we have not had a word since July last year :(

well here it is, first one for 2012, the word is flagulitious

good luck :)

trichome said:

we have not had a word since July last year :(

well here it is, first one for 2012, the word is flagulitious

good luck :)

no peeking at dictionaries :)

trichome said:

trichome said:

we have not had a word since July last year :(

well here it is, first one for 2012, the word is flagulitious

good luck :)

no peeking at dictionaries :)

I know, so I’m keeping mum on it ;)

Happy Potter said:

trichome said:

trichome said:

we have not had a word since July last year :(

well here it is, first one for 2012, the word is flagulitious

good luck :)

no peeking at dictionaries :)

I know, so I’m keeping mum on it ;)

you must know a lot of words, i’m sure this is not a common word and surely hasn’t been in common use for some time is my guess

trichome said:

Happy Potter said:

trichome said:

no peeking at dictionaries :)

I know, so I’m keeping mum on it ;)

you must know a lot of words, i’m sure this is not a common word and surely hasn’t been in common use for some time is my guess

I think I’m going to sit this one out. The word-pondering part of my brain seems to be a bit snoozy at the moment.

trichome said:

we have not had a word since July last year :(

well here it is, first one for 2012, the word is flagulitious

good luck :)

it could be ‘a delicious flogging’ but, more likely -

a winner – person who gets the checkered flag a lot.

justin said:

trichome said:

we have not had a word since July last year :(

well here it is, first one for 2012, the word is flagulitious

good luck :)

it could be ‘a delicious flogging’ but, more likely -

a winner – person who gets the checkered flag a lot.

sounds like a flogging, flagellate, but infact something different, it is an adjective

trichome said:

trichome said:

we have not had a word since July last year :(

well here it is, first one for 2012, the word is flagulitious

good luck :)

no peeking at dictionaries :)

Even if I peeked I wouldn’t know what I was talking about. lol.

bon008 said:

trichome said:

Happy Potter said:

I know, so I’m keeping mum on it ;)

you must know a lot of words, i’m sure this is not a common word and surely hasn’t been in common use for some time is my guess

I think I’m going to sit this one out. The word-pondering part of my brain seems to be a bit snoozy at the moment.

it happens when you are pregnant :D

I’ve just discovered the word ossuary. You probably already know it but it’s new to me. Sounds a bit like a cross between an ostrich and a cassowary but, of course it’s not.

Hi trichome.

pomolo said:

I’ve just discovered the word ossuary. You probably already know it but it’s new to me. Sounds a bit like a cross between an ostrich and a cassowary but, of course it’s not.

Hi trichome.

no, never heard of it, maybe the others have?

i’ll keep the other one going see if PM or Dinetta or others know it :)

pomolo said:

I’ve just discovered the word ossuary. You probably already know it but it’s new to me. Sounds a bit like a cross between an ostrich and a cassowary but, of course it’s not.

Hi trichome.

sounds like where one could put things, not sure what things though :)

Bones

Flagulitious sounds like someone inclined to flagellate themselves…what some religious folk do to purge themselves of their “sins”…

Dinetta said:

Flagulitious sounds like someone inclined to flagellate themselves…what some religious folk do to purge themselves of their “sins”…

does sound like that, but sorry not so :)

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

Flagulitious sounds like someone inclined to flagellate themselves…what some religious folk do to purge themselves of their “sins”…

does sound like that, but sorry not so :)

OK, does it refer to things like some aemoebas (F7) which use their tails to “flallegate” themselves along? as a form of moving? Tadpoles do it, they whip their tails from side to side and that’s how they move through the water…

Have you even looked this word up, yet?

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

Flagulitious sounds like someone inclined to flagellate themselves…what some religious folk do to purge themselves of their “sins”…

does sound like that, but sorry not so :)

OK, does it refer to things like some aemoebas (F7) which use their tails to “flallegate” themselves along? as a form of moving? Tadpoles do it, they whip their tails from side to side and that’s how they move through the water…

Have you even looked this word up, yet?

Well I tried it on Google and it won’t recognise it. I’m off to give World Book a go.

Did you get “bones” for ossuary, Pomolo?

And I think the “flag” word may have been spelled incorrectly?? Would Trichome please check?

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

Flagulitious sounds like someone inclined to flagellate themselves…what some religious folk do to purge themselves of their “sins”…

does sound like that, but sorry not so :)

OK, does it refer to things like some aemoebas (F7) which use their tails to “flallegate” themselves along? as a form of moving? Tadpoles do it, they whip their tails from side to side and that’s how they move through the water…

Have you even looked this word up, yet?

nothing to do with flagellation :)

Dinetta said:

Did you get “bones” for ossuary, Pomolo?

And I think the “flag” word may have been spelled incorrectly?? Would Trichome please check?

In part you are right. It actually holds bones of the long time dead. After the flesh has decomposed. It’s a stone box with a lid.

I can’t find flagulitious in World Book Encyclopedia either. I know I’m not supposed to look the word up but I’m not as clever as some of you.
You’re having us on trichome.

yeah big mistake by me, sorry, word should be spelled:

flagitious

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Did you get “bones” for ossuary, Pomolo?

And I think the “flag” word may have been spelled incorrectly?? Would Trichome please check?

In part you are right. It actually holds bones of the long time dead. After the flesh has decomposed. It’s a stone box with a lid.

I can’t find flagulitious in World Book Encyclopedia either. I know I’m not supposed to look the word up but I’m not as clever as some of you.
You’re having us on trichome.

thought it might be somewhere to put things :)

trichome said:

yeah big mistake by me, sorry, word should be spelled:

flagitious

Oops! lol.

It wouldn’t have helped me either way.

from the late 14th centuary

flagitious \fluh-JISH-uhs\ , adjective:
1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; — said of acts, crimes, etc.
2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; — said of persons.
3. Characterized by enormous crimes or scandalous vices; as, “flagitious times.”

Flagitious comes from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium, “a shameful or disgraceful act,” originally, “a burning desire, heat of passion,” from flagitare, “to demand earnestly or hotly,” connected with flagrare, “to blaze, to burn.”

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Did you get “bones” for ossuary, Pomolo?

And I think the “flag” word may have been spelled incorrectly?? Would Trichome please check?

In part you are right. It actually holds bones of the long time dead. After the flesh has decomposed. It’s a stone box with a lid.

I can’t find flagulitious in World Book Encyclopedia either. I know I’m not supposed to look the word up but I’m not as clever as some of you.
You’re having us on trichome.

Oh it’s a word alright, but just spelt wrong. I did say I was keeping quiet on this one LOL

trichome said:

from the late 14th centuary

flagitious \fluh-JISH-uhs\ , adjective:
1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; — said of acts, crimes, etc.
2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; — said of persons.
3. Characterized by enormous crimes or scandalous vices; as, “flagitious times.”

Flagitious comes from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium, “a shameful or disgraceful act,” originally, “a burning desire, heat of passion,” from flagitare, “to demand earnestly or hotly,” connected with flagrare, “to blaze, to burn.”

ta dum!

Happy Potter said:

trichome said:

from the late 14th centuary

flagitious \fluh-JISH-uhs\ , adjective:
1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; — said of acts, crimes, etc.
2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; — said of persons.
3. Characterized by enormous crimes or scandalous vices; as, “flagitious times.”

Flagitious comes from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium, “a shameful or disgraceful act,” originally, “a burning desire, heat of passion,” from flagitare, “to demand earnestly or hotly,” connected with flagrare, “to blaze, to burn.”

ta dum!

it was on ABC radio as a ring in comp. word of the day

and I guess from that we get flagrant, as in “in flagrante (f7) delicito”…sprung boinking somebody you shouldn’t have been…but I guess the Latin means “sprung in a delicate passion situation”…

Dinetta said:

Bones

I knew that. lol

Bubba Louie said:

Dinetta said:

Bones

I knew that. lol

I learnt that by reading Phantom comics…

Bubba Louie said:

Dinetta said:

Bones

I knew that. lol

I learnt that by reading Phantom comics…

Dinetta said:

Bubba Louie said:

Dinetta said:

Bones

I knew that. lol

I learnt that by reading Phantom comics…

yeah the phantom, haven’t read one of those in years

pomolo said:

I’ve just discovered the word ossuary. You probably already know it but it’s new to me. Sounds a bit like a cross between an ostrich and a cassowary but, of course it’s not.

Hi trichome.

sounds a bit like glossary with the ‘gl’ missing.

it could be a legal term but i’m not sure?

too easy for some

sartorialist

justin said:

too easy for some

sartorialist

stop talking about me like that.. ;)

roughbarked said:

justin said:

too easy for some

sartorialist

stop talking about me like that.. ;)

haha – sorry folks that answer could be viewed as misleading LOL.

justin said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

too easy for some

sartorialist

stop talking about me like that.. ;)

haha – sorry folks that answer could be viewed as misleading LOL.

you got me on this one, but surely it is something that someone does, maybe as a job :)

trichome said:

justin said:

roughbarked said:

stop talking about me like that.. ;)

haha – sorry folks that answer could be viewed as misleading LOL.

you got me on this one, but surely it is something that someone does, maybe as a job :)

summin that someone is …. and, in a way, men are least likely to know the answer….
…altho’ some men are said to be sartorial…..

roughbarked said:

justin said:

too easy for some

sartorialist

stop talking about me like that.. ;)

we would call you ‘smooth bark’ then LOL.

Is it something about being dapper, well dressed, and fashionable?

