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Title: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on August 14, 2020, 02:15:21 PM
Today's word is ostrobogulous, credit Young Sheldon.
If anyone knew what this word means they would have used it on me long ago.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on August 14, 2020, 06:06:12 PM
I've only used that word once, and it was to describe a strange porn I saw many years ago ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on October 31, 2020, 09:11:22 PM
Today's word is - perambulate -

per·am·bu·late
"walk or travel through or around a place or area, especially for pleasure and in a leisurely way."

Only because I just heard it for the first fucking time. How The Fuck is that possible. LOL
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on November 01, 2020, 02:56:10 PM
Right ....
Once again, one I've used maybe once previously ...

How about this one?

Quote
solecism

Definition
1 : an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence; also : a minor blunder in speech

2 : something deviating from the proper, normal, or accepted order

3 : a breach of etiquette or decorum

Did You Know?
The city of Soloi had a reputation for bad grammar. Located in Cilicia, an ancient coastal nation in Asia Minor, it was populated by Athenian colonists called soloikoi (literally "inhabitants of Soloi"). According to historians, the colonists of Soloi allowed their native Athenian Greek to be corrupted and started using words incorrectly. As a result, soloikos gained a new meaning: "speaking incorrectly." The Greeks used that sense as the basis of soloikismos, meaning "an ungrammatical combination of words." That root, in turn, gave rise to the Latin soloecismus, the direct ancestor of the English word solecism. Nowadays, solecism can refer to social blunders as well as sloppy syntax.

I've almost suggested it be called a "SIecism" previously in the life of AS/LG ...



Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on November 01, 2020, 03:25:23 PM
I've been guilty of that but haven't heard it used before.

I have a new one I just heard today.

Psychopomps
"guide of souls
Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός, psychopompós, literally meaning the 'guide of souls') are creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife."
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on November 01, 2020, 11:41:10 PM
I've heard that word once, years ago, in a horror movie;
I can't remember which one ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on November 02, 2020, 01:10:56 AM
I heard a new one,
Intumescence
Specifically in relation to #3

"1.  pathology
a swelling up, as with blood or other fluid
2.  pathology
a swollen organ or part
3.  chemistry
the swelling of certain substances on heating, often accompanied by the escape of water vapor
"
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on November 07, 2020, 09:30:21 PM
Heard this one used by a German cat in a cartoon.
"interlocutor"

in·ter·loc·u·tor
/ˌin(t)ərˈläkyədər/

   a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on November 09, 2020, 12:01:37 PM
It reminds me of "interocitor" from the 1949 film "The Alien Machine" ...
I think it was an questioning/interrogation device; I honestly can't remember right now ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on November 11, 2020, 12:19:18 PM
Got this one last night from Roger on American Dad.

Spatchcock

noun
a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on November 11, 2020, 12:23:55 PM
Got this one last night from Roger on American Dad.

Spatchcock

noun
a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.

https://www.the-penis.com/images/Full_subincision.jpg
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on November 11, 2020, 12:32:07 PM

Crazy shit people do.

It reminds me of "interocitor" from the 1949 film "The Alien Machine" ...
I think it was an questioning/interrogation device; I honestly can't remember right now ...

Reminds me of "Locutus of Borg"
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on November 11, 2020, 01:36:07 PM
There's a term I've not heard in a while ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on November 13, 2020, 09:20:34 PM
Hmmmm ....

Quote
The longest word in the English language is 189,819 letters long and would take three and a half hours to say. If you have three and a half hours free here's a link to the word: TITIN - Pastebin.com (https://pastebin.com/wkKH8xD8) ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on November 14, 2020, 12:39:43 PM
If that's a real word somebody must have been taking the piss that day.
Lots of fragments used over and over and no meaning offered?
I'm a bit skeptical.

Google says,
"pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" is the longest word in any dictionary. = silicosis caused by volcano dust.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on November 18, 2020, 02:34:17 PM
I thought that too ....
It's still a funny read ...

