Re: SUPERINCUMBENT
A C Bowden
03/23/2026 10:48 PM
SUPPERINCUMBENT - dining in the ancient Roman manner
SUPERINCOME BET - a successful wager at long odds
SUPERINCOMPETENT - the lowest grade awarded by schools inspectors
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
SUPERB INCUMBENT - We elected a winner!
wofahulicodoc
03/23/2026 1:45 AM
SUPERINCUMBENT
PRONUNCIATION: (soo-puhr-in-KUHM-buhnt)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Lying or resting on something else.
2. Weighty; oppressive.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, present participle of superincumbere (to lie on top of), from super- (above) + incumbere (to lie or lean upon), from in- (in) + cumbere (to lie down). Earliest documented use: 1659.
________________________
SUPER, INC. UNBENT - the company that supplies for-hire building managers has relented
SUP, ERIN, CUM BEN - Ben and Erin have dinner date in Rome
SUPER-INCUBENT - totally involved in a tesseract
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
LABOR IS THINE - encouraging Natural Childbirth
wofahulicodoc
03/19/2026 11:15 PM
LABYRINTHINE
PRONUNCIATION: (lab-uh-RIN-thin/theen/thyn)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to a labyrinth or maze.
2. Intricate, convoluted, or confusing.
3. Relating to the inner ear.
ETYMOLOGY: From labyrinth, a maze built by Daedalus. Earliest documented use: 1632.
_________________________
LABYRINTH, INC. - offering the ultimate Escape Room experience
LAZY? RUIN THANE - lack of effort was MacBeth's downfall
LADY IN THE N.E. - Bostonian woman
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
MIA'S MISC. - Sinatra's third wife's had lots of odds and ends
wofahulicodoc
03/19/2026 8:34 PM
MIASMIC
PRONUNCIATION: (my/mee-AZ-mik)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to noxious emissions, such as smoke and vapors.
2. Relating to an oppressive or unpleasant atmosphere.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek miasma (pollution, defilement), from miainein (to pollute). Earliest documented use: 1822.
___________________________
MIAMIC - pertaining to Florida's second largest city by population
MIDAS' MIC - a golden microphone. (The King never understood why it didn't make him sound any louder!)
"MIO" AS MI - "O Sole Mio" played in the key of A (la, in Solfeggio)
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
REDUCENT - diminishing
wofahulicodoc
03/18/2026 2:39 AM
RELUCENT
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-LOO-suhnt)
MEANING: adjective
1. Shining or reflecting light.
2. Radiant; luminous.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin re- (back) + lucere (to shine). Earliest documented use: 1487.
_______________________
RELUCTENT - an unnwilling outdoor shelter
ELUCENT - clarifying, figuratively or literally
RELUENT - having a relapse of syphilis
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
Realpolitik
A C Bowden
03/17/2026 3:41 AM
Nicolas Maduro
Fell foul of Trump's anti-narcotics bureau.
But when Venezuelans cried "Freedom!"
Trump refused to heed 'em.
85
203,786
Read More
|
|
SATURIENT - filled to capacity
wofahulicodoc
03/16/2026 10:18 PM
SCATURIENT
PRONUNCIATION: (skuh-TOOR/TYOOR-ee-uhnt)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Overflowing.
2. Overly demonstrative; effusive.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin scaturire (to gush out), from scatere (to bubble up). Earliest documented use: 1684.
________________________
SCATORIENT - run helter-skelter toward the East
STATURIENT - basking in acknowledgement of one's size and demeanor
CATHURIENT - requiring a tube in the bladder to be able to void
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
BAN TAM! - forbid Scottish hats with tight brim and flat top
wofahulicodoc
03/14/2026 3:54 AM
BANTAM
PRONUNCIATION: (BAN-tuhm)
MEANING: noun: 1. Any of various breeds of small chickens, often miniature versions of larger breeds.
2. A small but aggressive person.
adj.: 1. Diminutive; miniature.
2. Aggressive; spirited.
ETYMOLOGY: After Bantam, the former English name of Banten in Java, Indonesia, a port associated in English etymology with the importation of small fowl. Earliest documented use: 1749.
