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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 28 of 28 1 2 … 26 27 28 Go to page... FORS WUN - the minimum hurricane wofahulicodoc #233228 12/28/24 12:21 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA FORSWUNK PRONUNCIATION: (for-SWUNK) MEANING: adjective: Exhausted. ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English forswinken (to overwork), from forswink (to exhaust), from for- + swink (to labor). Earliest documented use: 1250. ____________________________ FORSWUNG - cry of warning for the foursome ahead of you before your practice swing, in case you should come in contact with the ball for real FORSKUNK - what to be alert for on the course, in case you forgot your nose-plugs HORS-WUNK - euphemism for what you have to muck out of the stables Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SKIN KWORKS - unusual properties of the integument wofahulicodoc #233234 12/31/24 02:01 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SKUNKWORKS PRONUNCIATION: (SKUNGK-wurks) MEANING: noun: A small, loosely structured corporate research and development unit or subsidiary formed to foster innovation. ETYMOLOGY: From Skonk Works, a fictional facility in Al Capp’s comic strip Li’l Abner that processed dead skunks, old shoes, kerosene, and other odd ingredients. Earliest documented use: 1960. NOTES: The term gained real-world application in 1960 when Lockheed Martin used it to describe a secretive unit tasked with developing advanced fighter planes. The facility, located near a plastic factory with an acrid odor, inspired an engineer to nickname it Skonk Works, later adapted to Skunkworks. The term now symbolizes agile, creative problem-solving in corporate or engineering environments. _____________________ SUNKWORKS - what they did when they threw to motor overboard SKU INKWORKS - the labelling factory that imprints the Stock Keeping Unit number on an item in the store, which we call a "bar code" SKUNKWONKS - specialists in the care and feeding of Mephitis mephitica Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SAD SOCK - Lamb Chop is unhappy wofahulicodoc #233241 01/02/25 02:44 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SAD SACK PRONUNCIATION: (SAD sak) MEANING: noun: A well-meaning but hopelessly inept person. ETYMOLOGY: Named for the bumbling US Army private in George Baker’s (1915-1975) comic strip of the same name. See also: schlemiel. __________________ SAD PACK - Green Bay lost the big game again SAiD SACK - the word came back from HR - "Fire 'em!" WAD SACK - a bag to carry all your $20 bills in MAD SACK - if you're the quarterback...don't make the opposing linemen angry! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter EMIDGEN' - driving out those pesky little insects wofahulicodoc #233242 01/02/25 03:00 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA EMBIGGEN PRONUNCIATION: (em-BIG-uhn) MEANING: verb tr.: To make larger. ETYMOLOGY: From em- (to cause to be in) + big (large) + -en (verbal suffix), formed on the pattern of enliven. Earliest documented use: 1884. _________________________________ EMBAGGEN - answer to "What are you doing behind the checkout counter?" EMBRIGGEN - (German; obsolete) to confine to the ship's lockup AMBIGGEN - "to start," usually used as the present participle "ambiggening" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter TOWER SLOBBOVIA - ATC at Slobbovia Airport wofahulicodoc #233249 01/06/25 02:52 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA LOWER SLOBBOVIA PRONUNCIATION: (LOH-uhr sloh-BOH-vee-uh) MEANING: noun: A place regarded as isolated, underdeveloped, or unimportant. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Al Capp in the comic strip Li’l Abner as the name of a fictional, perpetually snowbound, impoverished, and comically backward country. Earliest documented use: 1946. ____________________________ FLOWER SLOBBOVIA - the Slobbovia River LOWERS LOBO-VIA - the false teeth for my mandible arrived by wolf-mail BOWER SLOBBOVIA - the official courtship site for Slobbovians Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PROMULENT - supporting the civil rights of mules wofahulicodoc #233250 01/06/25 03:06 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA CROMULENT PRONUNCIATION: (KROM-yuh-luhnt) MEANING: adjective: Valid; acceptable; satisfactory. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the television writer David X. Cohen in the animated television series The Simpsons. Earliest documented use: 1996. ______________________________ FROMULENT - you are the source of what I borrowed CROWULENT - describing the rarely-heard wavering call of a black bird BROMULENT - calming to an unsettled stomach (and, it leaves a pink moustache) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ELSE, WHEN? - "If not now,..." said Maimonides wofahulicodoc #233254 01/07/25 03:34 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ELSEWHEN PRONUNCIATION: (ELS-wen) MEANING: adverb: At another time. ETYMOLOGY: A combination of else, from Old English elles + when, from Old English hwenne. Earliest documented use: 1418. _______________________ MEL SEW HEN - my cousin Melvin is fixing a torn stuffed chicken ELSE WHET - You'll just have to put up with that dull knife, unless... ELSIE? WHEN? - arranging an assignation at the dairy farm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter TO WAR DAY - when hostilities commenced officially wofahulicodoc #233257 01/10/25 08:25 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA TOWARDLY PRONUNCIATION: (TO-uhrd-lee, TORD-lee) MEANING: adverb: 1. In a compliant or docile manner. 2. In a pleasant manner. adjective: 1. Compliant. 2. Pleasant. 3. Favorable. ETYMOLOGY: From toward, from to + -ward (directional suffix). Earliest documented use: 1513. ________________________ TO HARDLY - a split infinitive in the making (obsolete, unfortunately) TOEWARDLY - in the direction of the feet TO WARILY - excessively cautious Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PASSING - playing a joke on wofahulicodoc #233258 01/10/25 08:37 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PASSING PRONUNCIATION: (PAS-ing, PAH-sing) MEANING: adverb: To a surpassing degree. adjective: Transitory or cursory. noun: The act, process, or instance of transition, movement, or transference from one state, place, time, or condition to another. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French passer, from Latin passare (to pass), from passus (step, pace). Earliest documented use: 1340. ______________________________ PASTSING - ruminating on might-have-beens PASHING - imaginative play pretending to be a middle-eastern potentate P.A. SING - the doctors' assistants put on a musical show Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 28 of 28 1 2 … 26 27 28 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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