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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 83 of 101 1 2 … 81 82 83 84 85 … 100 101 Go to page... BOBODADDY - considered the father of all clowns wofahulicodoc #232441 06/02/23 06:38 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 NOBODADDY PRONUNCIATION: (NO-buh-dad-ee) MEANING: noun: 1. God. 2. Someone who is no longer considered worthy of respect. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the poet William Blake as a blend of nobody + daddy. Earliest documented use: 1793. ________________________ ROBODADDY - artificial insemination taken to its logical extreme NO, NO, DADDY - says the child who catches her father with his hand in the cookie jar NOOB-O'DADDY - inept first-time Irish father Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter BARDMETER - how to evaluate a poet/singer/writer wofahulicodoc #232447 06/07/23 04:41 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 BAROMETER PRONUNCIATION: (buh-ROM-i-tuhr) MEANING: noun: 1. A device for determining atmospheric pressure in predicting weather. 2. Something used as a gauge or as an indicator of change. 3. A standard for measuring something. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek baro- (pressure) + -meter (measure). Earliest documented use: 1666. ________________________________ BALOMETER - a CRAP filter; measures the reliability and amount of nonsense BARMETER - evaluates the desirability of a drinking/socializing emporium CAROMETER - tool for deciding on the correct angle for a bank shot Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter BALONEY, continued... wofahulicodoc #232448 06/07/23 04:57 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,255 Likes: 7 London, UK A A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,255 Likes: 7 London, UK BARONEY – like a low-ranking English lord (not early) MALONEY – an illogical statement (see Irish bull) BULLONEY – ditto I posted this before I saw BAROMETER above. Quite a coincidence... Last edited by A C Bowden; 06/07/23 05:01 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter FARONIAN - fond of gambling games wofahulicodoc #232449 06/07/23 05:33 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 FAVONIAN PRONUNCIATION: (fuh-VOH-nee-uhn) MEANING: adjective: 1. Relating to the west wind. 2. Mild; gentle; benign. ETYMOLOGY: After Favonius (literally, favorable), the god of the west wind in Roman mythology. His Greek equivalent is Zephyr. Earliest documented use: 1656. _________________________ AVONIAN - high-priced, of dubious use, and sold by a workforce of uncertain qualifications and quality FAV-ONION - the vegetable I prefer over all others FAVANIAN - coming from bean country Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter How could you do this - it's not even Summer yet! wofahulicodoc #232450 06/07/23 05:46 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 AUTUMNAL PRONUNCIATION: (aw-TUHM-nuhl) MEANING: adjective: 1. Relating to the season of autumn. 2. Past the prime of life or maturity. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin autumnus (autumn). Earliest documented use: 1440. __________________________________ TAUTUMNAL - tensely awaiting leaf-peeping season season AUTUMN-MAL - as opposed to this one, who's sick of raking leaves already AURUMNAL - golden-hued Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ...and Virgil turns over in his grave wofahulicodoc #232451 06/07/23 05:53 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 Speaking of AURUM, could you translate Aurum virumque cano as "The Song of King Midas"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter WEATHER VAN - a storm-chaser's vehicle wofahulicodoc #232453 06/09/23 01:30 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 WEATHER VANE PRONUNCIATION: (WETH-uhr vayn) MEANING: noun: 1. A device having a pointer rotating on a vertical spindle, used to indicate the direction of the wind. 2. Someone or something constantly changing. ETYMOLOGY: From weather, from Old English weder + vane, from Old English fana (flag). Earliest documented use: 1721. Since a weather vane traditionally featured a rooster on top, it’s also known as a weathercock. __________________________________ LEATHER VANE - a gadget made of tanned animal skin to tell the direction of the wind EAT HER VANE - if you're really starving WEATHER SANE - what we get less of as the earth's temperature rises Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter HI! BE REAL! - don't imagine things! wofahulicodoc #232463 06/11/23 10:30 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 HIBERNAL PRONUNCIATION: (hy-BUHR-nuhl) MEANING: adjective: Of or relating to winter. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin hibernus (wintry), from Latin hiems (winter). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghei- (winter), which is the ancestor of words such as hibernate, hibernaculum, hiemal, chimera, and the Himalayas, from Sanskrit him (snow) + alaya (abode). Earliest documented use: before 1626. _____________________________ TIBERNAL - pertaining to a Roman river HI BE: RENAL - pretty good grade in Kidney Function HIM BERN, AL - Mr Gore, meet Mister Baruch Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter STYLIE - a fashionable golfball position wofahulicodoc #232470 06/13/23 04:31 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 STYMIE PRONUNCIATION: (STY-mee) MEANING: verb tr.: To obstruct, thwart, stump, etc. noun: A hindrance. ETYMOLOGY: From Scots stymie. The modern game of golf originated in Scotland from where both the game and the word stymie came to English. In golf, a stymie refers to one player’s ball obstructing another’s. Earliest documented use: noun: 1834, verb: 1857. __________________________ STY MILE - unit of distance between here and the pigpen STYMPIE - Manx cat, buddy of Ren, the crazy Chihuahua, 'S TYPIE - Whass'a name of that book Melville wrote before he wrote OMOO ? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SULU ICE - how Star Trek officer chills his drink wofahulicodoc #232479 06/25/23 02:27 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 SLUICE PRONUNCIATION: (sloos) MEANING: noun: 1. An artificial channel, stream, etc. 2. A valve or gate to control the flow of a liquid. 3. A body of water controlled by a sluice gate. verb tr.: 1. To let out, by or as if by, opening a gate. 2. To wash, flush, cleanse, etc. 3. To send logs, gold-bearing gravel, or other material down a sluice. verb intr.: To flow, as if from or through a sluice. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French escluse (sluice gate), from Latin exclusa (water barrier), from excludere (to exclude), from ex- (out) + claudere (to close). Earliest documented use: noun: 1340, verb: 1593. __________________________________ SQUICE - shivers that run up and down your spine at the sound of fingernails on the blackboard ST. LUICE - big city in Missouri SLUIC - what they speak in Slu Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 83 of 101 1 2 … 81 82 83 84 85 … 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. 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