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November 11, 2003, 07:45
wordnerdJUMBLE
I'm not good at this game, but let's try.
drawerforctNovember 11, 2003, 10:21
arniewordcrafter
LOCISLIONNovember 11, 2003, 15:02
haberdasher(pondering the association that brought that word to your mind...)
ROTIADES[Aside: pondering Kalleh's offering several posts above - what's a "rangement"? Do they come front as well as rear? ;-) ]
November 11, 2003, 19:48
jerry thomasROADSITES ?
FRATELLAWSNovember 12, 2003, 10:40
arnieTry asteroid.
FRATELLAWSwaterfalls
RENOCIRIThaberdasher posted:
quote:
(pondering the association that brought that word to your mind...)
None at all. I happened to have a newspaper open next to me with "collision" in a headline, and my eye fell on it when I was casting about for a word.
November 13, 2003, 00:03
Kallehcriterion
RIDERREEWith a tip of me hat to Hab.
November 13, 2003, 09:19
haberdasherI guess I'm always a little behind the times...
Re: Newspaper headlines...they can be inspiring. In medical school (once upon a time) in the second year everyone crams fiercely for National Board examinations. The more neurotic among us parade up and down the dormitory corridors, quizzing each other: instant flashcards, as it were. Eventually it got on my nerves, and the next time one of my classmates popped his head in the door and said "What's Waterhouse-Friedrickson syndrome?" I glanced at my desk before answering, saw
Brat Farrar, one of my favorite mysteries, and a NYTimes ad for the new BOAC jet plane, the deHavilland Comet, and then I said to him "I don't know. What's Farrar-deHavilland Syndrome?"
And when he didn't know, I wouldn't tell him. No matter how much he pleaded.
[This message was edited by haberdasher on Fri Nov 14th, 2003 at 19:58.]
November 13, 2003, 10:06
jerry thomasDERRIERE (as in "London Derriere")
ANNYBODYNovember 13, 2003, 10:33
arnieDanny Boy
SLITNEASENovember 13, 2003, 21:37
KallehGreat story, Hab!
When my daughter was at Yale, she always said that the pre-med students were the "most obsessive of the obsessive."
SLITNEASEEssential
YCLEPTIXOM[This message was edited by Kalleh on Thu Nov 13th, 2003 at 21:49.]
November 13, 2003, 22:36
arniecomplexity
NEENRIGENIGNovember 13, 2003, 23:30
jerry thomas YCLEPTNEAXLIO[This message was edited by jerry thomas on Thu Nov 13th, 2003 at 23:42.]
November 14, 2003, 10:24
arnieexceptionally
BEERENGRIMMNovember 14, 2003, 12:59
jerry thomasREMEMBERING
LOVERCITYSIMPINovember 14, 2003, 14:30
haberdasheroversimplicity !
(Nice self-describing anagram!)
a double-dose:
MAGINE a
GAMINE (one six-letter word)
November 14, 2003, 21:50
KallehEnigma? Not sure, though.
November 15, 2003, 05:56
haberdasher"Is a puzzlement!" the King declared.
It's still your turn.
(BTW
Enigma, by Robert Harris, is a fine book, too. )
November 15, 2003, 21:47
KallehSorry, I forgot to leave one!
November 15, 2003, 22:52
jerry thomasHEGEMONY
"It's
ZENLEPTUMZ,"the knig declared, enigmatically.
STALLIONCHICANARYNovember 15, 2003, 23:37
arnieanachronistically
DISSALFICENovember 16, 2003, 08:27
haberdasherCLASSIFIED
EACLIFNovember 16, 2003, 09:01
jerry thomasFACILE !!
MUNDOCURNNovember 16, 2003, 10:09
arnieconundrum
CALESSIPITNovember 16, 2003, 15:54
Kalleh Plasticise?????
NeedstripNovember 16, 2003, 18:43
haberdasherNeedstrip + a = pedestrian
Needstrip + e = predestine
Needstrip + o = interposed
NEEDSTRIP(P.S. Specialist?)
November 16, 2003, 19:26
KallehWho's to say?
BTW, there really
is a word for "needstrip."
November 17, 2003, 08:07
haberdasherPresident
HOLYTUFUNovember 17, 2003, 10:33
arnieyouthful
WEAVEGHITHYNovember 17, 2003, 13:31
haberdasherheavyweight
PIGTUILSPS Go back three spaces (or whatever):
Needstrip + a = pedestrian
Needstrip + e = predestine
Needstrip + o = interposed
PRESIDENT & VOWEL = WINED & OVERSLEPT
[This message was edited by haberdasher on Mon Nov 17th, 2003 at 13:43.]
November 17, 2003, 20:56
KallehArnie, was "CALESSIPIT" supposed to be "specialist" or "plasticise"?
