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IN CAB, US - we took a taxi
wofahulicodoc
02/28/2026 4:19 AM
INCUBUS
PRONUNCIATION: (IN-kyuh-buhs)
MEANING: noun:
1. An oppressive burden.
2. A nightmare.
3. A male demon believed to have sex with sleeping women.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin incubare (to lie upon), from in- (upon) + cubare (to lie). Earliest documented use: 1275.
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INCA BUS - Betcha didn't know they had mass transit in Machu Picchu, didja?
IN CUBE, US - we use only cartons with right angles and equal-length edges
INOCUBUS - a mobil immunization clinic
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OF A LLOW - pertaining to a cow's vocalization
wofahulicodoc
02/28/2026 4:05 AM
FALLOW
PRONUNCIATION: (FAL-oh)
MEANING: adj.: 1. Inactive or unproductive.
2. (Of land) left to lie idle for a season, sometimes after plowing.
noun: 1. Land left to lie idle to restore its fertility.
2. The act of plowing land and leaving it unseeded.
verb tr.: To leave unseeded.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English fealh (fallow land). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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FILLOW - a light thin multilayered dough used in many middle-eastern cuisines
FAL-LA - OW! - to sing madrigals for so long that it hurts
FEAL LOW - to be melancholic
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SELLOW - when combined with BIHI, a bad strategy for investing
wofahulicodoc
02/28/2026 3:57 AM
SALLOW
PRONUNCIATION: (SAL-oh)
MEANING: adjective: Of a sickly yellowish or pale color.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English salu. Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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SOLLOW - describing the bottom C on a piano (C-5, I think it is); also, when sung with no accompaniment
SALKOW - an ice-skating maneuver, usually done in multiples of two, three, or rarely four
FALLOW - to lose your balance and hurt yourself on contact with the ground
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LURID - salacious
wofahulicodoc
02/28/2026 3:43 AM
LUCID
PRONUNCIATION: (LOO-sid)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Clear; easily understood.
2. Clearheaded, especially between periods of confusion.
3. Bright or shining
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lucere (to shine), from lux (light). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leuk- (light) that is also the source of lunar, lunatic, light, lightning, lucid, illuminate, illustrate, translucent, lux, and lynx. Earliest documented use: 1581.
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LUCIED - binged on the old TV show, with Desi and Fred and Ethel; (reruns still available)
LUCIDE - a combination of Lucy with chlorine or another halogen
ELUCID - the person who would eat things to draw out their meaning, a process called "elucidate"
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My object all sublime
wofahulicodoc
02/28/2026 3:22 AM
LEFTIST
T -->S
...The billiards sharp whom anyone catches,
HIs doom's extremely hard;
He's made to dwell in a dungeon cell
On a spot that's always barred,
And there he plays extravagant matches
In FITLESS fingerstalls
On a cloth untrue
.With a twisted cue
..And elliptical billiard balls! [laughing maniacally]
-- The Mikado, Act II
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