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Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:37 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:renascent
The words
middlescent and
renascent confirm that the ODO is obsessed with scents ever since it lost its final R.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:05 am
by Algot Runeman
confabulate
Pronunciation: /kənˈfabyəˌlāt /
verb
[no object]
1 formal Engage in conversation; talk: she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone
2 Psychiatry Fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory.
Origin
early 17th century: from Latin confabulat- 'chatted together', from the verb confabulari, from con- 'together' + fabulari (from fabula 'fable').
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Sally and Jane
confabulated over coffee at the sidewalk table. Sarah and Jeanne
confabulated on their cellphones. Minnie and Mary
confabulated via texting incessantly. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:52 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:confabulate
I could still
confabulate (in both meanings) a lot about my grandma.
The problem is that lately the WotD's don't lend themselves to it very well.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:55 am
by Algot Runeman
impecunious
Pronunciation: /ˌimpəˈkyo͞onēəs /
adjective
Having little or no money: a titled but impecunious family
Origin
late 16th century: from in-1 'not' + obsolete pecunious 'having money, wealthy' (from Latin pecuniosus, from pecunia 'money').
Yoav Shaoira
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"Est Pecunia intrá toga?" (or are you just
impecunius?)
What a lady of the night might have asked in ancient Rome. No point in entertaining a poor dude.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:26 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
I think the lady is explaining that every membership candidate,
impecunious or not, must contribute a sperm donation in the paper cup.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:11 am
by voralfred
E Pericoloso Sporgersi wrote:Algot Runeman wrote:confabulate
I could still
confabulate (in both meanings) a lot about my grandma.
The problem is that lately the WotD's don't lend themselves to it very well.
Really? Didn't your grandma wear
scent, either of
middle,
rena,
flave,
adole,
vitre,
phospore,
arbore,
iride or
albe persuasion, under (or without) her furs ?
If you are indeed
reminiscent of that time, you must remain
acquiescent of this fact.
I, for my part, am fully
cognoscent that this post is the ultimate
descent into
impecuniouscence of imagination in the WoTD thread....
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:25 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
voralfred wrote:E Pericoloso Sporgersi wrote:Algot Runeman wrote:confabulate
I could still
confabulate (in both meanings) a lot about my grandma.
The problem is that lately the WotD's don't lend themselves to it very well.
Really? Didn't your grandma wear
scent, either of
middle,
rena,
flave,
adole,
vitre,
phospore,
arbore,
iride or
albe persuasion, under (or without) her furs ?
If you are indeed
reminiscent of that time, you must remain
acquiescent of this fact.
I, for my part, am fully
cognoscent that this post is the ultimate
descent into
impecuniouscence of imagination in the WoTD thread....
My Grandmama (you're required to curtsy now) and I remain disdainfullly quie
scent to your plebeian and pseudo-cognisant
confabulations.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:18 am
by Algot Runeman
eventide
Pronunciation: /ˈēvənˌtīd /
noun
archaic or literary
The end of the day; evening: the moon flower opens its white, trumpetlike flowers at eventide
Origin
Old English ǣfentīd (see even2, tide).
Henrico Prins
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Eventide shadows flowed into the room, slowly draining the sun's light away through the west-facing windows. Evan gently but firmly tied Sarah to the chair. Tonight's "supermoon" was expected to attract millions of amateurs, taking notice of the moon and the coincidental occasion of the Perseid meteor showers. Evan's work was not an attempt to keep Sarah from being a wannabe astronomer. Nothing was that simple. Evan needed to repeat this binding ritual once a month, whether or not the moon was at perigee. Sarah was an obligate lycanthrope. His monthly routine necessitated binding her to the thick-legged, welded iron chair, itself bolted to the floor. She could gaze at the rising moon through the eastern window of the keep without danger to herself or others, though the two dozen composite graphite-titanium straps needed occasional replacement.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:15 pm
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:eventide
...
