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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Blowsy #73947 06/23/02 01:29 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... I always liked frump and frumpy...it's one of those words I just enjoy saying. This is from Bartleby/American heritage: frump PRONUNCIATION: frmp NOUN: 1. A girl or woman regarded as dull, plain, or unfashionable. 2. A person regarded as colorless and primly sedate. ETYMOLOGY: Possibly short for Middle English frumple, wrinkle, from Middle Dutch verrompelen, to wrinkle : ver-, completely; see per1 in Appendix I + rompelen, to wrinkle. OTHER FORMS: frumpi·ly —ADVERB frumpi·ness —NOUN frumpy —ADJECTIVE Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Post deleted by ewein ewein 06/23/02 04:50 AM Re: Blowsy wwh 06/23/02 12:47 PM Re: Blowsy WhitmanO'Neill 06/23/02 01:29 PM Re: Blowsy Geoff 06/23/02 02:58 PM Re: Blowsy WhitmanO'Neill 06/23/02 04:40 PM Re: Blowsy wwh 06/23/02 04:53 PM Re: Blowsy dodyskin 06/23/02 05:25 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) tsuwm 06/28/02 07:31 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) wow 06/28/02 08:26 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) FishonaBike 06/28/02 08:52 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) tsuwm 06/28/02 10:25 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) FishonaBike 07/01/02 03:04 PM Re: Blowsy Keiva 07/01/02 03:12 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) of troy 06/28/02 11:30 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) Capfka 07/01/02 12:22 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) of troy 07/01/02 12:34 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) FishonaBike 07/01/02 03:10 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) of troy 07/01/02 04:04 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) wwh 07/01/02 08:18 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) FishonaBike 07/01/02 09:08 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) of troy 07/01/02 10:25 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) FishonaBike 07/03/02 10:26 AM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) Keiva 07/01/02 10:58 PM Re: Blowsy (blowzy) wwh 07/02/02 12:02 AM Re: Blowsy Geoff 06/23/02 07:38 PM Re: Biddy wwh 06/23/02 07:53 PM Re: Biddy Geoff 06/23/02 10:05 PM Re: Biddy wwh 06/23/02 10:28 PM Post deleted by Geoff Geoff 06/24/02 02:08 AM Re: Biddy wwh 06/24/02 02:20 AM Re: Blowsy rkay 07/11/02 09:03 AM widow/widower of troy 07/11/02 11:56 AM Re: Blowsy modestgoddess 06/25/02 04:54 AM Re: Blowsy of troy 06/26/02 01:24 AM Re: Blowsy FishonaBike 06/27/02 09:43 AM Re: Blowsy wow 06/27/02 11:28 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,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 381 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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