So, what's today's word?
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on November 19, 2020, 11:03:12 PM
Todays word is "Dood"

>>dood (uncountable) death; the act of dying. the dead; something that is no longer alive. (figurative) a complete loss.<<

Wiktionary
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on November 20, 2020, 09:07:35 PM
Hmmmmm ....
Ok ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on November 20, 2020, 10:56:52 PM
Ha I felt the same way.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on November 20, 2020, 11:58:56 PM
Yeah, I feel "meh" about it ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on November 21, 2020, 07:49:39 PM
You probably know these.

Hypervitaminosis

Hypervitaminosis is a condition of abnormally high storage levels of vitamins, which can lead to toxic symptoms. Specific medical names of the different conditions are derived from the vitamin involved:A,B,C ect,.

Also Avitaminosis

a condition resulting from a deficiency of one or more particular vitamins.

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on November 22, 2020, 02:34:31 AM
Basic word, but a good one ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on November 30, 2020, 11:11:53 PM
Just got a new one for you.

Cenocervasiasillicaphobia

"Cenocervasiasillicaphobia, the fear of an empty beer glass."

Care of Letter Kenny.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on December 01, 2020, 09:18:50 AM
THAT is a word worth knowing ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on December 02, 2020, 02:44:30 PM
 :) Yeah but learning to pronounce it...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on December 02, 2020, 05:33:45 PM
Cenocervasiasillicaphobia
SEEno-serva-sia-silli-ca-phobia
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on December 02, 2020, 08:09:34 PM
Ah I just noticed the header, but didn't it face the other way?

https://craftbeerclub.com/blog/post/what-does-cenosillicaphobia-mean-294
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on December 03, 2020, 03:58:00 AM
Not sure ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on December 06, 2020, 02:22:25 AM
extemporaneous
ex·tem·po·ra·ne·ous
/ikˌstempəˈrānēəs/
adjective
spoken or done without preparation.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on December 06, 2020, 11:29:46 AM
I've heard that one a few times. Good one.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on December 12, 2020, 09:27:21 AM
Hmmm ....

Quote
antediluvianplay
adjective an-tih-dih-LOO-vee-unPrevNext
Definition
1 : of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
2 a : made, evolved, or developed a long time ago
b : extremely primitive or outmoded
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on December 12, 2020, 04:31:40 PM
Qat

qat or "khat" are the leaves of an Arabian shrub that are chewed as a stimulant.

Courtesy The Wilds

Does that antediluvian word really have play on the end?  ???
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on December 12, 2020, 05:22:07 PM
No ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on December 13, 2020, 09:36:06 PM
 :D Okay.

One I'm sure you know,

Tribadism (https://ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/pronunciation/2020-02-14/audio/tr/tribadism_en_us_1.mp3)

"a form of sexual activity between women in which the genitals are stimulated by being rubbed against one another."

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on December 15, 2020, 04:23:27 PM
(https://ctl.s6img.com/society6/img/-sfGOsbiNSW4OZ35ke3hhezO-Vc/w_700/prints/~artwork/s6-original-art-uploads/society6/uploads/misc/d7e87d7d626b43f595620db921038b56/~~/scissoring-by-bluethebone-prints.jpg?wait=0&attempt=0)
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on December 15, 2020, 06:42:13 PM
Oh my interracial, LOL.

Chronostratigraphy

“The element of stratigraphy that deals with the relative time relations and ages of rock bodies.”
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on December 16, 2020, 10:15:55 PM
Like Brett Michaels and Jon BonJovi?
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on December 17, 2020, 01:59:22 PM
Okay, so which one is red?
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on December 18, 2020, 11:20:15 PM
This one ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUF6EF-WgvU

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on January 14, 2021, 08:02:42 PM
Yeah that video is not a word. lol

Today's word is:

Philatelist
(fe-'la-te-list)
A specialist in Philately
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on January 24, 2021, 09:19:55 PM
Uhm, like "stamp collecting"?

