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  • Hee.

    January 20, 2008

  • Yes. This is how every bad ballet knick knack depicts ballerinas. They often get it just slightly wrong, which drives me CRAZY.

    January 19, 2008

  • Oh no! What did the poor little accordion say to get you so stirred up?

    c_b, I *need* the name of that band.

    January 19, 2008

  • Every time I hear the chicken dance, I think back to last year when some kids in a colleague's class could hula hoop while doing the chicken dance.

    January 19, 2008

  • Hey dubek,

    Dearth? Really? Hmmm, I have to admit it's been too long since I've read an actual article, so I'll go ahead and believe you. Have you ever read one called, The World is Round, p<.05? I'm not into psyc stats, but that one was pretty entertaining.

    :) jennarenn

    January 19, 2008

  • I love your username. Mind if I get draggled myself?

    January 18, 2008

  • How about please and thank you?

    January 18, 2008

  • You need to laugh more often. Try bananaphone. :)

    January 18, 2008

  • Everyone's had more sleep than you have, Mr. or Ms. -I-have-over-seven-THOUSAND-comments. ;)

    January 18, 2008

  • At first, I didn't realize that this was an open list. Brilliant, uselessness, brilliant.

    January 18, 2008

  • Oy, five words and I'm already behind. ;)

    January 18, 2008

  • It's an open list. Feel free to add any word you think would fit. Just make sure to link to the original conversation if it didn't occur on the word in question. :)

    January 18, 2008

  • Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger.

    MUSHROOM! MUSHROOM!

    January 18, 2008

  • I'm sorry reestee, but you'd be friend #151. I'll put you first on my waiting list until somebody moves, dies, or gets surgically conjoined to their boy/girlfriend's hip.

    January 18, 2008

  • Can you imagine? Thousands of feverish Ivy League hopefuls would pitch a fit and fall in it.

    January 18, 2008

  • Why would you want your toast burnt?

    January 18, 2008

  • There are rummored to be photos of me in full Napoleon regalia, doing The Dance. I had a 'fro, a lame 80s t-shirt, boots, and a liger name-tag. They will not be uploaded onto this site.

    P.S. Hooray for Wordie at work. Don't know when that happened. :)

    January 18, 2008

  • Why 55 bottles? I think that 54 is feeling a little left out.

    January 17, 2008

  • Zoom, zoom, zoom!

    January 17, 2008

  • ???

    January 17, 2008

  • Code Blue!!! Code Blue!!!

    January 17, 2008

  • Yeah, John usually cleans these things up. He'll probably leave this one since other wordies have been having fun with it.

    January 17, 2008

  • Poor little Wordie is just over a year old. It has only just started tottering off towards the outskirts of the English language.

    January 17, 2008

  • Elementary! He's a fellow teacher!!!

    January 17, 2008

  • Dang it, u. There's tea all over my roommate's couch and she's gonna be stinkin' ticked!

    January 17, 2008

  • My thought exactly.

    January 17, 2008

  • Druidy-druid? It's been ten hours and nobody's questioned that?

    January 16, 2008

  • People get stuff removed all of the time. I think that the difference is that they don't sedate the babies to the same degree that they would an adult. The poor little boys are fussy for a while after they've had the procedure, understandably so.

    January 16, 2008

  • Ick! Do we really need a word for this?

    January 15, 2008

  • Very uncommon among high schoolers in public places.

    January 15, 2008

  • It's a poplar passtime 'round these parts.

    January 15, 2008

  • Hey c_b,

    You misspelled dummer.

    ;) Jen

    January 15, 2008

  • This list also explains why frass is so entertaining.

    January 15, 2008

  • We're knot crazy.

    January 15, 2008

  • I'd love to go to a Boggle gathering as long as I didn't have to, you know, actually play Boggle. Hate that game. (!) I know, I know. I'm a wordie, but can't spell worth...frass.

    January 15, 2008

  • Frass is an eminently useful word.

    January 15, 2008

  • Eh, 28K? I remember walking uphill in the snow to get to my 2K modem back in the mid 90s and loving every minute of it.

    January 15, 2008

  • Reminds me of foobar. :)

    January 15, 2008

  • You're right. He might start talking again. ;)

    January 15, 2008

  • You oughta write Ronnie and tell him about the ghosty oppression going on around these parts.

    January 15, 2008

  • u, I was just going to leave a comment to that effect. Get outta my mind. :)

    January 15, 2008

  • Sadly, some of us don't have access to wordie during work hours. I find that it severely curtails my ability to get into the thick of things. TSB, do check out slumry's comments. She racked up over 1200 comments in under three months. Amazing.

    January 15, 2008

  • Thanks c_b. I always forget the details.

    January 14, 2008

  • Half a llama

    twice the lama....

    January 10, 2008

  • cellular.

    January 10, 2008

  • Also, home to some hott Normal Rockwell paintings.

    January 10, 2008

  • Hee. It took me a few minutes to realize that eleven thousand words wasn't hyperbole.

    January 10, 2008

  • It's pages like this that make me want to print out wordie and bind it into a book. Wouldn't you just love to flip through the pages and hear the paper rustle? A year from now, will I remember this little thread? If I do, will I be able to find it??? I remember a similar episode on a long-forgotten word. Something about somebody wanted to display their leet knowledge of something. What will we do when we can't remember where to find all the good conversations? :(

    edit: I found it! The comment was made on ennui. My faith in Wordie is restored. :)

    January 10, 2008

  • Amazing. We've found something just a little too weird for Weird Al.

    January 10, 2008

  • Could somebody post a link? (yawn) I'm too lazy to search.

    January 10, 2008

  • I'm too tired to post the link, but I have a link to my livejournal on my wordie profile. :)

    January 10, 2008

  • Ahhhhh!!!! bilby, you're brilliant!!! I totally call the banana phone tunie!!!!!!

    (And here's a few more exclamation marks for fun!!!!!!)

    Ping pong ping pong ping pong ping...!

    January 8, 2008

  • The Surry House was where I first sampled peanut soup. They also had these amazing apple fritters that were simply *smothered* in powdered sugar that they served as a side instead of a dessert. Your arteries are thanking you as you're reading this.

    January 8, 2008

  • c_b, I'm shocked! The Pork, Pine, and Peanut Festival is only a ferry away, over in Surry County. Certainly you visited the Surry House before its untimely demise.

    A little background for you out-of-towners: Surry County can only support one restaurant. One of my favorite greasy spoons, the Surry House, shut down within a year of some fancy new restaurant opening up.

    January 8, 2008

  • I don't mind listing URLs as words, but the link should be on the comment page, not a direct link from the list. (I don't know if that's what you mean, but I thought it should be mentioned.)

    January 7, 2008

  • I've seen the pimp roll executed with four (yes, four!) pairs of basketball shorts sagged from the waist down the the knees. Hilarious.

    January 6, 2008

  • Manassass, Toano, Staunton, and of course Shenandoah.

    c_b, I am just a tiny little bit jealous that you got to Kiptopeke first. ;) Have you ever been in the autumn?

    January 6, 2008

  • Good song. :) I've also been to Newfoundland, but didn't have quite the same experience. Perhaps vacationing with the folks cramped my style.

    January 6, 2008

  • It may even suck out loud on ligonberry toast, but we'll have to check that with the modulator.

    January 4, 2008

  • It may even suck out loud on ligonberry toast, but we'll have to check that with the modulator.

    January 4, 2008

  • Really? I don't think that they're all that much to look at.

    January 4, 2008

  • a_z is a guy?! I never guess correctly.

    No worries, I'm not going anywhere. I'm just more unemployed available during the summers. :)

    January 4, 2008

  • Just read this as "cute as the chickens".

    January 4, 2008

  • You don't like Red Hots???? Have you ever had one that came with its very own lebkuchen attached to the back?

    January 4, 2008

  • I've heard that nuns do a really great LOOK OF DEATH. Never had the good fortune to be Catholic, so I missed all the "fun".

    January 4, 2008

  • Nah, reestee had us at "excrement".

    January 4, 2008

  • Or heee could just bee heemself.

    January 4, 2008

  • Red Hots are spicy little cinnamon candies sold in the US. My grandma used the frost the lebkuchen with white icing and place three little Red Hots in a cluster on the top of the lucky cookies. Less fortunate treats got a lonely nut.

    January 4, 2008

  • How fun! I haven't been on in ages, and what do I find but a comment directed at me right there on front page. I'd at least add pronk, but it's your list. :)

    January 4, 2008

  • Well, the only thing a teacher really needs to do is shoot you is the LOOK OF DEATH. Collecting the heads could get her classroom all messy.

    January 4, 2008

  • Could we get a description?

    edit: Moo, moo, see the comment on the Cookie Monster list.

    January 4, 2008

  • German spice cookies with all kind of wonderful stuff inside of them. You want the ones topped with redhots instead of walnuts.

    January 4, 2008

  • I always eat the entire roll, which is why I can't buy them anymore. :( They're even better frozen!

    January 4, 2008

  • I've always wondered how you pronouced words with an ampersand in them.

    January 4, 2008

  • I think it's a teacher trick to choose one or two vocab words and beat them to death during the year. I had a geometry teacher who was particularly fond of superfluous. Dawdle is my personal mission for the 07/08 school year.

    January 4, 2008

  • Freddie Munster wore these throughout the entire series.

    December 31, 2007

  • Did you go there?

    December 31, 2007

  • A great way to get women

    to be "just friends".

    December 30, 2007

  • I'm sorry dear. Try to think about brie or funnel cakes or bacon. That always makes me feel better. :)

    December 30, 2007

  • Little boys used to have to wait until they were eightish (?) until they got to wear long pants.

    December 30, 2007

  • Wa-hoo wa!

    December 30, 2007

  • Tom swifties? Here you go:

    "These are the propulsion systems used by NASA for the moonshots," said Tom apologetically.

    Apollo (as in Apollo 13)

    +

    Jet

    :) j

    December 30, 2007

  • Divorce? Really? Where are you looking?

    December 29, 2007

  • But then somebody new would add it, and then we'd have 667.

    December 29, 2007

  • One of my favorite ecosystems. :)

    December 29, 2007

  • I'm always a little behind, but a friend *just* showed me this.

    December 29, 2007

  • What a neat idea!

    December 20, 2007

  • "Who is your teacher?" strikes fear in the hearts of kids everywhere. :)

    December 20, 2007

  • Frankly u, I would not want the option, "Never show me comments by this user." People say dumb, insensitive things, and refusing them an audience is refusing them feedback as well as the opportunity to grow. :) I can think of several times when some of our best users forgot themselves, myself included.

    December 20, 2007

  • Horrible.

    December 19, 2007

  • Am I getting the literal translation correct? "To have han eye who said **** to the other?" It's been a while since French class.

    December 19, 2007

  • Isn't cheese-rolling a sister sport to zorbing?

    December 18, 2007

  • Yesssss! Somebody else finally listed it.

    December 18, 2007

  • Dear John,

    You rock like a good mica shist.

