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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 27 of 99 1 2 … 25 26 27 28 29 … 98 99 Go to page... spurious combat wofahulicodoc #226126 12/22/16 10:44 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada sparable- naughty monkey Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter I'm dense this evening... may2point0 #226127 12/22/16 11:55 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 Originally Posted By: may2point0 sparable - naughty monkey Could you 'splain that one for me, please? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I'm dense this evening... wofahulicodoc #226128 12/23/16 02:58 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc Originally Posted By: may2point0 sparable - naughty monkey Could you 'splain that one for me, please? Spar- monkey fist knot and mock combat Sorry, wasn't best phrasing, perhaps. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I'm dense this evening... may2point0 #226129 12/23/16 07:31 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 Aah. I hadn't associated the monkey's fist with the sparring. Thanks. Now I got it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter DUDIETY - what makes one abide wofahulicodoc #226130 12/23/16 07:37 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 DUBIETY PRONUNCIATION: (doo-BY-i-tee, dyoo-) MEANING: noun: Doubtfulness or uncertainty. ETYMOLOGY: If you’re experiencing dubiety, you are of two minds, etymologically speaking. From Latin dubius (wavering), from duo (two). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dwo- (two) that also gave us dual, double, doubt, diploma (literally, folded in two), twin, between, redoubtable, and didymous. Earliest documented use: 1750. Remove the initial letter and you get ubiety ___________________________ BUBIETY - 1. grandmotherliness 2. Alabama-redneck-ness CUBIETY - having three dimensions DAUBIETY - bad artwork Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter a lil dab'l do ya wofahulicodoc #226140 12/24/16 04:30 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Dabiety- the quality of being dabonair To dab or not to dab; Yabba dabba do! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Puttin on the Ritz may2point0 #226163 12/27/16 01:12 AM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Hintz- allusions of candor Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter cheap ones wofahulicodoc #226167 12/27/16 01:56 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 CHINTZ PRONUNCIATION: (chints) MEANING: noun: A printed and glazed cotton fabric, typically with a flowery pattern. ETYMOLOGY: From chintz, a printed cotton fabric imported from India, from Hindi chheent (spattering, stain). Earliest documented use: 1614. The word has resulted in the adjective chintzy meaning gaudy or stingy. _______________________ CHINOZ - the latest in fashion pants made of coarse cotton fabric CHIN-AZ - familiar name for a Harrahs resort in Maricopa, Arizona CHIN TZU - little-known younger brother of the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, contemporary of Confucius (and yes, I do know the Chinese naming tradition) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter a very strange piano has one-and-a-half pedals wofahulicodoc #226177 12/28/16 03:59 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 SESQUIPEDALIAN PRONUNCIATION: (ses-kwi-pi-DAYL-yuhn) MEANING: adjective: 1. Polysyllabic. 2. Relating to or using long words. 3. Long-winded. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sesqui- (one and a half) + ped- (foot). First recorded use: 1615. NOTES: “Sesquipedalian” is a long word about long words. Literally speaking, a sesquipedalian word is one and a half feet long. A related word is sesquicentennial (150th anniversary). Also see sesquipedality. _______________________________ RESQUIPEDALIAN - to remove to safety an endangered foot SESQUIPITALIAN - ROMERO (a Rome and a half) SEXQUIPEDALIAN - making off-color jokes as he walks along Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter unredundant wofahulicodoc #226178 12/28/16 02:00 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 DERMATOGLYPHICS PRONUNCIATION: (duhr-mat-uh-GLIF-iks, -muh-tuh-) MEANING: noun: 1. The ridge patterns of skin on the inner surface of the hands and feet. 2. The scientific study of these skin patterns. NOTES: It is one of the longest words with no repeated letters. Can you find another one of the same length? Here’s a hint: you can’t copyright it. It’s ‘uncopyrightable’. ETYMOLOGY: Coined in 1926 by Dr Harold Cummins (1893-1976) from Greek dermato- (skin) + glyphein (to carve). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gleubh- (to tear apart), which is also the source of cleave, glyph, clever, and clove (garlic). And that’s also where we get cleavage, cleft palate, and cloven hooves. Earliest documented use: 1926. __________________________________ DORMATOGLYPHICS - 1. decoration on a building that provides sleeping quarters for many; 2. the greeting on the mat where you wipe your feet before entering said building DERMATOGRYPHICS - the skin markings on a half-eagle, half-lion mythical beast FERMATOGLYPHICS - a pictorial or graphic representation of the Last Theorem (this one even preserves the no-letters-repeated constraint) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 27 of 99 1 2 … 25 26 27 28 29 … 98 99 Go to page... 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