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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 6 of 109 1 2 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 108 109 Go to page... Re: I'm b-a-a-a-ck!... wofahulicodoc #216864 05/30/14 03:32 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Isn't that what Jack Nicholson said after axing the door? Isn't that what Jack Nicholson said after axing the door? Isn't that what Jack Nicholson said after axing the door? Isn't that what Jack Nicholson said after axing the door? Isn't that what Jack Nicholson said after axing the door? Isn't that what Jack Nicholson said after axing the door? Isn't that what Jack Nicholson said after axing the door? Isn't that what Jack Nicholson said after axing the door? Isn't that what Jack Nicholson said after axing the door? Isn't that what Jack Nicholson said after axing the door? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Good Word Friday: NOESIS jenny jenny #216866 05/30/14 02:11 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi noesis PRONUNCIATION:(no-EE-sis) MEANING: noun: 1. Cognition; perception. 2. The exercise of reason. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek noesis (thought), from noein (to think, to perceive), from nous (mind). Earliest documented use: 1881. USAGE: "The noesis of the fact that tigers roamed these areas since there were no boundaries, nor fences in this forest, didn't jab much at me." Vishal Gupta; A Bittersweet Nostalgia; Strategic Book Publishing; 2012. "In an attempt to recollect the former few days, flashes of noesis pervaded my concentration." Jane E. Hill; So, Here I Stand; AuthorHouse; 2010. [See more usage examples of noesis in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.] A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. -Ben Hecht, screenwriter, playwright, novelist, director, and producer. ======================================================= KNOESIS - the perception that you know something when you don't Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Huis Clos jenny jenny #216871 05/30/14 07:49 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA NOEXIS - the theme of a Sartrirical play NOHESIS - the theme of an entire genre of Japanese play NOASIS - We're never gonna get out of the desert alive! NOMESIS - 1. an anti-nausea medicine; 2. my relative in Alaska NOPESIS - refusing to go along with your sister (see also NOASIS) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Huis Clos is cul de sac redux wofahulicodoc #216874 06/01/14 01:32 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi MOESIS - the exercise of reason by The Three Stooges Examples: Curly: "I don't see a single cow. I don't even see a married one." Moe: Let's do the Elevator Dance. Curly: I don't know how. Moe: Fathead! There are no steps.[slap] Curly:(screaming) I CAN'T SEE! I CAN'T SEE! Moe: Why can't you see, Fathead? Curly: My eyes are shut. Moe: [SLAP][SLAP][SLAP] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Huis Clos is cul de sac redux jenny jenny #216875 06/01/14 02:13 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Nice one! (I really miss the Like button sometimes) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Huis Clos is cul de sac redux wofahulicodoc #216877 06/01/14 03:19 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Huis Clos is cul de sac redux Tromboniator #216878 06/01/14 03:16 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA :-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter A hella way to start Monday: sulfurous/sulphurous wofahulicodoc #216884 06/02/14 04:58 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi sulfurous or sulphurous PRONUNCIATION: (SUHL-fuhr-uhs, suhl-FYOOR-uhs) MEANING: adjective: 1. Relating to or resembling sulfur. 2. Pale yellow. 3. Fiery; hellish. 4. Hot-tempered. 5. Profane, blasphemous. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sulfur. Earliest documented use: 1530. USAGE: "And like a screeching harpy screaming up from the sulfurous depths of Hell, Kim Kardashian has sensed our happiness and seeks to destroy it..." A THOUGHT FOR TODAY If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. -Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet (1840-1928) ========================================================= SULFURIOUS - to be mad as Hell at folks in Heaven. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A hella way to start Monday: sulfurous/sulphurous jenny jenny #216894 06/02/14 05:18 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SULFUROUT - Get those rotten eggs out of here ! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter What I need is a catalytic converter: CATALYST wofahulicodoc #216899 06/03/14 04:06 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi catalyst PRONUNCIATION: (KAT-uh-list) MEANING: noun 1. A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without changing itself. 2. Someone or something that causes an event or change to happen. ETYMOLOGY: Via Latin, from Greek katalusis, from kataluein (to dissolve), from kata- (down) + luein (loosen). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leu- (to loosen, divide), which is also the source of forlorn, lag, loss, solve, analysis, and resolute. Earliest documented use: 1902. USAGE: "Doctoroff had seen how the Games served as a growth catalyst for host cities -- Tokyo expanded its subway system, Atlanta transformed its downtown." Ken Auletta; After Bloomberg; The New Yorker; Aug 26, 2013. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. -Allen Ginsberg said in his book "Madness Sells". (1926-1997) -------------------------------------------------------- CAVALYST - a caver who instigates others to go down while he remains on top Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 6 of 109 1 2 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 108 109 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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