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Active Threads | Active Posts | Unanswered Today | Since Yesterday | This Week Wordplay and fun FOLIN - when a mare gives birth wofahulicodoc 11/26/2025 7:44 PM FOIN PRONUNCIATION: (foin) MEANING: verb intr.: To thrust with a weapon; lunge. noun: A thrust with a weapon. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French foine (trident), from Latin fuscina (trident). Earliest documented use: verb 1400, noun: 1450. ____________________ FOING - making unnecessary enemies LOIN - to learn in a Brooklyn school (and not necessarily about cuts of meat, either!) FORIN (sometimes FORN) - not domestic 523 307,823 Read More Wordplay and fun Of Thee I Sing wofahulicodoc 11/26/2025 7:31 PM MODULE U --> Y MELODY 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun SHORTFRONT - a small Dickey wofahulicodoc 11/26/2025 12:21 AM SHIRTFRONT PRONUNCIATION: (SHUHRT-fruhnt) MEANING: noun: 1. The front of a shirt. 2. A high, front-on collision or bump on an opponent. 3. An aggressive direct confrontation. verb tr.: 1. To run at and collide with someone. 2. To confront someone aggressively. ETYMOLOGY: From shirt, from Old English scyrte + front, from Old French front (forehead), from Latin frons (forehead, front). Earliest documented use: noun 1808, verb 1952. ________________________ SHIRTFROND - an upper-body garment torn to tatters that flutter in the wind like a fern SHIREFRONT - the first land you see entering Hobbit territory SHIFT-FRONT - 1. the first half of one's time on duty; 2. Reverse, Neutral, and Third gears on a standard automobile transmission sequence (more commonly lly described an an "H") 523 307,823 Read More Wordplay and fun CA. VILL - a hamlet in California wofahulicodoc 11/25/2025 11:58 PM CAVIL PRONUNCIATION: (KAV-uhl) MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To raise a trivial or frivolous objection. noun: A trivial or frivolous objection. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French caviller (to mock or jest), from Latin cavillari (to jeer), from cavilla (jeering). Earliest documented use: verb: 1548, noun: 1570. _____________________________________ ÇA VAIL - that's a ski resort in Colorado C. AVRIL - Est-ce qu'il faut payer les Taxes d'Income pendant: A. Janvier; B. Mai; C. Avril; D.Septembre? CAVE IL - the 49th in a series of connected grottoes 523 307,823 Read More Wordplay and fun PLIMSOLL LANE - a street in Belmore, NSW, Australia wofahulicodoc 11/24/2025 11:57 PM PLIMSOLL LINE PRONUNCIATION: (PLIM-suhl/sohl lyn) MEANING: noun: 1. Any of various horizontal lines on the side of a ship indicating the depth to which it may be immersed under various conditions. 2. A threshold or limit. ETYMOLOGY: After Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898), British MP, whose efforts led to the regulation of the shipping industry. Earliest documented use: 1877. _______________________________ PLIMSOLL PINE - an evergreen tree cultivar developed by Everett Plimsoll, Samuel's son; esthetically shaped and very popular around Christmastime PLIM'S OiL LINE - a new brand of petroleum products, marketed for commercial and consumer use PLIMSOLL MINE - site of a discovery in the California Rockies in 1847 that ultimately led to the Gold Rush of 1849 523 307,823 Read More Wordplay and fun Part of a whole A C Bowden 11/23/2025 2:48 PM MODEL + U MODULE 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun Re: Anagrams XIX LukeJavan8 11/22/2025 5:47 PM - N MODEL 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun Ancient tomb A C Bowden 11/22/2025 1:23 AM MELON + D DOLMEN 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun Re: Anagrams XIX LukeJavan8 11/21/2025 5:24 PM -S MELON 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun Sharp taste A C Bowden 11/21/2025 2:55 PM INSOLE I > M LEMONS 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun Lascite ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate wofahulicodoc 11/21/2025 2:56 AM DANTEAN PRONUNCIATION: (DAN-tee-uhn, dan-TEE-uhn) MEANING: adjective: 1. Relating to Dante or his writings. 