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Etymolojeez
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Started conversation Jan 6, 2001
New game ..well it's not really a game but this area seems to attract lateral thinkers.
Some words just don't make sense etymologically speaking -
Take "Emergency" - if the root word is emerge how come you go in to it and not out?
And as Trillion suggested:
"Manouevres" - Men don't lay eggs do they?
Etymolojeez
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jan 7, 2001
Superannuation - what's 'super' about being put out to pasture, cast aside by the turbo charged hurly burly..
Demonstrators - aren't all demons, some are quite peaceful really.
Chagrin - is nothing to smile at.
Etymolojeez
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jan 7, 2001
Nursing sharks - I mean really!
Earth Mothers - I wouldn't want to labor under that delusion!
Shiftless - changes gears automatically?
Pedantry - a tree for ants to hang their shoes?
Etymolojeez
Ek* this space intentionally left blank *ki Posted Jan 8, 2001
A "ture" is turban with three quarter length legs often finished with finely embroidered marzipan figures.
The word itself is a merging of part of a phrase found in Arthur Q Phartenbloe's semi-autobiographical novel: My Life with the Watoo-Watoo.
The phrase being "he was weighed down like a gnome in a clay ture"
Etymolojeez
Ek* this space intentionally left blank *ki Posted Jan 8, 2001
A "ture" is turban with three quarter length legs often finished with finely embroidered marzipan figures.
The word itself is a merging of part of a phrase found in Arthur Q Phartenbloe's semi-autobiographical novel: My Life with the Watoo-Watoo.
The phrase being "he was weighed down like a gnome in a clay ture"
Etymolojeez
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jan 8, 2001
*It took me six hours to get that one - the final push was seeing Trill laugh when I still hadn't got it - nice one*
Etymolojeez
Tefkat Posted Jan 9, 2001
mythopoeic - unable to aim straight, due to darkness or over-imbibing 
Etymolojeez
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jan 9, 2001
why is three goals or whatever (see above 3 entries) - called a HAT-TRICK- three heads? *I got the last 2 but nopiliary still eludes me - no don't tell me!*
Etymolojeez
broelan Posted Jan 9, 2001
perhaps derived from "GOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLL! he really pulled that one out of his hat" like 
?
what i want to know is why you drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway? or is this just an american thing? i know brits call them car parks, but i kind of related that to being a large parking garage, or am i wrong?
and on the car park bit, do they have swings and slides and round-a-bouts, or just picnic areas?
Etymolojeez
You can call me TC Posted Jan 10, 2001
Just cars, and signs demanding we pay reverence to the Carpar King.
Etymolojeez
Ek* this space intentionally left blank *ki Posted Jan 10, 2001
Confused ... to what exactly?
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