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NONomatopoeias

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roger
 
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Reply Fri 21 Apr, 2017 09:30 pm
@ekename,
Is that a neologism? Philosophistry, I mean. I not only like it, I may even find a use for it.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 21 Apr, 2017 09:44 pm
bitcoin
half a sixpence
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neologist
 
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Reply Sun 23 Apr, 2017 06:12 pm
Diplomacy:
The BS you use to get your BS
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firefly
 
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Reply Sun 23 Apr, 2017 07:34 pm
Laundry--grass clippings left after mowing.
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Blickers
 
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Reply Sun 23 Apr, 2017 10:23 pm
Obstreperous sounds like they have a really bad cold or allergy.
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timur
 
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Reply Sun 23 Apr, 2017 10:33 pm
Is it convent when you are ranting about Trump?
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ekename
 
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Reply Sun 23 Apr, 2017 11:29 pm
Meretricious - Highly commendable , contranymical.
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coluber2001
 
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Reply Mon 24 Apr, 2017 01:07 pm

Ha ha is onomatopoeic for laughter in English. It doesn't sound much like laughter, but there it is.

In Russian ka kachoo is onomatopoeic for laughter, which sounds more like sneezing, but there it is too.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Mon 24 Apr, 2017 07:46 pm
Jocose--in the manner of a high school athlete.
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ekename
 
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Reply Mon 24 Apr, 2017 08:20 pm
umbrage (umb. rage)

noun

1. extreme offence or annoyance over speech disfluency eg. um er ar eh ( cf. spout rage)

2.phonetic shade or shadow cast by diction and/or the wind in the willows

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ekename
 
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Reply Tue 25 Apr, 2017 09:09 pm
@boomerang,
Quote:
What common word, based solely on it's sound, should mean something else?


With your kind complaisance I beseech you to gainsay the limitation to sounds and broaden the topic to any word that should mean something else, given that's what's happening.

Rehearsal - Practice to ensure that you are as stiff as a board come the big day.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 25 Apr, 2017 10:34 pm
Gainsay--Lie about your income.
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ekename
 
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Reply Wed 26 Apr, 2017 03:24 am
Pigeon - Adroitly accurate aerial attack.
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inkhumming
 
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Reply Wed 26 Apr, 2017 03:43 am
Income - The sound of electronic transfer money landing.

Flutter - Ejaculation of surprise at the enormous return from a small wager.
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ekename
 
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Reply Fri 28 Apr, 2017 10:38 pm
vindicate - the terroir of the wine
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firefly
 
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Reply Sat 29 Apr, 2017 08:46 am
Fissure--Catch of the day menu item

Mucus--Cursing muttered under one's breath

Marinate--Someone who has been in a marriage for more than 50 years

coluber2001
 
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Reply Sat 29 Apr, 2017 09:13 am
@firefly,
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Marinate--Someone who has been in a marriage for more than 50 years
LOL funniest definition yet. I wonder what it's like to be happily marinated
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ekename
 
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Reply Fri 12 May, 2017 03:54 am
Ethereal : Substantially out of it.

Rorschach : Inchoate blotting of the copy book.
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coluber2001
 
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Reply Fri 9 Jun, 2017 09:33 am
vomitoria--not even close to what it sounds like. It sounds like it ought to be a bathroom when you're sick.

Here's what it is: an inside entrance to a stadium.

http://www.basileusonline.it/images/venusia/anfiteatro/vomitorium.jpg
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coluber2001
 
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Reply Fri 23 Jun, 2017 10:02 pm
Natatorium--sounds like a public place where people can watch childbirth in process. I first saw it in big letters on the outside of a school. I thought wow, that's the new sex education? But, alas, it's real meaning is just an indoor swimming pool.
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