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Tue 24 Nov, 2015 11:10 am
The esl might find interesting my striving to gain a new word or two every day: Acquiring a pack of the 1-1/2 x 2 in. adhesive Post-It Greener Notes, upon spotting the term unfamiliar, look it up, then copy it, following with brief def
Now stick it up somewhere semi-permanently (mine upon bedroom mirror for instance 'cause don't need to see myself in the early morn), arranging eventually in 7 groups reaching 62 each
Now after struggling out of the sack and rinsing with cold water, consult the group corresponding to day of the week, counting down to day of the month. But why 62 limit? On alternate days of the month you can count upward, making possible a total of 434
I try to capture three each day, combining them somehow into a sentence. Often this proves very difficult, except this morning when all three came together
The manicheanism of our backwater effulgence
...suggesting a fellow in a rowboat who suddenly finds it necessary to back-pedal, avoiding a collision with a swimming critter; when as holy accolade he is overcome by a radiance of God's resplendence
Whereupon just a little later I've forgotten all three
@dalehileman,
are you trying to communicate or to impress??
I use "effulgence" as a property of metallic ores and I dont use it for anything else cause it just dosnt FIT.
manecheism brings back memories from some posts that the armchair philosophers were having when A2K was hosting those guys.
I dont think Ive ever used that term after college "christian Ethics" EVER.
Now if I multiply the uses rates of the two ords and throw in "Backwater", I think Id be trying to sound like some pompous perfesser of liberal arts bullshit. Dont try to sound like some perfesser of liberal arts bullshit dale, it doesnt ring like communication. It sounds really phony.
IMHO
@farmerman,
Quote:communicate or to impress??
Man certainly not the latter (see last sentence of OP)
Quote:"effulgence" as a property of metallic ores
http://onelook.com/?w=effulgence&ls=a
Sure enough, guess they'd be shiny
Quote:manecheism brings back memories...I dont think Ive ever used that term after college
Honestly Man, I sometimes wonder why I bother saving such
Quote:Now if I ... throw in "Backwater"... like some pompous ...Dont try to sound like some perfesser...sounds really phony.
Golly Man I had no such intention, I thought this random selection
a sort of humorous approach for the esl
Now Man, don't be just another taatabne
@dalehileman,
I hereby defenestrate this thread
@neologist,
I herewith declare a manichaeistic hope for emancipation through apocalyptic revelation
@neologist,
Wow thanks Neo, don't know how I missed that'n'
@dalehileman,
Significantly my alcoholic brother Flip flipped that
amphora of
blancmange and aptly
flip
...a jug of two sorts of sweet stuff, including one containing alcohol
Hello anyone
@farmerman,
Quote:It sounds really phony
Man, hope meantime you might've scanned my response as well as the OP, come to realize how itsposta
Anyone else...anyone at all....hello....
@dalehileman,
quoz
PRONUNCIATION:
(kwaz)
MEANING:
noun: An odd person or thing.
A question regarding the Kingdom of Oz: What else could be considered so odd
C'mon guys, youse can do better'n'at
Still ya won't forget that'n, willya
@dalehileman,
curry the copernican pinchbeck
Enlist the cooperation of a local astronomer whose sideline is identifying fake jewelry
@dalehileman,
gaudeamus
PRONUNCIATION:
(gau-di-AHM-uhs)
MEANING:
noun: A convivial gathering or merry-making of students at a college or university
My Better Half, whom I'm sure you'd agree is much smarter than me, suggests the celebration of a gaudy, or powerful, God: "Amos," as awesome. Although we hafta imagine the goings-on in the back room of a church instead of at school
Doubtless your version will prove much better, but you gotta admit, you ain't gonna forget. Anyhow do respond, however you might react
@dalehileman,
photoshop
PRONUNCIATION:
(FOT-uh-shop)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To digitally alter an image, especially in order to distort reality
Allya hafta 'member is, it's a verb
@dalehileman,
affluenza
PRONUNCIATION:
(af-loo-EN-zuh)
MEANING:
noun: A feeling of malaise accompanied by lack of motivation, dissatisfaction, feelings of guilt, especially among wealthy young people
How you feel when you have the flu
..but now how do we tie it up with wealth
@dalehileman,
I advert to the butt beside my prie dieu
I am making reference to the large cask made readily accessible by my armless chair
@dalehileman,
diel
PRONUNCIATION:
(DY-uhl, deel)
MEANING:
noun: A period of 24 hours.
adjective: Lasting 24 hours or having a 24-hour period
Entering the supermarket you encounter the announcement of a very special deal, but available only today (for 24 hrs)
@dalehileman,
Idiosyncrasy: N
Close order drill for the intellectually disabled.
Many of our threads are perfect examples of idiosyncrasy.
@neologist,
Quote:examples of idiosyncrasy
Term with another meaning closely allied to carpal tunnel syndrome. While in the latter carp are swimming upstream in a tunnel under a sort of hangar visited by couples seeking extramarital sex, no fish are involved in another group of idiots apparently crazy for that sort of copulstion
Don't you find it interesting however, why our spell checker couldn't guess the right spelling. Apparently software fellas in the editing department not only are selected on the basis of low IQ but they also have to be prudes
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