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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 78 of 101 1 2 … 76 77 78 79 80 … 100 101 Go to page... NEMOPHILIST - one who loves orcas wofahulicodoc #232358 04/04/23 03:31 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA NEMOPHILIST PRONUNCIATION: (ni/nuh-MOF-uh-list) MEANING: noun: One who loves forests. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek nemos (grove, woods) + -philist (lover). Earliest documented use: 1860. ___________________________ NEOPHILIST - one who loves new things ANEMOPHILIST - one who loves the wind BEMOPHILIST - one who loves aliens, preferably with exophthalmia Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SPIN-DRIFT - the wanderings of a rotating top wofahulicodoc #232359 04/04/23 03:37 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA SPINDRIFT PRONUNCIATION: (SPIN-drift) MEANING: noun: Spray of water, snow, sand, etc., blown by the wind. ETYMOLOGY: From Scots speendrift, from speen (to run before the wind) + drift, from Old English drifan (to drive). Earliest documented use: 1611. ___________________________ SPANDRIFT - a suspension bridge moving slowly downstream SPIN-DRAFT - rotating so fast it makes a breeze SPINE-RIFT - spina bifida Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MORON-Y MOUS - how idiotic can Micky get? wofahulicodoc #232363 04/09/23 10:04 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA MONONYMOUS PRONUNCIATION: (muh-NON-uh-muhs) MEANING: adjective: Having or known by a name consisting of only one word. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek mono- (one) + -nym (name). Earliest documented use: 1852. _____________________________ NONONYMOUS - don't tell anyone your name MON ONLY MOUS - seulement Michel pour moi! MY NO-N.Y. MOUS - Mickey will never play on Broadway _______________________________ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter NOCTIVAGENT - represents stars; works nights only wofahulicodoc #232365 04/09/23 10:38 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA NOCTIVAGANT PRONUNCIATION: (nok-TIV-uh-guhnt) MEANING: noun: One who wanders in the night. adjective: Wandering in the night. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nox (night) + vagus (wandering). Earliest documented use: 1614. _________________________________________ NOT-I-VAGANT - an arrested hobo who denies the charge NO-CUTIVAGANT - a sports contract with guaranteed continued employment for the same club NOCIVAGANT - wandering in the night doing harm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter BETWEENIFY - insert into a narrow space wofahulicodoc #232366 04/10/23 01:54 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA BETWEENITY PRONUNCIATION: (bi-TWEE-ni-tee) MEANING: noun: The state of lying in the interval separating two conditions, qualities, extremes, etc. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English betweonum (between), from be- (by) + tweon (two each). Earliest documented use: 1760. _________________________________________ BETEENITY - what you be after you be 12 (compare BETWENITY: after you be 19) BESTWEENITY - when there isn't a better weenit anywhere BET WE ENTITY - wager with a visiting extraterrestrial Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ARA'S TROPHE - Notre Dame coach's team won again wofahulicodoc #232367 04/10/23 02:06 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA ANASTROPHE PRONUNCIATION:m (uh-NAS-truh-fee) MEANING: noun: The inversion of the usual order of words. ETYMOLOGY: From ana- (back) + strophe (turning). Earliest documented use: 2011. _____________________________________ AN A.S.T. ROPE - long chain of linked-together liver enzymes AN ATROPHE - a withering-away from disuse ANA'S TROPHY - prize for the best literary collection (or, the best visiting teacher in Siam, if you must) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter AXESIS - cutting down to size wofahulicodoc #232372 04/12/23 04:27 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA AUXESIS PRONUNCIATION: (og-ZEE-sis, ok-SEE-) MEANING: noun: 1. An overstatement or hyperbole, especially when arranged in a sequence of increasing intensity. 2. Growth resulting from the increase in the size of a cell (as opposed to from cell division, which is known as merisis). ETYMOLOGY: From Latin auxesis, from Greek auxesis (growth), from auxein (to increase or grow). Earliest documented use: 1577. _____________________________ UXESIS - an arranged marriage, in which the wife grows on you AUXISIS - a subsidiary Egyptian goddess FAUXESIS - it only looks like it's growing Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter APOTHERM - the temperature of the furthest part wofahulicodoc #232373 04/12/23 04:57 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA APOTHEGM PRONUNCIATION: (AP-uh-them) MEANING: noun: A terse, witty, instructive saying. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin apothegma/apophthegma, from Greek apophthegma (apothegm), from apophthengesthai (to speak plainly), from apo- (off, away) + phthengesthai (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1570. NOTES: You might expect an apothecary to dispense nuggets of wisdom but you’d be disappointed: that word is from Greek apotheka (storehouse). Back then an apothecary was a storeowner who sold all kinds of stuff: spices, candy, preserves, even pills and potions. According to the OED, “in 1617 the Apothecaries’ Company of London was separated from the Grocers’.” If you walk into a pharmacy these days, drugs are only a small part of the store... [W]e are back to the old days. __________________________________________ A POT HEM - the bottom edge of the sewn cover for a cooking utensil A.P.O THE GYM - address for mail sent to the Army exercise facility A POSH, E.G. M. - flamboyant and rich head of M.I.6 (the British foreign intelligence service), for example Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ANACRONYSM - giving preference to one's friends wofahulicodoc #232377 04/16/23 05:49 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA ANACRONYM PRONUNCIATION: (an-AK-ruh-nim) MEANING: noun: An acronym or abbreviation whose expansion is not widely known. ETYMOLOGY: Either a blend of anachronism + acronym, or from an- (not) + acronym. The word acronym is from Greek acro- (height, tip) + -nym (word, name). Earliest documented use: 1963. _______________________ ANACHRONYM - lack of temporal appropriateness of a thing with its literary or artistic setting, like Fred Flintstone watching a television program AN ACRE O' NYM - 44,600 sq ft of New York NL baseball team AN ACRO-GYM - a place for exercising the arms and hands and legs and feet Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MERI SUMUS - how joyful we are wofahulicodoc #232378 04/16/23 06:02 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA MERISMUS PRONUNCIATION: (muh-RIZ-muhs) MEANING: noun: Describing the whole of something by specifying its two extremes, such as contrasting or complementary parts. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek merismos (division), from merizein (to divide). Earliest documented use: 1589. ____________________ MERIT MUS - you deserve a mouse MERISMUT - a sex comedy MER-IS-US - buy your French ocean, cheap Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 78 of 101 1 2 … 76 77 78 79 80 … 100 101 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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