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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 81 of 99 1 2 … 79 80 81 82 83 … 98 99 Go to page... BRUMMY - hailing from Birmingham, England wofahulicodoc #228653 09/21/18 12:03 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA RUMMY PRONUNCIATION: (RUH-mee) MEANING: adjective: Odd or unconventional. noun 1. Drunkard. 2. Any of various card games in which the objective is to make sets or sequences of three or more cards. ETYMOLOGY: adjective: Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1828. noun: 1. From rum (an alcoholic drink distilled from sugarcane products). Earliest documented use: 1843. 2. Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1910. ____________________________ ARUMMY - lily-like RUB MY... - any of several gestures my dog makes, asking to be stroked someplace not yet specified RUM,NY - 1. former Governor of Massachusetts and Presidential candidate 2. city in upstate New York about 17 miles west-north-west of Utica Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter catheters and IV tubes and needles, too wofahulicodoc #228658 09/21/18 07:06 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA GAGE PRONUNCIATION: (gayj) MEANING: noun: 1. A pledge: something offered as a guarantee. 2. Something thrown down as a symbol of a challenge to fight. (See also: gauntlet) verb tr.: To offer something as a guarantee of good faith. Origin: From Old French g(u)age (to wage, gage), of Germanic origin. The Germanic w sound became g or gu in some French dialects. That’s the reason we have the doublets such as wage/gage, warranty/guarantee, ward/guard (also reward/regard), warden/guardian, war/guerre, and William/Guillaume. Earliest documented use: 14th century. noun: 1. An instrument or criterion for measuring or testing. 2. The thickness or size of something. For example, diameter of a gun barrel, thickness of sheet metal, distance between the rails of a railroad track. verb tr.: To measure or estimate. Origin: From Old French gauge, or unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1444. noun: Any of the varieties of plum, such as the greengage. Origin: After William Gage, botanist who brought it to England from France. Earliest documented use: 1718. ________________________________ GANGE - one river in India. Its source is in the North in the Himalayas near the border with Tibet, flows mainly from West to East and through Bangladesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal GRAGE - where you pahk the cah GAGLE - a colection of gese Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SPITFIRE - what roasts the meat at a barbecue wofahulicodoc #228671 09/24/18 01:24 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SPITFIRE PRONUNCIATION: (SPIT-fyr) MEANING: noun: Someone high-spirited, quick-tempered, and outspoken. ETYMOLOGY: Describing one who appears to spit fire. Earliest documented use: 1600. A synonym, also a tosspot word, is shitfire. _______________________ SPITFARE - what you roast and then eat at a barbecue. See also SPITFIRE above, PITFIRE, and (if the grill overturns) SPILTFIRE SPITFORE - how the angry Scotsman warned he was about to tee off SPLITFIRE - what Moses had to do to bring his people out of Egypt across the Red Volcano Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SHUTESE - the language spoken in Shushan long ago wofahulicodoc #228679 09/25/18 09:13 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SHUTEYE PRONUNCIATION: (SHUHT-eye) MEANING: noun: Sleep. ETYMOLOGY: Describing the literal shutting of one’s eyes when sleeping. Earliest documented use: 1899. ___________________________ SLUTEYE - what a hooker looks you over with SHUTNEYE - a sweet-and-sour condiment eaten with many Indian foods BHU-TEYE - what you use to lace up your footwear ( see also SHU-TEYE ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter NOTGUT - it’s not fat, it’s muscle wofahulicodoc #228680 09/26/18 05:37 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ROTGUT PRONUNCIATION: (ROT-guht) MEANING: noun: A cheap or inferior alcoholic drink. ETYMOLOGY: From the possibility that a drink that’s poorly made or adulterated could damage the internal organs of the drinker. Earliest documented use: 1632. ________________________ ROTMUT - mixed-breed attack dog ROTGOUT - Uric-acid-metabolism disease with necrotizing tophi RO-TOUT - hang by a rope and give tips on the races Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter CLUTCHMIST - the Nineteenth Task of Zen wofahulicodoc #228685 09/28/18 01:33 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA CLUTCHFIST PRONUNCIATION: (KLUHCH-fist) MEANING: noun: A miser. ETYMOLOGY: Describing someone who clutches money in a fist. From Old English clyccan (to clench) + fyst (fist). Earliest documented use: 1643. ___________________ CLUTCHIST - one who declines to use a car equipped with automatic transmission CLUTCHFISH - how many flying aquatic birds catch their dinner CRUTCHFIST - a painful hand that won't open after prolonged use of crutches Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter FUNSPOT - Legoland wofahulicodoc #228686 09/28/18 02:05 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA FUSSPOT PRONUNCIATION: (FUHS-pot) MEANING: noun: One who worries or complains about unimportant things: a fussy person. ETYMOLOGY: From fuss (to worry or complain about trifles), of uncertain origin, perhaps an echoic word. Earliest documented use: 1921. A synonym, that is also a tosspot word, is fussbudget. ____________________ US-SPOT - our favorite trysting place FUSES-POT - the rheostat (potentiometer) that used to go where the circuit-breakers are now FUSSPORT - where Lucy van Pelt lives Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PLUNKERBUND - 101 banjos wofahulicodoc #228702 10/01/18 02:29 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PLUNDERBUND PRONUNCIATION: (PLUN-duhr-buhnd) MEANING: noun: A group of political, business, and financial interests engaged in exploiting the public. ETYMOLOGY: From plunder (pillage), from German plündern (to loot) + bund, from German Bund (association). Earliest documented use: 1902. _________________________ BLUNDERBUND - bumblingly inept leadership PLUMDERBUND - explore the depths of the Merkel government PLUNDERBAND - a gang of hoodlums Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter REXIGENIC - kingmaker wofahulicodoc #228707 10/02/18 02:20 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA OREXIGENIC PRONUNCIATION: (uh-rek-suh-JEN-ik) MEANING: adjective: Stimulating the appetite. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek orexis (longing) + -genic (producing). Earliest documented use: 1907. ____________________________ OREO-IGENIC - cookiemaker T.REXIGENIC - ancestor of the Dinosaurs OR EX-GENIC - alternatively, inheritable but outside the DNA Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PALOLOGY - knowledge of friends wofahulicodoc #228713 10/03/18 08:45 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PALILOGY PRONUNCIATION: (puh-LIL-uh-jee) MEANING: noun: A repetition of words, especially for emphasis. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek palin (again) + -logy (words). Related words are palinode and palindrome. Earliest documented use: 1721. __________________ PARLILOGY - halting French speech PAULILOGY - the study of the various Popes Paul MALILOGY - 1. bad words 2. the study of a small West African nation 3. wife of Father Lilogy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 81 of 99 1 2 … 79 80 81 82 83 … 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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