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Page 39 of 100 < 1 2 ... 37 38 39 40 41 ... 99 100 > Go to page... Topic Options #211443 - 06/18/13 12:17 PM ZYMURGY: The Last Word [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi zymurgy PRONUNCIATION: (ZY-muhr-jee) MEANING: noun: The branch of chemistry dealing with fermentation, as brewing. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek zym- (ferment) + -urgy (work). Earliest documented use: 1868. ____________________________________ ZYMURKY - when the zym needs more urgy Top #211444 - 06/18/13 07:01 PM Re: ZYMURGY: The Last Word [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6784 Loc: Worcester, MA RYMURGY - for no particular reazon Top #211457 - 06/19/13 12:08 PM Thursday's AWAD: It takes one to know one. [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi logomania PRONUNCIATION: (lo-go-MAY-nee-uh) MEANING: noun: 1. Obsessive interest in words. 2. Excessive and often incoherent talking. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek logo- (word) + -mani (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1882. _____________________________________________ - i logomana - (NZ) words used by the powerful, by high authority; usually spoken with supernatural effect ex: ---> BOO! Top #211458 - 06/19/13 12:28 PM Re: Thursday's AWAD: It takes one to know one. [Re: jenny jenny] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8426 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Isn't that eliminating 2 letters? Just asking. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #211460 - 06/19/13 01:04 PM Re: Thursday's AWAD: It takes one to know one. [Re: LukeJavan8] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Who me? Not me Luke, I am as good as my word, most times. I looked again and found myself innocent. Top #211461 - 06/19/13 04:15 PM ...but that's SO 1960s ! [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6784 Loc: Worcester, MA POGOMANIA - That possum with the beard should run for office! POGO FOR PRESIDENT ! POGO FOR PRESIDENT !! POGO FOR PRESIDENT !! Top #211462 - 06/19/13 06:20 PM Re: ...but that's SO 1960s ! [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Quite rightly! And I wanna dance! What I said goes baby I want you to hold just what you got I want you to wind up your yo-yo When I say pogo I mean let that yo-yo go I mean let the string out baby Now go Look at Annie yo-yo Round 'n and round 'n round Pogo pogo we gonna yo-yo Round 'n round 'n round Top #211469 - 06/20/13 10:14 AM ...but that's SO 1930s ! [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6784 Loc: Worcester, MA PLUTOLATRY PRONUNCIATION: (ploo-TOL-uh-tree) MEANING: Excessive devotion to wealth. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pluto- (wealth) + -latry (worship). Earliest documented use: 1891. Pluto was the god of riches [I thought Pluto was the god of the Underground. Or else Walt Disney's dog. Live and learn.] FLUTOLATRY - James Galway is my idol Top #211473 - 06/20/13 07:20 PM Re: ...but that's SO 1930s ! [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi u -> o PLOTOLATRY - a morality play where burning a rich man at the stake is the dénouement of the plot Top #211479 - 06/21/13 09:48 AM the nose knows... [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6784 Loc: Worcester, MA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY MEANING: noun: The branch of medicine dealing with the ear, nose, and throat. Also known as otolaryngology. ETYMOLOGY: The word is coined so that one is forced to use all three -- ear, nose, and throat -- to be able to pronounce it. Either that, or it's from Greek oto- (ear) + rhino- (nose) + laryngo- (larynx) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1900. Also, see rhinorrhea. * * * * * OTORHINOLARYNGEOLOGY - In the shale I found the fossilized remains of a great lumbering beast with tiny little ears and a big horn on its nose alternatively: ONORHINOLARYNGOLOGY - my doctor says my tonsils hve to come out Top Page 39 of 100 < 1 2 ... 37 38 39 40 41 ... 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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