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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 22 of 26 1 2 … 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Go to page... CURVE-ALL - the original Warp Drive wofahulicodoc #230206 03/03/20 03:54 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA CURE-ALL PRONUNCIATION: (KYOOR-awl) MEANING: noun: A remedy to any problem. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cura (care or concern) + eall/all (all). Earliest documented use: 1793. ___________________________________ C.U.? REALLY? - expression of disbelief and dismay over the scandal at Consumers' Union CURSE-ALL - a symptom of Tourette's Syndrome C.U. REAL - the Centrales Unidas soccer club Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter WANTIT - 1) Gimme!; or 2) a pale bird wofahulicodoc #230210 03/04/20 04:33 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA WANTWIT PRONUNCIATION: (WANT-wit) MEANING: noun: A fool; one lacking good sense. ETYMOLOGY: From want + wit, from Old Norse vanta (be lacking) + Old English wit (mind). Earliest documented use: 1449. ____________________________ WASN'T WIT - distinctly not funny TAN TWIT - tease about getting so much sun WANT WRIT - No, you need a court order for that Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter KNOT-IT-ALL - in no way wofahulicodoc #230214 03/05/20 09:15 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA KNOW-IT-ALL PRONUNCIATION: (NO-uht-ahl) MEANING: noun: One who acts as if they know everything, dismissing others’ ideas or advice. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English cnawan (to recognize, identify) + hit (it) + eall/all (all). Earliest documented use: 1873 __________________________ KNOWITAL - a barbiturate that makes you omniscient KIOWI TALL - slogan of a proud tribe of Native Americans from the central plains KOWITALL - pertaining to phonetic copulation Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MAKE PENCE - mint low-denomination coins wofahulicodoc #230215 03/06/20 04:16 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA MAKEPEACE PRONUNCIATION: (MAYK-pees) MEANING: noun: One who reconciles persons at odds with each other; a peacemaker. ETYMOLOGY: From make + peace. From Old English macian (to make) + Old French pais, from Latin pax (peace). Earliest documented use: 1513. _________________________ MAKEPLACE - provide room for another person MAKEPEACH - grow Elbertas, Clings, and Freestones SAKEPEACE - the tranquility that follows drinking rice wine Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter QUID DIT ALIVE - says no French-English dictionary wofahulicodoc #230219 03/09/20 11:27 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA QUIDDITATIVE PRONUNCIATION: (KUI-di-tay-tiv) MEANING: adjective: Relating to the essential nature of something or someone. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quid (what), which also gave us quidnunc, quid pro quo, and quiddity. Earliest documented use: 1600. _____________________________ "QUIDDIT!" ACTIVE - an unmistakable order to stop SQUIDDITATIVE - behaving like a tentacled marine cephalopod QUADDITATIVE - transforming into a four-part entity Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MICO-CEPHALIC - having the head of a mushroom wofahulicodoc #230222 03/10/20 02:54 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA MICROCEPHALIC PRONUNCIATION: (my-kro-suh-FA-lik) MEANING: adjective: 1. Having an abnormally small head. 2. Small-minded. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek micro- (small) + -cephalic (having a head), from kephale (head). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghebh-el- (head), which also gave us the word gable. Earliest documented use: 1857. The opposite of today’s word is macrocephalic. ____________________________ MICRONEPHALIC - with only the tiniest bit of turbidity OMICROCEPHALIC - having a round head with a hole in the middle, like the Greek letter O MICRO-CEPHELIC - a dwarf variable star, whose brightness pulsates with a well-defined stable period Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter CHARYSOCRACY - rule by personal magnetism wofahulicodoc #230227 03/11/20 07:17 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA CHRYSOCRACY PRONUNCIATION: (kri-SAH-kruh-see) MEANING: noun: Rule by the wealthy. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek chryso- (gold) + -cracy (rule). Earliest documented use: 1828. A synonym is plutocracy. _________________________ CHRYSOCRACK - special kind of yellow cocaine CHRYSOC TRACY - his real name; small wonder the detective preferred to be called "Dick" by his friends CHRYSLOCRACY - when Ford and GM couldn't pull it off, yet another car manufacturer tried to make the rules Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter well, that tears it wofahulicodoc #230232 03/13/20 09:36 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA LACHRYMOGENIC PRONUNCIATION: (lak-ruh-muh-JEN-ik) MEANING: adjective: Inducing tears. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lacrima (tear) + -genic (producing). Earliest documented use: 1907. Two related words are lachrymose and lachrymal. ___________________________ LACHRYMOPENIC - dry-eyed (not enough tears) LOCH RYMOGENIC - a lake in the northernmost reaches of Scotland, little known and hardly ever visited LACH RHYMOGENIC - a psychological disorder wherein the victim shows paroxysms of laughter leading to a compulsion to speak in rhymes Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter anything but logorrhea... wofahulicodoc #230233 03/13/20 09:45 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA PLENILOQUENCE PRONUNCIATION:(ple-NIL-uh-kwens) MEANING: noun: Excessive talking. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pleni- (full) + -loquence (speaking). Earliest documented use: 1838. The opposite is breviloquence. __________________________________ PLENILOQUENCH - Shut up! SPLENILOQUENCE - a lengthy screed, full if vitriol and anger POENILOQUENCE - vividly describing wracking pain PENCILOQUENCE - graphite-based writing Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter and without substance, at that wofahulicodoc #230241 03/17/20 01:38 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,236 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA RAZZLE-DAZZLE (RAZ-uhl daz-uhl) MEANING: noun: Noisy excitement, showy display, or extravagant actions, especially when executed in an effort to distract or confuse. ETYMOLOGY: A reduplication of dazzle, frequentative of daze, from Old Norse dasa (weary). Earliest documented use: 1885. ____________________________ RAZZLEDAZOLE - a new anti-seizure medicine FRAZZLE-DAZZLE - when people are stunned by your really, REALLY, REALLY bad-hair day RAZZ LE DAZZLE - tease the ultra-bright Paris lighting Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 22 of 26 1 2 … 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 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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