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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 8 of 25 1 2 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 24 25 Go to page... ZOOM: A TRY - first attempt at video-conferencing wofahulicodoc #232871 04/19/24 02:03 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 ZOOLATRY PRONUNCIATION: (zo-OL-uh-tree) MEANING: noun: 1. The worship of animals. 2. Extreme devotion to animals, for example, to one’s pets. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek zoo- (animal) + -latry (worship). Earliest documented use: 1784. ___________________________ AZO-OLATRY - worship of nitrogen BOOLATRY - worship of simple logical concepts ( and, or, not, both ) ZOO, LARRY? - Curly and Moe are thinking of visiting the captive animals on display Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter CRYPTOPENIC - not enough vaults in the cemetery wofahulicodoc #232872 04/19/24 09:33 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 CRYPTOGENIC PRONUNCIATION: (krip-tuh-JEN-ik) MEANING: adjective: Of unknown origin or cause. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek crypto- (secret, hidden) + -genic (producing, produced by). Earliest documented use: 1873. _______________________________ CRYPTOGENIE - Robin Williams blue cartoon character role in Aladdin at its most obscure CRY "PETOGENIC" - claim loudly that something is the origin of domesticated animals CRAPTOGENIC - describing the source of all b******t Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SUBLIMATE wofahulicodoc #232873 04/20/24 01:56 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 SUBLINEATE - to underline. S'BLIMEY MATE (contraction of "May Jesus blame me") - oath used in parts of 19th-century London. DUBLINATE (adj) - pertaining to the style of James Joyce and his imitators. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter POP-RIO-CEPTION - Carnivàl party in Argentina A C Bowden #232878 04/24/24 05:09 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 PROPRIOCEPTION PRONUNCIATION: (pro-pree-uh/oh-SEP-shuhn) MEANING: noun: The awareness of location of parts of one’s body. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin proprius (one’s own) + reception, from recipere (to receive), from capere (to take). Earliest documented use: 1906. _______________________ PROPRIOCEPT-ICON - how you recognize the applet that displays the location of your body parts PRO PRIORCEPTION - in favor of picking up an earlier broadcast PRO PRINCEPTION - a professional campaign director to facilitate the ascension of the eldest son to the throne Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MACROSMATIC - a major attack of wheezing wofahulicodoc #232879 04/24/24 05:24 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 MACROSMOTIC PRONUNCIATION: (mak-rahz-MAT-ik) MEANING: adjective: Having a well-developed sense of smell. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek macro- (large) + osmatic, from French osmatique, from Greek osme (smell). Earliest documented use: 1890. ___________________________________ MACRO-S'MORIC - like very large cookies made of Graham crackers and chocolate bits and marshmallows MACRO-SMOOTIC - longer than the Harvard Bridge in Boston (which is 364.4-and-one-ear Smoots in length) MACH-OSMOTIC - diffusing through a semi-permeable membrane at supersonic speed Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PHYTOPHOBIA - dislike of plants wofahulicodoc #232880 04/24/24 05:30 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 PHOTOPHOBIA PRONUNCIATION: (fo-tuh-FO-bee-uh) MEANING: noun: An abnormal sensitivity to light. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek photo- (light) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1772. ___________________________ PROTOPHOBIA - a fear that is as yet only half-formed PHOBOPHOBIA - what Franklin D Roosevelt was warning about with his admonition "The only thing we have to fear is Fear itself" PHONOPHOBIA - fear of the needle shrieking while skittering across an old 78-rpm record Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter AMESIA - unable to remember the letter "N" wofahulicodoc #232884 04/26/24 02:46 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 AMUSIA PRONUNCIATION: (ay-MYOO-zee-uh) MEANING: noun: The inability to recognize, reproduce, or appreciate music. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek a- (not) + mousike (music), from Mousa (Muse). Earliest documented use: 1890. _____________________ AMUSIAL - not having a shortstop, in St Louis CAMUSIA - strangeness (just ask a scholar of French literature) "AM USA !" - said Uncle Sam when he was just a nephew Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter GUSTATORY - characterized by strong winds wofahulicodoc #232885 04/26/24 11:57 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 GUSTATORY PRONUNCIATION: (GUHS-tuh-TOR-ee) MEANING: adjective: Relating to the sense of taste. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin gustare (to taste). Earliest documented use: 1684. ____________________________ JUSTATORY - dismissive pre-Revoutionary-War term for anyone sympathetic with the British GESTATORY - pertaining to pregnancy ANGUSTATORY - beef-flavored Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter [b]ECLIPTIC[/b] - the plane occupied by the orbit wofahulicodoc #232894 04/30/24 08:40 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 ELLIPTIC PRONUNCIATION: (i-LIP-tik) MEANING: adjective 1. Marked by extreme economy of expression in speech or writing. 2. Cryptic, ambiguous, or obscure. 3. Marked by ellipsis: the omission of one or more words from a sentence. 4. Relating to or shaped like an ellipse. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek eleipein (to come short). Earliest documented use: 1715. The word is also used in its longer form, elliptical. _______________________________ ELLIP-STIC - mouth-coloring for men ELL-OPTIC - the twelfth lens ELI-P.T.-IC - like freshman Physical Education at Yale Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Am I really that far behind? ! wofahulicodoc #232909 05/07/24 06:30 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 TRIANGULATION PRONUNCIATION: (try-ang-gyuh-LAY-shuhn) MEANING: noun: 1. Determining the position of a point by measuring angles to it from two points a known distance apart. 2. Positioning between two extremes, especially in politics. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin triangulare (to make a triangle), from triangulus (three-cornered). Earliest documented use: 1818. ___________________________ TRIANNULATION - three simultaneous divorce ceremonies TRI-BANGULATION - wearing exactly three wristlets TRIANNULATION - converting a modest show into a three-ring circus Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 8 of 25 1 2 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 24 25 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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