Hm. I see how that means something, but the additional concept isn't particularly "loaded" with additional meaning. I did add a couple other suggestions, though.
deinonychus, I am so grateful to you for sharing that information. This list is *exactly* the place for sharing that sort of thing, and I'm moved (ahem) that you did so.
I thought your link might be to this article, but I was (delightfully) wrong! Yet another article on the phenomenon! Poo-nomenon! Thank you for enriching our lives. :)
"C.S.S. Virginia struggles to damage the U.S.S. Monitor in this gauche painting which brings to life the drama of close combat with frightening power of armament and devotion to duty."
Aside from thinking this is a stupid sentence, I am also pretty sure they meant that the painting is gouache. *eyeroll*
just found this... I assume you mean my Aubrey/Maturin list? I'm sorry it isn't open. But you could always start your own! For a while someone was even keeping lists of the different lists around on various topics... but that seemed a little disappearing-into-myself for me. :) Best wishes!
"Loosely secure 20 to 30 rubber bands at one end with another rubber band (the 30 should all be lying in roughly the same direction). Then push an unsharpened pencil into the secured end of the bundle. Tighten the rubber band that's holding everything together by wrapping it around the bundle a few more times. Finally, use scissors to cut all the looped ends of the bands." (From Disney FamilyFun)
Directions: stir together 1 cup of dry tempera paint with 1 1/2 cups of water and 1/2 teaspoon of liquid dish soap (the soap helps keep the nozzle from clogging). Mix thoroughly, checking that there aren't any lumps. Pour the paints into the spray bottles.
Thanks, Mollyhawk! Yeah, I do have A Sea of Words! I love it. Also got the lobscouse and ... whatever it's called, that book of the disgusting food they ate. I went completely batshit for Aubrey/Maturin. In fact just watched M&C again last night and may start reading these books again! Glad you like the list.
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Yeah!!! What if, like, somebody thought up this site, okay, where, like, people could just LIST things. And they could comment on other people's lists. And on other people's words! And other people could, like, talk to them, but about WORDS! They should totally call it something like "wordie."
Still hoping to keep in touch with beloved Wordizens whom I communicate with only on this site. Missing comments, etc. on profiles (etc.) is seriously harshing my mellow.
Also still hoping to continue using this as a research/note-storing site as well as a social one. Not having access to comments is seriously marginalizing my discourse.
*sigh* This is what hurts: in response to the suggestion of a social-only version of Wordnik, which is understandably not in the works:
"Even if we could, it would make Wordnik another soulless flat definitions-only site (and the Internet is full-up on those, or was last time I checked)."
This is true. But it's kind of already become that, for me. :(
May I submit that sionnach's comment found itself happily transported via a copy/paste feature, and, like Alice of the Drink Me/Eat Me fame, became larger in the new box?
Hi all, I've been away on maternity leave for many moons, and before that, insanely busy at work and home, so I just found this page. I logged in to agree with reesetee's comment, then discovered this whole page... that was three hours ago. (Still busy at work, I guess.) I'm heartened to see the continual striving for improvement here, and to see so many of my creaky old-timer buds from the days of yore. But it's also disheartening to see fifteen new things every time I visit--I hardly recognize the ol' place anymore--and wade through all the comments about things not working right--that's after I even find the comments in the first place... and with the page-load times, usually I just say "screw it" and go over to Facebook or some other place. (Which is getting frickin' boring, might I add.)
I do love the dates-on-comments thing. I haven't even poked around enough to see what else I like, though.
So... not sure there's anything actionable or even useful here, but I wanted to throw my coupla pennies in. And say Hi. So... Hi!
Who remembers Johnny Dangerously? "Did you know your last name is an adverb?"
Anyway... Joe Piscopo's character was always calling people fargin iceholes. At one point they show a newspaper quoting him and it's actually spelled that way. I still think this euphemism is better than the actual phrase.
I've been having "eat what I want day" for... well, going on ten months. I tell you, some whiskey-soaked fufluns en flambé sound pretty fargin good right now.
I should just mention, again, that as much as I am not looking forward to labor, I know that on the other side of my travail there's Proctofoam. And that makes me feel just a little bit better.
Ah, now, *that* term belongs on this list! And thank you! It's been a long time since that list (or any of mine, really...) has had any additions. And such a good one.
Last time I changed my answers at the last minute and got more wrong than if I hadn't changed any. So this time I refused to change any, and look! I am firmly in the middle of the herd.
