a word has finally replaced superfluous as my favorite word...
unmoored
nautically speaking: a ship released of all but one anchor...
but i heard it used to describe a person... wow deep stirring!
anyone else have any new favorite words as of late?
unmoored
nautically speaking: a ship released of all but one anchor...
but i heard it used to describe a person... wow deep stirring!
anyone else have any new favorite words as of late?
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Re: *new* favorite word
Mon, September 10, 2007 - 12:42 PMAs of this moment it’s
Lachrimocritty,
And will laugh ‘till I cry
Over,
Postig in the OED -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Mon, September 10, 2007 - 6:05 PM"Schpilkes!"
It means something along the lines of, "ants in your pants," in Yiddish. -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Mon, September 10, 2007 - 6:12 PMproclivity....
means 'a natural inclination'
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Shpilkis
Mon, September 10, 2007 - 8:00 PM
Shpilkis are pins.
"Shpilkis in tuchus" means "pins in the butt". You'd basicly be saying someone can't sit still.
Idiomatically it does become like "ants in the pants". -
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Re: Shpilkis
Mon, September 10, 2007 - 8:21 PMYiddish idioms are the BEST. -
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Re: Shpilkis
Mon, September 10, 2007 - 8:59 PMYou are so right!
I love, "oy vey," and "schvitzing," also. -
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Re: Shpilkis
Tue, September 11, 2007 - 1:20 AM
I have a few favorites. Should we start a new thread for this? -
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Re: Shpilkis
Tue, September 11, 2007 - 10:30 AMTmesis. I absofuckinglutely love the word tmesis -
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Re: new favorite word
Tue, September 11, 2007 - 11:31 AMtmesis. (n) : the insertion of one or more words between the syllables of another word, as in “Abso-freaking-lutely.”
Greek - "a cutting" -
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Re: new favorite word
Tue, September 11, 2007 - 1:51 PMfan-freaking-tastic! -
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Re: new favorite word
Tue, September 11, 2007 - 2:16 PMWell I am sometimes a dumb-freaking-......let you finish it......
since the last post was wrong, wrong, wrong.
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Re: Shpilkis
Sat, September 29, 2007 - 11:36 AM<<Tmesis. I absofuckinglutely love the word tmesis>>
I love this! How do you pronounce it? Ooo.. They used it in Pretty Woman- "Cindefuckinrella."
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Re: *new* favorite word
Fri, November 23, 2007 - 11:45 AMlol.. as in "the lurid details" -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Thu, November 29, 2007 - 9:44 AM"L" words are nothing but pleasure for the tongue!!!
"sesquipedalianism" sounds native....did you continue that career?
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Re: *new* favorite word
Thu, November 1, 2007 - 9:30 PMwhat does that word mean? -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Thu, November 1, 2007 - 9:31 PMLachrimocritty- what does this word me? -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Thu, November 1, 2007 - 10:26 PMCassandra, please double check the spelling...a Wiktionary search gave no results. -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Thu, November 1, 2007 - 11:57 PMI think she means lachrymosity (lachrymose) -
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Fri, November 2, 2007 - 2:44 PMlachrymosity- that's the word. Thanks Denisey!
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Tue, September 11, 2007 - 4:22 PM"Yen", as in to long for, is one of my new favorite words. I was looking at a word list and found the word. The funny thing was that I remember an episode from "Fraiser" where Fraiser uses the word to in a commerical he's doing for a chinese restaurant. Of course, Roz thinks he's using "yen" as in the Japanese currency. Funny what you come across. -
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Thu, September 13, 2007 - 1:02 AMAt this minute it is *pertinent* -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Thu, September 13, 2007 - 12:11 PM"sesquipedalian"
1 : having many syllables : LONG <sesquipedalian terms>
2 : given to or characterized by the use of long words <a sesquipedalian television commentator>
I love this word, coz not only is it fun to say, but to use it is to be it. -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Sat, September 15, 2007 - 3:16 AMmezzanine ( an intermediate floor between 2 main floors of a building) -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Sat, September 15, 2007 - 7:05 AMAs a child I was fascinated with words that started down in my belly and ended with tongue and teeth. "Wondering" fascinated me because I experienced it as a great example of onomatopoeia ; based on the sounds "ONE" and Ringggggg. Wand-er-ingggg held magic sounds too.
