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by skinem
Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:53 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: morgan
Replies: 12
Views: 16514

Once upon a time I met a young woman named Morgan. She was not horse-like at all. What does the name itself mean, and where did it come from? It comes from Welsh mythology. It's the modern form of Morgen. It was used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th-century for the Arthurian sorceress Morgan le ...
by skinem
Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:24 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Amphigory
Replies: 2
Views: 5369

Interesting word...didn't know this one.
Thanks.
by skinem
Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:14 am
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Dictionary of Imaginary Places
Replies: 5
Views: 13609

I expected to see Lower Slobovia or another, less family-friendly name for an imaginary place on that site.
by skinem
Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:54 pm
Forum: Grammar
Topic: Contd. Ellipsis
Replies: 57
Views: 89274

Damn, I thought I was doing a good job of being an enigma. Yous got me at petrol, didn't ya?
That and the fact that your location says New Zealand.
Yeah, that was a bit of a hint...
by skinem
Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:44 pm
Forum: WELCOME HOME!
Topic: Welcome,enigma
Replies: 29
Views: 83602

Welcome, Enigma!

Please don't follow your avatar's example and post!
by skinem
Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:43 pm
Forum: WELCOME HOME!
Topic: 200th Lexiterian Joins
Replies: 6
Views: 37768

You must be snow-bound and suffering from cabin fever to be digging this deep into the old threads... ...but, here I am reading them! No snow here, just raining and in the 30s. If I had to be outside, I'd rather get snowed on than a 35 degree rain...you don't get near as wet and so you stay warmer. ...
by skinem
Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:57 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: GLADE
Replies: 3
Views: 6872

I like this word...just a happy word. Unlike the bad commercial for the product of the same name in which it is pronounced "all French"...
by skinem
Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:21 am
Forum: Grammar
Topic: Your opinion . . . ?
Replies: 68
Views: 117829

My favorite explanation of some text talk...

WTF=Why the Face...

Hmmmm....


Skinem=not a fan of text talk. Or most internet signage for that matter.
by skinem
Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:03 am
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: more brain teasers
Replies: 7
Views: 16907

I got the first and last one, but for some reason couldn't figure out the sea floor one...and I have dogs!
by skinem
Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:44 pm
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Saturday
Replies: 40
Views: 126861

Saturday

Susie knew she had hit the jackpot when she found a four-leaf clover. Everything began going right for her. She found a great boyfriend. She got a great job. It hardly ever rained. Then one day, she left the clover in clothes that went to the dry cleaner. It was still there when she retrieved the cl...
by skinem
Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:22 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: BECK
Replies: 17
Views: 24428

I'm usually at someones call and beck...
by skinem
Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:57 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: CATAWAMPUS
Replies: 8
Views: 14036

I always heard it kittycorner and cattywumpus....

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by skinem
Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:54 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: NIMROD
Replies: 4
Views: 8050

I spent a summer logging not far from Nimrod, Oregon....

...of course, lots of juvenile snickering over the name by, well, juveniles.
by skinem
Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:39 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Tristitiate
Replies: 7
Views: 10542

...but melting snow tristitiates many children...

I grew up where it snows a lot. A sure cure for wanting to move back home is visiting in January. Or February...or March...or November or December.
by skinem
Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:56 am
Forum: Idioms
Topic: "Damp Squib"?
Replies: 24
Views: 80442

Well, at the end of the day in my neck of the woods the bottom line is that it's not rocket science.

I think I'll order the book as well...

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