October 03 2010
Got a Mo? [BB278]
After last week’s brain-strainer, thought I’d go gentle on you with a kinder topic. In short, abbreviations. Just as intro means introduction, what other familiar words, all ending in O, have been removed from their longer sources? (4)USINE, say, is LIMO. Let’s go.
- (4)nnaise
- (6)path
- (5)ceros
- (5)theque
- (5)minium
- (4)sene
- (5)graph
- (5)grapher
- (5)graphy
- (4)gram
- (3)cado
- (3)ther
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK BB277 SOLUTION: Lie/hoe, feel/rake, cot/hold, pitch/raw, sad/main, taught/shawl, height/levy, slat/fender, lunar/satyr, dive/led, blight/whack, heart/pole
[And yes I will learn how to configure the delayed Solution widget again!]
Comments
xobhcnul — 04 October at 12:41PM
and four more ...
(5)potamus
(4)randum
(4)sition
(4)nstration
DA — 04 October at 05:47PM
Not forgetting:
(2)ment
(2)ustache
and um...w(2)re
xobhcnul — 05 October at 12:03AM
and along the lines of that last entry,
(3)stitute
(3)fessional
Mr X — 05 October at 10:15AM
and graphy could have a (3) as well as a (5) opening.