My sister's pony has marked geophagistic tendencies... but my only weak spot for earthen meals is the dessert known affectionately as mud pie!
-Tim
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- Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:18 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: GEOPHAGY
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8871
- Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:31 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: PLOY
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6844
PLOY
While I was on the subject of "plot", I decided to search a little on another favorite four-letter word. ploy 1722, "anything with which one amuses oneself," Scottish and northern England dialect, possibly a shortened form of employ or deploy . Popularized in the sense "move...
- Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:18 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: PLOT
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4502
PLOT
We hear the word "plot" almost every day, especially since the World Trade Center towers came down. A Google search for the phrase "terrorist plot" yields over a million hits. My favorite etymology site says: plot O.E. plot "small piece of ground," of unknown origin. Se...
- Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: OSCITANCY
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14303
- Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:23 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: CHTHONIC
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5366
- Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:35 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: VICARIOIUS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10483
My kids love the PBS kids' show, Zoboomafoo.
Zoboo is always saying how he feels in relationship to how other animals behave, using the infamous -ish suffix. Then he launches into song.
It's so cute watching my little ones dance and sing with the muppet on the show... lol.
-Tim
Zoboo is always saying how he feels in relationship to how other animals behave, using the infamous -ish suffix. Then he launches into song.
It's so cute watching my little ones dance and sing with the muppet on the show... lol.
-Tim
- Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:25 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Pun Times
- Replies: 287
- Views: 947608
- Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:39 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Pun Times
- Replies: 287
- Views: 947608
This one's too long, I'll just float the bait... The 'herring' comment reminds me... We have a local office called 'TOTAL HEARING SOLUTIONS', and the font they chose to print the sign makes the A in 'hearing' look like another R. Every time we drive by it my brain tries to read the dern thing as 'T...
- Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:26 am
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: No Joke: Microsoft Seeks To Patent Verbs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 60294
- Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:48 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: TRANSITORY
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6303
Trust me, Perry, you are probably as happy about those suburbial prospects as I am. I don't live in Charlotte proper, but the city limits have consumed almost the entire county. And yes, the reference to types of pain is certainly a valid one. I would say in that case you can actually feel the pain ...
- Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:13 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: TRANSITORY
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6303
TRANSITORY
I expect everyone here knows the meaning of this word, but I was wondering if there were possible semantical connotations of transitory versus temporary . In common usage, it seems most people use them interchangeably. I was struck by the Online Etymology Dictionary's implied physical aspect in the ...
- Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:48 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: NEOTENY
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8980
Now, I would've expected tin to be related, but apparently it isn't! tin O.E. tin, from P.Gmc. * tinom (cf. M.Du., Du. tin , O.H.G. zin , Ger. Zinn , O.N. tin ), of unknown origin, not found outside Gmc. Tinny is first recorded 1552; used figuratively (of sounds, etc.) since 1877; tin-type in photog...
- Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:41 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: MEGACHURCH
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9187
Yes, to add credence to the 'compound' action of mega-, here are some Google hits:
about 249 for mega-embarrassed
about 163 for mega-thrilled
about 282 for mega-amazed
about 4,710 for mega-impressed
-Tim
about 249 for mega-embarrassed
about 163 for mega-thrilled
about 282 for mega-amazed
about 4,710 for mega-impressed
-Tim
- Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:21 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Penultimate
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9955