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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 95 of 100 1 2 … 93 94 95 96 97 99 100 Go to page... Speak softly and carry a big stick LukeJavan8 #214448 03/11/14 08:59 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,864 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,864 Worcester, MA LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY PRONUNCIATION: (lit-l lord FONT-luh-roi) MEANING: noun: An innocent child; also a very polite and well-dressed child. ETYMOLOGY: From Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885). Earliest documented use: 1942. ============================ LITTLE LORD FLAUNT LEROY - The short Earl likes to boast about his "in" with King Louis XIV Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Close...but probably no T-shirt LukeJavan8 #214449 03/11/14 09:04 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran OP jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi LITTLE LORD FLAUNTLEROY- Leroy flaunts new knickers (I count about 20 letters in the above definition) Last edited by jenny jenny; 03/11/14 09:32 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mensopause: A nerd acting like a stud for effect. jenny jenny #214457 03/12/14 08:22 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,864 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,864 Worcester, MA ANTHROPOMORPHIZATION PRONUNCIATION: (an-thruh-puh-mor-fy-ZAY-shuhn) MEANING: noun: Attribution of human qualities to things not human. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek anthropo- (human) + morph (form). Earliest documented use: 1880. ===================================== ANTHROPOMORPHINATION - a man turning into an opium den ARTHROPOMORPHIZATION - a Kafka-esque literary device, to be used sparingly as it's full of bugs : (as in, "Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams and found himself transformed into a gigantic insect...") Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Metro man in 21 letters wofahulicodoc #214461 03/12/14 11:40 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran OP jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi PANTHROPOMORPHIZATION - to morph all hes into shes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Metro man in 21 letters jenny jenny #214464 03/13/14 04:23 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska BANTHROPOMORPHIZATION – Illegalization of turning aliens into humans. TANTHROPOMORPHIZATION – Attribution of human qualities to everything under the sun. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SILK-STOCKING DISTRICT Tromboniator #214465 03/14/14 12:14 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran OP jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi SILK-SMOCKING DISTRICT- Harlem after work at nite. (20 letters) Usage: I said Baby where you going She said Honey I wouldn't be knowing She had on a long smocking frock She stopped in the street and did the Castle Rock - Jimmy Reed 1956 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter These 20-letterers make it tough to be clever jenny jenny #214466 03/14/14 01:50 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,864 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,864 Worcester, MA SALK-STOCKING DISTRICT - where the polio-vaccine warehouses are SILK-SHOCKING DISTRICT - the place to see a demonstration of static electricity Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter That's gonna be another tough one wofahulicodoc #214473 03/14/14 04:57 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,864 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,864 Worcester, MA SECRET DE POLICHINELLE PRONUNCIATION: (SEE-krit uv po-LISH-i-nel) MEANING: noun: A supposed secret that's widely known: an open secret. ETYMOLOGY: From French secret de Polichinelle. Polichinelle (English Punch or Punchinello) was a stock character in Italian puppetry. Earliest documented use: 1828. ================================================ SECRET DE POLICE IN ELLE - She knows all the dirt about those Paris cops Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: That's gonna be another tough one wofahulicodoc #214474 03/14/14 08:08 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran OP jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Goodie, Wolfman. DECRET DE POLICHNELLE - a decree given by a puppet Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Monday's comment of ACUITY. ...Oh my! jenny jenny #214478 03/18/14 12:57 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran OP jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi acuity PRONUNCIATION: (uh-KYOO-i-tee) MEANING: noun: Sharpness; keenness. ETYMOLOGY: Via French from Latin acuere (to sharpen). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ak- (sharp), which is also the source of acrid, vinegar, acid, acute, edge, hammer, heaven, eager, oxygen, mediocre, paragon, and acescent. Earliest documented use: 1400. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACULTY - to act as a cult. Ex: self-serving scientists who believe that the oceans will rise almost six inches in this Century and the sky is falling oh my! 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