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09-03-2019, 06:07 PM | #1 |
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Word of the day
That's right. We're doing this. Post yer good words. All languages are welcome but please post definitions in English
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09-03-2019, 06:10 PM | #2 |
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Here's two to get us started:
Lassitude: a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy. Doggerel: comic verse composed in irregular rhythm. verse or words that are badly written or expressed. |
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09-03-2019, 07:47 PM | #3 |
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Taphonomy: 1. processes of fossilization 2. the study thereof
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09-04-2019, 09:00 AM | #4 |
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Eolian: borne, deposited, produced, or eroded by the wind
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09-04-2019, 10:58 AM | #5 |
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Constellation: 3. a group or configuration of ideas, feelings, characteristics, objects, etc., that are related in some way: e.g., a constellation of qualities that made her particularly suited to the job.
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09-04-2019, 11:41 AM | #6 |
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sesquipedalian: when applying it to words, it means polysyllabic or long
But I prefer when it's used to describe a person: someone who uses overly long-winded or big words In order to use it, you have to be it |
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09-04-2019, 12:13 PM | #7 |
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is that a subtle critique of the contributors to the word of the day thread?
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09-04-2019, 12:17 PM | #8 |
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Fluvial
1: of, relating to, or living in a stream or river 2: produced by the action of a stream |
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09-04-2019, 12:26 PM | #9 |
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09-04-2019, 12:27 PM | #10 |
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And reminds me of one I very much like the sound of:
Uniparous: producing a single young at a birth. |
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09-04-2019, 12:34 PM | #11 |
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I really like the weird poetry of some French terms:
Papillon de nuit - a moth, literally a butterfly of the night Pomme de terre - potato, literally apple of the earth And some are just fun to say despite their decidedly unpoetic nature such as Parapluie: an umbrella |
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09-04-2019, 09:29 PM | #12 |
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derailleur: [from French] a mechanism for shifting gears on a bicycle that operates by moving the chain from one set of exposed gears to another
may also be referred to as Derai' |
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09-04-2019, 09:56 PM | #13 |
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autodefenestration: (rare, nonce word) The act of hurling oneself from a window.
that's how i'm gonna go |
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09-05-2019, 03:37 AM | #14 |
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floccinaucinihilipilification
the action or habit of estimating something as worthless |
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09-05-2019, 04:09 PM | #15 |
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coprolite: fossilized excrement
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09-05-2019, 09:40 PM | #16 |
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sublimate: verb (used with object), sub·li·mat·ed, sub·li·mat·ing.
1. Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use. 2. Chemistry. to sublime (a solid substance); extract by this process. to refine or purify (a substance). 3. to make nobler or purer i like all of the definitions |
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09-06-2019, 09:39 AM | #17 |
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Homology: a similarity often attributable to common origin
Phylogeny: 1. the evolutionary history of a kind of organism 2. the history or course of the development of something (such as a word or custom) |
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09-06-2019, 09:41 AM | #18 |
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tautology: needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word
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09-06-2019, 12:06 PM | #19 |
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Floccilation, more commonly known as carphology or carphologia - the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium
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09-06-2019, 08:48 PM | #20 | |
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Quote:
Here's a good sister word ontogeny: the development or course of development especially of an individual organism |
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09-07-2019, 04:01 PM | #21 |
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Hendiadys - the expression of a single idea by two words connected with “and,” e.g., nice and warm, when one could be used to modify the other, as in nicely warm.
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09-07-2019, 04:06 PM | #22 |
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wow
so this is how it's going to be huh |
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09-07-2019, 08:03 PM | #23 |
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abiogenesis: the origin of life from nonliving matter
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09-07-2019, 08:11 PM | #24 | |
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09-07-2019, 08:58 PM | #25 |
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i was about to berate you but then i noticed that the sun had set on the Lord's Hallowed Day. so it's fine, go ahead and wallow in your filth.
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09-07-2019, 08:58 PM | #26 |
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Speciation: the process of biological species formation
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09-07-2019, 10:41 PM | #27 |
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09-07-2019, 10:41 PM | #28 |
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"And you, be ye fruitful, and have hella orgasms; orgasm abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein."
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09-07-2019, 10:42 PM | #29 |
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That's Genesis 9:7
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09-08-2019, 12:21 AM | #30 |
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eurhythmic - harmonious, with an aesthetically pleasing rhythm of structure
fugacious - fleeting, having a tendency to disappear elysian - heavenly, paradisaical |
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