Sarah was an obligate lycanthrope. His monthly routine necessitated binding her to the thick-legged, welded iron chair, itself bolted to the floor. She could gaze at the rising moon through the eastern window of the keep without danger to herself or others, though the two dozen composite graphite-titanium straps needed occasional replacement.
Even tied Sarah didn't give up. She always kept struggling to break the bonds.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 7:28 am
by Algot Runeman
smithereens
Pronunciation: /ˌsmiT͟Həˈrēnz /
noun
informal
Small pieces: a grenade blew him to smithereens
Origin
early 19th century: probably from Irish smidirín.
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From smithereens, nanobots built grit. From the grit they built grains. Nanobots assembled the grains into houses which they filled with furniture, appliances and everything the world could need to support human life. Of course, because humans had blown themselves to smithereens, it was all for nothing.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 8:56 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:smithereens
...
From smithereens, nanobots built grit. From the grit they built grains. ...
This WotD got me thinking about the size of a single
smithereen.
So I googled for "size of a
smithereen".
I've found two explanations with
plausible deniability:
1. Spherical carbon compounds were named
buckminsterfullerenes for the geodesic domes of
Buckminster Fuller.
Analogously
smithereens were named for an obscure physicist named
Smith who often made spelling errors.
2.
Smithereens are just a little bit smaller than Joneserenes.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:46 am
by Algot Runeman
2. Smithereens are just a little bit smaller than Joneserenes.
There is a
competition, of sorts, with the Johnsonereens and Williamsereens for how common they are, however. China might also throw Wángereens into the competition.
I wonder if in Israel the term is hadadereens.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:08 am
by Algot Runeman
pish
Pronunciation: /piSH /
exclamation
dated
Used to express annoyance, impatience, or disgust.
Origin
natural utterance: first recorded in English in the late 16th century.
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"Oh, pish!" shouted Manny as he raced across the pitch. The ball was rolling straight toward the empty goal. He leaped and stretched his arms, seeming to fly low over the grass. His fingertips brushed the ball just enough to deflect it past the post. The time expired with a nil-nil tie. The rovers would advance. That mattered more than a win. Manny would have the chance to shout "Tosh!" in the next match.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 8:43 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:pish
No doubt the British aristocrat, if he used an invective überhaupt, would have remarked "
Pish & Tosh!", all the while noticeably raising one eyebrow, dropping the reciprocal monocle and catching it one-handedly in a fake off-handed manner.
The American upper-cruster would have replied, in a, literally, down-to-earth fashion, "Rubbish" or "Hogwash" or even "Bullshit", depending on his level of inebriation. And his spectacles never dropped.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 7:05 am
by Algot Runeman
fastidious
Pronunciation: /faˈstɪdɪəs /
adjective
1 Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail: she dressed with fastidious care
1.1 Very concerned about matters of cleanliness: the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers dirty
Origin
late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium 'loathing'. The word originally meant 'disagreeable', later 'disgusted'. Current senses date from the 17th century.
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When ODO offers us "sloven", we decide to be
fastidious, instead. We do not wish to irritate the many WotD participants with clear and accurate memories. They would tell us that "sloven" was the word back on September 12, 2011. It would be careless to let a repeat slip through a mere 1071 days later.
For those not interested in becoming fluent with a spreadsheet, it is also possible to do "days between" calculations with online tools.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:45 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:fastidious
...
... a mere 1071 days later.
...
Not to be
fastidious (and not bothering with actually counting), but ... erm ... shouldn't the first date be
excluded from the
"days between" count?
In other words, to me
"days between" means starting and ending dates
excluded, i. e. the period from 09/13/11 to 08/17/14.
The formula in cel a3 should be: a1 minus 1 minus a2 which gives
1070.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 12:02 pm
by Algot Runeman
E.P.S., your assertion, gently given, may be so. "Days between" does actually imply that we should not count the first or the last day.
