GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

I wonder if that rooster is red with anger for having been plucked, or does it have a skin disease and rash causing the loss of its plumage?

[Algot Runeman]

Wow, E.P.S., that's just gross!
My aunt, the imaginary French one, may be to blame...all those early school classes...talking of "la plume de ma tante."

[Algot Runeman]

anglophone

adjective
English-speaking:anglophone students the population is largely anglophone

noun
an English-speaking person.

Origin:
early 20th century (as a noun; rare before the 1960s): from Anglo- + -phone, on the pattern of francophone



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Complain! There's something really silly going on here. What does that photo have to do with anglophone poplulations?

[[The bigger question in my mind: Is this telephone from Spain possibly Franco's phone? Wait! "francophone" isn't Spanish-speaking.]]

adamrice on flickr

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

anglophone
...


What does that photo have to do with anglophone populations?

I'd say it's a very traditional BT transfer booth. You dial Enterprise's number and just say 'Beam me up, Scotty!'. In English.

I've been told the modern yuppie version looks like this:

The bigger question in my mind: Is this telephone from Spain possibly Franco's phone? Wait! "francophone" isn't Spanish-speaking.

Now you've done it!
The phone got its wire twisted in a knot!

Please don't discriminate old-fashioned but venerable telephones, in any language.

[voralfred]

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Complain! There's something really silly going on here. What does that photo have to do with anglophone poplulations?

Oh, come on, Algot, you must be kidding...
No?
Really you don't see the joke there?
Never visited the UK, then?
This strikes anyone who ever set foot in the UK as a archetypical anglo phone

Spoiler: show

booth

!

[Algot Runeman]

comfit

noun
dated
a candy consisting of a nut, seed, or other center coated in sugar.

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French confit, from Latin confectum 'something prepared', neuter past participle of conficere 'put together' (see confect)


Accidental Hedonist on flickr

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Sugar coated licorice, in the U.S. this comfit is popular as the brand "Good and Plenty", though just in pink and white coatings. Do you remember the Choo-choo Charlie commercials? The "Bassett Allsorts" isn't quite a comfit, but has often been a comfort to me. I don't want to discomfit you, but I will admit even plain licorice from Twizzlers is a favorite, in spite of no coating at all. Is there a licorice theme happening here. How did the U.S. pronunciation of licorice get the ending sound -SH anyway?

[Algot Runeman]

adhocracy

noun
a flexible, adaptable, and informal organizational structure without bureaucratic policies or procedures.

Origin:
1970s: blend of ad hoc and -cracy


Gildering (Recovering) on flickr

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You can tell the difference between a mob and an adhocracy. One raises hands to throw rocks, the other to cheer or vote.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

adhocracy

You can tell the difference between a mob and an adhocracy. One raises hands to throw rocks, the other to cheer or vote.

So a crowd doing the Mexican Wave must be undecided.
Or are they just worshiping ad hoc?

These young people certainly are in sync:

Mexican Wave Exam

[MidasKnight]

comfit

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French confit, from Latin confectum 'something prepared', neuter past participle of conficere 'put together' (see confect)

How does this apply to 'duck confit?" ... and why have I only seen 'duck confit' and not 'chicken confit' or 'beef confit' ?

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

comfit
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French confit, from Latin confectum 'something prepared', neuter past participle of conficere 'put together' (see confect)

How does this apply to 'duck confit?" ... and why have I only seen 'duck confit' and not 'chicken confit' or 'beef confit' ?

Comfit and confit are not quite the same thing.

The French word "confit" is not limited to sugar as preservative agent, nor to fruit as preserved food. It is well explained here.

Note to "fruit confit": there is also céleri confit (candied celery) and other candied vegetables.

There are several words with related meanings:

confiture (jam, marmalade) of fruit, onion or witloof (Belgian endive);
I have a jar of "Cranberry Pepper Jelly, spicy but not too hot (made in USA)";

confiserie (confectionary) where candy and sweets are produced and/or sold;

confection - Pralines (Belgian chocolates) are a type of confection;
While Claudia Schiffer is a totally off topic type of confection.

[Algot Runeman]

inhere

verb
[no object] (inhere in/within) formal
exist essentially or permanently in: the potential for change that inheres within the adult education world
Law(of rights, powers , etc.) be vested in a person or group or attached to the ownership of a property.

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘stick, cling to’): from Latin inhaerere 'stick to'


capl@washjeff.edu

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Let us adhere to truth. The photo above does little to represent inhere, the word of the day. Once I saw it, though, I was stuck on it. It was in here, firmly in my brain.

Does a British Lord's name inhere to him as a result of his land ownership?
"I say, Norfolk. You have a fine automobile, there!"

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

inhere
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Let us adhere to truth.

