oddly, i don't often pronounce the "s" like a "z" in the plural. in fact, i've never actually thought about it until i read your comment, qroqqa; though i was mildly aware of it. and i've never pronounced the "th" like /dh/ in the plural of "baths", either. strange.
not sure if this is common knowledge in Wordie World, but "ennui" is derived from the same phrase "annoyed" is derived from; which is to say, "mihi in odio est" (Latin: "it is hateful to me").
amasing. this really brings back memories... although there are certainly a few i truly don't recognise: "manatee", and "torch red" to name two. cerulean was my favorite in the Crayola heydays.
RE c_b, second comment: perhaps it implies the speaker doesn't care for history, but not necessarily that history is irrelevant? at any rate, i don't in any way believe that myth.
RE sarra: i wasn't able to find citations either, and i did look for a while. so i understand your frustration. i KNOW i've heard it in a movie in this sense, but it totally escapes me. RE telofy: yes indeed, true has a plethora of connotations. my favourite meaning is the original one, "steadfast, loyal", from "treowe" -- i hadn't heard the reference to "tree", but that is very, very interesting. obviously i'll have to visit this Heritage site. also, is "thesaurus" a verb? of course, if thesaurus doesn't have a verb form then i'd say it's up for grabs but i haven't heard it used as one.
i was referring to your construction, actually. on your note, i believe just having that feeling is a good sign. i hold fast to the phrase "hope springs eternal in the human breast". self-trust is a complicated and uncomplicated concept for discussion, but i try to conquer downwardly spiraling ideas with idyllic hope. if that means anything.
dolmeh, that's good to know. i'll put that in the wordbank. personally i like them hot as well as cold. definitely one of my favorite words ever. tangentially, do you know what "tom kha talay" is? THAT is my favorite.
"Like many other members of the Corvidae family, the rook features prominently in folklore. Traditionally, rooks are said to be able to forecast weather and to sense the approach of death. If a rookery — the colonial nesting area of rooks — were abandoned, it was said to bring bad fortune for the family that owned the land. Another folk-tale holds that rooks are responsible for escorting the souls of the virtuous dead to heaven. William Butler Yeats may be making reference to the latter tale in his poem The Cold Heaven." -Wikipedia.
telofy, i know this isn't at all pertinent to your question, so i apologise for the irrelevant quote, but i haven't yet come across a "go straight" reference. though i have heard that, perhaps once or twice.
"keep true to the dreams of thy youth." - Friedrich von Schiller
i always like to look at words containing "unrealistic" or "unrealistically" in their definitions with optimism, like "dreamer" or "romantic". someone should make a list of Words for the Self-Proclaimed Naïve.
i also really wanted to include this, from the Oxford dictionary: ORIGIN Old English (as a noun), from Old French adamaunt-, via Latin from Greek adamas, adamant, ‘untamable, invincible’ (later used to denote the hardest metal or stone, hence diamond), from a- ‘not’ + daman ‘to tame.’ The phrase to be adamant dates from the 1930s, although adjectival use had been implied in such collocations as “an adamant heart�? since the 16th cent.
one of my very favourite words. they forgot to put in the definition "a legendary rock or mineral to which many, often contradictory, properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone." that's my favourite part of this word.
loving the Zelda quote. you wouldn't believe how many years it took for me to realise it takes heart containers, and not triforce pieces, to get the Master Sword.
Origin, Middle English: from the stem of Old English "būgan" (to bend) + "-some". The original sense was (compliant, obliging), later (lively and good-tempered), influenced by the traditional association of plumpness and good health with an easygoing nature.
this is one of those words that i feel have been mistreated over the years. to me, "romance", and the choice to call something "romantic" is a personal thing; it seems to me that people use this word most often in terms of a relationship or a situation that may become a relationship or invite sexuality of some kind. i would like to be able to use it to mean "beautiful" or "inspirational" in a less conventional, boring sense, but i don't because it doesn't communicate well.
sorry if that was a rant. i just felt the urge to state this somewhere.
it may be strange, but i always thought this was a very beautiful name. i know it sounds quite like the hesitation interjection, but out of that context i find it lovely.
dimã©lion commented on the word termagant
"fascinating" is right, Milosrdenstvi! what a journey.