*lends extra tiaras to everyone* *dons crash helmet with specially-fitted tiara* *fufluns around on a unicycle*
P.S. I chose wodge because it is a delightful word that makes me think of peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. And what bear doesn't love those? But I also chose wodge because this game is too damn hard for small bear-brains and I wanted there to be at least ONE easy (I thought) entry. :)
I saw the picture of the building. Didn't look like a mansion at all to me, unless you define mansion as just "large building," but in that case, the Empire State Building is a mansion. Is it not. Therefore... *needs fuflun*
Spreadsheet's done! Not that my results will be any better than they were last time...
bilby -- sinistral blafferty -- hidelugged dontcry -- tear-resistant erinmckean -- calepinerienne fbharjo -- harlequin frindley -- mediæval frogapplause -- heartstringsplucker gangerh -- emordnilap hernesheir -- balsamaceous mollusque -- I wanted to say emordnilap. I'm gonna say od instead, then kick myself later. oroboros -- hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophile. And if it's not, it should be. PossibleUnderscore -- chrestomathic Prolagus -- panda. Again, if it's not, it should be. As huggable as any extinct lagomorph could be. pterodactyl -- mortsafe reesetee -- present ruzuzu -- slopseller seanahan -- prodigal sionnach -- boggy Wordnicolina -- greenhorn? Wordplayer -- ascian? yarb -- queasy?
You know, reesetee, I don't think there'll be many changes. Not sure about additions, but I'll keep a list if I come up with any. I think the dearth is because, rather prosaically, we are too exhausted to come up with new ones.
My very serious friend comments on this name: "The "j" is pronounced like a "y." Mjöllner was the name of the Hammer of Thor that was imbued with magical powers, not unlike the dorje in the Buddhist tradition. Actually, Dorje is a good name too. Thor used his hammer to smite the ice giants. It has other meanings too...."
"We don't have any matching examples for how to say ghostbusters upon cue of who you gonna call, but we're constantly adding material, so please check back soon."
Sure, it's expensive till you figure out pounds-per-square-inch. Those greedy bastards had no right! How the hell do they think my tiara looks with all that damn camo around?!
I love this word. However, it always makes me think of a town, Ephrata (pronounced kind of like EFF-erta, though you hardly hear the R at all), near my hometown. And then I always think of this girl at an indoor-guard competition at some huge high school miles and miles away from both Ephrata and my hometown, who misread the sign on the classroom door that was meant for the kids from Ephrata H.S., and said aloud, "Eupharta."
Nice new homepage! However, I'm distraught over a disabled feature that made life on Wordnik worth living. Why can't I right-click and open a window (on a list, comments, another word, etc.) in a new tab? When I do so, I get a tab window saying "unrecognized request formal."
The same thing happens when I use the back button. Or reload. Why? Why?
Now, I have never been to an unrecognized request formal, but surely it's just like other formals. Right? Surely what I'm wearing today would be appropriate.
Also, the new homepage is cool and all... but it takes forever to load on my super-fast work computer with a T1-whatever connection. I shudder to think of the speed at home on my dinosaur computer. :( Is there an option for dinosaur luddites?
Hm. Paging through a list that's more than 100 words long presents a problem for me at the moment. I'll get the count (e.g. "Words 101 through 200 of 335") but the list that appears is still actually words 1 through 100.
Maybe I clicked it wrong. Or maybe it's really showing all 335 and the numbers, not the list, are what's wrong.
I don't feel qualified to add anything to this list, but I will submit that teh alsome got some serious play at one point. I vaguely recall I had some ulterior purpose for inventing hexadodecaroon too.
For years, those stores will do that to you. "Would you like a bag for that? Thanks for coming in. I'll most likely kill you in the morning." It's important to have something else going on, like learning to fence.
This came up in a staff meeting yesterday, not for any particular newsworthiness but because some people from there might be visiting our workplace soon. And today I saw this news online--very iroquoisy!
Damocritis the stuff; Democritus the dude? I don't know. At this point you'll have to ask Stephen Maturin. It seems he took it with his fictional self to his fictional grave.
"Employed in Repairing the Redoubts & Erecting Battries now within reach of the Enemies Grape Rifflescannons firing grapeshot and wall artillery Pieces." —Anonymous Letter, “Siege of York & Gloucester Virginia,” September 14–October 17, 1781. Housed in the John D. Rockefeller Library, Williamsburg, Virginia.
I really would prefer if grape riffles meant a kind of flavored icing used on fufluns.
How should I know? On the old Wordie there was a glitch that if you had dupe words on a list and deleted one, it would delete both. So I don't bother with duplicates anymore.
Also, I think that whole concept came up on the Aubrey/Maturin list, which (if you think THIS is a black hole) I recommend not delving too deeply or greedily, because a balrog may come up.
Ah. I was operating on the older definition of smallclothes, meaning anything worn under the outer garments, which would include (for example) a woman's shift and a man's long shirt (long enough that the shirttails covered the crotchal area and almost down to the knees). I know from my very brief days wearing re-enactor clothes (don't ask) that "smallclothes" meant (means?) the whites that go under one's regimental coat, so obviously that could include the close-fitting knee breeches aforesaid.
chained_bear commented on the word gold, solid gold
You need to read this article to get why it's on this list.
Feb 5, 2013
chained_bear commented on the list specific-excrement
This is also pretty fun.
Feb 5, 2013
chained_bear commented on the word fantods
Congratulations to fantods for making it onto the 2013 Wayne State Word Warriors list of words that should be used more often. Seen here.
