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Page 6 of 126 < 1 2 ... 4 5 6 7 8 ... 125 126 > Go to page... Topic Options #189350 - 02/17/10 07:26 AM Re: Sparteye's game [Re: Jackie] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Darn! I think I meant this dern: dern[fr. Fris. dern, hidden, secret, obscure] now chiefly dialect 1) hidden, secret; crafty, underhanded 2) drear, dark, somber, dire 3) UK : earnest, determined But an SF approach is just as well. Top #189363 - 02/17/10 06:06 PM Re: Sparteye's game [Re: BranShea] Coffeebean old hand Registered: 02/11/03 Posts: 725 Loc: Oregon, USA From his mountain dern, all alone, the hermit tried to dial his phone; alas! he had AT&T! Edited by Coffeebean (02/17/10 06:07 PM) Top #189367 - 02/17/10 09:55 PM Re: Sparteye's game [Re: BranShea] Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky 1) hidden, secret; crafty, underhanded Ok, so the phone was behind a secret panel! Top #189371 - 02/18/10 07:44 AM Re: Sparteye's game [Re: Jackie] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague The secret panel has vanished. Please don't kill the killdeer, we have lost the resurrection kit. INHERIT - ICE CUBES Top #189383 - 02/18/10 04:19 PM Re: Sparteye's game [Re: BranShea] Coffeebean old hand Registered: 02/11/03 Posts: 725 Loc: Oregon, USA Her grandfather twirled the ice cubes in his glass and growled, "If you expect to inherit anything from me, young lady, you'll finish school and get a job!" TRILOBITE -- TRIPE Top #189392 - 02/18/10 09:33 PM Re: Sparteye's game [Re: Coffeebean] Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky "Trilobite! Trilobite?? I ain't no effen trilobite", said the thawed-out* man. "What a load of tripe--I'm not that old!" *(At first I had frozen man...then I realized he wouldn't be able to speak!) FORWENT--FRACTURE Top #189421 - 02/19/10 07:48 PM Re: Sparteye's game [Re: Jackie] Coffeebean old hand Registered: 02/11/03 Posts: 725 Loc: Oregon, USA It is interesting that we seldom hear the verb "forwent". Sounds stuffy and pretentious, I guess. I will use "forego" in a sentence, and when needing to put it into past tense, would choose the structure: "decided to forego". Tom forwent the camping trip due to his fractured thumb. KIDNEY STONE -- KINDLING Top #189433 - 02/20/10 11:47 PM Re: Sparteye's game [Re: Coffeebean] Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky [whisper] Yeah, there wasn't any def. after the word; it just said to see forgo. But it was the headword.[/whisper] Top #189462 - 02/22/10 08:27 PM Re: Sparteye's game [Re: Jackie] beck123 addict Registered: 02/22/10 Posts: 655 Loc: Florida, USA A Frenchman who lived on the Rhone Was beset with a large kidney stone. With a shaft thin as kindling, His forbearance was dwindling, And he decided to pass it alone. MOFETTE - MOLT Edited by beck123 (02/22/10 08:28 PM) _________________________ "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous Top #189464 - 02/22/10 08:52 PM Re: Sparteye's game [Re: beck123] olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 956 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand Ha. Thats great! Top Page 6 of 126 < 1 2 ... 4 5 6 7 8 ... 125 126 > Go to page... Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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. 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