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Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:04 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:ingratiate
I wouldn't mind if you'd try to
ingratiate yourself with me. But hold the kisses, the mayo and the ketchup.
And please allow me to think about it ...
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:20 am
by Algot Runeman
prepotent
Pronunciation: /prɪˈpəʊt(ə)nt /
adjective
1 Greater than others in power or influence.
1.1 (Of a breeding animal) showing great effectiveness in transmitting hereditary characteristics to its offspring.
Origin
late Middle English: from Latin praepotent- 'having greater power', from prae 'before, ahead' + posse 'be able'.
James Yeo
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Harry was the
prepotent division manager at Starzone Industries. His crew was efficient, happy and very productive. He didn't aspire to run the whole company. That was Benjamin's job and always would be, as far as Harry was concerned. The two of them had been in school together and started the company together. Harry had always been the sidekick, even in school. He was a dedicated friend and took his responsibilities seriously even after all these years.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 9:23 am
by Algot Runeman
sacerdotal
Pronunciation: /ˌsasəˈdəʊt(ə)l , ˌsakə-/
adjective
1 Relating to priests or the priesthood; priestly.
1.1 Theology Relating to or denoting a doctrine which ascribes sacrificial functions and spiritual or supernatural powers to ordained priests.
Origin
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sacerdotalis, from sacerdos, sacerdot- 'priest'.
Crosier of Archbishop Heinrich of Finstingen - Wikimedia
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Patrick donned his
sacerdotal vestments. He grabbed up the plastic jack-o-lantern and hurried onto the streets. He expected the parishoners to be very generous, but he had his crosier ready to bash their pumpkins if they were stingy.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:48 pm
by voralfred
Algot Runeman wrote:sacerdotal
Pronunciation: /ˌsasəˈdəʊt(ə)l , ˌsakə-/
adjective
1 Relating to priests or the priesthood; priestly.
1.1 Theology Relating to or denoting a doctrine which ascribes sacrificial functions and spiritual or supernatural powers to ordained priests.
Origin
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sacerdotalis, from sacerdos, sacerdot- 'priest'.
Crosier of Archbishop Heinrich of Finstingen - Wikimedia
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Patrick donned his
sacerdotal vestments. He grabbed up the plastic jack-o-lantern and hurried onto the streets. He expected the parishoners to be very generous, but he had his crosier ready to bash their pumpkins if they were stingy.
In french, we have the same word, but in the plural it is spelled
sacerdotaux.
So the saying goes, that a priest does not need a car, because he has his vestments
sacerdotaux: "ça sert d'auto" = "it serves as an automobile".
OK, even in french, the pun is lame, and when translated, it is even worse....
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 7:00 am
by Algot Runeman
Sprachgefühl
Pronunciation: /ˈʃprɑːxɡəˌfuːl , ˈʃpraːxɡəˌfyːl/
noun
[mass noun]
1 Intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language: it’s not genes or culture but Sprachgefühl that sets the French apart from the Finns, and the Russians from the Romanians
1.1 The essential character of a language: each language has its own personality, or Sprachgefühl, which limits its speakers to a certain mode of thought
Origin
German, from Sprache 'speech, a language' + Gefühl 'feeling'.
Alexander Meins
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Is it any wonder that speakers of English, the ultimate of language blending, lack a cohesive world view. The
Sprachgefühl of English is borrowed, not built-in.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:45 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:Sprachgefühl
Sprachgefühl relates to speech and language as
Fingerspitzengefühl relates to tactile sense, dexterity and, figuratively, tactical insight.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 7:19 am
by Algot Runeman
jaunt
Pronunciation: /dʒɔːnt /
noun
A short excursion or journey made for pleasure: her regular jaunts to Europe
verb
[no object] Back to top
Go on a short journey for pleasure: they went jaunting through Ireland
Origin
late 16th century: of unknown origin. Originally depreciatory, early senses included 'tire a horse out by riding it up and down', 'traipse about', and (as a noun) 'troublesome journey'. The current positive sense dates from the mid 17th century.