Jan 31, 2013
chained_bear commented on the list specific-excrement
Eew! Added.
Jan 30, 2013
chained_bear commented on the list nasa
Wow, thanks! I totally forgot I even had this list! :)
Jan 30, 2013
chained_bear commented on the word monkey slug caterpillar
As seen in this article. Eew.
Jan 23, 2013
chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load
It's just as well I don't usually interact with those folks, then. :)
Jan 20, 2013
chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load
Hm. I see how that means something, but the additional concept isn't particularly "loaded" with additional meaning. I did add a couple other suggestions, though.
Jan 17, 2013
chained_bear commented on the list specific-excrement
Ain't that the truth.
Jan 16, 2013
chained_bear commented on the list specific-excrement
deinonychus, I am so grateful to you for sharing that information. This list is *exactly* the place for sharing that sort of thing, and I'm moved (ahem) that you did so.
I thought your link might be to this article, but I was (delightfully) wrong! Yet another article on the phenomenon! Poo-nomenon! Thank you for enriching our lives. :)
Jan 15, 2013
chained_bear commented on the word abuwtiyuw
Featured article of the day on Wikipedia.org today (here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuwtiyuw).
Nov 8, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word fox news obsessed with lone Black Panther
Seen here: http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/11/fox-news-obsessed-with-lone-black-panther-148638.html?hp=lh_b10
Nov 6, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word gauche
"C.S.S. Virginia struggles to damage the U.S.S. Monitor in this gauche painting which brings to life the drama of close combat with frightening power of armament and devotion to duty."
Aside from thinking this is a stupid sentence, I am also pretty sure they meant that the painting is gouache. *eyeroll*
Oct 8, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word feathers
http://xkcd.com/1104/
Sep 18, 2012
chained_bear commented on the list boxing
Is it bad that my first thought on seeing your comment, ruzuzu, was of clinchpoop? *off to read some archival funnies*
Aug 20, 2012
chained_bear commented on the user WilliamBG
Or this one, the mother (in size only) of all O'Brian lists (that I know of). Enjoy.
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/the-aubrey-maturin-list-i-m-gonna-make-someday
Aug 20, 2012
chained_bear commented on the list •-wordie-pro
*sigh*
Aug 20, 2012
chained_bear commented on the list dog-breeds-according-to-simon-schuster-s-guide-1980
How interesting. Have you also read Simon & Schuster's guide from 1980?
Aug 20, 2012
chained_bear commented on the user chained_bear
Indeed, ruzuzu, I do. *sigh*
Isn't Benedict Cumberbatch dreamy with his black hair and his insolent self-centered bastardy?
Aug 8, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word tenaille
And, four years later, I found this nifty list that I may someday cross-check with this other list: link.
Jul 20, 2012
chained_bear commented on the user oriel
Yeah... on the odd occasions I return to Wordnik, I read the recent comments and I'm usually glad to leave again... :(
Nice to see you again, though, bilby. (And ruzuzu, of course.)
Jul 20, 2012
chained_bear commented on the user Yachtie
just found this... I assume you mean my Aubrey/Maturin list? I'm sorry it isn't open. But you could always start your own! For a while someone was even keeping lists of the different lists around on various topics... but that seemed a little disappearing-into-myself for me. :) Best wishes!
Jul 18, 2012
chained_bear commented on the list the-aubrey-maturin-list-i-m-gonna-make-someday
oh, thanks! I think it's already on the list though! (at least when I went to add it, it looked like it!) dumb-chalder
Jul 18, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word owl fruit decorators
Seen here. Thanks to reesetee.
May 26, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word fruit and vegetable decorators
As seen here. with thanks to reesetee for pointing it out.
May 26, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word priapic elves
‘priapic elves’ has been looked up 0 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.
Mar 22, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word artillery dispersed ice cream ingredients
Or, as the military refers to it, ADICI, or "I scream you scream."
Mar 5, 2012
chained_bear commented on the list •an-arsenal-for-civil-defunse-open-list
WTF is wrong with that woman?!
Mar 5, 2012
chained_bear commented on the list international-house-of-fufluns
I hate bananas in general.
Mar 5, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word Dred Scoot
This is my favorite typo ever. EVER. Except when I entered it, and Wordnik asked, "Did you mean deed scoot?"
Feb 21, 2012
chained_bear commented on the list •things-that-get-way-more-fun-when-you-add-a-g-to-them
Man. I haven't seen this list in forever. And it still cracks me gup.
Feb 8, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word paint with a homemade rubber-band brush
"Loosely secure 20 to 30 rubber bands at one end with another rubber band (the 30 should all be lying in roughly the same direction). Then push an unsharpened pencil into the secured end of the bundle. Tighten the rubber band that's holding everything together by wrapping it around the bundle a few more times. Finally, use scissors to cut all the looped ends of the bands." (From Disney FamilyFun)
Feb 4, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word let him color with markers or paint on coffee filters, then use a spray bottle of water
Helps if you flatten the filters overnight first. Also tape them down before coloring.
