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#217701 - 07/16/14 12:47 PM SECRETORY BUGMEN [Re: Bazr]
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jenny jenny veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	SECRESTORY - entomoligists have known for a long time that ants talked in smells but thought it best not to tell anybody. EXAMPLE: "The secret behind such organised societies is communication through the use of around 20 pheromones, emitted by ants' secretory organs." Wisdom of Crowds; The Economist (London, UK); Apr 8, 2009.

#217707 - 07/16/14 10:47 PM Mon Dieu! [Re: jenny jenny]
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wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,411 Worcester, MA	SACRETORY - a Conservative French Cardinal

#217728 - 07/17/14 06:53 PM appropriate for "Mensopause" [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,411 Worcester, MA	FACTITIOUS PRONUNCIATION: (fak-TISH-uhs) MEANING: adjective: 1. Artificial 2. Sham ETYMOLOGY: From Latin facticius (artificial), past participle of facere (to do). Earliest documented use: 1646. ------------------------- FACTRITIOUS - full of objective truths, thereby nourishng the mind FACETITIOUS - describing a gem cut into many small smooth sides, to enhance internal reflectivity and increase sparkle ------------------------- Hmm... first inspissated, then secretory, now factitious - could be subtitled "Another thread of Words from Medicine"

#217735 - 07/18/14 12:58 PM a prose poem [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,411 Worcester, MA	PROEM PRONUNCIATION: (PRO-uhm, -em) MEANING: noun: An introduction, preface, or preamble. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French proeme, from Latin prooemium, from Greek prooimion, from pro- (before) + oime (song). Earliest documented use: 1410. -------------------------------- PROLEM - what an alcoholic has (see VOTARDY, above) PROXEM - singular of PROXI BROEM - a Dutch besom PRO-REM - that new sleeping medicine

#217740 - 07/18/14 09:22 PM A PROEM for a POEM [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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jenny jenny veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	PHOEM (FOE-em ) - 1) a home phone not a cell phone 2) anything archaic

#217746 - 07/19/14 01:47 AM put the oar in the thole [Re: jenny jenny]
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wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,411 Worcester, MA	ROEM - what you do to shells, sculls, and wherries

#217749 - 07/19/14 07:05 AM yoga [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 287 Victoria, Australia	PREOM - what you do before you start meditating. live in the moment

#217758 - 07/19/14 09:56 PM The last word [Re: Bazr]
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jenny jenny veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	P-ROOM - a private room

#217762 - 07/20/14 02:07 AM quoth the urologist [Re: jenny jenny]
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wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,411 Worcester, MA	Originally Posted By: jenny jenny P-ROOM - a private room ...that would be a private bathroom ?

#217769 - 07/20/14 12:31 PM Re: quoth the urologist [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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jenny jenny veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	Maybe. But it also was supposed to be THE LAST WORD

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