I have a vague feeling that it’s one of those words I’ve never been able to make stick in my memory, so I looked it up a few months ago – but I may be thinking of some other word that refuses to stick!

bon008 said:

Is it something about being dapper, well dressed, and fashionable?

I have a vague feeling that it’s one of those words I’ve never been able to make stick in my memory, so I looked it up a few months ago – but I may be thinking of some other word that refuses to stick!

we have a winner.
i like dapper – this is a new age version of dapper – well done

justin said:

bon008 said:

Is it something about being dapper, well dressed, and fashionable?

I have a vague feeling that it’s one of those words I’ve never been able to make stick in my memory, so I looked it up a few months ago – but I may be thinking of some other word that refuses to stick!

we have a winner.
i like dapper – this is a new age version of dapper – well done

a sartorialist is ‘one who is interested in tailoring or clothing.’

my wife is a satorialist and what the definition doesn’t say is that they can be quite critical of those who don’t share their interest. for instance a ‘combo of dots, checks and stripes’ will be viewed with horror as in “they didn’t think that through did they?”.

The sartorius muscle in your leg is named from the same route. Old style tailors put their knee out and ankle on the opposite knee while hand stitching. If you sit in that position, the muscle across from the knee to the ankle of the crossed leg is the sartorius. It’s not easy to describe that posture.

Or so I recall from first year anatomy, when we had to dissect out the gastrocnemius muscle from a frog’s leg.

sartorialist

Satorial- satire.. so a writer, critique?

Happy Potter said:

sartorialist

Satorial- satire.. so a writer, critique?

nah, bon008 got it :)

dysphemism

And that’s the correct speling, to…

Dinetta said:

And that’s the correct speling, to…

spelling too, even :)

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

And that’s the correct speling, to…

spelling too, even :)

I think I’m doing rather well, I’ve been learning all the new speling on facebook u no…

Dinetta said:

dysphemism

any hints ?
its looks medical (phlem) with latin origins.
not phematic ?

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

And that’s the correct speling, to…

spelling too, even :)

I think I’m doing rather well, I’ve been learning all the new speling on facebook u no…

lol!

justin said:

Dinetta said:

dysphemism

any hints ?
its looks medical (phlem) with latin origins.
not phematic ?

dys = not, opposite, as in dysfunctional, dyspeptic

so what is phemism?

so what is phemism?
————————-

phlem with that missing ‘l’ from spelling

if phe – nomenal_ means big- name
then phe – means big
the m belongs to mism

dysphemis = not – big -ism

the practice of using small and appropriate means rather than overwhelming force.

No sorry…some parts you’ve got, Pepe…there’s a kind of clue in the thread title…

I thought it was a mis-spelling until I went and looked it up…but the spelling is correct…

it is how to be nasty when you should have been nice.

Dinetta said:

dysphemism

are you makin’ that up ? :)

roughbarked said:

it is how to be nasty when you should have been nice.

Close…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

it is how to be nasty when you should have been nice.

Close…

as close as to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

it is how to be nasty when you should have been nice.

Close…

as close as to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter

getting there…

Nope, not quite…I’m still getting there myself… but I’ve found a very clear meaning of the word now…

Dinetta said:

dysphemism

Gosh, not a lot to go by there – once you remove the “dys” and the “ism”, you’ve hardly got any word left!

Ponder ponder..

Dinetta said:

Nope, not quite…I’m still getting there myself… but I’ve found a very clear meaning of the word now…

Well, this thread has just confused me even more! I’m going to look it up :)

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

Nope, not quite…I’m still getting there myself… but I’ve found a very clear meaning of the word now…

Well, this thread has just confused me even more! I’m going to look it up :)

If you do that, the rules are you’re “out”…

Dinetta said:

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

Nope, not quite…I’m still getting there myself… but I’ve found a very clear meaning of the word now…

Well, this thread has just confused me even more! I’m going to look it up :)

If you do that, the rules are you’re “out”…

That’s OK :) I was completely stuck anyway.

Good word!

Glad you like it. :)

I think everybody’s played that’s going to play…

Here ‘tis:

Dysphemism: A negative expression used
instead of one that carries positive associations.
-“The government is valiantly
combating resistance from terrorists.” Source

Also:
In language, dysphemism,a malphemism,b and cacophemismc refer to the usage of an intentionally harsh (rather than polite) word or expression; roughly the opposite of euphemism.

and

Many dysphemisms are pejoratives, e.g., referring to the police as the “pigs”, or referring to homosexual men as “fags”. Others are playful or slang terms, e.g., referring to a cigarette as a “cancer stick” or “coffin nail”.

There are two kinds of dysphemisms (and euphemisms). They are conventional and general.

Conventional dysphemisms do not describe the person’s feelings toward a subject, and are more about politeness and casualness than context. (e.g., “crap” for defecate, “dick” for penis, “fat” for overweight, etc.) Profanity is a form of this. General dysphemisms describe a person’s attitude toward something. (“terrorist” vs. “freedom fighter”, “weird” vs. “unique”, “egghead” vs. “genius”, “ripped off of” vs “inspired by”, “henchman” vs “associate”, “dead-tree” vs “hard copy”, etc)

Referring to a person by an animal name, such as pig, cow, snake, chicken, donkey, ass, or bitch, is almost always a dysphemism, and the last two terms are often considered profane. Source

If you look up the first “Source” you will find the distinctions between dysphemism and sarcasm and a few other choice definitions of English usage that you didn’t really want to know about…

So RoughBarked was quite close and he gets the laurel!

good one Dinetta :)

The word was provided as a counter to the comment “Euphemisms” on fb… which I thought might be the name of a town (but it’s not) in the US of A, where the first poster is…then her friend came back with dysphemism…and I was intrigued…

Apparently the first poster is p’d with the “Murrican” habit of using euphemisms very heavily…as instead of calling a spade a bloody shovel, they call it a surface digging implement…and so it goes on…

Dinetta said:

I think everybody’s played that’s going to play…

Here ‘tis:

So RoughBarked was quite close and he gets the laurel!

woo woo! yes it is an objectionable, offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one.

so what’s the prize? :)

good word dinetta

“he failed to fulfill his wellness potential” – is my favourite euphemism at present – it means “he died” LOL.

justin said:

good word dinetta

“he failed to fulfill his wellness potential” – is my favourite euphemism at present – it means “he died” LOL.

OH MY GOODNESS!! I laughed so much the dogs are nudging me in concern, what a HOOT!!

roughbarked said:

so what’s the prize? :)

Laurel Wreath from Denmark for RoughBarked…(or is it Norway that your son’s family is in?)

All Hail!!

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

so what’s the prize? :)

Laurel Wreath from Denmark for RoughBarked…(or is it Norway that your son’s family is in?)

All Hail!!

thanks
Norway it is.

Dinetta said:

justin said:

good word dinetta

“he failed to fulfill his wellness potential” – is my favourite euphemism at present – it means “he died” LOL.

OH MY GOODNESS!! I laughed so much the dogs are nudging me in concern, what a HOOT!!

kate burridge – she said it on the radio – although it was “the patient failed to fulfill his wellness potential.”

hugh fernley wittingstall used it last night – and i had to look it up – but i’m sure its too easy for some of youse

comestible

justin said:

hugh fernley wittingstall used it last night – and i had to look it up – but i’m sure its too easy for some of youse

comestible

Argh, this is another of those ones that I know I should know – I’ve seen it around often enough.

I don’t know if I’m only thinking this way because you mentioned HFW, but it definitely has a foody ring to it – like edible, but with more emphasis on tasty. Or is it something that doesn’t keep well? Maybe I’ve never really known it properly, and always just filled in with whatever seems right according to the context :D

Is it.. something to do with the beer he was making?? So, something that will ferment, for instance. What else was there.. spinach, rhubarb.. hmm…

(Incidentally I was watching HFW last night – but mum likes to have it muted (if not turned off altogether) whenever there is any kind of meat processing happening, so we missed quite a lot of it!)

bon008 said:

justin said:

hugh fernley wittingstall used it last night – and i had to look it up – but i’m sure its too easy for some of youse

comestible

Argh, this is another of those ones that I know I should know – I’ve seen it around often enough.

I don’t know if I’m only thinking this way because you mentioned HFW, but it definitely has a foody ring to it – like edible, but with more emphasis on tasty. Or is it something that doesn’t keep well? Maybe I’ve never really known it properly, and always just filled in with whatever seems right according to the context :D

Is it.. something to do with the beer he was making?? So, something that will ferment, for instance. What else was there.. spinach, rhubarb.. hmm…

(Incidentally I was watching HFW last night – but mum likes to have it muted (if not turned off altogether) whenever there is any kind of meat processing happening, so we missed quite a lot of it!)

well, it is something that you can and are eating..

bon008 said:

justin said:

hugh fernley wittingstall used it last night – and i had to look it up – but i’m sure its too easy for some of youse

comestible

Argh, this is another of those ones that I know I should know – I’ve seen it around often enough.

I don’t know if I’m only thinking this way because you mentioned HFW, but it definitely has a foody ring to it – like edible, but with more emphasis on tasty. Or is it something that doesn’t keep well? Maybe I’ve never really known it properly, and always just filled in with whatever seems right according to the context :D

Is it.. something to do with the beer he was making?? So, something that will ferment, for instance. What else was there.. spinach, rhubarb.. hmm…

(Incidentally I was watching HFW last night – but mum likes to have it muted (if not turned off altogether) whenever there is any kind of meat processing happening, so we missed quite a lot of it!)

no shortage of ideas there LOL
….and one of them is right.

roughbarked said:

bon008 said:

justin said:

hugh fernley wittingstall used it last night – and i had to look it up – but i’m sure its too easy for some of youse

comestible

Argh, this is another of those ones that I know I should know – I’ve seen it around often enough.

