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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 6 of 99 1 2 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 98 99 Go to page... ...by any other name would swell as meat wofahulicodoc #224893 06/24/16 09:26 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA MARROWSKY PRONUNCIATION: (MUH-rau-ski) MEANING: noun: Spoonerism: The transposition of (usually) the initial sounds of words producing a humorous result. For example, “Runny Babbit” instead of “Bunny Rabbit”. ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the name of a Polish count who was prone to this phenomenon. Earliest documented use: 1863. ____________________________ MARROWSKA - Mrs Spooner MARROWSKEY - what you use to enter The Marrows when they lock it MORROWSKY - Sailors' Delight, if it's red Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Animal Crackers wofahulicodoc #224934 06/27/16 09:55 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA VERMEIL PRONUNCIATION: (VUHR-mil, -mayl) MEANING: noun: 1. Vermilion color: bright orange-red. 2. Metal, such as silver, bronze, or copper that has been gilded. adjective: Bright red in color. ETYMOLOGY: The word is coined after insects (of genus Kermes) that are used to make red dye. From Latin vermiculus (little worm, kermes), diminutive of vermis (worm). Ultimately from Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), which also gave us wring, weird, writhe, worth, revert, universe, conversazione, divers, malversation, prosaic, versal, verso, and wroth. Earliest documented use: 1400 ________________________________ VERMEIN - rat meat with Chinese vegetables and noodles OVERMEIL - where many a seduction takes place VERMEIR - a Dutch painter of interior scenes of middle-class life, who went on to become Prime Minister of Israel Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter iTeal - instead of IBM's Big Blue wofahulicodoc #224945 06/28/16 05:42 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA TEAL PRONUNCIATION: (teel) MEANING: noun: 1. Any of the various species of small dabbling ducks. 2. Greenish blue color. adjective: Of greenish blue color. ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English tele. The color is named after the patches of this shade on the teal. Earliest documented use: 1314. __________________________ TERL - hard work in Brooklyn TU-AL - second-person-singular-familiar pronoun in Southern France TEAU - a digit on your boyfriend's foot Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Multilingual Day wofahulicodoc #224955 06/29/16 03:04 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PONCEAU PRONUNCIATION: (pon-SO) MEANING: noun: A bright red color. adjective: Of bright red color. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French pouncel (poppy), diminutive of paon (peacock), from Latin pavo (peacock). Peacocks are not red, so why this word after a peacock? The poppy flower got this name because its vivid red color was compared to the bright colors of a peacock. A related word is pavonine. Earliest documented use: 1774. ____________________________________ SPONCEAU - the company that pays the bill for your TV program ("...and now, a word from our SPONCEAU...") PONTEAU - a bridge over troubled waters (French) PONCHEAU - a Villa in Chihuahua Province of northern Mexico Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Multilingual Day wofahulicodoc #224956 06/29/16 03:11 PM Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 3,018 E endymion6 Carpal Tunnel endymion6 Carpal Tunnel E Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 3,018 Might PONCHEAU have been the partner of CISCHEAU in the old Duncan Renaldo films? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Multilingual Day endymion6 #224957 06/29/16 03:30 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,944 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,944 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Originally a portmanteau of Sancho Panza? endymion6 #224966 06/29/16 08:52 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Originally Posted By: endymion6 Might PONCHEAU have been the partner of CISCHEAU in the old Duncan Renaldo films? That was PANCHEAU. (As was Villa, BTW.) This PONCHEAU used to keep us dry when it rained at camp... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Originally a portmanteau of Sancho Panza? wofahulicodoc #224970 06/29/16 10:42 PM Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 M May addict May addict M Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 Ponpeau- Quarles with Poe Ponpeau- something fishy this way comes Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PAUPE - He's in Rome wofahulicodoc #224977 06/30/16 02:24 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA TAUPE PRONUNCIATION: (toap, rhymes with rope) MEANING: noun: A brownish gray, similar to the color of moleskin. adjective: Of a brownish gray color. ETYMOLOGY: From French taupe (mole), from Latin talpa (mole). Earliest documented use: 1911. _______________________________ TAURE- 1. ripped; 2. short for a French bull UTAUPE - a very laid-back ideal society TWUPE - a theater company led by a yellow canary with a speech impediment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: PAUPE - He's in Rome wofahulicodoc #224988 07/01/16 12:46 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SEPIA PRONUNCIATION: (SEE-pee-uh) MEANING: noun: 1. A reddish brown color. 2. A brown pigment originally made from the cuttlefish ink. 3. A drawing made with this pigment. 4. A monochrome photograph in this color. adjective: Of a reddish-brown color. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sepia (cuttlefish), from Greek sepia (cuttlefish). Earliest documented use: 1569. _____________________________ SLEPIA - what the hypnotist tells you you are getting SEMPIA - Marine Corps mascot. 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