Thesaurus Thursday

Well, I'm calling it quits for the year folks. I want to get all this year's words added to the Thesaurus Thursday Glossary and I have a few goals to get going on before New Year's. So, there are no new words this week. We'll be back on Jan 8, 2009.

Last Week's Definitions:
pschent (skent, pskent) - the double crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings, symbolic of dominion over Upper and Lower Egypt.


prunt - a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.





(look around the top of the stem of each goblet.)

My Flock of Silly Geese:

Stephanie D. said... pschent--the sound of a sneeze
prunt--what happens when I try to type "print" in a hurry.

Linda said...
Pschent - the drunken pronunciation of the word "peasant"; generally pronounced this way with a martini in one hand and drunken look on one's face!
Prunt - an even smaller than usual prune; i.e., the runt of the prune litter!

Pam in Colorado said...
Oh no! I came up with my definitions before reading someone else's and then I got here and Linda wrote EXACTLY what I was going to put for Prunt - EXACTLY! Whoa.
So, I shall join for...
Pschent - a pasta spy.
Okay, so that was my weak one, but it was all I had after Prunt. ;(

Birdie said...
As instructed I'm not peeking tho I'm finding that part difficult.
pschent - yiddish exclamation akin to "hogwash" example - Kid:"Mom, I didn't eat any dessert yet, I promise!" (said with chocolate sauce all about the face & neck.
Mom:"Pschent! Just look at your face!"
prunt - Ebonics for the word "front".

Jungle Mom said...
pschent- A scent which only a pshycic can smell.
prunt-when something is pretty burnt but still edible.

Cookie..... said...
Pschent- The opposite of Pschaw.
Prunt- Redneck fer, "Last night I done prunt to God about...."



Thank you to each and every one of you who have played Thesaurus Thursday over the last year!! You brighten each week with your smarts and silliness. Please feel free to display the awards on your blogs as you see fit!
with much love
Mightymom.

Thesaurus Thursday

OK, here's a hint folks. Don't read the comments until AFTER you post your guesses!! Then you won't be stuck to come up with something cuz someone else's silliness gets stuck in your head!

For next week, work on these:

pschent
prunt



Last Week's Definitions:

kurgan - an ancient burial mound constructed over a pit grave; earliest occurrence 4th millennuim BC in the Russian Steppes.






















kukri - a large Nepalese knife having a heavy curved blade that is sharp on the concave side. (Congrats Smarty Pants Diane!)


















Silly Goose Winners this week are:

Cookie.....
"Kurgan", an Irish Kur.

"Kukri" A new recruit for the KKK

Linda
My brain is fried this week and I've neither the energy to be a smart aleck or a silly goose but I will say that those words like Klingnon to me! They like words that have that hard "k" sound!


For the record, I don't have a Klingnon dictionary.

For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

Thesaurus Thursday

OK, here's a hint folks. Don't read the comments until AFTER you post your guesses!! Then you won't be stuck to come up with something cuz someone else's silliness gets stuck in your head!

For next week, work on these:

kurgan
kukri



Last Week's Definitions:
maypop - the edible fruit of a passion flower




mazer - a large drinking bowl made orig. of wood.



Silly Goose Winners this week are:
Jungle Mom
maypop, The condition of my waste band after eating Thanksgiving dinner.

mazer, the laser like look only mothers are capable of giving.

and
Pops

Mazer, Hmmm, A guy who makes matzo balls.





For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

Thesaurus Thursday

For next week, work on these:

maypop
mazer



Last Week's Definitions:
Purpure - the heraldic color puple (Congrats Smarty Pants Diane!)

Purine - 1) a white, crystalline coupound, C5H4N4, from which is derived a group of coumpounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine. 2) one of several purine derivatives, esp. the bases adenine and guanine, which are fundamental constituents of nucleic acids.

So, just tell folks you're going to have a cup of processed purine and see if they realize you're talking about COFFEE! :0)


Silly Goose Winners this week are:
Cookie..... said...
"PurPure"... A cop with a stuttering problem attempting to say perpetrator.

Linda said...
Purine - a more pure form of urine (bad, bad, I know - sorry!)




For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

The dreadfully late word game

Kinda hard to call it Thesaurus Thursday when it doesn't get written till the wee hours of Sunday morning!

Sorry folks, between the family having been hit with the puking stick and working 3 straight nights I didn't get this written anywhere near on time. Next week will be better...we hope.