Feb 4, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word tempera paint in spray bottles
Directions: stir together 1 cup of dry tempera paint with 1 1/2 cups of water and 1/2 teaspoon of liquid dish soap (the soap helps keep the nozzle from clogging). Mix thoroughly, checking that there aren't any lumps. Pour the paints into the spray bottles.
Feb 4, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word washable paint, cut-up sponges, paper in gallon Ziploc bag for no-mess painting
Directions: lightly dampen sponge pieces and apply paint to either side. Put in Ziploc bag with paper and seal bag. Turn kid loose.
Feb 4, 2012
chained_bear commented on the list the-aubrey-maturin-list-i-m-gonna-make-someday
Thanks, Mollyhawk! Yeah, I do have A Sea of Words! I love it. Also got the lobscouse and ... whatever it's called, that book of the disgusting food they ate. I went completely batshit for Aubrey/Maturin. In fact just watched M&C again last night and may start reading these books again! Glad you like the list.
Jan 2, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word spinops
Seen here. Thanks to reesetee, who posted it on Facebook.
Dec 6, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list features
Some HTML, comments on lists, comments on profiles, random word, comments on tags, new lists, contributors, profile list of tags, likeness of yarb carved on Mt Rushmore, content, conversations....
Dec 6, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word sellate
Reesetee, this is a word for your "It Has a Name?" list, I think.
Dec 5, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list features
Can I just second a bunch of these, seeing as ruzuzu, yarb, hernesheir, and bilby have done all the work?
Dec 5, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word occupy Wordnik
I freaked out. I mean, I Just freaked the fuck out. It says "show all 200 of my lists" over on the right. I have 260 lists. I thought I lost 60 lists.
I have *GOT* to find a way to archive my stuff. This is crazy.
Oct 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word comments
Yeah!!! What if, like, somebody thought up this site, okay, where, like, people could just LIST things. And they could comment on other people's lists. And on other people's words! And other people could, like, talk to them, but about WORDS! They should totally call it something like "wordie."
Oct 27, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word new interface
To quote George Thomason (Thomas Georgeson) of A Fish Called Wanda, "Un-be-fucking-liev-a-ble!!!"
Oct 27, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word alatricial
God. I see these things *all over* Wall Street.
Oct 24, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word new interface
p.s. I want my content back.
Oct 20, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word new interface
Sionnach, are you trying to tell me that Facebook is less private than your comments on Wordnik? ;)
WHY, for the love of PETE, whoever he IS, does this site still take FOREVER to LOAD?!
Oct 20, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word new interface
Still hoping to keep in touch with beloved Wordizens whom I communicate with only on this site. Missing comments, etc. on profiles (etc.) is seriously harshing my mellow.
Also still hoping to continue using this as a research/note-storing site as well as a social one. Not having access to comments is seriously marginalizing my discourse.
Sep 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word sausage party
I think this happened on sausage fest some time ago.
Sep 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word continuous United States
Seen here.
Aug 24, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Teutonic plates
Seen here.
Aug 24, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word tectonic
Seen here, "Teutonic plates." Love it.
Aug 24, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word rush limbaugh
Hey, do you know what the difference is between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg?
*waits patiently*
Aug 24, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word juddering
*judders citations in ruzuzu's face*
Sorry. Don't know what came over me.
Aug 24, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Italian post office
There. No longer an orphan.
Aug 23, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word coupling
Ah. British. Okay, thanks.
Still a hideous, hideous word. I'd sooner watch a soap opera called "Probe."*
* No I wouldn't.
Aug 23, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word juddering
Me? No, no. You must mean Mrs. Gabaldon.
Aug 23, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word coupling
Isn't (or wasn't) this also the name of an Australian soap opera?
Aug 22, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word new interface
*sigh* This is what hurts: in response to the suggestion of a social-only version of Wordnik, which is understandably not in the works:
"Even if we could, it would make Wordnik another soulless flat definitions-only site (and the Internet is full-up on those, or was last time I checked)."
This is true. But it's kind of already become that, for me. :(
Aug 17, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word umbrage
Eeew! Dontcry, can you really secrete umbrage?!
May I submit that sionnach's comment found itself happily transported via a copy/paste feature, and, like Alice of the Drink Me/Eat Me fame, became larger in the new box?
Aug 16, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word new interface
Hi all, I've been away on maternity leave for many moons, and before that, insanely busy at work and home, so I just found this page. I logged in to agree with reesetee's comment, then discovered this whole page... that was three hours ago. (Still busy at work, I guess.) I'm heartened to see the continual striving for improvement here, and to see so many of my creaky old-timer buds from the days of yore. But it's also disheartening to see fifteen new things every time I visit--I hardly recognize the ol' place anymore--and wade through all the comments about things not working right--that's after I even find the comments in the first place... and with the page-load times, usually I just say "screw it" and go over to Facebook or some other place. (Which is getting frickin' boring, might I add.)