I don’t know if I’m only thinking this way because you mentioned HFW, but it definitely has a foody ring to it – like edible, but with more emphasis on tasty. Or is it something that doesn’t keep well? Maybe I’ve never really known it properly, and always just filled in with whatever seems right according to the context :D

Is it.. something to do with the beer he was making?? So, something that will ferment, for instance. What else was there.. spinach, rhubarb.. hmm…

(Incidentally I was watching HFW last night – but mum likes to have it muted (if not turned off altogether) whenever there is any kind of meat processing happening, so we missed quite a lot of it!)

well, it is something that you can and are eating..

yes that’s right – its a noun ( i think) and therefore is the thing that you eat.
a sort of consumable bit of combustion.
it was too easy – well done you two.

justin said:

roughbarked said:

bon008 said:

Argh, this is another of those ones that I know I should know – I’ve seen it around often enough.

I don’t know if I’m only thinking this way because you mentioned HFW, but it definitely has a foody ring to it – like edible, but with more emphasis on tasty. Or is it something that doesn’t keep well? Maybe I’ve never really known it properly, and always just filled in with whatever seems right according to the context :D

Is it.. something to do with the beer he was making?? So, something that will ferment, for instance. What else was there.. spinach, rhubarb.. hmm…

(Incidentally I was watching HFW last night – but mum likes to have it muted (if not turned off altogether) whenever there is any kind of meat processing happening, so we missed quite a lot of it!)

well, it is something that you can and are eating..

yes that’s right – its a noun ( i think) and therefore is the thing that you eat.
a sort of consumable bit of combustion.
it was too easy – well done you two.

so, “I get my comestibles at the greengrocer”

bluegreen said:

justin said:

roughbarked said:

well, it is something that you can and are eating..

yes that’s right – its a noun ( i think) and therefore is the thing that you eat.
a sort of consumable bit of combustion.
it was too easy – well done you two.

so, “I get my comestibles at the greengrocer”

yes as i understand it
just another word for edibles or food. does it include meat?
i’ll check.

justin said:

bluegreen said:

justin said:

yes that’s right – its a noun ( i think) and therefore is the thing that you eat.
a sort of consumable bit of combustion.
it was too easy – well done you two.

so, “I get my comestibles at the greengrocer”

yes as i understand it
just another word for edibles or food. does it include meat?
i’ll check.

it includes meat
do you remember hugh’s context?

justin said:

justin said:

bluegreen said:

so, “I get my comestibles at the greengrocer”

yes as i understand it
just another word for edibles or food. does it include meat?
i’ll check.

it includes meat
do you remember hugh’s context?

I didn’t watch him last night

bluegreen said:

justin said:

justin said:

yes as i understand it
just another word for edibles or food. does it include meat?
i’ll check.

it includes meat
do you remember hugh’s context?

I didn’t watch him last night

he said summin like -‘that takes care of the comestibles – now to ……..?
i’m not sure if he made a distinction between food types or if he went into an entirely different activity.

justin said:

bon008 said:

justin said:

hugh fernley wittingstall used it last night – and i had to look it up – but i’m sure its too easy for some of youse

comestible

Argh, this is another of those ones that I know I should know – I’ve seen it around often enough.

I don’t know if I’m only thinking this way because you mentioned HFW, but it definitely has a foody ring to it – like edible, but with more emphasis on tasty. Or is it something that doesn’t keep well? Maybe I’ve never really known it properly, and always just filled in with whatever seems right according to the context :D

Is it.. something to do with the beer he was making?? So, something that will ferment, for instance. What else was there.. spinach, rhubarb.. hmm…

(Incidentally I was watching HFW last night – but mum likes to have it muted (if not turned off altogether) whenever there is any kind of meat processing happening, so we missed quite a lot of it!)

no shortage of ideas there LOL
….and one of them is right.

I believe it’s called clutching at straws, hehe!

justin said:

bluegreen said:

justin said:

yes that’s right – its a noun ( i think) and therefore is the thing that you eat.
a sort of consumable bit of combustion.
it was too easy – well done you two.

so, “I get my comestibles at the greengrocer”

yes as i understand it
just another word for edibles or food. does it include meat?
i’ll check.

Ahh, OK. See, I thought that sounded too simple, hence trying to think of more complicated meanings – like food, but only tasty food :)

justin said:

hugh fernley wittingstall used it last night – and i had to look it up – but i’m sure its too easy for some of youse

comestible

never heard of it

justin said:

roughbarked said:

bon008 said:

Argh, this is another of those ones that I know I should know – I’ve seen it around often enough.

I don’t know if I’m only thinking this way because you mentioned HFW, but it definitely has a foody ring to it – like edible, but with more emphasis on tasty. Or is it something that doesn’t keep well? Maybe I’ve never really known it properly, and always just filled in with whatever seems right according to the context :D

Is it.. something to do with the beer he was making?? So, something that will ferment, for instance. What else was there.. spinach, rhubarb.. hmm…

(Incidentally I was watching HFW last night – but mum likes to have it muted (if not turned off altogether) whenever there is any kind of meat processing happening, so we missed quite a lot of it!)

well, it is something that you can and are eating..

yes that’s right – its a noun ( i think) and therefore is the thing that you eat.
a sort of consumable bit of combustion.
it was too easy – well done you two.

i see it means ‘edible’

trichome said:

justin said:

roughbarked said:

well, it is something that you can and are eating..

yes that’s right – its a noun ( i think) and therefore is the thing that you eat.
a sort of consumable bit of combustion.
it was too easy – well done you two.

i see it means ‘edible’

so is it pronounced “come stible” or “com mes tible”?

pain master said:

trichome said:

justin said:

yes that’s right – its a noun ( i think) and therefore is the thing that you eat.
a sort of consumable bit of combustion.
it was too easy – well done you two.

i see it means ‘edible’

so is it pronounced “come stible” or “com mes tible”?

The latter – a bit like combustible.

bon008 said:

pain master said:

trichome said:

i see it means ‘edible’

so is it pronounced “come stible” or “com mes tible”?

The latter – a bit like combustible.

Is it weird that I feel completely sure of that, even though I was so vague on the meaning?? Usually I know what a word means, but not how to pronounce it!

bon008 said:

bon008 said:

pain master said:

so is it pronounced “come stible” or “com mes tible”?

The latter – a bit like combustible.

Is it weird that I feel completely sure of that, even though I was so vague on the meaning?? Usually I know what a word means, but not how to pronounce it!

So when GF is preparing dinner, I should perhaps say “how’s your comestibles?”

pain master said:

bon008 said:

bon008 said:

The latter – a bit like combustible.

Is it weird that I feel completely sure of that, even though I was so vague on the meaning?? Usually I know what a word means, but not how to pronounce it!

So when GF is preparing dinner, I should perhaps say “how’s your comestibles?”

Well if you’re going to use a plural, you should probably say “how’re” and not “how’s” :) (my dad was big on correcting us for this when we were kids!)

But yes, that would make sense I think. Next time Mr Bon is cooking, I should ask him how the vittles are coming along, he’d like that.

bon008 said:

pain master said:

bon008 said:

Is it weird that I feel completely sure of that, even though I was so vague on the meaning?? Usually I know what a word means, but not how to pronounce it!

So when GF is preparing dinner, I should perhaps say “how’s your comestibles?”

Well if you’re going to use a plural, you should probably say “how’re” and not “how’s” :) (my dad was big on correcting us for this when we were kids!)

But yes, that would make sense I think. Next time Mr Bon is cooking, I should ask him how the vittles are coming along, he’d like that.

Vittles?

pain master said:

bon008 said:

pain master said:

So when GF is preparing dinner, I should perhaps say “how’s your comestibles?”

Well if you’re going to use a plural, you should probably say “how’re” and not “how’s” :) (my dad was big on correcting us for this when we were kids!)

But yes, that would make sense I think. Next time Mr Bon is cooking, I should ask him how the vittles are coming along, he’d like that.

Vittles?

yes vittles, haven’t heard that one for ages or correct is victuals :)

pain master said:

bon008 said:

bon008 said:

The latter – a bit like combustible.

Is it weird that I feel completely sure of that, even though I was so vague on the meaning?? Usually I know what a word means, but not how to pronounce it!

So when GF is preparing dinner, I should perhaps say “how’s your comestibles?”

although it is just another word for food, it is a poetic opportunity – so with the GF you might try – ‘delectable comestibles’ or ‘seriously comsumable comestibles’

justin said:

pain master said:

bon008 said:

Is it weird that I feel completely sure of that, even though I was so vague on the meaning?? Usually I know what a word means, but not how to pronounce it!

So when GF is preparing dinner, I should perhaps say “how’s your comestibles?”

although it is just another word for food, it is a poetic opportunity – so with the GF you might try – ‘delectable comestibles’ or ‘seriously comsumable comestibles’

I’ll try the former.

trichome said:

pain master said:

bon008 said:

Well if you’re going to use a plural, you should probably say “how’re” and not “how’s” :) (my dad was big on correcting us for this when we were kids!)

But yes, that would make sense I think. Next time Mr Bon is cooking, I should ask him how the vittles are coming along, he’d like that.

Vittles?

yes vittles, haven’t heard that one for ages or correct is victuals :)

Sorry, disappeared for the weekend :) Yeh, we tend to say vittles based on the historical naval fiction we both love – I think it mostly comes from Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series, for us.

pain master said:

bon008 said:

pain master said:

So when GF is preparing dinner, I should perhaps say “how’s your comestibles?”

