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| floop |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:16:31
if we're wasting time at work or whatever, we may as well also be doing something productive..
let's try and learn a new word every day to improve our vocabularies..
today's word:
YELLOWHAMMER
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition:
\Yel"low*ham`mer\, n. [For yellow-ammer, where
ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a
yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A common European finch ({Emberiza citrinella}). The
color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck,
and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown,
and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish.
Called also {yellow bunting}, {scribbling lark}, and
{writing lark}. [Written also {yellow-ammer}.]
(b) The flicker. [Local, U. S.]
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| Angry Elvis |
Posted - 03/14/2004 : 12:00:52
i have been enjoying using the word "SALUBRIOUS" lately
a nice sounding positive word
salubrious
SYLLABICATION: sa·lu·bri·ous
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: s-lbr-s KEY
ADJECTIVE: Conducive or favorable to health or well-being.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin salbris, from sals, health. See sol- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: sa·lubri·ous·ly —ADVERB
sa·lubri·ous·ness, sa·lubri·ty (-br-t) —NOUN
*i'm just a hunka hunka burnin love* |
| bedrock_barney |
Posted - 03/14/2004 : 11:30:13
quote:
Originally posted by IceCream
Quagmire. Is this a good word?
 Join the Cult of Pi - It's just 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097....
A very good word indeed. Perfectly onomatopoeiac.
 "The Pixies are reforming?? / I say bring back Abba, ahaaa!!!" |
| IceCream |
Posted - 03/13/2004 : 22:58:19
Quagmire. Is this a good word?
Join the Cult of Pi - It's just 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097.... |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 11/20/2003 : 02:08:06
I agree, thats a seriously fine usage of wordology. I really admire the author of that review.
 "I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid"
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| apl4eris |
Posted - 11/19/2003 : 16:31:43
A nice word I tripped over in the Serafin review Cheeseman posted in the FB Live section:
"nous"
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek noos, nous mind
Date: 1678
1 /'nüs also 'naus/ : MIND, REASON: as a : an intelligent purposive principle of the world b : the divine reason regarded in Neoplatonism as the first emanation of God
2 /'naus/ chiefly British : COMMON SENSE, ALERTNESS |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 15:11:12
Vicissitude
noun
Change or alternation; one of the ups and downs of life.
Man, you could have some serious fun googlewhacking with these.
"I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid"
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| miguel |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 15:00:34
Or how about PNUEMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS.
I learned this word in the 7th grade and never forgot it for some reason.
It's a lung disease caused by exposure to silica or silicon, similar to coal miner's "black lung" disease.
I should mention it's the longest word in the english language.
"... it's a pill, that gives worms... to exgirlfriends.. you just don't get it"
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| miguel |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 14:56:13
I've been seeing this word everywhere it seems lately..
ful·crum
Date: 1674
1 a : PROP; specifically : the support about which a lever turns b : one that supplies capability for action
2 : a part of an animal that serves as a hinge or support
"... it's a pill, that gives worms... to exgirlfriends.. you just don't get it"
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| Erebus |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 14:11:05
microcephalomorph = someone who thinks PCs are better than Macs |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:57:54
Love the churlish - good texture to it, crunch crunch!. Thanks for reminding me of that gem. :) |
| bedrock_barney |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:46:29
I have always thought that churlish to be a good solid word to be used as much as possible to describes one's working companions and people you meet on a daily basis.
churl ish (chur' lish), adj.
1. peasantlike: The churlish life in olden times was a difficult one.
2. boorish, rude or surly.
3. niggardly; sorded.
4. difficult to work or deal with, as soil. |
| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:33:15
That's it! I'm moving to Canada so I can get high on kif whenever I want to. |
| BrendanT |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:28:59
The good green. The other is quif. I believe!?
Strummer-man
I had me a vision!
It's step, hip, step, pivot! Are you trying to piss-off the volcano?! |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:23:31
See Mike's post above.
OK, OK, word for today:
Fugacious - Lasting a short time; volatile.
The "popularity" of yellow was fugacious as best.
 "Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:21:04
quote:
BrendanT
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
594 Posts
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:15:26
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How about kif? Does everyone know this one?
Depending on how you pronounce that, it's either the crystals from the good green shit or it's a VBF or VBB more or less. A ...
I'm sorry. |
| rockathon |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:17:48
nope, the label on mine says "tween" |
| BrendanT |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:15:26
How about kif? Does everyone know this one?