I do love the dates-on-comments thing. I haven't even poked around enough to see what else I like, though.
So... not sure there's anything actionable or even useful here, but I wanted to throw my coupla pennies in. And say Hi. So... Hi!
Aug 16, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word cake or death
Very well! Give him... cake!
Aug 16, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word penilize
I could've sworn I had a list somewhere of misspellings I saw in actual work documents. Couldn't find it. Anyway, just saw this one.
Edit: Ho! Here it is.
Aug 16, 2011
chained_bear commented on the user hernesheir
You are a hottie with a naughty body.
Jun 26, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word edgar
That may well be, hernesheir, but my first thought is of Edgar Hansen. :)
Jun 2, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list important-concepts-i-learned-from-watching-m-a-s-h
Indeed. As seen here. Schweet.
Jun 2, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list important-concepts-i-learned-from-watching-m-a-s-h
Dontcry, I remember that scene very well! It isn't the first one I think of, but then there are so many others...
May 23, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list first-lists
zuzu, would that were true.
May 20, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination
As reesetee says, it's just pants! Or... maybe... PANCE.
May 20, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word fargin
Who remembers Johnny Dangerously? "Did you know your last name is an adverb?"
Anyway... Joe Piscopo's character was always calling people fargin iceholes. At one point they show a newspaper quoting him and it's actually spelled that way. I still think this euphemism is better than the actual phrase.
May 14, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word eat what you want day
I've been having "eat what I want day" for... well, going on ten months. I tell you, some whiskey-soaked fufluns en flambé sound pretty fargin good right now.
May 14, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word svilf
Blahaha!! I forgot all about this.
May 14, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word proctofoam
I should just mention, again, that as much as I am not looking forward to labor, I know that on the other side of my travail there's Proctofoam. And that makes me feel just a little bit better.
May 14, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word spraint
See also spraints. Which you'd think, if you're an otter and you're going poo, you'd probably do more than one spraint anyhow. Right? Right?
May 13, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word spraints
See also spraint. Apparently otters can poo just one little bit of poo at a time. What a skill!!
May 13, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list name-calling-for-fun-and-profit
Ah, now, *that* term belongs on this list! And thank you! It's been a long time since that list (or any of mine, really...) has had any additions. And such a good one.
"Buck up your courage-bags, boys!"
May 11, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word sad
So hopelessly behind on comments that I will never, ever catch up and don't have time even to try. Missing my Wordnik buddies. :-(
May 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
It has taken me six days to read this page.
Last time I changed my answers at the last minute and got more wrong than if I hadn't changed any. So this time I refused to change any, and look! I am firmly in the middle of the herd.
*lends extra tiaras to everyone*
*dons crash helmet with specially-fitted tiara*
*fufluns around on a unicycle*
P.S. I chose wodge because it is a delightful word that makes me think of peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. And what bear doesn't love those? But I also chose wodge because this game is too damn hard for small bear-brains and I wanted there to be at least ONE easy (I thought) entry. :)
May 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list •open-list-the-holy-pantheon-of-wtf
Please. Add it!
May 4, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word the rutting delinquent of Wordnik
"Were you looking for the rut delinquent of Wordnik? NO.
See comments on horndog.
May 4, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word lugubrious
He obviously never met my dog. (EIGHT!! Boo-yah!)
May 2, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word compound
I saw the picture of the building. Didn't look like a mansion at all to me, unless you define mansion as just "large building," but in that case, the Empire State Building is a mansion. Is it not. Therefore... *needs fuflun*
May 2, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
*fufluns all around, just because*
May 2, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list cringeworthy-hair-beauty-salons
"Hair Today" and "Rapunzel's." "Shear Genius," "Shear Magic" and any number of "Shear" whatevers.
Apr 29, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Spreadsheet's done! Not that my results will be any better than they were last time...
bilby -- sinistral
blafferty -- hidelugged
dontcry -- tear-resistant
erinmckean -- calepinerienne
fbharjo -- harlequin
frindley -- mediæval
frogapplause -- heartstringsplucker
gangerh -- emordnilap
hernesheir -- balsamaceous
mollusque -- I wanted to say emordnilap. I'm gonna say od instead, then kick myself later.
oroboros -- hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophile. And if it's not, it should be.
PossibleUnderscore -- chrestomathic
Prolagus -- panda. Again, if it's not, it should be. As huggable as any extinct lagomorph could be.
pterodactyl -- mortsafe
reesetee -- present
ruzuzu -- slopseller
seanahan -- prodigal
sionnach -- boggy
Wordnicolina -- greenhorn?
Wordplayer -- ascian?
yarb -- queasy?
Apr 27, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Oh shit, I never finished my spreadsheet. Wait till I get home tonight!!
Apr 27, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Love Will Tear Us Apart party banner
Seen here.
Apr 22, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list areas-of-responsibility-vis-a-vis-our-progeny
You know, reesetee, I don't think there'll be many changes. Not sure about additions, but I'll keep a list if I come up with any. I think the dearth is because, rather prosaically, we are too exhausted to come up with new ones.
