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Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

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Algot Runeman wrote:canorous
An acquaintance praised the film Cannery Row to me. He said it's about a musical quarrel between to lovers on how to stack up cans in the supermarket. Some very canorous scenes, he claimed.

Though his understanding of English or his recommendations are very fishy, I think I'll hunt for the movie on Usenet.
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enchiridion

Pronunciation: /ˌeNGkəˈridēən, ˌenkī-/
noun (plural enchiridions or enchiridia /-ˈridēə/)
formal
a book containing essential information on a subject.

Origin:
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek enkheiridion, from en- 'within' + kheir 'hand' + the diminutive suffix -idion

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Charles carried his compact bible everywhere. He considered it the enchiridion for daily life. Ahmed, likewise carried his Koran, regarding it the same way.

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doublespeak

Pronunciation: /ˈdəbəlˌspēk/
noun
deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language: the art of political doublespeak

Origin:
1950s: often attributed incorrectly to George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Sam stated firmly, seemingly unaware of his doublespeak, "I've never doubted the efficacy of the unconscionable attempts to discredit my opponent in this race."

[ Forked Tongue reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forked_tongue ]
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Algot Runeman wrote:doublespeak
Would a politician with a split tongue spout bipartite doublespeak?

Imagine kissing one. EEW !
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Eww, indeed. I didn't dig past a "photoshopped" forked tongue.

E.P.S., how many of those split tongues do you see as a dentist? Give it to me straight, no doublespeak!

[ The word used in my hearing was more often "doubletalk" instead. ]
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Algot Runeman wrote:E.P.S., how many of those split tongues do you see as a dentist? Give it to me straight, no doublespeak!
I've seen my share of tongue piercings, but fortunately (for my appreciation of my compatriots) no literally split tongues (though our politicians aren't particularly averse to the figurative kind either).

Scroll down to 7. Sample Shots here to see a picture of a tongue piercing of one of my former patients.
Algot Runeman wrote:The word used in my hearing was more often "doubletalk" instead.
My first encounter was long ago with "palefaces speak with a split tongue" when, as a 12-year-old, I read Karl May's stories about Winnetou and Old Shatterhand.
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E Pericoloso Sporgersi wrote:
Algot Runeman wrote:E.P.S., how many of those split tongues do you see as a dentist? Give it to me straight, no doublespeak!
(...) but fortunately (for my appreciation of my compatriots) no literally split tongues

(....)
OMG!
I thought the EEW thing was some fantastically elaborate Photoshop or something...
People actually do things like that to themselves??????

A good thing my lunch was several hours ago. I'm not sure at what time I'll be able to have dinner, tonight....
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voralfred wrote:...
People actually do things like that to themselves??????
Does that surprise you?

Just look at
the Kayan women
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Amazonia's Raoni Metuktire
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Ear jewelry and other piercings
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Chinese Foot Binding
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Sharpened Teeth
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What mothers in some African tribes had done to their daughters (maybe still do).

etc. ... etc. ... ad nauseam ...
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Sure, but (with the exception of piercing, which usually is not that extreme, and is more or less reversible: if one removes the object, the tissue might not fully regrow, but the residual holes are reasonably small) all the things you show are old traditions that just are not dying out fast enough. Indeed what many women in Africa still do to their own daughters, not just in some remote tribes, but in vast areas, is certainly a blood-curdling example. But an old, old, old tradition... Back to pharaonic times, possibly.
But splitting one's tongue? As a new development?
EEW!
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voralfred wrote:But splitting one's tongue? ... EEW!
I now think I understand the reaction we get from grammarians when the rest of us split an infinitive. "EEW muist not do that!" Dismay over double(s)peak?
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doggerel

Pronunciation: /ˈdôgərəl, ˈdäg-/
noun
comic verse composed in irregular rhythm.
verse or words that are badly written or expressed: the last stanza deteriorates into doggerel

Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective describing such verse): apparently from dog (used contemptuously, as in dog Latin) + -rel

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Cats on themselves, alone, depend.
Horse and ox will haul your box.
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Algot Runeman wrote:doggerel
Murtaugh and Riggs are on a nightly stakeout, watching the house of a drug cartel suspect.

Murtaugh: "Will you stop humming that doggone doggerel!"

Riggs: "I can't help it. The dog biscuits' commercial keeps running in my head."
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culturati

Pronunciation: /ˌkəlCHəˈrätē/
plural noun
well-educated people who appreciate the arts.

Origin:
1980s: blend of culture and literati

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(Would culturati have gathered in the subway to listen to Larry Wright?)

