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Xelebes, I believe reckon comes from the same root.
From the French;
recherche' - adj 1. a. EXQUISITE, CHOICE b. EXOTIC, RARE 2. excessively refined: PRECIOUS 3. OVERBLOWN, PRETENTIOUS
ectomorph • n., characterized by long and thin muscles/limbs and low fat storage; usually referred to as slim; someone with lean, sinewy muscles; theoretical body type in which a person has a high metabolism. Such a person can easily maintain a low fat physique, but does not add muscle or body weight easily.
The word immediately came to mind because of another thread's description of Tim Lincecum's eating habits. When I was young, somebody called me an ectomorph; I had to go look it up to be sure he wasn't accusing me of being a mass murderer.
louche • adj., disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way; of questionable taste or morality: "a louche nightclub", "a louche painting."
You'd be amazed by the interesting words that turn up in a book on the Comanche Indians.
louche• adj., disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way; of questionable taste or morality: "a louche nightclub", "a louche painting."
QUESTION:
http://www.cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/201111/index.html
Week of 03-12
RAY: This is from my "What's Not in a Name" series, and it's about names of states. This was sent in by someone named Arnie Hartika who writes, "For some time now, I've been a New York Times puzzle addict, and hardly a week goes by that I don't learn at least one new word. Last week was no exception, and I realized right away that this knowledge could be used as the basis for one of your cheesy little Puzzlers. So here goes. I'm going to list nine states of union. Maine, Vermont, New York, Iowa, Florida, Texas, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming."
TOM: That's nine.
RAY: The question is, what makes these states different from all the others? And, I'll give a hint. You don't have to think twice to know that Mississippi and Alabama are not eligible to be on this list.
Think you know? Drop Ray a note!
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ANSWER:
http://www.cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/201111/answer.html
Nine Unusual States
RAY: Here's the answer: what makes these states unusual is that they're isogrammatic words-- words in which no letter is repeated. Texas has five unique letters. Wyoming has seven, and so does New York. But none are repeated. And there are no other states, save for those, that are isogrammatical.
TOM: What about Texas?
RAY: I have Texas on the list, you dope. So do we have a winner?
TOM: Our winner this week is Sally Milgram from Prairie Village, Kansas. Congratulations, Sally!
It's not in the Oxford thing I have on my PC.
It is not in my Webster's seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, either.
razzmatazz - noun 1. RAZZLE-DAZZLE 2. DOUBLE-TALK 3. VIM, ZING
It's not in the Oxford thing I have on my PC.
There are several words from my childhood that I seldom hear today. One is fango, which, in the southwest of England, seemed to be understood to mean ‘finger’. ‘Mind yer fangoes’ certainly had people pulling their fingers back from potential danger without further explanation.
I’ve had several attempts to track down the origin, but, so far, without any luck. Catalan and Italian have fango, but in both cases the meaning seems to be totally unrelated to finger.
Fango is the derhoticised form of fingers.
Fango is the derhoticised form of fingers.