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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #134096 - 10/14/04 12:37 PM obstreperous   Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 jheem veteran jheem   veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California obstreperous :- "1. Noisily and stubbornly defiant. 2. Aggressively boisterous." AHD "Obstreperous best describes those people who, filled with the distending wind of discord, blow out all manner of ill-sounding and evil-meaning blather, nattering on in their cups, before falling unconcious into their cous-cous with rancid butter. The word is from the Ancient Ligurian and means in its various parts: obs 'the goddess of good and plenty' + trepe 'a thin kind of linguini, larger than spaghetti, but smaller than tagliarini' + erous 'dwarfish, macropygous god of lust and blind desires'." Melanceph Physce, Scraps from the Divine Feast. #134097 - 10/14/04 12:38 PM Re: obspastarous   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont crazy etymology! linguini? formerly known as etaoin... #134098 - 10/14/04 12:49 PM Re: obspastarous   Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 jheem veteran jheem   veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California linguini Do you not know van Schlijkokk's theory of the linguini-shaped universe? Vibrating strands of pasta asciutta are at the heart of our reality (realty?). #134099 - 10/14/04 12:49 PM Re: pastiche   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York All I can say is I'm glad I don't have a mouth full of coffee right now, Linguini Boy! #134100 - 10/14/04 12:53 PM Re: carbonara...   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont are you stringing me along? formerly known as etaoin... #134101 - 10/14/04 01:02 PM Re: obspastarous   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass this is the latest in string-theory. #134102 - 10/14/04 01:07 PM Re: carbonara...   Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 jheem veteran jheem   veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Don't get me started with super-, hyper-, and superduper-linguini theory ... #134103 - 10/14/04 09:04 PM Re: carbonara...   Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Enough olive oil, enough appetite...I'll show you some hyperlinguini, and it ain't theoretical. #134104 - 10/14/04 09:16 PM Re: carbonara...   Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 jheem veteran jheem   veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California I'll show you some hyperlinguini, and it ain't theoretical I hear ya, dewd. What they callpasta in this country is a cryin shame: "egg noodles with ketchup." My dear ole grandma used eat her linguini with olive oil, a little pepper, and some raw crushed garlic. Yum. Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,877 Posts223,588 Members9,003 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members bpatterson0032, Aladitya_khan, JdawgGaming, Hiteshi, JaneJane 9003 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 50 guests, and 1 spider. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 45 LukeJavan8 33 A C Bowden 21 endymion6 2 bpatterson0032 1 fraidknot 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 8,880 wofahulicodoc 7,318 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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