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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 13 of 100 1 2 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 99 100 Go to page... Re: Oh no, it's Tuezzaday. [Re: LukeJavan8] #209910 03/05/13 07:30 PM 03/05/13 07:30 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 sprezzatura PRONUNCIATION: (spret-sah-TOOR-uh) MEANING: noun: Doing (or giving the appearance of doing) something effortlessly; effortless grace; nonchalance. ETYMOLOGY: From Italian. Earliest documented use: 1957. _____________________________ one Z to E SPREEZATURA - a peccadillo indulged but with sang-froid Re: Oh no, it's Tuezzaday. [Re: jenny jenny] #209915 03/05/13 11:51 PM 03/05/13 11:51 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 esprezzatura - nonchantly drinkin very stron coffee. I'm immortal until proven otherwise Re: Yea! It [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #209925 03/06/13 06:51 PM 03/06/13 06:51 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 polylemma PRONUNCIATION:(pol-ee-LEM-uh) MEANING: noun: A choice involving multiple undesirable options. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek poly- (many) + dilemma, from lemma (proposition). Earliest documented use: 1856. Also see trilemma, Hobson's choice, and Buridan's ass. ___________________________________ Minus one L POLYEMMA- Polylemma's decisive but simple-minded little sister Polyemma; not the happy one, that would be, Pollyanna. last one in is a rotten egg [Re: jenny jenny] #209927 03/06/13 10:22 PM 03/06/13 10:22 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,968 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,968 Worcester, MA POOLYLEMMA - the choice to go into the cold water one toe at a time or to jump in with a big splash and get it over with all at once... Today is hump day for a seven day week [Re: wofahulicodoc] #209933 03/07/13 01:47 PM 03/07/13 01:47 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 Mar 7, 2013 A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg schadenfreude PRONUNCIATION: (SHAAD-n-froi-duh) MEANING: noun: Pleasure derived from another's misfortune. ETYMOLOGY: From German Schadenfreude, from Schaden (damage, harm) + Freude (joy). Earliest documented use: 1852. __________________________________________________ drop E schadenfreud- to undergo psychoanalysis to sublimate one's schadenfreude Re: Today is hump day for a seven day week [Re: jenny jenny] #209934 03/07/13 03:57 PM 03/07/13 03:57 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,968 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,968 Worcester, MA SHADE'N'FREUDE - joy at hearing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on the lawn at the Tanglewood Music Festival in the Berkshires on a balmy summer afternoon Re: Today is hump day for a seven day week [Re: wofahulicodoc] #209935 03/07/13 05:43 PM 03/07/13 05:43 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 Nicely done Wolf It'd take a high hatter in the Queen's box to top that. Thank Friars it's Friday [Re: jenny jenny] #209938 03/08/13 07:50 AM 03/08/13 07:50 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 palimpsest PRONUNCIATION: (PAL-imp-sest) MEANING: noun: 1. A writing surface such as a parchment that has been reused after partially or completely erasing the original text. 2. Something reused but still showing traces of its earlier form. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek palimpsestos, from palin (again) + psestos + (scraped). Earliest documented use: 1661 Also see pentimento. ________________________________________________ minus one s PALIMPEST - a friend who sometimes acts like a monkey Re: Thank Friars it's Friday [Re: jenny jenny] #209941 03/08/13 04:43 PM 03/08/13 04:43 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,158 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,158 Land of the Flat Water PALIMSEXT A sex-text sent to one person that goes viral. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 03/08/13 04:43 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Become the Tiger [Re: LukeJavan8] #209976 03/12/13 12:39 AM 03/12/13 12:39 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 nineteenth hole PRONUNCIATION:(NYN-TEENTH hol) MEANING: noun: The clubhouse or another place, such as a bar or a restaurant, where golfers gather after playing a round. ETYMOLOGY: A standard round of golf has eighteen holes, so the next stop after the game, a bar or a restaurant, is called the nineteenth hole. A similar term is the fifth quarter in (American) football. Earliest documented use: 1901. ___________________________________________________ Minus an E NINETENTH HOLE- the walk to the tenth tee where it is considered cricket to slug whiskey as a brace for the second nine. Page 13 of 100 1 2 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 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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