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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 86 of 99 1 2 … 84 85 86 87 88 … 98 99 Go to page... DIVANICATE - to install an armless sofa wofahulicodoc #228819 11/30/18 04:19 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 DIVARICATE PRONUNCIATION: (dy-VAR-uh-kayt, -kit for adjective) MEANING: verb intr.: To branch off or diverge. adjective: Branched off or diverging widely. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin divaricare, from dis- (apart) + varicare (to straddle), from varicus (straddling). Earliest documented use: 1623. ____________________________ DIVARIATE - dependent on two and only two factors DIVA, RICH, ATE - coloratura soprano with a lot of money went to dinner DIVARICARE - Senator Divari's Universal Health Care proposal Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Pearls before Swine ? wofahulicodoc #228820 11/30/18 06:25 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 IMPIGNORATE PRONUNCIATION: (im-PIG-nuh-rayt) MEANING: verb tr.: To pledge, pawn, or mortgage. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin impignorare/impignerare (to pledge), from pignus (pledge, pawn, mortgage). Earliest documented use: 1639. ______________________________________ I'M PIG, NO RAT - Stefan Patsis is reducing his cast of characters IMP, IGNORE AT E - you young rascal, pay no attention after the fifth letter IMPUGN ORATE - You're such an untrustworthy speaker Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter VALUTINOUS - rich and prized wofahulicodoc #228822 12/03/18 02:48 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 VELUTINOUS PRONUNCIATION: (vuh-LOO-tuh-nuhs) MEANING: adjective: Soft and smooth like velvet. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin velutum (velvet). Earliest documented use: 1826. _________________________ DELUTINOUS - removing a stringed instrument MELUTINOUS - thick and viscous, like honey VELUMINOUS - dim and attenuated, like light through thick, creamy paper Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter EL BRITCH - a pantaloon wofahulicodoc #228823 12/04/18 10:23 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 ELDRITCH PRONUNCIATION: (EL-drich) MEANING: adjective: Weird; supernatural; eerie. ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English elf + rice (realm). Earliest documented use: 1508. _______________________________ EL DITCH - the Panama Canal (in Panama) END RITCH - the goal of all fairy tales ELD WITCH - Hermione, 80 years later Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter LUDGE - a mispronounced small racing sled wofahulicodoc #228824 12/05/18 07:31 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 KLUDGE PRONUNCIATION: (klooj, kluhj) MEANING: noun: An inelegant, improvised solution to a problem. verb tr.: To improvise a haphazard solution to a problem. ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1962. NOTES: The first documented use of the word is from a 1962 article by Jackson W. Granholm in Datamation magazine: “How to Design a Kludge”. That much is certain, but after that things get a bit fuzzy. Various origins have been suggested: German, Scots, military jargon, from the name of a paper feeder, but until we know definitely, we’ll just have to be content with saying: origin unknown. ___________________________ K-LUNGE - a quick thrust with a sharp weapon, that may turn abruptly in any of several directions BLUDGE - to beat severely with a blunt object K-LUDE - slang for a sedative drug popular the 60s (methaqualone) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter copy that, he said dryly wofahulicodoc #228825 12/06/18 11:41 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 XERIC PRONUNCIATION: (ZER/ZEER-ik) MEANING: adjective: Relating to very dry conditions. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek xeros (dry). Earliest documented use: 1926. ________________________ EXERIC - and now known as Eberhart XENIC - 1. Warrior Princessoid; 2. worthy of stopping a photographing the view FERIC - petaining to Element Numbe 26 in its +3 state Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter TRAN-SPICIOUS - wary of Vietnamese wofahulicodoc #228826 12/08/18 12:52 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 TRANSPICUOUS PRONUNCIATION: (tran-SPIK-yoo-uhs) MEANING: adjective: Easily seen through or understood. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin transpicere (to see through), from trans- (across) + specere (to look). Ultimately from the Indo-European root spek- (to observe) which also gave us suspect, spectrum, bishop (literally, overseer), espionage, despise, telescope, spectator, spectacles, conspectus, frontispiece, omphaloskepsis (navel gazing), perspicaciousness, perspicuous, prospicient, soupcon (a very small amount), speciesism, specious, and speculum. Earliest documented use: 1638. _________________________ TRAINSPICUOUS - every car is a vibrant and different primary color TRANS-PIC-UO-UP - if you're feeling blue after changing your gender this will make you feel better TRANS-PICROUS - the alternating configuration of picric acid (cf. cis-picrous) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter GOVE - a Christmas-themed glove (no L) wofahulicodoc #228830 12/10/18 03:42 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 GYVE PRONUNCIATION: (jyv) MEANING: noun: A fetter or shackle. verb tr.: To restrain. ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1275. ____________________________ GYRE - to go round and round like a dog (or a gyroscope) - see Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky YVE - a singular Saint Laurent AYVE - what the Allied sailor said, confirming victory in Europe in World War Two Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter [b]JINRX[/b] - medicinal alcohol wofahulicodoc #228831 12/11/18 02:43 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 JINX PRONUNCIATION: (jinks) MEANING: noun: 1. One that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A state of bad luck. verb tr.: 1. To cast a spell on. 2. To bring bad luck upon. ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from jynx wryneck, a bird that was used in witchcraft. Earliest documented use: 1911. ______________________________ EIN X - marks der Spot, in Berlin OINX - what pigs does JEN-X - people born between the mid-60s to the early 80s, as they sloppily refer to themselves Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter D-LUTZ - a figure skating maneuver that failed wofahulicodoc #228834 12/12/18 02:37 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 KLUTZ PRONUNCIATION: (kluts) MEANING: noun: A clumsy or stupid person. ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish klots (wooden block), from German Klotz (wooden block). Earliest documented use: 1968. Don’t confuse this word with kludge. 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