dontcry has looked up 2586 words, created 51 lists, listed 2622 words, written 4298 comments, added 54 tags, and loved 92 words.
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Comments for dontcry
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Facebook is so dull without you. :-)
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can't. work. wordienik.
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I miss you.
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*clenches*
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You cannot escape the charge that you have previously engaged in the amazing pastime that is IDENTIFY THE WORDIE.
You are therefore prime target material for inviting to IDENTIFY THE WORDIENIK.
The whole of the bit of Wordnik that joins in on this would be truly honoured should you participate this time round.
Easily find the right page right now because it is currently the most commented on list shown on the Community page. -
God bless mother Wordnik!
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HALLELUJAH! Go out and get yourself absolutely soaked in bilbies.
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I just saw bilby raining down, too.
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I saw it! I saw me! I also saw ruzuzu!
Pro - Aaaaack! And *hork* -
Dontcry, please don't use explorer. It's unsafe and made out of seal puppies. Try Chrome!
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Nu - uh... Seriously?
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Wow. One of the rainbars had "dontcry" written on it.
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my browser is explorer
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Oh no, that's not good.
Could you let us know what browser/operating system you're using, so we can test it? -
Um, when I tried to sign in today - wordnik didn't remember me. Then, when I logged in manually, it froze up - twice. This is not happiness to see me... Me.
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Community?? I guess I've been gone a while...
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Thanks, r! I love "settle down time!" It's a ritual, like afternoon tea, that separates us from the *other* beasts.
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I was reading your comments about insomnia the other night. They were insightful--especially the bit about "settle down time." Thanks!
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"dontcry has added 49 lists containing 2,491 words, 3,963 comments, 54 tags, 88 favorites, and 56 pronunciations."
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Wow. Thanks rt and rz! I got an email about a month ago with that string of quotes in it... not sure why or from whom...
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"Thy sire saw the light that shone" is Bret Harte ("On a Cone of the Big Trees"). I think ruzuzu's right about Ferlinghetti, but just the "and the sun paints white houses" part. (The full line is "And then the halcyon late mornings/after the fog burns off/and the sun paints white houses/with the sea.")
In William Blake's "The Mental Traveller" you'll find the phrase "By various arts of love and hate." I've not seen all three phrases together, though. -
That "sun paints white houses" part reminds me of Lawrence Ferlinghetti... but I'm not sure. Good luck!
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"and the sun paints white houses by various arts of love and hate, thy sire saw the light that shone" - anybody recognize this??
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r - well, that is a good place to start, isn't it?! Thanks! I hope to begin pronunciating my way through it --and more-- very soon. I just need a plan for capturing a few quiet moments each morning to myself...
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I'd love to hear pronuncicatings from this list.
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Yes!
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Are you taking requests?
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Needs to make a list of words to pronunciate.
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Really needs to catch up on pronunciating....
Needs to catch breath first... -
*pants some more*
*stops panting for a sec*
Pants?? We don't need no stinking pants!
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I was wondering too. Where's the pants list?
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Okay, I see the paper 'gown' list and the list of excuses... but where are the pants?
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r - that suggestion is teh alsome *runs off to make another list* *pants*
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The comments on penelopize make me wonder whether you once had a list of excuses. I'm in the market for a few... any suggestions?
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Is skip still around??
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*wah* Couldn't view skip's profile.... *feels ordinary*
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oh no!! so sorry for your loss, dontcry! I'm with Pro--I hope one day your memories of him outshine your sense of loss. Even though words are not much help right now... :(
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*feels so much love*
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dontcry hurts so gangerh hurts a bit too - my condolences, 'cry
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dontcry - I'm so sorry about your brother.
I'll be thinking of you.
Glad you enjoyed the banana page.
A big hug from California. -
*hugses*
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*blows kisses in luff bubbles*
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*blows kisses back*
so sorry, dontcry -
Very sweet, Pro. "What a stupid world."
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There is probably nothing that I can say to be of any support.
But I thought I would share this phrase I read once*:
"I'm crying because out there he's gone, but he's not gone inside me."
I think this is also the reason why you will, one day, be able to stop crying: he will never be gone inside you.
*It's a comic strip, although not a funny one. You can read it here if you want. -
Oh dontcry, I'm so very sorry.
Glad you got a brief respite. You're in my thoughts. -
wordies: I needed a break from grieving after having lost my brother last week. I came to wordnik, clicked on 'never put your bananas in the refrigerator' and got just what I needed. Thank you. You are just what I needed. Carry on. I'll be back. *blows kisses*
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What's wrong? Are you ok??
