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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread PADOOKA - city in Kentucky wofahulicodoc #232994 06/24/24 02:00 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,674 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,674 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA PALOOKA PRONUNCIATION: (puh-LOOK-uh) MEANING: noun: 1. Someone incompetent or inexperienced, especially as a boxer. 2. A clumsy or foolish person. ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. The word was popularized by the comic strip Joe Palooka, which debuted in 1930. Earliest documented use: 1920. ____________________________ PA, LOOK ! - See, Dad? No hands! POLO OKA - a gourd which when dried is used for a ball in the gentlemen's sport involving ponies and mallets PALOOMA - a Spanish bird, "doove" in English Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Mensopause VII wofahulicodoc 01/29/24 04:27 PM THEOPHOBIC - My God, but I'm afraid of him! wofahulicodoc 01/31/24 05:56 PM EXPHRASIS - no longer phrastic wofahulicodoc 01/31/24 06:06 PM DI-EGRETIC - like two long-legged wading birds wofahulicodoc 02/03/24 12:33 AM ESTER-WEEK - convention of pefrume chemists wofahulicodoc 02/03/24 12:52 AM Don't make a Federal case out of it! wofahulicodoc 02/08/24 02:54 AM GRAVE TRAIN - railroad to the cemetery wofahulicodoc 02/08/24 03:06 AM SCOLD TURKEY - Get off my lawn! BAD bird! wofahulicodoc 02/08/24 03:20 AM NOTING BURGER - recording the meat patty on a bun wofahulicodoc 02/09/24 03:16 AM PLAN VANILLA - I already know what flavor I want wofahulicodoc 02/11/24 02:08 AM RECTILIAN - all straight lines and right angles wofahulicodoc 02/15/24 07:54 PM Re: RECTILIAN - all straight lines and right angles wofahulicodoc 02/15/24 07:57 PM LAGER BEAVER - some beer-loving dam builder wofahulicodoc 02/15/24 08:09 PM THE STUD, AL - Al is a desirable father wofahulicodoc 02/16/24 05:52 PM WE-ASE - the enzyme that separates us wofahulicodoc 02/16/24 06:04 PM BIG DISH - serving platter for 25-pound turkey wofahulicodoc 02/16/24 06:24 PM BRINEWELL - a source of salt water wofahulicodoc 02/21/24 04:28 AM GULAR - pertaining to a shore bird wofahulicodoc 02/21/24 04:39 AM CARABOOSE - raindear wofahulicodoc 02/21/24 07:15 PM PAN-OPTION - Choice E: "All of the above" wofahulicodoc 02/23/24 02:02 AM GOB'S POUND - what English sailors get paid in wofahulicodoc 02/23/24 05:42 PM ALIABLE - having no responsibility wofahulicodoc 03/01/24 12:30 AM FULGUARANT - 100% satisfied or your money back ! wofahulicodoc 03/01/24 12:56 AM INFRACTUOUS - given to breaking rules wofahulicodoc 03/01/24 01:17 AM (Honi soit qui mal y pense) wofahulicodoc 03/01/24 01:38 AM ANTELUKAN - describing the time of Anakin et al wofahulicodoc 03/03/24 03:11 AM ANFRACTUOUS A C Bowden 03/12/24 01:30 AM TER GIVE RATE - how much ya donate and how often wofahulicodoc 03/05/24 08:16 PM BLOGGERHEAD - chief internet poster wofahulicodoc 03/06/24 03:09 PM 'NOUGH - ...don't want no more wofahulicodoc 03/06/24 03:20 PM HOUGH A C Bowden 03/12/24 01:58 AM MIDDLEGROW - genteel way of saying "get fat" wofahulicodoc 03/12/24 02:17 AM BOOTLOOSE - wearing footwear that is too big wofahulicodoc 03/12/24 02:36 AM DOGGOOD - positive reinforcement to train canines wofahulicodoc 03/12/24 02:53 AM DOLT-CONNECT - commune with your inner idiot wofahulicodoc 03/12/24 05:12 PM CROWDFUNK - mob unrest wofahulicodoc 03/13/24 03:48 PM NEURODETERGENCE - what to use for your dirty mind wofahulicodoc 03/15/24 05:03 PM DEEDFAKE - a forged Certificate of Ownership