opsimath (AHP-si-math) a late learner; one who acquires knowledge late in life
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Re: Word of the day
Sun, November 12, 2006 - 9:12 PMpolymath: someone of broad & varied learning.
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Mon, November 13, 2006 - 6:21 PMsiffilate (SIF-i-layt) to speak in whispers -
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Tue, November 14, 2006 - 4:56 AM
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Re: Word of the day
Wed, January 3, 2007 - 1:06 AMquin·qua·ge·nar·i·an One who is 50 years old (or 50 to 60 years old...used in a sentence in a book called The Perfectionist: Life and Death in Haute Cuisine)...a very wordy book indeed.... -
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Thu, May 17, 2007 - 7:05 PMBeing both between 50-60 AND a culinarian this caught my eye
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Tue, November 14, 2006 - 4:03 PMsequacious - tending to follow any leader; lacking individuality, as in thought; servile; compliant -
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Wed, November 15, 2006 - 2:32 AM"sequacious" -- great word! New one for me. Been too much sequaciousness in America lately, IMO...
"Sequacious media is bad for democracy."
Hmm, not sure what my word of the day is. Maybe "snarky"... -
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Wed, November 15, 2006 - 4:02 PMDefine "snarky"? According to wikipedia:
<<Snark, a portmanteau of the phrase "snide remark", refers to a belittling or sarcastic style of speech or writing. It could loosely be described as irritable, backhanded or "snidely derisive"; hence, 'snarkish', 'snarky', 'to snark at somebody'. It does not necessarily have negative connotations and can be used humorously.>>
Kinda how I feel about the Democratic Party...
I think my new word of the day today is now "portmanteau." -
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Wed, November 15, 2006 - 4:28 PMCool word. New thread for potmanteau! -
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Thu, November 16, 2006 - 5:03 AMIsn't there and OLD thread for PORTMANTEAU?
This word for the day is hard to spell and could also form a thread for this tribe
ONOMATOPOEIA
A word that sounds like the thing it refers to.
It has 4 o's only one of which has a distinctive O sound.
See
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia
Karl
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Fri, November 17, 2006 - 11:37 AMThere was a post on another thread here that said that "snarky" is not a portmanteau at all, but is of Nordic origin, I believe. That's your Wikipedia for ya. :-P
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Wed, December 13, 2006 - 7:25 PMCool!
I knew what snarky meant but never made the "snide" + "remark" connection
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Wed, February 14, 2007 - 5:13 PMIt's commonly thought that "snark" as "snide remark" is an urban legend, and that its actual origin is through Old Norse. -
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Wed, February 14, 2007 - 5:13 PMOops, that's what I get for not paying attention to thread--I already posted that! -
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Thu, February 15, 2007 - 7:31 PMlussuriosa--the epithet given to Cleopatra in Dante's _Inferno_: "she who loved men's lusting."
It's so delightful to say, so lascivious on the tongue: lussssurioooosssa. Just saying the word out loud involves the reader in the sin. -
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Fri, February 16, 2007 - 10:22 AMeleemosynary - relating to charity, charitable, or the giving of alms.
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Thu, February 22, 2007 - 6:04 PMSnarky's good, I like smarmy too. -
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Wed, February 28, 2007 - 9:31 PMoronym
some others and some mothers, a notion and an ocean
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oronym - so weird it's not even in dictionary.com yet
Victor - I wanted to help - but instead I found this - Sesquitertian
dictionary.reference.com/search
god what a relief - I have been looking for a word for that since art school! -
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Fri, March 2, 2007 - 9:03 AMencomium
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy: An encomium by the President greeted the returning hero.
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Thu, March 8, 2007 - 4:21 PMI really could amuse myself doing this - but it's a lot more fun as a group endeavor
tintinnabullation dictionary.reference.com/brows...lation
I know - I couldn't believe it either...
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Re: Word of the day
Wed, November 15, 2006 - 2:36 PMlip (as an adjective) - from the lips only; spoken, but insincere -
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fave (gibberish) Word of the day
Wed, November 15, 2006 - 2:45 PMOBNETAHD - common gibberish for dominant homeopaths inventing useless kitchenware for money.
