# The False Word Origin/Meanings Game! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887 "2004-12-15T00:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/41 "2004-12-16T04:34:51Z")
Whoopsie… had to get a call and forgot that bit. Next word: **repudiate**. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/42 "2004-12-16T04:46:27Z")
From “re,” “again;” “pud,” vulgar slang for male genitalia, meaning “to reattach a severed penis; see also Debobbitism.” Next word: alopecia ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/43 "2004-12-16T04:48:31Z")
**repudiate** Re = Again : Pud = slang term for a penis: iate = take an action **repudiate** is the act of reattaching a penis after a farming accident. Next Word: **Contraband** ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/44 "2004-12-16T04:50:05Z")
Now that is just strange **Ace309**. It is obvious that should be the real meaning of the word. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/45 "2004-12-16T04:52:05Z")
From “Alo” which is a accented version of hello and “species” a division of life. It’s the act of discovering a new kind of life form. Next word Prestidigitator ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/46 "2004-12-16T09:18:28Z")
Prestidigitator from Pres, a shortened form of President (hence the capitol “P”) ti, a drink with jam and bread digit, finger ator, old Welsh for stir Prestidigitator = the President stirring his tea with his finger (presumably having first washed that finger) irrefrangible ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/47 "2004-12-16T16:15:14Z")
irrefrangible, ir-re- frangible, not capable of being made into frangipane, any of a number of huts and seeds that taste gross when and used as a paste in deserts or cakes. e.g. Coconut. next: fundamentalist ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/48 "2004-12-16T16:25:21Z")
fundamentalist fun = entertaining damen = German women ta = Old Low German for talent list = list fundamentalist = a list of the talents of female German entertainers pulchritude ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/49 "2004-12-16T16:27:23Z")
> [@DesertGeezer](#): > > irrefrangible ir - from “irritating” re - again fran - referring to France gible - nonsense speak, like baby talk irrefrangible (adj) - describes a person who is still making jokes and jabs about “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” or claiming that certain Democrats “look French” Next word…intergalactic [upon preview: damn, I should be faster about replying to open windows.] > [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > fundamentalist fund - to sponsor, supply money to a - one mentalist - mind reader fundamentalist (n) - like James Randi, one who offers prize money to a person who can demonstrate supernatural ability Next word is still intergalactic. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/50 "2004-12-16T16:29:13Z")
:smack: This thread moves fast! Sorry, **DesertGeezer**. Will someone do both of our words? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/51 "2004-12-16T16:32:49Z")
integalactic–anything inside of a glacier. mesmerizing ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/52 "2004-12-16T16:33:29Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > intergalactic. Inter–to bury Gal–woman Act–to perform on stage Thus, _intergalactic_ means to bury a woman as part of a theatrical production. **Discombobulated** ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/53 "2004-12-16T16:36:02Z")
Crap. Preview, preview, dammit. Mes–shortened form of “mess” Mer–relating to people who live under the sea Hence, _mesmerizing_–either a military meal for Triton’s mersoldiers, or the devastation that needs to be repaired after a food fight involving same. Again, **discombobulated.** ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/54 "2004-12-16T16:58:55Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Crap. Preview, preview, dammit. > > Mes–shortened form of “mess” > Mer–relating to people who live under the sea > > Hence, _mesmerizing_–either a military meal for Triton’s mersoldiers, or the devastation that needs to be repaired after a food fight involving same. > > Again, **discombobulated.** dis - short for ‘disrespect’, as in street slang com - short for ‘communication’, as in ‘intercom’ bob - generic male name; discombobulate - to insult someone by deliberately using their name incorrectly in communication. next : withdrawal ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/55 "2004-12-16T17:40:00Z")
**withdrawl** Ultimately from the Armenian. **Wit** = sagacity. **hd** = high definition (abbreviated and foreshortened). **raw** = not cooked. **l** is an ending indicating the feminine. Therefore, **withdrawl** means, roughly, “the precise wisdom of the untutored femaile mind”. sagacity ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/56 "2004-12-16T18:04:31Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > sagacity Usually-hyphenated slang term referring to a long, dramatic story involving personal acquaintances. “Oh, I’d tell you about John and Jane, but it’s saga-city.” **Sanctimonious** ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/57 "2004-12-16T18:09:40Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Usually-hyphenated slang term referring to a long, dramatic story involving personal acquaintances. “Oh, I’d tell you about John and Jane, but it’s saga-city.” > > **Sanctimonious** Sanct-, meaning holy, and Timon, adorable meerkat from Disney’s the Lion King. Sanctimonious - Of or relating to a revered sidekick or bit character. Next : capricorn. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/58 "2004-12-16T18:12:23Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Next : capricorn. Cap–hat Rico–Spanish for “rich” RN–Registered Nurse Capricorn–A healthcare professional with expensive headgear. In the same vein– **Astrology** ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/59 "2004-12-16T18:43:35Z")
**Astrology** **as** = having to do with the anus. **trol** = an evil mythical being, often deceitful, who ambushes the unsuspecting. Often applied to those who clutter newsgroups and message boards with material that incites anger. **ogy** = shortened form of ‘oogy’: disgusting. Hence, **astrology** means ‘unwanted spam dealing with anal sex’. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887/60 "2004-12-16T19:27:14Z")
Sunspace - from Frencs Sans passe, lit. without passing on another item. The act of forgetting to add a new word for the game. Next: circumnavigation [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-false-word-origin-meanings-game/279887.md?page=4)