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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: I'm searching for a word #64957 04/16/2002 5:04 PM 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... Dear maverick, It's probably going to be jobsworth because Jess lives in Malaysia and this teacher is probably grounded in a British education....jobsworth's being British slang. Still don't like the word jobsworth--and, if archaic words were ok, toadeater would still be my favorite, but, since they're not, sycophant would be the word I'd use in formal writing. Best muleheadedness, WordWon't Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted I'm searching for a word JessCC 04/10/2002 5:17 PM Re: I'm searching for a word Faldage 04/10/2002 5:46 PM Re: I'm searching for a word wwh 04/10/2002 5:53 PM Re: I'm searching for a word tsuwm 04/10/2002 5:55 PM Re: I'm searching for a word Capital Kiwi 04/10/2002 7:41 PM Re: I'm searching for a word of troy 04/10/2002 6:04 PM Re: I'm searching for a word TheFallibleFiend 04/10/2002 6:13 PM literalist has ten also wofahulicodoc 04/10/2002 10:47 PM Re: literalist has ten also Wordwind 04/10/2002 11:00 PM Automaton wofahulicodoc 04/10/2002 11:08 PM Re: Automaton milum 04/11/2002 3:21 PM what do i think? of troy 04/11/2002 3:26 PM Re: Quisling Wordwind 04/11/2002 3:26 PM Re: Quisling Wordwind 04/11/2002 3:34 PM Re: Quisling rkay 04/11/2002 3:56 PM Re: Jobsworth Wordwind 04/11/2002 4:19 PM Re: Quisling milum 04/11/2002 5:27 PM Woe to ye amateur nit-pickers Faldage 04/11/2002 5:58 PM Re: Woe to ye amateur nit-pickers milum 04/11/2002 7:04 PM Re: Woe to ye amateur nit-pickers Wordwind 04/11/2002 7:30 PM Re: Woe to ye amateur nit-pickers Faldage 04/11/2002 7:42 PM Re: Woe to ye amateur nit-pickers Capital Kiwi 04/11/2002 9:06 PM Re: Woe to ye amateur nit-pickers of troy 04/11/2002 9:17 PM Re: Woe to ye amateur nit-pickers Keiva 04/11/2002 9:33 PM Hello again! JessCC 04/12/2002 4:19 PM Re: Hello again! TEd Remington 04/12/2002 5:04 PM Re: Hello again! Wordwind 04/12/2002 5:15 PM Re: Hello again! Alex Williams 04/13/2002 11:56 AM Re: Hello again! Alex Williams 04/13/2002 12:12 PM Re: I'm searching for a word hev 04/10/2002 11:14 PM Re: I'm searching for a word Wordwind 04/10/2002 11:22 PM Myrmidon Wordwind 04/10/2002 11:29 PM Re: Myrmidon maverick 04/10/2002 11:42 PM Re: I'm searching for a word hev 04/11/2002 12:03 AM Re: I'm searching for a word maverick 04/11/2002 12:21 AM Re: I'm searching for a word Jackie 04/11/2002 3:40 PM Re: I'm searching for a word inselpeter 04/11/2002 3:17 AM Re: I'm searching for a word Wordwind 04/11/2002 2:15 PM Re: I'm searching for a word tsuwm 04/11/2002 2:25 PM Re:Henchman Wordwind 04/11/2002 2:38 PM Re: I'm searching for a word dxb 04/11/2002 3:20 PM Re: I'm searching for a word Wordwind 04/15/2002 1:12 AM Re: I'm searching for a word tsuwm 04/15/2002 1:16 AM Re: I'm searching for a word Wordwind 04/16/2002 2:12 PM Re: I'm searching for a word maverick 04/16/2002 4:29 PM Re: I'm searching for a word Wordwind 04/16/2002 5:04 PM Re: I'm searching for a word maverick 04/16/2002 5:20 PM Re: I'm searching for a word Wordwind 04/16/2002 5:47 PM Re: I'm searching for a word maverick 04/16/2002 11:29 PM Re: I'm searching for a word hev 04/17/2002 1:23 AM I know you're still waiting JessCC 04/18/2002 4:20 PM Re: I know you're still waiting Faldage 04/18/2002 4:26 PM I'm searching for a tissue musick 04/13/2002 2:19 PM Re: I'm searching for a word inselpeter 04/11/2002 4:55 PM Yes, it is! JessCC 04/26/2002 6:29 AM Re: Yes, it is! maverick 04/26/2002 8:54 AM Re: Yes, it is! Wordwind 04/26/2002 4:43 PM Re: Yes, it is! Faldage 04/26/2002 5:07 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,373 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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