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Active Threads | Active Posts | Unanswered Today | Since Yesterday | This Week 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 650 407,951 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 650 407,951 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 650 407,951 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 650 407,951 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 650 407,951 Read More Wordplay and fun What a noise! A C Bowden 05/04/2026 4:25 PM CLARET L > K RACKET 40 4,070 Read More Wordplay and fun Sure, I'll have a glass. Join me? wofahulicodoc 05/02/2026 2:25 AM CENTRAL drop N CLARET 40 4,070 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 811 3,310,504 Read More Wordplay and fun Right in the middle A C Bowden 04/29/2026 8:36 PM LANTERN N > C CENTRAL 40 4,070 Read More Wordplay and fun Fiat Lux wofahulicodoc 04/28/2026 1:04 AM REMNANT M --> L LANTERN 40 4,070 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 650 407,951 Read More Wordplay and fun VERBUROUS - overloaded with action words wofahulicodoc 04/27/2026 12:36 AM VERDUROUS PRONUNCIATION: (VUHR-juh-ruhs) MEANING: adjective: Abounding in green vegetation; verdant. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French verd (green), from Latin viridis (green). Earliest documented use: 1604. ________________________________________ VERDIROUS - extravagantly dramatic and showy, with lavish orchestration OVER-DUROUS - simply too hard VERTUROUS - only the finest-quality art of any form 650 407,951 Read More Wordplay and fun ADAMANT ONE - stubborn, resistant to any suggestion of change wofahulicodoc 04/27/2026 12:01 AM ADAMANTINE PRONUNCIATION: (ad-uh-MAN-teen/tin) MEANING: adjective: 1. Unyielding; inflexibly firm. 2. Resembling adamant or diamond in hardness or luster. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin adamant (hard metal, steel, diamond, etc.), from Greek adamas (adamant), from a- (not) + daman (to conquer). Earliest documented use: around 1225. __________________________________ MADAM ANTINE - owner of Antine's Escort Services, LLC ADAMANT MINE - where very hard minerals are extracted A DAMN TINE - I've been impaled on one of the points of a pitchfork 650 407,951 Read More Wordplay and fun VI AND X - sixteen wofahulicodoc 04/26/2026 11:50 PM VIAND PRONUNCIATION: (VY-uhnd) MEANING: noun: 1. An item of food, especially a tasty dish. 2. (In plural) Provisions. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French viande, ultimately from Latin vivere (to live). Earliest documented use: 1400. ______________________________ EVIAND - rinsed with bottled water IAND - with THOU, title of a book by Martin Buber about making Kilodollars VAND - a stick with magical properties in the lower east side of New York City 650 407,951 Read More Wordplay and fun ISWOUND - Parameter giving the status of the variable ISCLOCK" wofahulicodoc 04/26/2026 11:38 PM SWOUND PRONUNCIATION: (swound or swoond) MEANING: noun: A swoon; a fainting fit. verb intr.: To swoon; to faint. ETYMOLOGY: An alteration of Middle English swoun(e), from swounen (to swoon). Earliest documented use: 1440. __________________________________ SW HOUND - when you have a dog every 45º it's the one in the lower left-hand corner SHOUND - the waters between Long Isand and Connecticut, when drunk TWO UND - the successor to the successor of a number, in Hochschule 650 407,951 Read More Wordplay and fun SWAZE - what a flagpole does in the wind wofahulicodoc 04/26/2026 11:07 PM SWALE PRONUNCIATION: (swayl) MEANING: noun: A low tract of land, especially one that is moist or marshy; also, a shallow channel or depression. ETYMOLOGY: Origin uncertain. Earliest documented use: 1584. _________________________ S'KWALE - what you go hunting for with retriever dogs, (along with pheasant) U.S. WALE - an Ahab-class cruiser, now obsolete SW AXLE - what the southwest wheels turn on 650 407,951 Read More Wordplay and fun Sound advice A C Bowden 04/26/2026 3:06 PM DRAINPIPE – DREAM A patient claimed "I had a dream Where my drainpipe emitted red steam". The psychiatrist said: "Just go back to bed, And if it recurs, give a scream". ROBED – ROLLING 811 3,310,504 Read More Wordplay and fun Keeping his cool A C Bowden 04/22/2026 2:40 PM When faced with a salvo of jeers, Of partisan catcalls and sneers, A sagacious PM Will reply, with great phlegm: "Well, nobody's perfect, my dears". DRAINPIPE – DREAM 811 3,310,504 Read More Wordplay and fun Left over A C Bowden 04/19/2026 11:38 PM ORNAMENT - O REMNANT 40 4,070 Read More Wordplay and fun FURBALL - OW! - That little kitten sctatched me! wofahulicodoc 04/17/2026 6:37 PM FURBELOW PRONUNCIATION: FUHR-buh-loh MEANING: noun: 1. A strip of fabric, tightly gathered or pleated, applied to an object such as a skirt, scarf, hat, or bedding. 2. Something showy or superfluous. ETYMOLOGY: Probably an alteration of French falbala, from Italian falda (fold, flap, pleat), perhaps via a diminutive form. Earliest documented use: 1680. ______________________ FUR BELLOW - the shout of an angry PETA member FAR BELOW - bathyscaphe territory FUN BELOW - [Censored. This is a family column.] 650 407,951 Read More Wordplay and fun JODU, ND - martial art for the dyslexic in North Dakota wofahulicodoc 04/17/2026 6:10 PM JOCUND PRONUNCIATION: (JAH/JOH-kuhnd) MEANING: adjective: Cheerful; lively. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin jocundus, from jucundus (pleasant), from juvare (to help, please, or delight). Earliest documented use: 1380. __________________________ JO BUND - unnamed fungible German citizen, equivalent to "John Doe" in English JOB UND - any form of employment at the University of North Dakota JO CURD - what Jo cheese is made from 650 407,951 Read More Wordplay and fun How lovely ! wofahulicodoc 04/17/2026 5:38 PM MONETARY Y --> N ORNAMENT 40 4,070 Read More Wordplay and fun Cash value A C Bowden 04/17/2026 2:55 PM MONTREAL L > Y MONETARY 40 4,070 Read More Wordplay and fun PRE-GORIC - before viscera wofahulicodoc 04/16/2026 12:57 AM PAREGORIC PRONUNCIATION: (par-uh-GOR-ik) MEANING: noun: Something that soothes. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin paregoricus (soothing), from Greek paregorikos (soothing), from paregorein (to speak soothingly to), from para- (beside) + agoreuein (to speak in public), from agora (assembly, marketplace). Earliest documented use: 1671. _________________________ PAREMORIC - having the role of a lover PA-RIGORIC - strict the way my Daddy was PAREGONIC - like a shining example of a closed straight-sided plane figure 650 407,951 Read More Wordplay and fun I think I'll go to Canada instead wofahulicodoc 04/14/2026 2:54 PM METROLAND omit D MONTREAL 40 4,070 Read More Page 1 of 2 1 2 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,429 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 24 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,244 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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