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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Circular definitions #58682 02/26/02 12:14 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 What's up with the "luke" in lukewarm? When I first heard the word (when I was small) I couldn't figure out why someone's name was in the word. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Circular definitions wordplayer 02/26/02 07:10 AM Re: Circular definitions doc_comfort 02/26/02 07:24 AM Re: Circular definitions Rouspeteur 02/26/02 11:30 AM Re: Circular definitions Bean 02/26/02 12:14 PM Re: Circular definitions RhubarbCommando 02/26/02 01:44 PM Re: Circular definitions wwh 02/26/02 02:28 PM Re: Circular definitions Sparteye 02/26/02 03:32 PM Re: Circular definitions RhubarbCommando 02/26/02 11:36 AM Re: Circular definitions wsieber 02/26/02 01:38 PM Re: Circular definitions of troy 02/26/02 04:43 PM Re: Circular definitions Rouspeteur 02/26/02 06:36 PM Re: Circular definitions wwh 02/26/02 08:45 PM Re: Circular definitions TEd Remington 02/26/02 09:37 PM Re: Circular definitions Geoff 02/26/02 09:49 PM Re: Circular definitions WhitmanO'Neill 02/26/02 09:58 PM Re: Circular definitions Bean 02/27/02 11:49 AM Colander and sieve TEd Remington 02/28/02 05:48 PM Re: Punchline wwh 02/28/02 06:18 PM Re: Punchline wsieber 03/01/02 06:18 AM Re: Punchline Capital Kiwi 03/01/02 08:16 AM Re: Punchline Keiva 03/01/02 05:20 PM Re: Punchline RhubarbCommando 03/03/02 03:53 PM Re: Punchline wwh 03/03/02 04:21 PM Re: Punchline Jackie 03/03/02 05:21 PM Re: Punchline wwh 03/03/02 06:19 PM Re: Punchline Jackie 03/04/02 02:36 AM The Cookbook's Anarchist TEd Remington 03/04/02 01:08 AM Re: The Cookbook's Anarchist Keiva 03/04/02 01:45 AM Re: Circular definitions Geoff 02/26/02 09:46 PM 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 Topics13,915 Posts229,919 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 743 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,910 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,948 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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