Jun 27, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word aitch
transliteral spelling of the letter H.
Jun 20, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word gossypiboma
very scary!
Jun 18, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word singulative
this does look simply like a bastardisation of suffixes, at first glance. thank you! i'm glad you're furthering my education. no sarcasm intended.
Jun 18, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word house
oddly, i don't often pronounce the "s" like a "z" in the plural. in fact, i've never actually thought about it until i read your comment, qroqqa; though i was mildly aware of it. and i've never pronounced the "th" like /dh/ in the plural of "baths", either. strange.
Jun 18, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word swineherd
is the definition meant to be "a herder _of_ swine"?
Jun 18, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word flaysome
for some reason this conjures up the image of a zombie, for me. but i'm adding this to my vocabulary because it sounds truly archaic.
May 22, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word curses make the fox fat
beautiful, beautiful tangent, but i must intervene: that does this mean?
oops.
Apr 27, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word ennui
not sure if this is common knowledge in Wordie World, but "ennui" is derived from the same phrase "annoyed" is derived from; which is to say, "mihi in odio est" (Latin: "it is hateful to me").
Apr 27, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word soc'
/s�?sh/: not officially, but i've heard "Social Security Number" abbreviated to this horrible spit of a word. not a fan.
Apr 27, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word pitomiti se
interesting metaphor. *eyes sparkle*
Apr 27, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word oid
i remember being under the assumption that this was just a cheap sci-fi term. of course i know better now, but...
Apr 27, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the list crayola-crayon-colors-circa-1998
amasing. this really brings back memories... although there are certainly a few i truly don't recognise: "manatee", and "torch red" to name two. cerulean was my favorite in the Crayola heydays.
Apr 27, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word cartouche
drawing of magic rope for the purpose of preserving memory.
Apr 22, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word ize
"on the pattern of _ism_"?
Apr 22, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word somancer
one who uses corpses for divination.
Jan 30, 2009
dimã©lion commented on the word naiebelp
iollop ioh?
Dec 3, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word godism
that's quite a thoughtful.
Dec 3, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word honour
ouch. that one hurt.
Nov 28, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word eidolon
beautiful word!
Nov 28, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word vapid
helpful word.
Nov 28, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word fugue
i'll have to keep this in mind.
Nov 28, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word stay
someone forgot "assuage (hunger) for a short time".
Nov 25, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word kumquat
are you all serious? i've ne'er had the pleasure of this kumquat... i'll have to locate one.
Nov 25, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word dead meat v toast v history
i'd say "never was" (as a noun, is it?) sort of goes beyond history, and of course these other two. makes history the middle man.
Nov 25, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word cake vs pie
pie! pie, without a doubt.
Nov 25, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word dead meat v toast v history
RE c_b, second comment: perhaps it implies the speaker doesn't care for history, but not necessarily that history is irrelevant? at any rate, i don't in any way believe that myth.
Nov 24, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word clawsy
tending to use claws often and/or fiercely.
Nov 24, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word pretzeled
YAY!
Nov 24, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word keep true
RE sarra: i wasn't able to find citations either, and i did look for a while. so i understand your frustration. i KNOW i've heard it in a movie in this sense, but it totally escapes me. RE telofy: yes indeed, true has a plethora of connotations. my favourite meaning is the original one, "steadfast, loyal", from "treowe" -- i hadn't heard the reference to "tree", but that is very, very interesting. obviously i'll have to visit this Heritage site. also, is "thesaurus" a verb? of course, if thesaurus doesn't have a verb form then i'd say it's up for grabs but i haven't heard it used as one.
Nov 23, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word conflagration
this word has always reminded me of trumpets and royal celebrations.
