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Page 92 of 100 < 1 2 ... 90 91 92 93 94 ... 99 100 > Go to page... Topic Options #214306 - 02/26/14 12:24 PM ...provided there's one at hand [Re: wofahulicodoc] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6786 Loc: Worcester, MA HANDSEL or HANSEL PRONUNCIATION: (HAN-sel) MEANING: noun: 1. A gift for good luck given at the beginning of the new year or a new venture. 2. A first payment or installment. verb tr.: 1. To give a handsel to. 2. To inaugurate or to do something for the first time. ------------------------------- HANDGEL - the slimy stuff in a dispenser that you use to get the germs off your hands (It's gotta be more than 61% alcohol or it doesn't work) .. or HANGEL - a British Cupid Top #214311 - 02/26/14 05:35 PM Re: ...provided there's one at hand [Re: wofahulicodoc] Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska HANDBEL – A digital, prehensile process on the lips of some very greedy catfish. Top #214312 - 02/26/14 08:53 PM Provided theres someone at hand other than a witch [Re: Tromboniator] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi HANDSELF - a term derived from the musical HANSEL AND GRETAL where, lost in the dark forest, a frightened Hansel tries to take his big sister's hand for comfort. Gretal sings... Stop crying Hansel we've nothing to fear but fear itself Button up your lip and keep your hands to yourself. A moving moment. Top #214317 - 02/27/14 09:01 AM Heavy Thursday: mano a mano face to face [Re: jenny jenny] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi mano a mano PRONUNCIATION: (MA-no a MA-no) MEANING: adverb: In direct competition; head-to-head. adjective: One-on-one; face-to-face. noun: 1. A bullfight where two matadors compete in turn, fighting several bulls. 2. A direct or face-to-face confrontation. ETYMOLOGY: From Spanish mano a mano (hand to hand). Earliest documented use: 1950. ======================================================== DANO A MANGO - give Dano a mango (from Hawaii Five O. 1976). Top #214321 - 02/27/14 09:51 AM Re: Heavy Thursday: mano a mano face to face [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6786 Loc: Worcester, MA MANOMANO - a beloved Muppets song (1969 !) MANY A MANO - a big round of applause! Top #214329 - 02/28/14 11:43 AM Balm on Friday: PALMER [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi palmer PRONUNCIATION: (PAH-muhr) MEANING: noun: 1. A pilgrim. 2. An itinerant monk. 3. One who conceals a card or another object in a magic trick or in cheating in a game. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin palma (palm tree, palm of the hand). The name of the palm tree derives from the resemblance of the shape of its frond to the palm of a hand. In Medieval Europe, a pilgrim brought back a palm branch as a token of his pilgrimage. Earliest documented use: 1300. Also see palmy & palmary. ==================++++++++++++============================ PSALMER - a singer who sits beneath palm trees who gives balm and brings calm to the unease of all pilgrams who have ears to listen. Top #214330 - 02/28/14 02:53 PM Re: Balm on Friday: PALMER [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6786 Loc: Worcester, MA PALOMER - a Spanish dove, in Boston PALYMER - friendly plastic PALMEX - mi amigo Top #214364 - 03/03/14 07:42 AM Get up! Now is Monday. Go and GALLIVANT. [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi gallivant or galavant PRONUNCIATION: (GAL-uh-vant) MEANING: verb intr.: To roam about in search of pleasure. ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps alteration of gallant, from Old French galer (to rejoice). Earliest documented use: 1823. =========================================================== GALLIRANT - a wandering rant. (ranting is more fun than gallivanting) . Top #214365 - 03/03/14 09:13 AM Re: Get up! Now is Monday. Go and GALLIVANT. [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6786 Loc: Worcester, MA GALLIVAUNT - pride in heroic French accomplishments (see also Charlemagne) Top #214376 - 03/04/14 12:05 AM Re: Get up! Now is Monday. Go and GALLIVANT. [Re: wofahulicodoc] Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska [b]DALLIVANT[/b – to roam among the singles bars. Top Page 92 of 100 < 1 2 ... 90 91 92 93 94 ... 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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