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- Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:42 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SCROOCH
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15765
- Sun Aug 09, 2009 4:16 pm
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: Fun phrases in Latin
- Replies: 38
- Views: 125381
- Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:57 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: flimflam / bosh
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11551
flimflam / bosh
A twofer. My mother referred to someone as being "flimflammed" and that made me look it up. Upon doing so, it was defined with the word "bosh", also an interesting word and one I am adding to my vocabulary. "What a load of bosh!" bosh –noun absurd or foolish talk; nonse...
- Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Conquer
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5169
Conquer
I was interested in the Latin source of this word, which seems to indicated "to search/ask thoroughly". http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conqueror con·quer Function: verb Inflected Form(s): con·quered; con·quer·ing Etymology: Middle English, to acquire, conquer, from Anglo-French ...
- Fri May 01, 2009 12:36 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: TETCHY
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8767
Re: TETCHY
Had a good laugh at this one, good Dr.at the law firm of Howe, Dewey, Cheatham & Wynn."
- Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:11 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Giblet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7739
Re: GIBLET
scw1217, I couldn't fail to disagree with you less, giblet gravy is wonderful. I haven't had any in years, but remember it fondly from family dinners. That, and fighting over who got the ends from the cranberry jelly. Actually, my "MmmMmm" was sincere. It is the only way I'll eat any form...
- Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:40 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Giblet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7739
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:04 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: THRENODY
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8706
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:51 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: THRENODY
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8706
- Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:42 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Incunabulum
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4732
Incunabulum
I came across this word, "incunabulum", in a Wikipedia article about the Gutenberg Bible . This Bible is the most famous incunabulum and its production marked the beginning of the mass production of books in the West. And it has an interesting word history ... n. pl. in·cu·nab·u·la (-lə) 1...
- Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:20 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SILLY
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6474
- Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:22 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: TURKEY
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16692
Re: Fact?
Oh! My goof. I should have chosen a better word.Careful, scw1217: not fact, but urban legend . . . or would this one be a rural legend?...I distinctly remember the field guide telling the class this very fact.
- Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:00 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: TURKEY
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16692
Re: TURKEY
A widely held fallacy is that turkeys look up at the sky with their beaks open during rainstorms and drown as a result. This misconception led to the conclusion that turkeys are stupid birds, hence the second and third meanings of today's holiday word. When my daughter was in 1st grade we took a cl...
- Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:56 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ERSTWHILE
- Replies: 16
- Views: 22955
- Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:40 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HUNKER
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4579