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Alan Strakey
Joe jumped in his jalopy intent on a jaunt with Jill. At the bottom end of the driveway, though, he ran out of gas. Jill went off with Jerry instead.
[
I would also like to give thanks to the technical staff for getting the forum back online.]
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:41 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:jaunt
...
Joe jumped in his jalopy intent on a jaunt with Jill. At the bottom end of the driveway, though, he ran out of gas. Jill went off with Jerry instead.
Both
jauntily oblivious of Joe's jaundiced eye.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:22 am
by Algot Runeman
boscage
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒskɪdʒ /
(also boskage)
noun
[mass noun]
A mass of trees or shrubs: the view from the house is obscured by boscage
Origin
late Middle English: from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to bush1. Compare with bocage.
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Bob could not see the boss's cage through the
boscage. Bob and his gang of wild turkeys were trying to sneak up on the cage to free the boss, but Eddie and Frank could not seem to keep their gobs shut. "Gobble, gobble, gobble" kept bursting forth as they moved. Fortunately the other birds in the cage from foreign places were raising a cackling of their own. Bob hoped his crew would be able to reach the boss without getting caught themselves.
[
I'm going to guess this is British/English for common usage. It is not a familiar term to me, here in the US. I would be inclined to say "the heavy undergrowth" instead.]
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:45 am
by Algot Runeman
nexus
Pronunciation: /ˈnɛksəs /
noun (plural same or nexuses)
1 A connection or series of connections linking two or more things: the nexus between industry and political power
1.1 A connected group or series: a nexus of ideas
2 A central or focal point: the nexus of any government in this country is No. 10
Origin
mid 17th century: from Latin, 'a binding together', from nex- 'bound', from the verb nectere.
Playing Futures: Applied Nomadology
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Noble approached the
nexus with great care. There was too much chance he would become engulfed in the massive flow of data if he was careless. Cyberspace is not very different from meatspace. One false step at the side of a raging river would be no more dangerous than a slip here. He couldn't even predict which direction he would go if caught in the cascaded waves. Too many diverse trunks lead into or away from this critical node of Worldnet. It needed adjustment, but had resisted change by several others before him. Stability was good, but not in the current state.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 8:50 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:boscage...
[... I would be inclined to say "the heavy undergrowth" instead.]
I wouldn't be surprised to encounter the expression "trimmed
boscage" in a girlie magazine.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:09 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:nexus
Robert Cailliau and
Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee together invented and christened it the "World Wide Web".
They might have chosen a shorter name, more in keeping with British and American common usage. It could have been the "
Nexus".
But that concept was already taken by
Lois McMaster Bujold to a much grander scale.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:22 pm
by Algot Runeman
syllabub
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪləbʌb /
noun
A whipped cream dessert, typically flavoured with white wine or sherry.
Origin
mid 16th century: of unknown origin.
Sara Maternini
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Sam asked, "Is that it?"
"Just wine-flavored whipped cream?"
"Where's the pie, or ice cream with hot fudge?"
"
Syllabub is just silly, Bub!"
"Give me a real dessert!"
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 8:52 am
by Algot Runeman
bemire
Pronunciation: /bɪˈmʌɪə /
verb
[with object] archaic
1 Cover or stain with mud: his shoes were bemired from travelling on foot
1.1 (be bemired) Be stuck in mud: better that than have men and horses and wagons all bemired
Origin
mid 16th century: from be- (expressing transitivity) + mire.
Stefan Koopmanschap
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Bea Meyer sat at the edge of the rutted track waiting for the tow truck to come. Her brand new Beemer was
bemired beside her. Next time she would be mindful to be more selective in choosing a shortcut.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:28 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:bemire
I'm sure that many pop stars love to be
admired by a bevy of adoring fans.
I'm equally sure that, very soon, they hate to get
bemired in a gaggle of screaming fans. But of course they don't show that; bad PR doesn't sell.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:06 am
by Algot Runeman
émigré
Pronunciation: /ˈɛmɪɡreɪ /
noun
A person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, typically for political reasons: Soviet émigrés and defectors [as modifier]: émigré life
Origin
late 18th century (originally denoting a person escaping the French Revolution): French, past participle of émigrer 'emigrate'.
