The pretentious use of the word SCIOLISM jenny jenny #214492 03/20/14 01:15 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 sciolism PRONUNCIATION: (SY-uh-liz-uhm) MEANING: noun: Pretentious display of superficial knowledge. ETYMOLOGY: From Late Latin sciolus (smatterer), diminutive of Latin scius (knowing), from scire (to know). Ultimately from the Indo-European root skei- (to cut or split), which also gave us schism, ski, shin, science, conscience, nice, scienter, nescient, exscind, and adscititious. Earliest documented use: 1810. ========================================================== SCIOLIST - he who understands that all knowledge is superficial () Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter nolidj is power jenny jenny #214493 03/20/14 01:53 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 SCOOLISM - Education, for everybody! (especially spelling) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter nolidj is power - Mark II wofahulicodoc #214494 03/20/14 09:33 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 SCIOLIS - a little-known Italian pastry dessert Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter That ain't scrolling. That's fingering, wofahulicodoc #214497 03/21/14 02:36 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 SCROLISM - the silly flip of a finger that spins a tiny display screen past where you want to stop in poor imitation of real scrolling by a trustworthy desk-top mouse. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 96 of 100 1 2 … 94 95 96 97 98 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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