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Aladdin words
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I am sure we have discussed before how many words change their meaning with time. I have called them......
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April 23, 2008 10:21
shlumpadinka?
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Here's a word I had not heard of, and couldn't find in WC archives. It could come in handy when you ......
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March 14, 2008 11:49
Degraded or changed words?
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Posted 17 Feb, 2008 05:53, Wordcrafter pointed out that degraded words include libetine, leer, lewd,......
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February 17, 2008 03:07
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There was a poll here in March 2005 on definitions of wit, which not surprisingly was inconclusive, ......
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December 16, 2007 03:06
RE: Prosopagnosia
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A fascinating but rare condition, first named by the German Dr J Bodamer in 1948, in Archiv f. Psych......
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July 06, 2007 02:23
echoic formation
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Chasing the etymology of the word frou-frou, I found it was of ......
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June 25, 2007 01:47
RE: Words from the Crimean War
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by wordcrafter: In the 1960s the rigid discipline and hierarchy of the ......
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February 10, 2007 09:47
RE: DWD
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The rules in Great Britain are similar. The Institute of Advanced Motoring advised: as from Midni......
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January 27, 2007 10:21
RE: Gobbledygook becomes English
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kalleh: QUOTE] Perhaps Orwell sums it up well: "The great enemy of clear......
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December 20, 2006 03:47
RE: "Iatrogenic" vs. "nosocomial"
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December 04, 2006 03:12
words with changed meanings
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In other threads, Dale has given examples of ......
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December 03, 2006 04:17
Bluffing game. Cloyne
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Now here is an interesting verb. Please send your daffynitions by PM. Please don't delete till the e......
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November 06, 2006 03:55
Bluffing games: Piepowder
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I have rather got a taste for these bluffing games. ......
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September 15, 2006 13:52
Bluffing games: Kirtle
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Kirtle is a word with a long history. Please send me your daffynitions by PM....
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September 06, 2006 06:10
RE: Take a Hike!
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Hike or walk? There's the long and the short of it. But anything except the dreadful, compulsive, he......
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June 28, 2006 03:06
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The phrase ‘halcyon days’ though common enough years ago, is now deemed obsolete by modern dictionar......
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June 27, 2006 01:58
RE: The World's Funniest Joke - II
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June 13, 2006 06:35
RE: The World's Funniest Joke - II
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June 11, 2006 10:44
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Diddle is a lovely, little onomatopoeic word with many attributes. In Britain it is in common usage,......
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June 11, 2006 02:57
RE: The World's Funniest Joke - II
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Asa Lovejoy: A woman comes home and tells her husband,… Great story. Ca......
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June 07, 2006 03:21
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