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Word of the Day



franknbea
United Kingdom

Word of the Day
 
Good Morning All!
 
Today �s word is; Misodoctakleidist
 
As always all guesses are welcome but please no dictionary definitions.
Have fun!

15 Sep 2010      





juliag
Japan

Doctors who believe that if you have miso soup every day you will be cured of all your ills.

Seriously I have absolutely no idea, I don �t even know how to pronounce it properly!!

15 Sep 2010     



anitarobi
Croatia

Well, it �s definitely one of the longest words in the English language! So you had it in a spelling bee contest when you were a kid so now you �re torturing us?Wink
 
Now seriously - could it have sth to do with being stingy?

15 Sep 2010     



adriennesmiles
Australia

Misodoctakleidist
 
someone who misplaces their kaleidoscope often and has to see a psychiatric doctor for help ??

15 Sep 2010     



Greek Professor
Greece

well...
 
miso: means hate in greek...
docta...my doctor....
 
kleidist...means..... dress...
 
so meaning? I hate the doctors dress....LOL
 
...off to work...see ya all later

15 Sep 2010     



David Lisgo
Japan

It is of course, a lady doctor who specialises in treating tummy ache caused by eating to much miso, which is salty, fermented bean curd paste.

15 Sep 2010     



yanogator
United States

It �s simply a musician who plays the misodoctakleid. I think that Lawrence Welk had three of them in his band. Or maybe it was Spike Jones.
 
Bruce

15 Sep 2010     



lshorton99
China

Miso = soup
docta = doctor
kleidist = cartoonist

misodoctakleidist - someone who draws pictures of people doctoring soup.

Lindsey

15 Sep 2010     



ueslteacher
Ukraine

miso- Microsoft Office
doc- document
takle- means tackle, just a simplified spelling �cause the word is obviously too long already
idist- someone who
So Misodoctakleidist- someone who tackles Microsoft office documentsSmile
Sophia

15 Sep 2010     



blunderbuster
Germany

It is a doctor using miso soup to cure anything and everything while wearing women �s clothes.

EDIT: Geez, Juila, just saw your explanation ;o))))

15 Sep 2010     



baiba
Latvia

Ha ha ha, so many great definitions!
I definitely see doctor, probably dress in German but it does not make sense for me! Maybe I have missed something....

15 Sep 2010     

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