Words & Wordplay - July 2007

Manipulation as in manipulating people. I can't seem to find the right one. I'm hoping for one on a higher vocabulary level than I find myself on.

2007-07-02 16:27:13 · 10 answers · asked by Jamie 1

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2007-07-02 16:06:24 · 4 answers · asked by jobees 6

2007-07-02 15:57:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-02 15:31:53 · 3 answers · asked by roboto91 1

im looking to name a band,
we've thought about Patience, Patients
but we want something different along the lines of using the same word twice.
is there any other words that work that way?

2007-07-02 15:25:59 · 8 answers · asked by MW saved my life. 2

2007-07-02 15:16:00 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

If somethins is shaped like a circle, it's circular. Same with rectangular, triangular, etc. But what about pentagon and octogon, hexagon, etc?
At least with square, you can say "It's square." You can't say "It's pentagon."
So what's the word I'm looking for? I'm prety sure it isn't pentagonular.

2007-07-02 14:59:47 · 9 answers · asked by Jeska 3

2007-07-02 14:57:29 · 8 answers · asked by re76ntire 1

For instance, a rubber surface, instead of having almost no friction (slick), would provide a good deal of friction. Like a non-slip surface would be the opposite of 'slick', but what would be one good word for this?

2007-07-02 14:34:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was attending a seminar the other day on cockroachs, the speaker used the word egmotatic or agmotatic (spelling?). He said it was used to refer to cockroachs, it meant they like to be touched on four sides. I could't find it in the dictionary when I got home. I am unsure of the spelling

2007-07-02 14:31:21 · 3 answers · asked by Johnny D 1

And can you tell me what memories you have associated with the scent of blackberries?

2007-07-02 12:58:53 · 2 answers · asked by lady_greentree 3

2007-07-02 12:29:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-02 11:49:28 · 16 answers · asked by Chaldol 1

My husband thinks it means riding in a car while wearing dirty underpants. I say it means driving with drugs or possibly driving drunk. Who's right? There's a foot massage riding on it.

2007-07-02 11:36:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-02 11:32:05 · 2 answers · asked by steven_macaulay 1

what does it mean if someone tells you that you are their kryptonite?

2007-07-02 11:11:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Our creative writing class has a project. Write a funny story. And I was thinking of turning words into names and making a funny story out of it. "The Tate Family" I've already got two of 'em. Adji (which if you put together with tate would sound like agitate), and Irri (which, of course, if you put together with tate, would be irritate).

2007-07-02 10:31:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-02 10:29:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

So thing you do not share. When playing.

2007-07-02 10:02:42 · 1 answers · asked by jobees 6

If there was a list of words, some starting with punctuation marks, is there a way to alphabetize them? All I can think to do is convert the punctuation to a word, then go by that. For instance, COLON would come before EXCLAMATION and AMPERSAND would come before PARENTHESIS.

2007-07-02 09:25:40 · 3 answers · asked by debodun 2

2007-07-02 08:43:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-02 07:49:17 · 5 answers · asked by Gary D 1

I have heard that the origional meaning of the word was 'Bog Bandit'. Is this true? If it is, can you name someone who fits that description?

2007-07-02 07:45:25 · 10 answers · asked by footynutguy 4

What is the word for this definition?

A person who entertains (particularly, plays instruments) on the street for enjoyment and for money. (Like in the cities when you can put money in the hat/case/bucket of or just listen to a saxophone player, for example.)

2007-07-02 07:22:23 · 11 answers · asked by Drinking from a broken glass.... 2

Examples:

Driveway: Place where you park your car
Parkway: Place where you drive your car

Cargo: goods sent on a ship
Shipment: goods sent by land vehicle.

Can you think of other such words?

2007-07-02 06:58:10 · 12 answers · asked by Tom S 7

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2007-07-02 06:46:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-02 06:40:10 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is going on with this "I like cheese" stuff? What does it mean? What is the point of that comment? Kids are saying it as a joke or something these days. Is it from a television thing like "I've fallen and I can't get up?"? Or does it have some special meaning when said?

2007-07-02 06:29:27 · 4 answers · asked by AJ 6

2007-07-02 06:22:09 · 6 answers · asked by sue 1

I saw this answered before but I want to reopen the discussion.

When discussing opposites with my 5 yr old daughter she asked, What's the opposite of middle?"

2007-07-02 06:20:52 · 6 answers · asked by Court 2