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Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:48 pm
by Algot Runeman
Laurie,
Are you looking for chocolate alone? (Do you have to call dibs if you aren't alone?)
Dark chocolate (~70% cocoa) is my preferred version. Hershey's has squares that include dried fruit and nuts. Good stuff.
If it is chocolate donuts, do you prefer a donut that is chocolate and then sugar glazed or a yellow dough with a chocolate covering, or perhaps a chocolate donut with chocolate covering? Dunkin' Donuts, here in New England, offers all three donut options along with my favorite, the Boston Creme with chocolate on top of a yellow dough donut filled with creme. Mmmm. Ah, the tasty mystery of donut gnosis.
Is there a different/better source of donuts in your neighborhood? I fondly remember a donut place (can't remember name) up in St. Catherines, Ontario where my son was competing many years ago in a rowing regatta.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:02 pm
by Algot Runeman
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:03 pm
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Glad to know, Algot, that you're a gnostic in doughnutty matters.
I've seen many doughnuts with all sorts of garnishing, chocolate, glazing, sugar sequins, coloured beads, a little umbrella, even accidental dents, though I still haven't found any corrugated ones.
In my local supermarket they keep rollin', rollin', rollin', keep those donuts rollin' along.
But the best kind was in the tearoom where my mom took me along when I was a kid. Ice cream for me, but once in a while she let me have a taste of her scrumptious Baba au Rhum with whipped cream, yummy.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:10 am
by laurie
Algot wrote:You get the girl.
I get the donut.
Hmm...diet out the window yet again.
I wanted dibs on the chocolate in the pot the girl (EPS's dibs) was stirring when you mentioned hoseying the jelly donut (your dibs)
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:18 am
by Algot Runeman
shazam
Pronunciation: /SHəˈzam/
exclamation
used to introduce an extraordinary deed, story, or transformation: She prayed for his arrival and shazam! There he was
Origin:
1940s: an invented word, used by conjurors
David Yu
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The audience realized that
"Shazam!" might actually have meant something when the magician released the flaming baton and stood with his arms folded while the baton slowly faded and finally disappeared. The flame continued to spin, changing colors and directions, rising and falling, changing from a circular motion into a figure eight and several precise geometric shapes.
They winced and gasped when the flame finally swept forward, then overhead and, after spiraling upward in smaller and smaller circles, popped out of existence just below the very center of the chandelier which came alight at that very instant. Their applause, slow to start, gathered momentum and swept over the magician who still stood, arms crossed, with just a slight tilt to his head and a raised eyebrow.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:40 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:shazam
With a mesmerising stare the prestidigitator looked at the doughnut. Then suddenly he chopped the air above it with an intricate dance of hands and fingers and
"abracadabra!" -
pardon me -
"shazam!" a generous dollop of whipped cream sprinkled with chocolate shavings appeared in the center hole.
Laurie applauded with gusto.
P.S. I wonder how long the original meaning of the word
prestidigitator shall survive in this digital age?
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:41 pm
by laurie
Press the "SHOW" button and......
SHAZAM!!!
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:04 am
by voralfred
Well, I wonder whether a better answer to EPS's question would not be
Not Captain Marvel, the product of magic, but his maker, the wizard SHAZAM himself
A vision of his future, in just a few more years in this
digitmagical age ?
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:26 pm
by Algot Runeman
dibs
Pronunciation: /dibz/
plural noun
informal
money.
Phrases
have first dibs on
have the first right to or choice of: they never got first dibs on great prospects
Origin:
mid 18th century (denoting pebbles used in a children's game): from earlier dib-stones, perhaps from dib
Narasimman Jayaraman
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We hoseyed and called first
dibs on chocolate, donuts and such. We appear to have preselected our upcoming words.
My wife and I played
Mancala with her family after getting the game for a Christmas gift.
[
Once again the WotD group on IBDoF seems to have the power to influence the editors at oxforddictionaries.com from which I capture our daily words.]
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:03 pm
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:57 am
by Algot Runeman
pulchritude
Pronunciation: /ˈpəlkrəˌt(y)o͞od/
noun
literary
beauty.
Derivatives
pulchritudinous
Pronunciation: /ˌpəlkrəˈt(y)o͞odn-əs/ adjective
Martin Thomas
E.P.S. is noted here for his appreciation of
pulchritude, not to mention his grandfather.
But, here's the question. Does apply the term, in general, when discussing shirtless men? Do sandals matter?
[
A succinct definition, now that's beautiful. ]
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:15 pm
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:pulchritude
So now you're assuming that I (and grandpa) can be seduced with a
pulchritudinous knee.
Forget it, wrong gender.
No can do without a few belts of
Knockando or
Pulque.
Though I'm not sure whether I wouldn't make a sober exception for
hijra, never having met any.
Sepulchritude does not attract me at all.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:37 pm
by laurie
My father always said this lady was the epitome of
pulchritude:
Popeye thought so too. (Yeah, Mom was a skinny string bean.)