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list open-list--what-to-name-chained-bears-newest-cub
And one of my friends did say that any name with diacritical marks gets 2 points...
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Dorje
See Mjöllner.
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Mjöllner
My very serious friend comments on this name: "The "j" is pronounced like a "y." Mjöllner was the name of the Hammer of Thor that was imbued with magical powers, not unlike the dorje in the Buddhist tradition. Actually, Dorje is a good name too. Thor used his hammer to smite the ice giants. It has other meanings too...."
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Easter eggs
(psst!! Link please!)
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word how to say ghostbusters upon cue of who you gonna call
"We don't have any matching examples for how to say ghostbusters upon cue of who you gonna call, but we're constantly adding material, so please check back soon."
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word situations in which the size of one's ass is key
See comments on my list, at right, for an explanation. That is, if you feel you really need one....
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list note-to-self--dont-name-your-daughter-this
Ooh! You should pillage from this list and this list. I mean, if you want to. :)
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word wordnikstack
Wordniknack is pretty cool.
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Easter eggs
Seen here. Who knew they were spheres?
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list open-list--what-to-name-chained-bears-newest-cub
reesetee... you forgot Broccolino.
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Epaphroditus Champion
... this was a real person.
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list open-list--what-to-name-chained-bears-newest-cub
I see no vegetable-based names at all on this list. Add away! ;)
Edit: I mean... except for Kale.
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Sceotend
According to my friend, this name means "Archer."
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Sceadu
According to my friend, this name means "Shadow." ... Isn't this a better name for a cat?
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Raedan
According to my friend, this name means "Advises."
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Larcwide
According to my friend, this name means "Council." (I wonder if he meant to say "Counsel"?)
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Iuwine
According to my friend, this name means "Friend."
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Isen
According to my friend, this name means "Iron."
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Baby
You know, nobody puts this person in a corner.
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Thaddeus Charles
... for Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner.
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Sarah Angelina
... for the Grimké sisters.
Apr 21, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list roman-gladiators
Around :50, I was muttering, "Omigosh omigosh omigosh omigosh..." That's teh alsome, Pro. Thanks!
(p.s. apropos of nothing... isn't the Roman one spelled Colosseum?)
Apr 19, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list roman-gladiators
Wow, really? I actually stopped working on this list because I got grossed/creeped out. But I'm still glad I made it. :)
Apr 19, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
reesetee, I've spent the last few years developing an immunity to adding words to lists.
Apr 19, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word shittle
Discussion/explanation can be seen here.
Apr 19, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list selected-terms-from-i-falconer-s-new-universal-dictionary-of-the-marine-i
Yes, I found it hard to stop adding terms! I think you can find this on Google Books if you want more. :)
Apr 18, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Iroquoisy
You're probably looking for iroquoisy.
Apr 14, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Black Sunday Storm
There's a Woody Guthrie song about that day.
Apr 14, 2011
chained_bear commented on the user chained_bear
Umm...?
Apr 6, 2011
chained_bear commented on the user chained_bear
Sure, it's expensive till you figure out pounds-per-square-inch. Those greedy bastards had no right! How the hell do they think my tiara looks with all that damn camo around?!
Apr 6, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word scanno
Also the town my great-grandmother was born in. :)
Apr 6, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list movies-in-my-pants
You know what? You're right.
Mar 23, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list specific-excrement
ruzuzu, that's disgusting. Added. :)
Mar 23, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word beanbag bullet
If these weren't real, and real disturbing, they ought to be in the Arsenal of Civil Defunse.
Mar 17, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
I'll play, despite my earlier protests, but only if there's no poop-slinging. (bilby...) ;)
Mar 17, 2011
chained_bear commented on the user feedback
Hey. Hey. I don't wear dresses unless in extreme duress--like the late months of pregnancy, or someone's damn wedding.
Don't call it wordshowers. That feels spiky.
Mar 17, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Angolatitan adamastor
Far as I can tell, this is the 600th word on my Dinosaurs list. :)
Newly discovered; this news seen in this article.
Mar 17, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word dolsot bulgogi bibimbap
Goddamn, this s#$% is some good-ass s#$%. I haven't had Korean food in way too long. *sniff*
Mar 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word skip
*wonders if Skip dispenses curling tips to his sugar-making buddies*
Mar 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Fat Tuesday
Fat Tuesday. Though in my case, I don't see how that's different from any other day.
Mar 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word revere
I thought it was herdshos.
Mar 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Eupharta
See Euphrates.
Mar 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Euphrates
I love this word. However, it always makes me think of a town, Ephrata (pronounced kind of like EFF-erta, though you hardly hear the R at all), near my hometown. And then I always think of this girl at an indoor-guard competition at some huge high school miles and miles away from both Ephrata and my hometown, who misread the sign on the classroom door that was meant for the kids from Ephrata H.S., and said aloud, "Eupharta."