Well if you’re going to use a plural, you should probably say “how’re” and not “how’s” :) (my dad was big on correcting us for this when we were kids!)

But yes, that would make sense I think. Next time Mr Bon is cooking, I should ask him how the vittles are coming along, he’d like that.

Vittles?

Beverly Hillbillies.

bon008 said:

trichome said:

pain master said:

Vittles?

yes vittles, haven’t heard that one for ages or correct is victuals :)

Sorry, disappeared for the weekend :) Yeh, we tend to say vittles based on the historical naval fiction we both love – I think it mostly comes from Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series, for us.

yank tv probably – we get a lot of our slang from there.
thank you trichome – victuals is a good word.

justin said:

bon008 said:

trichome said:

yes vittles, haven’t heard that one for ages or correct is victuals :)

Sorry, disappeared for the weekend :) Yeh, we tend to say vittles based on the historical naval fiction we both love – I think it mostly comes from Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series, for us.

yank tv probably – we get a lot of our slang from there.
thank you trichome – victuals is a good word.

I have always associated “vittles” with Afro-American from the slavery era.

justin said:

bon008 said:

trichome said:

yes vittles, haven’t heard that one for ages or correct is victuals :)

Sorry, disappeared for the weekend :) Yeh, we tend to say vittles based on the historical naval fiction we both love – I think it mostly comes from Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series, for us.

yank tv probably – we get a lot of our slang from there.
thank you trichome – victuals is a good word.

Novels actually :)

they were talking about robert hughes and used the word

arcane

it’s a frustrating word so i looked it up – and yes you should know it.
if you look it up leave the guessing to those who don’t.

justin said:

they were talking about robert hughes and used the word

arcane

it’s a frustrating word so i looked it up – and yes you should know it.
if you look it up leave the guessing to those who don’t.

something to do with being old I think. As in “that is an arcane way of doing things”

bluegreen said:

justin said:

they were talking about robert hughes and used the word

arcane

it’s a frustrating word so i looked it up – and yes you should know it.
if you look it up leave the guessing to those who don’t.

something to do with being old I think. As in “that is an arcane way of doing things”

You left out the magic.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

justin said:

they were talking about robert hughes and used the word

arcane

it’s a frustrating word so i looked it up – and yes you should know it.
if you look it up leave the guessing to those who don’t.

something to do with being old I think. As in “that is an arcane way of doing things”

You left out the magic.

i would have said that – but no not really.
more guesses?

justin said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

something to do with being old I think. As in “that is an arcane way of doing things”

You left out the magic.

i would have said that – but no not really.
more guesses?

c’mon, what’s not magic about divine wisdom?

roughbarked said:

justin said:

roughbarked said:

You left out the magic.

i would have said that – but no not really.
more guesses?

c’mon, what’s not magic about divine wisdom?

you’re close.

the context was summin like – “robert hughes was able to explain arcane matters simply..”

justin said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

i would have said that – but no not really.
more guesses?

c’mon, what’s not magic about divine wisdom?

you’re close.

the context was summin like – “robert hughes was able to explain arcane matters simply..”

They forgot to point out that he could finish a sentence..

which most cannot.

roughbarked said:

justin said:

roughbarked said:

c’mon, what’s not magic about divine wisdom?

you’re close.

the context was summin like – “robert hughes was able to explain arcane matters simply..”

They forgot to point out that he could finish a sentence..

which most cannot.

i will accept ‘wisdom’ but not ‘divine’ or ‘magical’.
(altho’ neither is strictly wrong – just out-of-date).
give me a better adjective.

Arcane is not to be confused with archaic (which is the “old-fashioned”)… however it’s not been a word that interests me so I have never used it…sorry… At a guess, I reckon it might have something to do with the subtletys (F7, you know what I mean)…of looking at something in the art world, where the manner of looking at a piece of art can cause the use of inappropriate language (not swearing) in an effort to explain what the artist’s intentions were when creating his artwork…go ahead larf, at least I had a go…not sure what magic has to do with it?

I was probably confusing it with archaic, and I guess the sense of old magic too. I have looked it up now so can’t say anything, but am initiated into the arcane now :D

justin said:

they were talking about robert hughes and used the word

arcane

it’s a frustrating word so i looked it up – and yes you should know it.
if you look it up leave the guessing to those who don’t.

OK, well this is one of those “I know this one!” words so it will be interesting to see how wrong I am :)

I think it is to do with the supernatural.

Just read what everyone else said – it’s interesting, because I also had that “old magic” connotation, but dismissed it because I assumed I was just thinking of archaic.. now I’m going to have to look it up to find out all the nuances!

Well, that was really interesting :)

bon008 said:

Well, that was really interesting :)

context can really influence our understanding of the word.

well – only trichome hasn’t had a stab yet (of those who usually guess).
RB has the etymology right – we are looking for a modern interpretation of ‘divine wisdom’.

arcane means

esoteric or specialised knowledge

…and you’re right – it could mean other things in other contexts.

justin said:

arcane means

esoteric or specialised knowledge

…and you’re right – it could mean other things in other contexts.

So I was on the right path, as art and the interpretation of art and how artists go about expressing themselves, is specialised knowledge…and it’s my opinion that this context can be esoteric in the extreme… was beginning to get a bit worried about the mystical connotations tho’….

Here’s a good one, and probably closer to the usage in the news item:

“requiring secret knowledge to be understood”…

Dinetta said:

justin said:

arcane means

esoteric or specialised knowledge

…and you’re right – it could mean other things in other contexts.

So I was on the right path, as art and the interpretation of art and how artists go about expressing themselves, is specialised knowledge…and it’s my opinion that this context can be esoteric in the extreme… was beginning to get a bit worried about the mystical connotations tho’….

from Dictionary.com

adjective
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric: She knew a lot about Sanskrit grammar and other arcane matters.

Origin:
1540–50; (< Middle French ) < Latin arcānus, equivalent to arc(ēre) to shut up, keep (derivative of arca a chest, box) + -ānus -an

Example Sentences

Technology is always arcane to those who don’t understand it. If cartoons are ever to break into the fine art marketplace we’ll have to come up with more arcane terminology. Basic human genetics doesn’t need to be arcane or astrological, it’s deducible from some spare first principles.

World English Dictionary
arcane (ɑːˈkeɪn)

—adj requiring secret knowledge to be understood; mysterious; esoteric

justin said:

arcane means

esoteric or specialised knowledge

…and you’re right – it could mean other things in other contexts.

look up the two synonyms – hermetic and recondite – and there is a ‘secret’ component to the meaning.

justin said:

well – only trichome hasn’t had a stab yet (of those who usually guess).
RB has the etymology right – we are looking for a modern interpretation of ‘divine wisdom’.

trichome said:

justin said:

well – only trichome hasn’t had a stab yet (of those who usually guess).
RB has the etymology right – we are looking for a modern interpretation of ‘divine wisdom’.

i know the word but not the meaning, sounds like something boring or dull ? :)

justin said:

arcane means

esoteric or specialised knowledge

…and you’re right – it could mean other things in other contexts.

ok i can look it up now :)
i was on the wrong track

trichome said:

trichome said:

justin said:

well – only trichome hasn’t had a stab yet (of those who usually guess).
RB has the etymology right – we are looking for a modern interpretation of ‘divine wisdom’.

i know the word but not the meaning, sounds like something boring or dull ? :)

sorry trichome i should have waited.

everyone seems to have heard the word.
(is that a smile at the end? a secret knowing smile LOL)

justin said:

trichome said:

trichome said:

i know the word but not the meaning, sounds like something boring or dull ? :)

sorry trichome i should have waited.

everyone seems to have heard the word.
(is that a smile at the end? a secret knowing smile LOL)

no problems, i got in late today, the smile, knowing, nah, i type the smile lots, didn’t know the meaning, but knew of the word :)

trichome said:

i know the word but not the meaning, sounds like something boring or dull ? :)

I’ve often thought that about arcane myself…which is why I’ve never used it I suppose…

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

i know the word but not the meaning, sounds like something boring or dull ? :)

I’ve often thought that about arcane myself…which is why I’ve never used it I suppose…

arcadia is an old name for greece and could be the word that made us think of ancient connotations for arcane.

justin said:

arcadia is an old name for greece and could be the word that made us think of ancient connotations for arcane.

Well there you go, something new for the day…there is a place south of here generally known as the Arcardia Valley, which I’ve always thought meant something like Paradise…if you like the Orstrayan bush, this area is close …

justin said:

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

i know the word but not the meaning, sounds like something boring or dull ? :)

I’ve often thought that about arcane myself…which is why I’ve never used it I suppose…

;)

arcadia is an old name for greece and could be the word that made us think of ancient connotations for arcane.

you’ll have to open this in a new page or tab.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/sets/72157624734963434/

roughbarked said:

justin said:

Dinetta said:

I’ve often thought that about arcane myself…which is why I’ve never used it I suppose…

;)

arcadia is an old name for greece and could be the word that made us think of ancient connotations for arcane.

you’ll have to open this in a new page or tab.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/sets/72157624734963434/

nice piccies – so arcadia also refers to rural and rustic –
must look up ‘arcade’ – a shopping gallery – where did that come from?

justin said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

;)

arcadia is an old name for greece and could be the word that made us think of ancient connotations for arcane.

you’ll have to open this in a new page or tab.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/sets/72157624734963434/

nice piccies – so arcadia also refers to rural and rustic –
must look up ‘arcade’ – a shopping gallery – where did that come from?

