GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

There's another kind of booty I prefer...

MK -- Did you get the message that J Lo called?

legerdemain
... skilful use of one’s hands ...

I wonder if J Lo's booty call to MK was an offer for a session of legerdemain?

[voralfred]

One of Sherlock Holmes lesser known adventures:

A man had managed to steal the Green Carbuncle. Unbeknownst to everyone, he had an ocular prosthesis so perfect that even the great detective did nor realize it. Of course that is where he hid the carbuncle, so all the searches for it were futile. But the man was also an amateur entomologist, and that was caused his ruin. One day Holmes saw him catch a rare bee and hold it between two fingers..
And it dawned to him that

Spoiler: show

the booty was in the eye of the bee holder

Laurie: I did not get the J Lo joke...

since Darb/Brad has deserted us, I felt it was my resoonsibility to resurrect the Roving Punster

[MidasKnight]

J Lo = Jennifer Lopez ... and it is widely believed that she has a very large ass

[voralfred]

J Lo = Jennifer Lopez ... and it is widely believed that she has a very large ass

(emphasis is mine)
You mean it has not appeared onscreen even once for people to judge for themselves?

[MidasKnight]

The definition of a 'big ass' is open to interpretation

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

...
And it dawned to him that

Spoiler: show

the booty was in the eye of the bee holder

<... GROAN ...>

Laurie: I did not get the J Lo joke...

If I'm not mistaken Laurie was actually inquiring if MK received the message that J Lo had phoned him for a booty call.

As for Jennifer's bottom, watch her dance the tango in the movie "Shall We Dance".

[Algot Runeman]

Does voralfred have bionic eyes himself, or have my eyes finally acknowledged my age? Maybe it was just an example of "legerdesyeux" [light of eyes - Fake French] instead of legerdemain.

Fortunately copy and paste into a normal font showed: "since Darb/Brad has deserted us, I felt it was my resoonsibility to resurrect the Roving Punster"

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

... Maybe it was just an example of "legerdesyeux" [light of eyes - Fake French] instead of legerdemain.

Don't worry. By tomorrow it will weigh little: Ce sera léger demain.

P.S.
In "légerdemain" it's a single hand.
Therefore it should be "légerd'oeil" for the eye. Aye?

[Algot Runeman]

E.P.S. What, are you wearing an eye patch these days? I may squint, but don't yet close one eye to look at tiny print.
(Whoops! Apple Corp. probably owns iPatch as a trademark. Must be careful treading these waters.)

You are, of course, and, as usual, correct about legerd'oeil being comparable to the handy magician's act. Though, my sense of the word is that one hand attracts the attention away from what the other hand is doing, causing the audience to miss the switch. Both hands are in action, but we're not intended to see the "hidden" one. Has anyone seen a successful one-handed magician?

It is great to be corrected in any language. Thanks.

[voralfred]

Does voralfred have bionic eyes himself, or have my eyes finally acknowledged my age? Maybe it was just an example of "legerdesyeux" [light of eyes - Fake French] instead of legerdemain.

Fortunately copy and paste into a normal font showed: "since Darb/Brad has deserted us, I felt it was my resoonsibility to resurrect the Roving Punster"

sorry about that... though I also do need glasses for reading (age, you know), with them I can read "Tiny size"... I just assumed everyone had good glasses, too... Sorry about that...

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

... I just assumed everyone had good glasses, too... Sorry about that...

Don't worry.

I'm sure Algot was only yanking your chain.
Just like I did to him with my léger clin d'œil (light-footed wink).

[Algot Runeman]

Watson! Where's my blasted lens? No, not that fool small one. I need the big one.
Moriarty is at it again. He's enlisted help from these WotD characters to write ever smaller notes in ever lighter text colors!
Soon, they'll be resorting to disappearing ink!

Blast. Light footed winks and glances, indeed.

I'll retaliate, foil his evil plan...But, how? Hmm. Let me ponder on it, Watson.
No, I don't want to hurt the innocent dupes. Moriarty is fiendishly clever, probably led the altogether pleasant participants of WotD to think I'm incapable of humor. We'll I'll have the last laugh. Just you wait.
Yes, of course, you may recommend a course of action. I'm always glad of your input.

[Algot Runeman]

ersatz

adjective
(of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one , for something else: ersatz coffee
not real or genuine: ersatz emotion

Origin:

late 19th century: from German, literally 'replacement'


NesQuarX on Flickr

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Marco worked his entire life to perfect an android. In the end, it didn't matter. His high quality products couldn't overcome the company name his father had chosen: Ersatz Industries. In spite of their sleazy inferiority, the products of "Gynoid Androids" sold very well. They were singularly regarded by the UN as the main reason that the population of real humans had never exceeded 7 billion.