Herein lies a bit of inherited wisdom.

Don't we all, in here, stick to the inherent truth?

[laurie]

capl@washjeff.edu

... The photo above does little to represent inhere, the word of the day. Once I saw it, though, I was stuck on it. It was in here, firmly in my brain.

Yes, duct tape has an inherent adhesive quality, a sort of stick-to-it-tiveness we all must admire. Like the cockroach, it will probably survive the apocalypse with no ill-effects whatsoever.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

capl@washjeff.edu
... The photo above does little to represent inhere, the word of the day. Once I saw it, though, I was stuck on it. It was in here, firmly in my brain.

Yes, duct tape has an inherent adhesive quality, a sort of stick-to-it-tiveness we all must admire. ...

We've all, I think, watched a scene in an thriller movie or TV show wherein a person is gagged with a piece of duct tape stuck over her/his mouth and cheeks.

I haven't experienced this myself (thank God) but I wonder what is the best and least painful procedure for its removal?

The Wikipedia doesn't say in its paragraph about the duct tape gag. But for the bikini wax it is recommended practice to remove the wax strips very quickly.
And NO, I've never worn a bikini, therefore I don't know about that aspect either. Also, I'm NOT willing to experiment.

So finally, can anyone answer the question:

Should one tear off the duct tape with one swift yank? Or slowly and carefully peel it off?

[Algot Runeman]

E.P.S., can duct tape be removed?

When used as gaffing tape, the duct tape wraps itself around the cords and grins up at me, maliciously. I dare not attack it with a knife. I fear I'll destroy the cord itself instead of cutting the tape away. Eventually, the cords weigh twice as much, and the easiest thing to do is buy new ones.

[Algot Runeman]

auriferous

adjective
(of rocks or minerals) containing gold.

Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin aurifer 'gold-bearing' (from aurum 'gold') + -ous


Marion Doss on Flickr

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Joe took the practical approach. He gave his girlfriend a pail of auriferous rock instead of jewelry.
Today, Joe is unencumbered by a girlfriend.

[laurie]

Joe took the practical approach. He gave his girlfriend a pail of auriferous rock instead of jewelry. Today, Joe is unencumbered by a girlfriend.

Joey-boy's lucky she didn't bash his head in with that pail of rocks!

[Algot Runeman]

invective

noun
insulting, abusive, or highly critical language: he let out a stream of invective

Origin:
late Middle English (originally as an adjective meaning 'reviling, abusive'): from Old French invectif, -ive, from late Latin invectivus 'attacking', from invehere (see inveigh). The noun is from late Latin invectiva (oratio) 'abusive or censorious (language)'


kurichan on Flickr

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Charlie chose the brand of soap, but not the location after his mother heard his invective.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

Is this a subtle warning to me?

[laurie]

Is this a subtle warning to me?

Doesn't look terribly subtle to me!


That looks like a bar of Ivory, supposedly a gentle, kid-friendly soap -- but, as I know from experience (Thanks, Mom!), NOT nice to use for washing one's mouth. I think the taste lasted for a week!

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

... kid-friendly soap -- but, as I know from experience (Thanks, Mom!), NOT nice to use for washing one's mouth. ...

Do you mean to say that your Mom actually literally did make you wash out your mouth with soap ??

I always thought it was just a figure of speech.

[Algot Runeman]

wingding

noun
informal , chiefly North American
a lively event or party.

Origin:
1920s (in the sense ‘spasm, seizure’, especially one associated with drug-taking): of unknown origin


peretzp on Flickr

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There is little chance that anyone at this event would call it a wingding, no matter how lively it was.

☯ ⌘ Wingdings also used to describe some computer characters. Also called "dingbats" with no aspersion intended as far as I know.

[Algot Runeman]

mook

noun
US informal
a stupid or incompetent person: if you don't want to look like every other mook you need a sartorial trademark

Origin:
1930s: of uncertain origin


New Internationalist on Flickr

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Hats, mostly "baseball" caps, have been an element of "sartorial" trademarks for a while. The angle they are worn, forward, backward the stiffness of the bill, the presence of a store tag, all have been designed to make a person stand out from the crowd of surrounding mooks. The fedora hasn't played much role in that recently.

[laurie]

The fedora hasn't played much role in that recently.

Indiana Jones, where have you gone?!?!

[Algot Runeman]

prevenient

adjective
formal
preceding in time or order ; antecedent: John Wesley referred to God's work in the unconverted as prevenient grace

Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin praevenient- 'coming before', from the verb praevenire, from prae 'before' + venire 'come'


Results of stage 19, Tour de France - Rolland prevenient and first Frenchman to win a stage in this tour.

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Joseph ushered his wife forward through the door saying "ladies first", acknowledging her as prevenient.