This is a timely word. An article consisting of a list, such as:
1. Wash your hands for 20 minutes.
2. Cover your face when coughing
Search found 611 matches
- Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Listicle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6251
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:07 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Pertinent
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7955
Pertinent
From Latin: per (through) + tenere (hold). To relate to, concerning.
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Malevolence
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6923
Re: Malevolence
This one: an administration that is full of incompetence exacerbated by malevolence and shot through with mendacity. Wink, wink.
- Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:09 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Malevolence
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6923
Malevolence
From French, from Latin. Bad wish. Or as succinctly used recently : the administrations response was malevolence tempered by incompetence.
- Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:12 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Hamper
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11965
Hamper
A noun and a verb. Both seem to have German origin, but came to English by different routes. The noun by a foray into French. Both connote confining. There is a nautical usage, things important for sailing but at times in the way.
- Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:01 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Grifter
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10144
Grifter
A swindler. Maybe a combination of grafter and drifter? Since grafter also means con man, maybe a grifter is a rootless swindler.
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:24 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Dysmorphic.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6604
Dysmorphic.
Is it proper to use this word to describe a dysfunctional legislative body as opposed to, say, a congenital disorder of the human body?
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: antigen
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6151
antigen
This is timely. A substance that causes production of an anti body. French loaned this to german.
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:41 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Prickly
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8940
Prickly
An adjective with an LY ending? But can’t this be used as an adverb? “He became prickly when asked about the phone call.”
Where does this come from? German: prickle.
Where does this come from? German: prickle.
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 2:58 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Abseil
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11291
Abseil
From German, down plus rope. In English this means to descend a near vertical cliff face.
- Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:30 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Lofty
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14312
Lofty
It occurred to me that this may be derived from German, luft, meaning air. Turns out to be correct. It appears in other German languages, but seems to have no PIE origin. Just wondering if other Indo-European languages took it.
- Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:24 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Apricity
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6702
Re: Apricity
Definitely worth adding to a collection of winter related words. Here are others:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-a ... nter-words
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-a ... nter-words
- Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:48 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Irenic
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8193
Irenic
It’s not ironic that this word caught my eye during this season. From Greek for promoting peace, but alas I am not the first to suggest this word. At least two others promoted it previously.
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:35 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Riprap
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9402
Riprap
I don’t know if this is strictly a local word, but it is timely with lake levels rising and home owners concerned about fending off flooding basements and yards. It apparently comes from a nautical term meaning rippling water caused by elevated land.
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:18 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Liaison
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6401
Liaison
Is this now an English word? Is general usage of a foreign word the only criteria for it being “officially” adopted? What about voila and rendezvous? The fact that spell check helped me with all of these words should indicate something.