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- Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:17 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Otiose
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1274
Re: Otiose
Mytheme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X7ciAvLY8k
- Wed Nov 23, 2022 5:57 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Wampumpeag
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1633
Re: Wampumpeag
As we approach Thanksgiving, let us remember the Amerinds who shared with the Pilgrims. Let us remember the Amerinds now among and repent the bloody path we carved out of their domain. Yes, invaders have frequently tried to terminate the lives of the invaded. Did you play cowboys and Indians when yo...
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:00 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Nasty
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2493
Re: Nasty
One of my dear uncles opined that nasty was the nastiest word he had ever heard.
- Thu Nov 10, 2022 5:53 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Truth
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7281
Re: Truth
Pontius Pilate asked, "What is truth?". The U of Texas misapplies "The Truth shall make you free" on an inscription on the Main building. That is not what it means in the Bible. Jesus is the Truth in the Bible. Of course, non-believers do not have to assert that. But the Christia...
- Thu Nov 10, 2022 1:14 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Truth
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7281
Re: Truth
Thanks for quoting my old friend, Samuel Johnson. Old Sam, after many years a widower, was not kind to the feminists of his day. He had a few other prejudices. He said he wasn't afraid to be dead, but he dreaded the passage required. He refuted this on his death bed and said death was not such a bad...
- Fri Oct 28, 2022 3:39 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Pool
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1828
Re: Pool
As in River City, mothers in my hometown warned their children of the dangers of the pool hall. Since I never play any games, either athletic or otherwise, I was not tempted.
- Fri Oct 28, 2022 3:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Sooth
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5752
Re: Sooth
The Good Doctors story about Shakespearean speech being used in high school is similar to mine. When I found out that zounds was a contraction of "God's wounds" I expurgated from my speaking vocabulary. As for spell check. I use it constantly. I am aware of its problems, so I trust it advi...
- Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:58 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Codger
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2001
Re: Codger
Since I shamelessly admit to being an old one, I must applaud the choice of this Good Word.
- Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:55 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Plutocracy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1848
Re: Plutocracy
At first, I thought I would spoof this Good Word and posit it as being the people who believe Pluto is still a planet. Then, seeing it is a vital thing to understand for the voters of the USA and perhaps others sovereign nations, I speak firmly for saving the USA from becoming a Plutocracy.
- Mon Oct 24, 2022 11:29 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Legit
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2857
Re: Legit
David: My cousin who spent several years in Australia explored the slang used in the Land Down Under. So I was prepared for dinky-di. I see no need for the word Legit. No one says legit here in the hinterlands. We all would look askance on it.
- Mon Oct 24, 2022 11:20 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Lapidate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3087
Re: Lapidate
I read "The Lottery" when I was about eight years old. I was shocked as much as if I had been lapidated.
- Mon Oct 24, 2022 11:13 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Tump
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2234
Re: Tump
Who would uv thunk it!
- Sat Oct 22, 2022 5:14 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Waiter
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8386
Re: Waiter
This good word discussion, both from the Good Doctor and the various members, have greatly enlarged my understanding. Thank y'all for contributing.
- Sun Oct 16, 2022 3:51 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: High-muck-a-muck
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1984
Re: High-muck-a-muck
Here in the hinterlands, we say "High-muckety-muck", which I find as an alternate rendering of high-muck-a=much. Thank you for describing pidgin and creole. Where does a patois fit into these distinctions? One of my cousins lived in Haiti for many years and translated the Bible into Haitia...
- Fri Oct 14, 2022 3:01 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dicast
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2927
Re: Dicast
I might say that's Greek to me. But then I think it is Latin.