Yes a nice word - a person who remains aloof or independent.
Difficult to see the lump/bump hump in that though.
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- Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:35 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ...ump words
- Replies: 7
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- Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:05 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ...ump words
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11015
...ump words
Is there a connection (apart from the spelling!) between all those ...ump words with vaguely similar meanings? Off the top of my head: Lump Hump Rump Jump Sump Bump Dump Mump(s) Plump Slump Stump Clump even perhaps, Grump, Frump, thump... All seemingly to do with convex or concave protuberances. Can...
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:15 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Finagle
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9709
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:28 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Finagle
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9709
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:35 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Finagle
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9709
Finagle
Nice try! Agle was a Dutchman!
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:00 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Finagle
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9709
Finagle
To acquire deviously. Lovely word. I wonder about its origins?
- Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:52 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: LIMINAL
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6475
liminal
So it seems that liminal is to sub-liminal as whelm is to overwhelm. Although now I think of it, the threshold is a clear distinction for liminal, where whelm and overwhelm are really the same side of the threshold or surface
- Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SEDULOUS
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3993
Sedulous
I suppose that is why a bank teller works behind a counter!
- Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:07 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Party pronunciation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4036
Party pronunciation
In relation to the good word of a couple of days ago, PARTY, I was amused (and I confess a little disappointed) by your advocacy of the word being pronounced Par Dee. Really! Even US dictionaries admit it has a 'T' in it. I know Americans have difficulty pronouncing the 't' sound and in words like C...
- Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:15 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: KUDOS
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18937
Nuht/nayt
Nuht is surely the noun or adjective, and nayt the verb - the former means something or somebody that swaps and swaps back again (or alternayts) with another?
- Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:56 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: KUDOS
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18937
As to the meaning, how would you feel about kudos being the
Maybe that's how it is used in USA. But I am sure that here in Australia and probably in UK (and in Greece) it is a status that gradually accrues. It may be boosted by a particular incident. But it is not something that one person can give. The implication, if you have kudos, is that the acclaim/ren...
- Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:38 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: KUDOS
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18937
Americans!
It's hard to believe that people anywhere actually use kudo. Do they really? I have never seen or heard of such a usage in Australia - nor in UK (to which I am admittedly less exposed). Further, it seems to me that your definition as 'Praise' is a long way short of adequate. I have always heard and ...
- Wed May 12, 2010 6:38 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: WREAK
- Replies: 39
- Views: 44339
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:23 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Boudoir
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4158
Boudoir
Usually understood to be a lady's private room, the interesting thing about this word is its origin. It comes from the French bouder, to sulk. It is in fact a sulking room. How terribly French and civilised! Fascinatingly, the presence of a boudoir, by virtue of its existence, eases the pressure to ...
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:07 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: willy-nilly
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8915