The road is actually named Arcadia Lane.

Dinetta said:

Here’s a good one, and probably closer to the usage in the news item:

“requiring secret knowledge to be understood”…

I wonder if we tend to have that “ye olde” connotation to it because it was a much more relevant word in prior times? e.g. back when very few people could read, or get access to the bible etc, there was a lot of “secret knowledge” going around, but these days we have huge resources available to us, should we have the inclination to learn things.

justin said:

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

i know the word but not the meaning, sounds like something boring or dull ? :)

I’ve often thought that about arcane myself…which is why I’ve never used it I suppose…

arcadia is an old name for greece and could be the word that made us think of ancient connotations for arcane.

I think for me it is the context where I have seen it used, such as in fantasy fiction which tends towards medieval type cultures rich in magic, thus giving me the impression of old and magical. Certainly in that context you would describe the magical arts as being secretive and mysterious, and therefore arcane.

roughbarked said:

justin said:

Dinetta said:

I’ve often thought that about arcane myself…which is why I’ve never used it I suppose…

;)

arcadia is an old name for greece and could be the word that made us think of ancient connotations for arcane.

you’ll have to open this in a new page or tab.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/sets/72157624734963434/

Oh, I love the Early Nancy :)

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

Here’s a good one, and probably closer to the usage in the news item:

“requiring secret knowledge to be understood”…

I wonder if we tend to have that “ye olde” connotation to it because it was a much more relevant word in prior times? e.g. back when very few people could read, or get access to the bible etc, there was a lot of “secret knowledge” going around, but these days we have huge resources available to us, should we have the inclination to learn things.

I’m reading ‘Notebooks from New Guinea’ by V. Novotny at present. The population of the island is 6 million and they have 1,043 languages. When the bible translators spend 2 years with a tribe the resulting bible is usually the one and only book in that language. Guaranteed best seller in the region requiring very unique knowledge. LOL.

Desperency

and I don’t know the answer…

Dinetta said:

Desperency

and I don’t know the answer…

Ooh, where did you see that one?

I’m completely stumped.

My daughter (in real estate) emailed me and asked if it was even a word…I have a feeling, what do you think about despair as a base for this word?

Dinetta said:

My daughter (in real estate) emailed me and asked if it was even a word…I have a feeling, what do you think about despair as a base for this word?

Sounds like a variation of desperate

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

My daughter (in real estate) emailed me and asked if it was even a word…I have a feeling, what do you think about despair as a base for this word?

Sounds like a variation of desperate

i would agree

Dinetta said:

Desperency

and I don’t know the answer…

I don’t think it is a word. I googled it to see and it gave all these other alternatives except in situations where they are asking if it is a word! Maybe it will be one day if people keep using it but I think the word they want is desperation. Alternatively it may be a misspelling of discrepancy.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Desperency

and I don’t know the answer…

I don’t think it is a word. I googled it to see and it gave all these other alternatives except in situations where they are asking if it is a word! Maybe it will be one day if people keep using it but I think the word they want is desperation. Alternatively it may be a misspelling of discrepancy.

Yep, if it were a real word I would say maybe it could have been in use a long time ago and has since been replaced by desperation? But (depending on the context) I think it’s more likely someone just got it all wrong.

Apparently “desperacy” is used by some, but I can’t think why you wouldn’t just say desperation??
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desperacy

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Desperency

and I don’t know the answer…

I don’t think it is a word. I googled it to see and it gave all these other alternatives except in situations where they are asking if it is a word! Maybe it will be one day if people keep using it but I think the word they want is desperation. Alternatively it may be a misspelling of discrepancy.

You broke the rules! And I’m pretty sure desperation is not the answer…nor discrepancy…

bon008 said:

Apparently “desperacy” is used by some, but I can’t think why you wouldn’t just say desperation??
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desperacy

et tu, Bon?

Dinetta said:

bon008 said:

Apparently “desperacy” is used by some, but I can’t think why you wouldn’t just say desperation??
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desperacy

et tu, Bon?

Well, I only looked it up after I saw that BG had :D

Would expect very different Google results if it was a real word, even an old and out of use one.

I think it’s a Yank invention, myself…I’ve seen some of their words that make me shake my head…can’t think of an example…and what’s worse, I’ve seen at least one of them used by an Australian journalist…what was their sub-Editor thinking of?

Dinetta said:

I think it’s a Yank invention, myself…I’ve seen some of their words that make me shake my head…can’t think of an example…and what’s worse, I’ve seen at least one of them used by an Australian journalist…what was their sub-Editor thinking of?

I had a boss once who used to say irregardless regularly :( Drove me batty.

I’ve come across a few lately at work which I could’ve sworn were made up, but turned out to be real. Things like incentivise and ideate. Ugh. They just feel awful to me.

Ideate I’ve head, not incentivise, tho’ … now that sounds like an Americanism…thank goodness they did not invent English…

His Glory

There is something about selflessnes, that has
everything to do with years of our failures, that
will lead us to the desperency to see that it is
nothing that we have accomplished.
He has done it once and for All. To him be the glory

Eph.3:21

might be some old word not used now ?

Could be, I’ve not come across it tho’, and am not a Bible Student…did study Old and Middle English …

Dinetta said:

Desperency

and I don’t know the answer…

left overs after removing some from a whole and not getting the right answer?

PM I think it’s to do with despair / desperation and has been coined by somebody who’s not got a good command of the English language…found it on a blog by an Indian, of all things… among other places… it probably fits in with the rythym of their speech, I think the bible quote might be Yankee?

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Desperency

and I don’t know the answer…

I don’t think it is a word. I googled it to see and it gave all these other alternatives except in situations where they are asking if it is a word! Maybe it will be one day if people keep using it but I think the word they want is desperation. Alternatively it may be a misspelling of discrepancy.

Maybe that’s the one I was thinking of?

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Desperency

and I don’t know the answer…

I don’t think it is a word. I googled it to see and it gave all these other alternatives except in situations where they are asking if it is a word! Maybe it will be one day if people keep using it but I think the word they want is desperation. Alternatively it may be a misspelling of discrepancy.

You broke the rules! And I’m pretty sure desperation is not the answer…nor discrepancy…

Sorry! I wouldn’t have said anything if I found a legit meaning! We are still none the wiser. I didn’t think non-words counted in the game.

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

I think it’s a Yank invention, myself…I’ve seen some of their words that make me shake my head…can’t think of an example…and what’s worse, I’ve seen at least one of them used by an Australian journalist…what was their sub-Editor thinking of?

I had a boss once who used to say irregardless regularly :( Drove me batty.

I’ve come across a few lately at work which I could’ve sworn were made up, but turned out to be real. Things like incentivise and ideate. Ugh. They just feel awful to me.

I looked them up. This is what Urban Dictionary says about incentivise…

Incentivize
A corporate-jargon non-word meaning “motivate,” coined in 1968. Some 10 years later, it was shortened to the equally annoying verb “incent.” Unfortunately, both are recognized by both Merriam-Webster and the OED.

The only respectable form of the word is the noun “incentive.”

I would like to motivate him to never say “incentivize” again by telling him I will rip his windpipe out of his throat the next time I hear him say it.

I hope everyone who says “incentivize” in earnest knows they come across as a jargon-spewing ahole.

and of ideate…

Ideate

Having already consumed a food item or meal.

Joe: Hey, Jim, we’re going to Taco Bell, do you want to join?
Jim: Nah, man. Ideate.

trichome said:

His Glory

There is something about selflessnes, that has
everything to do with years of our failures, that
will lead us to the desperency to see that it is
nothing that we have accomplished.
He has done it once and for All. To him be the glory

Eph.3:21

might be some old word not used now ?

Umm, that’s not right. Eph 3:21 says

21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. (New International Version)

Yes but until you looked it up, did you know “desperancy” was a non-word…that’s the thing…

Dinetta said:

Yes but until you looked it up, did you know “desperancy” was a non-word…that’s the thing…

No. hangs head

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Yes but until you looked it up, did you know “desperancy” was a non-word…that’s the thing…

No. hangs head

I’d prefer daggers of flame… can handle them better…..

reductionist…

Yes you probably all know that one but I was unaware tonight that it was in popular usage…

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Yes but until you looked it up, did you know “desperancy” was a non-word…that’s the thing…

No. hangs head

Never had a problem. Why could it ever be a word?

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Yes but until you looked it up, did you know “desperancy” was a non-word…that’s the thing…

No. hangs head

Never had a problem. Why could it ever be a word?

Because you don’t know what the clever Yanks have invented…

…and I say that sarcastically about the Yanks (ab)use of the English language…

Dinetta said:

reductionist…

Yes you probably all know that one but I was unaware tonight that it was in popular usage…

deconstructionivist (sp?)

justin said:

Dinetta said:

reductionist…

Yes you probably all know that one but I was unaware tonight that it was in popular usage…

deconstructionivist (sp?)

someone who goes back to basics? anti-consumerist?

bluegreen said:

justin said:

Dinetta said:

reductionist…

Yes you probably all know that one but I was unaware tonight that it was in popular usage…

deconstructionivist (sp?)

someone who goes back to basics? anti-consumerist?

Antidisestalblishmentarianismalist

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

justin said:

deconstructionivist (sp?)

someone who goes back to basics? anti-consumerist?

