PARISH PUMA - predator been pickin off the cattle
wofahulicodoc
04/02/25 06:58 PM
PARISH PUMPPRONUNCIATION: (par-ish PUHMP) MEANING: noun: A water pump shared by people within a small area. adjective: Of local, often trivial, interest or importance. ETYMOLOGY: From parish (a small area, especially one that has its own church) + pump, of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1840. ________________________________ PARISH PUMP - the Celtics center's characteristic preliminary motion with the ball toward the basket before taking his shot PARISH PIMP - companion of Tom Lehrer's Old Dope PeddlerPARISH PLUMP - the local priest is chubby
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RAT CHAT - casual conversation among lab animals
wofahulicodoc
04/02/25 06:29 PM
RATCHET
PRONUNCIATION: (RACH-it)
MEANING: noun: 1. A mechanism consisting of a toothed wheel or bar engaged by a pawl to allow controlled movement in one direction only. 2. An incremental change, typically in one direction and irreversible. verb tr., intr.: To move or to cause to move in small increments, especially progressively or irreversibly.
ETYMOLOGY: From French rochet (ratchet). Earliest documented use: 1650. _____________________________
PRATCHET - author Terry doesn't have his 4-o'clock snack
BRAT, CHET? - the Hardy Boys offer their friend a treat at the local deli
RANCHET - a diminutive tourist attraction out West, with just a hut and a shed and a couple of ponies
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CHALK WINE - fermented limewater
wofahulicodoc
04/02/25 06:13 PM
CHALK LINE
PRONUNCIATION: (CHAWK lyn)
MEANING: noun: 1. A standard of proper behavior. 2. A line made with chalk or a similar substance.
ETYMOLOGY: From chalk, from Old English cealc, from Latin calx (lime) + line, from Old French ligne (line), from Latin linum (flax). Earliest documented use: 1450. __________________________
CHALK PINE - a kind of fir tree with very pale wood
CHALKALINE - a writing implement that neutralizes the acid in cheap paper
CHALK LANE - a row of boxes, in a big-city sidewalk, devoted to people drawing graffiti and pictures
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Last chance
A C Bowden
04/01/25 03:06 PM
The ninth of a cat's alleged lives Must be nightmarish when it arrives. For its future is brief, And it purrs with relief On each further day it survives.
DEPEND – DEPRESSION
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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. ______________________
WHERELESS - not a citizen of any country
WERENESS - having a past life
WHEZENESS - asthma
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UNIQUIFY - to make different from everything else
wofahulicodoc
03/28/25 02:18 PM
UNIQUITY
PRONUNCIATION: (yoo-NIK-wuh-tee)
MEANING: noun: The quality of being the only one of its kind.
ETYMOLOGY: From French unique, from Latin unus (one). Earliest documented use: 1789. ____________________________
UNEQUITY - when you have to pay someone to buy your house from you
UNQUITY - not likely to give up and stop trying
UNITUITY - the essence of one-ness, like the set consisting of the Null-set
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