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TERGIVERSATE wofahulicodoc #232808 03/12/24 01:37 AM 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 MERGIVERSATE - to summarize a chapter of the Bible DIRGIVERSATE - to write elegiac poetry TERGIVELATE - wearing a veil on one's back Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter HOUGH wofahulicodoc #232809 03/12/24 01:58 AM 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 HOUGH HAI - Oh yes (an archaic dialect form of Och aye, pronounced the same) O'HUGH - former derogatory term for a person of mixed Irish and Norman descent HOUGHNUT - slang English term for a Huguenot (rhymes with 'doughnut') HOUGH HOUGH HOUGH - Santa's cry (a pretentious literary spelling of 'Ho ho ho') Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MIDDLEGROW - genteel way of saying "get fat" A C Bowden #232810 03/12/24 02:17 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA MIDDLEBROW PRONUNCIATION: (MID-uhl-brou) MEANING: adjective: 1. (describing a person) Having tastes and interests that lie somewhere between sophisticated and vulgar. 2. (describing a work of art) Neither sophisticated nor vulgar. noun: A person who has conventional tastes and interests. ETYMOLOGY: Formed on the pattern of highbrow and lowbrow. From middle, from Old English middel (middle) + bru (brow). Earliest documented use: 1912. ____________________________ MUDDLEBROW - an eyebrow raised only part way because you're only slightly puzzled MIDDLEBREW - beer that has been decanted halfway through the fermentation process MIDDLE-FROW - second German wife out of three Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter BOOTLOOSE - wearing footwear that is too big wofahulicodoc #232811 03/12/24 02:36 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA FOOTLOOSE PRONUNCIATION: (FUUT-loos) MEANING: adjective: Free to go or do as one pleases without concerns or commitments. ETYMOLOGY: From foot, from Old English fot (foot) + loose, from Old Norse laus (loose). Earliest documented use: 1650. _________________________ FORTLOOSE - military installation near Tacoma, Washington AFOOT; LOOSE - pair of synonyms for "roaming free and untrammeled" FONTLOOSE - the result of not spacing your type so all the lines on the composing stick are the same length. It's unfortunately easy to pie your type in this situation... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter DOGGOOD - positive reinforcement to train canines wofahulicodoc #232812 03/12/24 02:53 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA DOGFOOD PRONUNCIATION: (DOG-food) MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To test a company’s product by having its employees use it in their regular workday. ETYMOLOGY: From dog + food. The origins of the term are disputed. Earliest documented use: 1996. ___________________________ DIGFOOD - beets and other root crops, grubs, peanuts, potatoes, truffles, and any of a number of other edibles that grow undergrounnd HOGFOOD - "What's that slop you're eating?" said Ralph Kramden to Ed Norton DOG.FOO - an experimental dog for beta-testing; can be altered for development while original remains as archival copy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter DOLT-CONNECT - commune with your inner idiot wofahulicodoc #232813 03/12/24 05:12 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA DOT-CONNECT PRONUNCIATION: (DOT-kuh-nekt) MEANING: verb intr.: To make connections between different pieces of information in order to reach a conclusion. ETYMOLOGY: From the expression “to connect the dots”. From puzzles in which a line is drawn between a sequence of numbered dots to reveal a picture. From dot, of uncertain origin + connect, from Latin connectere (to join together). Earliest documented use: 2003. _____________________ DON'T-CONNECT - two or more things that should not be juxtaposed lest dire consequences follow DOC-CONNECT - to reach an actual physician DOT-CONVECT - to float gently but randomly in the sunlight, llke dust particles Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter CROWDFUNK - mob unrest wofahulicodoc #232814 03/13/24 03:48 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA CROWDFUND PRONUNCIATION: (KRAUD-fuhnd) MEANING: verb tr.: To fund a project by raising money from a large number of people, mostly strangers and usually via the Internet. ETYMOLOGY: From crowd, from cruden (to press, to hurry) + fund, from Latin fundus (bottom, estate). Earliest documented use: 2008. ________________________ CROW-FUND - ask random people for money for the benefit of Corvids CROWD-FOUND - raise a mob CROWN-FUND - see Morton's Fork Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter NEURODETERGENCE - what to use for your dirty mind wofahulicodoc #232815 03/15/24 05:03 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA NEURODIVERGENCE PRONUNCIATION: (nyoor-oh-duh/dy-VUHR-juhns) MEANING: noun: The diversity of brain function, encompassing variations from what is considered typical. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek neuro (nerve) + divergence, from Latin di-/dis- (apart), from Latin vergere (to bend). Earliest documented use: 2013. NOTES: Neurodivergence includes conditions like autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and others. It underscores that there is no single “normal” way the brain functions. The opposite of neurodivergent is neurotypical. _______________________ NEURODIVENGENCE - retaliating against your subconscious NEUTRODIVERGENCE - getting your ass in gear EURODIVERGENCE - fragmentation in the EC. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter DEEDFAKE - a forged Certificate of Ownership wofahulicodoc #232816 03/15/24 05:14 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA DEEPFAKE deepfake PRONUNCIATION: (DEEP-fayk) MEANING: noun: Digitally manipulated images, video, or audio that make someone appear to do or say something they did not. ETYMOLOGY: A combination of deep learning + fake. Coined by a user of the Reddit website. Earliest documented use: 2017. ______________________ DEEPLAKE - Lake Mead BEEPFAKE - when the driver behind you honks the horn and pulls out to go around you, but doesn't speed up enough to pass KEEP FAKE - I know it's counterfeit but I still want to retain it for myself Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MIDDLEBROW wofahulicodoc #232820 03/17/24 01:22 AM 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 MIDDLESOW - pig in the middle MIDDLEBOW - the viola player in a string trio or quartet FIDDLEBROW - the bridge on a violin Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 23 24 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,... 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