For next week, work on these:
purpure
purine


Last Week's Definitions:
invidious - 1) calculated to create ill will; causing resentment or envy 2) offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious "invidious comparisons" 3) envious

involucre - 1) a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like. 2) a covering, esp. a membranous one.



Silly Goose Winner this week is:
Diane@Diane's Place said...
Invidious - To be literally glued to the TV screen.


Involucre - An involuntary attraction to money and expensive things.


NOTE: DIANE WAS THE ONLY CONTESTANT THIS WEEK, Y'ALL MIGHT WANNA GIVE HER SOME COMPETITION FOR NEXT WEEK!



For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

Thesaurus Thursday

For next week, work on these:
invidious
involucre


Last Week's Definitions:
stereotaxic - of or pertaiing to precise measurements in three dimensions of a place in the brain, esp as an adjunct to surgery or radiation

stereotomy - the art of cutting solids, as stones, to specified forms

the prefix stereo- means "solid", "solid body or figure," "three-dimentions"

here are some more examples
stereogram - a diagram or picture representing objects in a way to give the impression of solidity

stereobate - the foundation or base upon which a building is erected

stereology - a branch of science dealing with the determination of the three-dimensional structure of objects based on two-dimensional views of them

stereopsis - stereoscopic vision; the ability to see in three dimensions.


Silly Goose Winner this week is:
SherryTex said...
sterotomy: the surgical procedure by which you remove said teenager from their ipod/mp3player long enough to engage in an actual conversation.

stereotaxic:the teenage aversion to turning off music even when unconcious or not actually in the house.


Now, seeing as SherryTex has nine children,I think she knows what she's talking about here!!




For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

Thesaurus Thursday

For next week, work on these:
stereotaxic
stereotomy


Last Week's Definitions:
rakehell - 1) a licentious or dissolute man; rake 2) dissolute; profligate (Congrats Smarty Pants Diane and Lori!)

raillery - 1) good-humored ridicule; banter 2) a bantering remark (Congrats Smarty Pants Lori and Birdie!)


Silly Goose Winners this week are:
Airborne Poppa said...
Raillery,
Diane was close, a Raillery is where train tracks are made, not sold.


Birdie said..
Rakehell is what you tell somebody they're gonna do if they get in trouble.


For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

Thesaurus Thursday

Well, the trivia answer was Kelly's Heros. My favorite war movie! Sutherland stole the show as far as I'm concerned!!

For next week, work on these:
rakehell
raillery


Last Week's Definitions:
curtilage - the land occupied by a dwelling and its yard, outbuildings, etc., actually enclosed or considered as enclosed

cushaw - any of several squashes having long curved necks, esp. varieties of Cucurbita mixta. (Congrats Smarty Pants Lori!)



Silly Goose Winner this week is:

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.


For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

Thesaurus noton Thursday!

So, who noticed that I missed Thursday again??

Sorry folks, I switched to days to take a 2 day class and had to STUDY for the test!! Guess it worked as I only missed one question and am now certified as an Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support provider according to the American Heart Association. Which means that if you die at my house...I can call 9-1-1 REALLY REALLY fast!! ;-)

Now, on with our game.

For next week, work on these:
curtilage
cushaw


Last Week's Definitions:
pencel - a small pennon, as at the head of a lance



remember these guys??




penstock - a conduit for conveying water to a power plant.
No Smarty Pants Winners this week! ..... try again for next week.


Silly Geese Winners this week are:
SherryTex said...
pencel --the place we should lock up people who text message while driving.

Stephanie D. said...
penstock--the back room of Staples.


For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

Thesaurus Thursday

For next week, work on these:
pencel
penstock


Last Week's Definitions:
sedan chair - an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers (Congrats Smarty Pants Mam!)



sedulous - 1) diligent in character or application; persevering 2) persistently or carefully maintained "sedulous flattery"



Silly Geese Winners this week are:
Lori in South Dakota said...
Sedan chair--what the seats in a 1968 Chevy Impala were called

Salubrina said...
sedulous - the "it" word for fashionable divas.

instead of the boring ole' "you look fabulous!" or "that gown is stunning!" you would say "you look sedulous!" or, "that gown is simply sedulous!"
(This is almost a Smarty Pants Winner!)


Honorable Mention.....
Pops (AirbornePoppa) said...
Sedulous I had a good one until I read Subvet's comment about Cool Hand Luke being a "chick flick" Even I can't stretch my imagination THAT FAR! I'll get back to you on it.

