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	wish-ga's word of the day (WOTD)
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	Edited by wish-ga Kickin' it off today with a gastronomic one.... xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... poupics A mess of victuals made of veal steaks and slices of bacon. T. Ellwood Zell's Popular Encyclopedia, 1871 xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... Not seen on menus since 1892......... food revivals. Not always a good thing. Also poses a problem for drive throughs... difficult to serve a mess of victuals in that situation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 06-Mar-2007 04:32
fish patty Fish Addict Posts: 539 Kudos: 223 Votes: 255 Registered: 04-Oct-2006	Is that WOTD from Aussie vocabulary? That would make a good subject matter to use.......... some of those Aussie words, & then explain to the rest of us what they mean.
Posted 07-Mar-2007 02:09
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Umm here's an aussie one, Don't ask for a root beer ....ermmm ..... yeah.... Okay I want to add one that I found care of an AFI song title exsanguination unciation: (" )ek(s)-"sa[ng]-gw&-'nA-sh&n Function: noun Etymology: Latin exsanguinatus drained of blood, from ex- + sanguin-, sanguis blood : the action or process of draining or losing blood. Read more on wiki ^_^
Posted 07-Mar-2007 03:11
fish patty Fish Addict Posts: 539 Kudos: 223 Votes: 255 Registered: 04-Oct-2006	Don't ask for a root beer?? Does it mean something else there than it does here? No fair giving a word that you can't explain on this site.
Posted 07-Mar-2007 04:23
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	Edited by wish-ga Fish patty babel is going to pm you with that one. I like arcane words... Aussie words well, we could start another thread for that if you like.... Babel, thx for joining it! Love the word..... {fishpatty 'poupics' is not an Aussie word. I included the source in the post} New Word; xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... foot-stove A contrivance for warming the feet; a foot-warmer; specifically a tin or sheet-iron box with a wooden frame, provided with a pan for live coals in a bed of ashes, formerly carrried by women to church in cold weather. source: William Whitney's Century Dictionary, 1889 xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... I may revive this practice for my office. It is sometimes arctic to me but comfortable for others. My internal thermostat must be on the blink. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 07-Mar-2007 04:44
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Foot stove, also known as my cat . My mother grew up in New England, they get some chilly winters (at least they did back when she was growing up!) and she'd tell us stories of one two or three dog nights. Nope, not the music group, it was the weather mans way of telling you how cold it was going to be that night! ^_^
Posted 07-Mar-2007 23:32
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	Edited by wish-ga xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... Philoprogenitiveness (phil-oh-pro-gen-itive-ness) The instinctive love of offspring. A hybrid word {from the pseudoscience of phrenology} from Greek philos, loving and latin progenies, progeny. source: Daniel Lyons American Dictionary of the English Language, , 1897 xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... fish. Decidedly lacking in philoprogenitiveness as a general rule. Hedgehogs. Now they got it in spades. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 09-Mar-2007 00:19
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Now that is one word you won't be hearing on the newsreports! I wonder if they'll start making cards .... Happy 2nd Birthday Son/daughter we philoprogenitive you hmmmmm ^_^
Posted 09-Mar-2007 03:22
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000	I like the word Beaker. And Filch. And Satchel. And Spleen. And Cheese. And Goofball. They're great words.
Posted 09-Mar-2007 09:59
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	Anywhither Anywhere source: Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon, c. 1850 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 12-Mar-2007 05:14
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	Edited by wish-ga xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... spidireen The name of an imaginary ship, sometimes mentioned by sailors. If a sailor be asked what ship he belongs to and does not wish to tell, he will most probably reply, "The spidireen frigate, with nine decks and ne'er a bottom." {source: John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary, 1887} xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... This word in honour of Feast Day of St. Cuthbert, Tues 20 March. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 20-Mar-2007 05:28
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	Edited by wish-ga xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... Vastidity Vastness; apparently Shakespeare's coinage [in] Measure for Measure Source: C H Herford's Notes on the Works of Shakespeare, 1902 xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... Vastidity = swim room for our fish.... that's a good thing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 21-Mar-2007 00:08
mattyboombatty Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	Edited by mattyboombatty Vastidity = swim room for our fish.... that's a good thing You mean the entire super large expanse of a 10 gallon for my new oscar, right? Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients
Posted 21-Mar-2007 01:49
fish patty Fish Addict Posts: 539 Kudos: 223 Votes: 255 Registered: 04-Oct-2006	I'm getting a kick out of some threads tonight! *Attached Image:*
Posted 21-Mar-2007 04:26
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	Mattyboombatty: "You mean the entire super large expanse of a 10 gallon for my new oscar, right?" Matty, Matty, Matty You are being a trickster. I know you wouldn't do that. It would be twistical. xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... wish-ga's WOTD Twistical Not quite moral. Used in New England. source: John Bartlett's American Dictionary of Americanisms,, 1849 xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 22-Mar-2007 04:50
mattyboombatty Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	It would be twistical....that's a good word. I like it. Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients
Posted 22-Mar-2007 17:35
crazyred Fish Addict LAZY and I don't care :D Posts: 575 Kudos: 360 Votes: 293 Registered: 26-Aug-2005	I kicked a man there once. ~~Melissa~~ "Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."
Posted 22-Mar-2007 18:11
Budzilla Enthusiast Posts: 288 Kudos: 197 Votes: 90 Registered: 18-Jul-2006	Crazyred, that was very twistical of you. -Vincent
Posted 22-Mar-2007 23:00
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... fish-whole As sound as a fish; thoroughly sound or healthy [early 1200s-1600] source: Sir James Murray's New England Dictionary, 1901 xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz...xyz... Hope all forumites are hale, hearty and fish-whole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 26-Mar-2007 04:52


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