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Active Threads | Active Posts | Unanswered Today | Since Yesterday | This Week Wordplay and fun SMITHFIELD MARCH - lseldom-played work by John Philip Sousa. wofahulicodoc 05/22/2026 10:01 PM SMITHFIELD MATCH PRONUNCIATION: (SMITH-feeld match) MEANING: nnoun: A marriage of convenience, especially one arranged for money. ETYMOLOGY: After Smithfield, London, long associated with markets and fairs, including Bartholomew Fair (1133-1855). Earliest documented use: 1703. __________________________________ SMITHFIELD MATH - a bizarre arithmetic used to calculate the dowry in a marriage of convenience, often yielding results dramatically different from what the parties had expected SITHFIELD MATCH - what takes place when a Jedi fights a practitioner of the Dark Side of the Force in an outdoor venue SMITHFIELD MACH - brother of Ernst Mach (researcher on aeroynamics and high-velocity flight) who became an Anglophile and changed his name from Johann 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun BACONISM: You know all of Shakespeare was written by Roger Bacon wofahulicodoc 05/22/2026 7:37 PM LACONISM PRONUNCIATION: (LAK-uh-niz-uhm) MEANING: noun: Brevity or terseness of expression, or an instance of this. ETYMOLOGY: After Laconia, a region in southern Greece whose chief city was Sparta. From the reputation of the Laconians/Spartans for terseness. Earliest documented use: 1570. _______________________ LADONISM - the philosophy, exemplified by Rigoletto in Mozart's opera, that "women are fickle" ('changeable," if you prefer) TACONISM - a branch of the Pastafarianism, another segment of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster L.A. CON IS ME - Confessions of a Southern California Urban Grifter {It didn't sell very many copies...) 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun played at middle-class party wofahulicodoc 05/22/2026 7:06 PM RACKET K --> E ÉCARTÉ (she's not a beginner) 41 4,792 Read More Wordplay and fun No terrors A C Bowden 05/22/2026 3:49 PM If you see some ball lightning nearby, Or an uncanny glow in the sky, Don't run from the place With a nervous grimace – Keep going, and never say die. PLATITUDE – PLEASED 812 3,322,796 Read More Wordplay and fun DELPHI BAN - no fortune-telling permitted wofahulicodoc 05/21/2026 8:27 PM DELPHIAN PRONUNCIATION: (DEL-fee-uhn) MEANING: adjective: Obscure or ambiguous. ETYMOLOGY: After Delphi, a city in ancient Greece. Earliest documented use: 1625. ___________________________ DELPHIAN - a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculacea ("small-frog"-like), toxic to humans ADELPHIAN - someone with no oracular powers whatsoever DOLPHIAN - like an intelligent fish with a very human-looking face 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun PARTON'S WEEK - Dolly has been declared a national treasure wofahulicodoc 05/17/2026 8:47 PM PARSON'S WEEK PRONUNCIATION: (PAHR-sunz week) MEANING: noun: A period of 13 days, especially as a holiday. ETYMOLOGY: From parson (a clergyperson), from persona (person) + week, from Old English wice (week). Earliest documented use: 1790. ________________________________ PARSON'S WEAK - and if he doesn't improve soon we'll have to find a replacement PARSON, SWEEP - part of his duties is to keep the floors clean PERSONS' WEEK - a major celebration of linguistic neutrality lasting seven days 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun PIP'S WHISPER - announcing Great Expectations very softly wofahulicodoc 05/17/2026 8:15 PM PIG'S WHISPER PRONUNCIATION: (pigz WIS-puhr) MEANING: noun: 1. A very short time. 2. A low or nearly inaudible whisper. ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1780. _________________________ PING'S WHISPER - the nearly inaudible sound of a very sleepy duckling who lives on a boat on the Yangtze River PIG'S WHIMPER - Pooh's little friend is miserable PIE'S WHISPER - how you know a fresh-from-the-oven apple pie is calling you from a windowsill two blocks away 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun RAKE'S PROGRESS - the leaves are finally cleared from the la wofahulicodoc 05/17/2026 1:16 AM RAKE'S PROGRESS PRONUNCIATION: (rakes PROG-res) MEANING: noun: A steady decline, especially one brought on by dissipation, folly, or vice. ETYMOLOGY: After A Rake’s Progress, a series of paintings and engravings by William Hogarth, depicting the decline of a spendthrift. Earliest documented use: 1833. ______________________________ HAKE'S PROGRESS - slow but steady despite all obstacles, like the eventual arrival of the fish upstream at the spawning grounds where it was hatched DRAKE'S PROGRESS - the father duck needs a little more time to get all the ducklings across thte street LUKE'S PROGRESS - Master Sywalker has a lot yet to learn, but he's getting there 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun PATRIARCHS AGO - in generations past wofahulicodoc 05/17/2026 1:06 AM PATRIARCH'S AGE PRONUNCIATION: (PAY-tree-arks ayj) MEANING: noun: 1. A very long time. 2. A very advanced age. ETYMOLOGY: From patriarch, from Greek patriarches (father or chief of a family), from patria (lineage) + -arche (ruler), + age. Earliest documented use: 1693. _____________________________ PATRIARCH SAGE - an herb purported to confer fertility, long life and wisdom PA TRI-ARCH STAGE - the father of all three-part performance venues, each covered by a curved canopy PATRIARCH'S ACE - when you get venerable enough, a high card concealed up your sleeve is not only condoned, it's expected 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun SCAT'S MEOW - hepcat's jazz magnum opus wofahulicodoc 05/17/2026 12:56 AM CAT'S MEOW PRONUNCIATION: (CATS mee-OW) MEANING: noun: Something or someone excellent. ETYMOLOGY: From cat, from Old English catt + meow (the cry of a cat), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1921. __________________________ CAT'S YEOW - what you hear when you accidentally step on its tail CATS MOW - what the cats do when there's so much grass that they couldn't possibly eat it all, no matter how bad the hairball problem is CHAT'S MEOW - a masterful reply generated by your Artificial Intelllgence LLM 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun LUMBERGROUND - a forest wofahulicodoc 05/16/2026 10:55 PM CUMBERGROUND PRONUNCIATION: (KUHM-buhr-graund) MEANING: noun: A useless person. ETYMOLOGY: From cumber (to hinder or encumber), from Anglo-French acumbrer (encumbrer) + ground. Earliest documented use: 1657. ____________________________________ CUM BERG ROTUND - with a big round iceberg LIMBERGEROUND - a large wheel of stinky cheese COMBERGROUND - the place at the edge of the ocean where the waves break and the scavengers look for cast-up valuables or souvenirs 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun CANISCENT - becoming more doglike wofahulicodoc 05/16/2026 10:41 PM CANESCENT PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-NES-uhnt) MEANING: adjective: ETYMOLOGY: From Latin canescere (to grow gray or white), from canus (white, hoary). Earliest documented use: 1775. A synonym is hoary. ___________________________ ZANESCENT - turning grey or white; becoming hoary. CAKE SCENT - the enticing aroma of a bakery "I-CAN"-ESCENT - becoming more confident over time 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun TOMBASTER - Lara Croft wofahulicodoc 05/16/2026 10:27 PM BOMBASTER PRONUNCIATION: (bom-BAS-tuhr) MEANING: noun: One given to bluster and pretentiousness. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French bombace (cotton padding), from Latin bombax (cotton), from Greek bombux (silk, silkworm). Earliest documented use: 1611. _____________________________ BOMB-EASTER - a clandestine plan to blow up all those big mysterious statues of buried heads MOM, BASTER - acknowledging that Ma does the first coarse sewing on all the household sewing jobs BOZ-BLASTER - someone with a dislike for the early works of Charles Dickens (and doesn't hesitate to say so!) 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun CUERIMONIOUS - excellent at the billiards table wofahulicodoc 05/16/2026 10:06 PM QUERIMONIOUS PRONUNCIATION: (kwer-uh-MOH-nee-uhs) MEANING: adjective: Habitually complaining; querulous; full of grievances. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin querimonia (complaint), from queri (to complain). Earliest documented use: 1604. _____________________________ GUERIMONIOUS - contentious, warlike CUERIMONIOUS - tending to feed people their next lines onstage, as needed PUERIMONIOUS - getting along well with little Roman boys 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun BADGY - sporting an impressive array of medals wofahulicodoc 05/10/2026 12:46 AM CADGY PRONUNCIATION: (KAJ-ee) MEANING: adjective: 1. Wanton; lustful. 2. Cheerful. ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1724. ________________________ CABG-Y - obsessed by the fact of just having had bypass graft surgeru SCADGY - beset by a whole lot of small but unpleasant nuisances SAD-GY - the man with the woeful look to him 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun AQUA, RE: THE CIRCLE - Blue, about that round thing... wofahulicodoc 05/10/2026 12:33 AM SQUARE THE CIRCLE PRONUNCIATION: (skwair thuh SUHR-kuhl) MEANING: idiom: To accomplish what appears to be impossible, especially in satisfying conflicting requirements. ETYMOLOGY: From the classical geometric problem of constructing, using only a compass and straightedge, a square equal in area to a given circle. Earliest documented use: 1624. _____________________ SQUIRE, THE CIRCLE - the knight's attendant alerts his Master about a feature of the approaching formation SQUARETTE CIRCLE - lots of four-equal-sided almost-right-angled figures arranged equidistant from a central point SQUARE THEIR CLE - slogan supporting a proposal to redo the layout of Cleveland International Airport 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun SIR CUM LOCUTION - a noble and gifted orator wofahulicodoc 05/10/2026 12:15 AM CIRCUMLOCUTION PRONUNCIATION: (suhr-kuhm-loh-KYOO-shuhn) MEANING: noun: The use of roundabout language, especially to avoid giving a direct answer. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin circum- (around) + locution (talk), from loqui (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1518. ___________________________________ CIRCUS-LOCUTION - the Ringmaster's spiel CIRCUMLOCATION - to drive 'round and 'round and still be unable to find where you're going C-IN-C-UMLOCUTION - a speech by the hHigh Commander of the Armed Forces 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun SQUARE-TOLD - informed by a not-very-"with-it" person wofahulicodoc 05/09/2026 10:58 PM SQUARE-TOED PRONUNCIATION: (skwair-tohd) MEANING: adjective: Old-fashioned or conservative. ETYMOLOGY: From square, from Latin exquadrare (to square) + toe, from Old English ta (toe). Earliest documented use: 1785. _________________________________ 'S "QUARTET" - O.E.D. - according to the Oxford English Dictionary, it's a diminutive quart STUART-TOED - feet pointing inward, a little-known hereditary deformity affecting members of the royal Stuart family SQUAB RE-TOED - sewed the digits back on the feet of a young pigeon 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun CIC LETHE WAGONS - 199 sleeping cars wofahulicodoc 05/09/2026 10:40 PM CIRCLE THE WAGONS PRONUNCIATION: (SUHR-kuhl thuh WAG-uhnz) MEANING: idiom: To gather a group together to assume a defensive stance. ETYMOLOGY: From circle, from Latin circulus (circle) + wagon, from Dutch wagen. Earliest documented use: mid-1800s. _____________________ CIRCLET: HEW AGONY - a small piece of jewelry that can reduce acute pain "CIRCLE THE BAG," ON "S" - quarterback in the huddle calling a football play C-IN-C LET THE WAGONS - supreme army commander rented the carrier vehicles 662 417,572 Read More Wordplay and fun What a noise! A C Bowden 05/04/2026 4:25 PM CLARET L > K RACKET 41 4,792 Read More Wordplay and fun Sure, I'll have a glass. Join me? wofahulicodoc 05/02/2026 2:25 AM CENTRAL drop N CLARET 41 4,792 Read More Wordplay and fun Strange ritual A C Bowden 04/29/2026 8:45 PM I saw some robed men near a mill Who were rolling large stones down a hill. They quickly dispersed When the mill owner cursed: "**** off, or I'll call the Old Bill!" NEARBY – NERVOUS 812 3,322,796 Read More Wordplay and fun Right in the middle A C Bowden 04/29/2026 8:36 PM LANTERN N > C CENTRAL 41 4,792 Read More Wordplay and fun Fiat Lux wofahulicodoc 04/28/2026 1:04 AM REMNANT M --> L LANTERN 41 4,792 Read More Wordplay and fun STUARTHEAD - It all began with James I. wofahulicodoc 04/27/2026 10:56 PM SQUAREHEAD PRONUNCIATION: (SKWAIR-hed) MEANING: noun: 1. An honest person; a non-criminal. 2. A stupid person. ETYMOLOGY. From square, from Latin exquadrare (to square) + head, from Old English heafod (top of the body). Earliest documented use: 1890. _____________________________ SQUIREHEAD - the chamber wherein the noble attendant to a knight performs his evacuations and ablutions 'SQUAKEHEAD - it's the epicenter of a modest tremblor SQUAREHEAP - derogatory description of a Egptian pyramid 662 417,572 Read More Page 1 of 2 1 2 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,443 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,257 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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