Glad SOMEONE agrees with me. Of course, I keep trying to convince Subvet that the Dirty Dozen reference makes Sleepless in Seattle a guy movie!


For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

Thesaurus Thursday

I told Subvet that the women wouldn't know the movie. He figures EVERYONE should know that one.....

Diana, everything from "I can eat 50 eggs" to the end of my clip was a takeoff from Paul Newman's movie Cool Hand Luke. That's what made it so funny.

Now, a good friend of mine sent me a prayer request/proud celebration and asked me to share it with you. PenofJen aka Humble Wife aka Ma Kettle aka (well, I've lost track of all her names) anyway, you know who I mean right?? Well her son just enlisted in the ARMY and she's asking for prayers. Bill-the-younger has been sworn in and is now at Ft Bliss, TX presumably starting boot camp. Go over to Jen's post and show her your support. Infantry Dad, Airborne Dad, and Pops....I'm counting on you to welcome her and her husband QuillofBill into your "parent's circle". And let's all add Bill-the-younger to our military prayer lists.

Now, on with our game.

For next week, work on these:
sedan chair
sedulous


Last Week's Definitions:
footcloth - 1) a carpet or rug 2) a richly ornamented caparison for a horse, hanging to the ground


fontina - a semisoft to firm pale yellow Italian cheese (Congrats to Smarty Pants Diane@Diane's Place and Lori in South Dakota)



Silly Geese Winners this week are:
Ken said...
Fontina, is the new gay word for "Fonts"

Salubrina said...
footcloth - a rare, luxurious, quilt-like cloth made from leftover rabbit's feet keychains



For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

Thesaurus Thursday

For next week, work on these:
footcloth
fontina


Last Week's Definitions: (Sorry no Smarty Pants this week)
scall - dandruff

scandent - climbing, as a plant (such as climbing ivy)

(No Smarty Pants Winners again this week)

Silly Geese Winners this week are:
Verja-funnybunny said...
Scall:

Bad grammar for someone who is scared and has gall.
EX:
"You scall loser! What were you thinking!?!?"




Mrs4444 said...
Scandent-an expression found on the face of my husband when I come home from the grocery store with his truck.

Example: Mr.4444 scandentiously observed his new truck.







For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found just below the "rules" on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

Thesaurus Thursday

For next week, work on these:
scall
scandent


Last Week's Definitions: (Sorry no Smarty Pants this week)

peasecod - the pod of the pea.

pectinate - having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike.


Silly Geese Winners this week are:
Stephanie D. said...
maybe,to use an antidiarrheal medication, as in the pectin found in apples and kaopectate.

"Here honey, take this pill and you'll be pectinated in no time."

(reminds me of a little problem we had at work...)


Verja-funnybunny said...
Peascod!
the god of peace:
The guy dressed in flower clothes and he wears big earrings and says outta sight and groovy.
The hippies believe in him.
Love all around, maaaan!

AND (it's a tie on peasecod)

JenLive! said...
peascod - fishy smelling urine caused by taking too many Omega-3 vitamins





For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found just below the "rules" on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Now don't forget to leave your comments for the new words!

Thesaurus Thursday

I apologize for this being a day late. After much whining, crying and discussion (you can guess who was doing which) Subvet and I have decided that I need to work extra shifts for awhile.....this means my work schedule this week and next week is. Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri. Which is to say I was sleeping yesterday and working last night and didn't get this up.

For next week, work on these:


peasecod
pectinate


Last Week's Definitions:
farrago - a confused mixture; hodge-podge; medley

fanfaronade - bragging; bravado; bluster


Silly Geese Winners this week are:
Jungle Mom: fanfaronade, The beverage served at Obama events.

Cookie: "Fanfaronade". That lemonade that you spill on yurself when you are clapping during the fanfare for an Obama rally...


and

Mam: Farrago is a movie by the Coen Brothers. "Ya think?"





For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found here.

For all winners, the Awards can be found just below the "rules" on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

The Thesaurus Thursday Game

I apologize for this being a day late. I was unexpectedly asked to work last night so I wasn't able to get this up on Thursday....

For next week, work on these:


farrago

fanfaronade


Last Week's Definitions:
lodestar - n 1) a star that shows the way 2) Polaris 3) something that attracts strongly (Congrats Smarty Pants Diane)

logaoedic - adj 1) (of verse) composed of dactyls and trochees or af anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose 2) n a logaoedic verse
according to my A Handbook to Literature: The term also designates any mixed rhythm.


