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 2005-10-04 3:03 PM in reply to: #258986 |
Elite  4344   |  Subject: RE: Fun words to know and useI am still contemplating the potential dad. Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Colson, Liddy, Dean, McCord, Hunt. Which one had a son..... Can't make a guess. TW Edited by tech_geezer 2005-10-04 3:04 PM |
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Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use
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| 2005-10-04 3:08 PM in reply to: #258986 |
Elite 2768  Raleigh | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use VOCIFEROUS- To be loud or compel attention. |
| 2005-10-04 3:13 PM in reply to: #258986 |
Expert 1152 wrightsville beach, North Carolina | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use fugawi 1.High brow Sailing tournament on cape cod, from hyannis to nantucket 2. origin of words was the above high brows, (kennedy's, et al) were lost in the fog and yelled out "where the fu**-are-we?" and in typical NE accent comes out "where the fug-a-wi?" |
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Extreme Veteran 584 coastal NC | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use tech_geezer - 2005-10-04 3:01 PM Tania - 2005-10-04 2:55 PM Going back to junior high, when I got hot and heavy into my love affair with reading, whenever I would read (or hear) a word that I did not know the definition for, I would look it up. .... So my question: Any other's out there with this disorder? Do I need therapy? Tania, You need therapy and the Oxford English Dictionary http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/?view=usa&ci=0198611862, the full 20 volume set. The neat thing about the OED is that it has the etymology of all the words. Way cool. I confess I used to read the dictionary. What a geek. TW Someday, I will own the OED set. I need to go back to the 'life's to do list' thread and add that. Yeah, geek here, too. Cunning linguists---I really, really shouldn't go on this site at work. Trying to supress my laughter makes people think I need the Heimlich maneuver. |
| 2005-10-04 3:39 PM in reply to: #258986 |
Master 1938 La Crosse | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use Words that grabbed my attention, or were used in discussion, today: sui generis -- Dictionary.com: "Being the only example of its kind; constituting a class of its own; unique." I love that. usurpations -- came up today in discussion of _The Federalist Papers_ 51. I just like the sound of it. It sounds like "Slytheryn" and might even be considered, sibilantly, somewhat onomatopoeic, which is a whole 'nother word. recidivism -- occasionally defined as "a tendency to recidivate". Thanks for the help. defenestration -- (this didn't actually come up, I just have always wanted to use it in a conversation, and have never had the opportunity. Sigh.) |
| 2005-10-04 4:48 PM in reply to: #259382 |
| Elite Veteran 1817 Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use I know that I've been reading too much of one genre lately, because who can guess what show I got through an entire episode of without once have to look up any of the following words: petechiae, ligature, exsanguination, cyanosis and lividity I need to crack the Dickens or Austen or someone a little more genteel. |
| 2005-10-04 4:58 PM in reply to: #259430 |
Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use Exsanguination - sounds like The X Files. the other words - huh? |
| 2005-10-04 5:34 PM in reply to: #259278 |
Lethbridge, Alberta Bronze member | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use Tania - 2005-10-04 12:55 PM .... When I was in my early 20's I bought myself this absolutely HUGE dictionary (anybody see the bible on the last episode of "My Name is Earl"?) that I keep open on my coffee table (I even had a stand custom made for it). ... So my question: Any other's out there with this disorder? Do I need therapy? Compliments of a formerly school teaching grandmother, in a quiet corner of the house I grew up in, a bookcase contained a set of 1927 World Book encyclopedias and a HUGE dictionary that predated them. As a child, I used to spend hours just browsing through both. There were some interesting ideas presented as fact back then. As an adult, I bought myself a large, but not huge, hard cover dictionary, though these days I use online dictionaries almost daily instead. |
| 2005-10-04 6:39 PM in reply to: #259430 |
Extreme Veteran 584 coastal NC | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use Tania - 2005-10-04 5:48 PM I know that I've been reading too much of one genre lately, because who can guess what show I got through an entire episode of without once have to look up any of the following words: petechiae, ligature, exsanguination, cyanosis and lividity I need to crack the Dickens or Austen or someone a little more genteel. Could it be, oh, any of the CSI shows, perhaps??? |
| 2005-10-04 8:42 PM in reply to: #258986 |
Master 2136 A Prairie Home | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use (I had to wait until I am home to post this.  ) Perineum: n. the area between the anus and the posterior part of the external genitalia. Otherwise known as the taint!  |
| 2005-10-05 7:08 AM in reply to: #258986 |
Champion 5183 Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use I have the OED online at work. It is SO fun, there is a button you can press and up pops a random word. sometimes they are easy words like "ship" or "bottom" but that's cool bc the OED gives you crazy obscure usages from random times and places. Another dorky reference book I love is the Dictionary of American Regional English. Helps me understand these odd midwestern expressions. I love all reference books acually, lists and exceptions to rules, and chronolgies. I think I like the order thay impose on my not so orderly life. Almanacs are fun for bathrooom and middle of the night reading. |
| 2005-10-05 8:09 AM in reply to: #259560 |
Expert 658 San Diego | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use Denise2003 - 2005-10-04 9:42 PM (I had to wait until I am home to post this. ) Perineum: n. the area between the anus and the posterior part of the external genitalia. Otherwise known as the taint! my preferance for this is "grundle" |
