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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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