wofahulicodoc 03/15/24 05:14 PM NEURODIVERGENCE A C Bowden 03/17/24 01:52 AM ADAME - what there's nothing like, per R. & H. wofahulicodoc 03/20/24 11:32 PM ACCEDE - a hatchet, before it sprouts wofahulicodoc 03/20/24 11:35 PM E-FACE - your avatar shows only down to the neck wofahulicodoc 03/20/24 11:47 PM FARADE - European unit of electrical capacitance wofahulicodoc 03/21/24 05:45 PM BE ACHE AD - promo for a minor pain remedy wofahulicodoc 03/22/24 11:07 PM BEACHHEAD A C Bowden 03/25/24 03:27 AM THELM - Louise's friend's nickname wofahulicodoc 03/31/24 09:53 PM INEE CAP - the lid on the vial of arrow poison wofahulicodoc 03/31/24 10:02 PM GEL G - 12th of a set of colored spotlight filters wofahulicodoc 03/31/24 10:13 PM I.T.-BONE - a flair for technology work wofahulicodoc 03/31/24 10:25 PM MINICURE - only a temporary respite wofahulicodoc 03/31/24 10:36 PM LUMBRA - combination breast and back support wofahulicodoc 04/02/24 02:21 AM OX-CULT-ATION - conversion to Boustrophedonism wofahulicodoc 04/02/24 01:44 PM PENUM BRAE - a hill in northwest Scotland wofahulicodoc 04/04/24 01:26 AM UMBRAGE OUT - being offended is simply not allowed wofahulicodoc 04/04/24 03:04 PM TOTALIFY - to sum up wofahulicodoc 04/09/24 04:48 PM PRECIP-STATE - whether it's raining or showing or wofahulicodoc 04/09/24 05:09 PM NITRATE - cheaper than the day rate wofahulicodoc 04/09/24 05:17 PM PENUMBRA A C Bowden 04/10/24 02:18 AM C-RUNCIBLE - third kind of multi-function utensil wofahulicodoc 04/11/24 06:46 PM ¡HOLA!-TILE - welcoming, greeting wofahulicodoc 04/11/24 06:59 PM SURLIMATE - your Significant Other is grouchy wofahulicodoc 04/12/24 06:00 PM CRUCIBLE A C Bowden 04/14/24 01:32 AM NEPHILIA - love of your sibling's son wofahulicodoc 04/16/24 01:43 AM SPYROPHOBIA - afraid of Vice President Agnew wofahulicodoc 04/16/24 07:02 PM ZOOM: A TRY - first attempt at video-conferencing wofahulicodoc 04/19/24 02:03 AM CRYPTOPENIC - not enough vaults in the cemetery wofahulicodoc 04/19/24 09:33 PM SUBLIMATE A C Bowden 04/20/24 01:56 PM POP-RIO-CEPTION - Carnivàl party in Argentina wofahulicodoc 04/24/24 05:09 PM MACROSMATIC - a major attack of wheezing wofahulicodoc 04/24/24 05:24 PM PHYTOPHOBIA - dislike of plants wofahulicodoc 04/24/24 05:30 PM AMESIA - unable to remember the letter "N" wofahulicodoc 04/26/24 02:46 AM GUSTATORY - characterized by strong winds wofahulicodoc 04/26/24 11:57 PM [b]ECLIPTIC[/b] - the plane occupied by the orbit wofahulicodoc 04/30/24 08:40 PM Am I really that far behind? ! wofahulicodoc 05/07/24 06:30 PM SQUIRELY - like a knight's attendant wofahulicodoc 05/07/24 06:48 PM TANGENT - he's spent a lot of time in the sun... wofahulicodoc 05/07/24 06:56 PM A SUMP TOTE - a bag to move drainage holes wofahulicodoc 05/07/24 07:04 PM SNARL MAIL - an angry letter, full of invective wofahulicodoc 05/07/24 10:02 PM GRUENMAIL - correspondence with the watch company wofahulicodoc 05/08/24 12:52 AM POETAL - Frosty wofahulicodoc 05/08/24 01:47 PM MALLED FIST - purchased at the shopping center wofahulicodoc 05/13/24 01:12 AM GRAYMAIL - letter to a supercomputer wofahulicodoc 05/13/24 01:33 AM POSTAL A C Bowden 05/15/24 12:52 AM GALIVANIC - romping all over the coutryside wofahulicodoc 05/20/24 02:36 AM IS-TAN - gets sun exposure whenever he can wofahulicodoc 05/20/24 02:47 AM MAE SENATISM - Let's elect Ms West to Congress ! wofahulicodoc 05/20/24 03:00 AM A LA STORY - the way the story goes wofahulicodoc 05/20/24 03:08 AM PAY GM A LION - reimburse Grandma with a big cat wofahulicodoc 05/20/24 03:20 AM PITCH-PERFECT - Sandy Koufax-ish