I'm wildly enthusiastic about okra and I don't think any portion of NJ is below the Mason-Dixon Line.

While I'm on a new "text-link jag" I was motivated to try this. So often Google Images is an absolute DELIGHT! Wow!

THIS

is one of those times! YES!

I've got it. Here's the technique. I'll try to enter the actual code enlarged in bold blue and my explanatory text in black. Needless to say, no spaces should be added between the text which you're entering as a hyperlinked substitute for the full "actual" URL and the code, at either end (...

This time the Doctor may have struck out. He may have "whiffed" with a pun which fell flat. It may only have been "DORY ... AND ... SEAMAN." That may have been all of it. ("Dorian" as a mispronunciation of "Dory And"...) (Is this an example of metathesis? The ...

...usually the Good Doctor's names have a humorous aspect to them. You expect him to bat 1000? Anybody know the "code" for replacing mile-long URLs with simple text links, such as is shown in the original GWOTD "posting's" text link: "Hear it!"? (When I found out how t...

I guess a waster is a scoundrel...

Here are some relevant definitions.

The "dory" and "seaman" idea seems to be good:

Try this.

Beats me, but... 1. Notes: No, today's Good Word is not a misspelling of frothy, but a distinct adjective based on forth (see Word History). It originates in southwest England, around Devon and Cornwall.... Devon and Cornwall are both coastal counties in southwestern England. Does that explain the &...

PS: The source code for this Web page includes these lines near the top of the page: <!-- phpBB style name: prosilver Based on style: prosilver (this is the default phpBB3 style) Original author: Tom Beddard ( http://www.subBlue.com/ ) Modified by: NOTE: This page was generated by phpBB, the free op...

It looks like Trebuchet, but I've not yet checked it by comparing the details of its distinctive features with my own local Trebuchet text. See: http://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3311 (Why isn't that thread cited by this site's search engine when I search for <trebuchet>?!......

Hmmm... Online Etymology Dictionary? OK, but why haven't you included the full texts of the brief entries which you cited? Would that be objectionable pedantry, or does citing a source require you to "deliver the goods"? Aware: aware (adj.) late O.E. gewær, from P.Gmc. *ga-waraz (cf. O.S. ...

Etymologies are very interesting but they do NOT really give the word its definition.

Does anyone else think they SHOULD?!

Audiendus: Thanks for adding the astronomical clarification which I'd not obtained. You've pointed out that: 1. "Cynosure" is used to refer to the "North Star," NOT to the "Dog Star." The North Star is also known as Polaris. The Dog Star is also known as Sirius. 2. The ...

Perry: ... possibly a reference to the dog's tail... " Possibly "? The first line of Dr. Beard's original text was: Meaning: 1. The North Star or Ursa Minor, its constellation. Dr. Beard's Word History explains: Cynosure is a hand-me-down from the French descendant of a Latin borrowing of ...

Perry: I guess I believe that this word has reversed or at least changed its meaning, to the extent that it's no longer used to mean "dog's tail." I'm just saying I'm reluctant to use it in that sense. I can see how this happened, but the end result seems to be ridiculous, inappropriate, a...

I agree with Dr. Beard that this is a beautiful word. I've never used it although I've always been aware of it and I've always thought it was erudite. Dr. Beard's citation of the use of the word by Thomas Carlyle shows the type of usage which always impressed me favorably but Dr. Beard's etymology s...