Antidisestalblishmentarianismalist

antidisestablishmentarianism
\an`ti*dis`es*tab`lish*men*ta“ri*an*ism\

(n*t*ds`s*tb`lsh*men*tr”*n*z’m), n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; — used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to {disestablishmentarianism}.

trichome said:

His Glory

There is something about selflessnes, that has
everything to do with years of our failures, that
will lead us to the desperency to see that it is
nothing that we have accomplished.
He has done it once and for All. To him be the glory

Eph.3:21

might be some old word not used now ?

I came across that, and tried to look up the bible reference – problem is, there are so many versions it would take ages to check all of them.

I think, though, that only “He has done it once and for All. To him be the glory” is the bible quote there, and the rest is just somebody else’s words..

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

I think it’s a Yank invention, myself…I’ve seen some of their words that make me shake my head…can’t think of an example…and what’s worse, I’ve seen at least one of them used by an Australian journalist…what was their sub-Editor thinking of?

I had a boss once who used to say irregardless regularly :( Drove me batty.

I’ve come across a few lately at work which I could’ve sworn were made up, but turned out to be real. Things like incentivise and ideate. Ugh. They just feel awful to me.

I looked them up. This is what Urban Dictionary says about incentivise…

Incentivize
A corporate-jargon non-word meaning “motivate,” coined in 1968. Some 10 years later, it was shortened to the equally annoying verb “incent.” Unfortunately, both are recognized by both Merriam-Webster and the OED.

The only respectable form of the word is the noun “incentive.”

I would like to motivate him to never say “incentivize” again by telling him I will rip his windpipe out of his throat the next time I hear him say it.

I hope everyone who says “incentivize” in earnest knows they come across as a jargon-spewing ahole.

and of ideate…

Ideate

Having already consumed a food item or meal.

Joe: Hey, Jim, we’re going to Taco Bell, do you want to join?
Jim: Nah, man. Ideate.

Haha! I prefer that to the way ideate is used in my workplace :D

Dinetta said:

reductionist…

Yes you probably all know that one but I was unaware tonight that it was in popular usage…

Is that just someone with a tendency to reduce things down to absolutes? Like having a clear-cut, black and white view of things.

Interested to see what others say before I look it up..

Interesting, Bon…going back to review the context I saw it in…

Here we go:

“… the media’s and wider society’s reductionist view of the issue. …”

I can see where the “reduction to absolutes” comes from,,,

but in terms of the topic being discussed, the above quote is a wank by the writer, I reckon…

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

reductionist…

Yes you probably all know that one but I was unaware tonight that it was in popular usage…

Is that just someone with a tendency to reduce things down to absolutes? Like having a clear-cut, black and white view of things.

Interested to see what others say before I look it up..

Person who works on Count Down? ;)

LOL!

person who works on reductionism.

My daughter got back to me, she didn’t read it anywhere, heard it, and it means “difference”. Go figure. Makes no sense to me. I have told her nobody thinks it’s a word for real.

Dinetta said:

Here we go:

“… the media’s and wider society’s reductionist view of the issue. …”

I can see where the “reduction to absolutes” comes from,,,

but in terms of the topic being discussed, the above quote is a wank by the writer, I reckon…

i looked it up and its not a word i like.

it would be better to explain that a complex issue has been studied by isolating its components.
i also dislike the anagrams – MSD, IGL, ANU, IOF and zillions more. these new words lead to more confusion rather than more understanding.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

someone who goes back to basics? anti-consumerist?

Antidisestalblishmentarianismalist

antidisestablishmentarianism
\an`ti*dis`es*tab`lish*men*ta“ri*an*ism\

(n*t*ds`s*tb`lsh*men*tr”*n*z’m), n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; — used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to {disestablishmentarianism}.

is it longest word in the english language?

Dinetta said:

My daughter got back to me, she didn’t read it anywhere, heard it, and it means “difference”. Go figure. Makes no sense to me. I have told her nobody thinks it’s a word for real.

Hmm.. sounds like maybe she misheard discrepancy?

justin said:

Dinetta said:

Here we go:

“… the media’s and wider society’s reductionist view of the issue. …”

I can see where the “reduction to absolutes” comes from,,,

but in terms of the topic being discussed, the above quote is a wank by the writer, I reckon…

i looked it up and its not a word i like.

it would be better to explain that a complex issue has been studied by isolating its components.
i also dislike the anagrams – MSD, IGL, ANU, IOF and zillions more. these new words lead to more confusion rather than more understanding.

Oooh. So a bit like the opposite of holistic, at least if you were using it in a health/medical context. Not sure it’s a word I’d have cause to use very often!

justin said:

Dinetta said:

Here we go:

“… the media’s and wider society’s reductionist view of the issue. …”

I can see where the “reduction to absolutes” comes from,,,

but in terms of the topic being discussed, the above quote is a wank by the writer, I reckon…

i looked it up and its not a word i like.

it would be better to explain that a complex issue has been studied by isolating its components.
i also dislike the anagrams – MSD, IGL, ANU, IOF and zillions more. these new words lead to more confusion rather than more understanding.

I don’t like it either, it just doesn’t “sound” right…in Qld here we had QR and QR, then QR became RQ …Queensland Rail stayed the same, Queensland Racing became Racing Queensland…

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

My daughter got back to me, she didn’t read it anywhere, heard it, and it means “difference”. Go figure. Makes no sense to me. I have told her nobody thinks it’s a word for real.

Hmm.. sounds like maybe she misheard discrepancy?

That’s what I thought but no she would have heard the other…

bon008 said:

justin said:

Dinetta said:

Here we go:

“… the media’s and wider society’s reductionist view of the issue. …”

I can see where the “reduction to absolutes” comes from,,,

but in terms of the topic being discussed, the above quote is a wank by the writer, I reckon…

i looked it up and its not a word i like.

it would be better to explain that a complex issue has been studied by isolating its components.
i also dislike the anagrams – MSD, IGL, ANU, IOF and zillions more. these new words lead to more confusion rather than more understanding.

Oooh. So a bit like the opposite of holistic, at least if you were using it in a health/medical context. Not sure it’s a word I’d have cause to use very often!

the opposite of holistic – very good – you just explained it.

i’m reading a book about a scientist who goes to study insects in papua new guinea. he has to count the bug species in a very small area because the tropical rainforest has thousands of bugs. he is trying to help calculate the biomass of the planet. the job is so difficult that estimates of the numbers of species of bugs varies ten fold. if we haven’t got a clue how many species exist, and we have no idea how much vegetation they are eating, we are an incredibly long way off any global census of biomass.
i guess he is a reductionist but his writing is very holistic. he says most research scientists can’t stand the malaria ridden tropics and so the problem is not likely to be solved any time soon.

the PNG natives have a fair idea of what bugs live where because the forest is their backyard. but the natives can’t understand why such rich white people spend their time pinning bugs to a board – especially since the bugs are all brown, 7cm long and inedible.

justin said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Antidisestalblishmentarianismalist

antidisestablishmentarianism
\an`ti*dis`es*tab`lish*men*ta“ri*an*ism\

(n*t*ds`s*tb`lsh*men*tr”*n*z’m), n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; — used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to {disestablishmentarianism}.

is it longest word in the english language?

If you exclude medical scientific words, yes it probably still is.

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

Oh goodness. This feels SO familiar but I can’t quite grasp it!

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

I heard that one tonight… didn’t Aunt Joan say something about years of turpitude?

painmaster said:

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

I heard that one tonight… didn’t Aunt Joan say something about years of turpitude?

Inherent baseness

painmaster said:

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

I heard that one tonight… didn’t Aunt Joan say something about years of turpitude?

yes she did :)

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

I heard that one tonight… didn’t Aunt Joan say something about years of turpitude?

Inherent baseness

did you look that up ? :)

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

I watched it, I heard it, but I can’t remember the context!

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

wariness?

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

I heard that one tonight… didn’t Aunt Joan say something about years of turpitude?

Inherent baseness

having been reminded of the context, I agree with RB. Base, corrupt, sinful. In relationship to her affair.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

I heard that one tonight… didn’t Aunt Joan say something about years of turpitude?

Inherent baseness

having been reminded of the context, I agree with RB. Base, corrupt, sinful. In relationship to her affair.

i think her words were ‘gross turpitude’.

trichome said:

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

I heard that one tonight… didn’t Aunt Joan say something about years of turpitude?

Inherent baseness

did you look that up ? :)

Didn’t have to but for the mark of accuracy, I did check.

bluegreen said:

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

I watched it, I heard it, but I can’t remember the context!

was to do with her long lost boyfriend and their time together.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

I watched it, I heard it, but I can’t remember the context!

was to do with her long lost boyfriend and their time together.

It seemed a few of us watched Doc Martin the other night…

painmaster said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

I watched it, I heard it, but I can’t remember the context!

was to do with her long lost boyfriend and their time together.

It seemed a few of us watched Doc Martin the other night…

If you don’t have pay TV, you have less crappy stations to flick throough when the abc hsn’t got something interesting on. Television has largely lost its appeal.

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

roughbarked said:

was to do with her long lost boyfriend and their time together.

It seemed a few of us watched Doc Martin the other night…

If you don’t have pay TV, you have less crappy stations to flick throough when the abc hsn’t got something interesting on. Television has largely lost its appeal.

Agreed. If nothing is worth watching on SBS or the ABC, my go to channel is the ABC News 24. Miriam Korowa is looking a little dehydrated this morning, me thinks she might have had a big Saturday night???

justin said:

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

wariness?

trepidation is probably what i was thinking.

RB seems to have his latin derivations off pat.

justin said:

justin said:

trichome said:

turpitude, there it is, turpitude, a new one on me, as spoken on doc martin tonight :)

wariness?

trepidation is probably what i was thinking.

