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franknbea
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Word of the Day
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Hello to All!
Today �s word is:Decubitis
all guesses are welcome but please no dicitonary definitions.
Have fun! |
11 Sep 2010
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stexstme
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Sounds like a terrible disease! From latin de = removal :
It �s when your cubes have been removed. Must be really painful.
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11 Sep 2010
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apayala
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Maybe to lie upside? In Spanish there is a word very similar in spelling which means that. |
11 Sep 2010
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kodora
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When you turn a number which is raised to the power of three(cube) into its simple form.
eg.3�=3x3x3=decubitis
Glad to be of help
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11 Sep 2010
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lshorton99
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De cube it is - non-native speakers pointing out that something is a cube. We would then use this to correct pronunciation - �The � instead of �De �. Depending on the level of the student, we might choose to focus on word order (It is the cube �) or use of articles (It is a cube) in order to avoid fossilisation of errors. A substitution drill might be fairly effective here so students apply the structure to other items! 
Lindsey
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11 Sep 2010
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MarionG
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State you get in after going off sugar cubes in your warm beverages cold turkey.............
"Why is XXX shaking and twitching like that?"
"Oh, he�s got a severe case of decubitis. I�m still not sure what�s worse, he used to get real hyper and obnoxious from the sugar rush when he still took 4 cubes in his coffee, but these spasms aren�t a pretty sight either..."
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11 Sep 2010
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ELOJOLIE274
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Hello!
yes it must be some kind of mental illness that makes you hate "cubes": for example, your ice cubes mustn �t have the shape of a cube, if you see a cube you have a compulsion to destroy it immediately...
it �s the exact positive of the famous "derounditis" illness...
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11 Sep 2010
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stexstme
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I love this game! My problem is to remember the correct definitions of these words - & not the funniest ones!!
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11 Sep 2010
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swissprof
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Decubitus sounds coming from latin , isn �t it a bone somewhere in the body
because we say radius for another bone in the leg I think
I remember having heard this from my husband but I am not 100 % sure
Have a nice week end . The weather is sunny and beautiful in Switzerland
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11 Sep 2010
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ituska
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I know, I know  in Slovakia we use the same word... so I am not going to spoil the game 
I like all your guesses, but my winner is Elojolie |
11 Sep 2010
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Greek Professor
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Sir..Sir...
Dec=the deck...of the ruler...
cubit= an egyptian ruler..the one we measure.... |
11 Sep 2010
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