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- Mon May 25, 2015 8:31 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: lexophile
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13430
Re: lexophile
Can't imagine what took me so long to twig to this, but the phrases here have nothing to do with lexophile. If a lexophile is a person who loves words, then what does a list of puns have to do with said person? I may love plays on words, and I love words in general; but what does that make me? Yup,...
- Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:29 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: four flusher
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17476
Re: four flusher
I've always heard the phrase as "damning with faint praise", but i live an insular life.
M.whatever Bailey
M.whatever Bailey
Re: aphorisms
Again i did do a search. Well thanks for the memories,
MB
MB
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 5:17 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: kibosh
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10236
Re: kibosh
Checked both sites and found them working. The first one has a running discussion on pronunciation. For my part, I've only heard the stress on the second syllable, except in a few cases of alternate spelling where the word is spelled kabosh and pronounced KAY-bosh. IT'S working now but i have only ...
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:02 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: due diligence
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4396
due diligence
due dil·i·gence nounLAW reasonable steps taken by a person in order to satisfy a legal requirement, especially in buying or selling something. a comprehensive appraisal of a business undertaken by a prospective buyer, especially to establish its assets and liabilities and evaluate its commercial pot...
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:00 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: kibosh
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10236
Re: kibosh
Even so i did my due diligence first and they didn't show up then.
MB
MB
- Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: senescence
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5505
Re: senescence
Again, i did check first.
MB
MB
- Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:03 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: kibosh
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10236
Re: kibosh
Neither url you posted had the word Kibosh on them. I did check first, sigh, thus putting the kibosh to yet anothet thread
MB
MB
- Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:17 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: senescence
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5505
senescence
Deterioration.
MB
Spelling repaired
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Spelling repaired
- Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:15 am
- Forum: Slang
- Topic: Doublespeak
- Replies: 10
- Views: 38847
Re: Doublespeak
Speaking of French phrases-We once discussed L'esprit de l'escalier a phrase I use often because it often happens as I age,
M. senescence is not as much fun as I'd hoped Bailey
M. senescence is not as much fun as I'd hoped Bailey
- Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:05 am
- Forum: Spelling
- Topic: Luv, wot etc
- Replies: 5
- Views: 33080
Re: Luv, wot etc
Oh, I do like a 'fur piece', so Western, like it 'camup a frog strangl'r.'
'Nother, is another but doesn't mean an other,
I like reading books with a few of these but sometimes it gets a bit much and the flow is lost.
MB
'Nother, is another but doesn't mean an other,
I like reading books with a few of these but sometimes it gets a bit much and the flow is lost.
MB
- Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:57 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: stele
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4333
Re: stele
STELLAR!!!!
MB
Could have just as easily said d'accord, but well, you know
MB
Could have just as easily said d'accord, but well, you know
aphorisms
An aphorism is an original thought, spoken or written in a laconic (concise) and memorable form. Aphorism literally means a "distinction" or "definition". In modern usage an aphorism is generally understood to be a concise statement containing a subjective truth or observation cl...
- Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:23 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Termagant
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4253
Re: Termagant
Funny how there are so many colorful and ugly terms for women. Somehow it doesn't quite seem cricket? The ones for men are just as ugly but are generally considered to be impolite to use for everyday ocassions. M. DON'T-really- know-where-I'm-going-with-this Bailey I mean men can be pretty termagant...
- Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:09 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Chocolate
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17938
Re: Chocolate
I don't know from nauseating or nauseated but Hershey's seems greasy to me as if it's 80% lard, I like to savor my choco,allowing it to melt slowly as I eat a bar and Hersheys has the wrong texture for me. Maybe im just hard to please.
M. Monkeys-do-that,-yes-they-do Bailey
M. Monkeys-do-that,-yes-they-do Bailey