Mar 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the user feedback
It would also be cool, if there's going to be a formal, if you could let us know ahead of time. It's pure chance I wore a nice dress today. *pouts*
P.S. On the bright side, thanks for recognizing my request!
Mar 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the user chained_bear
Across the site, in IE8.
(I just tried Firefox and it doesn't do it there! Instead, every last blessed comment is in bold type. Grr.)
Mar 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word fuckwaddery
Seen in the first line of page 2 of this article.
Mar 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the user feedback
Nice new homepage!
However, I'm distraught over a disabled feature that made life on Wordnik worth living. Why can't I right-click and open a window (on a list, comments, another word, etc.) in a new tab? When I do so, I get a tab window saying "unrecognized request formal."
The same thing happens when I use the back button. Or reload. Why? Why?
Now, I have never been to an unrecognized request formal, but surely it's just like other formals. Right? Surely what I'm wearing today would be appropriate.
Also, the new homepage is cool and all... but it takes forever to load on my super-fast work computer with a T1-whatever connection. I shudder to think of the speed at home on my dinosaur computer. :( Is there an option for dinosaur luddites?
Mar 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word prohibition of death
Seen here, with thanks to Prolagus. :)
Mar 3, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word laser tits
But laser elbows and laser kneecaps would be way more fun.
Mar 2, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word a coordinated amphibian attack
Or that Australian eco-horrible film, Cane Toads.
Feb 24, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word toilet gloves
I refuse.
Feb 24, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word a coordinated amphibian attack
Just saw this in a document I was editing about the War of 1812. Priceless mental images arose.
Feb 24, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word laser tits
hernesheir, tits are not always, or even often, entirely... uhh... symmetrical.
I'll leave it at that.
Feb 24, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Brontomerus mcintoshi
With thanks to Prolagus, here is an article about this new (?) "thunder-thighs" dinosaur.
I guess I mean "newly discovered species of" rather than "new."
Feb 24, 2011
chained_bear commented on the user feedback
Hm. Paging through a list that's more than 100 words long presents a problem for me at the moment. I'll get the count (e.g. "Words 101 through 200 of 335") but the list that appears is still actually words 1 through 100.
Maybe I clicked it wrong. Or maybe it's really showing all 335 and the numbers, not the list, are what's wrong.
Signed, Too Lazy to Actually Count 335 Words.
Feb 14, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word woobie
We also spell this wubby.
Feb 14, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word complisult
Also insultiment.
Feb 14, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list glossary-of-wordnikian
I have collected some on my list "Favorite Words that Aren't Really Words." Only, they're not all my coinages. :)
I don't feel qualified to add anything to this list, but I will submit that teh alsome got some serious play at one point. I vaguely recall I had some ulterior purpose for inventing hexadodecaroon too.
Npydyuan invented nosestickinery, which I love.
Would reesetee's "Only on Wordie/Wordnik" list be helpful, at all? If nothing else, it's a hoot to read.
Feb 14, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Sea mink
Fucking capital letters!
Feb 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word neovison macrodon
sea mink.
Feb 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list prehistoric-and-extinct-mammals-n-stuff
For years, those stores will do that to you. "Would you like a bag for that? Thanks for coming in. I'll most likely kill you in the morning." It's important to have something else going on, like learning to fence.
Feb 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word muffin man
But do you know the fuflun man? He lives on Dreary Lane. (It's one street over from Drury.)
Feb 9, 2011
chained_bear commented on the user bilby
I love fuflunderwear. It's soooooo sooooooft and icing-full.
Feb 9, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list prehistoric-and-extinct-mammals-n-stuff
Well, not anymore, of course--habitat destruction. Have you seen a fireswamp lately? I didn't think so.
Feb 9, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list prehistoric-and-extinct-mammals-n-stuff
I don't think so... Neither are Rodents of Unusual Size, though, so you can't really count this as complete.
Feb 9, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word insultiment
Seen here, it's an insult dressed up like a compliment. Complementing the apolobuke.
Feb 4, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word apolobuke
Apology + rebuke. Seen here. Complements the insultiment nicely.
Feb 4, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Moton Museum
This came up in a staff meeting yesterday, not for any particular newsworthiness but because some people from there might be visiting our workplace soon. And today I saw this news online--very iroquoisy!
Feb 4, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word iroquoisy
Moton Museum. Seriously.
Feb 4, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word confectio damocritis
Damocritis the stuff; Democritus the dude? I don't know. At this point you'll have to ask Stephen Maturin. It seems he took it with his fictional self to his fictional grave.
Feb 1, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Kateri Tekakwitha
... Did I say that? I don't even *know* Leonard Cohen.
Feb 1, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word gravel in the urine
... One of these things is not like the other.
Wait...
None of these things is really at all like any of the others.
Feb 1, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list lost-for-word
... Cheetoism?
Feb 1, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list master-and-commander
Confectio Damocritis.
