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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 36 of 109 1 2 … 34 35 36 37 38 … 108 109 Go to page... Also known as a Poohma wofahulicodoc #219139 11/11/14 08:07 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska TIGULAR – A crossbreed found in the Hundred Acre Wood. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Crapped out again ! Tromboniator #219143 11/11/14 02:06 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 (TIGULAR - gonna have to bounce that around for a while...) ________________________ Meantime: REFECTION PRONUNCIATION: (ri-FEK-shuhn) MEANING: noun: 1. Refreshment with food or drink. 2. A light meal. 3. The reingesting of fecal pellets, as practiced by rabbits. ETYMOLOGY: Via French from Latin reficere (to renew or restore), from re- (back) + facere (to make). Earliest documented use: 1398. ____________________________________ REFECTIO - Dumbledore causes a feast to spring forth on the tables at Hogwarts REFICTION - publishing a Nero Wolfe mystery again but under a different name this time REFECATION - Number Two, twice (be careful how you say this at your local racetrack betting window) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter A Toosday in Nuvemmer wofahulicodoc #219154 11/12/14 12:12 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska RELECTION: What the incumment cannidate strives for. Yeah, well, I have a fever today. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter thwarting is such sweet sorrow Tromboniator #219164 11/12/14 05:47 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 FRUSTRANEOUS PRONUNCIATION: (fruhs-TRAY-nee-uhs) MEANING: adjective: Useless; unprofitable. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin frustra (in vain). Earliest documented use: 1643. ___________________________ FRUSTRANEOUS (the Identity transformation) - instant non-gratification (alternatively FLUSTRANEOUS - throwing immediately into a tizzy) FAUSTRANEOUS - having nothing at all to do with the man who bargained with the Devil FRUITRANEOUS - our boxcars are full of apples and pears and oranges Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: thwarting is such sweet sorrow wofahulicodoc #219170 11/12/14 10:50 PM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska FRUSTRAINEOUS: Can't get anything done when the sun doesn't shine. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: thwarting is such sweet sorrow Tromboniator #219171 11/13/14 02:52 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 WONTED PRONUNCIATION: (WON-tid) MEANING: adjective: Usual; accustomed. ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English woned, wont (accustomed), past participle of wonen (to be used to, dwell). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wen- (to desire or to strive for), which is also the source of wish, win, Venus, overweening, venerate, venison, and banyan, venial, and ween. Earliest documented use: 1408. __________________________________ DONTED - instructed not to WONTAD - take your job and shove it ! WONTEL - what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter and somehow still within ones ambit wofahulicodoc #219182 11/15/14 02:36 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 AMBAGIOUS PRONUNCIATION: (am-BAY-juhs) MEANING: adjective: Roundabout; circuitous. ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English ambages (equivocation), taken as a plural and the singular ambage coined from it. From Latin ambages, from ambi- (both, around) + agere (to drive). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw, or move), which also gave us act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue, ambassador, agonistes, axiomatic, cogent, incogitant, exigent, exiguous, intransigent. Earliest documented use: 1656. ____________________________ AMBIGIOUS - what Shakespeare said Marc Antony said Brutus said Caesar was, sort of AMEBAGIOUS - transmitted by a simple one-celled organism SAMBAGIOUS - describing a South American dancer in the throes of ecstasy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: and somehow still within ones ambit wofahulicodoc #219201 11/17/14 10:23 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 GEMEINSCHAFT PRONUNCIATION: (guh-MYN-shaft) MEANING: noun: Social relations based on personal ties, affection, kinship, etc. ETYMOLOGY: From German Gemeinschaft (community), from gemein (common) + -schaft (-ship). Earliest documented use: 1937. NOTES: The counterpart of Gemeinschaft (community) is Gesellschaft (society), that is, social relation marked by impersonal ties, such as duty to society or to an organization. _______________________________________ DEMEINSCHAFT - what sie bringen der Coal up to der Surface through GEMINSCHAFT - twin axles GEMEINSCHRAFFT - these are MY candies! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter better than strorry wofahulicodoc #219212 11/18/14 05:34 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 STRAFE PRONUNCIATION: (strayf) MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To attack with machine-gun fire or bombs from a low-flying aircraft. 2. To criticize severely. noun: 1. An attack from a low-flying aircraft. 2. A severe criticism. ETYMOLOGY: From the German slogan "Gott strafe England!" ([May] God punish England!) during WWI. From German strafen (to punish). Earliest documented use: 1915. _________________________ STRIAFE - layers of iron STRIFE - precursor of strafe TRAFE - impure; not permitted Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter that's five consecutive consonants... wofahulicodoc #219229 11/19/14 08:20 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 GLEICHSCHALTUNG PRONUNCIATION: (GLYK-shalt-toong) MEANING: noun: The forced standardization of political, economic, and cultural institutions, as in an authoritarian state. ETYMOLOGY: From German gleichschalten (to bring into line), from gleich (same) + schalten (to switch, turn). The term was used by the Nazi regime for totalitarian control. Earliest documented use: 1933. ________________________ GLEICHSCHALTING - put an end to this coerced uniformity ! 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