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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 37 of 37 1 2 … 35 36 37 Go to page... STINGINS - venomous insects, familiarly wofahulicodoc #233451 04/30/25 04:11 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA STIGGINS PRONUNCIATION: (STI-ginz) MEANING: noun: A pious impostor. ETYMOLOGY: After Reverend Stiggins in Charles Dickens’ novel The Pickwick Papers (serialized 1833-36). Earliest documented use: 1916. NOTES: Reverend Stiggins is a hypocritical deputy shepherd of a Temperance Association. His red nose betrays his true feelings about temperance. ___________________ ST. 'IGGINS - George Bernard Shaw's noted elocution professor has been canonized STAG GINS - a clear drink, distilled and redistilled fermented juniper berries, made for by and for men only STOGGINS - 'ung by the fireplace on Gristmas Eve by males who hope to get a gift from Santa. If they were bad they receive a wadded-up plant leaf; if they were good, though, they get an old cigar. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter OPEC-KNIFF - how to cut oil prices wofahulicodoc #233452 04/30/25 03:44 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PECKSNIFF PRONUNCIATION: (PEK-snif) MEANING: noun: A hypocritical person who pretends to have high moral principles. ETYMOLOGY: After Seth Pecksniff, a character in Charles Dickens’s novel Martin Chuzzlewit (serialized 1843-1844). Earliest documented use: 1844. The adjectival form is pecksniffian. ______________________________ PECKSNUFF - what a chicken does when he's addicted to nicotine PECK STUFF - how woodpeckers drive you crazy PECK-STIFF - what makes a rooster cock-of-the-walk Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ARTFUL CODGER - don't underestimate old people... wofahulicodoc #233453 04/30/25 04:06 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ARTFUL DODGER PRONUNCIATION: (art-ful DOJ-uhr) MEANING: noun: A nimble, cunning thief or a pickpocket. _______________________________ PARTFUL DODGER - Jackie Robinson has finished only half of his dinner so far ARTFUL LODGER - when Jimmy Durante couldn't pay the rent to Mrs Calabash (wherever she is) TARTFUL DODGER - the Knave of Hearts, who so far has managed to avoid being captured Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter WINDLESS - becalmed, in the doldrums wofahulicodoc #233456 05/02/25 05:53 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA WINDLASS PRONUNCIATION: (WIHND-luhs) MEANING: noun: A device for lifting or hauling, using a rope or cable wound around a cylinder. verb tr.: To extract, lift, or bring forth with deliberate, steady effort. ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse vindass, from vinda (to wind) + ass (pole). Earliest documented use: 1294. __________________________________ WINE PASS - free admission to the Oenophiles' Club WAND LASS - Hermione, or Fleur, or Molly, or Minerva, or even Narcissa, among many others; take your pick MIND, LASS - Behave yourself, young lady! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MONOPOLY-ROGUE - a cheater at board games wofahulicodoc #233457 05/02/25 06:09 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA MONOPOLYLOGUE PRONUNCIATION: (mon-uh-POL-i-log) MEANING: noun: A performance in which one person plays multiple characters, typically all of them. ETYMOLOGY: From mono- (one) + poly- (many) + -logue (talk). Earliest documented use: 1819. _____________________________ MONOPOLLYLOGUE - oration by a unusually verbose parrot MONO-POLYWOGUE - a single isolated tadpole MOO-POLYLOGUE - the whole herd is chattering today Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter RUST-RATION - your quota of iron oxide wofahulicodoc #233460 05/03/25 02:22 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA LUSTRATION PRONUNCIATION: (luhs-TRAY-shuhn) MEANING: noun: 1. An act of purification by means of rituals. 2. The purging of those associated with crimes committed under an earlier regime. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lustrare (to make bright). Earliest documented use: 1614 ___________________________ BLUSTRATION - the sense of impotence when your windbagging gets you nowhere LUSTRACTION - being diverted from your goals by a pretty face LiSTRATION - don't look now but you're about to run out of food Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter UNICITY - a single planetwide metropolis wofahulicodoc #233461 05/03/25 02:37 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA UNICITY PRONUNCIATION: (yoo-NIS-uh-tee) MEANING: noun: The quality of being the only one of its kind: uniqueness or oneness. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin unicus (one, unique). Earliest documented use: 1691. A synonym is uniquity. _________________________ URNICITY - world's largest purveyors of containers for cremation remains UNICITY - a very tenuously supported research paper with only one reference UNICI-TV - United Nations International Coöperative Informational TeleVision. Don't we wish! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PIE-POWER - the source of Simple Simon's strength. wofahulicodoc #233462 05/03/25 03:29 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,904 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PIEPOWDER PRONUNCIATION: (PY-pow-duhr) MEANING: noun: A traveler, especially a traveling merchant. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French pie (foot) + poudre (powder, dust). Earliest documented use: 1436. _____________________________ PINE-POWDER - mixed with Elmers Glue, forms a paste suitable for filling holes and dents in wood furniture PI (E-POWER) - a mathematical expression (pi to the e, or 3.14159...-to-the 2.718281828... , equal to approximately 22.4591) of no particular theoretical use yet PILE-POWDER - the granular dirt that accumulates under a rug Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 37 of 37 1 2 … 35 36 37 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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