And that video is quite red, bro ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: r. youth on February 02, 2021, 02:25:43 AM
Shibboleth

[ shib-uh-lith, leth ]

a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 02, 2021, 04:54:39 PM
Wow, I heard that in some movie from the 60's ....
Good word though ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 02, 2021, 08:09:44 PM
Sounds jewish.

-----
Yep
"mid 17th century: from Hebrew šibbōleṯ ‘ear of corn’, used as a test of nationality by its difficult pronunciation (Judg. 12:6)."
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: r. youth on February 02, 2021, 09:14:14 PM
Sounds like a horse thief.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 02, 2021, 11:27:39 PM
So strange young woman from the past, where did you last hear that word?
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 02, 2021, 11:57:49 PM
Hmmm ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 03, 2021, 09:47:18 PM
Excoriate
ex·co·ri·ate

censure or criticize severely.
"the people that had been lauding imaginary Christ were now
excoriating the myth"

Well, one can wish.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 03, 2021, 10:37:22 PM
It also means:
- damage or remove part of the surface of the skin
(Read as an abrasion)
conversely, if used in cooking
- to flay
lastly
- to pan, or review harshly, a book or a play
(closer to your definition)
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 04, 2021, 12:55:12 AM
Yes but stop covering, you know what I was about with that post.

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 04, 2021, 08:24:41 AM
Ok, then today's word will be:
Quote
Ultracrepidarian:
ul·tra·crep·i·dar·i·an
/ˌəltrəkrepəˈderēən/

adjective
expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one's knowledge or expertise.
"“Dad, how do we know the universe is expanding?” inquires your six-year-old. Try answering that without resorting to an ultracrepidarian trick here or there"

noun
a person who expresses opinions on matters outside the scope of their knowledge or expertise.
"most patients are ultracrepidarians when it comes to medicine"
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 04, 2021, 08:29:37 AM
Wow, that's a good one!
Sounds like Super creepy ... LOL
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 04, 2021, 09:05:31 AM
Thanks; I don't know how I remembered it, but it popped into my head reading over the last couple of posts ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: r. youth on February 05, 2021, 11:06:44 AM
So strange young woman from the past, where did you last hear that word?

I keep a ferociously gay assortment of index cards cataloging fabulous vocabulary words bc I am insufferable, and obviously I get words of the day both emailed to me and as a widget on my phone as, again--insufferable.  Think this was a recent one!

And I had fun parsing "so strange young woman from the past," I was like so, strange young woman from the past, and then so strange, young woman from the past, and then I fixated on the strange young woman and was like, THAT'S RIGHT LILAH YOU A STRANGE YUNG WOMAN YOU BETTER GET THE FUCK UP AND PUT ON A BRA BEFORE YOU GON NEED ONE, AND UH HUH FREE MEEK ON THAT STEREO HONEY SO YOU CAN STOP SAYING "chuuuuurch" INSIDE YR OWN HEAD ALL DAY, GO BRUSH YR TEETH, WE GONNA WRITE THREE COVER LETTERS TODAY, YOU WILL BE TOUCHED TENDERLY AGAIN SOME DAY, DEATH IS COMING, DEATH IS COMING, DEATH IS COMING

"fun," that's fun for me, that's how I have fun.

sup
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 05, 2021, 12:58:59 PM
I love this woman!
Sup, W'Chu?

Anyway, today's (relevant to the above post) word:
Quote
Shivviness
(SHIV•ee•ness)
Noun: -The feeling of roughness caused by a new undergarment. -The uncomfortable feeling of wearing new underwear

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 05, 2021, 07:32:55 PM
Hahahahaha
I think I like her as well.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 05, 2021, 08:25:49 PM
Hey Lilah (asumption) in your post you mentioned free Meeks.

