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ASP IV - the fourth Egyptian snake wofahulicodoc #232226 01/07/23 09:06 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 SPIV PRONUNCIATION: (spiv) MEANING: noun: An unscrupulous person or a petty criminal, especially one who is sharply dressed. verb intr.: To make a living unscrupulously. ___________________________ SHIV a small knife used by a petty criminal SHTV - use the Mute button on a television set SPID - went too fast and skidded Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter RIVET - a small crack wofahulicodoc #232227 01/07/23 09:27 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 RIVE PRONUNCIATION: (ryv) MEANING: verb tr.: To tear, split, fracture, etc. verb intr.: To become split or cracked. ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse rifa (to tear apart). Earliest documented use: 1250. _______________________________ RIVER - one who cracks ROVE - used to crack DRIVE - chief design officer (CDO) of Apple Inc. (from 1997 until 2019) after he was awarded an honorary doctorate Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter IDOLATRY - IDIOLATRY without the egotism wofahulicodoc #232228 01/11/23 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 IDIOLATRY PRONUNCIATION: (i-di-OL-uh-tree) MEANING: noun: Self worship. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek idio- (one’s own, personal) + -latry (worship). Earliest documented use: 1626. A synonym is autolatry. ________________________________ IDI-OLATRY - glorifying the former head of Uganda INDIOLATRY - diehard NASCAR racing fanatic I DIOL AUTRY - What do I do when I want to talk to Trigger? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter CONANTHROPY-educator & former President of Harvard wofahulicodoc #232229 01/11/23 08:34 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 CYNANTHROPY PRONUNCIATION: si-NAN-thruh-pee) MEANING: noun: A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a dog. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kyon (dog) + -anthropy (human). Earliest documented use: 1594. ______________________________ CYANTHROPY - believing to b one of Burton Rouché's Eleven Blue Men CYGNANTHROPY - believing to be an Ugly Duckling (actually, a baby swan)a MY ANTHROPY - a child pioneer in Nebraska at the end of the Nineteenth Century _____________________________________________ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter BELT-HOLE - so you can let it out when you overeat wofahulicodoc #232230 01/11/23 09:03 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 BOLT-HOLE PRONUNCIATION: (BOLT-hol) MEANING: noun: 1. A place of escape, hiding, or seclusion. 2. A hole through which to escape when in danger. ETYMOLOGY: From bolt + hole, from Old English bolt (a heavy arrow) + Old English hol (hole, cave). Earliest documented use: 1851. _____________________________________ BOLT HOME - what the third-base runner does on a passed ball DOLT-HOLE - alternative to a dunce cap on the three-legged stool in the corner BOLE-HOLE - where you hang the bucket after tapping the sugar maple tree Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter HYPER-PAC-USES - exploiting the campaign fund wofahulicodoc #232231 01/12/23 07:53 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 HYPERACUSIS PRONUNCIATION: (hy-puhr-uh-KYOO-sis) MEANING: noun: A heightened sensitivity to sounds. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hyper- (over) + acousis (hearing). Earliest documented use: 1825. _______________________________ HYPERACUSS - a very special swear word HYPER-ACCUSIS - "But her e-mails!..." HOPE-RACUSIS - how we wished the Clarence Thomas affair had worked out (alas, in vain) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SUEDE-SHORED - the beach looked like leather wofahulicodoc #232236 01/17/23 02:19 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 SUEDE-SHOED PRONUNCIATION: (SWAYD-shood) MEANING: adjective: Affecting smartness and respectability. ETYMOLOGY: From the perceived preference of suede shoes by people supposedly smart and respectable. From suede (a soft leather), from French gants de Suède (Swedish gloves). Later the word suede was applied to the material, instead of the country. Earliest documented use: 1936. Also see white-shoe. _________________________________ SUED-SHOED - obtained a warrant against the person with the boots SUE, DE-SHOD - yes and they took off her high heels, too SUE DE-SHOWED - she took down the racy web images Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SABROTEUR - aficionado of orange/chocolate liqueur wofahulicodoc #232239 01/21/23 01:37 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 SABOTEUR PRONUNCIATION: (sab-uh-TUHR) MEANING: noun: One who disrupts, damages, or destroys, especially in an underhanded manner. ETYMOLOGY: From French saboter (to walk noisily, to botch), from sabot (wooden shoe). Earliest documented use: 1921. NOTES: The popular story of disgruntled workers throwing their sabots into the machinery to jam it is not supported by evidence. Rather, it’s that the workers typically wore sabots. ___________________________ SAVOTEUR - a devotee of Gilbert & Sullivan, so named because of G&S' connection with the Savoy Theater in London SABETEUR - one who knows (after Spanish ¿Quien sabe?, proposed source of Tonto's "Kemo Sabe") SAMBOTEUR - habitual patron of a now-defunct restaurant chain (long considered politically incorrect) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter WELL-HEALED - you'd never even know it as broken ! wofahulicodoc #232244 01/23/23 03:14 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 WELL-HEELED PRONUNCIATION: (wel-HEELD) MEANING: adjective: Having plenty of money. ETYMOLOGY: Alluding to a person who can easily afford to replace shoes often. Earliest documented use: 1871. The opposite is down-at-the-heel. _________________________ WELL-HEEDED - paid attention when told "the first priority is a good water supply" WELL-WHEELED - having enclosures for its wheels WE'LL-SEE-LED - the CEO has a make-it-up-as-we-go-along attitude Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: WELL-HEALED - you'd never even know it as broken ! wofahulicodoc #232245 01/23/23 03:23 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 (B)SNEAKERNET(/B) PRONUNCIATION (SNEE-kuhr-net) MEANING: noun: The transfer of electronic information by physically moving it storing it on a device and moving the device), instead of doing it over a computer network. ETYMOLOGY: From sneaker (a shoe popular in everyday use) + net, alluding to someone carrying a disk, memory key, etc. from one computer to another. 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