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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 51 of 109 1 2 … 49 50 51 52 53 … 108 109 Go to page... (aside) wofahulicodoc #220446 03/03/15 04:45 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 I can't think of a good "U" word - do you s'pose Friday's word might be SYZYGY ? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ease wofahulicodoc #220461 03/05/15 04:11 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 IMPRIMIS PRONUNCIATION: (im-PRY-mis, -PREE-) MEANING: adverb: In the first place. ETYMOLOGY: From contraction of Latin phrase in primis (among the first), from in (among) and primus (first). The word was originally used to introduce the first of a number of articles in a list, such as a will, an inventory, etc. Earliest documented use: 1465. _______________________________ JIMPRIMIS - King James the First IMIPRIMIS - old tricyclic anti-depressent brand name that never caught on IMPIRIMIS - Hello, Thisbe! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ease wofahulicodoc #220462 03/05/15 02:30 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 POLTROON PRONUNCIATION: (pol-TROON) MEANING: noun: An utter coward. ETYMOLOGY: From French poltron (coward), from Italian poltrone (lazy person), from Latin pullus (young animal). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pau- (few, little), which is also the source of few, foal, filly, pony, poor, pauper, poco, and catchpole. Earliest documented use: 1529. ____________________________ POLTOON - a political cartoon, like Doonesbury POLTROOP - bussed-in voters POLTRODON - a small dinosaur with teeth like a chicken's Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ease wofahulicodoc #220480 03/06/15 11:30 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska POLTRON - subatomic particle with distinct north and south. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ease wofahulicodoc #220488 03/06/15 07:48 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 TUMULUS PRONUNCIATION: (TOO-myuh-luhs, TYOO-) MEANING: noun: 1. A mound of earth placed over prehistoric tombs. Also known as a barrow. 2. A dome-shaped swelling formed in cooling lava. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin tumere (to swell). Earliest documented use: 1686. _________________________________________ RUMULUS - the founder of Rome who liked to drink TUMBULUS - acrobatic TUMULUST - the state of arousal accompanying an erection TUTULUS - a tiny Pharaoh __________________________________________ (sorry, the list started shorter, but it just grew and grew...) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ease wofahulicodoc #220492 03/06/15 08:49 PM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska TUM-U-LES - Brand of weight-loss pill. TUMULUSH - Beer belly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter FEE-etc Tromboniator #220501 03/07/15 10:25 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 FUMULUS - a giant cursing Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Clerihew wofahulicodoc #220510 03/09/15 01:11 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 CLERIHEW PRONUNCIATION: (KLER-uh-hyoo) MEANING: noun: A humorous, pseudo-biographical verse of four lines of uneven length, with the rhyming scheme AABB, and the first line containing the name of the subject. ETYMOLOGY: After writer Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), who originated it. Earliest documented use: 1928. Here is one of his clerihews: Sir Christopher Wren Said, “I am going to dine with some men. If anyone calls Say I am designing St. Paul’s.” __________________________________ CHERIHEW - I cannot tell a lie, Fathler, I did cut down the tree. CLERIHEM - to shorten priestly robes CLERIHEE - half of a chuckle, upon reading a humorous short verse with lines of uneven length (see also CLERIHAW) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clerihew wofahulicodoc #220515 03/09/15 08:52 PM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska CLEFIHEW - I'm sticking with the bass - can't read the pesky treble stuff. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Epigram wofahulicodoc #220530 03/11/15 01:13 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 EPIGRAM PRONUNCIATION: (EP-i-gram) MEANING: noun: A short witty saying, often in verse. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin epigramma, from Greek epigramma, from epigraphein (to write, inscribe), from epi- (upon, after) + graphein (to write). Other words originating from the same root are graphite, paragraph, program, and topography. Earliest documented use: 1552. __________________________________ EPIGLAM - Beauty is only skin deep EPI-RAM - a Shofar (ram's horn) PI-GRAM - a message sent by wire next Saturday morning at 9:26 (that'd be 3/14/15 9:26...) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 51 of 109 1 2 … 49 50 51 52 53 … 108 109 Go to page... 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