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- Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Taciturn
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8206
Re: Taciturn
Slava, could you explain a bit about the source of your discomfort?
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Pejorative
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1146
Re: Pejorative
Is "major" also from the same root?
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Orthogonal
- Replies: 2
- Views: 893
Re: Orthogonal
I must admit to being a bit surprised that the teenagers' favorite "ortho-" was not first on the list.
Orthodonture.
Orthodonture.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:21 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Winsome
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3252
Re: Winsome
Slava, my point precisely!
well, perhaps with a touch of the Gorgon to it also?)
well, perhaps with a touch of the Gorgon to it also?)
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Winsome
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3252
Re: Winsome
David, from where I sit, you're as attractive as ever. The superficial (or superfacial in this case?) is of "no mind nor merit" in my world. In your case, as with the others I've met on here, the mind IS the merit and all that is required for people in my world to be gorgeous. (hmmmm wonde...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Winsome
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3252
Re: Winsome
winsome man
handsome woman
any comments?
handsome woman
any comments?
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Samey
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8092
Re: Samey
Slava,
May seem more polite, but much depends on tone of voice, no?
May seem more polite, but much depends on tone of voice, no?
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Lugubrious
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1187
Re: Lugubrious
Dear Doctor,
Did you have the hiccups?
The posting appeared twice on here.
Did you have the hiccups?
The posting appeared twice on here.
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Chicanery
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3987
Re: Chicanery
Barbara, really?
Chicanery on the part of large companies dealing in large contracts in politically granted jobs funded by taxpayers?
Of course that can't be true!
You'd think the taxpayers didn't vote or something...
sigh
Chicanery on the part of large companies dealing in large contracts in politically granted jobs funded by taxpayers?
Of course that can't be true!
You'd think the taxpayers didn't vote or something...
sigh
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Sojourn
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3513
Re: Sojourn
The City, it be Melbourne, no?
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Kvetch
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11288
Re: Kvetch
Oh! really? Despite my mother's avoidance of all things culinary and linguistic from her early years until one of my elder sisters went to Brandeis, kvetch was in use often in our house. There were other words and phrases that didn't break through till cousins began having bar mitzvahs (no bat mitzv...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Enemy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7817
Re: Enemy
What is the "om..." or "omn..." in omnymi?
Again, my thanks in advance...
Debby
Again, my thanks in advance...
Debby
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Kvetch
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11288
Re: Kvetch
Am I correct in reading this to mean that "kvetcher" has only been around since 1968?The verb may be used as a noun synonymous with kvetcher, which has only been around since 1968.
As ever, thanks for the clarification in advance...
Debby
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Tree
- Replies: 1
- Views: 42944
Re: Tree
I was sorry not to see my favorite related word, treen.
Treenware are dishes or utensils made of wood.
Seems useful to me.
Treenware are dishes or utensils made of wood.
Seems useful to me.
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:06 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Foison
- Replies: 3
- Views: 40080
Re: Foison
Related in any way to "to foist off upon"?