...so I gave up and did some research. Never would have gotten the word in a million years, as this is the first time I've ever seen it (I didn't think I'd led that sheltered a life!).
It means "seedless" in Spanish, or maybe "seeds of sin," or maybe the people who first called it that had a sense of humor and meant it to be a pun, with both meanings.
Also turns out that "seed" is another word for pot, like weed. Learn something new every day!
Final irony: the list of synonyms I found is on a government ( .dot.gov ) site!
January 05, 2005, 10:43
arnie
So, what is the word?
It is hard enough to get the anagrams when they are English, let alone in Spanish!
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
January 05, 2005, 11:16
Kalleh
Arnie, I am so lost in this thread right now that I can't tell you. Is it slim aliens? Is it a Spanish word? I am so confused! [That's what happens when you don't keep up on threads!]
I agree with you KHC, and others, that Milne is an absolute favorite of mine, and I have posted his stuff all over this board!
BTW, I saw the discussion of "athero" and was surprised to find that it comes from a Greek word meaning "porridge." Here is what Stedman's Medical Dictionary says:
I am not sure I will be able to read "Goldilocks and The Three Bears" with the same amount of innocence again!
January 05, 2005, 14:21
haberdasher
quote:It is hard enough to get the anagrams when they are English, let alone in Spanish!
Yes, but "marijuana" is no less an English word than this one!
(I won't tell you what it is because I didn't solve it, I cheated and looked it up, but I will say I found it by Googling "synonyms for marijuana")
January 05, 2005, 17:38
KHC
SINSEMILLA
Wow, stay gone for 24 hours and things go berserk. I just picked it out of the dictionary... ! Apparently, it's very strong marijuana.. No, I don't know where anyone can buy any!
January 05, 2005, 19:29
KHC
new word.. which cannot possibly cause strife
OUR LINGO VISA
January 06, 2005, 04:47
haberdasher
VAINGLORIOUS
let's try CHIRPENTS
January 06, 2005, 07:10
jo
are those snakes that live by the hearth and bring you good luck?
January 06, 2005, 08:33
haberdasher
No, but if they don't work right you might get heartburn...
January 06, 2005, 11:14
arnie
CHIRPENTS
sphincter
LION'S ROUTE
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
January 06, 2005, 14:17
haberdasher
LION'S ROUTE
RESOLUTION
PAY THE HEN
January 06, 2005, 20:10
KHC
PAY THE HEN
Hab-er-dash-er.... HYPHENATE!
ELECTED GOAL... cross threading
January 07, 2005, 13:29
haberdasher
ELECTED GOAL
...like campaigning for nudist camps?
DECOLLETAGE
O THE BOLD DO or maybe it should be BEHOLD TO-DO ?
(and don't neglect to pay the hen )
January 07, 2005, 16:06
Kalleh
Beyond hot-blooded, I am stuck. I knew there was a reason I stayed out of this thread!
January 07, 2005, 18:22
haberdasher
You're not stuck, you're right on target. And it's even hyphenated!
Which gives you honors for the next word...
January 08, 2005, 20:04
KHC
K-A-L-L-E-H !!! Come home!! We need you.
January 09, 2005, 11:48
Kalleh
Sorry guys...I just assumed it was wrong. Thanks, Hab, for alerting me. I was anxious to use this word (cross-threading a bit):
Don't nerd-off on me now, all of you in Jumblaya! (Frankly, I think "nerd-off" should be a word. )
'Tis one word, and quite easy besides. I just loved the "nerd-off" part.
January 09, 2005, 17:08
haberdasher
Heaven FORFEND we miss that!
Cross-threading again -
NOT GUTTER-WISE (HAY THE PEN with this one, too!)
January 09, 2005, 20:16
KHC
NOT GUTTER WISE
Tongue-twisters!
MINOR PESOS
January 10, 2005, 11:05
arnie
MINOR PESOS
Spoonerism
TINIEST TOUR
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
January 10, 2005, 11:33
haberdasher
RESTITUTION
HEAR "CLANG"
January 10, 2005, 18:52
KHC
I hear Gabriel's trumpet ..... ARCHANGEL I don't hear a clang...
Has anyone seen AN ELF DIE?
January 11, 2005, 08:59
haberdasher
If I attack the problem sideways it looks like ENFILADE !
