[b]NIGHN[/b] - between eight and ten
wofahulicodoc
07/12/2026 8:50 PM
NIGH
PRONUNCIATION: (ny)
MEANING: adverb: Nearly; almost.
adjective: Near.
preposition: Near.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English neh (near). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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KNIGH - a chivalrouous gentleman who needs Earl Grey's celebrated beverage
EIGH - nine minus one
'N UGH - 'n apostrophe expressing profound distaste
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BLUBBERLY - à la Jabba the Hutt
wofahulicodoc
07/12/2026 8:38 PM
LUBBERLY
PRONUNCIATION: (LUHB-uhr-lee)
MEANING: adverb: Clumsily, awkwardly, or unskillfully.
adjective: Clumsy, awkward, or unskilled; not seamanlike.
ETYMOLOGY: From lubber (a clumsy or inexperienced person, especially an inept sailor). Earliest documented use: 1580.
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LUMBERLY - massisve, slow-moving, and clumsy
BUBBERLY - fizzy, in Boston
WUBBERLY - weak-kneed and wobbly
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HONDER - a Japanese car brand sold mostly in Boston
wofahulicodoc
07/12/2026 8:30 PM
YONDER
PRONUNCIATION: (YON-duhr)
MEANING: adverb: Over there; at a relatively distant place.
adjective: Being over there; farther away.
ETYMOLOGY: From yond (at a distance), from Old English geond (beyond, at a distance, over there). Earliest documented use: before 1300.
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YONKER - a singular city, just north of the Bronx
YODER - a venerable green Jedi Master from Boston
Y'ORDER - what you asked the wait-staff in the Atlanta restaurant to bring you
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DISPOSI-LIVELY - the waste-handler in my sink is energetic
wofahulicodoc
07/12/2026 8:13 PM
DISPOSITIVELY
PRONUNCIATION: (dis-POZ-uh-tiv-lee)
MEANING: adverb: Conclusively; so as to settle the matter.
ETYMOLOGY: From dispositive, from dispose, from Old French disposer, from Latin disponere (to arrange), from dis- (apart) + ponere (to put). Earliest documented use: 1475.
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DOS, POSITIVELY - one side of the 30-year-old argument between Mr Mac and Mr IBM-PC as to whose Disc Operating System is superior
DI'S POSITIVE, TY - Tyrone wondered whether the rabbit test showed anything interesting...
DIPOSITIVELY - How shall I handle all the proceeds from today's sales?
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SAMEWHEN - simultaneous
wofahulicodoc
07/12/2026 7:59 PM
SOMEWHEN
PRONUNCIATION: (SUHM-(h)wen)
MEANING: adverb: At some indefinite or unspecified time; sometime.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English sum (some) + when, from Old English hwenne. Earliest documented use: 1297.
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HOMEWHEN - a teenager's somewhat imprecise curfew
SOMEHEN - when you've seeo n e chicken you've seen. 'em all
SOREWHEN - post-exercise aching
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Feeling the heat
A C Bowden
07/12/2026 4:33 AM
Industrial carbon emissions
Cause torrid climatic conditions.
The roadways and tracks
Develop large cracks,
And everyone blames politicians.
IMP – IMPETUOUS
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An Eleemosynary Paradox
A C Bowden
07/08/2026 1:27 AM
I fail to see the logic of endurance feats for charity;
I follow the performers' rationale with total clarity,
For while a street collector may be thought a tad importunate,
Bold deeds create publicity, which succours the unfortunate.
But why should any donor's contribution be conditional
On someone else's skill in tolerating the attritional?
What makes prospective givers calibrate their generosity
According to a person's strength, or distance, or velocity?
If they could make oblations with a more objective attitude,
The beneficiaries, I'm sure, would offer them their gratitude.
TORRID – TRACKS
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Common long words
A C Bowden
07/05/2026 1:36 AM
Common words are usually fairly short, but a few are long, and I wonder why they have not been eroded to something shorter. Some examples are:
characteristic
international
misunderstanding
opportunity
representative
simultaneous
superintendent
sympathetic (why not 'sympathic'?)
university
Note also the expression "lull into a false sense of security", which is surprisingly common in speech, considering its length (11 syllables).
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Something different
A C Bowden
07/04/2026 3:36 PM
As a change from limericks, I offer a nonsense poem:
I saw a griffin and a unicorn
Pick scarlet lemons with a weaver's horn.
They glided through the humming barley field
Where last year's eggs lay dismally congealed,
And left their loaded wagons by a church
While rabbits sang upon a muddy perch.
A peasant girl, who wore an actor's mask,
Came by in haste to carry out her task,
And all the priest's unshaven acolytes,
In formal dress, with gloves and woollen tights,
Marched through a spinney to salute the sun,
Observed by an applauding Spanish nun.
A water-nymph reclined upon a stone,
Coquettishly conversing on her phone,
But near the riverbank two former saints
Rued their disgrace with loud, heartrending plaints,
And starlings on a sweet potato tree
Arranged old tunes in a discordant key.
I had a quarrel with a jeering wren,
And shot it with my loaded cartridge pen.
Besmirched with snow, and dazzled by the fog,
I galloped hither on my trusty dog.