______________________
BANTAM - source (by anagramming) for BATMAN, who took the name when he was still young, small, cocksure, and feisty
BONTAM - in French-speaking Caribbean, the advertising motto of vacation resorts, an Anglicization of Bon Temps, meant to convey "Have a good time!"
BART-AM - morning rush-hour mass transit in metropolitan San Francisco
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
GASCON ADDER - poisonous snake found in Toulouse
wofahulicodoc
03/14/2026 3:32 AM
GASCONADER
PRONUNCIATION: (gas-kuh-NAY-duhr)
MEANING: noun: A braggart.
ETYMOLOGY: After Gascon, a native of the Gascony region in France, from the stereotype of Gascons as boasters. Earliest documented use: c. 1709.
_______________________
GARÇONADER - a singing waiter in Bordeaux
GAS CO. NADER - the consumer watchdog who targets liquid fuel providers
GASH ON A DEER - big cat failed to bring down its prey, but it got close
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
LAODICEANISM
A C Bowden
03/13/2026 3:37 AM
LAOTIANISM - a school of Oriental philosophy
LAYDEACONISM - a feature of some nonconformist sects
LOWDICTIONISM - the literary use of vernacular speech
LUDICRANISM - theatre of the absurd
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
ARCADIA
A C Bowden
03/13/2026 3:24 AM
ARCADIANA - pastoral odes, eclogues etc
ARCADIAN I - Strephon in Iolanthe ("A shepherd I...")
ARICADIA - mass-produced souvenirs sold in Arica, Chile
BARRICADIA - Classics students' facetious plural of 'barricade'
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
BABYLONIAN
A C Bowden
03/13/2026 2:48 AM
BABYLONIUM - an ancient building material used in the construction of the Tower of Babel
BATHYIONIAN - Greek diver
BARYTONIAN - like the sound of the baryton in Haydn's trios
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
LAND, ICE - AN ISM - the philosophy of glaciers
wofahulicodoc
03/11/2026 8:20 PM
LAODICEANISM
PRONUNCIATION: (lay-ah-DIS-ee-uh-niz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: Indifference or lukewarmness, especially in matters of
religion or politics.
ETYMOLOGY: After Laodicea, a city in Asia Minor (now near Denizli, Turkey),
whose Christians are rebuked in Revelation for being “lukewarm” (Rev. 3:15-16).
Earliest documented use: 1774.
_____________________________________
LAO DICE AGISM - you can't shoot craps here in Vientiane, old man
LAO OCEANISM - even among the Hmong a contradiction in terms,
Laos being the only land-locked country in Southeast Asia
MAO, DI, CLEAN IBM - former Chinese and UK influencers to restructure U.S. computer manufacturer
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
BABY IONIAN - an infant Old Greek
wofahulicodoc
03/11/2026 7:53 PM
BABYLONIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (bab-uh-LOH-nee-uhn)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
2. Splendidly luxurious.
3. Decadent or corrupt.
ETYMOLOGY: After Babylon, an ancient Mesopotamian city in what is now Iraq, famed for opulence and grandeur. Babylon was the capital of Babylonia and is associated in classical accounts with the Hanging Gardens, though their historicity remains uncertain. Earliest documented use: 1534.
__________________________
BABELONIAN - someone whose language is unintelligible to anyone else
BANYLONIAN - like a heavy synthetic cloth made of Banlon and Nylon, made into a large French suitcase
BABYLON: "I CAN!" - Headline in response to "You can't just impose laws like that, or hang gardens from the air!"
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
ABRCADIA - the land of Magic and Spells
wofahulicodoc
03/11/2026 5:40 PM
ARCADIA
PRONUNCIATION: (ahr-KAY-dee-uh)
MEANING: noun: A region that is idyllic, pastoral: simple, peaceful.
ETYMOLOGY: After Arcadia, a region of ancient Greece whose residents were believed to have led quiet, unsophisticated lives of peace and happiness. Earliest documented use: 1847.
____________________________
BARCADIA - the land where everything is marked with a UPC code (see also ARCODIA)
ARC ASIA - the angle whose sine is Asia
ORCADIA - the homeland of warrior monsters
618
377,598
Read More
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,916
Posts230,385
Members9,211
| |
Most Online7,006
Mar 7th, 2026
|
|
|
|