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:33 pm
by Algot Runeman
cortège
Pronunciation: /kôrˈteZH, ˈkôrˌteZH/
noun
a solemn procession, especially for a funeral.
a person’s entourage or retinue.
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French, from Italian corteggio, from corteggiare 'attend court', from corte 'court', from Latin cohors, cohort- 'retinue'
Jon Avlis
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Carrie carried a corsage, careless of the concerns of the contessa's funereal
cortège. They tolerated her behavior because she was both the contessa's cousin and considered crazy.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:07 pm
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:cortège
The 6-year-old girl snuggled up to her father, King William, and started to apologise for her faux pas that made the courtiers chuckle.
"No, my darling daughter, don't you worry." said the King,
"As long as a pretty princess is not of court age, my cortège will graciously forgive and forget any gaffe she may commit. Or else."
"Though we can't guarantee the tabloids may not blow it up out of all proportion." added Queen Kate.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:20 pm
by voralfred
E Pericoloso Sporgersi wrote:
The 6-year-old girl snuggled up to her father, King William, and started to apologise for her faux pas that made the courtiers chuckle.
"No, my darling daughter, don't you worry." said the King, "As long as a pretty princess is not of court age, my cortège will graciously forgive and forget any gaffe she may commit. Or else."
"Though we can't guarantee the tabloids may not blow it up out of all proportion." added Queen Kate.
Kate might be
Closer to the truth than her husband, alas!
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:41 am
by Algot Runeman
distrait
Pronunciation: /disˈtrā/
adjective (feminine distraite /disˈtrāt/)
[predic.]
distracted or absentminded: he seemed oddly distrait
Origin:
mid 18th century: French, from Old French destrait, past participle of destraire 'distract', from Latin distrahere 'pull apart' (see distract)
Jason Meredith(1)Jason Meredith(2)
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Tom was distracted. Lisa was
distrait. When they looked up, their eyes met, but no sense of connection happened. Was this another instance of the "high road" and "low road" division? They were like the U.K. and U.S., "divided by a common language."
"Ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road and I'll be in Scotland before ye."[lyrics]
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:02 pm
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:distrait
I wonder if Kate, when she heard about the photos, blew her top for removing her top. Maybe now she's cursing herself for having been so
distraite, even in private.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:54 am
by Algot Runeman
ylem
Pronunciation: /ˈīləm/
noun
Astronomy
(in the Big Bang theory) the primordial matter of the universe, originally conceived as composed of neutrons at high temperature and density.
Origin:
1940s: from late Latin hylem (accusative) 'matter', from Greek hūlē
Samuel George
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Let me be clear. This photo is inadequate to illustrate the WotD,
ylem. However, in my defense, the camera wasn't able to capture the proper image. It's an equipment failure. The lens was too
slow.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:44 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:ylem
One of the guys at CERN sent me an artist's rendition of the
ylem, just a nanosecond before the Big Bang (in the centre of the image).
You know, Algot, I like yours better. It actually shows
something, while mine isn't much to write home about.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:59 pm
by Algot Runeman
vizard
Pronunciation: /ˈvizərd/
noun
archaic
a mask or disguise.
Origin:
mid 16th century: alteration of visor
ClintJCL
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Neither Alakazam nor Shazaam
He'd read all the Potter books.
But Harry wasn't his hero.
In honor he made up his looks.
For a cost nearing zero.
A peaked hat and floor-dragging cape.
A staff gnarled and visually keen.
His hair from wrinkled old crepe.
His
visard, a wizard on Halloween.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:18 am
by Algot Runeman
misogamy
Pronunciation: /məˈsägəmē/
noun
rare
the hatred of marriage.
Derivatives
misogamist
Pronunciation: /-mist/ noun
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Greek misos 'hatred' + gamos 'marriage'
Modified image (AR): Original
Eric CC-By
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Missive re: misogamy.
Misos misses the point. For me, marriage is great because I love my missus. Thirty-six happy years and counting. For you, it is too bad. Maybe you just don't like Mario.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:20 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:misogamy
In a Japanese restaurant.
Waiter: "Would you like Miso soup for starters?"
Guest: "Perhaps. Isn't your
Miso gamy?"
Waiter: "Oh not at all, sir, ours is quite tame."
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:39 am
by Algot Runeman
wallah
Pronunciation: /ˈwälə/
noun
[in combination or with modifier] Indian or informal
a person concerned or involved with a specified thing or business: ice cream wallahs
a native or inhabitant of a specified place: Bombay wallahs
Origin:
from the Hindi suffix -vālā 'doer' (commonly interpreted in the sense 'fellow'), from Sanskrit pālaka 'keeper'
Judy Malley
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The lunch
wallah served his patrons with a smile.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:48 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:wallah
I would have thought
wallah comes from
Wallah-Wallah in the Australian Bush.
You know, some hamlet figuring in
Crocodile Dundee.