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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread questuary #78109 08/12/2002 7:01 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 This word is from tsuwm's wwftd, at http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/ The url tsuwm doesn't bring up the word. Bug him about it. which seems to me a dandy word, far from worthless.I found a couple sites where it was used for a very fine small research vessel, and two entries in an online dictionary: Questuary (Ques"tu*a*ry) a. [L. quaestuarius, from quaestus gain, profit, quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, earn.] Studious of profit. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Questuary (Ques"tu*a*ry), n. One employed to collect profits. [R.] "The pope's questuaries." Jer. Taylor. It might even be a good title for an investment broker specialized in serving venture capitalists. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: questuary #78110 08/12/2002 7:11 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Bug him about it. as a preemptive strike, the site doesn't normally get updated until later in the day! (this has the added advantage of subscribers reporting all of my typos..) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: questuary #78111 08/13/2002 2:16 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Oh man--what a disappointment! I'd envisioned the word meaning some long...well, quest. I was already envisioning myself proclaiming, "My entire life has been an incredible questuary...", and then whoomp: I read the real definition! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: questuary #78112 08/13/2002 12:40 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England I'd have thought it was a particularly devout knight errant in search of the Holy Grail. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: questuary #78113 08/13/2002 1:03 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont nah, it's where all the adventurous birds go to rest between their travels. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: questuary #78114 08/13/2002 1:08 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Or a place where beleaguered questions can go without fear of being answered. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: questuary #78115 08/13/2002 1:20 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Or where teachers keep the bones of those awkward questions they ask you before they've woken you up by calling your name in that tone of voice ... e.g. "What is the capital of Baluchistan, Jones!" The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: questuary #78116 08/13/2002 6:18 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Or -- a hole in a tree where candestine sweethearts leave secret notes for one another Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: questuary #78117 08/13/2002 9:30 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Or a place where beleaguered questions can go without fear of being answered. Yes! A cemetery for questions! [nod of approval] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: questuary #78118 08/14/2002 10:29 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Or the mouth of a river whose name you've forgotten (or never knew?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter I have a questuary... #78119 08/14/2002 1:16 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon ...So is this some sort of backwards round of Hogwash? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I have a questuary... #78120 08/14/2002 2:16 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 I suppose that when the tide is flowing backwards into the mouth of the unknown river, it will fill up with what British Sailors used to call "The Hogwash." So - yes, FB, you've got it about right. 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