RB seems to have his latin derivations off pat.

How did you come to that conclusion?

I suppose that if I do it is perhaps due to me defining taxonomic names

roughbarked said:

justin said:

justin said:

wariness?

trepidation is probably what i was thinking.

RB seems to have his latin derivations off pat.

How did you come to that conclusion?

I suppose that if I do it is perhaps due to me defining taxonomic names

you knew the etymology of arcane as well.

justin said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

trepidation is probably what i was thinking.

RB seems to have his latin derivations off pat.

How did you come to that conclusion?

I suppose that if I do it is perhaps due to me defining taxonomic names

you knew the etymology of arcane as well.

Ah, then I suppose it simply relates to the fact that I read a lot before our family got TV.

trichome said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Inherent baseness

having been reminded of the context, I agree with RB. Base, corrupt, sinful. In relationship to her affair.

i think her words were ‘gross turpitude’.

OK, I never would have gotten that right. No idea why it felt so familiar to me!

I’ve looked this up in wiki as I’ve just accepted the gist of it in reading, not really tried to nail down the meaning…has everyone finished guessing yet?

Dinetta said:

I’ve looked this up in wiki as I’ve just accepted the gist of it in reading, not really tried to nail down the meaning…has everyone finished guessing yet?

I think it has been accepted that RB got it right :)

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

I’ve looked this up in wiki as I’ve just accepted the gist of it in reading, not really tried to nail down the meaning…has everyone finished guessing yet?

I think it has been accepted that RB got it right :)

TURPITUDE. Everything done contrary to justice, honesty, modesty or good
morals, is said to be done with turpitude.

everything of an inherently base nature.

36 Moby Thesaurus words for “turpitude”: abandon, abandonment, abjection, baseness, chicanery, corruptedness, corruption, corruptness, debasement, decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, depravation, depravedness, depravity, dissoluteness, knavery, knavishness, moral pollution, moral turpitude, profligacy, rascality, rascalry, reprobacy, roguery, roguishness, rottenness, scampishness, scoundrelism, vileness, villainousness, villainy

turpitude n 1: a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; “the various turpitudes of modern society”

Turpitude \Tur“pi*tude\, n. Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity. —Shak.

I came across this , which has pretty much what RoughBarked said, must have missed his earlier post…mostly I’ve heard it as “gross moral turpitude”… and so often as “moral turpitude” one would think there was an understood hyphen between the words…

I must have come on to that episode after Aunt Joan uttered the phrase…

I don’t often come up with a word for this thread nor are my responses often close. I am no wordsmith in reality but I did hear one yesterday that made me go “oooh must write that down for my word-nerd friends”.

Vacillation

painmaster said:

I don’t often come up with a word for this thread nor are my responses often close. I am no wordsmith in reality but I did hear one yesterday that made me go “oooh must write that down for my word-nerd friends”.

Vacillation

indecision

painmaster said:

I don’t often come up with a word for this thread nor are my responses often close. I am no wordsmith in reality but I did hear one yesterday that made me go “oooh must write that down for my word-nerd friends”.

Vacillation

to vacillate – to go to and fro from one state to another, to be indecisive, in two minds.

describes the actions of swinging voters.

painmaster said:

I don’t often come up with a word for this thread nor are my responses often close. I am no wordsmith in reality but I did hear one yesterday that made me go “oooh must write that down for my word-nerd friends”.

Vacillation

It’s not oscillation, but it does mean to move between two points, as if the object can’t make up its’ mind…

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

I don’t often come up with a word for this thread nor are my responses often close. I am no wordsmith in reality but I did hear one yesterday that made me go “oooh must write that down for my word-nerd friends”.

Vacillation

It’s not oscillation, but it does mean to move between two points, as if the object can’t make up its’ mind…

A clock pendulum may be seen as not knowing which position it wants to be in but in truth the impulse to move isn’t it’s choice.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

I don’t often come up with a word for this thread nor are my responses often close. I am no wordsmith in reality but I did hear one yesterday that made me go “oooh must write that down for my word-nerd friends”.

Vacillation

It’s not oscillation, but it does mean to move between two points, as if the object can’t make up its’ mind…

A clock pendulum may be seen as not knowing which position it wants to be in but in truth the impulse to move isn’t it’s choice.

… that’s oscillation….

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

It’s not oscillation, but it does mean to move between two points, as if the object can’t make up its’ mind…

A clock pendulum may be seen as not knowing which position it wants to be in but in truth the impulse to move isn’t it’s choice.

… that’s oscillation….

Wow, all youse guys knew what it meant… My next question is… where did I hear it? During our last challenge of “turpitude” we all knew it came from one particular teev show…. now what show was Vacillation on?

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

It’s not oscillation, but it does mean to move between two points, as if the object can’t make up its’ mind…

A clock pendulum may be seen as not knowing which position it wants to be in but in truth the impulse to move isn’t it’s choice.

… that’s oscillation….

yeah, I know.

apopthegm

I’ve come across it in a novel… looks like fun… remember no checking dictionaries or “you can’t play”…

I think apo means to speak or speak out?

speaking of novels, who has read all the Phryne Fisher Murder Mysteries?

roughbarked said:

speaking of novels, who has read all the Phryne Fisher Murder Mysteries?

Oh, I have! and the Melbourne Baker ones as well (can’t remember the name of the heroine)…

Well I’ve read nearly all the Phrynne Fishers…now there’s a sultry style…

Dinetta said:

apopthegm

I’ve come across it in a novel… looks like fun… remember no checking dictionaries or “you can’t play”…

the sound Michael Jackson made when he sneezed?

Dinetta said:

apopthegm

I’ve come across it in a novel… looks like fun… remember no checking dictionaries or “you can’t play”…

An apoplectic theorist?

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

A clock pendulum may be seen as not knowing which position it wants to be in but in truth the impulse to move isn’t it’s choice.

… that’s oscillation….

Wow, all youse guys knew what it meant… My next question is… where did I hear it? During our last challenge of “turpitude” we all knew it came from one particular teev show…. now what show was Vacillation on?

mmm?? = a bit harder – so who is teev’s most famous procrastinator?
kochie! – accountant’s always sit on the fence?

Dinetta said:

apopthegm

I’ve come across it in a novel… looks like fun… remember no checking dictionaries or “you can’t play”…

sounds ecclesiastical – or pharmesutical

a medicine of some sort?
context?

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

apopthegm

I’ve come across it in a novel… looks like fun… remember no checking dictionaries or “you can’t play”…

the sound Michael Jackson made when he sneezed?

Cute!

Actually speaking it was used to describe the oratory of a cleric (in this novel)…

Yeehah said:

Dinetta said:

apopthegm

I’ve come across it in a novel… looks like fun… remember no checking dictionaries or “you can’t play”…

An apoplectic theorist?

Sorry Yeehah, good effort tho’ as the “theorist” is close…

justin said:

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

… that’s oscillation….

Wow, all youse guys knew what it meant… My next question is… where did I hear it? During our last challenge of “turpitude” we all knew it came from one particular teev show…. now what show was Vacillation on?

mmm?? = a bit harder – so who is teev’s most famous procrastinator?
kochie! – accountant’s always sit on the fence?

Kochie’s a wanker.

painmaster said:

justin said:

painmaster said:

Wow, all youse guys knew what it meant… My next question is… where did I hear it? During our last challenge of “turpitude” we all knew it came from one particular teev show…. now what show was Vacillation on?

mmm?? = a bit harder – so who is teev’s most famous procrastinator?
kochie! – accountant’s always sit on the fence?

Kochie’s a wanker.

umm? so SBS and ABC only then –

NIGELLA ! – she used vacillate – didn’t she?

am I the only one finding this answer?
everyone else’s talking cameras

justin said:

painmaster said:

justin said:

mmm?? = a bit harder – so who is teev’s most famous procrastinator?
kochie! – accountant’s always sit on the fence?

Kochie’s a wanker.

umm? so SBS and ABC only then –

NIGELLA ! – she used vacillate – didn’t she?

am I the only one finding this answer?
everyone else’s talking cameras

No, not Nigella, but it was a female who is just as lovely to view and listen too. And yeah, seeing as it is all about cameras at the mo’, the answer is and was; Annabel Crabb in that wonderful series Kitchen Cabinet!

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

speaking of novels, who has read all the Phryne Fisher Murder Mysteries?

Oh, I have! and the Melbourne Baker ones as well (can’t remember the name of the heroine)…

Well I’ve read nearly all the Phrynne Fishers…now there’s a sultry style…

sultry indeed :)

The meaning of apopthegm is a bit of an anticlimax (haven’t gone back through the thread, sorry if someone’s guessed it…)

apophthegm, apothegm
n
a short cryptic remark containing some general or generally accepted truth; maxim

apophthegmatic , apothegmatic adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

URL here

I said.. speaking, speaking out. ;)

Indeed you did, but there was no maxim in what you said,,,,sorry, no cigar….

Dinetta said:

The meaning of apopthegm is a bit of an anticlimax (haven’t gone back through the thread, sorry if someone’s guessed it…)

apophthegm, apothegm
n
a short cryptic remark containing some general or generally accepted truth; maxim

apophthegmatic , apothegmatic adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

URL here

a frank opinion is the same as a maxim?
good word – now define sultry LOL.

justin said:

Dinetta said:

The meaning of apopthegm is a bit of an anticlimax (haven’t gone back through the thread, sorry if someone’s guessed it…)

apophthegm, apothegm
n
a short cryptic remark containing some general or generally accepted truth; maxim

apophthegmatic , apothegmatic adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

URL here

a frank opinion is the same as a maxim?
good word – now define sultry LOL.