wofahulicodoc 05/20/24 02:11 PM FUNFARE - Pizza, hot fudge sundaes, and such wofahulicodoc 05/21/24 03:11 PM DOWNBENT - tree limbs after an ice-storm wofahulicodoc 05/22/24 04:10 PM BOO-GIVE - scary action from a ghost wofahulicodoc 05/26/24 10:49 PM FIDDLE-SADDLE - one that fits your horse perfectly wofahulicodoc 05/26/24 11:13 PM SHOO RAY, HENRY - Hank, tell Ray to get outa here! wofahulicodoc 05/28/24 11:40 PM NERVOUS BELLY - dyspepsia comes easily to that one wofahulicodoc 05/29/24 12:17 AM BOOGIE A C Bowden 05/29/24 01:55 AM FLUSH HARRY - Harry just won big at the casino wofahulicodoc 05/29/24 03:43 PM DOWNBEAT A C Bowden 05/30/24 01:32 PM three good ones! wofahulicodoc 06/02/24 01:33 PM ANT SALLY - those picnic nuisances are on the move wofahulicodoc 06/02/24 01:15 PM FOOD-TIME CHARLIE - he lives to eat wofahulicodoc 06/02/24 01:28 PM PER P - for each P wofahulicodoc 06/03/24 01:28 PM PEJURIST - a Bostonian who lies in court wofahulicodoc 06/04/24 04:40 PM GA. BEER "LUNZIE:" Austrian recipe, Atlanta-brewed wofahulicodoc 06/05/24 05:28 PM DANDI PiRAT - styish buccaneer wofahulicodoc 06/07/24 02:02 AM LAGO DÆDALUS - Lake Dedalia, in the Tyrolean Alps wofahulicodoc 06/09/24 01:34 AM LENSITUDE - how you aim your telescope wofahulicodoc 06/11/24 05:35 PM AIR ID - tell me what gas you're breathing wofahulicodoc 06/11/24 05:49 PM COT-ERMINOUS - my bedsheets are made of fur wofahulicodoc 06/12/24 04:32 PM SALIFIC - heavily laced with NaCl wofahulicodoc 06/14/24 12:08 AM HEALINE - a scar on the skin wofahulicodoc 06/15/24 02:12 AM B.A., LISA - what Bart's sister pursued in college wofahulicodoc 06/17/24 11:33 PM ENULTATION - inwardly joyful , so no one can tell wofahulicodoc 06/18/24 05:07 PM BALDER-DASH - competition for alopecia speed wofahulicodoc 06/19/24 07:03 PM AMI, ABLE - Friend, I can do it! wofahulicodoc 06/23/24 01:02 AM PADOOKA - city in Kentucky wofahulicodoc 06/24/24 02:00 PM LYCANTROOPY - forming better-organized wolfpacks wofahulicodoc 06/26/24 01:29 AM HELMOPHOBIA - fear of being in command wofahulicodoc 06/26/24 06:31 PM PIZZAISOLO - eating the entire pizza by yourself wofahulicodoc 06/29/24 05:57 PM SKIOMACHY - battle between two armies on skis wofahulicodoc 06/29/24 06:18 PM CLACKER-BARREL - source of castanets wofahulicodoc 07/06/24 11:53 PM JAMBOREEL - Boy Scout fishing contest wofahulicodoc 07/07/24 12:05 AM LICKERY-SPLIT - a small bottle of cheap whiskey wofahulicodoc 07/07/24 12:14 AM GRIPSAVER - rubber gloves wofahulicodoc 07/07/24 12:24 AM CHUNKY-DORY - flat-bottomed boat of thick planks wofahulicodoc 07/07/24 12:35 AM ADULT RATE - full price wofahulicodoc 07/08/24 04:37 PM PETROMANIA - panic on the oil markets wofahulicodoc 07/09/24 02:55 PM SERENNIAL - consistently calm and unruffled wofahulicodoc 07/10/24 06:37 PM PALACER - member of the Royal household wofahulicodoc 07/12/24 01:57 AM PSYCHOPHOBIA- fear of scary horror movies wofahulicodoc 07/13/24 04:09 PM CHEKHOVA'S GUN - the guy's wife is very unhappy wofahulicodoc 07/16/24 01:42 AM PARKIN' SiN'S LAW - Accidents cause people. wofahulicodoc 07/20/24 02:12 PM BARNEY'S BILL - NYC mens' store wants its money wofahulicodoc 07/20/24 02:26 PM JOHN, THOMSON'S MAN - valet is "John," sez Thomson wofahulicodoc 07/20/24 02:57 PM OLLIER'S FAITH - skate-boarder's certainty wofahulicodoc 07/20/24 05:28 PM GRUNTLED - headed by a weary infantryman wofahulicodoc 07/22/24 11:53 AM EPH - sixth letter of the alfabet wofahulicodoc 07/23/24 06:41 PM R:UTAH-Entry 16 on a multiplechoice geography test wofahulicodoc 07/24/24 04:54 PM RECK - smash to pieces, spoil