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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 61 of 100 1 2 … 59 60 61 62 63 … 99 100 Go to page... Re: Hi ! Re: Lo! [Re: wofahulicodoc] #212697 10/03/13 01:54 PM 10/03/13 01:54 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 D > F FUDGEON - a curmudgeon who fudges. Often preceded by the companion word "nut" as in "nutfudgeon". No, not "canoodle" [Re: jenny jenny] #212708 10/04/13 12:37 AM 10/04/13 12:37 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,972 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,972 Worcester, MA CABOODLE PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-BOOD-uhl) MEANING: noun: The lot, collection, or crowd. NOTES: The word is mostly seen in the expression "kit and caboodle" meaning "the whole lot". ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps from boodle (money, goods, people), from Dutch boedel (property). Earliest documented use: 1848. ------------------------------- CABYODLE - how the Geneva Hilton Hotel doorman summons a taxi Re: No, not "canoodle" [Re: wofahulicodoc] #212710 10/04/13 01:46 AM 10/04/13 01:46 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 Can it, Wolfa, you ruined my best def. add > D CABDOODLE - doodles you draw while waiting for a cab summoned forth by a Geneva Hotel doorman's yodel. coming up short [Re: jenny jenny] #212725 10/05/13 02:02 AM 10/05/13 02:02 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,972 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,972 Worcester, MA SHRIFT PRONUNCIATION: (shrift) MEANING: noun: Confession to a priest. Also, penance and absolution that follow confession. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English scrift (confession, penance), from scrifan (to shrive: to impose penance). Ultimately from the Indo-European root skribh- (to cut, separate, or sift) that has resulted in other terms, such as manuscript, scribe, subscribe, scripture, scribble, and describe. Earliest documented use: 897. NOTES: The term nowadays is mostly seen in the form "to get short shrift" meaning to receive little consideration or a curt treatment. Originally, short shrift was what condemned criminals received: brief time granted to them for confession and absolution before execution. ---------------------------------------- SHRIF - charged with upholding the law in very small, laconic towns. USAGE: "The shrif cot thm tu catl rsslrs, dinnee?" You left me little, doc, so evoked science. [Re: wofahulicodoc] #212726 10/05/13 04:08 AM 10/05/13 04:08 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 add an A ASHRIFT geology : A volcanic rift at the point of separation between two diverging continents i.e. volcanic ash fell back into the rift and filled it. (see: Great Rift of Africa). Re: You left me little, doc, so evoked science. [Re: jenny jenny] #212728 10/05/13 11:01 AM 10/05/13 11:01 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska SHWIFT: A really shwell shatirisht and priesht. Monday's Word: Fur [Re: Tromboniator] #212744 10/07/13 03:18 PM 10/07/13 03:18 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 furfuraceous PRONUNCIATION: (fuhr-fyuh-RAY-shus) MEANING: adjective: 1. Covered with dandruff. 2. Flaky. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin furfur (bran, flake). Earliest documented use: 1650. _____________________________________________ F > N FURFUNACEOUS - being flaky but for fun. example: No, no, you're not thinking, you're just being logical. ______________________________Niels Bohr, physicist (1885-1962) Re: Monday's Word: Fur [Re: jenny jenny] #212745 10/07/13 04:43 PM 10/07/13 04:43 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,972 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,972 Worcester, MA PURFURACEOUS - My cat says happily that she's going to make a lot of holes in that so THAT's the reaon it's been tickling my brain... [Re: wofahulicodoc] #212748 10/07/13 10:44 PM 10/07/13 10:44 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,972 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,972 Worcester, MA Aha! Took a while to percolate to the surface. Did you know there is a benign skin lesion called "tinea versicolor" caused by the organism "Malassezia furfur"? Doesn't do much but make the skin give off little flakes. (Also absorbs ultraviolet light, so the affected part of the skin doesn't tan like the rest of it...) [Re: wofahulicodoc] #212749 10/07/13 11:14 PM 10/07/13 11:14 PM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska furfurageous: wa-a-a-ay too much mink. Page 61 of 100 1 2 … 59 60 61 62 63 … 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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