I wonder, though, if counting the first day makes sense, in spite of the "between" description. After all, "sloven" was used on that first day. We avoided grave DUPLICATION by substituting fastidious(ly) today. We have, by that logic, had the 1071 days to ponder sloven, stopping today so we can acknowledge its antonym.
Nonetheless, I like your logic. 1070 is a nicer, rounder number. Let's use it.
The angels on the head of the pin (however many there may be) shout loudly for us to "keep the faith, and treat one another with kindness."
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:46 am
by voralfred
Not to be fastidious, and though Hebrew is read from right to left, it seems to me that the equivalent of Wángereens in Israel should really be Cohenereens, according to the top of the left-hand side column, rather than according to the 16th entry, at the top of the right-hand side one...
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:15 am
by Algot Runeman
abjure
Pronunciation: /abˈjo͝or, əbˈjo͝or /
verb
[with object] formal
Solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim): his refusal to abjure the Catholic faith
Origin
late Middle English: from Latin abjurare, from ab- 'away' + jurare 'swear'.
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I'm not feeling solemn.
That is certain, sure.
Lighthearted, I tell them.
Nothing to
abjure.
Tomorrow may be different.
The morning may bring change.
After all I've misspent.
I'll want to rearrange.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 6:52 am
by Algot Runeman
salmanazar
Pronunciation: /ˌsalməˈnazər, -ˈnäzər /
noun
A wine bottle of approximately twelve times the standard size.
Origin
1930s: named after Shalmaneser, a king of Assyria (2 Kings 17–18).
Roland Peschetz
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Sal swirled the glass, gazed at the alcohol adhering to the sides of the glass and slurped. There was no need to simply sip. Sal could safely satisfy his needs. He had purchased
salamanazars instead of standard sizes of wine bottles. Sal surmised he'd sip, slurp and sigh for twelve twelves of days in a row with his purchase.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:37 am
by Algot Runeman
epyllion
Pronunciation: /əˈpilēən, -ˌän /
noun (plural epyllia /əˈpilēə/)
A narrative poem that resembles an epic poem in style but is notably shorter.
Origin
late 19th century: from Greek epullion, diminutive of epos 'word, song', from eipein 'say'.
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A heavy dose of depylliontory has been applied to this post, removing all traces of poetry at any length, whether epic,
epyllion or ditty, no matter how witty. The world will be grateful, a pity.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:03 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:epyllion
...
A heavy dose of depylliontory has been applied to this post, ...
On YouTube there are several musical but fully depyllionated
epyllions by
smalin.
A magnificent example is this:
(I had a classical organist play this on the church organ as the finale of my wedding ceremony, 41 years ago.)
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:38 pm
by Algot Runeman
That illustrated organ music was awesome! Thank you.
You'll never hear me say "Bach, humbug!" Not even around Christmas.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:09 am
by Algot Runeman
inamorata
Pronunciation: /iˌnaməˈrädə /
noun
A person’s female lover.
Origin
mid 17th century: Italian, literally 'enamored', feminine of inamorato (see inamorato).
Clever Monkey
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She knows disks of IDE or SATA.
With RAID she's a total pro.
She's my
inamorata.
A sysop, don't you know.
Tresses to her backside fall.
Her tee shirts generously small.
Everything about her
Keeps me in her thrall.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:20 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:That illustrated organ music was awesome! Thank you.
You'll never hear me say "Bach, humbug!" Not even around Christmas.
Bach's composition is impressive, no doubt.
But in
this rendition you can see the organist at work (isn't there a better word to describe his performance?) and he's equally impressive.
And then there's
this rendition in a church with such overwhelming acoustics and trailing echo that you have to hold on to something or it blows you away.
In my opinion Leopold Stokovski's orchestrated version in Disney's 1940 Fantasia pales in comparison.
P.S.
To fully appreciate the subtle differences, the recordings should be listened to with high quality headphones.