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purple / ˈ-ɜːr p əl / rhymes with curple, the hindquarters of a horse or donkey, hirple, to walk with a limp, [17] nurple, the act of roughly twisting a nipple (slang). quaich / ˈ-eɪ x / rhymes with scraich/scraigh, Scots for "to screech", and one pronunciation of abeigh, a rare Scottish word meaning "cautiously aloof".
Darebase or dare base, also known as prisoners' base Chevy Chace, or Release the Prisoner and originally as bars, base or prisoners' bars, is a tag game between two or more teams on an open field that places a premium on speed and agility.
The use of the word also means "in a direction opposite to the usual" and "in a direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun". It is cognate with the German language widersinnig, i.e., "against" + "sense". The term "widdershins" was especially common in Lowland Scots. [2] The opposite of widdershins is deosil, or sunwise, meaning ...
Here's a Halloween riddle for you: What has a tail and four feet, but no arms or legs?. If you guessed a cyclops or other scary monster, better luck next time, because that's incorrect.We can't ...
Walk this way" is a recurrent pun in a number of comedy films and television shows. It may be derived from an old vaudeville joke that refers to the double usage of the word "way" in English as both a direction and a manner. One version of this old joke goes like this: A heavy-set woman goes into a drug store and asks for talcum powder.
Snuffy returns, then tells Elmo he had better go home and brush his fur to prepare for the grown-ups' arrival, but Elmo holds on to his snuffle so he cannot go. Big Bird yells, "Food!" as a distraction, and one by one the adults come and see Snuffy for the first time ever. They are stunned, then cautiously approach, before Big Bird returns ...
Dromomania was a historical psychiatric diagnosis whose primary symptom was uncontrollable urge to walk or wander. [1] Dromomania has also been referred to as traveling fugue. [2] Non-clinically, the term has come to be used to describe a desire for frequent traveling or wanderlust. [3] [4] [5]
Image credits: Eric McCandless/Getty Images #4 Dave Coulier. Full House actor Dave Coulier revealed on November 13 that he had been diagnosed with a very aggressive form of cancer just a month before.