GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

ceroc

I seem to recall that 'Taxi Girls' are (among others) rented dance partners in Japanese night clubs and dance halls.

Now it appears the UK has 'Taxi Dancers'.

The young woman is lovely, but I wonder if her implants (three ? ) have shaken loose?

Anyway, "C'est chouette, hein, le ceroc?"

[Algot Runeman]

chop-chop

Pronunciation: /ˌCHäp ˈCHäp/
adverb & exclamation
quickly; quick: “Two beers, chop-chop,” Jimmy called

Origin:
mid 19th century: pidgin English, based on Chinese dialect kuaì-kuaì. Compare with chopstick


New Brunswick Tourism

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"Get that tree down, chop-chop!"
The boss lumberjack had a sense of humor.

[Algot Runeman]

roundelay

Pronunciation: /ˈroundəˌlā, ˈrän-/
noun
literary
a short simple song with a refrain.
a circle dance.

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French rondelet, from rondel (see rondel). The change in the ending was due to association with the final syllable of virelay


Mitehka!

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Preparing for today's post, there was a round delay (perhaps it was actually more oval. Eyesight is failing.) while looking for lyrics that fit the roundelay (AKA rondelet) description.

May first, dancing around the May pole, any connection?

How about?

Ring around the rosie
a pocket full of posies
ashes, ashes
we all fall down
(Both my wife and I sang this version as kids though we were raised in different states.)
Ring a Ring o' Roses

Some more help at Rondeau

[I'm wondering if we'll go round and round on this word.]

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

roundelay

Because the townspeople tended to prematurely burn up their more popular and gregarious females, their roundelays got to be chronically short of women. The bachelors became very worried about this discrepancy, but the all-married-males town council refused to recognise the problem.

Ever since then any mixed roundelay and even the word notoriously lacks in the social gatherings in Salem, Massachusetts.

[umsolopagas]

A ring, a ring o' roses,
A pocket full o’posies-
Atishoo atishoo we all roundelay

That's the one I remember singing.

Falling down was for the plebs. Weren't we just so cultured?

[Algot Runeman]

Atishoo atishoo

You you understand that to be a word for "sneeze" as at least one dictionary says?

[Algot Runeman]

prosumer

Pronunciation: /prōˈso͞omər/
noun
1an amateur who purchases equipment with quality or features suitable for professional use: the magazine is aimed at the prosumer who uses a $10,000 camera to make home movies of his dog
2a prospective consumer who is involved in the design, manufacture, or development of a product or service: a panel of prosumers weighed in on the plans for the new shampoo

Origin:
1980s: blend of professional or producer or proactive and consumer


Recommended Photo Techniques

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Peter presumed the prosumer camera provided perfect photos. He was profoundly put off by the flare of the sun in the background and the totally shadowed face of all the shots he took of his girlfriend standing in front of the setting orb.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

prosumer

It's a pity René Descartes isn't around any more.

Had his time machine ever brought him to the here and now, I'm sure he would have denounced our modern society by jesting: "Prosumo ergo sum".

[Algot Runeman]

clomp

Pronunciation: /klämp, klômp/
verb
[no object]
walk with a heavy tread: she clomped down the steps

Origin:
early 19th century: imitative; compare with clump


Doubletoe.com

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Clyde S. Dale clomped along, leading his beloved percheron and the heavy-laden cart toward the village market. In spite of his heavy steps, he was lighthearted. He hoped to meet that pretty girl from the far side of the valley again. He really hoped they could do some more clog dancing after the market day was done.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

clomp

I hope those pretty girls aren't wearing any clogs, but are just cheerfully clomping barefoot on the lucky guys lying on the floor. I guess the victims think it's worth it for catching some enchanting glimpses.

[umsolopagas]

Atishoo atishoo

You you understand that to be a word for "sneeze" as at least one dictionary says?

Yes yes that's right. I have no idea how the sneezing worked in that rhyme but it used to make perfect sense. We used to have hours of fun which were only interrupted by the loud orders to, "Get in the house", at which point we would break up the game reluctantly and clomp home sullenly.

[Algot Runeman]

paronomasia

Pronunciation: /ˌparənōˈmāZH(ē)ə/
noun
a play on words; a pun.

Origin:
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek paronomasia, from para- 'beside' (expressing alteration) + onomasia 'naming' (from onomazein 'to name', from onoma 'a name')


Matthew Gallant
Popcorn, not little puffy clouds.

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The pair of paranormal parsons punctuated their popular podcasts with priestly paronomasia.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

paronomasia

My grandma hated it when her furrier made silly panora ... paromo ... puns about her fur coats. She kept admonishing him to try for witty comments instead.

[Algot Runeman]

My grandma hated it when her furrier made silly panora ... paromo ... puns about her fur coats

Is there any wonder that, while people groan and will speak out vehemently against puns, it is rare to hear somebody say, "Stop it with the paronomasias, woodja!

[Algot Runeman]

viscid

Pronunciation: /ˈvisid/
adjective
glutinous; sticky: the viscid mucus lining of the intestine

Derivatives
viscidity
Pronunciation: /vəˈsidətē/
noun

Origin:
mid 17th century: from late Latin viscidus, from Latin viscum 'birdlime'


Cyprus Conservation Foundation

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I'm guano try to ensnare you and punctuate yesterday's wordplay with a viscous mixture of viscid value. I'll stick with it, too, no matter how you flutter or groan, my little birds. "Turdus ipse sibi malum cacat"

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

viscid
... "Turdus ipse sibi malum cacat"[/url]

That viscid post may not be sticky, but it's last sentence is definitely smelly.

[laurie]

"Turdus ipse sibi malum cacat"

No, thanks - I gave at the office!

[Algot Runeman]

centuple

Pronunciation: /senˈt(y)o͞opəl, ˈsenˌt(y)o͞opəl/
verb
[with object]
multiply by a hundred or by a large amount: they were centupling the national debt

Origin:
early 17th century: from French, or from ecclesiastical Latin centuplus, alteration of Latin centuplex, from centum 'hundred'


Wally Gobetz

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The first few times, centupling doesn't make too obvious a difference, but later on people begin to notice.

[Algot Runeman]

misanthropy

Pronunciation: /misˈsanTHrəpē/
noun
a dislike of humankind.

Origin:
mid 17th century: from Greek misanthrōpia, from miso- 'hating' + anthrōpos 'man'


Brave Heart

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It was sometimes said that the giant ants of the 1950s horror movies were misanthropic. That was not true. They actually found human flesh quite tasty.

[laurie]

Brave Heart

Must be one of those Texas fire ant thingies...

[Algot Runeman]

labradoodle

Pronunciation: /ˈlabrəˌdo͞odl/
noun
a dog resulting from a cross between a Labrador and a standard poodle.


dogsbylori


Comeexplorecanada.com

WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF,

It also could be said that a map is a "doodle" attempting to show the land it represents, making this a Labradordoodle.

[laurie]

Too slow, EPS...


La Bra Doodle

[Algot Runeman]

laurie!
"La Bra Doodle"
I'm shocked...and laughing very loudly. Thanks.

[Algot Runeman]

frabjous

Pronunciation: /ˈfrabjəs/
adjective
humorous

delightful; joyous: “Oh frabjous day!” she giggled

Derivatives
frabjously
adverb

Origin:
1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass, apparently to suggest fair and joyous

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Wild, wonderful and frabjous Wednesday to you all. No time to stop to play or to find a photo for the day.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

frabjous

Doesn't this nicely illustrate frabjous joy?



And this its antonym?