Age 7 and 8 my favorite words were "elbow" and "mayonnaise" - because of the breathing involved and the elegant softness of the tongue. I shared these words with all and asked others what their favorite words were too. I was shocked when someone told me they liked the word "stigmatic". Didn't know or care what it meant; just resented the forced spitting toothiness of it. I felt evil lurking in stillettos, stingers, style and stint. as well. -
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Sat, September 15, 2007 - 3:02 PMsomeone just pointed out that my favorite punctuation "..." is called the ellipsis...
that feels nice on the tongue...
I tend to like the bumpy multisyllabic words...
like subterfuge
and
obfuscation
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Sun, September 16, 2007 - 7:49 AM"obfuscation" - repeat 5x fast.
Bumpy? Yes, like riding a three legged mule. -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Sun, September 16, 2007 - 12:09 PMi had a feeling you wouldn't like that one...
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Re: *new* favorite word
Mon, September 17, 2007 - 3:15 AMat this moment my new favorite word is *trust* like someone wants to start a BIG conversation about that on another tribe I am in. I know who I trust, what makes me trust, why should I trust, how do I show trust, where am I trusted. Plus I wish I had a big trust fund to rely on and I wish I could trust my spelling skills. Trust is an interesting word for me right now and I am considering posting a thread about it on another tribe. One that has nothing to do the original subject. Trust. -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Mon, September 17, 2007 - 10:41 PMRight now I really like *disintermediation* It reminds me of "Antidisestablishmentarianism"
And *muddlingup* is a word that I find fun and fascinating.
*Vituperative* is vocab word of the day. It is not a favorite word for me. But came across it recently and wonder how often I've overlooked such and important word.
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Re: *new* favorite word
Sun, November 11, 2007 - 11:32 AMI've always defined sesquipedalianism as "the use of a big word where a diminutive one will suffice."
In related news, I won an 8th grade spelling contest with that word. As a result, I'll never forget it.
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Re: *new* favorite word
Tue, September 18, 2007 - 11:53 AMLately I like 'ascertain'.....don't know why...just been using it....also 'relevant'....nothing to heady...just been finding myself using those 2 words lately....
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Tue, September 18, 2007 - 6:12 PMI kinda like "bloviate." It's what blowhards do. Something about the internet seems to encourage bloviation. -
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Wed, September 19, 2007 - 4:46 PM*Muddlingup* still makes me laugh and I like it. Was watching the weather channel and it was all muddledup w/adds for Serve-pro.
Today it is *discursive* "The American ideal of discursive clarity." Is the sentence I found it used in, I can hardly wait to use this word myself.
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Re: *new* favorite word
Wed, September 19, 2007 - 8:14 PMHello Group,
Welcome back from the burn for some. Those who saw the double burn say I
and for other and all my new to me favorite word is;
Volition
means. the act of willing or choosing.
a noun, vo·li·tion Origin: 1605–15
I found it while reading Atlas Shrugged.
Cheers,
Nice to belong.
~David
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Re: *new* favorite word
Wed, September 19, 2007 - 8:58 PMI love the word "nefarious," meaning wicked or iniquitous (another great word!)
I'm also right fond of "schlepping," meaning carrying or pulling.
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Re: *new* favorite word
Wed, September 19, 2007 - 11:27 PMIllioTibial!
As in, the illiotibial band, which is the ligament on the outer side of each leg.
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Re: *new* favorite word
Fri, September 28, 2007 - 1:58 PMI've been very fond of the word conniption for a while now. -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Fri, September 28, 2007 - 8:41 PMhave you had conniption fits lately? -
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Sat, September 29, 2007 - 7:49 AMi love the word "voracious". have been sneaking it into many conversations of late! -
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Sat, September 29, 2007 - 11:31 AMFustian- Bombastic: marked by pretentiousness or pomposity
Offal- Refuse, rubbish or waste parts especially of a butchered animal (Specifically because my 2nd graders love the grossness of it. Oh, I loved watching their faces when I told them what it meant. Almost as good as the chamber pot!) That offal smelled awful... (sorry)
Dipsy-doodle- To move in or follow a zig-zag course
Mote- as in a dust mote (Mostly because one of my kids actually independently wrote a poem about one after I taught the word, and it's a great word family word.) :)
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Re: *new* favorite word
Sat, September 29, 2007 - 1:25 PMMotherfucker is and remains my very favorite word, but my new 2nd favorite is apotropaic. Per Dictionary.com, it means "intended to ward off evil." I read it in Christopher Hitchen's review of Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows on NewYorkTimes.com. Now, there's a man with an impressive vocabulary! -
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Re: *new* favorite word
Thu, December 20, 2007 - 1:23 PMi love motherfucker! i have it tattooed on me bum :)
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