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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 109 1 2 3 4 … 108 109 Go to page... Monday's Word jenny jenny #216666 05/12/14 01:19 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA PLAZARETTO - a very small public gathering place, the center of a tiny village LAMARETTO - a sweet almond-flavored cordial preferred by Buddhist monks Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Hey bumptiouses! Today's Word is BUMPTIOUS wofahulicodoc #216680 05/13/14 05:08 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 bumptious PRONUNCIATION: (BUHMP-shuhs) MEANING: adjective: Self-assertive in an obnoxious way. ETYMOLOGY: Probably a blend of bump + fractious or a blend of bump + presumptuous. Earliest documented use: 1803. _________________________________________________ BUMTIOUS - the attribute of having a shapely bum. As in the song: I can't dance I can't talk The only thing about me Is the way I walk Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hey bumptiouses! Today's Word is BUMPTIOUS jenny jenny #216684 05/14/14 12:36 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA UMPTIOUS - making wild and arbitrary calls at the plate, throwing people out of the game for no reason - in short, acting like a spoiled and overindulged baseball referee. A combination of "RAMBUNCTIOUS" and ... oh, you get the point. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Bad people over riding constitutional law wofahulicodoc #216686 05/14/14 04:37 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 slimsy PRONUNCIATION: (SLIM-zee) MEANING: adjective: Flimsy; frail. ETYMOLOGY: A blend of slim + flimsy. Earliest documented use: 1845. ----------------------------------------------------- SLIMEY - 1) worse than slimsy 2) like a snake 3) like slime 4) like a politician Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter If it was winter, this'd be a Christmas Carroll jenny jenny #216697 05/14/14 07:07 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA SHIMSY - borogoves that twerk (a combination of shimmy and mimsy, as in "Mimsy were the borogoves." I know it's true, because I read it in Jabbewocky.) And then there's SLIMSTY, a resort for pigs on a diet PS: Has anyone proposed that "twerk" is a combination of "Twist" and "Jerk"? Last edited by wofahulicodoc; 05/15/14 01:14 AM. Reason: afterthought Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter A song about Slim in Mississippi wofahulicodoc #216704 05/15/14 01:28 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 ditty-wah-ditty about Slim and a waterfall in Mississippi Me and Slimsy were climbing atop a waterfall in Mississippi. Suddenly Slimsy slipsy and then slidsy and slamsy into the slime pool below. Slimsy can't swimsy but that didn't matter. The highest waterfall in flat Mississippi is measured in inches. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter speak softly and carry a big one wofahulicodoc #216705 05/15/14 02:51 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA STICTION PRONUNCIATION: (STIK-shuhn) MEANING: noun: The frictional force that must be overcome to set one object in motion when it is in contact with another. ETYMOLOGY: A blend of static + friction. Earliest documented use: 1946. [Lectors note: I would propose it's rather "sticky + friction.") ------------------------------------------ STICKION - a microscopic subatomic Post-It note for labelling atoms Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Thursday's blendword is STICTION jenny jenny #216707 05/15/14 03:11 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 stiction PRONUNCIATION: (STIK-shuhn) MEANING: noun: The frictional force that must be overcome to set one object in motion when it is in contact with another. ETYMOLOGY: A blend of static + friction. Earliest documented use: 1946. USAGE: "Thom watched the nurse's backside as she left the low gravity and the stiction in her shoes made her suggestive." R.E. Wilder; Captain Thom and Orions Thunder; Dog Ear Publishing; 2009. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: When you re-read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in yourself than there was before. -Clifton Fadiman, editor and critic (1904-1999) ________________________________________________________ TICTION (TICK-shuhn ) - The frictional force that must be overcome to set one object in motion when it is in contact with another. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thursday's blendword is STICTION jenny jenny #216708 05/15/14 03:26 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA Also - TICTION - why it's so hard to get that blasted bloated blood-sucking insect off. Today, a biting tick; tomorrow, Lyme disease !! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thursday's blendword is STICTION wofahulicodoc #216720 05/16/14 06:04 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 9,739 Worcester, MA MUZZY PRONUNCIATION: (MUHZ-ee) MEANING: adjective: 1. Mentally confused. 2. Blurred; indistinct. ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps a blend of muddled + fuzzy. Earliest documented use: 1728. ------------------------------- MR UZZY - the guy who invented that popular semi-automatic machine pistol MUZZA - a less popular Greek fast food; found on the menu four lines above PIZZA Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 109 1 2 3 4 … 108 109 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,... 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