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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 39 of 99 1 2 … 37 38 39 40 41 … 98 99 Go to page... Re: Mensopause IV wofahulicodoc #226853 03/28/17 07:46 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 GADFLY PRONUNCIATION: (GAD-fly) MEANING: noun: 1. Any of the various types of flies that bite or annoy livestock. 2. One who persistently annoys. ETYMOLOGY: From gad (a goad for cattle), from Middle English, from Old Norse gaddr. Earliest documented use: 1626. _____________________________ GLADFLY - one that has avoided a spider's web at the last minute GAFFLY - how you behave after encountering a violent fisherman with a long barbed spear WADFLY - what happens to a mis-aimed chaw of tobacco Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter stain for grey hair, according to The Mikado wofahulicodoc #226855 03/29/17 12:46 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 PUCE PRONUNCIATION: (pyoos) MEANING: noun: A dark red or brownish purple color. adjective: Of this color. ETYMOLOGY: From French puce (flea), from Latin pulex (flea). Earliest documented use: 1778. Other terms coined after the flea are flea market, a direct translation of French marché aux puces, and ukulele (from Hawaiian, literally leaping flea, perhaps from the rapid motion of the fingers in playing the instrument). ______________________________ PUIE - a French toddler's attempt to say "rain" PIUCE - the spot on your windshield after you smash into a flying bug at highway speeds PUCHE - high-falutin' way of writing "doggie" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Auscultation wofahulicodoc #226856 03/30/17 05:53 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Pulce - pulce represents the tactile arterial palpation of the A.I. heartbeat by trained fingertips. Patterns: Pulcus Bigeminus- grim heartbeat typical of middle age onset. Pulcus Paradoxus - a condition in which some heartbeats cannot be detected at the radial artery during the inspiration phase. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter palpation, actually may2point0 #226857 03/30/17 07:33 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 ...not to mention Pulcus Alternans, the heartbeat of the Far Right, and Pulcus Parvis et Tardis, the heartbeat of Dr Who... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Picture that ! wofahulicodoc #226858 03/30/17 07:48 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 PAPARAZZO PRONUNCIATION: (pah-puh-RAHT-so) MEANING: noun: A photographer who follows famous people to take their pictures for publication. ETYMOLOGY: From Paparazzo, the name of a photographer in Federico Fellini’s 1959 film La Dolce Vita. Fellini got the name via scriptwriter Ennio Flaiano who picked it from the 1901 travel book By the Ionian Sea. The book mentions a hotel owner named Coriolano Paparazzo. Fellini claimed at another time that the name Paparazzo suggested to him “a buzzing insect, hovering, darting, stinging”. Earliest documented use: 1961. ____________________________ PAMPARAZZO - photographer for National Geographic; working out of Buenos Aires, and renowned for his pictures of llamas and other Andean wildlife POPARAZZO - takes clandestine pictures, exclusively at the Vatican MAPARAZZI - my parents run the photography business together Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Picture that ! wofahulicodoc #226859 03/31/17 12:41 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Originally Posted by wofahulicodoc ...not to mention Pulcus Alternans, the heartbeat of the Far Right, and Pulcus Parvis et Tardis, the heartbeat of Dr Who... 😊 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter (popularized by H L Mencken) wofahulicodoc #226860 03/31/17 03:34 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 ECDYSIS PRONUNCIATION: (EK-duh-sis) MEANING: noun: The shedding of an outer layer: molting. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek ekdysis, from ekdyein (to take off), from ek- (out, off) + dyein (to put on). A related word is ecdysiast. Earliest documented use: 1867. ______________________________ ECDYSISE - to dress, undress, and redress vigorously, so as to stay physically fit PECDYSIS - mastectomy ETC.DYSIS - opening a matryoshka doll set Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter intentio lectoris wofahulicodoc #226861 04/01/17 05:04 AM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Ecodysis- sunset sunset [img][img]http://i.imgur.com/gVH0FM7.jpg[/img][/img] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: intentio lectoris may2point0 #226881 04/03/17 11:11 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 paraphrasing: Originally Posted by may2point0 Ecodysis- sunset sunset Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Jesus returns under an assumed name: CHRYSALIAS wofahulicodoc #226882 04/03/17 11:22 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 CHRYSALIS PRONUNCIATION: (KRIS-uh-lis) plural chrysalises or chrysalides (kri-SAL-i-deez) MEANING: noun: 1. A pupa of a moth or butterfly, enclosed in a cocoon. 2. A protective covering. 3. A transitional or developmental stage. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin chrysallis (gold-colored pupa of a butterfly), from Greek khrusos (gold). Earliest documented use: 1658. ________________________ CHRYSALISE - after too many drinks, I saw solids start to form and precipitate out of solution CHORYSALIS - to take a Gregorian Chant and re-score it for four-part harmony CHRYSABLIS - a hybrid wine formed by mixing Chablis with a Highly Redolent Yet Subtle proprietary additive Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 39 of 99 1 2 … 37 38 39 40 41 … 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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