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Page 55 of 100 < 1 2 ... 53 54 55 56 57 ... 99 100 > Go to page... Topic Options #212372 - 09/02/13 07:10 PM Re: Give me that song and dance! [Re: wofahulicodoc] Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska ! Top #212375 - 09/02/13 09:17 PM Re: Give me that song and dance! [Re: Tromboniator] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6785 Loc: Worcester, MA Top #212383 - 09/03/13 10:56 AM Honcho Tuesday [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi honcho PRONUNCIATION: (HAWN-choh) MEANING: noun: One who is in charge of a situation; leader; boss. verb tr.: To organize, manage, or lead a project, event, etc. ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese hancho, from han (squad) + cho (chief). Earliest documented use: 1947. ____________________________ ] O > U [ HUNCHO - a community organizer who thinks with his hunches and all his hunches are bad. Top #212385 - 09/03/13 11:19 AM Re: Honcho Tuesday [Re: jenny jenny] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8429 Loc: Land of the Flat Water LUNCHO A community organizer who thinks with his hunches but makes sure they are always at a diner/eatery at Lunch Time. Edited by LukeJavan8 (09/03/13 11:19 AM) _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #212386 - 09/03/13 12:29 PM Re: Honcho Tuesday [Re: LukeJavan8] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 LUNCHO A community organizer who thinks with his hunches but makes sure they are always at a diner/eatery at Lunch Time. Good thinking, Luke. With wit comes truth. Top #212389 - 09/03/13 02:39 PM Re: Honcho Tuesday [Re: jenny jenny] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8429 Loc: Land of the Flat Water _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #212398 - 09/04/13 07:07 AM multicultural [Re: LukeJavan8] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6785 Loc: Worcester, MA HONCHOO 1. The Boss's sneeze, and the Cockney's response, as in "Honchoo gunna say "Gesundheit, Boss?" 3. A poor transliteration of the name of the largest island of Japan Top #212405 - 09/04/13 06:00 PM Re: multicultural [Re: wofahulicodoc] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6785 Loc: Worcester, MA SKOSH PRONUNCIATION: (skoash) MEANING: noun: A small amount; a little bit. ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese sukoshi (a little). Earliest documented use: 1955. ------------------------------- ASKOSH, pronounced ASS-cosh -- what I call my cravat after a few too many SKOSCHes Top #212407 - 09/04/13 07:59 PM Multicultural Acronyms [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi add A SKOSHA - South Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency ________ i.e. ten thousand American men and missiles on duty watch at ____________ the North Korean border Top #212416 - 09/05/13 09:47 PM Re: Multicultural Acronyms [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6785 Loc: Worcester, MA KAMIKAZE PRONUNCIATION: (kah-mi-KAH-zee) MEANING: noun: Someone who behaves in a reckless, self-destructive manner. adjective: Extremely reckless, potentially self-destructive. ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese kamikaze (divine wind), from kami (god, divinity) + kaze (wind). Earliest documented use: 1896. NOTES: In Japanese folklore, kamikaze was the divine wind that destroyed a Mongol invasion fleet under Kublai Khan. In World War II, the kamikaze were suicidal attacks by Japanese pilots who crashed their planes on an enemy target such as a ship. --------------------------------- KAMRIKAZE - what we used to use to protect our Kodak Kameras against dropping, raining, and other hazards Top Page 55 of 100 < 1 2 ... 53 54 55 56 57 ... 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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