I looked up the "Free Meek" issue and that SOB should spend five years in prison, he got a very lenient sentence on his original charge, and then he violated his parole OVER AND FUCKING OVER. Wherever legal shit he is going through now is entirely his own doing. So if that story is what you were referencing then now you know how I feel about that bullshit.   
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 05, 2021, 09:23:12 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RYgATJl4qQ
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 05, 2021, 09:48:33 PM
Hahahaha, purrfect.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 06, 2021, 12:18:44 AM
Hey, he killed a dozen babies, but they clearly attacked him first!
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 06, 2021, 08:19:55 PM
rapaciousness

"1. Having or showing a strong or excessive desire to acquire money or possess things; greedy: "dishonest utilities and rapacious energy traders" (Paul Roberts). 2. Living by killing prey, especially in large numbers: rapacious coyotes."

Heard it in a show about how a gang of otters can take down monkeys, alligators and other creatures easily.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 06, 2021, 09:49:05 PM
Yeah, it's amazing who can take down what in numbers in the animal kingdom ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 06, 2021, 10:38:51 PM
Almost worth a horror movie.

People being swamped by a tribe of wild otters while swimming near popular beaches, rivers whatever, it's a classic concept. And a bit gruesome to think about.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 07, 2021, 12:22:48 AM
Sharknado!
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 07, 2021, 06:44:09 PM
I guess otternado wouldn't have the same impact.

Acquisitiveness

Quote
ac·quis·i·tive·ness
/əˈkwizidivnəs/
 excessive interest in acquiring money or material things.
 "this aggressive merchandising encourages acquisitiveness among children".
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 07, 2021, 07:45:33 PM
Hey Lilah (asumption) in your post you mentioned free Meeks.


I hope I didn't offend you girl.

Just wanted to say you can post at A-S as well
http://www.anti-social.site/index.php
It's not our board and we don't know who set it up.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 07, 2021, 11:26:55 PM
Oh, yeah ...
I forgot about that place ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 08, 2021, 12:06:14 AM
Well, it's interesting to visit.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 08, 2021, 12:07:51 AM
I just did, and I posted a few things while I was there ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 10, 2021, 02:01:24 AM
I just did, and I posted a few things while I was there ....
Yep read em and replied.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 10, 2021, 10:08:14 AM
Nice ....
Maybe something will happen there one day ....

Speaking of which ...

Quote
Today's WOTD: Propitious
It basically means "hopeful" ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 10, 2021, 12:20:41 PM
Pretty sure you know this one.

Conviviality

con·viv·i·al·i·ty
/kənˌvivēˈalədē/
(https://emojipedia-us.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/thumbs/120/samsung/265/speaker-high-volume_1f50a.png) (https://ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20200429/xconviviality--_us_2.mp3)

The quality of being friendly and lively; friendliness.
"the conviviality of the evening"
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 10, 2021, 01:21:15 PM
Two words for the day work ...
I like that one though ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 10, 2021, 02:58:15 PM
I wonder if yours is related to prophesy.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on February 10, 2021, 08:11:01 PM
Hmmmm ....
Good question ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on February 28, 2021, 04:04:53 PM
abstruse

ab·struse
/abˈstro͞os,əbˈstro͞os/

adjective: abstruse

    difficult to understand; obscure.
    "an abstruse philosophical inquiry"
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 01, 2021, 01:25:29 AM
Nice ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 02, 2021, 01:46:27 PM
Avunculate
avun·​cu·​late | \ -ˌlāt \

1 : a special relationship obtaining among some tribal peoples between a nephew and his maternal uncle
2 : authority of a man over his sister's family affairs but especially over her children and the reciprocal rights and responsibilities associated therewith —

compare amitate

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 03, 2021, 07:33:52 PM
Hmmm ....
That's one you see occasionally, however, is rarely used correctly ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 21, 2021, 01:21:48 PM
 Polyphagia

"Polyphagia, also known as hyperphagia, is the medical term for excessive or extreme hunger. It's different than having an increased appetite after exercise or other physical activity. While your hunger level will return to normal after eating in those cases, polyphagia won't go away if you eat more food."
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 22, 2021, 02:08:01 PM
There was a CSI episode about that ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 22, 2021, 09:58:52 PM
I would bet there is!

You'd think such a person would eat himself to death in short order but apparently not. It seems their digestive tract evolves to handle the massive quantities!

I watched a video recently, see if I can find it.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 23, 2021, 08:37:26 AM
It's more their voracity that is the issue ...
They can be quite violent if they don't get the required food ...
... and if they are "special needs" (outside of that condition) it only exasperates both potential situations
(which is what happened in that CSI episode)
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 24, 2021, 01:34:48 AM
Voracity Hahaha,

One of the guys on the video I watched ate a 14 month old baby, and that was after they chased him out of the morgue. The baby got him physically chased from the facility, somehow he got away.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 24, 2021, 01:49:56 AM
meritocracy
[ mer-i-tok-ruh-see ]

(https://img.icons8.com/metro/2x/speaker.png) (https://static.sfdict.com/audio/lunawav/M03/M0321400.ogg)
"noun, plural mer·i·toc·ra·cies.
1. an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class, privilege or wealth.

2. a system in which such persons are rewarded and advanced: The dean believes the educational system should be a meritocracy.

3. leadership by able and talented persons."
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 24, 2021, 06:25:15 PM
Good luck with the entitled on this one ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 24, 2021, 06:35:52 PM
Wait, which one?
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 24, 2021, 06:46:24 PM
meritocracy
[ mer-i-tok-ruh-see ]
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 24, 2021, 11:00:15 PM
Yeah, kind of a daydream idea at the present.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 25, 2021, 06:46:18 PM
Anything "fair" is ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 25, 2021, 08:08:50 PM
Here's some interesting ones ....
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/50611/longest-word-in-the-world
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 26, 2021, 02:05:44 AM
This thread seems terminated if we don't respond with our own observations! 

I bet there are hundreds of "word of the day" sites. Lots of shit to pick from. Just make it random.

Looses something I would say. All of the words I have posted I have recently heard in videos and googled them or remembered them. Sometimes I have an 'instinctual' grasp  (perhaps imaginary) of if it would be interesting to anyone else, but I don't search lists and shit for new words just to fucking post.   
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 26, 2021, 02:08:42 AM
Meh, longest word. I've seen a couple, some simply are nonsense. Made up meaning to get recognition.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 26, 2021, 02:25:47 AM
Lol.

su·per·ca·li·fra·gil·is·tic·ex·pi·a·li·do·cious
/ˌso͞opərˌkaləˌfrajəˌlistikˌekspēˌaləˈdōSHəs/
Learn to pronounce
(https://img.icons8.com/metro/2x/speaker.png) (https://ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20200429/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious--_us_1.mp3)
adjective: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious; adjective: supercalifragilistic

    extraordinarily good; wonderful.
   
"the only word to characterize Kepler's discoveries was ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’"

Origin
1940s: apparently a fanciful formation based on super, popularized by the 1964 film Mary Poppins .

Definitions from Oxford Languages
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 26, 2021, 07:04:47 PM
I've tried to break that one down logically and I've failed every time ...
I though maybe it was based upon something concrete of a real "root" of a word/words ...

It's about as legit as "hum-diddle-diddle-diddle, hum-diddle-aye!" (even though all three that make it up are actual English words) ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 26, 2021, 08:25:05 PM
Yeah back in the day (60's) I could say it with ease, but it was only cool because it was complete nonsense.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 26, 2021, 09:33:51 PM
Hahahaha ....
Same here ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 27, 2021, 08:42:51 AM
vaxhole

One who has been fully vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus and brags about it.

Origin
Urban Dictionary
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on March 27, 2021, 06:48:53 PM
I like it!
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on March 27, 2021, 11:01:29 PM
I thought it was a good one too ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on April 06, 2021, 11:55:48 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc&list=RDN9qYF9DZPdw
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on April 11, 2021, 02:06:43 PM
"Amanuensis"

a·man·u·en·sis
/əˌmanyəˈwensəs/

noun
noun: amanuensis; plural noun: amanuenses

"a literary or artistic assistant, in particular one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts."

From the description of the movie Blind Revenge.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on April 14, 2021, 11:33:04 PM
Dude; love that one!
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on April 15, 2021, 08:32:42 PM
Wish I hadn't chased off that little squirrel we had posting on this thread for a couple days. I didn't mean to.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on April 15, 2021, 08:41:26 PM
Awww ....
She'll be back ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on April 16, 2021, 12:55:39 AM
I wish they would all be back, but that's just ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on April 16, 2021, 07:51:39 PM
Eventually ...
They all come back eventually ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on April 18, 2021, 09:26:39 PM
Phototaxis

The bodily movement of a motile organism in response to light, either toward the source of light ( positive phototaxis ) or away from it ( negative phototaxis ).

From Lost in Space the series.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on April 21, 2021, 12:27:13 AM
Since we were talking about Panda AntiVirus in another thread in Rhubarb ...

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-Pandiculation
-[pan-dik-yuh-ley-shuhn]
-noun
-the act of stretching oneself, especially on waking
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on April 21, 2021, 05:36:47 PM
I love that one.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on April 21, 2021, 08:37:45 PM
Here's one for all of our animals mentioned ...

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-Vibrissa
[vahy-bris-uh]
-noun
-one of the stiff, bristly hairs growing about the mouth of certain animals, as a whisker of a cat
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on April 21, 2021, 10:53:08 PM
 Hey I have that!

Cool word though, haven't heard cats whiskers called that before. I did know they report on vibrations.

LOL https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/history/radio-receivers/cats-whisker-crystal-radios-sets.php
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on April 24, 2021, 01:52:38 AM
hmmm ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on May 10, 2021, 11:49:21 AM
Apocalypse

(ἀποκάλυψις, apokálypsis)

"An apocalypse is a disclosure or revelation of great knowledge. In religious concepts an apocalypse usually discloses something very important that was hidden"

So revealing long hidden knowledge will bring the apocalypse?  I say BRING IT ON!

Hahahaha (from Google)

How do you survive the apocalypse?
   
1 Purify water. Ensuring your drinking water is safe so that you don't succumb to disease in a post-apocalyptic world will be crucial. ...
   
2 Prevent infection. ...

3 Generate power. ...

4 Grow food. ...

5 Drive tree-powered cars. ...

6 Restart a chemical industry. ...

7 Be scientific.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on May 12, 2021, 08:07:20 PM
Just to follow the word of the day ...
Obscuration
- Technically an antonym of the above word ....
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on June 08, 2021, 07:28:34 PM
Just to follow the word of the day ...
Obscuration
- Technically an antonym of the above word ....

Very interesting.
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on June 08, 2021, 10:59:55 PM
I know, right?

WOTD:
Mytacism
Definition - Excessive or wrong use of the sound of the letter 'm'
Example - Campbell's Soup's "Mmmm-Mmmm, Good!" slogan
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on June 09, 2021, 12:35:39 AM
I know, right?

WOTD:
Mytacism
Definition - Excessive or wrong use of the sound of the letter 'm'
Example - Campbell's Soup's "Mmmm-Mmmm, Good!" slogan

Oh you have got to be joking, excessive use of a letter? Wow
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on June 09, 2021, 10:59:57 PM
No, seriously ...
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on June 27, 2021, 10:20:18 AM
Shivoo
[ shi-voo ]
noun

- a boisterous party or celebration
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Tru on June 27, 2021, 01:45:10 PM
Have to say I have never heard that one. Good find, where did it come from?
Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Thrash on June 29, 2021, 07:56:42 AM
I don't remember ....
I knew it from before for some reason and looked it up to verify ...