Nov 23, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word keep true
i think anything can be uncomplicated if one wants it to be. i love the word "empirical", by the way. very helpful word.
Nov 23, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word sesquipedalian
it's a conspiracy! boycott this word!
Nov 23, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the user frogapplause
you must try it sometime. it's also made with chicken (more usually, if i'm correct), if you have adversity with seafood.
Nov 23, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word keep true
i was referring to your construction, actually. on your note, i believe just having that feeling is a good sign. i hold fast to the phrase "hope springs eternal in the human breast". self-trust is a complicated and uncomplicated concept for discussion, but i try to conquer downwardly spiraling ideas with idyllic hope. if that means anything.
Nov 23, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word subjugate
the mere sound of this word is commanding, no?
Nov 23, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word dead meat v toast v history
my vote goes to "history". perhaps the most dramatic of the three.
Nov 23, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word keep true
i believe that does work. strange construction executed well is the makings of truly excellent poetry. oh, and thanks for the welcome!
Nov 23, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the user frogapplause
dolmeh, that's good to know. i'll put that in the wordbank. personally i like them hot as well as cold. definitely one of my favorite words ever. tangentially, do you know what "tom kha talay" is? THAT is my favorite.
Nov 23, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word rook
"Like many other members of the Corvidae family, the rook features prominently in folklore. Traditionally, rooks are said to be able to forecast weather and to sense the approach of death. If a rookery — the colonial nesting area of rooks — were abandoned, it was said to bring bad fortune for the family that owned the land. Another folk-tale holds that rooks are responsible for escorting the souls of the virtuous dead to heaven. William Butler Yeats may be making reference to the latter tale in his poem The Cold Heaven."
-Wikipedia.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the user dontcry
i love yogurt sauce! are stuffed grape leaves included in Iranian cooking as well, or is that from somewhere else?
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word keep true
telofy, i know this isn't at all pertinent to your question, so i apologise for the irrelevant quote, but i haven't yet come across a "go straight" reference. though i have heard that, perhaps once or twice.
"keep true to the dreams of thy youth."
- Friedrich von Schiller
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word ha'penny'll
ah, thankee. just for that, i won't charge interest.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word ginnungagap
"To contemplate the entirety of all worlds and transcend them to peer out across the infinite nothingness of Ginnungagap awakens existential power."
-Wikipedia
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word ha'penny'll
take out a ha'penny loan?
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word webinar
totally agree. i put "y'all" in mine, but i couldn't really call that my "least" favorite.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word wednesday
good question. maybe because he's basically malevolent?
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word alcoholism
i didn't know this word could be used metaphorically.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word compendium
good freakin' word.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word starry-eyed
i always like to look at words containing "unrealistic" or "unrealistically" in their definitions with optimism, like "dreamer" or "romantic". someone should make a list of Words for the Self-Proclaimed Naïve.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word wednesday
Odin's day!
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word 'ndi
HAH! so true. also in Dido's "Here With Me" many, many times.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word linking verb
that tip list is hilarious. my favourite one is #4: "about sentence fragments."
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word back-formation
love this word!
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word adamant
i also really wanted to include this, from the Oxford dictionary:
ORIGIN Old English (as a noun), from Old French adamaunt-, via Latin from Greek adamas, adamant, ‘untamable, invincible’ (later used to denote the hardest metal or stone, hence diamond), from a- ‘not’ + daman ‘to tame.’ The phrase to be adamant dates from the 1930s, although adjectival use had been implied in such collocations as “an adamant heart�? since the 16th cent.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word moga
oh, wow. interesting.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word adamant
one of my very favourite words. they forgot to put in the definition "a legendary rock or mineral to which many, often contradictory, properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone." that's my favourite part of this word.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word hoarfrost
the definition seems scientific and recent but the word itself sounds archaic. that's my personal opinion, anyway.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word hight
named.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word fraught
i wholeheartedly concur with this "fr-" theory.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word sacrilicious
this word reminds me of "The Fall" -- specifically, when Alexandria steals the eucharist. just thought i'd share that.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word thundre
back-formation of thunder à la British English.