    Love and cookies,

    jennarenn

    December 18, 2007

  • Me too! After all, it is a small world. ;)

    December 18, 2007

  • I *love* that verse of Come, Thou Fount. Nobody else ever believes me. Do you happen to know what denomination supports that version? :) j

    December 18, 2007

  • Ah mollusque, if you're going to pick up after uselessness, you've got a looong way to go. Creating ghosts is what he actually gets paid to do; going to work is just a hobby. ;)

    December 18, 2007

  • What did the dominoes ever do to him?

    December 18, 2007

  • I know men (plural!) who lack, on average, three outta four of the aforementioned articles. If I have to:

    a. put my dirty trash into my clean purse,

    b. tote said trash across the den, or

    c. ask for assistance

    you ain't gettin' no second date.

    December 18, 2007

  • Dear Bachelors of the World,

    You need the following items in your bathroom:

    handsoap

    handtowel

    tiny trash can with a liner

    extra roll of tp

    Regards,

    jennarenn

    December 18, 2007

  • I'd rather have the bacon and die happy. See previous comments concerning fried goodness for clarification.

    December 12, 2007

  • "It only took me a month, but I finally get it, said Jenny elatedly.

    December 11, 2007

  • I am soooooo going to add this just as soon as this page lets me.

    December 11, 2007

  • Why would anyone *ever* need another monicker for the exquisitely named Ruddy Duck? I'm a little ashamed of the Commonwealth.

    December 8, 2007

  • Surly, you're not intimating that nonsense is anything less than valid?

    December 8, 2007

  • Yeah, pregnant women usually have enough papapapapain to look forward to already. ;)

    December 8, 2007

  • Here's a question: if I text from the States, will they give me the nearest location in Westminster?

    December 2, 2007

  • I sure can't see you. ;)

    December 1, 2007

  • Eh, I was thinking of random lists. It can go; I'm not too attached.

    November 29, 2007

  • Spammer???? I'm just very friendly. To people I don't know. Who need to purchase a new wristwatch.

    November 29, 2007

  • Hahahahahahah. I missed you guys. :)

    November 29, 2007

  • Thanks u, but some things are better left to the imagination.

    November 29, 2007

  • jenna and rejen. problem solved. :)

    November 29, 2007

  • Of course, now I'm looking at this category and thinking that it could go another way. Many of slumry's lists were simply what fell into her head that day. Take Some Wednesday words as an example.

    November 24, 2007

  • I'm really rather torn. I think that Word Guidelines for Wordie could fit in on either most innovative or best meta list. Thoughts?

    November 24, 2007

  • c_b is the master at this. I happen to love Things My Twenty-Pound Dog Has Eaten.

    November 24, 2007

  • georgielily is the queen of lovely lists. One of my personal favorites is Red.

    November 24, 2007

  • I'm also going to nominate Thunderfoot's Characters for a Jewish Star Wars.

    November 24, 2007

  • I'm going to nominate Reestee's Name Suggestions for Ultra-Compact Cars and Name Suggestions for Even Bigger SUVs and Trucks as a set.

    November 24, 2007

  • Could you possibly mean falter? :)

    November 24, 2007

  • Clearly, the study of Mike.

    November 24, 2007

  • I love your username! Is mikeropology the study of Mike? :) Jen

    November 24, 2007

  • You'll need to talk to John about that. It might cut down on membership.

    November 22, 2007

  • I nominate c_b. She's already got the necessary guns. ;)

    November 22, 2007

  • Fewer misspellings = fewer zombies

    That is to say, I don't think it's right to delete a 'word' once it has a comment on it. If we edit out the abandoned misspellings, there will be fewer opportunities to create zombies.

    November 22, 2007

  • Hmmm, I think that what Wordie needs is more Jens. Now where can I find another Jen...?

    November 22, 2007

  • Hey Michael,

    The tag page is beautiful today. Thank you.

    :) Jen

    November 22, 2007

  • You haven't *lived* until you've slept in a waterbed. :)

    November 22, 2007

  • Categories:

    Best Knee-slapper

    Most Innovative

    Best Meta list

    Best Aesthetic Bang for Your Buck

    Most likely to be found staring at the grass off in left field ;)

    Best All Around (I envision BAR as the Grand Prize.)

    November 22, 2007

  • Said friend actually pronounces it "lozenger", but that's still a darling limerick.

    November 21, 2007

  • My friend from up Minnesota just remarked, "There's no 'R'; I'm so suprised." Hahahahahah.

    November 21, 2007

  • I can! Just tell me who.

    November 21, 2007

  • "She must have had something going for her; she bagged Marilyn Manson."

    "If they brought you Marilyn Manson in a bag, would you actually want to bag Marilyn Manson?"

    November 21, 2007

  • Cool idea. See y'all for a discussion of contractions.

    November 21, 2007

  • where one lays the smack

    November 21, 2007

  • Introverted--not shy. :)

    November 21, 2007

  • Has anybody checked out the tags page recently? I admit, I'm a tad vexed by the direction that some of them are taking. Is there a way to clean them up or provide some guidelines?

    November 21, 2007

  • Was this list inspired by the pronk and stot conversation?

    November 21, 2007

  • Aw, you guys are too sweet. I still think that the Word Guidelines for Wordie needs to be in the running, b/c it was the first list used to convey an idea, rather than a list of words.

    Another thought: Could this evolve into a series of superlatives? Funniest? Best Breach of the Fourth Wall? Most Creative? Best All Around?

    Still another thought: Nobody's nominated Characters for a Jewish Star Wars, but it's consistently on people's favorites lists.

    November 21, 2007

  • Don't you mean alsome? ;) In any case, today I am cookiedoughivorous.

    November 21, 2007

  • My first reaction was, "THERE'S A SISTER SITE???" It's sad, I know.

    November 21, 2007

  • You'll never really know.

    November 21, 2007

  • I like how it's hidden somewhere in the middle.

    November 21, 2007

  • Cool! I love stuffies. :)

    November 20, 2007

  • Where do you shop?

    November 20, 2007

  • Didn't you used to have another hobby, editing or something? ;)

    November 20, 2007

  • I seem to have missed all the excitement. I'm fine with all the comments that were made in my name. Now where to add bug...?

    November 20, 2007

  • Neat idea. I've used sunny in the past. I think uselessness had a list where people submitted these. You ought to check it out.

    November 20, 2007

  • Yet another fabulous username.

    November 20, 2007

  • test

    November 19, 2007

  • Hi John: The comment function has gone totally crazy - some comments I have made are showing up attributed to others; some words don't allow me to comment, but ask me to log in. it seems i'm not the only one experiencing these difficulties.

    david

    November 19, 2007

  • Hey John,

    I saw on the main page that jennarenn commented on this word, saying she was unable to comment on certain words but could on others. I noticed this also--for example, neither jennarenn nor I can comment on the "bugs" page (it tells me to register or login) but we can on this one.

    Only, jennarenn's comment is not visible to me on this page, and nor is anyone else's.

    Noticed this with some other comments that were on the front page, including yours--went to respond but that page asked me to register or login.

    November 19, 2007

  • Hey John,

    I hope you're having a good day. I'm only signed into certain pages today. For example, I can't comment on bugs, but I can leave a comment on this page.

    :) Jen

    November 18, 2007

  • Wait a minute c_b, how can you tell?

    November 18, 2007

  • Of course it is. I didn't include eats babies, or any of my other bad habits. ;)

    November 18, 2007

  • Similar to a stick in the mud.

    November 17, 2007

  • Hey John,

    I just stumbled across your comment. Have you heard about this site called Wordie? It's like Flickr, but without the photos. You should check it out.

    :) Jennarenn

    November 16, 2007

  • uselessness's Word Guidelines for Wordie started a good discussion on how we wanted to use the site.

    November 16, 2007

  • Yeah, I was just gonna ask about that. ;) I can't choose one, but these two made me laugh out loud:

    Name Suggestions for Ultra-Compact Cars and "Name Suggestions for Even Bigger SUVs and Trucks" as a set.

    November 16, 2007

  • Thanks John! They're on the list.

    November 16, 2007

  • Thank you! You're so sweet.

    November 16, 2007

  • Attention fellow wordies: Papageno listed the s-word because it actually belonged on a list. A big words list? You don't need no stinkin' big words list. You're wordie enough to stick that sucker in context. So kick back and enjoy nice, cool congratulatory blurb on your profile, Mr. Schadenfreude-lister. You've earned it.

    November 16, 2007

  • They named a car after that guy?

    November 16, 2007

  • Also an adorable character from Star Wars. :)

    November 16, 2007

  • shoey rhymes with Chewy. I think it's adorable!

    November 16, 2007

  • Oh, I immediately thought of Chewy. :)

    November 16, 2007

  • Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

    November 16, 2007

  • It's a real word?

    November 16, 2007

  • Did you mean kerfuffle?

    November 16, 2007

  • When I was getting ready for college, my mom told me that duck boots would be all the rage. I have no idea why I believed her. They're clunky, uncomfortable, and they make your feet look even larger than they already are.

    November 16, 2007

  • It's also a brand of over-priced t-shirts.

    November 16, 2007

  • This is why peek-a-boo is so much fun for the little ones. They've just learned that when Daddy's face is covered by his hands, it doesn't actually cease to exist.

    November 16, 2007

  • your recess, storage, dryer?

    Is there a stuffie for plain, old out? I seem to remember that that may have been where slumry brought up out of pocket.

    November 16, 2007

  • I *knew* there had to be at least one list that reestee hadn't done yet. ;)

    November 16, 2007

  • Did we nominate pronk for woty07?

    edit: Glad to see that somebody was already on it. :)

    November 16, 2007

  • Awwww. Do you have pictures that you could post? What happened to them once they grew up?

    November 16, 2007

  • Oh. *smacks head*

    November 16, 2007

  • It might be too common, but what about a pride of lions? You seem to be giving ones like herd, flock, and swarm a pass, but I thought I'd offer it up.

    November 16, 2007

  • Hahahahahahah!!! Is this one for real?

    November 16, 2007

  • What does one ferret say to another who's crashed his party?

    I don't get all up in *your* business!

    November 16, 2007

  • That is so apt.

    November 16, 2007

  • Is that a reference?

    November 16, 2007

  • Good eye. How did you catch that?

    November 16, 2007

  • Zoiks! We're witnessing history in the making.

    November 16, 2007

  • Eh, I'm at home sick today. A pox on all websites that vex me this day!

    November 16, 2007

  • Interesting. Where are you getting these from?

    November 16, 2007

  • So, I decided to get to level 1 and work my way up. Interesting factoid: Oviparous is a nine levels lower than viviparous. Any thoughts on that? (Anyone?)

    By the way, nice idea for a list. :)

    November 16, 2007

  • Ok, how can opprobrium and officious both be at the same level?

    November 15, 2007

  • It gives me a warm little glow to look at the citations stats on the homepage (currently topping 35,000) and know that over a thousand of them are mine.

    November 15, 2007

  • Eeek!!! Hold her back, hold her back!

    November 15, 2007

  • ...of the joy of living....

