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What new word did you learn recently?

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shari6905
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 11:40 am
syzygy-the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system
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Reyn
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 11:43 am
Interesting word! :wink:
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Reyn
 
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Reply Sat 18 Feb, 2006 04:40 pm
pandiculation

- Stretching and yawning before going to bed or after waking up
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Chumly
 
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Reply Sat 18 Feb, 2006 05:55 pm
No

Used to express refusal, denial, disbelief, emphasis, or disagreement.



Smile
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Reyn
 
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Reply Sat 18 Feb, 2006 06:55 pm
Chumly wrote:
No

And you've only just learned this word recently?

Hmm, interesting....
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mans
 
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Reply Sat 18 Feb, 2006 07:07 pm
well, it can take longer for some than others...
i suppose...
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hamburger
 
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Reply Sat 18 Feb, 2006 10:10 pm
borrowed 'samuel johnson's insults' from the library . intro reads : "when you can't think of something nice to say, let samuel johnson help you elevate the insult to an art form !".
highly reommended !!! Smile

cotquean = man who busies himself with women's affairs

crack-rope = fellow that deserves hanging

feculent = foul, dreggy

wantwit = fool, idiot

enough insults for tonight. hbg
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Arella Mae
 
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Reply Sat 18 Feb, 2006 10:14 pm
devolution - I think it's the opposite of evolution.

Now, if I can just figure out the conversation that is going on in Chumly's thread about it..... :wink:
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Chumly
 
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Reply Sat 18 Feb, 2006 10:52 pm
I am having a hard time myself, but it might lead somewhere interesting!
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Arella Mae
 
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Reply Sat 18 Feb, 2006 11:08 pm
Well, so far it is interesting. I'm just trying to grasp the whole thing!
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shari6905
 
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Reply Tue 21 Feb, 2006 08:38 am
scull

n 1: a long-handled oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward 2: one of a pair of short-handled oars 3: a racing shell propelled by one or two oarsmen pulling two oars v : propel with sculls; "scull the boat"

I learned it as a verb, part of my recognizable vocab but not in everyday use.
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farmerman
 
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Reply Tue 21 Feb, 2006 11:11 pm
POWDER PILLOW. A small plastic baggie-like containerthat holds a pre-measured amount of a chemical used in a field test.

Me, like the dumb **** I am, hadda call back to the office and ask the tech room what the hell it meant, to empty 2 powder pillows of Potassium Permanganate into...
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Reyn
 
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Reply Tue 21 Feb, 2006 11:44 pm
farmerman wrote:
POWDER PILLOW. A small plastic baggie-like containerthat holds a pre-measured amount of a chemical used in a field test.

Me, like the dumb **** I am, hadda call back to the office and ask the tech room what the hell it meant, to empty 2 powder pillows of Potassium Permanganate into...

BUT......you had a "cunning plan", yes?
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dadpad
 
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Reply Tue 21 Feb, 2006 11:48 pm
.......pour potassium permanganate powder pillow promtly.............

...............wait theres another thread for that.


Uxorial
a. wifely. uxoricide n. killing or killer of own wife. uxorious, a. loving wife to excess; submissive to wife.
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shari6905
 
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Reply Wed 22 Feb, 2006 11:59 am
Is that you dad?
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hamburger
 
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Reply Wed 22 Feb, 2006 02:38 pm
nidget = the opprobrious term with which the man was anciently branded who refused to come to the royal standard in times of exigency(dr samuel johnson)
(or simply = a coward)

now, repeat after me ... ...

very good ! hbg
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Arella Mae
 
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Reply Wed 22 Feb, 2006 02:40 pm
very good! hbg!

opprobrious - expressive of Laughing
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hamburger
 
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Reply Wed 22 Feb, 2006 03:07 pm
please, let me hear that again - without spitting ! Smile
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Arella Mae
 
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Reply Wed 22 Feb, 2006 03:25 pm
http://web4.ehost-services.com/el2ton1/laughing1.gifI couldn't help it! I had to look that word up!
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hamburger
 
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Reply Wed 22 Feb, 2006 03:27 pm
i picked it out of a little book called "samuel johnson's insults" .
all very funny but harmless stuff ; a joy to read . hbg
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