PIGTUILSPugilist
CAPALENovember 17, 2003, 22:51
arniequote:
was "CALESSIPIT" supposed to be "specialist" or "plasticise"?
specialist
CAPALEpalace
NESENTTLIAMNovember 18, 2003, 05:13
haberdasherSentimental
GREYLOLANovember 19, 2003, 21:34
KallehALLEGORY
EONTURFOh, Arnie, I should have known that Haberdasher had it right!
November 20, 2003, 06:31
haberdasherfortune
GALEGORY(re PLASTICISE/SPECIALIST: not necessarily. In this context "right" is defined as "what is written on the piece of paper in the upper right hand drawer of my desk." I would say that "plasticise" was the more creative solution.
Makes a nice cryptic crossword clue, too:
"Doctor concentrates in one field, i.e. plastics (10)"
[This message was edited by haberdasher on Thu Nov 20th, 2003 at 7:11.]
November 20, 2003, 08:08
arniegargoyle
LASHMEESSLYquote:
I would say that "plasticise" was the more creative solution.
So would I. The fact that I hadn't thought of it makes it no less a valid solution.
November 20, 2003, 14:28
KallehThe fact remains that the
correct answer is the one that the poster had intended.
If you recall, Arnie, earlier here I had tried, to no avail, to find you making a
mistake at some point in time. Now, I worry that Haberdasher is joining you in that elite "Wordcraft" of rank never being wrong!
And, I did think that I had Haberdasher on "plasticise" because, after all, the Brits use the "cise"!
LASHMEESSLYShamelessly
greruinnNovember 21, 2003, 05:28
haberdasher[tongue firmly in cheek-e] Actually, I thought I had made a mistake once, but I was wrong.
unerring
seacubeNovember 21, 2003, 10:50
arnieKalleh's answer is a perfectly valid one, and is as "correct" as haberdasher's. I probably made a mistake in posting a word that had two answers.
SEACUBEbecause
USERONOERBTW, Kalleh, thanks for posting the link to that old thread about phobias, it was good fun to read again. I thought my posts seemed rather pompous, though.
November 21, 2003, 17:28
haberdasherMoses supposes...
ERRONEOUSly
Is anyone stressed? (that's backwards for "desserts")
EQUPIECRUSTNovember 21, 2003, 19:40
KallehThe 2 most confusing people to me on this site are Haberdasher....and Jerry.
BTW, Hab & Arnie, Shufitz is another member of the "he's never been wrong" club, at least that I've ever found!
EQUPIECRUSTPicturesque
Arnie, no, you have
never been pompous here. However, it did sadden me to see some of Morgan's old posts.
RUTHPLIMNovember 22, 2003, 18:33
jerry thomasquote:
The 2 most confusing people to me on this site are Haberdasher....and Jerry. Confused
Confusion is in the mind of the beholder.
Kalleh,Please accept my best wishes for a speedy recovery.
~~~~ jerry
PS ==> I surrender .. please give us a clue as to the solution to
RUTHPLIM ... thanx !!
[This message was edited by jerry thomas on Sun Nov 23rd, 2003 at 14:09.]
November 22, 2003, 19:52
KallehOh, Jerry, I was just trying to see if you were reading this thread!
November 24, 2003, 08:31
haberdasher RUTHPLIM is a technical word, but it could be considered to be as plain as the nose on your face! (Well, maybe one step below that.)
P.S. "FAS" is Fetal-Alcohol Syndrome.
November 24, 2003, 11:02
arnieHey, hab, what about the next word since you found the answer to
RUTHPLIM?
November 24, 2003, 11:05
haberdasherAh. Sorry. How about
RUTHFLIM?
November 24, 2003, 11:30
arniemirthful
NERBMHACKBTW, I meant to say earlier that I don't consider "philtrum" a technical word, although I was surprised when I looked it up in
Onelook that so few online dictionaries included it.
November 24, 2003, 13:02
jerry thomasBENCHMARK
VUORYRESSNovember 24, 2003, 18:23
KallehSurveyors
Now, Hab, when you say that
philtrum is a technical word, I assume you don't mean technical in the medical sense. I had never heard the word used professionally. My husband is the one who introduced me to that word. He thought you might have meant technical in the linguistic sense.
AHEEDRENTNovember 25, 2003, 11:51
haberdasherActually, I was indeed considering "philtrum" to be medical jargon. I've never come across it in any other context.
CREMPOUTP.S. "medical" = "claimed" = "declaim" = "decimal"
November 26, 2003, 10:05
KallehWell, to a podiatrist, this might be "crump toe" or to a cook it might be "cruet mop" or to a high school girl it might be "cute prom."
However, it must be
computer.
twdiimHere is the
bonus Word Scramble for the day; I may need to give you a hint:
AADIINPISTURTP.S. it is
not medical jargon, I assure you. However, I have seen this phenonemon in a variety of health care workers!