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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 8 of 100 1 2 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 99 100 Go to page... Re: Anu's silent letter trick [Re: jenny jenny] #209588 02/16/13 05:51 AM 02/16/13 05:51 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran jenny jenny   OP veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg wraith PRONUNCIATION: (rayth) MEANING: noun: 1. A ghost. 2. An apparition of a person supposed to appear just before that person's death. 3. An insubstantial copy of something: shadow. ETYMOLOGY: From Scottish. Earliest documented use: 1513. _______________________________________________________ Remove R WAITH : a patient ghost. Re: Anu's silent letter trick [Re: jenny jenny] #209594 02/16/13 10:22 PM 02/16/13 10:22 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK PRAITH - commendatiion from someone with a lisp. I'm immortal until proven otherwise Re: Anu's silent letter trick [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #209598 02/17/13 12:50 AM 02/17/13 12:50 AM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,157 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,157 Land of the Flat Water Nary a BRAITHleft in him,so we must bury him. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: Anu's silent letter trick [Re: LukeJavan8] #209599 02/17/13 02:10 AM 02/17/13 02:10 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 Worcester, MA WRADITH - a small, round, sharp-tasting garden root vegetable, about an inch in diameter, red on the outside and white in the thenter. Flipping Anu's word of the day [Re: wofahulicodoc] #209613 02/18/13 06:21 PM 02/18/13 06:21 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran jenny jenny   OP veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Anu's Word: spoonerism PRONUNCIATION: (SPOO-nuh-riz-em) MEANING: noun: The transposition of (usually) the initial sounds of words producing a humorous result. For example: "It is now kisstomary to cuss the bride." (Spooner while officiating at a wedding) "Is the bean dizzy?" (Spooner questioning the secretary of his dean) ETYMOLOGY: After William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), clergyman and educator, who was prone to this. Earliest documented use: 1900. _____________________________________________________________ change N to K SPOOKERISM: When a spooner-prone spook says "phoo" instead of "boo" and then wonders why no one is afraid. Re: Flipping Anu's word of the day [Re: jenny jenny] #209614 02/18/13 06:41 PM 02/18/13 06:41 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,157 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,157 Land of the Flat Water SLOOTHERISM: The work of Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 02/18/13 06:41 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: Flipping Anu's word of the day [Re: LukeJavan8] #209615 02/18/13 07:37 PM 02/18/13 07:37 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK SCHOONERISM - the tendency of some peopke to drink their sherry in overlarge glasses. I'm immortal until proven otherwise Suiting the action to the word... [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #209617 02/18/13 08:24 PM 02/18/13 08:24 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 Worcester, MA ...how could we pass up SPOONERISM --> SNOOPERISM - surveillance gone wild ! State of Mind [Re: wofahulicodoc] #209625 02/19/13 08:27 AM 02/19/13 08:27 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska SOONERISM: Belief in the existence of Oklahoma Re: State of Mind [Re: Tromboniator] #209633 02/19/13 03:25 PM 02/19/13 03:25 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran jenny jenny   OP veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg malapropism PRONUNCIATION:(MAL-uh-prop-iz-ehm) MEANING: noun: The humorous misuse of a word by confusing it with a similar-sounding word. For example, "pineapple of perfection" for "pinnacle of perfection". ETYMOLOGY: After Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Richard Sheridan's play, The Rivals (1775), who confused words in this manner. Earliest documented use: 1830. _________________________________________________ R > T MALAPTOPISM: a laptop manufactured by International Sewing Machine that belongs to your Ma. Page 8 of 100 1 2 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 99 100 Go to page... 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. 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