Twelve across in this morning's crossword, was a seven letter word with three u's in it.
I thought, "That's unusual."

On the other hand, there was the guy who had something wrong with him and went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him a thorough examination, and gave him a battery of tests. Finally he told the guy what his diagnosis was: "You have Tom Jones Syndrome." "Hmmm, Tom Jones Syndrome? I've never heard of a disease like that ... is it rare?" "Well," came the answer, "it's not unusual."

culcha

Speaking of rarities - we know lots of verbs that end in "ify" (diversify, nullify, satisfy, etc.) What two common verbs end in "efy"?

"What two common verbs end in "efy"? "

Liquefy and stupefy come to mind. There may be others.

~aj

Liquefy and stupefy come to mind. There may be others.

Pretty good!
Also, hint: rarity.

Does defy count?

goof

rarefy

"What two common verbs end in "efy"? "

Liquefy and stupefy come to mind. There may be others.

The obvious one is "defy".

Deify

Deify

Oops. Cancel that.

Dyslexia is a terrible thing.

MOI

Dyslexia is a terrible thing.

Why did they make it so hard to spell?
I would've called it "eeeee".

Speaking of rarities - we know lots of verbs that end in "ify" (diversify, nullify, satisfy, etc.) What two common verbs end in "efy"?

Not having checked to see who has already said what.....

*defy

And I can't think of a second one.


sheila

rarefy


It's "rarify" as far as I know -- as in rarified gases, etc.


sheila

rarefy


It's "rarify" as far as I know -- as in rarified gases, etc.

Half right... another case where English makes SO much sense.

The active verb is "rarefy". The passive verb is "rarify".

In other words, you rarefy the gas to produce a rarified gas.

The active verb is "rarefy". The passive verb is "rarify".

In other words, you rarefy the gas to produce a rarified gas.

And people think Chinese is a hard language to learn!

LWW