to greedily swallow.
Usually used in reference to literature.
We all know the antonym "regurgitation".
I am again reading some Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and finding a plethora of material for The Alpha Agora.
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- Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: ingurgitation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5407
- Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Redneck
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6317
Re: Redneck
Yes, I have always thought it referred to the the sun-burnt necks of the field folks too. My ingurgitation of this other history is understandable though, ain't it? It makes sense and has occurred that the frontier is populated by rednecks to shield the more civilized. This story is not new though, ...
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:41 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Strait-laced
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4789
Re: Strait-laced
So it has more to do with tightfisted, and tight-as-a-drum than straits?
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Redneck
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6317
Redneck
So the commoner definition is quite well know for the word Redneck. Although, I heard a historical Irishman's story, living near Boston you can't walk a mile without finding a Irish themed watering-hole, about the source of this word. The story goes, that the English settlers were quite worried abou...
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:23 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Ducky
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4273
Ducky
1) excellent, delightful
2) darling
19th century, probably not related to the duckies of Tudor period.
2) darling
19th century, probably not related to the duckies of Tudor period.
- Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:54 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: insolation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4761
insolation
In the rays of the sun. Or, sunstroke. From the French. This word confused me for a second, because it just looked like a misspelling of "insulation". I don't get the sunstroke definition unless it is related to Kipling's line about "Only mad dogs and Englishman are insolation midday....
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:01 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Pomp
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5262
Re: Pomp
I have always thought Jane Austen should have had a followup book to "Pride and Prejudice" called "Pomp and Circumstance", but alas no.
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:57 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Eschatology
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5767
Re: Eschatology
Opps! I often search the Suggestion Section, and forgot this time. I like the discussion from 2014.
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 10:54 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Eschatology
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5767
Eschatology
1. The branch of theological study having to do with the end of human beings.
2. The study of the ending of human life as they approach death and beyond.
Kinda appropriate with the day of the dead, Halloween, and the next USA Presidential Election 2016 bearing down on us.
2. The study of the ending of human life as they approach death and beyond.
Kinda appropriate with the day of the dead, Halloween, and the next USA Presidential Election 2016 bearing down on us.
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:29 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: "Scratch"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12995
Re: "Scratch"
I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clear. Where "Store Bought" being better, I meant shop bought, such as a specialty shop/store like a baker, or deli. Not to say that our loved ones who made things from practice and skill should be demeaned by this. I just spent 2 weeks with my 12 year old n...
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:14 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: lerricompoop
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4678
lerricompoop
lerricompoop lerricompoop v. [? link to lerrycometwang n. or dial. lerry, a whim, a caprice; note also SE liripoop, the long tail hanging down from a graduate's hood — potentially seen as phallic, and dial. lerrick, to beat, to flog Src: Oxford Reference Used euphemistically as slang to mean "T...
- Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:19 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Tommy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5348
Tommy
n. British soldier, use most commonly in WWI. However it seems to date back to 1881, see "Tommy” (short for a mythical “Thomas Atkins,” a generic name for a British soldier)
- Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Surculous
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6618
Re: Surculous
I remember as a boy who loved to climb trees my grandmother asked me to break off any and all of the surculous water suckers in her apple trees.
- Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:21 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: memento
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5270
memento
n. An object kept as a reminder of an event or person.
Knick knacks and bricker brack, I say.
Knick knacks and bricker brack, I say.
- Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:10 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: magniloquent
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4452
magniloquent
Adj.
using high-flown and bombastic language
I just love a highfalutin word.
using high-flown and bombastic language
I just love a highfalutin word.