Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Wordplay and fun Mensopause VI Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 24 of 101 1 2 … 22 23 24 25 26 … 100 101 Go to page... Re: HYPOCRISIS - a storm in a teacup wofahulicodoc #230951 03/12/21 12:15 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 Like ‘em! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter CON EQUALITY - prisoners shall be treated the same wofahulicodoc #230952 03/14/21 03:21 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 COEQUALITY PRONUNCIATION: (koh-ee-KWAH-li-tee) MEANING: noun: The state of being equal with one another, as in rank, power, value, etc. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin co- (with) + aequus (level, equal). Earliest documented use: 1583. __________________________________ C.O.QUALITY - Just how good is your Commanding Officer, anyway? COQUALITY - the essence of Roosterness (even without the French wine) COP QUALITY - a laudable goal for the Blue Lives Matter movement Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ENUNCIATORO - eschew bullfighting wofahulicodoc #230953 03/14/21 03:49 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 ENUNCIATORY PRONUNCIATION: (ee-NUHN-see-uh-toh-ree) MEANING: adjective: Announcing; declaring; pronouncing. ETYMOLOGY:From Latin ex- (out) + nuntiare (to announce). Ultimately from the Indo-European root neu- (to shout), which also gave us announce, denounce, pronounce, renounce, and pronunciamento. Earliest documented use: 1693. _____________________________ NUNCIATORY - serving as spokesperson or ambassador to a foreign country, as from the Pope DENUNCIATORY - attempted shaming ENUNCLATORY - removing my mother's brother from the Family Tree Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter OVENTRY - the Art of Baking wofahulicodoc #230955 03/16/21 12:24 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 COVENTRY PRONUNCIATION: (KUV-uhn-tree) MEANING: noun: A state of ostracism. ETYMOLOGY: After Coventry, a city in central England. It’s unclear how Coventry developed this sense. One conjecture is that Royalist prisoners were sent there during the English Civil War. Earliest documented use: 1691. Also see stellenbosch. ___________________________ COW ENTRY - Elsie's front door COME'N'TRY - a carnival midway barker's spiel COVEN CRY - witches sound the alarm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ROWAN MATRON - Ruth Buzzi wofahulicodoc #230959 03/16/21 03:13 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 ROMAN MATRON PRONUNCIATION: (ROH-muhn may-truhn) MEANINGnoun: A woman having a dignified bearing. ETYMOLOGY: From the ideal of a married woman in ancient Rome. From Latin matrona (a married woman), from mater (mother). Earliest documented use: 1596. __________________________________________________ NOMAN MATRON - Penelope (wife of Odysseus, who called himself "Noman" when he struck the blow that blinded the Cyclops) ROMAN MACRON - makes a Roman vowel long ROMAN MAîTRON - chief of waiters in the Colosseum Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter CANTERBURY ALE - used only if there was no wine wofahulicodoc #230962 03/18/21 01:24 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 CANTERBURY TALE PRONUNCIATION: (KAN-tuhr-ber-ee tayl) MEANING:m. mnoun: A story that is long, tedious, or absurdly implausible. ETYMOLOGY: After The Canterbury Tales c. 1400 by Geoffrey Chaucer. It’s a collection of 24 stories told in verse by a group of pilgrims as they travel from London to Canterbury. Earliest documented use: 1575. ____________________________________ CANTERBURY TALC - a soft stone that was avoided in building the cathedral CANTER BURN TALE - the story behind why the horse pulled up lame after using the wrong gait CANTOR BURY TALE - the lost twenty-fifth chapter of Chaucer's magnum opus, about the interment of the church's vocalist; later suppressed by ecclesiastical authorities Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter TYRO JAN HORSE - equestrian Jan is just a beginner wofahulicodoc #230963 03/18/21 08:51 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 TROJAN HORSE PRONUNCIATION: (TRO-juhn hors) MEANING: noun: Something or someone placed in order to subvert from within. ETYMOLOGY: In the legendary Trojan War, the Greeks left a large hollow wooden horse at the gates of the city of Troy. The Trojans took it inside. Greek soldiers hidden in the horse came out at night and opened the gates of the city, allowing the Greek army to enter and conquer the Trojans. Earliest documented use: 1574. In computing, a Trojan horse is a program that, while seemingly useful, steals passwords or does other damage to computers. ______________________________________ TROJAN HOARSE - King Priam has been shouting from the parapets much too much TROJAN GORSE - a kind of prickly shrub found around Troy in the old days TROJAN HOUSE - storage place for prophylactics Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ENTISH COUSINS - a new kind of family tree wofahulicodoc #230969 03/20/21 02:18 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 KENTISH COUSINS PRONUNCIATION: (KEN-tish kuh-zuhns) MEANING: noun: Distant relatives. ETYMOLOGY: After Kent, a county in England. Since most of the county is bounded by the sea and the river Thames, its citizens were not as mobile and intermarriages were common. Earliest documented use: 1796. _____________________________ KENTISH COSINS - in another identity Superman was a trigonometry teacher PENTISH COUSINS - very VERY distant relatives, like fifth cousins KENNISH COUSINS - others in the Jeopardy champion's family had keen memories for all sorts of trivia Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter LOTZ - a whole bunch wofahulicodoc #230976 03/22/21 06:48 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 PLOTZ PRONUNCIATION: (plots) MEANING: verb intr.: To faint, collapse, explode, or flop down, as from excitement, frustration, surprise, exhaustion, etc. ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish platsn (to burst), from German platzen (to burst). Earliest documented use: 1920. ____________________________________________ PILOTZ - people who control sea- and air-craft POT-Z - a game city kids play on the sidewalk, similar to Hop-Scotch SLOT Z - where you insert Tab Y Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter FRUM - singular of FRA wofahulicodoc #230977 03/23/21 03:27 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 FRUM PRONUNCIATION: (froom) [short oo, as in book] MEANING: adjective: Religious; observant of religious laws. ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish frum, from Middle High German vrum (pious). Modern German fromm (pious). Earliest documented use: 1889. _________________________________________ FLUM - a purple stoned fruit, from which is brewed Slivovitz FFUM - a very loud expletive, uttered when a Giant smells blood... FRUG - what a dancing tadpole grows up to be Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 24 of 101 1 2 … 22 23 24 25 26 … 100 101 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,614 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 122 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 14 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,735 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,933 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org