How about an E-LINE EGG ? (Cross-threading in advance - the thiotimoline of the Internet !)
January 11, 2005, 21:05
KHC
E-LINE EGG
Negligee... oh la la
OOH, MY NEON
January 11, 2005, 21:30
jo
OOH, MY NEON
Honeymoon!
PANTHERS RIP -- dinner time!
January 12, 2005, 13:43
haberdasher
PARTNERSHIP
REVEALIST (There might be more than one answer to this collection of letters, in which case I invoke Sid McKeen's Law: "The correct answer is the one in the upper right-hand drawer of my desk.")This message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
January 12, 2005, 20:15
KHC
REVEALIST
I'm betting the answer in the drawer is versatile, unless you are bemoaning black sheep relatives ...
Pa, Sack Jane!
Which makes me think... Why do we say "sacked" for "fired"?
January 12, 2005, 22:44
arnie
Pa, Sack Jane
jackanapes
NUDIST COINED
The phrase is often given the sack. A workman would be expected to own his own tools. When he was fired, he would be given the sack in which to carry away his tools.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
January 13, 2005, 12:13
haberdasher
discontinued
EIGHT EAR
January 16, 2005, 02:40
arnie
EIGHT EAR
heritage
HURT APACE
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
January 16, 2005, 11:06
haberdasher
PARACHUTE
SAFE GLUE
January 17, 2005, 02:45
arnie
SAFE GLUE For use with model aeroplanes, presumably?
Fuselage
Not worth very much these days... ONE LIRA
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
January 17, 2005, 10:25
haberdasher
AILERON
a little more obscure, this one is...
GEE, PEN MAN
January 21, 2005, 05:20
haberdasher
...seems we have a case of the tail wagging the dog, here...
January 21, 2005, 10:49
arnie
GEE, PEN MAN
empennage
Kittens and bunny rabbits? COSIER FAUNA
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
January 21, 2005, 13:41
haberdasher
AERONAUTICS
and just to change the subject,
FERROCYTE (the cells are hungry for iron)
January 21, 2005, 13:43
haberdasher
No, wait, there's no T in COSIER FAUNA...I'll have to take back my ferrocyte for now.
January 21, 2005, 18:46
haberdasher
Okay, so I anticipated the Food theme. It's farinaceous.
(P.S. That's one more entry for the more-vowels-than-consonants thread! Also for the all-vowels-represented-in-a-single-word, though not in order and not once each)
Meanwhile, back at the FERROCYTE...
January 21, 2005, 23:37
arnie
FERROCYTE...
Farinaceous food was often eaten in the REFECTORY
PET GOAT
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
January 22, 2005, 05:28
jo
PET GOAT
Pottage
CHAINS TORN - It's a blizzard out there
January 23, 2005, 14:48
haberdasher
Not having too much success here.
It's got all the letters for ANACHRONISTIC but not quite enough of them.
January 23, 2005, 15:08
jo
I am soooooo sorry...
It's supposed to be:
A CHAINS TORN
(my bad)
January 23, 2005, 15:09
jo
or it could be
A CHARON SNIT -- would that be a pissed off hellish gate keeper?
January 26, 2005, 05:19
haberdasher
ANCHOR STAIN - you'd have one too if you spent so much time in the water
ANACHRONIST - makes his living pointing out inconsistencies
TRANSACHION - never cud spel all that gud
H CARNATIONS - we're all finished with those K cars, now
NAN'S CHARIOT - Bert Bobbesey has one, too
A CHRIST ANON - the Second Coming is near!
But seriously, I need a hint.
January 26, 2005, 05:53
jo
you got anachronist...
January 26, 2005, 10:35
arnie
Hmmm... That's a new word on me, and to OneLook it seems. Presumably it means a member of the Society for Creative Anachronisms?
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
January 26, 2005, 13:05
haberdasher
Well, if it's ANACHRONIST*, you'd better watch out for the
ORIENTAL MP
*(9890 Google hits)
January 26, 2005, 17:08
jo
well slap me with a wet noodle... I thought it was a word. I've used it for years.
January 26, 2005, 19:36
KHC
ORIENTAL MP
jump, jump, jump.. it's a trampoline
STINGY SCAM
January 26, 2005, 20:13
Rose Nunez
STINGY SCAM
...a trampoline upon which people are performing gymnastics.
[That's what happens when you don't keep up on threads!]