    November 15, 2007

  • At last! A *legit* reason to list schadenfreude! Papageno, you won today's doorprize. Please step this way....

    November 15, 2007

  • Sometimes I really take issue with the way words are "leveled". No specific examples, maybe I should go play.

    November 15, 2007

  • Cute list!

    November 15, 2007

  • I want to hear more about the terrible towels.

    November 15, 2007

  • Ha! Wordie suggested this one when I tried to search for nettled. Type in n, and this will pop up first.

    November 15, 2007

  • You sound nettled. No worries, I mispell things all the time. ;)

    November 15, 2007

  • It's not global warming; it's just my impervious polyester leisure suit!

    November 15, 2007

  • I have no problem with junk. I just think it's crisper when they get it right. ;)

    edit: crisper? more crisp? Neither sounds right to my ear.

    November 15, 2007

  • Which is complete junk, because people with a TS clearance wouldn't be talking about work in public, much less a whispering gallery.

    I've heard that 24 has similar inaccuracies.

    November 15, 2007

  • RRRRRIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!

    November 15, 2007

  • Uh, oh. I think the wordworm crawled onto the wrong list!

    November 15, 2007

  • That was fun! Really gives me a fresh perspective on my dad's closet.

    November 15, 2007

  • Or, John could subdivide each list into pages of approximately 100 words.

    November 13, 2007

  • Sweet doll

    November 13, 2007

  • Ooo! Can somebody versed in graphic design put out the Wordie version of a Google doodle? I know that it would be completely useless, but I think that a birthday necessitates a little frivolity. Not that I'm thinking of anyone in particular....

    November 12, 2007

  • Can we stick this on a stuffie somewhere?

    November 12, 2007

  • Yeah, just looked at my own lists for the first time in ages. I think what was throwing me off is that you changed the name of your Bird Wirds list or something.

    November 12, 2007

  • Picture a custodian in his 50s high-fiving kids and telling them "It's ALL good!" Mr. X walks around like he’s got the best job on Earth. I used to be a naysayer, but then my perspective changed.

    November 12, 2007

  • Hehehe. Did you redo your lists, c_b? I *know* that your second list didn't used to be a Tunie.

    November 12, 2007

  • Could loggerheads ever be at loggerheads? They seem too placid.

    November 12, 2007

  • Actually, uncut cabbage will last for about a month in the fridge. ;)

    November 12, 2007

  • So my friend decided that The Painted Veil would be a "fun" Friday night movie.

    November 10, 2007

  • HATE, HATE, HATE!!!! But only when applied to pants. I cannot begin to express how much I disliked stirrup pants, even when they were in fashion. They press on your knees in the most unpleasant way.

    November 8, 2007

  • I know it's wrong, but it always looks like IN-cho-ate to my eye. Why didn't the queen consult me when she fashyned her English? Hmph!

    November 8, 2007

  • That is some serious username you got going on. Can we call you Chano, or just The FIST?

    November 8, 2007

  • Really? You are simply filled to the brim with useful tidbits, even eight months later.

    November 8, 2007

  • I happen to love your list names.

    November 8, 2007

  • Funny, I think an aversion to slugs is rather normal.

    (Points for your use of queer!)

    November 8, 2007

  • Tell me more, tell me more!

    November 4, 2007

  • I wish I could take the credit. Sadly, that one was stolen from a commercial I was watching while on Wordie.

    November 3, 2007

  • The name Orpah always reminds me of the word porpoise.

    November 2, 2007

  • I get my words from all over Wordie. :)

    November 2, 2007

  • What's your beef with tuna fish?

    November 2, 2007

  • She's confirmed it on her show.

    November 2, 2007

  • Good. We're all over at my place, eating my mom's cookies.

    November 2, 2007

  • What about good one-liners? We have them in spades.

    November 2, 2007

  • Yes reestee, in the South there are Wawas in the South.

    November 2, 2007

  • I cried. Thank you, Mr. Uselessness.

    November 2, 2007

  • Who says that nicknames have to be short? I'd argue that it can be long with a nice flow.

    November 2, 2007

  • What was that?

    It's our savings.

    What's it doing?

    Making a sandwich.

    November 2, 2007

  • OH MY WORD, there are definitions on the word pages!!! Every time I take a day or two off, the place completely changes. Our little Wordie is growing up so fast.

    November 2, 2007

  • I believe it's actually illegal to plant in some states.

    November 2, 2007

  • uselessness taught me how on this list.

    November 2, 2007

  • I am decidedly a member of the "crown" camp. So how's about them apples?

    November 2, 2007

  • Tag!

    November 2, 2007

  • Also, something to keep your skirts at their fullest.

    October 30, 2007

  • Outlets? Like the one that my student tried to stick her finger in the other day? Aie! No hyperbole here. No substance either. ;)

    October 30, 2007

  • Oh my goodness! A friend and I stopped by this tiny convenience store in the mountains of South Carolina. There was a bulletin board by the door simply plastered in Polaroids of terminated turkeys and deceased deer. Each photo was labeled with the animal's size and the hunter's name. This was also the store where we saw the KKK bumper sticker. Sketchy....

    October 28, 2007

  • White on rice! One of my coworkers uses this expression, and I love it.

    October 28, 2007

  • My dad says, "I swannie!" No clue how to spell that.

    October 28, 2007

  • No, y'all just don't know yourselves very well. ;)

    October 28, 2007

  • Sounds perfectly logical to me. I usually keep my raccoons in the tool shed, but a nook would work well too.

    October 26, 2007

  • They have their own website! Silly things always make my day.

    October 26, 2007

  • Hahahahahahah. Can't wait to see what else you've cooked up when I come back. :)

    October 26, 2007

  • I love this list. I kinda hate that I love this list, but it's wonderfully funny! It reminds me of that country act, Big & Rich. They have the worst songs, and I enjoy them all. :)

    October 26, 2007

  • chained_bear is caffeinated. It's either c_b or r--I know we've had a conversation about this.

    jennarenn is fried goodness.

    John is dissociative. ???

    reesetee is abecedarian. Really, this fits everybody.

    rocksinmypockets is winsome.

    seanahan is sophistical. I might actually bet real monopoly money on this one. ;)

    skipvia is tenacious. ???

    uselessness is rapprochemental. He gets people together.

    P.S. We got report card forms today. I'll be out of pocket until the 6th.

    P.P.S. What adjective do you think slumry would choose for herself?

    October 26, 2007

  • So true. I always feel like a bit of a parasite, but the comments are so much more fun and low-stress.

    October 26, 2007

  • Always makes me wonder, "what was George thinking?"

    October 24, 2007

  • Syrinx?

    October 24, 2007

  • Awww. They were so much better than toe shoes! Brings back memories of Miss Belastrachi fussing at me to keep my arms up. :)

    October 23, 2007

  • I did find the following delightful notes at the end of "Deconstructing Astronomy's Holy Grail" by Steve Nadis (AIR May/June 2006).

    2. I can't cite any official "source" for this statement, but trust me, it's true.

    3. Hinted at (though not explicitly detailed) in the aforementioned "In Search of the Holy Grail," Annals of Improbable Research, March/April 1996, pp. 4-6...

    21. Reference unknown; lost by the editor of this journal (though he is certain to deny it and cast blame elsewhere--on a surrogate, perhaps).

    22. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote this mystery but surely would have had there been an additional installment in the Sherlock Holmes saga.

    23. You can be sure I have much more to say on this subject, but my editor is kind of stingy when it comes to "word count." Fortunately, he tends to get tired by the end of a wearying article like this and, as a result, inattentive. If you are reading this note, you can be sure he never got this far. His loss is our gain.

    Tee-hee. There were other footnotes, but they weren't funny.

    October 23, 2007

  • That makes me sad. It's such a pretty word for a dabbler.

    October 22, 2007

  • "Monosyllabic isn't." -skipvia

    October 21, 2007

  • You're so good. (I'm also positively *thrilled* that somebody else is on right now.) :)

    October 21, 2007

  • I like pukkin. :) I think we all understand that you were joking, but I much prefer when stabby is directed at the words themselves.

    October 21, 2007

  • Actually it's the frass, as well as the expired crickets themselves. Ugh.

    October 21, 2007

  • Shirt quote: why the heck is "monosyllabic" five freakin' syllables?

    Good one c_b.

    October 21, 2007

  • c_b, the same thing happened to me. I ended up leaving the list.

    October 21, 2007

  • palooka, you are spot on. I responded to my dry period by deleting lists.

    October 20, 2007

  • It seems most wordies have something else on their minds.

    October 20, 2007

  • I love your username.

    October 20, 2007

  • In the past seven days, 1851 comments were made by the top ten alone. It was *quite* a week.

    October 20, 2007

  • Ah, pumpkin. I had that nickname as a child. It was pronounced PUMP! kin.

    *waiting to see if Seanahan will add PUMP!kin* ;)

    October 20, 2007

  • about what?

    October 20, 2007

  • Crickets are only icky when you keep them confined to cages for weeks. Then the smell gets pretty intense.

    October 20, 2007

  • My roommate just saw a t-shirt last night that read, "Will knit for tattoos." I thought that it was cute.

    October 20, 2007

  • Where?

    October 20, 2007

  • moritherapy, you might want to click on the word struwwelpeter and leave your comment there too. Lots of cool conversations happen on the words themselves, and you don't want to miss out. :)

    The words on this list are good examples.

    October 20, 2007

  • wig out

    October 19, 2007

  • Good one.

    October 19, 2007

  • But some people's mothers chose ugly silver!

    Hi mom.

    October 19, 2007

  • Have a slice.

    October 19, 2007

  • I posted the answer on your profile so future generations would have the opportunity to figure it out for themselves. :)

    October 19, 2007

  • I wonder who's kissing her now. :)

    October 19, 2007

  • soitoldthatfool all about my drinking problem.

    October 19, 2007

  • spookymilk occasionally inhabits my fridge.

    P.S. That is the very FIRST hyperlink that I have ever done from memory. :D

    October 19, 2007

  • Great list c_b!

    October 19, 2007

  • Cool! Anybody know how high the levels go?

    October 19, 2007

  • Such as reestee's lists of words for tiny cars and huge suvs? If I had the time I'd make those lists into some cool merch. (hint, hint)

    October 18, 2007

  • Oooo! Sounds like we need our own walnut-paneled lounge filled with cigar smoke, lofty conversation, and crystal decanters good gin.

    October 18, 2007

  • Ooo, trivet and I have matching lists!

    October 18, 2007

  • I remember a week, back in the dark ages, when I was on top with about sixty comments. Times change.

    October 18, 2007

  • My personal term for all that God created to help tighten up those arteries. Some examples include bacon, hush puppies, apple fritters with powdered sugar, fried chicken, and homemade doughnuts.

    October 18, 2007

  • Skip, you've got to stop hanging around the uselessness.

    October 18, 2007

  • The soundtrack is back! Who did that?

    *huming along*

    October 18, 2007

  • Eek!!!!

    October 18, 2007

  • Eh. Eraser marks cost me my A back in 9th grade keyboarding class. I'm less nostalgic.