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Marcy and Bob considered themselves culturati. That nobody else but their close friends saw them that way suggests something.

[ This couple http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2011/11/cutler_family_pledges_5_millio.html might qualify, at some level, as culturati. ]
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Algot Runeman wrote:culturati
Cognoscenti, Culturati, Innocenti, Illuminati.

Which does not fit in the row?
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conundrum

Pronunciation: /kəˈnəndrəm/
noun (plural conundrums)
a confusing and difficult problem or question: one of the most difficult conundrums for the experts
a question asked for amusement, typically one with a pun in its answer; a riddle.

Origin:
late 16th century: of unknown origin, but first recorded in a work by Thomas Nashe, as a term of abuse for a crank or pedant, later coming to denote a whim or fancy, also a pun. Current senses date from the late 17th century

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Two common conundrums:

When is a door not a door?
When it's ajar.

Why is it that some people like puns while the majority seem to be bothered by them?
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Algot Runeman wrote:conundrum
...
When is a door not a door?
When it's ajar.

Why is it that some people like puns while the majority seem to be bothered by them?
When is a jar a door?
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When it has to be opened to run a Java application.
This may not be a valid conundrum, but I'm sure it's an atrocious pun ...
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coruscate

Pronunciation: /ˈkôrəˌskāt, ˈkär-/
verb
[no object] literary
(of light) flash or sparkle: the light was coruscating from the walls

Derivatives
coruscation
Pronunciation: /ˌkôrəˈskāSHən/
noun

Origin:
early 18th century: from Latin coruscat- 'glittered', from the verb coruscare

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The morning dawned cool and clear. All yesterday's humidity dappled the shrub leaves and blades of grass with dew. In moments, the sun would bear down and steal the moisture, but briefly, those precious packets of water would glimmer, glint, flash and shine. Only a pedant would fall to the level of saying that they would coruscate.
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Algot Runeman wrote:coruscate
Every year on the 1st Sunday after Christmas day, old Amos and old Hank went to the Rockefeller Ice Rink, for the yearly performance of the Cornell Schools' Choir. Amos drove the old schoolbus with the girls and Hank drove the boys' bus.

Both Amos and Hank had granddaughters in the choir. After the singing they loved to watch the girls' chorus scate fleeting figures around the fumbling boys. That was the coruscating highlight of their day, after which they took to the road home again.
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E.P.S. wrote:coruscating highlight
Beautifully said!
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berceuse

Pronunciation: /berˈso͝oz, -ˈsœz/
noun (plural berceuses pronunc. )
a lullaby.

Origin:
French, from bercer 'to rock'

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Betty's baby wore only bare shoes,
And preferred to cruise instead of snooze.
But he was off to dreamland
When she sang his berceuse.
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Algot Runeman wrote:berceuse
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Who wouldn't sing a soothing berceuse
For such a charmingly sweet papoose?

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And let's not ignore Mama!
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calends

Pronunciation: /ˈkaləndz, ˈkā-/
(also kalends)
plural noun
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar.

Origin:
Old English (denoting an appointed time): from Old French calendes, from Latin kalendae, calendae 'first day of the month' (when accounts were due and the order of days was proclaimed); related to Latin calare and Greek kalein 'call, proclaim'

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Julius smiled broadly and stretched as he rose from his pallet. There wasn't a better day in the year. It was even better than a birthday, the calends of July, the first day of his very own month. Wow.
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Algot Runeman wrote:calends
Poor Julius.

By the calends of March, he had made all advance preparations for the ides party. The banquet hall, dance floor, Egyptian orchestra and Vestal hostesses were bespoken, the Greek caterer had strict orders, security was outsourced to Helvetian halberdiers and the invitations had been sent by registered tablets.
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He fervently hoped that, to top off the day's festivity, his home town's team (T.C. Subura, which he sponsored) would bring home the Mediterranean Trigon Challenge Cup.
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Little did he know that, in two weeks time, a bunch of envious spoilsports would poop his party.
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E Pericoloso Sporgersi wrote:... and the invitations had been sent by registered tablets.
Calpurnia told Julius to use scrolls. Tablets were soooooo passé. But would he listen? Of course not! :roll:
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laurie wrote:
E Pericoloso Sporgersi wrote:... and the invitations had been sent by registered tablets.
Calpurnia told Julius to use scrolls. Tablets were soooooo passé. But would he listen? Of course not! :roll:
:lol:
Moreover, scrolls being so much lighter and smaller, they could have been mailed by fast pigeon instead of sworn courier.
But in the end it wouldn't have made any difference, the fatal stabs of destiny striking anyway.
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