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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A bombax word for Tuesday: BOMBASTIC jenny jenny #214796 04/22/14 11:32 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 bombastic PRONUNCIATION:(bom-BAS-tik) MEANING: adjective: Pompous or pretentious (in speech or writing). ETYMOLOGY: From Old French bombace (cotton padding), from Latin bombax (cotton). Earliest documented use: 1704. ----------------------------------------------- BOMBASIC - a plain bomb without frills Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Mensopause II wofahulicodoc 03/31/14 01:37 AM Let's start at the very begnning wofahulicodoc 03/31/14 11:11 AM Better to have stuck in vein... wofahulicodoc 04/01/14 12:28 PM Re: Better to have stuck in vein... LukeJavan8 04/01/14 02:34 PM Catching up from weekend in woods...INTERREGNUM jenny jenny 04/01/14 03:27 PM The Anu word this day is KINGDOM COME jenny jenny 04/02/14 05:02 AM Re: The Anu word this day is KINGDOM COME Tromboniator 04/02/14 07:31 AM Maybe not, but it's getting closer... wofahulicodoc 04/02/14 04:51 PM Re: Maybe not, but it's getting closer... LukeJavan8 04/02/14 04:57 PM Re: Maybe not, but it's getting closer... wofahulicodoc 04/02/14 05:53 PM Re: Maybe not, but it's getting closer... jenny jenny 04/03/14 01:06 AM Re: Maybe not, but it's getting closer... wofahulicodoc 04/03/14 12:27 PM Thursday: ROYAL ROAD jenny jenny 04/03/14 03:09 PM Re: Thursday: ROYAL ROAD wofahulicodoc 04/04/14 01:03 AM Re: Thursday: ROYAL ROAD jenny jenny 04/04/14 02:44 AM Friday's KINGMAKER jenny jenny 04/04/14 05:22 AM - - Kingmaker LukeJavan8 04/04/14 04:21 PM A cloth of another color wofahulicodoc 04/04/14 05:06 PM Another color, same cloth. jenny jenny 04/04/14 07:38 PM It came back to me in a Flash wofahulicodoc 04/04/14 07:46 PM A flashback wish for Flash Gordon to flash jenny jenny 04/04/14 09:09 PM THIS JUST IN! jenny jenny 04/05/14 05:32 PM Just ducky wofahulicodoc 04/05/14 06:08 PM Say ducky...let's sing! jenny jenny 04/05/14 10:57 PM Clang,clang,clang... wofahulicodoc 04/05/14 11:20 PM Re: Clang,clang,clang... jenny jenny 04/06/14 12:06 AM Googling "Zing went the Strings" yields... wofahulicodoc 04/06/14 01:26 AM The AWAD today is BELFRY jenny jenny 04/07/14 04:45 AM Re: The AWAD today is BELFRY Tromboniator 04/07/14 07:10 AM ...sometimes eaten by bats wofahulicodoc 04/07/14 08:32 PM Re: The AWAD today is BELFRY jenny jenny 04/07/14 08:43 PM If you can't top 'em, like 'em! wofahulicodoc 04/08/14 01:56 AM Re: If you can't top 'em, like 'em! wofahulicodoc 04/08/14 12:39 PM Re: If you can't top 'em, like 'em! jenny jenny 04/08/14 03:40 PM Re: If you can't top 'em, like 'em! LukeJavan8 04/08/14 03:48 PM ARRANT for Today. jenny jenny 04/09/14 03:14 PM Re: ARRANT for Today. LukeJavan8 04/09/14 03:29 PM Re: ARRANT for Today. wofahulicodoc 04/09/14 04:21 PM Re: ARRANT for Today. jenny jenny 04/09/14 11:12 PM Haikant ? wofahulicodoc 04/10/14 01:54 AM Re: Haikant ? jenny jenny 04/10/14 04:34 AM Re: Haikant ? wofahulicodoc 04/10/14 11:18 AM A sashay into today jenny jenny 04/10/14 03:15 PM not unlike a window wofahulicodoc 04/10/14 08:57 PM Re: not unlike a window Tromboniator 04/11/14 12:12 AM Not unlike a window but more like a snake jenny jenny 04/11/14 12:55 PM runs on snake oil wofahulicodoc 04/11/14 02:28 PM If must you steal; steal from the best. jenny jenny 04/12/14 01:44 AM revisited wofahulicodoc 04/13/14 01:49 AM Re: revisiting VIPERINE all over again redux jenny jenny 04/13/14 12:21 PM just plain Bill wofahulicodoc 04/14/14 01:43 PM DOGBERRIES in inaction jenny jenny 04/14/14 04:05 PM a bone a shoe a mailman a you jenny jenny 04/15/14 03:11 AM Tuesdays with Shakespeare wofahulicodoc 04/15/14 01:47 PM Tuesdays with Shakespeare's children jenny jenny 04/15/14 04:19 PM Remember the IMPETUON ? wofahulicodoc 04/16/14 01:25 AM Doctored drama Tromboniator 04/16/14 09:53 AM Drama with a little d - TIMON of Athens jenny jenny 04/16/14 02:00 PM -sour fruit hybred LukeJavan8 04/16/14 03:24 PM