    October 18, 2007

  • How do you know this? Are there pictures?

    October 18, 2007

  • ...making it even *easier* to teach children to read.

    October 18, 2007

  • I love the list title. :)

    October 18, 2007

  • Excellent suggestion.

    October 17, 2007

  • I'm way behind in my reading, so I just read your post John. In fact, I did a rather embarassing little dance. I've been *wanting* a wordie t-shirt. Particularly anything I can wear in front of other people's kids. If we're taking requests, I would be up for a stuffie shirt. :)

    In addition to my conversations list, check out chit-chat and idle chatter. Right now they're organized by legnth, but that needs to be redone. I'll turn it in with my TPS report.

    October 17, 2007

  • Wearing a sea foam green polyester suit with a pink ruffled shirt and white patent leather shoes takes moxie.

    On a side note, why isn't sea foam one word? Both Dictionary.com & Word want to split in half. I think that the two halves want to sit together.

    October 17, 2007

  • Kilts of any sort are alluring. Alton Brown needs a utilikilt.

    October 17, 2007

  • Your dog knows NASCAR???

    October 16, 2007

  • Just wanted to apologize in case my comments on rhythm belcher came out the wrong way. You weren't the one I was worried about. :)

    October 16, 2007

  • Five down, 264 to go!

    October 16, 2007

  • Ah, I wonder if that's the same Holly Wood that I've heard of.

    October 16, 2007

  • I have a student named Quinn this year. I've been playing Quinn the Eskimo in my head ever since planning week. Every time I call the child's name, it starts over.

    Moral: Don't name your child Quinn.

    October 16, 2007

  • Wow. I just realized that people actually *could* stalk me online. Why don't you friend me instead? :)

    October 15, 2007

  • Then stalk away. :)

    October 15, 2007

  • Don't be greedy.

    October 15, 2007

  • How exactly do you stalk people on Facebook if you only know their username?

    October 15, 2007

  • Meant only in the most complementary manner.

    October 15, 2007

  • Maybe you could set the building on fire.

    October 15, 2007

  • But will you still love it tomorrow?

    October 15, 2007

  • You must be practicing for your TS clearance!

    October 15, 2007

  • If I were that skinny, I'd be one happy camper. ;)

    October 15, 2007

  • I'd like to get my hands on the dweeb who wrote that!

    October 15, 2007

  • And yet, you keep telling us all about New Mexico.

    October 15, 2007

  • Great ideas, seanahan!

    October 15, 2007

  • Anybody remember the Zero bar? It only had 60 g of sugar!

    October 15, 2007

  • Wha? *hangs head*

    October 13, 2007

  • Hahahahahahhahahaha. See waxed paper.

    October 13, 2007

  • You are SSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wrong!

    October 13, 2007

  • I am afraid that I may be out of The Loop as well. We'll just start our own loop. One that maybe can work on my work maybe not blocking wordie during work hours. Just a thought.

    October 13, 2007

  • Ditto. I couldn't LOL because I couldn't breathe.

    October 13, 2007

  • Oh, the unbearable coolness of it all!!!

    October 13, 2007

  • They come with nuts???

    October 13, 2007

  • Frankly, I'm not a fan, although I do appreciate the creativity it took to say, "hey, let's take that delicious, crispy cabbage and soak it in yucky vinegar for several months," similar to the creativity it requires to keep a sentence aloft through endless phrases, clauses, and comma-splices, like a balloon batted aloft by a group of bored adolescents late at night.

    That was so illegal. :)

    October 12, 2007

  • Are those your kitties??? They're ridiculously cute. :)

    October 12, 2007

  • White chocolate is definitely heavenly. I don't care if it's not real chocolate. :)

    October 12, 2007

  • I love Great Big Sea!!! Mad points.

    October 12, 2007

  • Yay! I'm a fan. I'd missed slough of despond.

    October 12, 2007

  • This word came to mind yesterday, and I fondly thought of this page. :)

    October 12, 2007

  • 'Cause I feel bad for the little cartoon character.

    October 12, 2007

  • My school computer security system has BLOCKED WORDIE!!! I'm rather upset, especially since the comments page has exploded recently. I'll never keep up once slumry returns!!!

    October 12, 2007

  • Oh, I'm so glad! I thought I was the only one who couldn't figure out how to add tags.

    October 12, 2007

  • Love the song; hate the idea of disposable furniture.

    October 12, 2007

  • Now if work hadn't blocked my precious Wordie, I'd be tons happier.

    October 12, 2007

  • Why?

    October 12, 2007

  • How cute!

    October 12, 2007

  • I love nerds with a good sense of humor. :) Wasn't there a hair club for scientists at some point?

    October 12, 2007

  • I thought that there were few things worse than the Ed School by this name, but this conversation is one of them.

    October 12, 2007

  • Similar to cheese and crackers!

    October 12, 2007

  • How do you pronounce Qvaak?

    October 12, 2007

  • I happen to enjoy your use of jolly good. :)

    October 12, 2007

  • Ok, why is Flickr/Yahoo asking for my credit-card number?

    October 12, 2007

  • This conversation todally illuminates somebody's facebook status. :)

    October 12, 2007

  • :)

    October 11, 2007

  • Are you a dancer?

    October 11, 2007

  • Does anybody else remember the flying toasters screensaver? I bet

    braintoast does. :)

    October 11, 2007

  • This username is *so* added. :) Jen

    October 11, 2007

  • It's actually a play for two actors that has half a dozen characters. The actors will just suddenly change their posturing, and you know that they're a different character. It was some of the best acting I've seen in real life, but not one of the better plays. It's a bit of a downer.

    October 11, 2007

  • Reminds me of mincemeat, which is heaven.

    October 11, 2007

  • One awesome teddy bear.

    October 11, 2007

  • I think your daugh taught a few things to my cat. Fluffy Snowflake was almost bigger than Madison was, but that didn't prevent him for carrying it around by the tummy. No idea how that cat saugh where he was going.

    October 11, 2007

  • Cheerwine is still around and kicking, although you can only find Diet Cheerwine in the Carolinas.

    Oh Colleen, would you say, "I want a regular diet Coke"? Just wondering.

    October 11, 2007

  • How did this word make it onto The History of Cool?

    October 11, 2007

  • It's no fun listing normal words! Hasn't u taught you anything?!

    October 11, 2007

  • Maybe ey fries something other than chicken. ;)

    October 11, 2007

  • What an apt description!

    October 11, 2007

  • No it ain't!

    October 11, 2007

  • Do you ever sit up at night and wonder: What if Wikipedia is wrong?

    October 11, 2007

  • Actually, there are several:

    resident

    undergrad (but only during exam time)

    mom

    October 11, 2007

  • Cool username! Did you ever see the play Stones in His Pockets?

    October 11, 2007

  • Because English is noted for its limited vocabulary?

    October 11, 2007

  • See clam.

    October 11, 2007

  • Just commenting so I can find this later. :)

    October 10, 2007

  • THE list? That really narrows it down. ;)

    October 10, 2007

  • Possibly. Were you one of those skinny boys who glowed white? ;)

    October 10, 2007

  • Awesome username. :)

    October 9, 2007

  • Wow, I am so guilty.

    October 9, 2007

  • Oh no, did I delete a good list? I could only find two words, so I decided to chuck it. I'm such a minimalist!

    Hee-hee.

    October 9, 2007

  • Floppies!!! Did the 5" ones actually flop? I don't quite remember....

    October 9, 2007

  • Oh, and no idea why I listed this on my shorter and sweet list. Clearly needs to be moved to conversations at this point.

    October 9, 2007

  • I did invite folks to play back when I had all the time in the world. It's not my fault if y'all choose not to live in the Eastern Time Zone. ;P

    October 9, 2007

  • Spammers get smilies? I want stock options, or at least sammies! ;)

    October 9, 2007

  • Really, it's a day the church sets aside so the clergy can go watch classic James Bond flicks. ;)

    October 9, 2007

  • YARRR! This is by FARRR my favorite.

    October 9, 2007

  • Clam-I-Am!

    October 9, 2007

  • I agree with c_b. My sense of humor is difficult to translate into the written word, so I often edit or delete my comments. I always leave my stuff after somebody else has replied to it.

    October 8, 2007

  • Argh! I hate commas; the rules are so bendy.

    October 8, 2007

  • Sometimes a word slips itself into every available conversation, until I begin to annoy even myself. This weekend it was egregious.

    October 8, 2007

  • You need to stop coming up with cool ideas. I'm sick and tired of favoriting(?) your darn lists! ;P

    October 8, 2007

  • John, you are so good. I was going to leave a question about tags on this page, but you preempted it. :)

    October 6, 2007

  • This reminded me of the tryst conversatoin from ages ago. :)

    October 6, 2007

  • This list is the pants!

    October 6, 2007

  • Sparkle is also a children's skip-counting game. :)

    October 6, 2007

  • SonofGroucho, you have no idea how happy that makes me. :) According to my mom, Dad excelled at dad dancing, which is why I've never seen him dance

    October 5, 2007

  • Myzeld! My AP English teacher talked about that mispronunciation. It had never occured to me, but it make so much sense. (Ooo! Ooo! Do I get to complain about how badly the English alphabet sucks???)

    October 5, 2007

  • SonofGroucho, this *is* a classic wordie page. brtom hasn't commented in ages, and I've already added it to one of my conversations lists. :)

    October 5, 2007

  • Alas, the insect unit is actually in October, but I *will* be using this word tomorrow. :)

    October 3, 2007

  • Rub it in. At least we get an average of seven extra years to heckle our offspring about the ordeal.

    October 3, 2007

  • So I lied. I finally added drinking problem. ;)

    October 2, 2007

  • Sigh. To add, or not to add? I finally gave up and added airplane!

    October 2, 2007

  • I humbly submit the holy hand grenade of antioch.

    October 2, 2007

  • 9:22pm

    October 2, 2007

  • The World's Tackiest Garage

    October 2, 2007

  • Snap!

    September 25, 2007

  • Hi! You have an officially awesome username. :)

    September 25, 2007

  • At a recent family wedding, one of the uncles let slip that my mom, the health nut, knows how to make doughnuts from scratch. She's been holding out on us all these years.

    September 25, 2007

  • Oh no, my work blocked the link. I'm intrigued.

    September 25, 2007

  • Does anybody know which conversation this inside joke started on? I *want* it.

    September 24, 2007

  • I bet slumry is suffering from exhaustion. Keeping at the top of the comment list isn't for the faint of heart. ;) I did always think that there was a real life connection between you and c_b. Is that untrue?

    September 23, 2007

  • It just that Nutella seems so similar to dessert. That makes me seriously reconsider the nutritional value of PB&J.

    September 21, 2007

  • This word *perfectly* describes the face of one of my students. Some days I want to walk over and check his pulse.

    September 21, 2007

  • Less sugar than jam? You can't be serious.

    September 21, 2007

  • I actually got a B in my highschool keyboarding course because I kept smudging my papers on the typewriter. :P

    September 20, 2007

  • To think I almost missed it!

