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.
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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!
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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SHIVE - a woman's knife
wofahulicodoc
11/11/2025 8:16 PM
SHRIVE
PRONUNCIATION: (shryv)
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To hear a confession.
2. To impose penance.
3. To free from guilt.
verb intr.: 1. To make a confession.
2. To hear a confession.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English scrift (confession, penance), from scrifan (to shrive: to impose penance). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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[also related to "shroud" and "getting short shrift" and "the whole nine yards" (or is that just Urban Legend?]
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SCRIVE - alt. form of "scribe," to write (see scrivener)
SH! RIVER! - Be quiet! We're getting close to the Potomac!
SHE RIVE - the strong lady is ripping mad
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WRITHEN - archaic form of "wrought"
wofahulicodoc
11/11/2025 8:02 PM
WRITHEN
PRONUNCIATION: (RITH-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: Twisted; coiled; contorted.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English, past participle of writhan (to twist). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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WORI THEN - condensed form of "cross that bridge when we come to it"
WRIT, HON - What's a four-letter crossword entry meaning "written court order," Dear?
WRY, THEN - looking for a synonym of "skewed," other than "twisted"
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ANY WREN - a songbird in the bush
wofahulicodoc
11/08/2025 8:26 PM
ANYWHEN
PRONUNCIATION: (EN-ee-hwen)
MEANING: adverb: At any time.
ETYMOLOGY: From any + when, from Old English ǣnig + hwenne. Earliest documented use: 1834.
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MANYWHEN - Parallel Universe hypotheses
A NEW HEN - After the Little Red Hen ate the bread she had had to bakeall by herself, another fowl took over her role in the barnyard
AND WHEN - often associated with where
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AD NAUSEAM - sick of all this bad advertising
wofahulicodoc
11/07/2025 8:36 PM
AD NAUSEAM
PRONUNCIATION: (ad NAW-zee-uhm)
MEANING: adverb: To an excessive degree.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, from ad- (toward) + from nausea (sea-sickness), from naus (ship). Earliest documented use: 1565.
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BAD NAUSEAM - a really really awful case of seasickness
ADO NAUSEAM - all this fuss is giving me a tummy-ache
AD PAUSE A.M. - believe it or not they couldn't find any sponsors for the morning time-slot
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A.B. REST - a gap year after graduating from college
wofahulicodoc
11/07/2025 8:24 PM
ABREAST
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-BREST)
MEANING: adverb:
1. Side by side and facing the same direction.
2. Informed; up-to-date.
ETYMOLOGY: From a- (on, at) + breast, from Old English breost. Earliest documented use: 1450.
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A BEAST - a two-L llama (apologies to Ogden Nash)
LA BREAST - pertaining to the pit with the most tar
AIR EAST - a new airline headquartered in Shanghai
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POSTHASTE - rushing hedlessly
wofahulicodoc
11/07/2025 8:19 PM
POSTHASTE
PRONUNCIATION: (post-hayst)
MEANING: adverb: With great speed.
ETYMOLOGY: From the phrase “haste, post, haste” Earliest documented use: 1545.
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POST TASTE - the gustatory qualities of your breakfast cereal
POST CHAST - after you've lost your virginity
MOST HASTE - makes most waste
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ELSEWITHER - any point on a horse's back except the highest
wofahulicodoc
11/07/2025 8:13 PM
ELSEWHITHER
PRONUNCIATION: (ELS-with-uhr, els-WITH-)
MEANING: adverb: In a different direction.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English elleshwider, from elles (else) + hwider (whither). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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EASEWHITHER - to loosen the cinch on a saddle
ELSE HITHER - if yer not pleased by what's yon
ELSIE, WHITHER? - Where'ya goin', Elsie?
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Happy Halloween :-)
wofahulicodoc
10/31/2025 5:57 PM
OBLATION
add O
1. BOO-LATION - Season's Greetings !
2. BOOLA-TION - Season's Greetings from New Haven, CT !
or, just rearrange
3. BOO-LATIN - Season's Greetings from Ancient Rome !
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MYOPHILE - admirer of beefcake
wofahulicodoc
10/31/2025 5:38 PM
MYCOPHILE
PRONUNCIATION: (MY-ko-fyl)
MEANING: noun: A mushroom enthusiast.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek myco- (mushroom, fungus) + -phile (lover). Earliest documented use: 1885.
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MYCO-PROLE - a very ordinary and commonplace mushroom
MUCOPHILE - Have Cystic Fibrosis and Proud Of It !
MY COP HOLE - where the local policeman can get a few minutes without being disturbed
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Re: OPSOMANIA
A C Bowden
10/31/2025 2:21 AM
OPTOMANIA - the tendency of restaurants to offer an excessive range of choices
OSSOMANIA - the practice of some serial killers to remove and hoard the bones of their victims
OOPSOMANIA (or WHOOPSOMANIA) - a morbid desire to drop and break things
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Re: PARTOCRACY
A C Bowden
10/31/2025 2:08 AM
PANTOCRACY - everyone makes up their own laws
PARTOGRAPHY - the art of designing party political emblems
CARTOCRACY - colonial rule involving the arbitrary drawing of borders on maps
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ONCOPHAGY - a virus-like particle eating a cancer
wofahulicodoc
10/30/2025 11:41 PM
ONYCHOPHAGY
PRONUNCIATION: (ah-nuh-KAH-fuh-je)
MEANING: noun: The practice of biting one’s nails.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek onycho-, from onyx (nail) + -phagia (eating). Earliest documented use: 1898. Also known as onychophagia.
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O NYC - HO! pH AGO - an apostrophe, greeting New York City's previous acidity
ON CHO, PHAGE - instruction to an eater of carbohydrates
ONLY CHOMP HAGY - a zombie with a very limited taste
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OPTOMANIA - a fascination with eyes
wofahulicodoc
10/29/2025 5:47 PM
OPSOMANIA
PRONUNCIATION: (op-so-MAY-nee-uh)
MEANING: noun: An excessive longing for a particular food.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek opson (delicacies) + - mania (excessive enthusiasm). Earliest documented use: 1857.
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IPSOMANIA - delight in selfness
HOP-TO-MANIA - can't stand not being busy all the time
OSOMANIA - I love all the bears in the Madrid Zoo! And also Papa and Mama and Baby, and Pooh, and Paddington, and Berensteins', and...
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APARTOCRACY - government committed to division rather than unity
wofahulicodoc
10/28/2025 4:52 PM
PARTOCRACY
PRONUNCIATION: (par-TOK-ruh-see)
MEANING: noun: Government or rule by a single political party.
ETYMOLOGY: From party, from Old French partie, from Latin partire (to divide, share) + Greek -cracy (rule). Probably modeled after Russian partokratija. Earliest documented use: 1966.
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PORTOCRACY - a kind of government that can be easily relocated to someplace else
PASTOCRACY - government blindly subservient to historical precedent
BARTOCRACY - government by a mischievous, rebellious, misunderstood, disruptive and "potentially dangerous" perennial 10-year-old
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