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- Sun May 19, 2024 7:45 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Promulgate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6472
Re: Promulgate
To make this word mean what it does, I guess they had to milk it for all it's worth!
- Sun May 19, 2024 6:23 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Parlance
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7930
Re: Parlance
I wonder if parlance is in a parlous position these days. I don't have any research to back it up, but it does seem to be quite rare. I can't recall even seeing it in a crossword puzzle.
- Sat May 18, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Reflex
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2900
Re: Reflex
Just to put in my two cents here, but in Meaning 2, the involuntary response is not necessarily 'unlearned'. Think of the beaten dog that cowers at a raised voice. It took some teaching to get there.
- Sat May 18, 2024 6:35 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ineffable
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2526
Re: Ineffable
Our gratitude may not be ineffable, but in general, especially with a qualifier, it could be: "the extent of our gratitude is ineffable". Interesting that the ineffability can be for both good and bad things. The ineffable name of God, and the ineffable name of "He Who Shall Not Be Na...
- Fri May 17, 2024 7:08 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Tattoo
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10704
Re: TATTOO
This is an old, old post, so I can't say I don't know I'm wrong, but I do find myself going for folk etymology on the inky definition of this word. I keep thinking of it as being from the repetitive pounding of the needle, beating a tattoo on the skin, to put a tattoo under the skin. Stab, stab, pok...
- Thu May 16, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Arrogate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7960
Re: Arrogate
I wonder how the transitive/intransitive usages break down in numbers. I'm not sure I've ever seen arrogate used in the sense of assigning something to someone else. It's always 'to oneself'. So I arrogate to you the onus of looking that up. (Doesn't work, does it?)
- Thu May 16, 2024 6:21 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Tuchus
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6423
Re: Tuchus
Polite society may accept tuchus, but I wonder about the diminutives. They don't quite fit in there, do they? Too childish sounding?
Polite society may accept tuchus, but my spellchecker doesn't. It suggests schuss instead. I guess I'll have to add it, eh? Or just give it a kick in the schuss?
Polite society may accept tuchus, but my spellchecker doesn't. It suggests schuss instead. I guess I'll have to add it, eh? Or just give it a kick in the schuss?
- Wed May 15, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Eeky
- Replies: 4
- Views: 91
- Wed May 15, 2024 5:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Tabernacle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 46
Tabernacle
Good Word for 5/15/2024: • tabernacle • Pronunciation: tæ -bêr-næ-kêl • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A moveable dwelling or booth, a tent, a hut or lean-to. 2. (Tabernacle) A sacred moveable structure (tent) in which the Israelites transported the Ark of the Covenant. 3. (Tabernacle) A...
- Wed May 15, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Delicate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6247
Re: Delicate
Nice coincidence just now; I turned on my local classical station and opened this word at the same time. The music playing was the tail end of Mussorgsky's 'Night on Bald Mountain', a very delicate and beautiful coda.
- Wed May 15, 2024 9:01 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Eeky
- Replies: 4
- Views: 91
Re: Eeky
How was it used where you saw it? Where was it? I'm pretty sure it's onomatopoeic for the squeak of fearful surprise. Or is that echoic?
- Wed May 15, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Average
- Replies: 2
- Views: 59
- Wed May 15, 2024 6:53 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Loophole
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2738
Re: Loophole
Dictionary.com has another theory for the etymology of loupe: 1905–10; < French, originally an imperfect gem, a mass of hot metal ≪ Germanic; loop3 , lob1 Not particularly satisfying, if you ask me. Making it a 20th century coinage is one pretty big stumbling point. Unless, of course, the two loupes...
- Tue May 14, 2024 6:57 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Affiance
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2860
Re: Affiance
For whatever reason, I have a hard time remembering the position of the stress in this word. I keep going for something along the lines of 'ah-fee-ahns'. Influenced by affluence, I guess. Now, if only I could get afinanced, I could get that car I want.
- Tue May 14, 2024 6:06 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Companion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3397
Re: Companion
Hey, I even got some Spanish out of this one. Now when I see a menu item that says 'pastor', I'll know that it means something along the lines of 'shepherd's pie' or such. Someone told me it meant pork, and I couldn't figure that one out.