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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 53 of 99 1 2 … 51 52 53 54 55 … 98 99 Go to page... shameful, that;s what it is, shameful wofahulicodoc #227473 10/04/17 02:14 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PUDENCY PRONUNCIATION: (PYOOD-n-see) MEANING: noun: Modesty, bashfulness. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pudentia, from pudere (to make or be ashamed), which also gave us pudendum, impudent, pudibund (prudish), and pudeur (a sense of shame) Earliest documented use: before 1616. ____________________________ PRUDENCY - an attitude adopted to protect one's sense of pudency LUDENCY - cough-suppressing PUCENCY - reddish-purple-coloring-mixed-with-gray-or-brown-ness. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter AMENSTRUUM - an old chant affirming agreement wofahulicodoc #227475 10/04/17 08:37 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA MENSTRUUM PRONUNCIATION: (MEN-stroo-uhm) MEANING: noun: A solvent. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin menstruum (menses). Earliest documented use: 1398. ______________________________ MENSTRUM - playing a big ol' bass guitar MENSTRAUM - old Teutonic quarters reserved for menstruating women MENSRUUM - public place where men go Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter TITOTER - carries an armload of cravats wofahulicodoc #227478 10/05/17 01:01 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA TITTER PRONUNCIATION: (TIT-uhr) MEANING: verb intr.: To laugh in a nervous, restrained manner. noun: A nervous, restrained laugh. ETYMOLOGY: Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1625. ________________________________ TRITTER - one who amplifies everything threefold TUTTER - one given to apostrophes of mild disapproval TITSTER - an expert in small birds Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter state your case wofahulicodoc #227484 10/06/17 03:37 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA CUNCTITIVE PRONUNCIATION: (KUNGK-tuh-tiv) MEANING: adjective: Delaying; slow. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cunctari (to hesitate, delay). Earliest documented use: 1617 _________________________________ CUNECTITIVE - pertaining to the Nutmeg State FUNCTITIVE - useful PUNCTITIVE - devoted to the proper use of the apostrophe, semicolon, and ellipsis Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter oh, dear wofahulicodoc #227487 10/09/17 02:59 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ACAROPHOBIA PRONUNCIATION: (ak-uh-ruh-FOE-bee-uh) MEANING: noun: 1. An extreme fear of small insects. 2. A delusion that one’s skin is infested with bugs. 3. A fear of itching. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek acarus (mite) + -phobia (fear). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to cut), which is also the source of words such as skirt, sharp, scrape, screw, shard, shears, carnage, curt, carnivorous, excoriate, scrobiculate, hardscrabble, and incarnadine. ____________________________ CAROPHOBIA - fear of caring for something (not necessarily an automobile) AJAROPHOBIA - terror if in a room with the door open; the inverse of CLAUSTROPHOBIA SCAROPHOBIA - afraid of being afraid Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter EXCLOSURE - after it's sealed wofahulicodoc #227493 10/10/17 09:40 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA EXCLOSURE PRONUNCIATION: (ik-SKLO-zuhr) MEANING: noun: A fenced area, especially in a wide open area, to keep unwanted animals out. ETYMOLOGY: An enclosure keeps wanted animals in, an exclosure keeps unwanted animals out. The word is modeled after the word enclosure, from ex- (out) + closure (barrier), from Latin claudere (to close). Earliest documented use: 1920. __________________________________ EXCLOTURE - after the filibuster is stopped EXCELOSURE - Of course I use Microsoft's spreadsheet HEXCLOSURE - 1. the raging storm at Saturn's North Pole 2. any fastener requiring an Allen wrench Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter UNITRACK: room for only one racer wofahulicodoc #227495 10/11/17 07:29 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA UNTRACK PRONUNCIATION: (uhn-TRAK) MEANING: verb tr.: To remove from a track; change course. ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English un- (a reversal) + Middle French trac (track). Earliest documented use: 1889. _________________________________ SUNTRACK - an analemma UNBRACK - desalinate UNURACK - set up the fifteen numbered balls for the former Premier of Burma Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Was that Bridge or Poker they were playing? wofahulicodoc #227497 10/12/17 11:52 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA MISE EN ABYME PRONUNCIATION: (mee-zan-nah-BEEM) MEANING: noun: Self-reflection in a literary work, a work of art, etc. ETYMOLOGY: From French mise en abyme/abîme (placed into abyss). Originally, the term applied to heraldic shields in which a smaller shield was put into the center of the shield. Earliest documented use: 1968. NOTES: Some examples are play within a play (Hamlet), story within a story, film within a film, dream within a dream, the placement of a small copy of a work within itself, infinite reflection between two facing mirrors, etc. __________________________________ MISE EN ABYSME - thrown into the depths and abandoned (see "a pit in Dothan") MUSE EN ABYME - Melpomeme, who was in charge of Tragic Poetry MA SEEN A "BY-ME" - My mother watched her card-playing friends Pass. And she doesn't use very good grammar, either. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ZERETIC - think nothing of it wofahulicodoc #227504 10/13/17 04:34 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ZETETIC PRONUNCIATION: (zuh-TET-ik) MEANING: adjective: Proceeding by inquiry, search, or investigation. noun: A skeptic or inquirer. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek zetein (to seek or inquire). Earliest documented use: 1645. NOTES: Samuel Rowbotham (1816-1884), a flat Earther, wrote a book called Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe in 1881. Yesterday’s flat Earthers are today’s climate change denialists. ________________________________ E-ZETETIC - promoting effortless weight loss CETETIC - 1. waxy; 2. from a whale ZITETIC - acne-inducing Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter steal away wofahulicodoc #227507 10/16/17 02:21 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,771 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA KLEPTOMANIA PRONUNCIATION: (klep-tuh-MAY-nee-uh) MEANING: noun: An obsessive urge to steal, driven by emotional disturbance rather than material need. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek klepto- (theft) + -mania (madness). Earliest documented use: 1830. ___________________________ KLEPTOMARIA - theft of religious icons SLEPTOMANIA - malignant narcolepsy, e.g. a typical teenager LEPTOMANIA - crazy thinking as a symptom of Weil's Disease (Leptospirosis) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 53 of 99 1 2 … 51 52 53 54 55 … 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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