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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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 Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:16:31
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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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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:20:03
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| Only one word a day? We'd learn faster with more words per day. More words, I say, hark! |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 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
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:26:04
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also known as the "chin rest"
and on that note.. you're right glacial, more words. everyone post a word, or more.. let's learn! |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:30:57
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Hey! More words was MY idea! Bastards....
And "Perineum" is officially known as the "taint" by everyone who is cool. |
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the swimmer
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1602 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:33:49
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| orange yagladididn'tsayyellow? |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:34:00
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| Well now I know I'm not cool. |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:34:51
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| Just now, huh? |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:35:22
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| I had an inkling.... |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:48:13
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quote:
Originally posted by speedy_m
Hey! More words was MY idea! Bastards....
my sincere apologies speedy_m. you were the pioneer of more words.. my bad. |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:52:38
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My sincerest acceptance.
And, another entry!
felicitous
\fuh-LIS-uh-tuhs\, adjective:
1. Suitably applied or expressed; appropriate; apt.
2. Happy; delightful; marked by good fortune |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:57:04
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i think we should also be required to use the new word in a sentence.. if you propose a new word. make a sentence too..
ie.
"Yellow was a felicitous color choice, indeed." |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:57:47
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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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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:58:10
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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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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 10:59:42
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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.
ORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGEORANGE |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:00:29
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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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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:02:29
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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. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:04:58
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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? |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:07:36
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mushroom's? wassat.. kan i ate its? i mean them's? bollox is fun <jump, jump>
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:09:00
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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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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:09:17
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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." |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:09:51
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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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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:10:53
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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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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:12:28
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| How 'bout rigamarole? That's a good 'un. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:13:00
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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") |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:15:56
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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? |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:16:07
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"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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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:23:16
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"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." |
Edited by - apl4eris on 11/17/2003 11:25:31 |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:10:39
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Word of the day: Fucktard
Please use in a sentence... 3/4/04
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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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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:14:47
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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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BrendanT
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
907 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:15:26
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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?! |
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rockathon
- FB Fan -
241 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:17:48
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| nope, the label on mine says "tween" |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:21:04
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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. |
Edited by - Little Black Francis on 11/17/2003 12:32:25 |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:23:31
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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" |
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BrendanT
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
907 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:28:59
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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?! |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 11/17/2003 : 12:33:15
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| That's it! I'm moving to Canada so I can get high on kif whenever I want to. |
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