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by Philip Hudson
Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:53 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Autocracy
Replies: 1
Views: 3442

Re: Autocracy

And we are headed that way in the USA. The only autocrat I applaud is the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. I read some of his writings last night before trying to creep into the arms of Morpheus. It takes a little priming to get old Morpheus [AKA Sandman] to come my way.
by Philip Hudson
Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:30 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Missive
Replies: 2
Views: 3651

Re: Missive

Missive is one of my favorite words. I send them.
by Philip Hudson
Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:57 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Occult
Replies: 3
Views: 4057

Re: Occult

I wouldn't touch this discission with a ten-foot pole. :roll:
by Philip Hudson
Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:53 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Voodoo
Replies: 1
Views: 3445

Re: Voodoo

Before we dismiss zombies as fiction, we might want to look again. My Cousin, who seems quite sane, lived in Haiti many years. He claims to have encountered zombies there. He avers that there are Voodoo priests who have servants who are zombies.
by Philip Hudson
Sun Dec 04, 2022 1:21 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Schmuck
Replies: 5
Views: 6196

Re: Schmuck

One of my cousins translated the Bible into Hatina Creole. He used a French language Bible as one of his sources. In his opinion, Hatina Creole was just as close to the language spoken in France as is Canadian French. I worked in Montreal one year. They had a language police there.
by Philip Hudson
Sat Dec 03, 2022 4:15 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Schmuck
Replies: 5
Views: 6196

Re: Schmuck

I love my Jewish friends. But I find Yiddish to be an inferior language filled with schmuckish words. German and Hebrew are among the great languages of the world, approaching English in their greatness.
by Philip Hudson
Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Conspire
Replies: 2
Views: 4082

Re: Conspire

Bing Crosby conspires as he sings this little Christmas song: ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zifGp5KTBKg
by Philip Hudson
Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:19 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Glean
Replies: 4
Views: 5613

Re: Glean

I am no longer a farm boy, buy my sister is still down on the farm. Current cotton-picking practices leave much to glean but no one to glean it. The word always puts me in mind of the story of Ruth in the Bible. You may have noted that this sweet little domestic scene took place during the so-called...
by Philip Hudson
Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:07 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Marshmallow
Replies: 9
Views: 6375

Re: Marshmallow

I enjoyed this little mellow mallow romp. I put crunchy peanut butter on my graham crackers.
by Philip Hudson
Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:01 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Sprawl
Replies: 7
Views: 4941

Re: Sprawl

The mere sound of the word sprawl makes me uncomfortable. Suburban sprawl deserved the name. I do tend to sprawl all over the sofa in the den whilst wasting time watching TV.
by Philip Hudson
Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:56 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Pall
Replies: 6
Views: 5738

Re: Pall

As an active deacon of a large metropolitan church and the patriarch of a very large family, I have attended hundreds of funerals. I have been a pallbearer at many funerals. That meant carrying the casket in a group of four or six. I have seen sad ones and even funny ones. In my later years I have n...
by Philip Hudson
Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:03 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Glean
Replies: 4
Views: 5613

Re: Glean

My grandfather used to glean his own cotton crop. Not all cotton bolls open at the same time. When most of them were open we picked cotton by hand. Granddaddy used to leave the cotton stalks in the field and pick the rows again. Then came mandatory plowing cotton stalks under the ground to reduce th...
by Philip Hudson
Fri Nov 25, 2022 11:14 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Parsimony
Replies: 6
Views: 5047

Re: Parsimony

Parsley perhaps? I am very familiar with persimmons which I will at absent a better choice. The black persimmon of Texas and Mexico are said to be edible also, but we always let them fall from the trees to be eaten by the coyotes. As for parsimony, I nominate it as number 8 among the 7 deadly sins.
by Philip Hudson
Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:55 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Ravenous
Replies: 3
Views: 4143

Re: Ravenous

Just the mention of the word puts some people in a ravenous mood.
by Philip Hudson
Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:53 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Cow
Replies: 5
Views: 4424

Re: Cow

My brother avers that we had a one horned muley cow [a self- contradiction] who could never be cowed by anyone but himself. To me it was just a lot of bull.

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