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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 17 of 99 1 2 … 15 16 17 18 19 … 98 99 Go to page... SNL Trumpisms LukeJavan8 #225739 10/04/16 08:33 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Nien- No. It's pronounced Nien Mien- You are so mien! (sniff, sniff) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Well, that solves just about everything wofahulicodoc #225741 10/05/16 04:23 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 VITRIOL PRONUNCIATION: (VI-tree-uhl) MEANING: noun: Cruel, mean-spirited, bitter criticism. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vitrum (glass). Sulfuric acid, a highly corrosive substance, was formerly known as oil of vitriol or simply vitriol. It was named vitriol owing to the glassy appearance of its salts. Earliest documented use: 1386. ______________________________ VITRIO - 1. Brazilian health additive; 2. an 18-member musical group EVITRIOL - Juan Peron cursing his wife ZITRIOL - the active ingredient in your acne remedy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PRECARIOUS = your teeth before they get cavities wofahulicodoc #225749 10/06/16 12:58 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 PRECARIOUS PRONUNCIATION: (pri-KAYR-ee-uhs) MEANING: adjective: Risky; uncertain; insecure; unstable; unsafe. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin precarius (obtained by entreaty, hence uncertain), from prex (prayer). So something precarious is hanging by a prayer, which is, not by much. Ultimately from the Indo-European root prek- (to ask), which also gave us pray, precarious, deprecate, postulate, precatory, and expostulate. Earliest documented use: 1638. ___________________________________ PREVARIOUS - 1. lying; 2. comes before many other things PRECARIBOUS - before there were reindeer PREMARIOUS - for relief of post-menopausal symptoms; made of conjugated equine estrogens, extracted from the urine of PREgnant MARes (see Package Insert) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: PRECARIOUS = your teeth before they get cavities wofahulicodoc #225752 10/06/16 03:13 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada prefarious- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter DERMAGOGUE = skinhead wofahulicodoc #225765 10/07/16 07:22 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 DEMAGOGUE (or DEMAGOG) PRONUNCIATION: (DEM-uh-gog) MEANING: noun: A person who appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the people to gain power. verb tr., intr.: To manipulate an issue, to speak, or to act in the manner of a demagogue. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek demagogos (leader of the people), from demos (people) + agogos (leader). Earliest documented use: 1649. _____________________________________ HEMAGOGUE - ruler with an iron hand FEMAGOGUE - Chair of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who is full of prophecies of doom DECAGOGUE - the Council of Ten Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Rumbustion wofahulicodoc #225774 10/08/16 01:37 AM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada demagrog- drink of the people Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter (not sure how this is different from REFUTE) wofahulicodoc #225798 10/10/16 09:12 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 CONFUTE PRONUNCIATION: (kuhn-FYOOT) MEANING: verb tr.: To prove to be wrong. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin confutare (to restrain or silence), from con- (an intensifier) + futare (to beat). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhau- (to strike), which also gave us refute, beat, button, halibut, and buttress. Earliest documented use: 1529 ________________________ CONFLUTE - jailhouse band instrument ECONFUTE - Reagonomics didn't work CONFETE - 1. musical instruction meaning "play festively" 2. the little paper dots they drop the Bastille Day parade Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter mabayui wofahulicodoc #225801 10/10/16 10:29 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Ponfute- to travel by foot Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: mabayui may2point0 #225806 10/11/16 04:33 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Fropine- (Dear B,) <3 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter "Nothing propinks like propinquity" may2point0 #225807 10/12/16 12:59 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 PROPINE PRONUNCIATION: (pro-PEEN, PYN) MEANING: verb tr.: To gift, tip, or pledge. noun: A gift or tip. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin propinare (to drink to someone’s health, to present), from Greek propinein (to drink first, to give), from pro- (for, before) + pinein (to drink). Earliest documented use: 1448. __________________________ PYROPINE - the conifer wood burns well, but it'll coat your chimney with a flammable residue. PROSINE - against cosines and tangents PRE-OPINE - My mind is made up; don't confuse me with facts ! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 17 of 99 1 2 … 15 16 17 18 19 … 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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