[James Moriarty]

... Just you wait. ...

Don't get your dander up, my dear old friend. I shall gladly come to your support, but please have a little patience. Most of my time right now is taken up with sabotaging the Belgian cabinet formation.

But as you so fittingly proclaim, 'Just you wait, Henry Higgins, just you wait ...', your opponents don't yet realise a Sword of Damocles is waiting to skewer them from top to bottom.

Rest assured that my wrath will soon put ersatz bamboo spills and splinters in their WotD stew.

Diabolically yours,

J.

[Algot Runeman]

chit [definition 1]

noun
a short official note, typically recording a sum owed: write out a chit for whatever you take from the drinks cupboard

Origin:
late 18th century: Anglo-Indian, from Hindi ciṭṭhī 'note, pass'


Pateris B on Flickr

(liked this specific example, too...http://www.frikipix.com/web/wifi-post-it-note/)

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Post-it™, the unofficial chit creation material of the current era.

[Algot Runeman]

flummery

noun (plural flummeries)
1 empty compliments; nonsense: she hated the flummery of public relations
2 a sweet dish, typically made with beaten eggs, sugar, and flavorings.

Origin:
early 17th century (denoting a dish made with oatmeal or wheatmeal boiled to a jelly): from Welsh llymru; perhaps related to llymrig 'soft, slippery'


poetic flummery on Flickr

Stephen Rees on Flickr

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Joe complemented his neighbor, Ted, for the excellent stuff available at the yard sale (aka rummage sale, garage sale, tag sale).
Ted failed to comprehend the flummery because he really thought the paint would sell.

Ted did go home and he had some excellent custard dessert in a bowl his wife bought at the sale.

[Algot Runeman]

shallop

noun
chiefly historical
a light sailing boat used mainly for coastal fishing or as a tender.
a large, heavy boat with one or more masts and carrying fore-and-aft or lug sails, sometimes equipped with guns.

Origin:
late 16th century: from French chaloupe, from Dutch sloep 'sloop'


dwstucke on Flickr



Sam slid the slim shallop through the slop of sea slurry by the slip and tied to the bollard on the shore.

[laurie]

Sam slid the slim shallop through the slop of sea slurry by the slip and tied to the bollard on the shore.

After reading that, let us pray Algot is not a lithper !!!!

[Algot Runeman]

materfamilias

noun (plural matresfamilias /ˌmeɪtriːz-/)
the female head of a family or household. Compare with paterfamilias

Origin:
Latin, from mater 'mother' + familias, old genitive form of familia 'family'


michaelmelrose on Flickr

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Mytochondrial DNA is passed through the generations through the egg cells of women. The study of mDNA is effectively the study of the human materfamilias.

[Algot Runeman]

dysphoria

noun
Psychiatry
a state of unease or generalized dissatisfaction with life. The opposite of euphoria

Derivatives
dysphoric
Pronunciation:/-ˈfôrik/
adjective & noun

Origin:
mid 19th century: from Greek dusphoria, from dusphoros 'hard to bear'


madamepsychosis on Flickr

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A lot of dysphoria would disappear if people would generally give up me-phoria in favor of you-phoria.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

dysphoria
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It seems to me she has a dysphoric toothbrush and floss up her right nostril ...

[Algot Runeman]

pugilist

noun
dated or humorous
a boxer, especially a professional one.

Derivatives
pugilistic
Pronunciation:/ˌpyo͞ojəˈlistik/
adjective

Origin:
mid 18th century: from Latin pugil 'boxer' + -ist


Matt Stafford on Flickr

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Peter persistently pestered the pathetic pugilist. Peter awoke minutes later with a splitting headache and a very sore jaw.

[Algot Runeman]

extempore

adjective & adverb
spoken or done without preparation: [as adjective] : extempore public speaking [as adverb] : he recited the poem extempore

Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin ex tempore 'on the spur of the moment' (literally 'out of the time')


Tommi Komulainen on Flickr

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Cecil stood on the concrete bench before the crowd of six. He spoke earnestly and extemporized on the value of love in society. The audience swelled to seven as he spoke and then dwindled to three as his comments wandered to the failure of the Red Sox to make the playoffs.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

extempore
...

Ah, the venerable soapboxing on Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park.

[Algot Runeman]

E.P.S.,

I like your illustration much better than mine, and I think the sign he is holding should be my tagline.