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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hogwash--Guest AWAD: Vote Now! #57908 02/20/02 05:25 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus OP old hand OP Jazzoctopus old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Ok, it looks like there won't be anymore suggestions, so here are the choices we've got. Note that the first four/five were used for tsuwm's wwftd. Pick FIVE: a. hoodoo - http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=49682 b. mysteriuim - http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=48194 c. anacampserote - http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=50360 d. piepowder - http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=48872 e. cornobbled http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=48464 f. nudnik http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=55395 g. gobsmacked http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=57174 h. dipsetic http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=13970 i. talud http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=32756 j. fungible http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=48757 k. hermetic http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=45704 l. demesne http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=44396 m. Golden Ratio http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=37343 n. monosemy http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=17666 o. time http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=35912 p. triboluminescence http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=45223 q. pleonasm http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=27814 r. irony http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=47618 s. rogaine http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=5645 t. loimic http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=46577 u. ideolect http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=37695 v. ursine (or another) http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=animalsafari&Number=3265 w. pantomath http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=44976 x. yaw http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=23217 y. bogart http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=eponyms&Number=22489 / http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=46769 z. octothorp http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=36166 @. empath http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=5427 #. mustelid http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=53198 $. nepenthe http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=51160 %. enantiodromic http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=451 EDIT: I've added W'ON's and tsuwm's recent suggestions to fill out the list a little more. Also added the link for gobsmacked. Feel free to change your votes if you like. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hogwash--Guest AWAD: Vote Now! #57909 02/20/02 05:55 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US F Flatlander addict Flatlander addict F Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US In no particular alphabetical order, I'd suggest: E cornobbled G gobsmacked L demesne M Golden Ratio P triboluminescence Partly for the words, but also for the threads they come from (other than gobsmacked, which I just love). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hogwash--Guest AWAD: Vote Now! #57910 02/20/02 06:04 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass so we have no link for gobsmacked? it sure has been used (casually) a bunch. <exit, stage right, pondering a new thread> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hogwash--Guest AWAD: Vote Now! #57911 02/20/02 06:17 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It's been used. Jus ain' never had no parper innerduction. Search <gobsmack> all fora since forever. Shona used it first but he just used it. There's never been a discussion or at least not within the first few months. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hogwash--Guest AWAD: Vote Now! #57912 02/20/02 06:27 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I see that demesne was an AWAD in March, '94. we may have some other hanging chads here. other notes: mysterium was actually introduced in this earlier post: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=48168 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hogwash--Guest AWAD: Vote Now! #57913 02/20/02 06:41 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus OP old hand OP Jazzoctopus old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Ok, I just checked. He's used fungible, hermetic, demesne, pleonasm and ursine. He used fungible twice, in 94 and 95, so I don't think it would be a problem if we used others that he's already used, especially if it was a while ago. And we could just replace ursine with another animal adjective. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hogwash--Guest AWAD: Vote Now! #57914 02/20/02 06:55 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 And we could just replace ursine with another animal adjective. I don't suppose you would consider ass hole? [running-for-cover] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #57915 02/20/02 07:08 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hogwash--Guest AWAD: Vote Now! #57916 02/20/02 07:23 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >but it has been used before, spelled as idiolect. as did we, eventually... sort of. I cast some edited votes for: gobsmacked dipsetic monosemy cornobbled enantiodromic Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hogwash--Guest AWAD: Vote Now! #57917 02/20/02 07:49 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 My votes are for: e cornobbled f. nudnik j fungible m Golden Ratio p triboluminescence Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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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