April 04 2011

Word of the Week: Sironise

SIRONISE – to treat a textile chemically so that it won’t wrinkle after washing. [From C/SIRO-nise.] If only I could sironise my shirt collection.

Comments

Rupert — 04 April at 07:00AM

In blouse tails, iron is unnecessary!

DC — 04 April at 08:00AM

Unnaturally smooth waves; woman studies in canal.

RK — 04 April at 08:05AM

A bit wordy, but:

Siren noise working to cut short dash to dispel pressing need

Sam — 04 April at 09:22AM

Pressing less, six feint.

Rupert — 04 April at 09:40AM

I'm slow today. I don't get how DC's or Sam's clues work.

JD — 04 April at 10:07AM

DC's is anag. of siren noise, less 'en' dash....
Sam's is a bit more obscure??

Sam — 04 April at 10:13AM

Not sure if mine is that fair, Rupert, as there are two ways to spell sise (a six on a dice), and I wasn’t sure which was which; and using ‘int.’ to indicate interior, but:

Six = sise, Feint. = fe interior, giving S[IRON]ISE

Rupert — 04 April at 10:13AM

JD - that was RK's. I got that one.

Rupert — 04 April at 10:15AM

Sam - I didn't know sise (either spelling). Feint = fe interior is very cunning.

DC — 04 April at 10:18AM

I'm happy to accept JD's explanation, but I was thinking of

siren (waves woman) eyes (studies) sounds like (in canal)

JD — 04 April at 10:38AM

Woops, sorry - I was surprised that you were troubled by something so apparently straight forward. Must pay closer attention.

SK — 04 April at 10:43AM

Because of this, iron is essentially in storage!

JD — 04 April at 11:06AM

Decrease treatment of remission to take 'em out.

DC — 04 April at 11:10AM

Preemptively decrease breed intake on island

Rupert — 04 April at 12:28PM

Fabric treatment inherently means iron is expendable.

Rupert — 04 April at 12:37PM

Gah. My last was really a duplicate of SKs.

RV — 04 April at 12:53PM

To treat material for a smooth finish is dubbed "one noise adjustment".

Rupert — 04 April at 01:03PM

Make suit without iron - knight is in one.

RK — 04 April at 01:05PM

Sounds like night cream is one way to smooth out wrinkles

RK — 04 April at 01:06PM

Are we on the same wavelength or what, Rupert?

RK — 04 April at 01:16PM

Decrease in silicon and selenium will chemically reduce need for iron

Rupert — 04 April at 02:06PM

Small ironies obscure fabric treatment.

DA — 04 April at 02:13PM

Straight away, my instinct is to make the most of the IRON/IS fluke sitting in a word that seeks to banish the iron, ala SK's bid, and Rupert's opener. Hence a draft like:

Iron is in spare margins, if you do this!

Hard - but there is a real paydirt if you keep chasing this tangent. Who can do it best? Or make something better barking up tree #2?

dg — 04 April at 02:28PM

There's something iron-ic about all this.

DC — 04 April at 02:32PM

Even runners replace iron at sunrise!

dg — 04 April at 02:37PM

and the idea of creases/increases/ decreases

dg — 04 April at 02:42PM

A decrease in creases? An increase in decreases? Endless ironies with a twist in the tail.

DC — 04 April at 02:44PM

Beautiful.

Boniface — 04 April at 02:45PM

I've found a 'senior wrinkles' angle for this (where 'free' performs double duty as anagrind and infinitive):

Senior is free of wrinkles!