| 2005-10-05 10:23 AM in reply to: #258986 |
Master 1938 La Crosse | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use Back on topic . . . . Word that came up today: Perfidious -- Characterized by perfidy; guilty of breaking faith or violating confidence; deliberately faithless; basely treacherous. (OED) "Basely treacherous." Gotta love that. |
| 2005-10-05 10:25 AM in reply to: #259497 |
| Elite Veteran 1817 Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use chriscal - 2005-10-04 6:39 PM Tania - 2005-10-04 5:48 PM I know that I've been reading too much of one genre lately, because who can guess what show I got through an entire episode of without once have to look up any of the following words: petechiae, ligature, exsanguination, cyanosis and lividity I need to crack the Dickens or Austen or someone a little more genteel. Could it be, oh, any of the CSI shows, perhaps??? Indeed it was - the original CSI. Probably only watched it two or three times, it strectches the boundries of plausibility a little too far for me. But I do read a lot of books along that theme. I probably should have been a forensic something or other, too late now I guess. |
| 2005-10-05 10:28 AM in reply to: #259812 |
Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use I love perfidious! It's a great word and sounds good too. Tight. |
| 2005-10-05 10:37 AM in reply to: #258986 |
Champion 5183 Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use I like pernicious-- A patriot whose name escapes me right now declared, "I will not contribute to the pernicious act of drinking tea!" as he agreed to participate in the Boston Tea Party. Also nefarious. The nefarious parking meter maid will one day get hers. |
| 2005-10-05 10:45 AM in reply to: #258986 |
Master 1480 Southwest Chicago 'burbs | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use One of my favorite words since I learned it as a high school sophomore (over half a lifetime ago! Geez...).... Ubiquitous: adj. Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent My English teacher used it in the context of her being omniscient (another great word!) to curb any desire we might have to cheat. |
| 2005-10-05 10:46 AM in reply to: #259822 |
| Elite Veteran 1817 Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use Renee - 2005-10-05 10:28 AM I love perfidious! It's a great word and sounds good too. Tight. Avoid being too perfidious, or you could become anathema. Regularly used: conundrum, verbatim, antithesis For awhile, my hubs tried to tell me that when it came to big words "people just don't talk that way" (this from a man who said "ain't" when we first met) - the last time I had to hear that was a few years ago with verbatim, and the very next day some guy at work used it - and these are truck drivers. He has now come to accept that a good word is a good word (and naturally I broke him of the ain't habit about a month after we met). |
| 2005-10-05 1:15 PM in reply to: #259155 |
Master 1902 Berkeley, CA | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use I was wondering if someone would post this!! It used to be my private swear word when I was a young girl (and not using real swear words!) Wow. I am a geek. And a reader of the dictionary as well! Play on! Dana |
| 2005-10-06 3:01 AM in reply to: #259278 |
Master 2278 State of Confusion | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use Tania - 2005-10-04 1:55 PM Thanks, Renee. So because of this thread and the people who did not provide definitions, I have been on Dictionary.com for the past few minutes looking up the few I did not know. This brings me to my statement: Going back to junior high, when I got hot and heavy into my love affair with reading, whenever I would read (or hear) a word that I did not know the definition for, I would look it up. When I was in my early 20's I bought myself this absolutely HUGE dictionary (anybody see the bible on the last episode of "My Name is Earl"?) that I keep open on my coffee table (I even had a stand custom made for it). Because I have been doing this for so long, it has become such an ingrained habit, that I find it impossible to let a strange word go by undefined. If I see it on TV or hear someone say it or I read it, I HAVE to look it up immediately. I've tried not to, but it's like sand in my shoe, it distracts me until I take care of it. So my question: Any other's out there with this disorder? Do I need therapy? I have a similar disorder but with a thesaurus. Except I don't have the giant one on my coffee table with it's own custom stand. I just like knowing different ways to say the same thing. It totally confuses my autistic son! |
| 2005-10-13 3:20 PM in reply to: #259272 |
Pro 4578 Vancouver, BC | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use run4yrlif - 2005-10-04 11:52 AM adventuress - 2005-10-04 1:48 PMFubarAn acronym. And anyone who's seen Saving Private Ryan knows the meaning. "f-ed up beynond all recognition" Also, a cool bar in NYC. There was also a funny Canadian movie called FUBAR that was release approximately 2-3 years ago. Jen |
| 2005-10-13 3:24 PM in reply to: #264842 |
Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use Jen's helping me fill my netflix que, apparently... jeng - 2005-10-13 3:20 PM run4yrlif - 2005-10-04 11:52 AM There was also a funny Canadian movie called FUBAR that was release approximately 2-3 years ago. Jenadventuress - 2005-10-04 1:48 PMFubarAn acronym. And anyone who's seen Saving Private Ryan knows the meaning. "f-ed up beynond all recognition" Also, a cool bar in NYC. |
| 2005-10-13 3:30 PM in reply to: #258986 |
Pro 4189 Pittsburgh, my heart is in Glasgow | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use haha, thanks guys, this is helping me study for my GRE. |
| 2005-10-17 9:23 AM in reply to: #258986 |
Expert 798 Potomac, Maryland | Subject: RE: Fun words to know and use defenestration: throwing a person or thing out the window. As in, "The Defenestration of Prague" in 1618 helped spark theThirty Years War, but thankfully both Imperial governors landed safely in a manure-fillled ditch below the castle." |
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