‘The presence of the inimitable Phryne Fisher makes this mystery a delightful, glamorous romp of a novel — a literary glass of champagne with a hint of debauchery.’ — Armidale Express

i see – she has to be that female sleuth on the ABC teev.
i haven’t read any of those books – but the critics are good with their words – ah but?

justin said:

Dinetta said:

The meaning of apopthegm is a bit of an anticlimax (haven’t gone back through the thread, sorry if someone’s guessed it…)

apophthegm, apothegm
n
a short cryptic remark containing some general or generally accepted truth; maxim

apophthegmatic , apothegmatic adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

URL here

a frank opinion is the same as a maxim?
good word – now define sultry LOL.

I’ll find the book and put up the quote…excuse the drivel I read from time to time, but some of the historical notes in this novel were very descriptive…

justin said:

‘The presence of the inimitable Phryne Fisher makes this mystery a delightful, glamorous romp of a novel — a literary glass of champagne with a hint of debauchery.’ — Armidale Express

i see – she has to be that female sleuth on the ABC teev.
i haven’t read any of those books – but the critics are good with their words – ah but?

Don’t judge her by the TV shows…they were too fast-paced. I prefer the British sleuth shows that take 2.5 hours to develop and this is what the Phrynne Fisher adaptations deserve…

Here is the context in which I found “apopthegm”…

“…It was a typical night at White’s.
‘Our dear Lord Libertine,’ the Reverend Dr. Throgmorton was just remarking, ‘has no sense of discretion, that is all. He does not know how to be discreet. There are sinners as great as he in London, I have no doubt – or almost as great.” His plump pink cheeks shook, his eyes radiated good humour. ‘But others are simply not so blatant, my dear Arundel. They see no need to conduct their affairs on the stage at Covent Garden, as it were. Hence all their peccadilloes remain obscure and unremarked. While yours —-’

He let a gesture of silent horror suffice.

‘Prudence, sir, prudence!’ he ended finally, with the obligatory apopthegm: ‘The highest point of virtue, sir, is prudence in our vices!’

He beamed rosily, our ale-swilling, fox-hunting parson, as the men around the table nodded, grunted, and reached for their wine or their snuffboxes. The Reverend Dr. Throgmorton was a type of preacher far from uncommon in these degenerate days – a red-faced, soft-bellied, worldly, witty man without a shred of religious sensitivity in his bones. He was the life and soul of ever assembly, and he knew it. “

Page 20, Lord Libertine, by Anthony Esler. Futura Publications Limited, Great Britain, 1978.

trichome said:

we have not had a word since July last year :(

well here it is, first one for 2012, the word is flagulitious

good luck :)

bump

justin said:

trichome said:

we have not had a word since July last year :(

well here it is, first one for 2012, the word is flagulitious

good luck :)

bump

LOL Christmas game? Like Scrabble? I need to go through this book, not sure of where the word was in the plot as I read the book in 4 – 5 sections, none of which were consecutive…

Here’s one, but it’s not the one I’m looking for…

evanescent

Dinetta said:

Here’s one, but it’s not the one I’m looking for…

evanescent

ok
i will think about it and take a considered guess in the morning
too many mistakes creeping in tonight.
cyas.

justin said:

Dinetta said:

Here’s one, but it’s not the one I’m looking for…

evanescent

ok
i will think about it and take a considered guess in the morning
too many mistakes creeping in tonight.
cyas.

Found another good one but lost the page, will take a notebook to bed and note the words and pages from now on…

Dinetta said:

Here’s one, but it’s not the one I’m looking for…

evanescent

reminiscent of evan – and i’m hoping evan is a biblical character

justin said:

Dinetta said:

Here’s one, but it’s not the one I’m looking for…

evanescent

reminiscent of evan – and i’m hoping evan is a biblical character

LOL! love it! but no cigar…

Dinetta said:

justin said:

Dinetta said:

Here’s one, but it’s not the one I’m looking for…

evanescent

reminiscent of evan – and i’m hoping evan is a biblical character

LOL! love it! but no cigar…

name of a band that plays emo music with a female singer. I did look up the meaning once, but promptly forgot it, much in the same way I forgot the music they played.

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

justin said:

reminiscent of evan – and i’m hoping evan is a biblical character

LOL! love it! but no cigar…

name of a band that plays emo music with a female singer. I did look up the meaning once, but promptly forgot it, much in the same way I forgot the music they played.

Like a mirage. Vanishes before it realises.

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

LOL! love it! but no cigar…

name of a band that plays emo music with a female singer. I did look up the meaning once, but promptly forgot it, much in the same way I forgot the music they played.

Like a mirage. Vanishes before it realises.

Remembering the context, I think you might have it, RoughBarked…

Was there really an emo band with that name?

The only suspect who hasn’t played yet is BlueGreen, and Bon008 of course is busy with her new bub (well she would be by now, I thought the big date was in October?)

Dinetta said:

justin said:

Dinetta said:

Here’s one, but it’s not the one I’m looking for…

evanescent

reminiscent of evan – and i’m hoping evan is a biblical character

LOL! love it! but no cigar…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

painmaster said:

name of a band that plays emo music with a female singer. I did look up the meaning once, but promptly forgot it, much in the same way I forgot the music they played.

Like a mirage. Vanishes before it realises.

Remembering the context, I think you might have it, RoughBarked…

Was there really an emo band with that name?

From Little Rock, Arkansas…. but they spell the word a little differently. Evanescence

I copied mine straight out of the book…but I was going to say it reminded me of “effervesence”…which is bubbly…

I’ll go and look it up now, sorry BlueGreen…

Dinetta said:

I copied mine straight out of the book…but I was going to say it reminded me of “effervesence”…which is bubbly…

I’ll go and look it up now, sorry BlueGreen…

that’s OK. I don’t know the answer :)

From Latin ēvānēscēns (“vanishing, disappearing”)

Adjective

1. Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing. 2. Denoting a field or wave that extends into a region where it cannot propagate and whose amplitude therefore decreases with distance.

Synonyms
transitory – transient – fleeting – ephemeral

Where it’s been used in the sentence, it suits the cadence of the sentence, but if we used it now-a-days the sense would not be there…

So RoughBarked wins the contest! Applause all round and thanks for playing. How did you know the meaning, RoughBarked?

didn’t know the meaning either, just coming in late there :)

Here we are:
“Where, however, happy circumstance permits its development, the compounded feeling proves itself to be the only love which is strong as death – that love which many waters cannot quench, nor the floods drown, beside which the passion usually called by the name is evanescent as steam.”

p 393, Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. Pan Books, 1978.

apotheosis

Dinetta said:

Here we are:
“Where, however, happy circumstance permits its development, the compounded feeling proves itself to be the only love which is strong as death – that love which many waters cannot quench, nor the floods drown, beside which the passion usually called by the name is evanescent as steam.”

p 393, Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. Pan Books, 1978.

RB’s definition is better than the websters!
“Like a mirage. Vanishes before it realises.”

Dinetta said:

apotheosis

apothecary is a chemist.
so chemistry is my guess

justin said:

RB’s definition is better than the websters!
“Like a mirage. Vanishes before it realises.”

I agree, much better…

justin said:

Dinetta said:

apotheosis

apothecary is a chemist.
so chemistry is my guess

I have to relocate it, didn’t note the page when I found it…but I think I’ve narrowed it down to the first 124 pages?

Dinetta said:

apotheosis

where are you getting these words from :)

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

apotheosis

where are you getting these words from :)

dinetta is on a thomas hardy revisitation i think …?

did you know it’s permissible to make up your own words using greek or latin derivatives?

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

apotheosis

where are you getting these words from :)

I come across them when I’m reading…

justin said:

did you know it’s permissible to make up your own words using greek or latin derivatives?

Augh!!

No, just the one TH book but since these Word threads have been created, when I come across an obscure word, I like to put it up…

Dinetta said:

justin said:

RB’s definition is better than the websters!
“Like a mirage. Vanishes before it realises.”

I agree, much better…

Why thanks be to the both of ye. ;)

Hivemind

Happy Potter said:

Hivemind

are you reading Orson Scott Card?

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Hivemind

are you reading Orson Scott Card?

No ..

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Hivemind

are you reading Orson Scott Card?

No ..

OK. It is the sort of word he would have used.

Happy Potter said:

Hivemind

not a real word.

Happy Potter said:

Hivemind

I’m thinking the communal “mind” or purpose of communal insects like bees or ants. How they all seem to know what to do and work together for the same goal.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Hivemind

I’m thinking the communal “mind” or purpose of communal insects like bees or ants. How they all seem to know what to do and work together for the same goal.

Close enough :) Hmm that was too quick :)

collective consciousness

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Hivemind

I’m thinking the communal “mind” or purpose of communal insects like bees or ants. How they all seem to know what to do and work together for the same goal.

Close enough :) Hmm that was too quick :)

collective consciousness

Well if it’s not a real word, and that’s its’ meaning, it should be a real word…jolly good to whoever invented it…

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

I’m thinking the communal “mind” or purpose of communal insects like bees or ants. How they all seem to know what to do and work together for the same goal.

Close enough :) Hmm that was too quick :)

collective consciousness

Well if it’s not a real word, and that’s its’ meaning, it should be a real word…jolly good to whoever invented it…

I agree Dinetta. Being community minded I like the word and I will use it.