solfeggio, and other musings wofahulicodoc 04/16/14 06:13 PM Other musings jenny jenny 04/16/14 09:53 PM Where you at Romeo? jenny jenny 04/17/14 04:40 AM Re: Where you at Romeo? Tromboniator 04/17/14 06:21 AM It's a good thing tommorrow is Friday wofahulicodoc 04/17/14 05:55 PM No, Tommorrow is yesterday down under. jenny jenny 04/17/14 11:22 PM TFIF wofahulicodoc 04/18/14 12:46 PM It's raining on Good Friday in good Mississippi jenny jenny 04/18/14 01:12 PM - - sunny, warm in Great Plains LukeJavan8 04/18/14 04:09 PM Well Caliban, good cursing is better than nothing jenny jenny 04/18/14 07:45 PM Re: Well Caliban, good cursing is better than nothing Tromboniator 04/18/14 09:00 PM Re: Well Caliban, good cursing is better than nothing jenny jenny 04/18/14 11:08 PM Re: Well Caliban, good cursing is better than nothing Tromboniator 04/19/14 01:17 AM Say Caliban, a good cursing is better than talk jenny jenny 04/19/14 02:07 AM The worst Thought of the Day so far this month jenny jenny 04/19/14 06:50 PM TRACTABLE describes human robots not us. jenny jenny 04/21/14 04:52 AM The TRACTABLE will find this post traceable jenny jenny 04/21/14 09:30 PM Re: The TRACTABLE will find this post Tromboniator 04/21/14 10:41 PM water, water everywhere wofahulicodoc 04/22/14 01:15 AM Water table spider table...uh...Oh yeah!... jenny jenny 04/22/14 02:25 AM A bombax word for Tuesday: BOMBASTIC jenny jenny 04/22/14 11:32 AM Re: A bombax word for Tuesday: BOMBASTIC wofahulicodoc 04/22/14 01:44 PM Re: A bombax word for Tuesday: BOMBASTIC jenny jenny 04/22/14 10:14 PM IMPECUNIOUS jenny jenny 04/23/14 01:22 PM Re: IMPECUNIOUS wofahulicodoc 04/23/14 08:54 PM Re: IMPECUNIOUS Tromboniator 04/23/14 09:00 PM Re: IMPECUNIOUS wofahulicodoc 04/23/14 10:31 PM in recognition of the Paschal season wofahulicodoc 04/24/14 01:05 PM no concept at all wofahulicodoc 04/24/14 04:25 PM In search of quality education jenny jenny 04/25/14 02:07 AM In search of Perfect Words jenny jenny 04/25/14 04:29 AM Help me out here, willya? wofahulicodoc 04/25/14 03:31 PM Re: Help me out here, willya? jenny jenny 04/26/14 02:04 AM And now...the last word of the week... jenny jenny 04/27/14 05:29 PM I went and got my dancing shoes on jenny jenny 04/28/14 02:29 PM fortissimo, if you please, Maestro wofahulicodoc 04/28/14 04:27 PM circle the wagons wofahulicodoc 04/29/14 04:28 PM circle the wagons is what the cowboys did... jenny jenny 04/30/14 01:05 AM I t'ought I taw a Puddy Tat wofahulicodoc 04/30/14 07:20 PM - - -can't talk either LukeJavan8 04/30/14 08:17 PM Re: - - -can't talk either wofahulicodoc 04/30/14 09:11 PM Re: - - -can't talk either LukeJavan8 04/30/14 09:43 PM Re: I t'ought I taw a Puddy Tat jenny jenny 05/01/14 05:42 AM I don't know Jack wofahulicodoc 05/01/14 12:22 PM - - -beans on Jack LukeJavan8 05/01/14 03:14 PM You DO know Jack spit and you sure know GIANTS! jenny jenny 05/01/14 03:44 PM Re: You DO know Jack spit and you sure know GIANTS! LukeJavan8 05/01/14 03:49 PM Re: You DO know Jack spit and you sure know GIANTS! Tromboniator 05/01/14 07:11 PM The problem with FEMAL jenny jenny 05/01/14 08:24 PM Mon Dieu wofahulicodoc 05/01/14 09:44 PM as long as we're in France... wofahulicodoc 05/02/14 03:53 PM - - - not French LukeJavan8 05/02/14 04:06 PM Well: As long as we're in the South jenny jenny 05/03/14 03:00 PM Re: The problem with FEMAL Tromboniator 05/04/14 11:31 AM Re: The problem with FEMAL jenny jenny 05/05/14 03:48 AM first effort wofahulicodoc 05/05/14 02:53 PM Re: first effort LukeJavan8 05/05/14 03:59 PM Honest effort jenny jenny 05/05/14 06:29 PM A First Effort Towards Understanding Words jenny jenny 05/06/14 01:46 PM Tuesday's Word Solomon and good advice jenny jenny 05/06/14 03:46 PM Re: Tuesday's Word Solomon and good advice Tromboniator 05/06/14 09:41 PM chukkers wofahulicodoc 05/07/14 01:44 AM Re: chukkers wofahulicodoc 05/07/14 06:17 PM Re: The problem with FEMAL Tromboniator 05/05/14 08:26 PM 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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