    September 19, 2007

  • Ooo! I'm so glad I didn't delete this list.

    September 19, 2007

  • Anybody ever called out "MOM!" at a potluck? You get a lot of eyes. One friend started calling her mom "Mu" just to escape the problem.

    September 19, 2007

  • It's fun to talk to kids about the older computers. I love telling them stories about when computer monitors only had four colors. What really gets them is when I talk about what we did before mouses.

    September 19, 2007

  • I love it!

    September 19, 2007

  • I feel like u and I :) have had this conversation before, although I can't find the reference, so I'll just give y'all the highlights:

    me: Bacon is amazing!

    u: yep.

    me: Bacon is about the best thing you can put in your mouth.

    u: yep.

    me: Bacon is proof that God loves us.

    u: yep.

    September 19, 2007

  • Subtle.

    September 19, 2007

  • One taillight out was a padunkle. You had to hit the roof of the car with your head.

    September 19, 2007

  • Alas, I am full of woe.

    September 19, 2007

  • Are we going to do all 50 states? We may need to name the genre....

    September 19, 2007

  • You're kidding! I must visit the great state of PA sometime soon.

    September 19, 2007

  • Mine is currently insane.

    September 19, 2007

  • Can somebody explain apple pie with cheddar cheese?

    September 17, 2007

  • D'oh! Good catch.

    September 16, 2007

  • Is this a Forrest Gump reference?

    September 16, 2007

  • Does it have a long or short u?

    September 15, 2007

  • Isn't this what fish (and assorted suckers) reek of right before you real them in?

    September 15, 2007

  • I read icco's comment as, "It's like the site is some new form of crack!" I think that both statements apply. :)

    September 14, 2007

  • Your dictionary cred?

    September 14, 2007

  • I only dreamed of being that hip.

    September 14, 2007

  • Those of us under ten were simply shocked at this revelation. The tooth fairy also drives a really bad chocolate brown van. I have no idea how he makes time for his night job with all that traffic.

    Moral of the story: Dads will say anything to make five-year olds shut up.

    September 14, 2007

  • I said cooler. We are, after all, posting on a website about words. ;)

    September 14, 2007

  • I just get down, get down. Never make it to the to.

    September 13, 2007

  • colleen, you are far cooler than I am, chica. I also second that first commandment.

    September 13, 2007

  • On a side note, our family took the World's Longest Road Trip to Canada when I was about eight. My sister was very worried that the Tooth Fairy wouldn't find her in Ontario, but Dad assured her that he was actually based out of Buffalo, and made trips across the border all the time.

    September 13, 2007

  • What!What?What!What?WHAT??!!!

    What, that's not a grammatically correct sentence too?

    September 13, 2007

  • Some Jewish gal at work told me about St. Anthony.

    September 13, 2007

  • We need a "kidding" font or something. I was just trying to type up some smart retort, and couldn't figure out how to make it work w/o completely offending somebody. Sometimes the winky face just seems inadequate.

    September 13, 2007

  • I keep meaning to get around to seeing a Bollywood flick. I've heard that they're really good, and I know I'll like the music. Any suggestions?

    September 13, 2007

  • I'm actually at the helm of a rather profitable dessert ring. The feds have been trying to pick me up for ages, but I connections. I bake for people in several different agencies. ;)

    September 13, 2007

  • I'm so surprised! It must be about eight months old and I've never seen it either. What do these other people know that I don't???

    September 13, 2007

  • If it's any comfort, eyeshadow now goes both below and above the eyes. You were just ahead of the times. :)

    September 13, 2007

  • I love your username! :)

    September 12, 2007

  • What I actually need is a dessert intervention. Somebody please take away the pie!

    September 12, 2007

  • The teachers are now keeping the good stuff to themselves! Nuthin' like a good whiff of rubber cement after a long day with the kidos.

    September 11, 2007

  • I just learned that we're not allowed to use it in the classroom anymore. Ah, the good old days.

    September 11, 2007

  • Hey John, this new homepage is pretty awesome. Thought you oughta know.

    September 11, 2007

  • Adorable!

    September 6, 2007

  • June 2008 will be awesometastic.

    September 6, 2007

  • I wrote a rather embarassing paper in college where I confused the generic term "riparian" with the name of a local river, the Rapidan.

    August 31, 2007

  • I really wish that I didn't object to coral jewelry; it's so pretty!

    August 31, 2007

  • Awesome.

    August 30, 2007

  • Ca va bien, merci.

    August 30, 2007

  • Ooo! reestee, feel free to stalk me. uselessness is the only one who ever does and it makes me feel sad. ;)

    August 29, 2007

  • Me too! In middle school, a time of many wildly impossible ideas, I decided that I was going to learn sixteen languages. I am sorry to report that I am still working on language number two!

    August 28, 2007

  • Awww, y'all are too sweet. The room's clean now, if a bit bare, so please carry on!

    August 28, 2007

  • I'm having the same problem. It's planning week, and I'm supposed to be cleaning my room, not checking up on you guys. ;)

    August 28, 2007

  • Sigh. There's the rub. I sometimes find comments hiding at the bottom of my lists months later. I do check the recent comments list on a pretty regular basis. Unless you're away for a week, that will keep you pretty much up to date.

    August 27, 2007

  • "...Got a purty face...."

    August 26, 2007

  • Poor twirl feels left out.

    August 26, 2007

  • Tsk, tsk, tsk.

    August 26, 2007

  • That would be useful. I think that facebook does a good job with their e-mail notification feature.

    August 26, 2007

  • I hate to tell you this, but I can see them too. ;)

    August 26, 2007

  • The problem is that he/she needs to come to Wordie to see that we've posted on his/her page.

    August 26, 2007

  • Hehehehehe. :)

    August 26, 2007

  • Yes, but that's tougher to mock. Still possible, but I'd need to use my brain. ;)

    August 26, 2007

  • There's an old Dave Barry article that touches on the subject. I happen to enjoy the dessert, but I can also appreciate the article. u, you might especially appreciate this one, since it's really about Christmas in Florida.

    August 26, 2007

  • Eh, I wouldn't be a fan.

    August 24, 2007

  • ur so rong an i m so rite

    August 24, 2007

  • Do you think the geese would mind?

    August 24, 2007

  • 'cept they r not rele bearz

    August 24, 2007

  • I really want to add it to my fabulous usernames list, but the user needs to comment or add a word to a list or something. I'm worried that Marzipanda's not coming back! So sad.

    August 24, 2007

  • I happen to love that Faintheart added a scream of sorts. :)

    August 24, 2007

  • I think Oprah popularized this word in one episode.

    August 23, 2007

  • As opposed to 50 Cent's words.

    August 23, 2007

  • Marzipanda, I think you have a great username! Where does it come from? :) jennarenn

    August 23, 2007

  • Those are the best because nobody know if you're actually pronouncing it correctly. Dilettante is another good one for multiple pronunciations.

    August 22, 2007

  • THE uselessness? Like The Donald?

    August 21, 2007

  • This may be one of the best scents on Earth.

    August 21, 2007

  • Rats! ;)

    August 21, 2007

  • TAWVFCI/OP(?)MPB&CSRU!!!

    August 21, 2007

  • Yep. If there's something to mispronouce or misspell, jennarenn's already on it. :-/

    August 21, 2007

  • Methinks ye may be on to something.

    August 21, 2007

  • I have to admit, I saw MadShrubbery's username and smiled as a thousand Monty Python references came to mind.

    August 21, 2007

  • Heaven forbid!

    August 20, 2007

  • Oh, I like this list. I'm not sure that we've had one like it yet.

    August 20, 2007

  • Hey edes, could you tell me a little more about your username? :) jennarenn

    August 20, 2007

  • What if he didn't know he wasn't you?

    August 20, 2007

  • Whew! I'm glad to see that "dangerous" still is a synonym for "dangerous". ;)

    August 20, 2007

  • I'm just trying to keep the site PG, if only for uselessness' sake. ;)

    August 20, 2007

  • I hope you become a Wordie fan too! Check out the comment feed on the right-hand side of the home page. That's where the fun is. :)

    August 20, 2007

  • This list will not die! I have tried to delete it over and over again today. It's kinda creepy. Like kudzu.

    August 20, 2007

  • My best friend had one for years. I always dialed the wrong number and had to try again. Man, I'd forgotten about phones with cords. Remember the extra-long ones that you could use to tie up your little sister? :)

    August 20, 2007

  • Probably. Mrs. Duckworth, my middle-school French teacher, said that it meant today. I'm sure she was just simplifying it for us.

    August 20, 2007

  • My dad, the architectural historian, dragged us to Cape Cod ages ago. I can't believe we missed the Edward Gorey house! I'll have to bug him about it.

    August 20, 2007

  • Ew, ew, ew, ew, EW!!!! Can you just imagine someone else's ear landing on your upper arm or something? Ewewewewew!

    August 20, 2007

  • Austin "Jeopard" Powers. Nah, doesn't have the same ring.

    August 20, 2007

  • Oh, I was out most of last week, but Sera and erinoftheyear admirably stood in my stead. Now all we need is a pun war, and we'll be back in business.

    August 20, 2007

  • Gosh! His books are worth a mint now if you didn't tear all the pop-ups from overuse like my sister and I did. Anybody remember The Dwindling Party?

    August 20, 2007

  • It's funny how just a simple word can make your day. This one made mine. :)

    August 20, 2007

  • Well, I've always been more interested in commenting on lists than creating them, but I've also been downsizing. The upcoming second grade class is a toughie (Ooo! New list genre???), and I'll be needing some extra time to lay some smack down. I have no idea how having fewer lists will keep me off of Wordie, but it fell into my head, so I thought I'd give it a try.

    By the way, thanks for the link. It was highly entertaining.

    August 20, 2007

  • These are downright obnoxious when they're too rounded; I can see why they went out of fashion.

    August 20, 2007

  • I think that it always has the short i, but I can see why you'd expect it to rhyme with ivy. Yet another reason why teaching English is harder than it really needs to be.

    August 20, 2007

  • Actually, I think we all timed it rather well. Many of the usual suspects were gone last week.

    August 20, 2007

  • This is surprisingly satisfying to say.

    August 20, 2007

  • This would really shorten my commute.

    August 20, 2007

  • Today.

    August 20, 2007

  • Let the cat out of the bag?

    August 19, 2007

  • tinyfossil, that definition makes me SO happy. I just love quirks that are specific to a particular place. :)

    August 19, 2007

  • Ugh. That is completely tasteless. Not that I approve of them, but at least I understand the purpose of calendars full of nekkid, or nearly nekkid women. I can't imagine anyone buying a calendar of dog piddle.

    August 19, 2007

  • I had a high school chemistry teacher who used to pass out mimeographed worksheets that corresponded with the overhead sheets for that day. At the end of the lesson he collected the (untouched!) worksheets, and filed those overheads away for the next year. This was in the 1990s.

    August 19, 2007

  • This is Dear S? I'd rather eat blue berries *and* wear my seatbelt. Tell him that he should eat the blueberries and skip the okra, or something that's actually gross.