2. Having a hellish quality. ETYMOLOGY: After Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), author of Divine Comedy (1321), an epic poem depicting hell, purgatory, and paradise. Earliest documented use: 1785. _____________________________ DANTE RAN - what the poet did after reading the inscription on the Gates of Hell and abandoning all hope ANTEAN - a beforehander DON'T-EAN - opposite of sycophantic DAN TEAM - QB Marino really was the Dolphins in the late 1980s and 90s 523 307,823 Read More Wordplay and fun CHOU-VIN-IST - a devotée of cabbage wine wofahulicodoc 11/21/2025 2:40 AM CHAUVINIST PRONUNCIATION: (SHO-vuh-nist) MEANING: noun: One who believes in the superiority of one’s country, group, gender, etc. adjective: Believing in or relating to such beliefs. ETYMOLOGY: After Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary French soldier in Napoleon’s army, noted for his fanatical patriotism. The figure of Nicolas Chauvin was popularized in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers. Earliest documented use: 1877. The concept is known as chauvinism. ________________________________ CHAUVI NAST - the cartoonist's maiden aunt ICH-AU-VIN-IST - I exemplify Teutonic egotism bolstered by wine CHAUD IN 1 ST. - warmth on First Street 523 307,823 Read More Wordplay and fun If the shoe fits... wofahulicodoc 11/21/2025 2:30 AM ELISION drop I INSOLE 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun Shortened form A C Bowden 11/19/2025 8:03 PM INCLOSE C > I ELISION or LIAISON A > E ELISION Take your pick! 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun BAMBI, TRY - baby deer needs to expend more effort wofahulicodoc 11/19/2025 3:36 AM BABBITTRY or BABBITRY PRONUNCIATION: (BAB-uh-tree) MEANING: noun: Complacent materialism and smug conformity. ETYMOLOGY: After George Babbitt, who demonstrated middle-class values and attitudes in the novel Babbitt (1922) by Sinclair Lewis. Earliest documented use: 1920. _______________________________________ RABBITRY - hopping, eating greens from the garden, saying "Eh, what's up, Doc?" and such like RABBI TRY - it's the Hebrew teacher's turn BARBITRY - the art of shaping the beard 523 307,823 Read More Wordplay and fun effective communication wofahulicodoc 11/19/2025 3:20 AM SILICON C --> A LIAISON 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun SURROUND LukeJavan8 11/19/2025 3:19 AM I > E INCLOSE 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun Vital element A C Bowden 11/18/2025 10:14 PM COILING G > S SILICON 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun GALLION - major element of Wizarding currency wofahulicodoc 11/18/2025 7:41 PM GALLIO PRONUNCIATION: (GAL-ee-oh) MEANING: noun: One who is indifferent or uncaring. ETYMOLOGY: After Junius Annaeus Gallio Annaeanus, a Roman senator, noted for refusing to intervene in a dispute. Earliest documented use: 1850. Adjective: gallionic. _________________________ GALLIC - major ingredient of aioli, in Boston GALL IOU - an impudent promissory note GAL LOO - bathroom for women, in London 523 307,823 Read More Wordplay and fun getting ready to strike... wofahulicodoc 11/18/2025 7:28 PM LOGICIAN drop A COILING 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun Careful thinker A C Bowden 11/16/2025 9:02 PM INTAGLIO T > C LOGICIAN 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun from the Bureau of Printing and Engraving wofahulicodoc 11/15/2025 4:17 PM SCENARIO E --> I OCARINAS Note to self: No, no, no. Pay attention, dummy. BLOATING B --> I INTAGLIO 987 1,106,069 Read More Wordplay and fun BUNDEN - many German organizations wofahulicodoc 11/14/2025 5:51 PM BOUNDEN PRONUNCIATION: (BOUN-duhn) MEANING: m adjective: Obligatory; binding. ETYMOLOGY: A past participle of bind, from Old English bindan (to bind). Earliest documented use: 1325. ______________________________ BOSUN DEN - where Smee entertains visitors on Captain Hook's ship, the Jolly Roger BO, UNDER - what Ms Derek's name is, in Australia BONN-DEN - the closest Germany gets to Cheers! 523 307,823 Read More Wordplay and fun SUCREED - sweetened with sugar wofahulicodoc 11/13/2025 7:38 PM SCREED PRONUNCIATION: (skreed) MEANING: noun: 1. A long piece of writing or speech, especially one that’s tedious or denunciatory. 2. A long strip of material such as wood, plaster, metal, or paper. 3. A tool (a strip of wood or metal) used to level off freshly poured concrete. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English screade (strip). Earliest documented use: 1350. _________________________ U.S. CREED - "We hold these things to be self-evident: that all men are created equal..." etc U.S.C. REED - the oboist for the Trojans' student orchestra SPREED - shopped for a lot of expensive stuff, without too much thought 523 307,823 Read More Wordplay and fun T.I.D.-INGS - things done three times daily wofahulicodoc 11/13/2025 1:56 AM TIDINGS PRONUNCIATION: (TY-dingz) MEANING: noun: News. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English tidung (announcement, piece of news), from tidan (to happen). Earliest documented use: before 450. _________________________ TI-DINGE - what makes my cravat wrinkled, worn, and faded ID-INGS - figuring out conclusively who is who TI-DING - to resonate with the sound of the seventh note of a diatonic scale 523 307,823 Read More Page 1 of 2 1 2

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