Thesaurus Thursday Warm Up

As we're getting warmed up for Thesaurus Thursday to restart next week I thought I'd give you a few examples from the last 2 years' editions. Here you have the "official" or real definition of each word followed by that week's Silly Goose Winner for the word.
Get ready because your turn's coming next Thursday!!



curtilage - the land occupied by a dwelling and its yard, outbuildings, etc., actually enclosed or considered as enclosed

Lori in South Dakota:
Curtilage--where a red neck lives and he wants people to think he has a fancy "out in the country" acreage.


mortise joint - any of various joints between two pieces of timber or the like in which a tenon is housed in or secured to a mortise. (Congrats Smarty Pants Diane and AirbornePoppa)



Stephanie D. said...
mortise joint: cadaver's knee?


mort - 1) A) a note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed B) death. (Congrats Smarty Pants Diane) 2) a three-year-old salmon


Jungle Mom said...
Mort, is the act of stupidity which leads to being 'mortified'.


peruke - a man's wig of the 17th and 18th centurids, ussu powedered and gathered at the back o th eneck with a ribbon; periwig.



Diane J
Peruke - A musical style akin to baroque, but of a less gentrified style, heard mostly in the slums and ghettos.

Usage: "Hey, D'Montay, crank us up some peruke on yo' ra-didi-0!"







inclinometer - 1) an instrument for measuring the angle an aircraft makes with the horizontal 2) an instrument with an iron needle swinging freely in the vertical direction for measuring magnetic dip

funtohavefun said...
Inclinometer: the skill of measuring maternal exhaustion by determining the mom to floor incline.



incogitant - thoughtless; inconsiderate.

ABNPOPPA said...
Incogitant is what a person is who is incognito.