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Re: A bombax word for Tuesday: BOMBASTIC [Re: jenny jenny] #214799 04/22/14 01:44 PM 04/22/14 01:44 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,962 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,962 Worcester, MA BOMBATTIC - the IED assembly line is upstairs under the roof BIMBASTIC - acting like a floozy, and proud of it, too (see also BOOBASTIC and BOMBUSTIC) Re: A bombax word for Tuesday: BOMBASTIC [Re: wofahulicodoc] #214803 04/22/14 10:14 PM 04/22/14 10:14 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 BOMBTASTIC - you da bomb, bro IMPECUNIOUS [Re: jenny jenny] #214804 04/23/14 01:22 PM 04/23/14 01:22 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 impecunious PRONUNCIATION: (im-pi-KYOO-nee-uhs) MEANING: adjective: Having little or no money. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin im- (not) + pecunia (money), from pecus (cattle). Ultimately from the Indo-European root peku- (wealth), which also gave us fee, fief, fellow, peculiar, impecunious, and pecuniary. Earliest documented use: 1596. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Action is eloquence ----------William Shakespeare, impecunious poet and playwright (1564-1616) _________________________________________ IMPECUNIOUS - a sad but ongoing condition of most imps Last edited by jenny jenny; 04/23/14 03:23 PM. Reason: to correctly spell subject word Re: IMPECUNIOUS [Re: jenny jenny] #214806 04/23/14 08:54 PM 04/23/14 08:54 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,962 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,962 Worcester, MA IMPETUNIOUS - gotta lotta P. hybrida growing in my garden. (Did you know it means "tobacco" in a Tupi-Guarani language? Neither did I. Where would we be without Wikipedia...) IMPECURIOUS - sounds like saying the same thing twice, doesn't it? Re: IMPECUNIOUS [Re: jenny jenny] #214807 04/23/14 09:00 PM 04/23/14 09:00 PM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska IMPETUNIOUS - Not at all resembling Porky's girlfriend. Oops. Hi, Wofa. Last edited by Tromboniator; 04/23/14 09:00 PM. Re: IMPECUNIOUS [Re: Tromboniator] #214808 04/23/14 10:31 PM 04/23/14 10:31 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,962 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,962 Worcester, MA in recognition of the Paschal season [Re: jenny jenny] #214815 04/24/14 01:05 PM 04/24/14 01:05 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,962 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,962 Worcester, MA PETULANT PRONUNCIATION: (PECH-uh-lent) MEANING: adjective: Bad-tempered; cranky. ETYMOLOGY: [From Latin petere (to seek, assail). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pet- (to rush or fly), which also gave us feather, petition, compete, perpetual, propitious, pteridology, pinnate, and lepidopterology. Earliest documented use: 1598. -------------------------------- false starts: petulant = having petals? like a petunia? petulant = sings like Ms Clark? petulant = mildly explosive, even gassy, as in "hoist by his own petard"? -------------------------------- PESTULANT - afflicted with two Pharaonic Plagues simultaneously: Pestilence, and Boils (pustules) no concept at all [Re: wofahulicodoc] #214819 04/24/14 04:25 PM 04/24/14 04:25 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,962 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,962 Worcester, MA ...and going back to March 31: INTERREGNUM--> INTERPREGNUM - the time between babies In search of quality education [Re: wofahulicodoc] #214822 04/25/14 02:07 AM 04/25/14 02:07 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 PETULANE - the bad temper of students who find they have been rejected by Tulane and so must attend Harvard instead. In search of Perfect Words [Re: jenny jenny] #214824 04/25/14 04:29 AM 04/25/14 04:29 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 incorrigible PRONUNCIATION: (in-KOR-i-juh-buhl) MEANING: adjective: Incapable of being corrected or reformed. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin in- (not) + corrigere (to correct). Ultimately from the Indo-European reg- (to move in a straight line, lead, or rule), which also gave us regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, surge, recto, regular, abrogate, arrogate, prorogue, interregnum, regent, and supererogatory. Earliest documented use: 1340. ________________________________________________ INCORRIGBIBLE - a bible incorrigible Page 9 of 13 1 2 … 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Go to page... 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