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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 19 of 19 1 2 … 17 18 19 Go To Page SCUMBROUS - covered with a layer of distasteful slime wofahulicodoc #234135 08/11/2026 3:24 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA CUMBROUS PRONUNCIATION: (KUHM-bruhs) MEANING: adjective: Difficult to carry, use, or manage, especially because of size, weight, or complexity. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French encombrer (to hinder), from combre (dam). Earliest documented use: before 1400. _______________________ CRUMBROUS - easily breakable into small pieces CHUMBROUS - like a well-meaning but somewhat oafish friend CAMBROUS - having multiple small protrusions around its otherwise-circular rim Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit PI'S MORE - Is 3 > or < the cirumference of a unit circle? wofahulicodoc #234136 08/11/2026 3:47 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PISMIRE PRONUNCIATION: (PIS/PIZ-myr) MEANING: noun: 1. An ant. 2. An insignificant person. ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English pissemire, from pisse (urine) + mire (ant). Earliest documented use: 1395. _________________________ PISPIRE - to sweat so much that there's no fluid left to make urine PI-SMITE - the facial impact that is the basis of much clowning around PIGSMIRE - the gunk that covers the swineyard also - PI-SMILE - the Aha! moment on realizing that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of every circle is the same Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit DOW FACT - The DJIA was established in 1896 wofahulicodoc #234137 08/11/2026 4:04 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA DOWFART PRONUNCIATION: (DAU-fuhrt) MEANING: noun: 1. A dimwit. 2. A coward. adj.: 1. Dim or dull. 2. Cowardly. ETYMOLOGY: From Scots dowf (dull, dim) + -art, a variant of the usually pejorative suffix -ard. Earliest documented use: 1719. Also spelled duffart. ____________________________ DOWL ART - a toy structure made of round wooden sticks of various lengths DORF ART - a picture adorning the roof of a building in Germany DOWFARM - where startup companies are raised to grow into industrial giants Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit ASSCART - a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a donkey wofahulicodoc #234138 08/12/2026 4:29 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ASSART PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SART) MEANING: noun: 1. A tract of woodland cleared for cultivation. 2. The act of clearing such land. verb tr., intr.: To clear woodland for cultivation. ETYMOLOGY: From French essart (cleared land) and essarter (to clear), ultimately from Latin exsarire (to weed out), from ex- (out) + sarire (to hoe or weed). Earliest documented use: before 1450 for the noun and 1523 for the verb. ___________________________ MASSART - a statewide program to support graphic, visual, musical, and theatrical culture in Massachusetts ASHART - an image created from fire residue ABSART - a tattoo on the belly Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit RAPTULE - a small rapt wofahulicodoc #234139 08/12/2026 4:40 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA RAPTURE PRONUNCIATION: (RAP-chuhr) MEANING: noun: 1. A state or expression of ecstasy. 2. In some Christian theologies, the supernatural taking up of believers from earth during the end times. verb tr.: 1. To fill with joy; enrapture. 2. To cause a believer to be taken up supernaturally from earth during the end times. ETYMOLOGY: From rapt + -ure, ultimately from Latin rapere (to seize). Earliest documented use: 1594 for the noun and 1636 for the verb. __________________________________ RA, PURE - the Sun God, undiluted RAP TURN - it's Open Mike night, and you're on RAPT, SURE - definitely paying attention! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit SKIRL - the sound of bagpipes wofahulicodoc #234140 08/12/2026 4:55 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,330 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SKIRR PRONUNCIATION: (skuhr) MEANING: verb intr.: To move rapidly, especially away. verb tr.: To range rapidly over an area, especially in search of something. noun: A whirring or grating sound. ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps a variant of scour (to move rapidly or search), itself perhaps from Old Norse skur (shower). Earliest documented use: 1548 for the verb and c. 1870 for the noun. _____________________________ OSKIRR - award for making the best Irish movie of the year SHIRR - to bake an egg in a tall cuplike dish with a narrow rim at the top STIRR - to mix gently with a spoon, or a stick, and a Scottish burr Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Page 19 of 19 1 2 … 17 18 19 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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