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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 18 of 99 1 2 … 16 17 18 19 20 … 98 99 Go to page... the sheep didn't get here yet wofahulicodoc #225809 10/12/16 07:32 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 FLOCCULATE PRONUNCIATION: (FLOK-yuh-layt) MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To form or cause to form into clumps. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin flocculus, diminutive of Latin floccus (tuft of wool). Earliest documented use: 1826. ________________________________ FLOCCULATTE - the cream in my coffee has curdled FLICCULATE - you French cops took your sweet time getting here FLOCCULATEX - rubber gloves with lumps in them Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter you're forgiven wofahulicodoc #225810 10/13/16 01:32 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 ABSOLVE PRONUNCIATION:m (ab-ZOLV, -solv) MEANING: verb tr.: To free from guilt, blame, responsibility, obligation, etc. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin absolvere (to set free), from solvere (to loosen). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leu- (to loosen, divide), which also gave us forlorn, lag, loss, solve, analysis, resolute, and catalyst. Earliest documented use: 1475. ____________________________________ CABSOLVE - Uber and Lyft and such like AHSOLVE - Charlie Chan to the rescue A.B.SOLE - not just a school but a university of fish Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter - wofahulicodoc #225812 10/14/16 02:04 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada jobjurgate- reprimand for working slowly Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter tit-willow, tit-willow, tit-willow wofahulicodoc #225815 10/14/16 04:30 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 OBJURGATE PRONUNCIATION: (OB-juhr-gayt) MEANING: verb tr.: To scold severely. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin objurgare (to scold), from ob- (against) + jurgare/jurigare (to quarrel, to scold). Ultimately from the Indo-European root yewes- (law), which is also the source of jury, judge, just, injury, perjury, conjure, adjure and de jure. Earliest documented use: 1616. ________________________________ OBDURGATE - stubbornly denying that there is a scandal ("Nothing happened") ABJURGATE - ...and disavowing it entirely, too (..."and I didn't do it, either") O.B.JURYGATE - special entrance for the panel at a malpractice trial Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter RUMINNNATE - fermented on the vine wofahulicodoc #225828 10/17/16 12:54 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 RUMINATE PRONUNCIATION: (ROO-mi-nayt) MEANING: verb tr., intr.: 1. To think deeply upon. 2. To chew the cud. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ruminare (to chew the cud), from rumen (throat). Earliest documented use: 1533. _________________________________________________ RUMIRATE - 1. the hotel's nightly charge; 2. fee for spreading falsehoods; 3. angry sailors' liquor RAMINATE - branched TRUMINATE - Harry S had dinner Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Stuff and nonsense ! wofahulicodoc #225829 10/18/16 08:15 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 BUSHWA or BUSHWAH PRONUNCIATION: (BUSH-wa) MEANING: noun: Nonsense; bull. ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a mispronunciation of bourgeois. Earliest documented use: 1920. __________________________________ BUSHWA - something so outlandish it makes you turn red merely to utter it BUSTWA - the wheeled vehicle you take from the airport gate to the plane BUSHWAX - the reason holly leaves are so shiny Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter How is this different from plain old "ambulate"? wofahulicodoc #225830 10/19/16 01:47 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 OBAMBULATE PRONUNCIATION: (o-BAM-byuh-layt) MEANING: verb intr.: To walk about. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ob- (to) + ambulare (to walk). Earliest documented use: 1614. ____________________________________ OX.AMBULATE - to plow a field boustrophedonically OBRA.MBULATE - I have a cushy job in Cancun; I just walk around all day OB.AMBU.LATEX - rubber used to make a breathing bag for obstetrical emergencies Last edited by wofahulicodoc; 10/20/16 05:22 PM. Reason: clarifications Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter " from French tromper, to deceive)" wofahulicodoc #225836 10/20/16 01:51 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 TRUMPERY PRONUNCIATION: (TRUHM-puh-ree) MEANING: noun: 1. Something showy but worthless. 2. Nonsense or rubbish. 3. Deceit; fraud; trickery. ETYMOLOGY: From French tromper (to deceive). Earliest documented use: 1481. _______________________________ TRUMPFRY - Donald Jr, Ivanka, Tiffany, and Eric TRAUMPERY - what a Clinton defeat would be for many STRUMPERY - playing the guitar with the right hand (Honi soit qui mal y pense) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter a Paradox, a Paradox,. a most ingenious Paradox wofahulicodoc #225845 10/21/16 04:07 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 HILARITY PRONUNCIATION: (hi-LAYR-i-tee) MEANING: noun: Cheerfulness; merriment. ETYMOLOGY: From French hilarité (hilarity), from Latin hilaris (cheerful), from Greek hilaros (cheerful). Earliest documented use: 1568. ______________________________ XHILARITY - 1. the feeling of having great joy and pleasure and pride at your accomplishments; also, strangely enough, 2. what's left after things aren't funny any more HILLARITY - plate tectonics HICLARITY - the false sense that you understand the world, that comes after you've had too much to drink Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a Paradox, a Paradox,. a most ingenious Paradox wofahulicodoc #225850 10/24/16 08:46 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 ORNERY PRONUNCIATION: (OR-nuh-ree) MEANING: adjective: Having an unpleasant disposition: irritable, stubborn, combative, etc. ETYMOLOGY: An alteration of the word ordinary, from Latin ordo (order, rank). In the beginning the word ornery was just a dialect pronunciation of the word ordinary and meant the same. Over time it acquired negative senses, from commonplace to lazy to mean to cantankerous. Earliest documented use: 1692. ______________________________ ORTERY - moralistic; someone who judges actions by whether or not they orter ORNERRY - slopppily commonplace ORBERY - see ORRERY Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 18 of 99 1 2 … 16 17 18 19 20 … 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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