The kings of old would send the geese away,
But such an act might irk the Pope today.
Why pour synthetic custard on our bread
When angels cook with vinegar instead?
As Adam joked to Eve upon their fall:
"That's life, my dear – you cannot win them all".
CONDITIONAL – CONTRIBUTION
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COMS TO CKLOSE - gets to the end of business hours
wofahulicodoc
07/03/2026 8:32 PM
COMSTOCK LODE
PRONUNCIATION: (KUHM/KOM-stahk LOHD)
MEANING: noun: A rich supply or source, especially one that seems inexhaustible.
ETYMOLOGY: After Henry T.P. Comstock (c. 1820-1870), a prospector whose name is attached to the rich silver-and-gold deposit discovered in 1859 near what is now Virginia City, Nevada. Earliest documented use: 1866.
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COM STORK LODE - urging the bird to wrap the babies in blankets before taking them out for delivery
SOM STOCK LODE - you mean some of the cattle mooed?
COM-STiCK LODE - a whole bunch of wands which you could use to talk to other people
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OONA LISA - Mrs Chaplin's middle name is Lisa
wofahulicodoc
07/03/2026 8:20 PM
MONA LISA
PRONUNCIATION: (MOH-nuh LEE-suh/zuh)
MEANING: noun: A woman with an enigmatic smile or expression.
adjective: Enigmatic, mysterious, or inscrutable, especially of a smile or expression.
ETYMOLOGY: After Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (c. 1503-1519). Earliest documented use: 1835.
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MORALISA - what an Itaian ethicist does
'MONA LIST - they have a dossier on me on me and.a lotta other folks
MON ALISSA - Betcha can't guess my girl friend's name!
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CREICHTONISM - afflicted from birth with a underactive thyroid
wofahulicodoc
07/03/2026 8:07 PM
CRICHTONISM
PRONUNCIATION: (KRY-tuh-niz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: Extraordinary accomplishment in many fields.
ETYMOLOGY: After James Crichton (1560-1582), a Scottish scholar, linguist, debater, and man of letters whose reputation for wide-ranging brilliance led to the epithet the Admirable Crichton. Earliest documented use: 1850.
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CRISHTONISM - how Mrs Malaprop refers to Protestantism when she's in her cups
RICHTOWNISM - complaining about them durn upper-class city slickers
SCRICHTONISM - when you're strickien by an intolerable itch
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HIRENT - why you can't afford an apartment
wofahulicodoc
07/03/2026 7:56 PM
HIREN
PRONUNCIATION: (HY-ruhn)
MEANING: noun: A seductive woman.
ETYMOLOGY: After Hiren, a character in the lost play The Turkish Mahomet and Hiren the Fair Greek (1594), attributed to George Peele. The name Hiren is a variant of Irene. Earliest documented use: 1600
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SHIREN - the sound of a drunk emergency vehicle
HUREN - second-largest Great Lake (by surface asrea)
HIBEN - Greetings, Mr Franklin
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Advice to pilots
A C Bowden
06/30/2026 4:42 PM
DECISION – DECREASE
As your altitude starts to decrease,
You may fly near a flock of wild geese.
A lack of decision
Can risk a collision
And cause your untimely decease.
DISCORDANT – DISGRACE
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CARROLLIN' - singin' Christmas songs
wofahulicodoc
06/30/2026 2:44 AM
CARROLLIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-ROH-lee-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: Fanciful, absurd, logic-twisting, or playfully nonsensical.
ETYMOLOGY: After Lewis Carroll, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Earliest documented use: 1907.
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CARROLLON - a set of silly bells, typically a huge xylophone in a church steeple
CAR-ROLLIN' - a contest where daredevils try to make their automobiles swerve so violently that they turn upside down
COR, ROLL IAN - I guess there's nothin' to do except see if Ian has anythin' worth stealin'
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FOURMOUS - Mickey and his three nephews
wofahulicodoc
06/30/2026 2:28 AM
FORMOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (FOR-muhs)
MEANING: adjective: Beautiful.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin formosus (beautiful, handsome), from forma (form, shape, beauty). Earliest documented use: c. 1450.
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FARMOUS - belonging to Old Macdonald
'NORMOUS - ‘uge
FIORMOUS - flowery
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PENTOUS - fivefold
wofahulicodoc
06/30/2026 2:19 AM
LENTOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (LEN-tuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Sticky; viscous.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lentus (sticky, viscous, tenacious; also slow). Earliest documented use: 1646.
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LENTOLUS - a very small loan
DENTOUS - toothy
ILE’И’TOUS - a store where you can buy an island and any accessory you want
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TUMORSOME - growing, unexpectedly
wofahulicodoc
06/30/2026 2:07 AM
TIMORSOME
PRONUNCIATION: (TIM-uhr-suhm)
MEANING: adjective: Timid; easily frightened.
ETYMOLOGY: From timorous + -some; timorous is ultimately from Latin timor (fear), from timere (to fear). Earliest documented use: c. 1600.
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TIMORDOME- a football arena in Micronesia in the south Pacific
TIMERDOME - igloo-shaped structure covering of the relay system
TIMORDAME - Bloody Mary is the / Girl I Love
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