    August 16, 2007

  • I do have a good sense of humor, don't I?

    August 11, 2007

  • I'll get right to work. ;)

    August 11, 2007

  • Not in my county, but Fairfax is known for doing its own thing.

    August 11, 2007

  • Actually, I think English could do with some additional simplification. It would make my job a lot easier! Case in point: /ough/.

    August 10, 2007

  • I like the nickname Jenna, but have never used it. I may need to start. Thank you, seanahan. :)

    August 10, 2007

  • Having taken calculus in both high school and college, I think that standard curriculum really doesn't appeal to the kinesthetic modality. A life goal of mine is to write the new classic, Calculus for the Kinesthetic Learner. Actually understanding the stuff is an intermediate goal that I keep putting off. ;)

    August 10, 2007

  • I think of zounds as an exclaimation, not as an adjective.

    August 10, 2007

  • How is wingnut an animal???

    August 10, 2007

  • Aren't imaginary friends great? I always wanted one as a child.

    R, you simply must say hi to Canada for me, and tell them that I'll bring the cookie recipie next time I'm up that way. ;)

    August 10, 2007

  • Ooo! I love scads! Stolen. :)

    August 9, 2007

  • You don't actually *use* this word, do you???

    August 9, 2007

  • Regardless of the spelling, anything fried is pretty American.

    August 9, 2007

  • So...in English what you're saying is that searching for "lists" in the search box will bring me here, but clicking on the word lists in brackets will take me to the list of lists page. Did I get that right?

    August 8, 2007

  • So I was trying to make a pun with Genghis Khan leaving lots of babies, and genghisjohn not leaving lots of words. I thought that issue would work well, but I can't wrap my brain around it right now. Somebody else care to try?

    August 8, 2007

  • Didn't lists connect us to a list of all the lists on wordie just a few days ago? Am I making that up?

    August 8, 2007

  • I happen to love gloaming too.

    August 8, 2007

  • Your username made my day. :)

    August 8, 2007

  • Just when you think you've seen every fabulous username out there, you meet someone like thelivingroom.

    August 8, 2007

  • Isn't this a great one? I discovered it on wordie myself.

    August 8, 2007

  • No matter how tiny thy town, thou shalt name all thy streets and landmarks after thine own self.

    Burke Rd., (The other) Burke Rd., Burke Center Pkwy., Burke Lake Rd., Burke Commons Rd., Burke Woods Dr., Burke Towne Ct., Burke View Ave., Col. Silas Burke Park, etc.

    August 7, 2007

  • I have to admit, I think that it's great that your username is sumit and you're talking about people jumping off cliffs. Just thought that it should be noted. :)

    August 6, 2007

  • Ha! I put these in my roll-top desk with the shiny lid.

    August 5, 2007

  • Hey epeuthutebetes,

    Is there a story behind your username?

    :) jennarenn

    August 5, 2007

  • Constant comment.

    August 5, 2007

  • You have a fabulous username; is there a story behind it?

    August 5, 2007

  • Or a musician.

    August 4, 2007

  • I'm so sorry I missed this one!!! I'm going to start thinking....

    August 4, 2007

  • It's neat to look at how they've progressed over time.

    August 3, 2007

  • Oh, we used to have so much fun with these as a kid! Whenever my dad pulled up behind a bestickered vehicle, we'd try and figure out as much about the person as possible. During these exchanges, the husband in the car was always referred to as Bubba, and his wife was always called Sweet Thang. :)

    August 3, 2007

  • I feel like I should have heard of this one, but I haven't.

    August 3, 2007

  • I can't believe that I hadn't heard of this before!!! I really like the love triangle they have going on this year.

    August 2, 2007

  • Well, there are fifty-two other definitions to choose from!

    August 2, 2007

  • My mama grew up in Canada, so that theory has possibilities....

    August 2, 2007

  • Much like a pug is an abbreviated dog. I like it!

    August 2, 2007

  • Four vacuum cleaners? Did I read that right?

    August 2, 2007

  • Excellent reestee.

    August 2, 2007

  • I take issue with electrolux. I happen to love mine, and I'm in my mid-twenties.

    July 29, 2007

  • Zzzzz is right. I haven't seen wordie so dead in quite a while.

    July 27, 2007

  • Hey! sherbert is a legitimate spelling. Check out the entry in dictionary.com.

    Those Floridians, keepin' us DOWN! ;)

    July 27, 2007

  • You tell 'em! Those words were getting pretty uppity if you ask me.

    July 27, 2007

  • She sounds like quite a woman!

    July 27, 2007

  • I'm happy to play today, or to wait until Monday. It's up to you guys.

    July 27, 2007

  • You made a comment on highly nontrivial that intrigued me. Do you know me in real life, or is my penchant for the ridiculous that obvious?

    July 27, 2007

  • Oh come on, that was excellent! Well done, seanahan.

    July 27, 2007

  • We should also blog about this on Errata. I'm on my way out the door...maybe tomorrow sometime? I'm happy to moderate or play any game.

    July 27, 2007

  • Hooray! What do y'all wanna play?

    July 27, 2007

  • "Dear S" refers to Mr. Slumry?

    July 26, 2007

  • Ah, I'd forgotten about the joys of Nutella. I'll never be thin again.

    July 26, 2007

  • I love how service, temporarily, and unavailable are all in a row.

    July 26, 2007

  • Huh. Wordie really doesn't like "like" (vally girl). Whether I click on it on the home page or in auburnlight's profile, it never takes me to the correct page. Amusing.

    July 26, 2007

  • Really??? Where can I get these marzipan-flavored treats???

    July 26, 2007

  • It saddens me that so many children will no longer experience the pure joy of a fluffer nutter. Peanut butter makes everything better.

    July 26, 2007

  • In the world of dive restaurants, a crummy atmosphere often equals awesome food.

    July 26, 2007

  • Perusers of Potter publications are probably plotting pranks as we speak.

    (Yes, I cheated on publications. Whatcha gonna do about it?)

    July 26, 2007

  • Good collection. I almost couldn't find it in the cloud of hyperlinks that your lists comprise.

    July 25, 2007

  • Yes, the Potter patter is petering out.

    July 25, 2007

  • Oh my. (blushing)

    July 25, 2007

  • Yes! reesetee, you're brilliant!!!

    July 25, 2007

  • Whoa, I'm sorry u. I didn't even think about it. r, u, c_b, s...bs just slipped by the censor. Would WS be more acceptable?

    July 25, 2007

  • I love that this word is always plural, like just desserts. Doesn't somebody have a list of these somewhere?

    July 25, 2007

  • Yup, this is how people say it 'round these parts. :) (See sherbet for the whole discussion.)

    July 25, 2007

  • Harry Potter uses one of these in book six. (Sorry u, it's not over yet.)

    July 25, 2007

  • a.k.a. serious lapse in judgement. Oh wait, that would imply having good judgement to being with.

    July 25, 2007

  • BS, have you met Silly Dilly Thoroughly Modern Milly?

    July 25, 2007

  • georgielily, I can usually tell when you add a word because the ones you choose always sound delightful.

    July 25, 2007

  • This is one of those words that I always need to look up. It sounds like it should be spelled furnature. Still gets me after all these years. :P

    July 25, 2007

  • You've always been chatty, but now you have somebody who chats right back. We're all beneficiaries. :)

    July 25, 2007

  • I know! Send him our love, and tell him that I'm sending along that cookie recipe that he asked for. ;)

    July 25, 2007

  • Sher bet. Hahahahahah. You can't be serious. People actually pronounced sherbet. Like a bet?

    July 25, 2007

  • Ah, but your paternal grandmother will never have exactly the same recipes as your mom. All the same, my apologies to Granny Smith. Never meant to imply that she was less than brilliant in the kitchen.

    July 25, 2007

  • How's it supposed to be pronounced? -Miss Mid-Atlantic

    July 25, 2007

  • slumry, I do have to say that you have single-handedly made us all a little more typeractive. Used to be, 60 comments a week was WAY out of the norm. Now, several users regularly get over 100. Not that I'm complaining. :)

    July 25, 2007

  • I think that it's interesting that china (or China?) showed up on the Most Wordied, Last 7 Days list. All of the other words are either slightly esoteric, or at least pretty. Sometimes I wonder what would happen to that list if all of us tried not to steal or repeat words for an entire week. Would it break? Would it choose ten random words? I admit that I'm curious....

    July 25, 2007

  • I didn't know that there was a level below skanky.

    July 25, 2007

  • Make sure you send her our love, and tell her that I'm going to find that cookie recipie that she's been asking for. ;)

    July 25, 2007

  • dictionary lists two pronunciations: biv-oo-ak and biv-wak.

    July 25, 2007

  • I can't believe that sorbet never made my conversations list! Thanks, r.

    July 25, 2007

  • Please accept my condolences. It is a sad day when parents refuse to cut sandwiches on the diagonal.

    July 25, 2007

  • *Really*? Like the opposite of a joey?

    July 24, 2007

  • This is my favorite username of the day!

    July 24, 2007

  • There *must* be a story behind this one.

    July 24, 2007

  • Why not?

    July 24, 2007

  • Every time I think that we've named every word under the sun, a new one pops up and reminds me that Wordie is not a dictionary.

    July 24, 2007

  • I find this word downright comical. Probably because the second syllable sounds like whack.

    July 24, 2007

  • That's no good. I know where you keep those!

    July 24, 2007

  • And yes, I do remember the bit o' honey bars. For some reason, I associate them with Cheerios.

    July 24, 2007

  • Sounds like puppy. Strikes fear into the hearts of furniture everywhere.

    July 24, 2007

  • Oh, I'm sorry. It was a 5oz package of marzipan. My tummy protested, but the flesh was weak.

    July 24, 2007

  • Where did he put it, by the road? Some people don't have the sense they were born with.

    July 24, 2007

  • It's quite a day for seated ducks.

    July 24, 2007

  • The ultimate sleep-over activity. Although one *can* brain one's own hair, why wouldst thou bother?

    July 24, 2007

  • Are these words that came to you in the middle of the night?

    July 24, 2007

  • Twice? That takes true talent.

    July 24, 2007

  • I never ever buy this an now I remember why: I can eat an entire package in under an hour.

    July 24, 2007

  • The disbelief that there's any settled land directly to the North of your current location.

    July 24, 2007

  • Nope, he'd bribe the needy voters with free world maps.

    July 24, 2007

  • Hmmm...eskimo sky?

    July 24, 2007

  • R, that's too much work. All we have to do is rename the continents.

    July 24, 2007

  • It's funny, I live right near a state line, and the disbelief is still hard to overcome. Maryland seems *forever* away, but sure, I'll trek an hour into DC.

    July 24, 2007

  • These apples will keep forever.

    July 24, 2007

  • What about the idea of a kept woman? As in, a mistress?

    July 24, 2007

  • it to yourself

    it together

    time

    it under wraps

    on truckin'

    (Clever list name!)

    July 24, 2007

  • a.k.a. jennarenn's "birfday"

    July 23, 2007

  • Interesting. I was thinking of the Pixar flick "Finding Nemo."

