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Word of the Day Contest!
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MoodyMoody
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Word of the Day Contest!
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Thank you, Marion, for choosing my "daffynition" for the last Word of the Day contest. So, here �s the new Word of the Day:
TOMENTOSE.
I want your funniest fake definitions for this word. Anyone posting the real definition until the end of the contest deserves 40 lashes with a wet noodle (which is not the real definition of tomentose!) I will choose a winner Monday evening or later if I don �t get enough definitions by that time. Happy fabrication, everyone! |
19 Jan 2014
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maryse pey�
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I �ve got some in my garden : a TOMENTOSE is a TOmato TOrmented by its TOSE (sorry : TOES) in a messy order.
So this poor thing can �t walk correctly and is always falling because it tries to rearrange its toes ! |
19 Jan 2014
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cunliffe
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I always like to be funny, but unfortunately I can �t think of a funny comment for this word since it describes a person afflicted with extreme bipolar disorder, and believe me, that �s not funny. And I should know! The word derives from Latin (actually, quite late Latin which hasn �t been fully recorded in America), but I �m happy to break it down: To = two ment = mind ose = ose or ed. |
19 Jan 2014
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edrodmedina
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People please. Don �t over think things. TOMENTOSE is simply a combination of the first two words of John Keats until recently unpublished ode to a mint flavored candy: To Mentos. |
19 Jan 2014
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sarguero
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TOMENTOSE = TORMENTOSO in Spanish
Related with the stormy weather, but the strong winds blow the R away.
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19 Jan 2014
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mohamedthabet
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tomentose should be spelled as to mentose = to (indicating infinitive form) + verb mentose.
To tose = to pull apart, to break apart, to divide
to mentose = to divide men
Eg. The famous saying: "Nothing is more likely to mentose folks than over jealousy and petty talks." |
19 Jan 2014
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MarionG
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just like bad breath sometimes just means bad breath, tomentose is the - not very fancy but - official term for someone who went into a coma after eating to many tomatoes............. |
19 Jan 2014
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isa2
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It �s quite clear to me:
It �s a creepy state of mind you are in when you can �t decide which of two men you should marry.
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20 Jan 2014
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