#94242
02/01/2003 8:49 PM
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A nautical term, from sailing days:
Frap. To pass ropes round a sail to keep it from blowing loose. Also, to draw ropes round a vessel
which is weakened, to keep her together.
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#94243
02/01/2003 8:54 PM
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A corny coinage:"fratority," ... a social group that blends the elements of a fraternity and a
sorority...
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#94244
02/01/2003 8:56 PM
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freesia
n.
5ModL, after F. H. T. Freese, 19th-c. Ger physician6 any of a genus (Freesia) of South African bulbous plants of the iris family, with fragrant, usually white or yellow, funnel-shaped flowers
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#94245
02/01/2003 9:19 PM
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frenulum
n.,
pl. 3lums or 3la 73l!8 5ModL, dim. of frenum: see fol.6
1 a small frenum
2 Zool. a stiff bristle or group of bristles extending from the hind wing of some moths and interlocking with a structure on the front wing, linking the wings together in flight
The editors of my dictionary have overlooked a couple anatomical entities of occasional importance
At the base of the tongue there is a membrane in the midline that in rare instances limits the
movements of the tongue. There is a similar structure that attaches the prepuce to the base of the
glans penis that also occasionally prevents proper retraction of the foreskin. Surgical kits used to
provide a cannula, with a special tip with an open ended slot that would fit around the frenulum, making
it possible to cut it without injuring the surfaces to which the frenulum was attached.
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#94246
02/01/2003 9:21 PM
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frontenis
SYLLABICATION:
fron·ten·is
PRONUNCIATION:
AUDIO: frn-tns, frntns KEY
NOUN:
A Latin-American tennis game played on a three-walled
court.
ETYMOLOGY:
American Spanish, blend of Spanish frontón, jai alai court;
see fronton, and Spanish tenis, tennis (from English tennis).
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#94247
02/01/2003 9:22 PM
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frore
adj.
5ME frore(n), frozen, pp. of fresen, FREEZE6 [Archaic] very cold; frosty; frozen
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02/01/2003 9:28 PM
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frottage
n.
1 sexual gratification from rubbing against the body of another person
2 an artistic rubbing or tracing from a surface that is textured, raised, etc.
I have seen some of this on a crowded subway train, with outraged profanity produced.
When consensual between females it is called tribadism.
Search for that last word brought up an amazing encyclopedia. Shocking.
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#94249
02/01/2003 9:46 PM
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with a young puppy around, this is also an acronym: frenetic random activity period 
formerly known as etaoin...
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#94250
02/01/2003 9:59 PM
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Dear etaoin: would you believe there is an etymological relationship between puddles and poodles?
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#94251
02/01/2003 10:18 PM
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really? I wouldn't have guessed that.
enlighten me!
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#94252
02/01/2003 10:27 PM
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Odd that frore is archaic. It sounds like a term teens would like. No, not the super-intellectual teens who would visit this board and read it seriously. But teens who liked to use hip words or whatever they call hip words these days.
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#94253
02/01/2003 10:30 PM
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In fact, speaking of teens and frore, a frore frappe sounds like something they'd like to drink when out and about. 'Course that's a different frap from your sailing term, but what the heck. I can't imagine sailors who'd finished up a bit of frapping and then wanting to go ashore for a frore frappe.
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#94254
02/01/2003 10:33 PM
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In reply to:
2 an artistic rubbing or tracing from a surface that is textured, raised, etc.
I have seen some of this on a crowded subway train, with outraged profanity produced.
Amazing! Another instance of contemporary art shocking the masses!
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#94255
02/03/2003 4:07 AM
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>with a young puppy around< Well, I've got a 3 and a half year old that's still a real frapper! 
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#94256
02/16/2003 2:14 PM
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Just reporting in that central Virginia today wears a frore cape that becomes frorier by the hour.
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