    July 23, 2007

  • Children? Sometimes, words are inadequate.

    July 22, 2007

  • Wow, those are really pretty. :)

    July 22, 2007

  • A pox on the (two) online dictionaries that won't tell me what this word means! slumry, could explain? :) Jen

    July 22, 2007

  • Great list name!

    July 20, 2007

  • I like how you did your lists. Much more sensible. :)

    July 20, 2007

  • Hi! Welcome to wordie. :)

    July 20, 2007

  • When airlines use seers to read your mind through the net and blackout whatever dates you were planning to use your frequent-flier miles.

    July 20, 2007

  • Maybe they'd need creative facial hair, to make up for what is being lost elsewhere.

    Chinstrap, anyone?

    July 20, 2007

  • I would have been surprised if you were actually that mean!

    (I also knew that J.K. Rowling would never write such a terrible ending. She likes her characters too much.)

    July 20, 2007

  • I was thinking of a third kind of softball. You know...slow pitch, fast pitch, toupee pitch. It's usually for men in the throes of a midlife crisis.

    July 20, 2007

  • I think that your previous comment tells me everything I need to know, but thank you. I'm still going to be wondering, but I'm 100% positive that I'm happier not knowing. :)

    July 20, 2007

  • It's another game! :)

    July 20, 2007

  • Even if the links are down, the list is still useful. You can just look up the author of the list and do a little digging.

    July 20, 2007

  • Huh? You're on a completely text-based site. What have you been responding to the past 1,675 times? ;)

    July 20, 2007

  • Now I really want to look.

    But I'm a wuss.

    But I really want to look.

    But I hate blood and guts and stuff.

    But I really want to look!

    sigh.

    July 20, 2007

  • Can't you just imagine some trashy romance novelist getting ahold of this word? (Yes, I know it's not that kind of cleavage, but still...that's where your mind goes.) ;)

    July 20, 2007

  • "She's a brick, and I'm falling slowly...." -Ben Folds Five

    July 20, 2007

  • 8? That's my usual score on the mini-golf course. Which is why I usually don't mini-golf, of course. ;)

    July 19, 2007

  • Probably a reference to what usually fertilized the flower.

    July 19, 2007

  • slumry has always been a bit of a maverick. This is the woman who made lists without words, and logged more than 300 comments in one week. Why not four brainstorms? ;)

    July 19, 2007

  • Yes slumry, reddish-blonde. People would hear me describe my roommate's hair as strawberry blonde and interject, "But she isn't blonde! She's a redhead." I change what I said earlier; It *still* drives me crazy.

    July 19, 2007

  • Oh no, I used Lemon Ice two years ago, but now I cannot find it in the stores. Is it still around? Maybe I shouldn't have given up so easily!

    July 19, 2007

  • dwa-dle. I still have to double-check it in my head.

    July 19, 2007

  • It was only in production for a short time. I still mourn the loss.

    July 18, 2007

  • There was a book that I read as a child where the main character dressed up as a fletcher for Halloween. I wish I could remember which one it was.

    July 18, 2007

  • I've met people who don't understand that strawberry blonde is another way of saying, "light red hair." It used to drive me crazy.

    July 18, 2007

  • Here's oroboros' Prosie: THE HARD-BOILED SEDUCTION OF A SOFT-BOILED EGG.

    July 18, 2007

  • Just added Poetrie: 404 Error.

    July 18, 2007

  • That is so mean!!!

    July 18, 2007

  • Mint is pretty wonderful, but does anybody remember Lemon Ice? Best toothpaste ever.

    July 18, 2007

  • Thanks u, that site made my day. I wonder if it's only 404 error messages.

    And one of my new favorites:

    You requested a page, and we looked for it. We sent our best man, "Speedy the Wonderhamster," on a chase to find the file you requested at lightning speed! He got run over by a steamroller. Thus, the page or file you are trying to reach was not found on Redstroke.com. If you typed the name in yourself, please ensure you typed it in correctly and try again. If you followed it as a link from another page, please inform the webmaster of that site of the error. If you believe this is an error on Redstroke.com's part, or if you do not know the correct address of the page you want to reach, contact me and explain that you received "error 404". Include the page you were trying to reach, and help with the problem will be mailed back to you. Speedy, unfortunately, is beyond help.

    July 18, 2007

  • I wish I could use this with my students!

    July 18, 2007

  • You don't immediately think of tater tots?

    July 18, 2007

  • Sometimes spelled misled. ;)

    July 18, 2007

  • A former favorite, dethroned by sparble.

    July 18, 2007

  • Zooming zits? Lucky you, mine usually just plod along.

    July 18, 2007

  • He may be hibernating again.

    July 18, 2007

  • Yes! Exactly arby! Even today I find that I may not use the first word that comes to mind because I learned it in a book and I'm not 100% sure about the pronunciation. I mispronounced dawdle forever!

    July 18, 2007

  • I think of it as a southernism too.

    July 17, 2007

  • I'M MELLLTTTING!!!!!!!

    July 17, 2007

  • I'm thinking of the cheap vinyl spats that they force upon marching band members, usually to cover huge, white shoes.

    July 17, 2007

  • Argh! Why can't I get an error message when I want one?! Must quote the famed error message here!!!

    July 17, 2007

  • Here is yet another fabulous username.

    July 17, 2007

  • Ugly shoe covers that cover even uglier shoes.

    July 17, 2007

  • Funny, I always thought you spelled it with a P. :P

    July 17, 2007

  • I am a bit of a cheerleader, at least in this context. :)

    (Do you happen to know me in real life, or was that merely an apt observation based on my propensity to comment only on things I like???)

    July 17, 2007

  • huh?

    July 16, 2007

  • This word is a guilty pleasure.

    July 16, 2007

  • Nice username. Where does it come from?

    July 14, 2007

  • Did backgammon originate in Egypt?

    July 13, 2007

  • Isn't this some professor in the Harry Potter series?

    July 13, 2007

  • I'm a fan!

    July 13, 2007

  • I still don't see how "F U NE M?" becomes "Have you any ham?", or how ham connects to tranz at all.

    July 12, 2007

  • Welcome back! Are you still fourteen time zones away?

    July 12, 2007

  • I love both the flower and the name. :)

    July 12, 2007

  • This is one of those happy, summery words. Just ignore the skin cancer factor.

    July 11, 2007

  • Oh, how cool!!! I'm a big fan of the 'random word' function. :) Most of the words I've found are only listed by one or two people.

    July 11, 2007

  • I never liked the chocolate ones, so I'd try to buy packs with as few brown wafers as possible.

    July 11, 2007

  • If you give a gnice a bookie, he'll want to bet on a horse race.

    July 11, 2007

  • I know that pronk isn't technically onomatopoetic, but can't you hear kangaroos making a similar sound in a cartoon? :)

    Pronk, pronk, pronk, pronk!

    July 11, 2007

  • It's OK. I'm yoused to that kind of thing. ;)

    July 10, 2007

  • outmoded

    antique

    That is so 15 minutes ago!

    July 10, 2007

  • bye-bye, aa (prounounced ah-ah)

    July 10, 2007

  • I would be terribly remiss in my duties if I didn't mention...oh wait.

    July 10, 2007

  • You must be a big fan. Is this list intended for the upcoming movie or the upcoming book?

    July 10, 2007

  • Nice. I tried to think of another one, but came up empty handed.

    July 10, 2007

  • What an adorable word!!! Could you give an example or a reference?

    July 10, 2007

  • Simmer down. There's a way to state your point without attacking somebody.

    July 10, 2007

  • John, you are awesome. We bring up these little things only to trouble-shoot amongst ourselves, never to take you to task. :) (Not that we ever object to improvements--just to any guilt on your part.)

    July 10, 2007

  • I'm struggling against it. Unfortunately, I have a family history of stuffocation. Just this spring, we saw the carpet in my father's office for the first time since 1988. Scary.

    July 10, 2007

  • The blue gnu put a shoeingoo for you.

    July 9, 2007

  • I think my favorite is, "i made you a volcano, but I breaked it."

    July 9, 2007

  • We accept your apology on behalf of the world at large. :)

    July 7, 2007

  • What a lovely prosie! What does the title stand for?

    July 6, 2007

  • That would be arkquay. Sheesh, amateurs. ;)

    July 6, 2007

  • Yep, I think I'm doing everything to make my code as non-wonky as possible. I'm just using the code for hyperlinks that u sent me awhile ago.

    But John, no worries. If this means that I "need" to put each hyperlink it its own box, then that'll put me ahead of even slumry in citations for the week. Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha

    July 6, 2007

  • When I was in college, I used to have to visit the delightful ladies in the education office to get offical things embossed with the school insignia. Upon being asked, one secretary would say to the other, "It's time to use the seal," or some such introductory comment. Then both middle-aged women would start whooping. Sometimes hand motions would accompany the performance.

    July 6, 2007

  • The problem is that I can't see any of the text. Instead, I get the new parsing error message. I pressed enter a couple of times and even added some text between the links. Both links worked when I copied them into independent locations. Any ideas?

    July 6, 2007

  • In making my conversations list, I became frustrated because I couldn't include conversations on lists. (Like the one forming here.) I was going to make a list in the list description, but when you put in two links, Wordie gives you an error message. I don't want to make one comment per link, but I don't see any other way. :-/

    July 6, 2007

  • Click here to see their lists.

    July 6, 2007

  • I wonder if eekspaceship is related to eekshecried.

    July 6, 2007

  • There's a club in DC by the name of Tryst that everybody always pronouces with a long-i sound. Could it be regional?

    July 6, 2007

  • Sadly, many of my favorite usernames are actually defunct. I fear that it may be so for our friend freshelectrons.

    July 6, 2007

  • dictionary.com says WAHYZ-ey-ker

    July 6, 2007

  • Seriously, we should consider a game, soonish. Anybody have one in particular they'd like to play?

    July 6, 2007

  • There are certainly some people who consider thinking optional.

    July 6, 2007

  • Ok. Both the link to John's profile and U's wordie guidelines are correct. Why can't I put two links in the same box?

    Word Guidelines for Wordie

    July 6, 2007

  • There's no way to see this word without thinking about Cool Runnings.

    July 6, 2007

  • Oh no! How can we cheer you up???

    July 6, 2007

  • How about ciao, zdravo, or guten tag?

    July 6, 2007

  • It's a username. I like to collect the interesting ones. There's a link to their lists in the first comment.

    July 6, 2007

  • I think that it's acknowledging that a term exists without deeming it to have actually "entered" English. After all, a real dictionary actually has to do research.

    July 5, 2007

  • I don't think that it's so surprising. The dictionaries' job is to track language as it evolves. I'm sure that they are continually sifting through the web, looking for new words.

    July 5, 2007

  • Christian: India! India! It's set in India! And there's a courtesan, the most beautiful courtesan in all the world. But her kingdom's invaded by an evil Maharaja! Now, in order to save her kingdom, she has to seduce the evil Maharaja. But on the night of the seduction, she mistakes a penniless po- a penniless- a penniless sitar player for the evil Maharaja and she falls in love with him! He wasn't trying to trick her or anything, but he was dressed as a Maharaja because... he's appearing in a play!

