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Page 27 of 100 < 1 2 ... 25 26 27 28 29 ... 99 100 > Go to page... Topic Options #210670 - 04/29/13 10:11 PM Monday's Word [Re: wofahulicodoc] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6794 Loc: Worcester, MA MOJO PRONUNCIATION: (MO-jo) MEANING: noun: Magical power; charm. ETYMOLOGY: Apparently of W. African origin, akin to Gullah moco (witchcraft), Fula moco'o (medicine man). Fula is a language of West Africa. Earliest documented use: 1926. MOJA - a Woman of Power MOFO - (not even with a ten-foot pole, thanks) MOXO - singular of Moxie Top #210680 - 04/30/13 10:06 AM Re: Monday's Word [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J -> O MOOO - a happy or disgruntled cow Top #210682 - 04/30/13 11:53 AM Re: Monday's Word [Re: jenny jenny] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8436 Loc: Land of the Flat Water HoJo remember Howard Johnson's? _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #210684 - 04/30/13 01:58 PM Re: Monday's Word [Re: wofahulicodoc] A C Bowden old hand Registered: 10/22/10 Posts: 751 Loc: London, UK MOJITO – powerful tipple MOJONES – the result of drinking Mojito Top #210690 - 05/01/13 12:12 AM Tuesday's Word a day late and a letter short [Re: A C Bowden] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi boondocks PRONUNCIATION: BOON-doks) MEANING: noun: Rough country; backwoods. ETYMOLOGY: From Tagalog bundok (mountain). Earliest documented use: 1944. ______________________________________ minus K BOONDOCS - country docs who still make housecalls Top #210700 - 05/01/13 04:50 PM Re: Tuesday's Word a day late and a letter short [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6794 Loc: Worcester, MA BOONDOCS! I love it! LOONDOCKS - I wondered why my boat was covered with guano after I left it tied up overnight BOONDUCKS - that lay golden eggs BOOBDOCKS - no, not plastic surgeons, just brassieres BLONDOCKS - my beast of burden has yellow hair! BOONDECKS - stacked at the Casino to lure in the suckers (or to pay off the Contractors?) Top #210703 - 05/01/13 05:06 PM - - - -interbreeding. [Re: wofahulicodoc] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8436 Loc: Land of the Flat Water loonduck naughty birdies, hybrid _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #210704 - 05/01/13 05:07 PM Re: - - - -interbreeding. [Re: LukeJavan8] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8436 Loc: Land of the Flat Water gom guano on wofa's boat _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #210708 - 05/01/13 10:12 PM ...which came from... [Re: LukeJavan8] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6794 Loc: Worcester, MA gam PRONUNCIATION: (gam) MEANING: noun: 1. A leg, especially a woman's attractive leg. noun: 2. A school of whales. 3. A social visit, especially between whalers or ship crews. verb tr., intr.: 4. To hold such a visit; to spend time talking. XAM = a puzzling test, sometimes solved with "ees." (regarding definition 2 - I thought if was called a "pod" of whales. Oh well. I suppose there's no rule that there can't be two words with the same meaning.) Top #210710 - 05/02/13 12:07 AM One does what one can... [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi add A agam eg-am - future tense active of the word "again". Top Page 27 of 100 < 1 2 ... 25 26 27 28 29 ... 99 100 > 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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