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Week 779: Gripe for the Picking

(Bob Staake for The Washington Post)

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Gohoma: Fu-ville is this state's capital. (Pam Sweeney, St. Paul)

Outagement: The Pepco board of directors. (Barbara Turner)

Finantiques: Old money. (Barbara Turner)

Swimpy: How a half-hour in the pool leaves one's manhood. (Tom Witte)

Buff-sect: A religious group that observes the Day of Tonement. (Larry Yungk)

Cavetend: An early predecessor of Good Housekeeping (Larry Yungk)

Whirlponies: Extreme Carousel (Pam Sweeney)

Brotel: The Y. (Pam Sweeney)

Comfort-cure: Becoming a parent. (Brad Alexander, Wanneroo, Australia)

Opera-slim: Pleasingly plump. (Marty McCullen, Gettysburg, Pa.)

Telaborate: Give TMI via cellphone. "She telaborated on her bowel movements all the way to Shady Grove." (Kevin Dopart, vacationing in Athens)

Federelves: Those jolly, dependable creatures who appear not on Dec. 24 but on April 15. And in a quaint twist, you give THEM presents. (Mae Scanlan, Washington)

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