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WERENESS - turning into an animal in a full moon wofahulicodoc 03/28/25 02:31 PM
WHERENESS

PRONUNCIATION: (HWAIR-nis)

MEANING: noun: The condition or essence of being situated or existing in a specific place or location.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English hwǣr. Earliest documented use: 1674.
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WHERELESS - not a citizen of any country

WERENESS - having a past life

WHEZENESS - asthma
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Magazine or finger-sticker? wofahulicodoc 03/27/25 07:12 PM
ENLACE

E --> T

LANCET
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Re: Is there a word for it? A C Bowden 03/19/25 12:21 AM
Esprit de l'escalier.
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Spitting/splitting image A C Bowden 03/17/25 12:31 AM
I had thought that 'splitting' was the earlier form, in the sense of something splitting into two identical copies. This was the form my parents used, long before the satirical British TV show Spitting Image, which I thought was an altered spelling. It seems, however, that 'spitting image' is older than 'splitting image', and comes from an even earlier form 'spit and image'. Maybe 'splitting image' was influenced by the idea of a 'split image' in a camera.

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Talks were frank... A C Bowden 03/11/25 05:58 PM
Sir Keir Starmer
Said "The Ukrainians need more armour".
"To hell with them", Trump declared.
Macron replied "Vous êtes plein de merde!"
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