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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: centre of gravitas tsuwm #183920 03/25/09 11:45 PM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 107 USA, North Carolina P PastorVon member PastorVon member P Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 107 USA, North Carolina Originally Posted By: tsuwm mathematicaster = adder who can't sum (my others were even worse) Might it be an adder that cannot fish; or an adder that will not strike? But, then you have another portmanteau -- is that right? Can a portmanteau be a word with two utterly different meanings? Last edited by PastorVon; 03/25/09 11:46 PM. Reason: word left out Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: centre of gravitas PastorVon #183924 03/26/09 02:47 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Might it be an adder that cannot fish; or an adder that will not strike? but those wouldn't qualify, now would they. (15-letter def'ns for 15-letter words) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,884 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 218 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 29 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,891 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,945 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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