here's another good one sillage not to be confused with silage (ahem) scent that lingers in the air when a person who is wearing it has passed by - SILLAGE related to wake? as in.... Alma Mater left men longing for her as she passed, it was the wake of her perfume that lingered. Kt I realize it's Fr...

Just guessing, but I'll bet this one hasn't been a WOTD yet . long sideburns worn with a clean-shaven chin - DUNDREARIES (This fashion disaster was named after Lord Dundreary, a character in the 1858 play, Our American Cousin by English dramatist, Tom Taylor from www.freedictionary.com Kt nope ya go...

I've given up using the dictionaries on this sites in any incarnation (no matter what I'm searching for), they are way too click heavy, I like one-stop-shopping.

Kt

I just searched the way Tm said to

Kt
nevermind

Then the search function is just simply not working.

Kt

I'm wondering how they got my pictures? Not anymore understand, but in my 30's.

Kt

Anagram Guru 5 Language brain teaser are those that involve the english language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters. The following word pairs are anagrams which can be combined to form the name of an animal or insect.Try to figure it out. 1. Zeal, Gel 2. Neat, Help 3. Boa, Luf...

hal·cy·on (hls-n) n. 1. A kingfisher, especially one of the genus Halcyon. 2. A fabled bird, identified with the kingfisher, that was supposed to have had the power to calm the wind and the waves while it nested on the sea during the winter solstice. adj. 1. Calm and peaceful; tranquil. 2. Prospero...

ap-o-plec-tic adj. :: Of, resembling, or produced by a sudden impairment of neurological function. adj. :: Extremely angry; furious "During this colloquy, Passepartout was as white as a sheet, and Fix seemed on the point of having an apoplectic fit." --Verne, Jules http://www.braingle.com...

peerless·ly adv. peerless·ness n. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsAdj. 1. peerless - em...

BD, I hear you whistling those dirty ditties, you are so funny.

Kt

I've only been to the UP once never heard much local talk, but Larry we calls 'em cow chips here in the land of washing machine planters in our front yards.

LOL
Kt
Gail, how you bin?
BD, how is 'Kah' and 'Kaw' not the same?

Sometimes! BD

Kt
redundancy/waste all that bothers me. I'm conservative with things but liberal with my giving.

But all languages possess that mechanism of "redundancy" for emphasis, Katy, and there's nothing intrinsically bad with it, especially in speech.

Brazilian dude

I never said it was bad, it just grates on my nerves.

Kt

yup, yup, that's another one, grates on my ears, it does, just like the guy I know who does just that, says it "grates on my ears it does." That weird reiteration at the end of the sentance, but he's from Maine, so doesn't rightly belong in this discussion.

Kt