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Wed, November 15, 2006 - 3:10 PMlimerence: an involuntary cognitive and emotional state similar to infatuation
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Thu, November 16, 2006 - 7:36 AMayubowan: a Sinhalese word used for both greeting & parting. i don't know what it *literally* means.
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Thu, November 16, 2006 - 4:31 PMacronical or acronycal - happening at sunset, as the arising of stars
"He drank all the time, not like most people who usually wait till after the acronical hour to begin their partying." -
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Fri, November 17, 2006 - 8:37 AMheliacal: literally, "with the sun". refers to celestial events that synchronize with the sunrise or sunset. example: the heliacal rising of Sirius, which occurs in northern hemisphere summer, southern hemisphere winter. -
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Fri, November 17, 2006 - 9:34 PMSpeaking of sunset, twilight, etc., how about "crepuscular"?
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Fri, November 17, 2006 - 10:29 PMbionic - having normal powers, abilities, or performance improved by electronic or mechanical devices
i never really thought about the word in the TV show, but that's what it means. Humans are quickly moving into a new age of bionics; computer implanting and such. Pretty soon there will be bionic people everywhere. Will it be a step in 'evolution'? -
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Sat, November 18, 2006 - 9:39 AMiktsuarpok: an Inuit word meaning "to go outside often to see if someone is coming". -
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Sat, November 18, 2006 - 12:29 PMA verb then?
I iktsuarpok on rainy days as well as sunny days.
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Sat, November 18, 2006 - 5:07 PMiktsuarpok. that's so useful. thanks. it seems there are more inuit or native words that are more inclusive than english.
i wouldn't know how to conjugate that but i am the type to iktsuarpok when i'm expecting company -
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Sun, November 19, 2006 - 11:03 AMI wonder how it could be Anglicised... I want to make it "exerpalk", the "ex-" indicates going out, and it rhymes with "walk", so it works well, I think.
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Sat, November 18, 2006 - 12:39 PManhedonia - the inability to experience pleasure or happiness -
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Sat, November 18, 2006 - 4:08 PMdysmenorrhea - severely painful menstruation. -
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Sat, November 18, 2006 - 4:41 PMdysmenorouuuch! - what is 'severe' pain in mentstruation?
here's a freakworthy word:
ses·qui·pe·da·lian
n.
A long word.
adj.
1 Given to the use of long words.
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Sun, November 19, 2006 - 12:03 AMStelldichein- a German word meaning tryst. It could be roughly translated at "put yourself in" Gotta love those literal Germans! -
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Sun, November 19, 2006 - 2:09 AMMaht-gheroinya: Russian. Meaning having 10 or more children. -
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Sat, November 25, 2006 - 10:00 PMthat's not a 'real' word, it was a Communist title/medal (came with some grant of money I think) in the former Soviet Union that the government awarded when they were encouraging population expansion. It literally means 'mother-heroine', which is pretty typical of stuffy-sounding Communist propaganda terms used by the Party at the time. It sounds just as stuffy in Russian too. -
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Sat, November 25, 2006 - 10:01 PMSorry, that was supposed to be a reply to:
"Maht-gheroinya: Russian. Meaning having 10 or more children."
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Re: Word of the day
Sun, May 13, 2007 - 11:36 AMOk but if someone loves it enough it becomes real - right?
a la the velveteen rabbit?
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Sun, November 19, 2006 - 6:50 PMpygalgia - a pain in the butt
proctalgia - a pain in the anus
rectalgia - a pain in the rectum
I think the first one would be the most surreptitious way to next time chastise that jerk. "You know, anyone ever tell you that you are a real pygalgia?" -
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Mon, November 20, 2006 - 11:21 AMdiglossia -
is a situation where, in a given society, there are two (often) closely-related languages, one of high prestige, which is generally used by the government and in formal texts, and one of low prestige, which is usually the spoken vernacular tongue. The high-prestige language tends to be the more formalised, and its forms and vocabulary often 'filter down' into the vernacular, though often in a changed form. -
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Thu, November 23, 2006 - 4:10 PM
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Thu, November 23, 2006 - 7:31 PMMore fun with the "pyg" root:
Callipygian - having shapely buttocks.
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Sat, February 17, 2007 - 12:19 AMcallipyginous-adj. beautiful butt
Beyonce is callipyginous.
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