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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 15 of 99 1 2 … 13 14 15 16 17 … 98 99 Go to page... (and self-righteous and vindictive) wofahulicodoc #225673 09/22/16 12:34 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 GAULEITER PRONUNCIATION: (GOU-ly-tuhr) MEANING: noun: An overbearing petty official. ETYMOLOGY: From German Gauleiter (a district leader in Nazi Germany), from Gau (district) + Leiter (leader). Earliest documented use: 1936. ____________________________ GASLEITER - turned on the streetlights in late-19th-century Berlin EAU-LEITER - 1,000 cc of water from the Seine GAUL EIDER - a French duck Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter is that the opposite of "heresy"? wofahulicodoc #225681 09/23/16 08:51 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 CLERISY PRONUNCIATION: (KLER-i-see) MEANING: noun: The well-educated class; the literati; the intelligentsia. ETYMOLOGY: From German Klerisei (clergy), from Latin clericus (cleric), from Greek klerikos (belonging to the clergy), from Greek kleros (inheritance). Earliest documented use: 1834. The clerisy, the clergy, and clerks are all cousins, etymologically speaking. ______________________________________ CELERISY - the fast-moving SCLERISY - looking at the whites of your eyes CLERITY - plain speaking, in Brooklyn Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: is that the opposite of "heresy"? wofahulicodoc #225682 09/24/16 02:09 AM 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 CLERICY The Vatican ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: is that the opposite of "heresy"? LukeJavan8 #225690 09/24/16 10:07 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Blericy- witch hunter Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter modern paradigm: Crabbe and Doyle wofahulicodoc #225700 09/26/16 07:14 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 HENCHMAN PRONUNCIATION: (HENCH-muhn) MEANING: noun: A supporter or subordinate, especially one who engages in illegal activities for a powerful boss or criminal. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English hengest (a male horse) + man. Earlier a henchman was an attendant who walked or rode beside a prince. Earliest documented use: 1360. ______________________ BENCHMAN - Jacoby Brisett, before this week and after next week. A player whose role is mostly to warm the bench. HUNCHMAN - 1. Quasimodo; 2. the psychic who discredited himself by cancelling an appearance due to unforeseen circumstances HENCEMAN - a student of Socrates, as presented by Plato Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter - wofahulicodoc #225702 09/27/16 11:01 AM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada poodle-maker - Dog noodle-faker - spiralized summer squash Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: modern paradigm: Crabbe and Doyle wofahulicodoc #225708 09/27/16 04:38 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 POODLEFAKER PRONUNCIATION: (POOD-l fay-kuhr) MEANING: noun: A man who seeks out the company of upper-status women, especially for advancing himself. ETYMOLOGY: The term poodle-faker was British slang for a newly commissioned officer who cultivates female company, especially for social or professional advancement. From poodle (a breed developed to retrieve game from the water), from German Pudel (poodle), from Low German pudeln (to splash about), from pudel (puddle). Earliest documented use: 1902. ______________________________ POODLEWAKER - canine alarm clock POODLEFAKIR - the Dog Swami DOODLEFAKER - the artist behind counterfeit Google splashscreen cartoons (Didja see today's? Google is 18 years old today! Have they registered to vote, do you think?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter -Me wofahulicodoc #225709 09/27/16 05:07 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 DOODLEFAKERME, in high schools boring classes. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Oh, that Wascally Wabbit wofahulicodoc #225713 09/29/16 01:41 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 HARE-BRAINED PRONUNCIATION: (HAYR-braynd) adjective: Foolish; reckless; ridiculous. From the allusion that a harebrained person has the brain as small as a hare’s. From Old English hara (hare) + braegen (brain). Earliest documented use: 1548. _____________________________ HARE-TRAINED - well-schooled in the Krishna movement, a branch of Hinduism, formally known as Gaudiya Vaishnavism HATE-BRAINED - skin-headed SHARE-BRAINED - forwarding email and internet messages without any consideration of their appropriateness or even truth HAREBRAINED Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter easy as pie wofahulicodoc #225715 09/29/16 10:47 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 DUCK SOUP PRONUNCIATION: (DUHK soop) MEANING: noun: Something that is very easy to do. ETYMOLOGY: Is duck soup very easy to make? How the term duck soup came to be known for an easily accomplished task is unclear. Earliest documented use: 1912 ____________________________________ DUSK SOUP - a light meal at sunset... 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