Braling II you are CORRECT. Congratulations! It is a bit of a stumper and not many people solve it. Bravo I say and I wish I had the BIG prize for you, but alas I do not.

Thanks, Biplane! If you like, just figure out what the Big Prize is, calculate the cost, and simply send the money!

Butch, the two tales broght to mind by the word "unshine" are "All Summer In A Day" and whatever the title is of the one from "Illustrated Man" about the never-ending rain on Venus...

The Long Rain is one of my favorite stories. All those pale plants and that killer lightning and constant rain, plus the sundomes. Its spectacular! All Summer In A Day set also on Venus is right up there too.

Tomorrow is my day off, I'm going to savor it! Doug, I looked it up in my Oxford and check this plethora of descriptions:

Savor:suggest by taste, smell, etc.(savors of mushrooms),{I swear it said that, lol} n. taste, flavor, zest, tang, piquancy. relish;smack one's lips over;indulge in.

What a hoot. I want to go do something special, but I have a backlog of house chores to catch up on, oh well, that too can be savored.

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Great word. "Unshine," opposite of "sunshine." Alternate meaning, to spoil or tarnish a shiny finish. Mind if I use it sometime?

Biplane, I had a thought this morning on the way to work: if you took a deed away from someone, mightn't you use the word "dedeeded"?
That would also be a palindrome!

Perish the thought if the person's name is Deedee as in Deedee's dedeeded. Quick call the good deed doer...

dandelion: uncola

...and how many of us when reading "Dandelion Wine" for the first time had to look up the word "cupola" ?

BII, I would dare say at least a "coupla" us. Myself included.

At least it's not an uncool cupola uncola!

So many thoughts to respond to:

1) Braling II--Heaven forbid if someone were to be dedeeded, but better that then deheaded.

2) Believe it or not I have known about cupolas for many, many years. What an art form!

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mollycoddle cracked me up, it led me to milksop.

Pious.

Don't you think thats such a pretty little word? It should be a small song bird, or a group of tiny white flowers, or a genis of butterflies, or something to that effect.

Then again, there are many pretty words regarding religion.

relijun. something.

Reminds me of the very old grafitti seen in the Vatican:

"Pope Pious is innocent"

And

"Pope Innocent is pious"