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#210946 - 05/15/13 01:01 PM Lo! Wednesday looms apparent [Re: jenny jenny]
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petrify
PRONUNCIATION:(PE-tri-fy)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
1. To turn into stone.
2. To harden or deaden.
3. To stun or paralyze with fear.
verb intr.:
To become stony or callous.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin petra (rock), from Greek petra (cliff, rock). Ultimately from the Indo-European root per- (to lead, pass over), which also gave us support, comport, petroleum, sport, passport, petrichor (the pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain), colporteur (a peddler of religious books), Swedish fartlek (a training technique), Norwegian fjord (bay), and Sanskrit parvat (mountain). Earliest documented use: 1425.
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petri-FYI (see ETYMOLOGY above)
#210951 - 05/15/13 04:10 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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Land of the Flat Water
----please, draw me a sheep----
#210952 - 05/15/13 04:14 PM Joined: Aug 2001
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PESTRIFY - to bring ants and termites, rats and mice, and other annoyances, into a hitherto pristine neighborhood. Cf. "gentrify"
#210955 - 05/15/13 04:45 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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Land of the Flat Water
----please, draw me a sheep----
#210978 - 05/16/13 11:29 PM Joined: Jun 2010
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PRONUNCIATION:(im-PYOOT)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To attribute, ascribe, or credit, often unfairly.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French imputer, from Latin imputare, from in- (in) + putare (to assess, reckon). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pau- (to cut, stroke, or stamp), which is also the source of amputate, compute, dispute, count, pavid, puerile, and catchpole. Earliest documented use: 1480.
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IMPUTER - a smartass computer that thinks that it invented itself.
#210981 - 05/17/13 03:20 AM Joined: Aug 2001
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IMCUTE - a cheap imitation fuzzy Nerml doll (see Garfield comic strip)
#210982 - 05/17/13 03:26 AM Joined: May 2010
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#210983 - 05/17/13 03:56 AM Joined: Jun 2010
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IMPUT - see imput.
see largely as an imp, nee Obama
#210984 - 05/17/13 08:43 AM Joined: Jun 2006
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#210995 - 05/17/13 04:10 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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Like Al Gore? Didn't he invent the Internet?
JIMPUTER - if Capt. Kirk could run the thing without Spock.
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----please, draw me a sheep----
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