Silly Geese Winners this week are:
Jungle Mom said...
lodestar; The strong guy that loads the UPS truck????

Diane@Diane's Place said...
Logaoedic - An Italian epic opera, all yodeled.




For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found by using the link on the sidebar right below that slllllooooowwwww turtle.

For all winners, the Awards can be found just below the "rules" on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

The Thesaurus Thursday Game

For next week, work on these:


lodestar

logaoedic


Last Week's Definitions:
saleratus - sodium bicarbonate used in cooking; baking soda.

salacious - 1) lustful or lecherous 2) (of writings, pictures, etc) grossly indecent; obscene (Congrats Smarty Pants Winners Stephanie and Diane!)


Silly Geese Winners this week are:
Harry said...
I know these. Salertus was a member of the Roman senate during the time of Caligula. Salertus kept his head when so many others lost theirs by being one of Caligula's best drinking buddies.
(Harry, you keep up the Kipling allusions and we're gonna be great pals!)

JenLive! said...
Salacious is how the food really tastes to them. (sailors) It's not quite delicious, after all. It's the sailor's palate's compromise. Tabasco sauce helps in making said food salacious.




For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found by using the link on the sidebar right below that slllllooooowwwww turtle.

For all winners, the Awards can be found just below the "rules" on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

The Thesaurus Thursday Game

For next week, work on these:


saleratus

salacious


Last Week's Definitions:
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)





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


Silly Geese this week are:
Stephanie D. said...
mortise joint: cadaver's knee?

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



For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found by using the link on the sidebar right below that slllllooooowwwww turtle.

For all winners, the Awards can be found just below the "rules" on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Thesaurus Thursday, Come Play With Me!!!!!

For next week, work on these:


mortise joint

mort (this has 2 very different definitions....can you name em both?)

Last Week's Definitions:
sponsion - an engagement or promise, esp. one made on behalf of another (Congrats Smarty Pants Linda)
splore - 1) a frolic; revel; carousal 2) a commotion; disturbance. (Congrats Smarty Pants Jungle Mom)


Silly Geese this week are:
Linda :
Splore - Short for explore as in "I'm gonna go splore round a bit before I decide what to buy".

Jungle Mom:
Sponsion, a form of spontaneous expansion. Such as the extra pounds that appear on ones hips after eating a box of chocolates in two days!



For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found by using the link on the sidebar right below that slllllooooowwwww turtle.

For all winners, the Awards can be found just below the "rules" on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Thesaurus Thursday, Answers, Winners, and Words

I'd like to say that the chocolate/butterscotch iced peanut butter rice krispie treats were delicious and a big hit with the boys (all 3 of them) and they were nice and soft and chewey. Definitely not perilous to teeth of any ages. :-)

Zounds: interj. Archaic.. (used as a mild oath.) var. of 'swounds, for God's wounds (Congrats Smarty Pants Diane and AbornePoppa!!--you didn't know how smart you were did ya?)

Zoanthropy: a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal.

Silly Goose this week is.........

Linda said...
Zoanthropy - the study of ants that live in a zoo

Zounds - the sounds that the animals make at the zoo

Yeah, yeah, these are bad but what can I say? I'm outta practice!


For next week, work on these:


sponsion

splore



For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found by using the link on the sidebar right below that slllllooooowwwww turtle.

For all winners, the Awards can be found just below the "rules" on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.

Thesaurus Thursday

For any newcomers to Thesaurus Thursday, the "rules" can be found by using the link on the sidebar right below that turtle that isn't moving (have you noticed?).

For all winners, the Awards can be found just below the "rules" on the sidebar to pick up at your leisure.


Definitions of Last Week's Words are as follows:
Yeanling - 1) the young of a sheep or goat; a lamb or kid 2) just born; infant. (Congrats Smarty Pants Diane and Stephanie!!)

Yestreen - 1) yesterday evening; last evening 2) during yesterday evening.


Laughs to the Winners of Last Week's Silly Goose Award:
Stephanie d said:
Yestreen--opposite of a notreen? These are the two holes in a LAtreen, to be alternated when in use.


Jungle Mom said:
Yeanling:My six year old saying "green bean" with his front teeth missing?



New Words are:
zoanthropy

zounds