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candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/1/2006 4:08:09 PM)
quote: Are you still on pain meds Candy? You've been quite the treat yourself! Hohoho i am NOT happy; stop this vicious rumor now, LMAO. New word: phrontislery (cheated, LOL.) candystripper

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/1/2006 6:43:11 PM)
We have a little bit of stocktaking to do. "Lues" (pronounced LOO-weez) does not quite mean "plague." I believe it could, in theory, refer to any infestation, but in practice it was commonly used for what we call "syphilis." It's a very rare term now, but you find it a lot in the old sexological literature. I've looked up "busk" in OED and found what has to be the definition that Hohoho was looking for: quote: A strip of wood, whalebone, steel, or other rigid material passed down the front of a corset, and used to stiffen and support it. I had no idea. OK, next word...genuflect quote: ORIGINAL: candystripper plague

Hohoho -> RE: Word Fight (3/2/2006 12:00:21 PM)
genuflect .....I went to church last night. I believe I practiced genuflection before the altar to receive the ashes.(the only kneeling I've done lately) quote: New word: shoefly (not pie) cmon....i don't have that big a vocab will someone try?

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (3/2/2006 5:56:18 PM)
colloquial usage is a ne'er do well......... de minimis unless someone dont buy my definition of shoefly. Ron

yourMissTress -> RE: Word Fight (3/2/2006 7:05:57 PM)
shoefly is a railroading term having to do with switching or throwing tracks for repairs. Next word...knavish

Evanesce -> RE: Word Fight (3/2/2006 7:25:55 PM)
quote: Next word...knavish Umm... Has to do with being a knave - untrustworthy, or dishonest How about: evanesce (people ask me what it means all the time, anyway)

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (3/2/2006 7:46:39 PM)
In my life that's a switch(er). Seriously, Ron

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/2/2006 9:22:05 PM)
"Evanescent" means fleeting; it refers to something that doesn't last forever. I assume "evanesce" is the verb. Next word...well, how about a set of four? minaret, minuet, martinet, lazaret quote: ORIGINAL: Evanesce How about: evanesce (people ask me what it means all the time, anyway)

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (3/2/2006 9:25:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Evanesce quote: Next word...knavish quote] It is a bagel with lox and cream cheese. A corruption of the protoger-manic middle-eastern, sanskrit: nosh Evanesce is somebody's nick......... LOLOL, Still the same words, I'm just fuckin' with ya!!!!!!!

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/3/2006 1:05:00 AM)
BTW; de minimus; too small to be of concern. candystripper

yourMissTress -> RE: Word Fight (3/3/2006 9:20:29 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster Next word...well, how about a set of four? minaret, minuet, martinet, lazaret Well...Minuet is a dance for couples from the 17th century, also used as a description for the music that it's danced to. A lazaret is a place for quarantine or a hospital that treats contagious diseases. A martinet is someone very rigid in rules and protocol. I will have to look up the other one to see if there's a correllation between them when the 4 are used together, otherwise I'm confused as to why you called them a set. Unless you are grouping them because of their shared "et" ending.

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/3/2006 11:18:36 AM)
Yes, it's just because they all end in "-et." I guess I could have added "tete-a-tete," "duet," and "barrette." Pink, it's DE MINIMIS, not de minimus.

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/3/2006 4:35:19 PM)
My apologies for misspelling. ROFL. (Wait; didn't You and i spell it the same way?) Next word: "transmogrification" candystripper

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/3/2006 8:23:51 PM)
That's a complete change, usually implying a change from something good into something fundamentally different and less appealing. We still haven't done "minaret."

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/4/2006 1:55:21 AM)
minaret = decorative top of building. kk; what was wrong with de minimus? candystripper

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/4/2006 10:37:12 AM)
That's not the definition of "minaret." It's "de minimis" (ablative plural) not "de minimus" (which would be ungrammatical in Latin).

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/4/2006 1:45:15 PM)
Man, it took some staring to get Lam's point, LOL. kk...cheated..."minaret" is: a tower and balconey on a mosque. i submit my answer was right and Lam's picking on me. LOL. next word? candystripper

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/4/2006 4:54:34 PM)
I think it's your turn to do the next word.

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/4/2006 5:44:06 PM)
ok, funny guy, "addeciminate". candystripper

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/4/2006 6:36:13 PM)
Do you mean "addecimate"?

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