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by bbeeton
Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Fidget
Replies: 1
Views: 685

Re: Fidget

Maybe the frequency of use depends on where you're located. For at least several years, "fidget toys" have been nearly ubiquitous in the U.S. For examples, see https://www.verywellfamily.com/best-fidget-toys-6744333 (not meant as an advertisement). This does mention ADHD as being relevant ...
by bbeeton
Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Etagere
Replies: 4
Views: 750

Re: Etagere

"Stage" would be a good word to explicate. It can be a verb with at least two senses (stage a play, stage packages for delivery), and as a noun, it can also mean a stage in the progression of a disease. Maybe more.
by bbeeton
Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:17 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Bardolatry
Replies: 3
Views: 7416

Re: Bardolatry

One might extend the applicability of the term to "worship" of Brigitte Bardot. The summer after my freshman year in college, I was cashier for a small art theater, where the current flick was "And God Created Woman". But I wasn't old enough to be allowed in to watch it. (Instead...
by bbeeton
Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: concord
Replies: 3
Views: 5071

Re: concord

This has been around for an awfully long time without graduating. Isn't it about time?
by bbeeton
Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Verge
Replies: 5
Views: 589

Re: Verge

What about "converge"? Two (or more) verges (edges) coming together?
by bbeeton
Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Bulge
Replies: 2
Views: 6713

Re: Bulge

Wondering whether "bulgur", the delicious Middle Eastern wheat foodstuff, is related. Probably not.

(Pilaf, made with half rice, half bulgur, and a smattering of crumbled vermicelli, is even more delicious than any one of those ingredients alone. Especially when cooked over a campfire.)
by bbeeton
Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Symptom
Replies: 2
Views: 5417

Re: Symptom

I've always thought it quite appropriate that the Greek "potamos" was so nicely replicated in the name of the Patowmack River that runs past Washington, DC. I've even considered whether hippopotami (plural thanks to Flanders & Swann) would find that river a pleasant place to inhabit; p...
by bbeeton
Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Beck
Replies: 4
Views: 3368

Re: Beck

2-cent stamp? Why, Slava, I just found a stack of (unused!) penny postcards! Remember those?

When you go out on a limb with a saw in your hand, be careful which side you turn to before you start cutting.
by bbeeton
Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:36 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Obfuscate
Replies: 4
Views: 1220

Re: Obfuscate

Ever since I first heard it, I've appreciated the slogan "Eschew obfuscation" of the sorely missed WCRB Saturday Night, when that Boston classical music radio station was still commercial. Other things learned about there were the charming songs of Flanders & Swann and the British come...
by bbeeton
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Estimable
Replies: 10
Views: 4273

Re: Estimable

Oh, I use that word quite frequently, but I've always thought it would be spelled "squush". (I've never looked it up.) And in the cleanup project that currently occupies much of my time, I'm finding entirely too many things that are squushy from neglect.
by bbeeton
Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Gargantuan
Replies: 3
Views: 884

Re: Gargantuan

Gargantua reminds me of Pantagruel, a fondly remembered restaurant that formerly existed on the St. Lawrence shore of the Gaspé Peninsula. The owner, a native of France, was delighted to hear from my husband a continental, rather than Québécois, accent. The food and service were both excellent, and ...
by bbeeton
Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Eccentric
Replies: 5
Views: 3871

Re: Eccentric

Well, David, my "splurges" have consisted mostly of books (some really gorgeous productions from private presses), travel (to the annual meeting of the user group I'm involved in, to an undeveloped island on the Georgia coast, and "educational" jaunts to places or on subjects I w...
by bbeeton
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Eccentric
Replies: 5
Views: 3871

Re: Eccentric

Ah, I've always wanted to have just enough money to be considered eccentric rather than crazy.
by bbeeton
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:09 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Omnibus
Replies: 2
Views: 3171

Re: Omnibus

The whole word is used as a noun only in reference to a collection of previously published works
Oh no! Flanders and Swann have a different idea, as realized in their
song "A Transport of Delight". Listen to it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7wnUIRpqGg
by bbeeton
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:36 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Inosculate
Replies: 3
Views: 10689

Re: Inosculate

My immediate reaction to this was that the "in-" meant "not", as in infrequent or inconvenient, but those are adjectives and inosculate is a verb. Are there any exceptions to this dichotomy?

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