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Word of the Day



franknbea
United Kingdom

Word of the Day
 
Hello and Good Morning to All!
 
Today �s word is; Liripip
as always all guesses are welcome,
they don �t even have to be right.
Have fun!

3 Sep 2010      





MarionG
Netherlands

OK, I remember �pip � is a disease in poultry (in Dutch at least ;) so �liripip � would probably refer to the state in which a chicken finds itself when it confuses itself with a songbird due to an overdose of medication........ no?

3 Sep 2010     



anitarobi
Croatia

A special machine for making lollipops which are extremely colourful on the outside and have dark chocolate hidden inside, and they sense if you like them, so they don �t get spent, but grow back... Oh yes, and they �re completely healthy, non-fattening and good for your teeth...

3 Sep 2010     



Lina Ladybird
Germany

"Liri" comes from "lyrics" and "pip" from the word "pipe", so it �s a type of singing bird that knows the lyrics of a lot of pip ... um ... pop songs and pipes them all day long.

3 Sep 2010     



stefemma
France

Is like a kind of "Liripip hooray" for Frank!?

3 Sep 2010     



ELOJOLIE274
France

okay, I agree with Silke: "Liri" comes from "lyrics" and "pip" from the word "pipe"
but I think that it �s a smoking pipe that instead of making you cough makes you a better singer!!!

3 Sep 2010     



Zora
Canada

Lire - French verb "to read"....
"pip" the seed inside a fruit like an orange...

So is it the art of divination using fruit seeds??

*cuts open a lime and sees " The Grim"" LOL

LOL


3 Sep 2010     



anitarobi
Croatia

@zora - your idea is fantastic...Big smile

3 Sep 2010     



lamyaa
Egypt

"liripip" sounds like a tap dance to me Party

3 Sep 2010     



perma
Greece

oh, yet another word of Greek origin..... Tongue
"Liri" which in Greek means a rooster �s comb (that red fleshy thingy on the rooster �s head!)
+ "pip" which is the now obsolete irregular past form of the verb "to pop"
-> liripop = a very nasty chicken disease in which the rooster �s comb pops for no apparent reason!!!

Although I really liked Zora �s definition, too LOL  

3 Sep 2010     



Apodo
Australia

The colloquialism �gives youthe pip � = you find it a bit annoying.
Liri is from Lira /money
 
So liripip is what you feel when you open your wallet and discover there �s not as much money in there as you thought.

3 Sep 2010     

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