    --Moulin Rouge

    July 5, 2007

  • That's how I've always said it, but I have trouble getting the /h/ in there.

    July 5, 2007

  • Ah, another swish. Are you a dancer?

    July 5, 2007

  • "I'd like to get some freshelectrons."

    "You mean the ones you've got are already stale?"

    July 5, 2007

  • dictionary.com gives thes following pronunciations: trist, trahyst. I can't make heads or tails of the second one. Too many consonants.

    July 5, 2007

  • I'd forgotten about the excellent clue-by-four!!!

    July 4, 2007

  • slumry, could you give a reference? I keep picturing the narrator switching stories mid-movie, whilst the actors keep performing according to the original script.

    July 3, 2007

  • Awww. The word alone makes me want to pet it and feed it cheese. Unfortunately, said owlet would appreciate neither the petting, nor the cheese.

    July 3, 2007

  • May Laszlo rest in peace.

    July 3, 2007

  • Ah Arby, you beat me to it! I love that book.

    July 3, 2007

  • One comment on the article: Smith is the most common in English-speaking countries. I believe that Li is the most common in the world.

    July 3, 2007

  • These things are impossible to kill. I know because I am the Garden Reaper. I am given several potted plants at every holiday which I then subject to periods of neglect, followed by periods of overwatering. Not even the hearty cactus can stand up to my ministrations. In the past year alone I've killed over half a dozen plants, including three consecutive pots of mint. The lone geranium still survives.

    July 3, 2007

  • slumry, you expressed exactly what I meant to. A training bra is for girls who don't quite need to wear a bra yet. It just *looks* like a sports bra.

    u, I'm sure you're the resident expert on the Smith clan, but I've never heard of a family name being associated with having more boys or girls in the family. Could you direct us to some more information?

    July 3, 2007

  • One of my favorite guide books is called Quests for the Holy Grill: 50 Crummy but Good Restaurants Within Rambling Range of Washington D.C.

    July 2, 2007

  • I love those sketchy little restaurants with good food and no atmosphere.

    July 2, 2007

  • As far as I know, the grills-with is a local specialty in Charlottesville, VA.

    July 2, 2007

  • E.g. one's students, one's spouse, one's sticky-note collection? My father cannot live w/o various forms of exomemory, principally my mother.

    July 2, 2007

  • u, the ice cream's supposed to be a surprise!!!

    slumry, you should try a grills-with. It's two scoops of ice cream on top of two grilled doughnuts. A nice transition. I'm also a fan of a baked Alaska.

    July 2, 2007

  • How does having the last name Smith affect the likelihood of having sons?

    July 2, 2007

  • I cannot breathe...just a minute.

    A training bra is a more comfortable version of a sports bra. It's for girls who are just beginning to need one. Personally, I used to forget to wear one, so I always thought that that was the "training" aspect. More recently, I've discovered that there is a "right" way to don a bra, and that way is actually pretty complicated.

    July 2, 2007

  • Actually, it's short for alfalfa. ;)

    July 2, 2007

  • My new synonym for bliss.

    July 1, 2007

  • Cool! Thanks.

    July 1, 2007

  • Hmmm, I wonder why they changed.

    July 1, 2007

  • Actually, I was thinking bootylicious.

    June 30, 2007

  • Beaver one, beaver all....

    June 30, 2007

  • That's quite a riddle.

    June 30, 2007

  • Really? I'm pretty surprised. I thought that my mom and I were the only two people on the planet who liked them.

    June 29, 2007

  • Oh, chained_bear is much more creative than jennarenn. (I never have quite given up the hope of changing to jentacular.)

    June 29, 2007

  • I used to operate a chlorinator at the local pool. It had to be at least 20 years old, and the pvc pipes would make funny noises when I turned the valves. I was *certain* that one day it was going to explode and I was going to die.

    June 29, 2007

  • How is this different than e-mail?

    June 29, 2007

  • Is the onomatopoeia on your profile a reference to a Sesame Street skit, by any chance?

    June 28, 2007

  • I didn't realize that oolite had one.

    June 28, 2007

  • I absolutely read this as bombylicious.

    June 28, 2007

  • I sure know my Ricoh! Is it the same concept?

    June 28, 2007

  • Wow, it's real!!!

    June 27, 2007

  • I am not hatin' on the highjackers. In fact, I quite approve. Life would be rather stale if we knew with certainty that the commentary under any given word was actually pertinent to that word. ;)

    June 27, 2007

  • Also delicious.

    June 27, 2007

  • If I didn't dislike that movie so much, this thread would have made it onto my conversations page long ago.

    June 27, 2007

  • Here is a short history of the dance.

    June 27, 2007

  • A form of the jitterbug that originated in Washington DC.

    June 27, 2007

  • How about the peabody, balboa, and hand dance?

    June 27, 2007

  • Oh yes! Leaving the Buttered Popcorn and Peanut Butter for my sister.

    June 27, 2007

  • Click here to see their profile.

    June 27, 2007

  • So reestee, what was the name of that SUV?

    June 27, 2007

  • What if you had a caffeinated woodchuck? Or, dare I say it, a few caffeinatedcows? I bet they could chuck a lot of wood.

    June 27, 2007

  • Yes, any form of licorice an absolute favorite in the jennarenn household. Especially black Twizzlers and the now-defunct Liquorice Altoids. Yum!

    June 27, 2007

  • Some of my favorite dances include west coast swing and east coast swing.

    Here's a link to some west coast clips:

    http://www.jordantatianaswing.com/

    June 26, 2007

  • What's wrong with shizzle?

    June 26, 2007

  • I love double Zs!

    Try zizz, shizzle, and buzz.

    June 26, 2007

  • Airplane? Eh....

    June 26, 2007

  • You have to admit that you laughed!

    June 26, 2007

  • They call him Finland, Finland,

    King of the ocean....

    June 26, 2007

  • I used to own a few of these. :)

    June 26, 2007

  • Please tell me there's an actual song and dance to this one.

    June 26, 2007

  • I got a good giggle out of this one. Too bad I don't have some good baritones around when I need them. :P

    June 25, 2007

  • I'd always assumed that your first name was Reese!

    (I'm with seanahan here. Reese's Pieces are amazing.)

    June 25, 2007

  • Mmmm, I teach 2nd. I'll have to take a peek. Thanks for the heads-up!

    June 24, 2007

  • Oooo! What ages is it written for?

    June 23, 2007

  • One of the attributes of nice is knowing when to keep your mouth shut. :P

    June 22, 2007

  • Oh, nice encompasses all the characteristics a boy requires to date your friend. I don't care about the Stepford Wives, although I would like to know how to use italics (hint hint). Girl talk simply cannot survive without nice.

    June 22, 2007

  • Oh, this is the *hobby horse* page? ;)

    June 22, 2007

  • I was offline at the time, and am still put-out that y'all had fun without *me*! ;)

    June 22, 2007

  • I have read about these, but always wondered how they worked.

    June 22, 2007

  • Sprite was the inspiration.

    June 22, 2007

  • It already is in wordie history. Check out my conversations list. :)

    June 22, 2007

  • Too bad, she said she doesn't want y'all here when she gets back because all y'all've been ruining everybody's lives and eating all our steak.

    June 21, 2007

  • Grandma just called and said you're supposed to go home.

    June 21, 2007

  • Yeah, I've always been a little nervous about the RSS feed. Am I signing up for a life-time of wordie spam? (uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.) (uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(slumry has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(reestee has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.), etc.

    June 21, 2007

  • Haven't we discussed this somewhere else? Isn't there a camp for those of us who like all y'all's? (There's gotta be one, 'cause I'm innit!)

    June 21, 2007

  • I love the spelling! You can find their list here.

    June 21, 2007

  • We're big fans of qaid for Scrabble. Can't wait until you're back in pocket slumry.

    June 21, 2007

  • Men have it so easy.

    June 21, 2007

  • Oh, nonononono!!! You still need to *hear* it once. I promise it'll be worth it.

    June 21, 2007

  • Odd. u has over 1000 comments, and yours only has 300.

    June 20, 2007

  • the dogs out.

    out (a hem).

    me be.

    June 20, 2007

  • Your list of comments goes on *forever*, but I could find them all there, if there was a pressing need.

    June 20, 2007

  • Wait a minute....

    June 20, 2007

  • Because I don't like them as much as stuffies and I never think I do them well. I shall try.

    June 20, 2007

  • Which drives me slightly nuts. I keep wanting to see a list of all the little uselessness easter eggs(?) hidden within the site.

    June 20, 2007

  • I knew who made that suggestion as soon as I saw it on the comment feed. How about a word that's fun to say? Something slightly out of the ordinary, like foible. The masses will never give up trying to impress us with their command of the English language.

    June 20, 2007

  • The devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal.

    He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind: he was willin' to make a deal.

    When he came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot.

    And the devil jumped upon a hickory stump and said: "Boy let me tell you what:

    "I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.

    "And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.

    "Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy, but give the Devil his due:

    "I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, 'cause I think I'm better than you."

    The boy said: "My name's Johnny and it might be a sin,

    "But I'll take your bet, your gonna regret, 'cause I'm the best that's ever been."

    June 20, 2007

  • Does anybody else hear acme and think anvil?

    June 20, 2007

  • slurmy, you're right! I'd thought of this in terms of give and get, but take also works.

    June 20, 2007

  • up the ghost?

    June 20, 2007

  • Easter Egg meaning...hidden quirks?

    I wonder if that comes from the google doodle.

    June 20, 2007

  • I'm glad we stopped. Many words ending in a long-e just drive me up the wall. Shoppe pronounced "Shoppy" is one of the prime culprits.

    June 20, 2007

  • you be nice!

    June 20, 2007

  • puh-zizzle!!!

    June 20, 2007

  • Then I would need to go find some other useful holidays. Those are often less fun.

    June 20, 2007

  • Seely Posturepedic, now on sale at a discount center near you. Please take advantage of our No-Money-Back Guarantee!!!

    June 20, 2007

  • Ok, so I want to add Juneteenth, but it would seem rather insensitive to put it on a list of "useless" holidays. Any suggestions?

    June 20, 2007

  • Hmmm...maybe I can add this to my holidays list if I change the name.

    June 20, 2007

  • This twenty-something says pizza.

    June 20, 2007

  • Everything is fair. It's your stuffie. You are the Queen of this Hill.

    June 20, 2007

  • mixed up with the wrong crowd.

    June 19, 2007

  • tape!!!

    June 19, 2007

  • it up, and mingle?

    June 19, 2007

  • Well, I think it would be interesting to see the evolution of words listed on the site. I'd imagine that the impressive SAT lists went up first, followed by the categorical lists. The lists of created words are newer.

    Yes u, I shot off my mouth w/o thinking. Again. This is why I edit so many comments. The first thing out of my mouth is always the dumbest.

    June 19, 2007

  • Twix fix everything. It's the crack they put in there that does it.

    June 19, 2007

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