"I suppose it's because ladies seldom ride horses these days."
Dear Doctor Goodword, would you care to expand on that statement?
I dare not write down my reaction thereto without clarification!
Thanking you in advance...
Debby M.

I was sick for a while when in my 20s. A friend came to visit. He gasped when he saw me. He said my eyes were bulging out. The next time my doctor came to see me, I asked him if I were exophthalmic. "I don't know. I never saw you before you were sick." Very helpful, no? At any rate, I assu...

"As Hazel Nutt walked down the streets of her hometown in Louisiana..."
on the arm of my good friend Harry Covair...

Well, of course, "fissiparous" immediately springs to mind as a more common word than "protuberant" to use as clarification and analogy!
I immediately looked to see if the original posting of this was on April 1.


LOL!!!!

Philip, ??

Thank you SLAVA!!!

I read it and reread it and put my finger under the words and read it again.
Sigh.
Dear Doctor, please, when a problem has been resolved, could the notification thereof also go away?

Bbeeton, Where did you see "feighnedly"?

jaa67, Thanks! very cute.
Lately, I'm afraid "discussions" leads to ENcussing (ADcussing? ATcussing?).
Would that your definition lead people to the righteous path of discussion again.

That's the best shoe shine box I've seen in a long long time!
Congratulations on your prize.
I would suggest YOU know if it creaks or not, certainly looks like it fits the definition.

Well, Slava, I guess that depends on how often one has been on the verge of exploding on someone and has had to "hold it in"... My tolerance has hit dangerously low levels and the only way I can protect the poor unfortunates who come in range is at the personal cost of near apoplexy. I hop...

Slava, example(s) of "odd language" please?

I vote "remain".

Thanks for that one, Slava.
Now, when I was young (Yes, before the flood) anorexia afflicted anorectics. When did that change, anyone know?
Now it's commonly written and said "anorexics", no?

yes, pain and pagne are homonyms, but pagne is loin cloth, cloth worn wrapped about the hips.
sham pagne, made of rayon?

How about "gut(s)"?