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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 108 of 109 1 2 … 106 107 108 109 Go to page... I Kid wofahulicodoc #224203 04/28/16 01:53 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 VERACIOUS PRONUNCIATION: (vuh-RAY-shuhs) MEANING: adjective: Truthful; honest; accurate. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin verus (true). Earliest documented use: 1677. ________________________________ OVERACIOUS - placing too much reliance of the value of aces, in poker RVERACIOUS - My Winnebago can go faster than yours! TVERACIOUS - given to binge-watching Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Haricot wofahulicodoc #224207 04/29/16 02:58 AM Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 M May addict May addict M Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 Vertacious- quality of green Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I Kid wofahulicodoc #224214 04/29/16 07:05 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 DOUGHTY PRONUNCIATION: (DAU-tee) MEANING: adjective: Brave; courageous; determined. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English dohtig (worthy). Earliest documented use: 1030. ______________________________ DOUGHTV - cable service when there's no competition NOUGATY - like a confection made with sugar or honey, roasted nuts, whipped egg whites, and sometimes chopped candied fruit DOUGHTS - what Mairzy and Doughzy (although Little Lamzy Divey) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Long Duk Dong wofahulicodoc #224217 04/30/16 12:10 AM Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 M May addict May addict M Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 Loughty- Lake, big lake Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter mind the gape wofahulicodoc #224243 05/02/16 05:35 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 GAPESEED PRONUNCIATION: (GAYP-seed) MEANING: noun: 1. One who stares especially with an open mouth. 2. Something that is an object of staring: anything unusual. ETYMOLOGY: From gape + seed, from Old Norse gapa (to open the mouth, stare) + Old English saed (seed). Earliest documented use: 1598. NOTES: The idiom “to sow gapeseed” means to gape at something (say, a fair) instead of doing some useful work (say, sowing wheat). This, and other idioms, hint at our agrarian roots: -to sow wild oats -to sow the seeds (of something) -as you sow, so shall you reap, etc. ___________________________________ GA-PESTED - afflicted with peach-tree borer GAPESEYED - bowed so as to display cleavage AGAPESEED - the source of Greek love Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter it all depends on how you slice it wofahulicodoc #224254 05/03/16 07:17 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 WINDROW PRONUNCIATION: (WIND-ro) MEANING: noun: 1. A row of raked hay laid to dry in the wind before being baled. 2. A row of leaves, dust, snow, or other material swept together. verb tr.: To arrange in a windrow. ETYMOLOGY: From wind + row, from Old English row + raew. Earliest documented use: 1523. _________________________________ WINEROW - a grape arbor WINGROW - 1) reinvest the dividends in a good investment; 2) a line of planes on an aircraft carrier WINDRAW - 1) success at poker; 2) mid-March weather Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: it all depends on how you slice it wofahulicodoc #224255 05/04/16 12:26 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 UNWONTED PRONUNCIATION: (un-WON-tid) MEANING: adjective: Unusual or unaccustomed. ETYMOLOGY: From un- + Middle English woned, wont (accustomed), past participle of wonen (to be used to, 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: 1553. _______________________________ UNWOTTED - not understood FUNWONTED - having the usual good time UNDONTED - repealed, made legal Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Mœbius Strip wofahulicodoc #224269 05/05/16 12:33 PM Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 M May addict May addict M Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 Angir- Blueberry Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Wat did you say? May #224272 05/05/16 02:09 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 ANGOR PRONUNCIATION: (ANG-guhr) MEANING: noun: Extreme anguish or mental distress. ETYMOLOGY: If you’ve ever been so angry, or so anguished, that you felt choked you’ve personally experienced the origin of this term. It comes from Latin angor (strangling, suffocation, mental distress), from angere (to squeeze). Ultimately from the Indo-European root angh- (tight, suffocating, painful), which also gave us anger, anguish, anxious, angst, angina, and hangnail. Earliest documented use: 1440. _______________________ ANYGOR - whatever injury caused by a bull ANXOR - a stress-inducer ANGER - where a Cockney angs is at Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter mess hall wofahulicodoc #224281 05/06/16 06:20 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 REFECT PRONUNCIATION: (ri-FEKT) MEANING: verb tr.: To refresh with food or drink. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin reficere (to renew or restore), from re- (back) + facere (to make). Earliest documented use: 1488. ______________________________ REFACT - to restate an inconvenient truth so as to bolster an invalid argument REFICT - to make up a new story; see also REFACT REFECK - to reconstruct a bad public relations image, in order to regain the appearance of responsibility and reliability (compare FECKLESS) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 108 of 109 1 2 … 106 107 108 109 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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