Nov 22, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word ha'penny'll
... do.
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word 'ndi
contraction of "and" and "i".
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word qat
not sure if this is true, but i heard from my grandmother that was at one time an alternate spelling for "cat".
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word steel your sensibilities
"Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible." - Zeno of Citium
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word serendipity party
i hope it's not out of line, but would this have anything to do with Stewie's sexy party?
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word lemon
"juicy acidic flesh"!? a somewhat unsettling phrase.
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word flotilla
a thin, flat pancake of corn or flour which mysteriously defies the laws of gravity.
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word why we have editors
mwa-ha-ha.
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word master
loving the Zelda quote. you wouldn't believe how many years it took for me to realise it takes heart containers, and not triforce pieces, to get the Master Sword.
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word tickling someone with strong reflexes
... is a dangerous game to play, my friend.
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word vivicremation
yikes!
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word mustn't've
i suppose, because the "i" is added without reservation, it could also be called a compound.
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word 'ndi'd've
my lyrical/poetic contraction for "and i would have". i have actually used this, and not just to use it.
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word mustn't've
YES!!! i love double-contractions!!! that reminds me of my personal triple contraction 'ndi'd've.
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word learning
is our children learning?
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word filigree
this word has always sounded a bit highbrow to me. but i do like it.
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word hm-hm's
seriously.
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word hm-hm's
my grandmother's word for a "number two".
Nov 21, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word remora
also called "sharksucker" and "suckerfish".
Nov 20, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word warderobe
and this word, "warderobe", is apparently Old Northern French.
Nov 20, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word warderobe
in response to chained_bear, the Oxford dictionary says it is indeed a variant of "garderobe".
Nov 20, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word buxom
Origin, Middle English: from the stem of Old English "būgan" (to bend) + "-some". The original sense was (compliant, obliging), later (lively and good-tempered), influenced by the traditional association of plumpness and good health with an easygoing nature.
Nov 20, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word america
...out of eighty-six thousand, eight hundred words.
Nov 19, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word america
courtesy of WORDCOUNT.ORG:
sex, #1236; drugs, #1906; rock, #1511; n, #1082; roll, #2976.
Nov 19, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word moth
from Old English "moththe". best spelling ever.
Nov 16, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word romantic
this is one of those words that i feel have been mistreated over the years. to me, "romance", and the choice to call something "romantic" is a personal thing; it seems to me that people use this word most often in terms of a relationship or a situation that may become a relationship or invite sexuality of some kind. i would like to be able to use it to mean "beautiful" or "inspirational" in a less conventional, boring sense, but i don't because it doesn't communicate well.
sorry if that was a rant. i just felt the urge to state this somewhere.
Nov 16, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word infer
i like words that seem to be snippets of longer, older words... not sure of why.
Nov 16, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word beowulfian
what about "Grendellian", with a stress on the "del"?
Nov 16, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word befuddle
such a silly-sounding word. but on that note, it DOES communicate the meaning aptly, in my opinion.
Nov 16, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word meme
not a fan of this word.
Nov 16, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word alpenglow
(n): reddish light at sunset or sunrise on mountaintops, esp. occuring before appearance or after disappearance of sun.
Nov 16, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word st john
...sin-jin?
Nov 15, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word -ass
suffix indicating lack of a better term or stupidity.
Nov 15, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word pomegranate
"seeded apple".
Nov 15, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word tsch
interjection expressing feigned or real camaraderie or disapproval.
Nov 15, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word elixir
such a beautiful word!
Nov 15, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word élan
(n): energy, style, and enthusiasm.
Nov 15, 2008
dimã©lion commented on the word ur
it may be strange, but i always thought this was a very beautiful name. i know it sounds quite like the hesitation interjection, but out of that context i find it lovely.
Nov 15, 2008