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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 14 of 99 1 2 … 12 13 14 15 16 … 98 99 Go to page... Beepbeepboopboopbop LukeJavan8 #225636 09/16/16 05:11 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Bot viveur- android, Cherry 2020 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter livin' the good life may2point0 #225637 09/17/16 01:26 AM 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 BON VIVEUR PRONUNCIATION: (BON* vee-VUHR) [* this syllable is nasal] MEANING: noun: A person who enjoys good food, drinks, luxuries, etc. ETYMOLOGY: A pseudo-French formation, from bon (good) + viveur (a living person), from vivre (to live). A synonym is bon vivant. Earliest documented use: 1865. ______________________ SON VIVEUR - My kid does nothing but party all day... (see also SIN VIVEUR; BOY VIVEUR) BON VIVEUR BON VIVEUR (Sorry- short on time today! I'll try to find more time later to do a couple more.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Afterthoughts wofahulicodoc #225641 09/18/16 07:42 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 BOND VIVEUR - characterizing Ian Fleming's Secret Agent BAN VIVEUR - 1. campaign slogan of the Puritans 2. after a night on the town, you need a good deodorant Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter and lawn gnomes wofahulicodoc #225649 09/19/16 04:14 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 KITSCH PRONUNCIATION: (kich) MEANING: noun: Art objects that are gaudy or overly sentimental, designed for popular appeal. adjective: Tawdry, tacky, sentimental. ETYMOLOGY: From German Kitsch. Earliest documented use: 1926. NOTES: What comes to mind when you think of kitsch? Here are some examples: a coffee mug in the shape of a pineapple, ceramic Santa Claus, plastic flamingos on a lawn, snow globes, popular religious iconography. __________________________ SKITSCH -- Lyle Russell Henderson - American composer, arranger, conductor. Married to Faye Emerson 1950-58 KIMSCH - an abbreviated traditional Korean fermented dish made of many different vegetable ingredients, textures, and seasonings depending on what part of the country it comes from (see here) KATSCH - 1. a children's game played with a ball; 2. a fisherman's haul; 3. a hidden store of supplies or other goods; 4. money (as opposed to credit or other obligations) 5. n. or v. snag or interruption Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: and lawn gnomes wofahulicodoc #225652 09/19/16 11:17 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 KILTSCH skirts worn by Scotsmen ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: and lawn gnomes LukeJavan8 #225654 09/19/16 11:41 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada kwitsch- to quit quickly and quietly Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter - may2point0 #225661 09/20/16 04:14 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Verbaten- trolling not allowed Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: - may2point0 #225665 09/21/16 02:27 AM 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: may2point0 Verbaten- trolling not allowed Ooh, that's subtle! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Don't you dare! may2point0 #225666 09/21/16 02:35 AM 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 VERBOTEN PRONUNCIATION: (vuhr-BOHT-n) MEANING: adjective: Not allowed; forbidden. ETYMOLOGY: From German verboten (forbidden), past participle of verbieten (to forbid). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bheudh- (to be or to make aware), which also gave us beadle, ombudsman, forbid, and the word Buddha. Earliest documented use: 1912. ______________________ VERBOSTEN - how Red Sox and Patriots and Celtics and Bruins fans fans root VERB TEN - member of a list of action words OVERBOTEN - they were on sale, and I got way too many of 'em Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter me and you wofahulicodoc #225667 09/21/16 01:16 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 UBERMENSCH PRONUNCIATION: (OO-buhr-mensch) MEANING: noun: An ideal man; also used ironically. ETYMOLOGY: From German Übermensch (superman), from über (over) + Mensch (man). In Nietzschean philosophy, an Übermensch is an ideal superior being. Earliest documented use: 1902. Also see mensch and luftmensch. _______________________________________________ BUBERMENSCH - a person not quite sure how to relate to consciousness-bearing entities as opposed to animate objects ("I-Thou" vs. "I-it") UMBERMENSCH - a brown-skinned humanoid UBERMUNSCH - what you eat while you transport passengers in your personal-car-for-hire Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 14 of 99 1 2 … 12 13 14 15 16 … 98 99 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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