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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 70 of 99 1 2 … 68 69 70 71 72 … 98 99 Go to page... ACTOPHILE - Sarah Bernhardt fan wofahulicodoc #228190 04/26/18 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 ARCTOPHILE PRONUNCIATION: (ARK-tuh-fyl) MEANING: noun: Someone who is very fond of teddy bears or collects them. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek arctos (bear) + -phile (lover). Earliest documented use: 1970. ________________________________ ARC-TOP-TILE - cover your bathroom floor with the image of rainbows ARCHOPHILE - lover of the Place d'Étoile in Paris ARCTOCHILE - the coldest region in South America Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MAKE-WORK - what an engineer does to things wofahulicodoc #228194 04/27/18 02:48 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 MAKE-WORK PRONUNCIATION: (MAYK-wuhrk) MEANING: noun: Work of little value, devised mainly to keep someone busy. ETYMOLOGY: From make, from Old English macian (to make) + work, from Old English worc (work). Earliest documented use: 1911. _____________________ FAKE-WORK - like Wally in Dilbert MANE-WORK - currying a horse MAKE-WOK - manufacture Chinese cooking utensil MAGE-WORK - spellcasting Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ASHOCRACY - government by Phoenix wofahulicodoc #228199 04/30/18 01:46 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 ADHOCRACY PRONUNCIATION: (ad-HAWK-ruh-see) MEANING: noun: 1. A flexible, adaptable organization that lacks a formal structure. 2. An organization characterized by lack of planning, responding to problems as they emerge rather than anticipating and avoiding them. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Warren Bennis and Philip Slater in their book The Temporary Society. From Latin ad hoc (for this, i.e. for a particular purpose only) + -cracy (rule). Earliest documented use: 1966. _______________________ MADHOCRACY - government by jumping on a horse and riding off in all directions ADHOCRACE - quick runoff after an elected official retires unexpectedly A.B.HOCRACY - government by Bachelors of Arts Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MEMU - product of careless restauranteur wofahulicodoc #228200 05/01/18 10:53 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 meme PRONUNCIATION: (meem) MEANING: noun: 1. An element of culture, idea, behavior, etc., that’s transmitted from person to person. 2. An image, video clip, etc. often with amusing caption, that’s transmitted virally on the Internet. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek mimeisthai (to imitate, copy); coined by the biologist Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene in 1976. ______________ MOME - the kind of rath often found grabing out MEMSE - a Parisian describing a borogove MEMES- The sound of children waving their hands and begging to be called upon Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter How Dry I Am wofahulicodoc #228201 05/02/18 05:52 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 TEETOTAL PRONUNCIATION: (tee-TOH-tuhl) MEANING: adjective: 1. Practicing abstinence from alcohol. 2. Total; absolute. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Richard Turner of Preston, England, in a speech calling for total abstinence, apparently as an emphatic form of the word total. Earliest documented use: 1833. _____________________ TWEETOTAL - utterly and unbearably cute, dainty, and quaint TEYTOTAL - eight (the number of detective stories published by Elizabeth Mackintosh under her pseudonym) FEE TO TAL - amount for Soviet chess champion Mikhial to play Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter BONOBO IS, I.E. - a simian Descartes speaks wofahulicodoc #228202 05/03/18 05:39 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 BOOBOISIE PRONUNCIATION: (boo-bwa-ZEE) MEANING: noun: Ignorant or uncultured people regarded as a class. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by H.L. Mencken, as a blend of boob (a stupid person) + bourgeoisie (the middle class), from French bourgeois, from Latin burgus (fortress, fortified town). Earliest documented use: 1922. ___________________________ BOOBO I SEE - Send In the Clowns BO OBOISTE - Ms Derek really rocks on the double-reeds BOOBO ISLE - colony for exiled victims of the Plague Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter When in Rome, unless you are in Florence... wofahulicodoc #228203 05/03/18 07:53 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Boo!poisie- Suprise poetry, read with a musical-aire Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: When in Rome, unless you are in Florence... wofahulicodoc #228204 05/04/18 03:59 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 BOO, BOISE - Happy Halloween, all you folks in Idaho! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SKISTICS - often called "ski poles" instead wofahulicodoc #228205 05/04/18 04:09 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 EKISTICS PRONUNCIATION: (i-KIS-tiks) MEANING: noun: The study of human settlements, drawing on such disciplines as city planning, architecture, sociology, etc. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Constantinos A. Doxiadis (1913-1975), Greek architect and urban planner, from Greek oikistikos (of settlement), from oikizein (to settle), from oikos (house). Earliest documented use: 1968. __________________________ EEKISTICS - the study of mice EXISTICS - the study of being E-LISTICS - high-falutin' name for programming in LISP (name derived from LISt Processing) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter My mama said... wofahulicodoc #228207 05/05/18 12:19 AM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Epistics- the quantifiable likelihood that there will be an adrenal medullary secretory response to stimulation of the medulla oblongata Epistics- what mama knows Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 70 of 99 1 2 … 68 69 70 71 72 … 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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