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Mine's on the way. Thanks for the revival! | |||
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I sent one. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
I've got arnie, Kalleh, Bob and WM so far. I want more people!!!!!! | ||
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I've sent one. | |||
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Welcome, David! Wordmatic (lapsed OEDILFer) | |||
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Several have emanated from my war room. | ||
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Well, David, isn't it nice to see you again? Pull up a chair and stay awhile.  | |||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
We've almost got a quorum! I'll wait until Saturday to post the daffynitions and the real one. | ||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
It's clear that I should have kept my mouth shut about only one person knowing it for sure! 1. Term for an empty–headed, brainless dimwit. Stella's submission. 2. In radiation thermodynamics, a cavity whose walls are in radiative equilibrium with the radiant energy within the cavity. The real thing, as Bob, arnie, and Stanley surmised. I learned this word while visiting here: https://lasers.llnl.gov/ It's the container for the target of all these monster lasers. 3. A toilet stall or outhouse Beethree asked if we do "wqlk-ins." She walked right into David Franks's outhouse! Ewwww! 4. An aperture in the front of a medieval German knight's jousting helmet. Proofreader's submission 5. An ancient word for an amalgam of bronze and iron. Also Proofreader's 6. The inner sanctum; the holy of holies. Wordmatic got Stella feeling all holy, but it's heresy! Don't anyone burn anyone else at the stake, OK? 7. The hole left in a wall by bricklayers for the later installation of a window. Arnie's hole defenestrated WM. 8. The feeling of ecstasy that Schizophrenics can experience when they commit murder. I wonder who Kalleh was thinking of when she wrote this one? 9. An insult. Equivalent to "airhead". Bob Hale's submission 10. Early German word for "brassiere," now an haute-couture dress with an accentuated bodice. I submitted this uplifting item just for Proofreaders pleasure.  This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Asa Lovejoy>, | ||
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I have a feeling the correct answer is #10, even though I know the modern synonym in German is "Overdershoulderboulderholder." | ||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
Nein, ist "keepumfrumfloppen." | ||
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Purely because I have absolutely no idea what it means, I'll tale number two please. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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I think it is "schtopzemfrommfloppen." | ||
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I'll take #7, please. | |||
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This selection of suggestions for the German for bra are amusing. But so is the real word - Büstenhalter. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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spoilsport NASA calls them "Knockerdockers" | ||
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Do you take "walk-ins"? If so, I'll try #3. | |||
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I like the sound of #6. | |||
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I'll take 2. for the same reason as Bob. 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. | |||
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I'm leaning towards No.2 as well, because Mr Lovejoy was pretty certain that one person would know the definition and that suggests it's rather specialized. Unless he just meant because they're German. Which he might have done. ------------------------ If your rhubarb is forwards, bend it backwards. | |||
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Oh, heck. I missed the selections! I think I would have chosen #9. | |||
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