wofahulicodoc 07/27/24 05:48 PM RE-SCRIPT - write completely new dialog for the sh wofahulicodoc 07/27/24 05:57 PM GEM WHIZ - an accomplished lapidary wofahulicodoc 07/29/24 01:00 PM ACRE BLEU - a large field of blooming hydrangea wofahulicodoc 08/02/24 04:37 PM OAR NATION - a countrywide obsession with rowing wofahulicodoc 08/03/24 03:58 PM BALL WHACK - It's hit out of the park! A Home run! wofahulicodoc 08/03/24 04:09 PM GARB LIMEY - the latest British fashions wofahulicodoc 08/03/24 10:06 PM MACH POLITIK - speed of fickle public opinion wofahulicodoc 08/06/24 05:52 PM FOGWATCH - night shift in the lighthouse wofahulicodoc 08/06/24 06:02 PM BRIDGE AHEAD - warning sign on many a rural road wofahulicodoc 08/07/24 03:30 PM EARFORM - auricular wofahulicodoc 08/09/24 01:08 AM IMMIRSE RATION - soak your allotment in water wofahulicodoc 08/10/24 06:54 PM DRAW LIX - the 59th running of the lottery wofahulicodoc 08/13/24 07:01 PM BARDOLATORY - adoring an old motor-oil additives wofahulicodoc 08/13/24 07:11 PM SEMI-L.P.-AROUS - rotating at 16 2/3 rpm wofahulicodoc 08/15/24 12:50 AM BROADBOW - an extra-wide hair-ribbon wofahulicodoc 08/16/24 04:34 PM TOROPHILIA - love of bulls and bullfighting wofahulicodoc 08/16/24 04:47 PM EVA NASCENT - descended from Eva wofahulicodoc 08/20/24 06:20 PM SPLENDI-FERROUS - of a glorious rust-color wofahulicodoc 08/20/24 06:42 PM PONTIC - bridging, connecting wofahulicodoc 08/21/24 01:27 PM The word's too long - there's no room here ! wofahulicodoc 08/23/24 02:27 PM DON, SUMMATE - Professor, give us a recapitulation wofahulicodoc 08/23/24 02:41 PM EFFERVESCE, E.T. - alien phoned home, bubbled over wofahulicodoc 09/01/24 01:40 AM MALODOROWS - something is rotten in Row 19 wofahulicodoc 09/01/24 01:57 AM PI-QUANT - approx 3.1416 wofahulicodoc 09/01/24 02:11 AM FULLGENT - completely civilized wofahulicodoc 09/01/24 01:55 PM AMPERSION - conversion to a current wofahulicodoc 09/01/24 02:06 PM MISOGYNOIL - an unctuous woman-hater wofahulicodoc 09/03/24 04:01 AM OUTGRAVE - where ghouls and zombies come from wofahulicodoc 09/04/24 02:18 AM INNERTEXTUALITY - "seeing" one's thoughts as print wofahulicodoc 09/04/24 03:23 PM GENTEELISE - gentrify (British usage and spelling) wofahulicodoc 09/06/24 02:02 AM GOOGOLFLEX - the ultimate body-building display wofahulicodoc 09/08/24 02:36 AM ELOCUTIONAIRY - well-spoken, but still persiflage wofahulicodoc 09/09/24 01:31 PM COMMENT-UR-ABILITY - drop hints about your skill wofahulicodoc 09/13/24 01:52 AM VITUPERASTORY - made-up lies and innuendoes wofahulicodoc 09/13/24 02:11 AM EQUIVOCRACY - when those governing can't agree wofahulicodoc 09/13/24 02:27 AM PELF UNCTIONARY - well-oiled loot wofahulicodoc 09/13/24 05:58 PM P.O. LAUNDRY - do the wash by mouth wofahulicodoc 09/22/24 01:32 AM HYPERGYM - zero-gravity gymnastics wofahulicodoc 09/22/24 01:43 AM ANTHROPLASTY - extreme makeover for a Gentleman wofahulicodoc 09/22/24 01:55 AM NETPHILE - one addicted to surfing the Internet wofahulicodoc 09/22/24 02:03 AM HEIROPHANE - firtsborn who look like their parent wofahulicodoc 09/22/24 02:30 AM EXHART - ten-pointer's head on the wall, alas wofahulicodoc 09/23/24 12:48 PM EXTORT - once a civil wrong, but no longer wofahulicodoc 09/25/24 02:28 AM NOMOROUS- we're finished as a couple wofahulicodoc 09/25/24 01:35 PM re: CHEKHOV'S GUN wofahulicodoc 07/20/24 05:37 PM EXULTATION A C Bowden 06/28/24 03:47 PM BALSAM A C Bowden 06/20/24 01:11 AM DANDIPRAT A C Bowden 06/14/24 12:37 AM AUNT SALLY A C Bowden 06/14/24 12:28 AM HENRY? 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