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Post by jusrme on Aug 19, 2021 21:44:26 GMT -5
T is for ....... Toddler with a Temper Tantrum
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Post by hwy60 (Milwaukee) on Aug 19, 2021 21:58:35 GMT -5
U is for Lamborghini Urus
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Post by DrivingtoMars (SW CO) on Aug 20, 2021 5:06:22 GMT -5
W is for Which (Pronoun. Which? Not to be confused with Witch (Noun, and a pissed one if you confuse them)).
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Post by catskillhiker on Aug 20, 2021 6:07:55 GMT -5
X is for ... Xenopus A genus of sub-Saharan African clawed frogs. The name means Strange (xeno) foot (pus). There are 20 species within the genus.
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Post by BillG on Aug 20, 2021 8:41:05 GMT -5
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Post by yjsk2100 on Aug 20, 2021 16:33:20 GMT -5
Z is for.......Zebra
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 20, 2021 19:03:42 GMT -5
Ampicillin
If you're allergic to penicillin, you should not be given ampicillin.
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Post by catskillhiker on Aug 21, 2021 7:23:51 GMT -5
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Post by BillG on Aug 21, 2021 8:18:18 GMT -5
C is for ... caldera
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Post by DrivingtoMars (SW CO) on Aug 21, 2021 9:05:41 GMT -5
D is for Dredging (Verb. Whether dredging up the muck in a seasbed or river, or dredging up the slime from past human relationships that ended badly, getting to the bottom of the subject is usually a good thing. Except for hitting buried water or sewage pipes. Less fun than it sounds).
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Post by catskillhiker on Aug 22, 2021 5:24:36 GMT -5
E is for ... Euphemism A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Examples:
egad for Oh God; darn for damn; heck for Hell; Jiminy Cricket for Jesus Christ; theoretically for not really
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Post by BillG on Aug 22, 2021 10:27:23 GMT -5
F is for ... Fraiser
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Post by catskillhiker on Aug 23, 2021 4:52:24 GMT -5
G is for ... Goody Two Shoes A pejorative for an excessively virtuous person or do-gooder. It first appeared in print in Charles Cotton's Voyage to Ireland in Burlesque (1670): Mistress mayoress complained that the pottage was cold; 'And all long of your fiddle-faddle,' quoth she. 'Why, then, Goody Two-shoes, what if it be? Hold you, if you can, your tittle-tattle,' quoth he.
It later appeared in a fable published in 1765; a variation of the Cinderella story. The fable tells of Goody Two-Shoes, the nickname of a poor orphan girl named Margery Meanwell, who goes through life with only one shoe. When a rich gentleman gives her a complete pair, she is so happy that she tells everyone that she has "two shoes". Later, Margery becomes a teacher and marries a rich widower. This earning of wealth serves as proof that her virtue has been rewarded, a popular theme in children's literature of the era.
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Post by BillG on Aug 23, 2021 8:16:07 GMT -5
H is for ... Henri
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