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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 31 of 109 1 2 … 29 30 31 32 33 … 108 109 Go to page... the moving finger writes wofahulicodoc #218582 09/25/14 05:44 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA DACTYLOSCOPY PRONUNCIATION: (dak-tuh-LOS-kuh-pee) MEANING: noun: The analysis of fingerprints for identification of individuals. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek dactylo- (finger or toe) + -scopy (observation). Earliest documented use: 1908. ________________________________________ DACTYLOSCOOPY - hand-packed (like some ice cream) DACTYLOCOPY - a counterfeit fingerprint DACRYLOSCOPY - taking pictures only of clothes made with man-made fibers Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter The moving finger draws cartoons wofahulicodoc #218599 09/27/14 12:50 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PLUTOMANIA PRONUNCIATION: (ploo-tuh-MAY-nee-uh) MEANING: noun: An obsession with money or wealth. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pluto- (wealth) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1652. ____________________________ PLUTOMARIA - The new Disney movie where the dog mutinies and takes over Christopher Columbus' largest ship PLUROMANIA - no singles allowed FLUTOMANIA - James Galway ROCKS, and Jean-Pierre Rampal, too! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen wofahulicodoc #218619 09/29/14 09:21 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA LUFTMENSCH PRONUNCIATION: (LOOFT-mensh) MEANING: noun: An impractical dreamer. ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish, from luft (air) + mensch (man, person), from German. Earliest documented use: 1907. ___________________________________ LUFTMESCH-- the fabric that covers airplane wings (in the early days of aviation, anyway) LUFTMENSACH - The Right Stuff (the qualities that make one an airmen/test pilot) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen wofahulicodoc #218630 09/30/14 04:20 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PISHER PRONUNCIATION: (PISH-uhr) MEANING: noun: 1. A bedwetter. 2. A young, inexperienced person. 3. An insignificant person: a nobody. ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish pisher (pisser), from German pissen (to urinate). Earliest documented use: 1941. _________________________________________ PAISHER - a simple card game, when preceded by PISHER PISER - a man who is pathologically averse to spending money. Compare MISER, a woman who is...) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Stop,l thief ! wofahulicodoc #218644 10/01/14 03:35 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA GANEF PRONUNCIATION: (GAH-nuhf) MEANING: noun: A thief, swindler, or rascal. ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish, from Hebrew gannabh (thief). Earliest documented use: 1920. __________________________________ GANER - a Bostonian who doesn't have a long time left to live GANFF - a national park in Canada, renamed after being renovated to attract tourists with clubs and balls to be hit into holes in the lowest possible number of strokes (see GALEF) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter an international crew wofahulicodoc #218653 10/02/14 12:35 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA MACHER PRONUNCIATION: (MAHKH-uhr) MEANING: noun: 1. A person of influence, one who gets things done. 2. A self-important overbearing person. ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish makher, from German macher (maker or doer). Earliest documented use: 1911. ________________________________________ MANCHER - someone who lives on the French side of the English Channel MALHER - a dyslexic German composer MAC-HEF - an Irish playboy, familiarly (with apologies to J.M.Synge) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Kibble and bits wofahulicodoc #218685 10/03/14 04:47 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA KIBITZER PRONUNCIATION: (KIB-it-suhr) MEANING: noun: An onlooker who offers unwanted advice or criticism, for example at a card game. ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen (to look on at cards), from Kiebitz (busybody, literally pewit or lapwing, a shorebird with a bad reputation as a meddler). Earliest documented use: 1927. __________________________________ KIBUTZER - a dweller in an Israeli collective community KOBITZER - someone who offers unwanted advice from the sidelines about how to raise prime Japanese beef KIBITER - a rare insect that gnaws on the ebonies and the ivories on your piano SKIBITZER - an enterpreneur who sells chic frills and furbelows and other doodads ("bitz") for your skis Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter around here we call it "smarmy" wofahulicodoc #218730 10/07/14 01:52 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA LUBRICIOUS PRONUNCIATION: (loo-BRISH-uhs) MEANING: adjective: 1. Lecherous. 2. Salacious. 3. Shifty or tricky. 4. Smooth and slippery. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lubricus (slippery, smooth). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sleubh- (to slide or slip), which also gave us slip, slop, sloop, sleeve, and lubricate. Earliest documented use: 1584. ____________________________ LUBRICITOUS - specializing in in grease-and-oil jobs for your upscale car RUBRICIOUS - tending - overpedantcally - to classify everything LUMBRICIOUS - having hyperactive fingers or toes Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Damned if I know ! wofahulicodoc #218733 10/07/14 01:23 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA DIFFIDENT PRONUNCIATION: (DIF-i-duhnt) MEANING: adjective: Lacking in self-confidence. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin diffidere (to mistrust), from dis- (not) + fidere (to trust). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bheidh- (to trust), which also gave us abide, abode, fiancé, affidavit, confide, confident, defiance, fidelity, defy, and infidel. Earliest documented use: 1598. _____________________________________________ DIFFIDONT - and D if I do, too... DAFFIDENT - One of the flowers in by bouquet is damaged, but I don't want to make a fuss (compare LACKADAISICAL) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter I know you! wofahulicodoc #218763 10/08/14 08:08 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska DOFFIDENT – Take it off and be recognized. DAFFIDENT – 2. Scarce as duck's teeth. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 31 of 109 1 2 … 29 30 31 32 33 … 108 109 Go to page... 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