Feb 1, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list we-have-saints-for-your-complaints
May God and the saints (and the Virgin Mary, as an extra helper) preserve you, sionnach.
Feb 1, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list correctly-spelled-words-that-look-like-misspellings-of-other-words
This is a great list idea!
Feb 1, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word pencilina
Great. Now I'll spend the rest of the day singing that song from 1776: Pencilinaaaaa, pencilinaaaaa... refuuuuuse to uuuuuuuse ... the pennnnn!
Feb 1, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word grape riffle
You were actually looking for grape riffles. No, trust me—you were.
Jan 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word grape riffles
I don't know. Were you looking for grape riffle?
Jan 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list master-and-commander
Have you seen this book? Great fun. Not as much as the actual novels, but easier to lug around.
Jan 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word sal ammoniac
... do you smell something on this page?
Jan 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word confectio Damocritis
Of all the damn things to be Iroquoisy.
Jan 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Kateri Tekakwitha
I love the list this is on. What a delightful page.
Jan 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list we-have-saints-for-your-complaints
At last!!! At last, someone made me the perfect list!! Oh please let it be comprehensive, please, please, please...
Jan 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word gravel in the urine
Yes! Spawn wanted to adopt Drogo as a confirmation name.
Jan 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word hardware
I've heard it too. I hereby corroborate.
Jan 28, 2011
chained_bear commented on the user chained_bear
*sings* Thanks, frindley!
Jan 27, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word confectio Damocritis
Why the hell not? Confectio Damocritis to you too.
Jan 26, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word confectio Damocritis
Either that, or it means "same to you." (Making it slightly more useful in everyday conversation, at least with non-Wordnikkers.)
Jan 26, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Aubrey Maturin
Aw, confectio Damocritis to you too.
... That must be what that phrase means. It must mean "fufluns with grape riffles on top." Hm. Learn something every day.
Jan 26, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Aubrey Maturin
Good. As soon as I figure out what the hell that means, you'll get some.
Jan 26, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Aubrey Maturin
Would you like your fuflun with grape riffles on top?
Jan 26, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word grapeshot
Also, just for fun, see grape riffles.
Jan 26, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word grape riffles
"Employed in Repairing the Redoubts & Erecting Battries now within reach of the Enemies Grape Riffles cannons firing grapeshot and wall artillery Pieces."
—Anonymous Letter, “Siege of York & Gloucester Virginia,” September 14–October 17, 1781. Housed in the John D. Rockefeller Library, Williamsburg, Virginia.
I really would prefer if grape riffles meant a kind of flavored icing used on fufluns.
Jan 26, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list medieval-horse-related-words-listed-by-a-non-horse-knowledgeable-person
*tenting fingers* Mwahahahaha...
Jan 18, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list medieval-horse-related-words-listed-by-a-non-horse-knowledgeable-person
You might try checking out this site for a definition.
Jan 18, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word New Amsterdam
See Old New York.
Jan 17, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Old New York
milos... Mister Adams, leave me a-LOOOOOOOONE!!
Jan 17, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word jenny-ass
If you can't believe it isn't listed, can you believe there's a perfect list for it?
Jan 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list names-for-the-third-stomach-of-a-ruminant
That's what I always say.
Jan 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list here-i-dreamt-i-was-an-archetype
It's hard not to love a dancing bear.
Jan 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word skirling
Not me, pterodactyl, though I have heard caterwauling used to describe pipes too. :)
Jan 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Istanbul
But now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople.
Jan 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Old New York
Why'd they change it?
Jan 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Constantinople
So, if you have a date in Constantinople...?
Jan 10, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list •unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access
How should I know? On the old Wordie there was a glitch that if you had dupe words on a list and deleted one, it would delete both. So I don't bother with duplicates anymore.
Jan 5, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list mom-speak
Citrul'? (short for citrulo? I don't know if I spelled that right.) Also holy rollers.
Jan 5, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Rick Steves is majestic
Seen here.
Jan 4, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word balrog
Yarb's definition can be found in the comments on this list.
Jan 4, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list looking-words-up-is-time-consuming-dangerous-and-leads-to-too-many-lists
Also, I think that whole concept came up on the Aubrey/Maturin list, which (if you think THIS is a black hole) I recommend not delving too deeply or greedily, because a balrog may come up.
Jan 4, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list below-the-belt
Ah. I was operating on the older definition of smallclothes, meaning anything worn under the outer garments, which would include (for example) a woman's shift and a man's long shirt (long enough that the shirttails covered the crotchal area and almost down to the knees). I know from my very brief days wearing re-enactor clothes (don't ask) that "smallclothes" meant (means?) the whites that go under one's regimental coat, so obviously that could include the close-fitting knee breeches aforesaid.
Jan 4, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list looking-words-up-is-time-consuming-dangerous-and-leads-to-too-many-lists
Well, no, because I still haven't found out WTF it is.
Jan 4, 2011
chained_bear commented on the list below-the-belt
Not all smallclothes are worn below the belt, however.
Jan 4, 2011