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October 17, 2005

Word of the Day

pomaceous \poh-MAY-shuss\ adjective

1 : of or relating to apples
*2 : resembling a pome


A much kinder, better sounding word than "pear shaped", not that I'm resentful or anything.

*The word, which is ultimately derived from Late Latin "pomum" (meaning "apple"), was originally used of apples and things relating to apples, but later it was also applied to things that look like pears. (Pears, like apples, belong to the pome family.)

Posted by tree hugging sister at October 17, 2005 10:01 AM

Comments

things that look like pears.

Like...

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at October 17, 2005 10:06 AM

Bingley BASTARD !!!

Posted by: tree hugging sister at October 17, 2005 10:31 AM

Mr. Bingley, after all that beer and chicken this weekend, isn't this the pot calling the kettle black? ;-P

Posted by: The Real JeffS at October 17, 2005 10:57 AM

HAH, Bingley!!!

And HAH again, for good measure!!

(oooh, how I loveses my JeffSies...)

Posted by: tree hugging sister at October 17, 2005 11:08 AM

JeffS, you are such a suck-up when you want another shipment of cookies.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at October 17, 2005 12:13 PM

Cookies, creme puffs, whatevah. Is there a Coalition of the Pastries?

Posted by: Nightfly at October 17, 2005 01:32 PM

Oh, hell YES there is ~ on my HIPS. (Or is that technically 'coagulation' of the pastries?)

Posted by: tree hugging sister at October 17, 2005 02:07 PM

coalescing?

Well, in your case I suppose convalescing...

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at October 17, 2005 02:48 PM

"Confluence of the Pastries."

Posted by: Nightfly at October 17, 2005 04:51 PM

"Collection of the Pastries"

Posted by: The Real JeffS at October 18, 2005 01:50 AM