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Active Threads | Active Posts | Unanswered Today | Since Yesterday | This Week Wordplay and fun Take another seat A C Bowden 07/09/25 01:05 AM ARCHIE R > S CHAISE 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun FESTU CINQ - fifth birthday wofahulicodoc 07/09/25 01:03 AM FESTUCINE PRONUNCIATION: (FES-tyuh-syn/seen) MEANING: adjective: Of a pale yellow or straw-like color. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin festuca (stalk, straw). Earliest documented use: 1646. _______________________________ FEST-AU-CINÉ - when they take movies at the party FeS-LUCINE - a nutritional supplement containing insoluble iron sufide and an amino acid FESTUCIDE - the elimination of all festu 414 200,329 Read More Wordplay and fun FULGOUS - radiant wofahulicodoc 07/08/25 07:26 PM FULVOUS PRONUNCIATION: (FUHL-vuhs) MEANING: adjective: Tawny; brownish-yellow or orange. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fulvus, from flavus (yellow). Earliest documented use: 1664. ________________________________ FULOVOUS - egocentric FOUL, VOUS! - the French referee just gave him a red card FUELVOUS - soaked in kerosene 414 200,329 Read More Wordplay and fun ...and Betty and Veronica, and Jughead, too wofahulicodoc 07/08/25 07:17 PM CHAIR add an E ARCHIE 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun Nil desperandum A C Bowden 07/08/25 04:48 PM If life makes you feel you can't win, Just pour a large brandy or gin And quaff it with verve – You'll recover your nerve, And you won't contemplate giving in. ORBIT – ORGANIZE 778 2,981,247 Read More Wordplay and fun Take a seat A C Bowden 07/07/25 01:18 PM AURIC U > H CHAIR 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun MEANISM - 1)striving to be unfair, and enjoying it wofahulicodoc 07/07/25 01:34 AM MELANISM PRONUNCIATION: (MEL-uh-niz-uhm)  MEANING: noun: An inherited overproduction of melanin leading to unusually dark coloration. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek melano- (black). Earliest documented use: 1842. ________________________________ MEANISM - 2) espousing "the 'middle' is the sum of all the amounts, divided by the number of samples" - i.e. enhancing the effect of extreme outliers MEANISM - 3) having an exaggerated tendency to explain everything MELONISM - worship of Cantaoupe and Honeydew and Casaba; an offshoot of the cult of the Flying Spaghetti Monster 414 200,329 Read More Wordplay and fun UTEROPAROUS - mammalian wofahulicodoc 07/07/25 01:30 AM ITEROPAROUS PRONUNCIATION: (IT-uh-ro-PAR-uhs) MEANING: adjective: Reproducing multiple times in one’s lifetime. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin iterum (again) + -parous (producing). Earliest documented use: 1954. _____________________ ITEROPARLOUS - saying the same thing over and over and over again INTEROPAROUS - describing the time between productions at La Scala or the Met AITEROPAROUS - hatching on an island (some turtles reproduce this way) 414 200,329 Read More Wordplay and fun AGNOPOLOGY - telling the lambs you're sorry wofahulicodoc 07/07/25 01:00 AM AGNOIOLOGY PRONUNCIATION: (ag-noi-OL-uh-jee)  MEANING: noun: The study of ignorance or the investigation of the unknowable. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek a- (not) + gnosis (knowledge). Earliest documented use: 1854. ______________________________ AGNOSIOLOGY - The study of neurologic deficits pertaining to the loss of ability to interpret sensory input. (An example would be not recognizing a banana by sight, while the capacity to do so by feel or scent or taste is preserved.) ANNOIOLOGY - knowing all the right buttons to push AgNIO: LOGY - How should you expect to feel after taking Silver Nitro-Iodo-Oxide? 414 200,329 Read More Wordplay and fun POGO NOT 'OME - 'E's not in, come back later wofahulicodoc 07/07/25 12:38 AM POGONOTOMY PRONUNCIATION: (po-guh-NAH-tuh-mee)  MEANING: noun: The cutting of a beard; shaving. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pogon (beard) + -tomy (cutting). Earliest documented use: 1896. _____________________________ VOGONOTOMY – how to take all the interest out of the “Hitchhiker's Guide” POGO? NO, TOMMY! – answer to your kid's question, “Did the opossum in Walt Kelly's old comic strip smoke see-gars?” POGONOTOME – another name for “razor,” which cuts beard hairs into very thin layers 414 200,329 Read More Wordplay and fun MALISTON – Sonny's mother wofahulicodoc 07/07/25 12:34 AM MALISON PRONUNCIATI0N (MAL-uh-zuhn/suhn)  MEANING: noun: A curse. ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-French maleiçun (curse), from Latin maledictio (curse), from maledicere (to curse), from mal- (bad) + dicere (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1300. ____________________________________ MALISON - offspring from one's friend-with-benefits MALISOU - a counterfeit coin from medieval France (which wasn't worth very much even if genuine) MACISON - the location of an Apple computer, as in “The Macison the desk” 414 200,329 Read More Wordplay and fun there's gold in them thar hills! wofahulicodoc 07/06/25 08:39 PM CURIAL drop L AURIC 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun In court A C Bowden 07/05/25 07:04 AM GARLIC G > U CURIAL 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun by the clove wofahulicodoc 07/04/25 06:44 PM GRAIL add C GARLIC 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun Holy LukeJavan8 07/03/25 04:41 PM F > G GRAIL 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun Good style A C Bowden 07/03/25 04:31 AM FLARE E > I FLAIR 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun seen on July 4th LukeJavan8 07/02/25 04:00 PM G > F FLARE 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun I'll have a beer, please wofahulicodoc 07/02/25 01:36 PM RANGE N --> R LAGER 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun "Home, home on the ...... LukeJavan8 07/01/25 04:16 PM -w RANGE 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun Pesky rodent A C Bowden 06/30/25 05:24 AM WRANGLE - L GNAWER 902 889,135 Read More Wordplay and fun ERNST - sincere wofahulicodoc 06/28/25 06:39 PM ERST PRONUNCIATION: (uhrst) MEANING: adverb: Formerly: in the past. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English ǣrest (first), superlative of ǣr (early). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ayer- (day, morning), which also gave us early and ere. Earliest documented use: before 1150. The word is more commonly found in the adjective form erstwhile. _______________________________ ERAST - rubbed out ERSAT - one fake (several would be "ersatz") 'EREST - what G-d do on the seventh day 414 200,329 Read More Wordplay and fun OLEAL - fatty wofahulicodoc 06/28/25 06:30 PM LEAL PRONUNCIATION: (leel) MEANING: adjective: Loyal; honest; true. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French leel, from Latin legalis (legal), from lex (law). Earliest documented use: 1300. __________________________ ALEAL - alternate forms of the same gene leading to different external manifestations of a trait LEIAL - like the Princess of Alderaan (Surprise! Not of Naboo!) LEIAL - 2) like a floral necklace 414 200,329 Read More Wordplay and fun KERI - operatic Soprano from New Zealand wofahulicodoc 06/28/25 06:19 PM KERF PRONUNCIATION: (kuhrf) MEANING: noun:nn1. A cut, notch, slit, etc. made by a cutting tool. 2. The width of such a cut. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English cyrf (a cutting). Earliest documented use: before 1150. _________________________________ PERF - short for perforations, where Toilet Paper tears. Or doesn't. SKERF - a head covering worn by the orthographically challenged SERF - where a seashore-dwelling feudal peasant plays in the waves 414 200,329 Read More Wordplay and fun OIK - Three Stooges word meaning "Gotcha!" wofahulicodoc 06/28/25 06:01 PM OIK PRONUNCIATION: (oik) MEANING: noun: A person perceived as uncouth, unpleasant, and of lower social standing. ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1917. Also see chav and yob. _______________________ WOIK - Brooklynese for "Services performed to earn money" ONIK - a singular semi-precious stone, black with white stripes, traditionally the birthstone for July OK,IK - shorthand for "We're both doin' all right" 414 200,329 Read More Wordplay and fun VIL'N - a high-pitched stringed instrument wofahulicodoc 06/28/25 05:43 PM VULN PRONUNCIATION: (vuhln) MEANING: noun: Vulnerability: susceptibility to attack, injury, or temptation. verb tr.: To wound. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vulnerare (to wound), from vulnus (wound). Earliest documented use: verb: 1583, noun: unknown. ______________________________ VILN - a city in Lithuania V-ULNA - an uncommon deformity of the funnybone, in the lower arm AVULN - home of King Arthur and the Nuts of the Round Table 414 200,329 Read More Page 1 of 2 1 2 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,007 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 636 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 14 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,967 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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