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Mancklin

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Almost words
« on: June 10, 2007, 08:58:46 AM »
There's a whole category, don't you think, of words one thinks of with regret, that could almost be played, but not quite. Like today the word zeugma came into my head so I tried seugma but of course it has to be a z, so zeugma will stay up there in the world of the Almost Words, and in the subcategory of Almost Words I Once Knew the Meaning Of But Have Now Entirely Forgotten.

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Re: Almost words
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2007, 09:01:44 AM »
One of my daughters was looking at it one day, trying to help me get the 9 letter word...
She came up with 'incaperly'  Lovely word-it should have a meaning...
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Re: Almost words
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2007, 09:07:29 AM »
And isn't it nice, too, when one's daughter or one's self-- tries a word that doesn't look a bit like a word, and then -- bling -- there it is--an actual word, believe it or not --and she's dead chuffed, and so are you.  ;D
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Re: Almost words
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2007, 02:03:03 AM »
Going back to almost words, and looking at todays game...which is a real humdinger of a cuss.....
One of my daughters..[i only let them out of the shed one at a time ...] just asked if BRAZ was a word.!!
I am all in favour of that one....
Mine are sculptured by a local scaffolding company...
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