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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: No Mammal, Oyster, but... #48207 11/21/2001 1:03 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, drat then, wwh... ...and here I thought the word was my oyster! (I did look it up as far as I could, and it seems that oyster way back then in its earliest permutations came probably from words having to do with bony/osseous. Don't suppose there are many bony gadflies flitting about...) WordWossified Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted No Mammal, Oyster, but... Wordwind 11/21/2001 12:22 AM Re: No Mammal, Oyster, but... wwh 11/21/2001 12:56 AM Re: No Mammal, Oyster, but... Wordwind 11/21/2001 1:03 AM Re: No Mammal, Oyster, but... wwh 11/21/2001 3:23 AM Re: No Mammal, Oyster, but... Wordwind 11/21/2001 12:53 PM Re: No Mammal, Oyster, but... wwh 11/21/2001 3:50 PM Re: Tilt the Kilt Wordwind 11/21/2001 8:24 PM no friend of the oyster here... of troy 11/21/2001 9:09 PM Re: no friend of the oyster here... Bingley 11/23/2001 8:25 AM Re: no friend of the oyster here... Wordwind 11/23/2001 12:21 PM Re: no friend of the oyster here... Bingley 11/23/2001 12:57 PM Re: no friend of the oyster here... wwh 11/23/2001 6:20 PM Re: no friend of the oyster here... Wordwind 11/25/2001 12:47 AM Re: no friend of the oyster here... wwh 11/25/2001 3:29 AM Re: no friend of the oyster here... tsuwm 11/23/2001 2:47 PM Re: no friend of the oyster here... Wordwind 11/23/2001 4:00 PM Re: Tilt the Kilt wwh 11/21/2001 10:24 PM Re: Tilt the Kilt Wordwind 11/21/2001 11:06 PM Re: No Mammal, Oyster, but... Keiva 11/23/2001 12:11 AM Re: No Mammal, Oyster, but... Wordwind 11/23/2001 12:55 AM Re: No Mammal, Oyster, but... tsuwm 11/23/2001 4:22 AM Re: monesterous tsuwm 11/22/2001 2:50 AM Re: monesterous Wordwind 11/22/2001 4:30 AM 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,310 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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