It makes these threads quite interesting. I sometimes have to read them a couple of times.
Just like now!
Strummer-man
I had me a vision!
It's step, hip, step, pivot! Are you trying to piss-off the volcano?! |
| glacial906 |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:14:47
Or the "taint."
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
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| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:10:39
Word of the day: Fucktard
Please use in a sentence... 3/4/04
quote:
glacial906
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
841 Posts
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:23:21
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"Perineum"
an unofficial definition: The small area that exists in mammals between the genitalia and the anus.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
I thought it was the "gooch"
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| apl4eris |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:23:16
"holler", as in valley. Bordering on cultural idioms here. When my husband was about 4 or 5, he went to visit his grandfather in Oklahoma. He was from southeastern Kentucky - up in the mountains in Leslie County (some of you may be familiar with Hazard County - heheh). He was playing with a young boy his age who lived a few doors down from his grandparents, and the other boy said "Where are you from? I'm from the Cul-de-sac down the street." My husband knitted his brow and frowned and said "I don't reckon I know what that is - I'm from down in the holler."
(heard this story recounted recently when his grandpa was visiting)
"Regional Note: One feature of Upper Southern English and specifically of Appalachian English is its pronunciation of the final unstressed syllable in words such as hollow, window, and potato as (r). Holler, winder, and tater are merely variant pronunciations reflected in spelling. As a noun, holler has the specific meaning in the Appalachians of “a small valley between mountains”: They live up in the holler underneath Big Bald Mountain." |
| glacial906 |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:16:07
"Hogwash"
"Balderdash." I like that word. It's an expression roughly meaning "bullshit."
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
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| floop |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:15:56
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
... because during the Civil War Alabama soliders wore yellow (I don't know why) and so they were called Yellowhammers.
is there really any doubt why they'd wear yellow? |
| darwin |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:13:00
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
I know I've used this one before but it just sounds cool,
Hullabaloo - noise or racket.
I use it quite often in my house,
hey what the hell is all the hullabaloo?
I like and try to use whenever remotely appropriate
Hootenanny - a party (misspelled probably)("We're going to have a hootenanny.")
Cattawumpus - uneven ("That picture is cattawumpus") |
| speedy_m |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:12:28
How 'bout rigamarole? That's a good 'un. |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:10:53
I like watchamacallit. And thingamajig. these words mean things you don't know the word for. I like hullabaloo too, and ruckus, as in "what's the gd f-ing ruckus, dammit?!!?" when I yell at the neighbors...
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| glacial906 |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:09:51
apl, do you have a joke that is just totally flying over my head right now..?
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
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| floop |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:09:17
DECLASSE
(from the French)
dé·clas·sé
adj.
Lowered in class, rank, or social position.
Lacking high station or birth; of inferior social status.
example: "Despite efforts to appear otherwise, everyone thought orange to be, quite sadly, déclassé." |
| glacial906 |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:09:00
You're scaring me, apl. Stop it!
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
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| apl4eris |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:07:36
mushroom's? wassat.. kan i ate its? i mean them's? bollox is fun <jump, jump>
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| Carolynanna |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:04:58
I know I've used this one before but it just sounds cool,
Hullabaloo - noise or racket.
I use it quite often in my house,
hey what the hell is all the hullabaloo? |
| darwin |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:02:29
quote:
Originally posted by floop
if we're wasting time at work or whatever, we may as well also be doing something productive..
let's try and learn a new word every day to improve our vocabularies..
today's word:
YELLOWHAMMER
It just so happens I was reading about Yellowhammer in my daughter's state book earlier this week. Alabama is the Yellowhammer state and the state bird is the yellowhammer, because during the Civil War Alabama soliders wore yellow (I don't know why) and so they were called Yellowhammers. |
| glacial906 |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:00:29
apl, did you finally get ahold of some mushrooms?
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
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| speedy_m |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:59:42
floop my dear boy, in your sentence, I do beleive you are confusing falictious with facetious. Easy mistake to make, to be sure, but a key one.
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| apl4eris |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:58:10
lobotomy
lo·bot·o·my
Pronunciation: lO-'bä-t&-mE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -mies
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
Date: 1936
: surgical severance of nerve fibers connecting the frontal lobes to the thalamus for the relief of some mental disorders. also: something I plan on having, right about.....-now-
My mother said I was a fool. ... Only
make believe, I love you
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| glacial906 |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:57:47
Hence, the epitome of TV upon which all other programs shall be judged...Felicity!
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
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