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Edgardo was an
émigré. His ties to the home country were strong in spite of being very strained. He expected he would never go back and hoped the pain of that would fade over the years. Though fluent in English, he continued to speak Basque or Spanish with friends and family.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 12:12 pm
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:émigré
The
émigrés are slowly being replaced by the
expats.
It's the exact same people though, they're not getting willy-nilly shuffled around.
The people stay put, it's only the words that are switched.
P.S. I think the lady pinpoints the correct cup with a laser pointer.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:00 pm
by voralfred
E Pericoloso Sporgersi wrote:
P.S. I think the lady pinpoints the correct cup with a laser pointer.
You of little faith !
Though putting some smell on the correct cup would work even better (the object is always in the same cup).
Or, even simpler, both the cups and the object inside are metallic. Even though all cups make noise on the support when moved, the object inside produces a different clink. Easy enough to remember where the last clink was heard.
Now I am the one taking the poetry out of this. Shame on me...
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:37 am
by Algot Runeman
Pollyanna
Pronunciation: /pɒlɪˈanə /
noun
An excessively cheerful or optimistic person: what I am saying makes me sound like some ageing Pollyanna who just wants to pretend that all is sweetness and light
Origin
early 20th century: the name of the optimistic heroine created by Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868–1920), American author of children's stories.
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She cursed under her breath. They couldn't get over her name. They assumed sweetness and light of the archetype
Pollyanna. The coffee was dark and bitter this morning. That, at least, suited her just fine.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:20 am
by voralfred
EPS is clearly not a
Pollyanna. He does not believe in a world were a cute little cat can play
bonneteau (a.k.a
Four-cups Monte) and win against the "bonneteuse"...
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:25 am
by Algot Runeman
disconsolate
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkɒns(ə)lət /
adjective
Very unhappy and unable to be comforted: she left Fritz looking disconsolate
Origin
late Middle English: from medieval Latin disconsolatus, from dis- (expressing reversal) + Latin consolatus (past participle of consolari 'to console').
Jane McGonigal
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Julie was
disconsolate. Her dreams were shattered, no job at this consulate.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:17 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
voralfred wrote:EPS is clearly not a Pollyanna. He does not believe ...
I don't know why but
Polyanna always reminds me of
this.
Of course the picture is James Stewart and the orchestra is the US Army Airforce Band, but Glen Miller's arrangement is unforgettable, no matter who plays/sings it (though the vocalists sound a bit cheesy nowadays).
P.S. It also reminds me of voralfred's fresh cockatoo.
Algot Runeman wrote:disconsolate
Sadly, voralfred's remark makes me rather
disconsolate ...
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:14 am
by Algot Runeman
controvert
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntrəvəːt , ˌkɒntrəˈvəːt /
verb
[with object]
1 Deny the truth of (something): subsequent work from the same laboratory controverted these results
1.1 Argue about (something): the views in the article have been controverted
Origin
mid 16th century: from Latin controversus (see controversy), on the pattern of pairs such as adversus (see adverse), advertere (see advert2).
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Matt protested his innocence, but the twenty pounds of cocaine in his backpack
controverted his words.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:35 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Algot Runeman wrote:controvert
Voralfred is quite
extrovert when it comes to cats.
When goaded, he always purrs
controvert objections to feline slurs.
Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:10 am
by Algot Runeman
sangfroid
Pronunciation: /sɒ̃ˈfrwɑː /
noun
[mass noun]
Composure or coolness shown in danger or under trying circumstances.
Origin
mid 18th century: from French sang-froid, literally 'cold blood'.
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The fight lasted only a moment. The victor stood looking down at his former opponent. It had not really been a fair contest. Endless hours of training lead to a total calm, sangfroid, for one while fear and anger overwhelmed the other. The victor turned and walked away.