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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Aug 17, 2013 6:59:28 GMT
Two more today;
Snollygoster - A dishonest politician, especially a shrewd or calculating one. This word was certainly interesting to include but I had to delve deeper. 'One, especially a politician, who is guided by personal advantage rather than by consistent, respectable principles.' We find that Pennsylvania Dutch 'schnelle geeschter' could be a source for this excellent but much underused word. All politicians can or should be tarred with the same snollygostered brush.
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Polydipsia - Having abnormal thirst. My pub landlord has accused me on occasions of being polydipsiac. Not normally in his vocabulary. Until he met me.
Cognate anagram;
The Archeologist - He's got a hot relic
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Post by warlock on Aug 17, 2013 12:15:37 GMT
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Post by warlock on Aug 17, 2013 12:31:50 GMT
I am one!
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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Aug 17, 2013 13:05:13 GMT
Antidisestablishmentarianism, 28 letters and 12 syllables. I once went there and got summarily defrocked. The 28 letters did not appear to affront the Council of Pronunciation but the bloody syllables did.
Ostrobogulous - Bizarre, unusual or interesting. Resembles some of my posts perhaps?
Presbyterian - Best in prayer
Joe, good to see you are also in the Nillionaire club, we are all in it together.............
nillionaire Someone with a whole lot of nothing. A wallet with phuck all in it and the rest owned or clawed by your government.
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Post by GuiltySpark on Aug 17, 2013 15:57:55 GMT
A couple of other Cognate Anagrams.
Mother-in-law --> Woman Hitler I'm sure there are many that will agree with that one, ahem, moving on....
Debit card --> Bad credit No surprise there!
Payment received --> Every cent paid me See above.
Amazingly we have The eyes --> They see
And probably the most truthful Catholicism --> Comical s**t
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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Aug 18, 2013 19:56:52 GMT
Cockalorum - A little man with a high opinion of himself. Napoleon disagreed.
Lunting - Walking while smoking a pipe. One could say, 'I'm off for a post lunch lunt.
Cognate anagram of the day;
The Morse Code - Here come dots
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Post by Lighthouse on Aug 19, 2013 7:40:45 GMT
Does that mean that Napoleon ate coq au vin (but substituted the wine for rum ?)
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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Aug 19, 2013 12:32:46 GMT
Today, we have;
Absquatulate - To make off hurriedly; decamp; abscond. It has had a good run and is still to be found in modern American dictionaries.
Flambuginous - A sham, deception. Our UK coalition government is flambuginous
Cognate anagram today;
Semolina - is no meal
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Post by Lighthouse on Aug 19, 2013 19:00:42 GMT
Semolina - Horrible stuff. Has the texture of frog spawn (without the taste)
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Post by GuiltySpark on Aug 19, 2013 19:06:33 GMT
I like semolina, especially with golden syrup or strawberry jam.
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Post by warlock on Aug 19, 2013 21:25:40 GMT
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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Aug 21, 2013 10:25:34 GMT
Today's offering;
Borborygmus - A rumbling in the lower intestines, especially after cooking and eating LH's starfish recipe.
Dendrochronology - The wonderful art of tree ring dating.
Cognate anagram today;
Norwegians - Swen or Inga
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Post by GuiltySpark on Aug 21, 2013 14:08:03 GMT
Ah, a Borborygmus, I often get this which is usually followed by a Annus Horribilis.
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Post by warlock on Aug 21, 2013 23:18:09 GMT
opilionids, The middles are good. Legs not so much. (recipes welcome)
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Post by Lighthouse on Aug 22, 2013 16:31:24 GMT
I don't know about the big spiders (tarantulas, bird eating, etc), but those small ones have a very bitter/acid taste. And not a lot of meat on 'em.
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