Words & Wordplay - December 2006

Why would you want to, where did this saying originate from- I know what it means, just dont know how it came to be- seems stupid?

2006-12-11 20:20:20 · 8 answers · asked by Georgie 5

2006-12-11 20:12:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2006-12-11 19:55:16 · 5 answers · asked by george 1

2006-12-11 19:44:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-11 19:41:26 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

or do they not work in the same place. just trying to find out what is the name for the place where you can buy presciption glasses./ spectacals. any difference between spectacles and glasses ?

2006-12-11 19:08:19 · 2 answers · asked by velle_b 2

2006-12-11 19:00:18 · 6 answers · asked by Isis 2

2006-12-11 18:50:04 · 3 answers · asked by chewtoy789 2

Hapax Legomenon: Words that only appear once in their language.

So far I have:
Shakespeare’s “Honorificabilitudinitatibus”
(A Word from Act Five, Scene One of Love’s Labour’s Lost)
Hesiod’s “Autoguos”
Chaucer’s “Nortelrye”
A “Flother” is a snowflake circa, just once, 1275
Job's Gvina (Bible Cheese)
The Bible appearently has 100s????
“Croatoan” carved in a trunk of Roanoke’s Tree.
Islamic Satanic verse word:Gharaniq
(In Arabic تلك الغرانيق العلى وإن شفاعتهن لترتجى.)
Grateful dead had Aoxomoxoa (OX-OH-MOX-OH-AH".)
Geoge Bernard Shaw spelled fish “Ghoti”
(enouGH, wOmen, naTIon, )
Zotz,
and L. Frank Baum's "Pyrzqxgl", from the Magic of Oz, though the word appears multiple times, but only in that work.

ANY OTHERS??????????????

2006-12-11 18:34:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i think it's "(pah-jet)"...but im not so sure...

2006-12-11 17:40:17 · 10 answers · asked by frankfreak11 1

Something adult ..

2006-12-11 17:36:56 · 5 answers · asked by Ajay Agrawal 1

2006-12-11 17:25:45 · 4 answers · asked by jaisankar 1

2006-12-11 17:06:32 · 8 answers · asked by imran s 2

i dont know where to put dash(es)in this sentence.
"I'd love to see the play again maybe next week and bring Andrea"
just a little help here
hint: we use a dash to set off words theat interrupt main thought of a sentence.

2006-12-11 17:02:37 · 2 answers · asked by lizziekwon 1

i c r a p blue

2006-12-11 16:20:08 · 12 answers · asked by big fish 1

2006-12-11 16:19:12 · 6 answers · asked by big fish 1

ok the word i need unscrambles is listen it needs to be unscrambled into a christmas word.

2006-12-11 16:13:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

jag-you-are or jag-whar?

2006-12-11 16:03:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok the word id itsintopeas......i just posted this and it got deleted....i dont know why im guessing it was an accident... but this is a christmas word nothing sexual or violent...and if this is against the rules tell my why before deleting

2006-12-11 16:02:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok so I'm trying to do this vocab packet and it wants me to change find the noun form of each word. There are more than this but if you could just show me how...I could probably do the rest. Also we are supposed to change other words to verbs. One example would be coalition. Is there some trick to doing this?
intercede
petulant

2006-12-11 15:55:00 · 2 answers · asked by Emily 2

This is my homework! What's the English word for:
Trailer Truck
Roller Coaster
Suspenders
Hot Dog Bun
Slingshot
Stove
Pump
Rubber Cement
Rhinestone
Fabric Store
Thumbtack
Pacifier
Comforter
Station Wagon
Spatula
Extension Cord
Period
Prison
Hot Water Heater
Barette
Vacuum Cleaner
Popsicle
Hardware Store
Bobby Pin
Editiorial
Raincoat
Hamburger
Diapers
Day Laborer
Underdrapes
Tic Tac Toe
Potholders
Moving van
Baby Buggy
Gas
Electrical Outlet
Snaps
Lined Up
Sedan
Buffet
Muffler
Underwear
Attorney
Monkey Wrench
Orchestra Seats
Adhesive Tape
Rubbing Alcohol
Pension Plan
Boob Tube
Jerk
Molasses
Nightstick
Long Distance
Pant Cuffs
Mutual Fund'
Hutch.

Sorry that it's so long. Also, JaneB, please reply to this question! I've seen your answers for other British slang questions. Thank you!

2006-12-11 15:51:57 · 5 answers · asked by L is for Liz 1

in the song called Spring of '65 does anyone know what "cash for cuff" means?

2006-12-11 15:50:42 · 2 answers · asked by InProgress:-) 4

"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteer is in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe."

2006-12-11 15:44:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

“Let the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can't pay, why I can owe, And death makes equal the high and low.

2006-12-11 15:39:12 · 6 answers · asked by popcorn0421 1

2006-12-11 15:28:48 · 14 answers · asked by skoolboy56 2

what does "wtf" mean?

2006-12-11 15:27:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-11 14:51:48 · 12 answers · asked by student network noob 2

im doing homework.
help anyone?

2006-12-11 14:40:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

1.) A carbonated beverage
2.) Underground part of a building or house
3.) What you carry your groceries in
4.) Covering something with toilet paper
5.) The sweet stuff you put on a cake
6.) A small stream
7.) The machine you drink water from
8.) The night before Halloween
9.) Beverage made of melted icecream
10.) A circular traffic meeting point

2006-12-11 14:05:18 · 33 answers · asked by bec 1

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Coal needs continue to be met mainly by indigenous production. China and India account for over three-quarters of the 3.3 billion-tonne increase in oil production *in 2030 over 2004*.

2006-12-11 14:02:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous