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biocon commented on the word tardiloquent
Tardiloquent means speaking slowly (OED).
December 6, 2013
alexz commented on the list human-geography
Sleeping Beauty mountain http://goo.gl/maps/sMWKl near Terrace BC
Seven Sisters mountains.
http://goo.gl/maps/11wh8 near Kitwanga
December 6, 2013
reesetee commented on the list it-s-wet-and-it-s-land-wetlands
Thanks, bilby!
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Nipple Lake
Lake in Kane County Utah. Nearby is a peak named Mollie's Nipple, one of several buttes, peaks, knolls and hills so named in Utah.
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list human-geography
Thanks fbharjo. Feel free to add more. I'm opening the list to all.
December 5, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list human-geography
Finger Lakes, New York
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Friend
A town in Nebraska.
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list human-geography
Thanks ruzuzu!
December 5, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list what-a-headache
thunderclap headache
December 5, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list human-geography
There's a town in Nebraska called Friend.
December 5, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list food-and-wine-pairing
Thanks, HH. Add more, if you like!
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list food-and-wine-pairing
Love it! Swiss Chardonay jumps to mind.
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word radiant orchid
Pantone's purply-pink color of the year for 2014, opposite on the colorwheel from 2013's emerald.
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Hermit
Island in Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire.
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Grenadier
An island in the St. Lawrence River once known for its eel fishery.
December 5, 2013
raven_in_the_woods commented on the word calloo
"But how do the luckless feel
and how do the calloos think?"
- The Kalevala, by Elias Lönnrot, trans. Keith Bosley
December 5, 2013
actung commented on the list what-a-headache
Good one!
December 5, 2013
bilby commented on the list what-a-headache
katzenjammer
December 5, 2013
bilby commented on the list evolve-hair-clinic
SPAM
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Elbow Cay
A six-mile long cay in the Abacos Islands, Bahamas. Nice visuals.
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Dowager Island
Located in the north coast region of British Columbia.
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Brother Island
An island in the Niagara River near the Horseshoe Falls.
December 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Bishop Rock
The smallest island in the world with a building on it (a lighthouse), according to the Guiness Book of World Records. It's a Rock.
December 5, 2013
AnWulf commented on the word ruinscape
"Only communist true believers would go to Cuba on holiday if the entire capital were still a vast ruinscape." ... The Once Great City of Havana http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j-totten/once-great-city-havana
December 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word ITAP
Reddit acronym for 'I took a picture'.
December 4, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Grand Mentor
An island in the lagoon of the Aldabra Atoll.
December 4, 2013
bilby commented on the word elfie
What's Oxmas? Is it the holiday before Oboxing Day?
December 4, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word pillyshee
A pulley. Also pullishee, pullisee.
December 4, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word pullisee
See pillyshee.
December 4, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word searse
A sieve; tamin, temse.
December 4, 2013
gangerh commented on the word elfie
The Oxmas Dictionary's Word Of The Year?
December 4, 2013
bilby commented on the user Sharemyflat
SPAM
December 4, 2013
wadies commented on the user wadies
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December 4, 2013
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December 4, 2013
bilby commented on the user Cappuccinator
Howdy, froth captain.
December 3, 2013
shreyasanyal commented on the user shreyasanyal
tenacious means -not easily giving up
December 3, 2013
pterodactyl commented on the list nicknames-you-shouldn-t-give-to-an-axe-wielding-loincloth-wearing-barbarian-warrior-with-bulging-thews
List of the Day, 3 Nov 2013! Thanks, Wordnik!
December 3, 2013
bilby commented on the list it-s-wet-and-it-s-land-wetlands
pokelogan
December 3, 2013
Cappuccinator commented on the user Cappuccinator
Hi there!
December 3, 2013
binayak_89 commented on the list learn-english-vocab---1
mug up
December 3, 2013
alexz commented on the word greedy gut
19th century 'french english' dictionaries list a 'greedy gut' as a definition for Gourmand or Gouliafre or Goulard
I grew up with the phrase 'greedy gut'
A quick search shows this going back to the 1500's.
December 3, 2013
myblankinfinity commented on the word misery guts
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?rd=1&word=a+misery+guts
December 2, 2013
myblankinfinity commented on the word waste man
Waste man is London slang derrogatory term for someone who is annoying you. Eg.: "That Mike is such a waste man! What a cunt!"
December 2, 2013
Adibollate commented on the user Adibollate
Beato chiunque teme l'Eterno e cammina nelle sue vie! (Salmo 128: 1)
December 2, 2013
bilby commented on the word marionette line
A facial crease caused by ageing, running vertically down from the corner of the mouth.
December 2, 2013
bilby commented on the list bare-essentials
accidental?
December 2, 2013
alexz commented on the word tmrrw
Twitterese for 'tomorrow'
December 2, 2013
kalayzich commented on the list words-with-flare
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/unuwords.htm
December 2, 2013
kalayzich commented on the list lips--1
http://basorexia.org/content/what-basorexia
December 1, 2013
kalayzich commented on the list words-with-flare
http://basorexia.org/content/what-basorexia
December 1, 2013
alexz commented on the word NCR
Canadian abbreviation for Not Criminally Responsible.
December 1, 2013
marky commented on the word FAD
Over 350 million people suffer from FAD (Facebook Addiction Disorder).
December 1, 2013
bilby commented on the list benedict-cumberbatch
Blindfold me!
December 1, 2013
bilby commented on the word kill
Kill me Elmo?
December 1, 2013
alexz commented on the word profanity
vsauce did a 10 minute talk on swearing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7dQh8u4Hc
December 1, 2013
steerpike commented on the word miscegenation
"I want authentic island cooking, even though I know that any cuisine is a miscegenation" , from Names For The Sea by Sarah Moss.
December 1, 2013
52james commented on the word chlorer
Chlorers is druggie slang for chloroform, used to get high. It's anaesthesia would come in handy to "settle the nerves" of opium or morphine withdrawal. First found it in A.S. Byatt's The Children's Book, where some people "indulged in 'chlorers'".
November 1, 2013
knitandpurl commented on the word stannary
"Elizabeth, heavily pregnant and desperate, was there waiting while her husband and sons tried to find work in the area, having been turned away from the Tavistock stannary."
PopCo by Scarlett Thomas, p 172 of the Harcourt paperback edition
November 1, 2013
tbtabby commented on the word kill
Also means "tickle" in Swedish.
November 1, 2013
bilby commented on the user persiea57
SPAM
November 30, 2013
bilby commented on the user darenseman
SPAM
November 30, 2013
glypheme commented on the list groupthink
I can't believe nosism isn't on this awesome list!
November 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word T-dot
Toronto
November 30, 2013
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powerbottom
sexually opaque
November 30, 2013
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November 30, 2013
theanadroid commented on the list actual-japanese-shop-brand-names
I guess it was a reference to http://outskirtsbattledome.wikispaces.com/Violence+Jack
November 30, 2013
reesetee commented on the word fool hen
Nickname for the Spruce Grouse. When approached by a predator, it relies on camouflage and stillness to stay hidden, often allowing people to approach within a few feet before exploding into flight. The behavior earned it the nickname "fool hen." Clearly, it's not the fool in that particular situation. ;-)
November 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word alchy
an alcoholic, or a drunkard.
a slang term for alcohol
spotted in 1961 The Synonym Finder - Jerome Irving Rodale
1843 , October New York - Journal of the American Temperance Union
November 30, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list words-within-words
whet+her
November 29, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list words-within-words
so+other
November 29, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list words-within-words
hypo+then+use
November 29, 2013
alexz commented on the word walkavator
a moving sidewalk. a conveyor belt for people.
November 29, 2013
alexz commented on the word movator
this is what a local shopping center calls It's moving walkway. - a moving escalator?
November 29, 2013
elmo1934 commented on the user elmo1934
i'm new to this site so when i get to looking up words, i'll be back. I do a lot of crossword puzzles, so i'll be using your site
November 29, 2013
oroboros commented on the word buyagra
What fuels Black Friday. Neologism heard on NPR's Morning Edition.
November 29, 2013
paulatthehug commented on the word conspicuity
I came across this word for the first time today in the Abstract for a PhD at Nottingham University The use of conspicuity aids by cyclists and the risk of crashes involving other road users: a population based case-control study which came to the (surprising, to me at least) conclusion that:
November 29, 2013
glypheme commented on the word progeny
"I'm a child progeny."
"Most children are."
—Calvin and Hobbes
November 29, 2013
bilby commented on the list heating-and-air-visalia
SPAM
November 29, 2013
kooladitya commented on the list my-gre-words--4
excluding the other set
November 29, 2013
bilby commented on the word brode
I much prefer broddle.
November 29, 2013
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November 29, 2013
madmouth commented on the word brode
It has that goopy autological mouthfeel
November 29, 2013
bilby commented on the word lewed
Yuo sayin i'm unlarned?
November 28, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word lewed
Lewed in Julian's time had connotations of 'unlearned' and 'ignorant'
November 28, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word wic
Middle English - town village
November 28, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word brode
Used to describe the water filled areas as the result of the removal of vast quantities of peat near Norwich
November 28, 2013
madmouth commented on the list names-from-dinosaur-comics
luuuurve
November 28, 2013
madmouth commented on the word fracksy man enjoys environmental catastrophe
...expects Nobel Prize for viscous deviltry
November 28, 2013
Xiphias3 commented on the list furcate--1
Bifurcate is a nice word
November 28, 2013
Xiphias3 commented on the list furcate--1
Cut cut cut....
November 28, 2013
Teacher commented on the word alcatrez
Alcatrez is said to be an old spanish word for pelican. Because Pelicans migrate near the island, it was supposedly so named Alcatrez, according to a documentary seen on birds.
November 28, 2013
Teacher commented on the user Teacher
I was reading that 'alcatrez' had no background, but recently I heard on a documentary about birds that it is an old spanish word meaning 'pelican'. Since the pelicans migrate near the island, it was thus named, according to the documentary.
November 28, 2013
shreyasanyal commented on the user shreyasanyal
unschooled and uninitiate means unfamiliar with something
November 28, 2013
alexz commented on the list list-of-dictionaries
1859 - Language of the Aborigines of the colony of Victoria
(was looking up a word from Johnny Dangerously, and came across this dictionary)
http://books.google.ca/books?id=3WwwAQAAMAAJ
November 28, 2013
alexz commented on the word tear down
n. , it's a building which you will be tearing down to put in a newer building.
November 28, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word knesse-t
It could also be a paradoxical 'crest-pit'? go (ph) igure! why not go for baroque?
November 28, 2013
amirtyz commented on the word to get mugged
To threaten or assault (a person) with the intent to rob: arrested the thief who mugged the tourists.
November 27, 2013
bilby commented on the word fracksy man enjoys environmental catastrophe
A proppantsy man!
November 27, 2013
bilby commented on the word knesse-t
I was going to say cesspit.
November 27, 2013