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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 10 of 13 1 2 … 8 9 10 11 12 13 Go to page... Help me out here, willya? [Re: jenny jenny] #214830 04/25/14 03:31 PM 04/25/14 03:31 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA INCOURIGIBLE - I sure could use some motivation here to help me improve my spelling ! INDORRIGIBLE - what our One Nation is, according to the Pledge of Allegiance or, alternatively, INDORRIGIBLE - this blimp can't be flown outside Re: Help me out here, willya? [Re: wofahulicodoc] #214834 04/26/14 02:04 AM 04/26/14 02:04 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Sorry Doc, Willya Helpya has left the building. INCORPRIGIBLE(en-KORP-rig-eye-buhl) - a phoney company incorporated and rigged to advance a ponzi scam And now...the last word of the week... [Re: jenny jenny] #214849 04/27/14 05:29 PM 04/27/14 05:29 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi a dime against a donut it ain't INCOPRIGIBLE en-co-prig-e-buhl - to refuse to cognate with the pedantcy of a prig I went and got my dancing shoes on [Re: jenny jenny] #214859 04/28/14 02:29 PM 04/28/14 02:29 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi This week we'll feature five words, each of which has homonyms. quiff PRONUNCIATION: (kwif) MEANING: noun: 1. A tuft of hair brushed up above the forehead. 2. A woman considered as promiscuous. ETYMOLOGY: For 1: Origin uncertain, perhaps from coif. Earliest documented use: 1890. For 2: Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1923. USAGE:"Posters of the intrepid boy reporter with the quiff and funny pants plastered the city." Claire Rosemberg; Spielberg 'Brings Tintin Home' Hollywood-Style; Agence France Presse (Paris); Oct 22, 2011. "A certain party got the quiff pregnant." William Deverell; The Dance of Shiva; ECW Press; 2004. ------------------------------------------------------------ -quaff : applied as a affix to "quiff" to specify and intensify the quality of being quiff in sing-song. 1) a bouffant hairstyle when worn by a male 2) an exceptionally lusty woman EXAMPLE: Splish-splash I was taking a bath Long about Saturdy night Rub-dub just relaxing in the tub Thinking everything was alright Then bing-bang I heard the whole gang banging on the living room floor QUIFF-QUAFF I forgot about my bath And went and put my dancing shoes on. fortissimo, if you please, Maestro [Re: jenny jenny] #214863 04/28/14 04:27 PM 04/28/14 04:27 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA QUIFFF - a promiscuous woman with a tuft of upbrushed hair screaming VERY, VERY LOUDLY QUIFO - the antithesis or enemy of the traditional Chinese life force/energy flow QUINF - the mixed Latin/German number five circle the wagons [Re: wofahulicodoc] #214883 04/29/14 04:28 PM 04/29/14 04:28 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA GIRD PRONUNCIATION: (guhrd) MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To encircle or bind with a belt or band. 2. To surround. 3. To prepare for action (especially as "to gird one's loins"). verb tr., intr.: 4. To jeer. noun: 5. A sarcastic remark. ETYMOLOGY: For 1-3: From Old English gyrdan. Ultimately from the Indo-European root gher- (to enclose or grasp), which is also the source of such words as orchard, kindergarten, court, choir, courteous, French jardin (garden), Hindi gherna (to surround), yard, horticulture, curtilage, and garth. Earliest documented use: 950. For 4-5: From Middle English girden, to strike. Earliest documented use: 1275. -------------------------- GIRDL - A constricting undergarment meant to enhance a Middle-European woman's figure; worn under a dirndl circle the wagons is what the cowboys did... [Re: wofahulicodoc] #214891 04/30/14 01:05 AM 04/30/14 01:05 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi ...and is what the Indians did on horses BIRD (amer. slang) - a rude gesture made by extending the middle finger upwards to indicate your dissatisfaction with your fellowman or men or Indians. I t'ought I taw a Puddy Tat [Re: jenny jenny] #214905 04/30/14 07:20 PM 04/30/14 07:20 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA MEW PRONUNCIATION: (myoo) MEANING: noun: 1. A cage for hawks, especially while molting. 2. A place for retiring or hiding. 3. In the UK, as mews, stables with living quarters. Also, a row of apartments converted from stables. verb tr.: 4. To confine. verb intr.: 5. To molt. noun: 6. The high-pitched sound of a cat. 7. The characteristic sound of a gull. 8. A seagull (Larus canus). ETYMOLOGY: For 1-5: From Old French muer (to molt), from Latin mutare (to change). Ultimately from the Indo-European root mei- (to change -or move) that has also given us commute, mutual, migrate, common, mistake, immune, and excommunicate. Earliest documented use: 1375. For 6-7: Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1325. For 8: From Old English maew. Earliest documented use: before 12th c. ------------------------------------ MEWA - pronounced MEE-wah. A state program for dealing with disasters suffered by small canaries with a speech impediment; acronym for Massachusetts Emergency Wecovewy Act. - - -can't talk either [Re: wofahulicodoc] #214908 04/30/14 08:17 PM 04/30/14 08:17 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,159 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,159 Land of the Flat Water MEWT - A deaf newt. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 04/30/14 08:18 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: - - -can't talk either [Re: LukeJavan8] #214909 04/30/14 09:11 PM 04/30/14 09:11 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 MEWT - A deaf newt. Where's my "Like" button? Page 10 of 13 1 2 … 8 9 10 11 12 13 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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