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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: monger #20005 02/26/01 02:31 AM 02/26/01 02:31 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass bill, the OED has three-hundred and eighteen (318) entries for 'monger', but the best one, by far, (after costermonger) is: wordmonger - one who deals in words, esp. in strange or pedantic words, or in empty words without sense or substance. Orig. contemptuous. -tsuwm (the supremely unipotent word monger) Re: wreaked/wrought #20006 02/28/01 02:01 AM 02/28/01 02:01 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia M Marty enthusiast Marty   enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia This doesn't exactly advance the discussion of the word 'wrought', but I just had to share it with you. I recently came across this name for a local wrought iron business: Ironic Twist Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,883 Posts224,836 Members9,056 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Nikki1221, Veezkneez, LOC, Luna, wordie 9056 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 173 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 50 LukeJavan8 24 A C Bowden 13 Wordsmith 1 LOC 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,158 wofahulicodoc 7,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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