Here's an underscored hug to help you feel better: *h_u_g* -
No... :(
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What happened? Why is dontcry crying?
Edit: The thought of dontcry's crying makes me want to cry.
dontcry commented on the word mind map
I'm good, thanks.
May 11, 2012
dontcry commented on the word meddle
beautiful
May 11, 2012
dontcry commented on the list afghanistanbananastan
Ahhh.. I just learned that Afghanistanbananastan is Swedish for Afghanistan Banana Town.
Mar 21, 2012
dontcry commented on the list afghanistanbananastan
Oh, Har! I will attempt to translate now!
Mar 21, 2012
dontcry commented on the list are-you-from-pennsylvania
That's a new one on me, r!
Mar 19, 2012
dontcry commented on the word porching
I can't believe I wasn't referenced on this! I am outraged! Nobody porches like me. I have two porches which often host porching events simultaneously! I have been porching for decades. My ferns, wicker, swings, rockers, and cucumber sandwiches are LORE. Are you kidding me? wordspy - it is on!
Mar 11, 2012
dontcry commented on the word hork
As we all know -- I'm not a computer...um... person. I wanted to add a new word to one of my lists and I can't even get to my own page! I don't see a way to my own page -- with my own lists. Am I gone? That would be a shame as I made up an awesome word today and I wanted to share it with my wordies... *wah*
*swings frantically on porch*
*is in danger of falling on delicate hydrangeas*
*SOMEbody will have to pay for that*
*it's porch law*
*my hands are tied*
Mar 11, 2012
dontcry commented on the word charachnophobia
HAR!
Mar 3, 2012
dontcry commented on the word legidepity
Good one, erin!
Mar 3, 2012
dontcry commented on the word detoastification
I'm agreed with deinony - I think bread can be pre-toastified, post-toastified, and even re-toastified, but it can not be de-toastified. Kind of like un-ringing a bell. Or unbutterfying a cat.
I think the real question here is: if you defenestrate a buttered cat, will anyone care.
Feb 20, 2012
dontcry commented on the word fallopitarian
"Prostate of the Union"
*snort*
Feb 20, 2012
dontcry commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
There goes my Saturday!
Feb 18, 2012
dontcry commented on the word Kentucky meat shower
parahork
Feb 18, 2012
dontcry commented on the word parahawking
Parahawking: skills/techniques practiced by a novice/semi-credited salesperson.
--dontcry's defs, 2012
Feb 16, 2012
dontcry commented on the word oligomer
Mmmm, my madeleines are a combination of musty wood, mothball-scented linens and strong coffee in the morning. I'm there - at the cottage.
Feb 1, 2012
dontcry commented on the word hork
yarb - Agreed. As something of an expert on all things hork... *ahem* computer breakage is bork.
*returns to porch swing to enjoy unusually balmy weather*
Feb 1, 2012
dontcry commented on the word list out
Or when a list leaves.
Feb 1, 2012
dontcry commented on the user dontcry
can't. work. wordienik.
Jan 9, 2012
dontcry commented on the word peter principle
wordnik
Jan 9, 2012
dontcry commented on the word Johnson noise
Here's some more Johnson noise from dontcry (since I can't seem to post from my profile page anymore): I haven't visited wordie-nik for quite a while as my experiences have become less and less satisfying. It seems, now, that all of my pronunciatins have been wiped out... Ciao from The Porch, baby. Thanks for the memories!
Nov 17, 2011
dontcry commented on the word Johnson noise
In my experience (every night for 30 years) the Johnson noise sounds more like a mooing cow being put through a chipper. Not to put too fine a point on it. See snorifice.
Nov 17, 2011
dontcry commented on the word occupy Wordnik
hot damn!
Nov 1, 2011
dontcry commented on the word Google’s Favorite Wordnik Lists
tres cool
Oct 9, 2011
dontcry commented on the word new interface
From the "beating a dead horse" department: I clicked on quinoa in the 'recently pronounced' section and actually heard it pronounced! Yay! I then clicked on the next word and -- nothing. I then re-clicked on quinoa and -- nothing.
I have not been here for quite a while. I find it so tedious to wait for pages to load that I lose interest. FYI from dontcry.
Aug 31, 2011
dontcry commented on the word cake or death
Um.. cake. Definitely cake.
Aug 21, 2011
dontcry commented on the word Comic Sans
http://bancomicsans.com/main/
Aug 21, 2011
dontcry commented on the word cheese or font
bodoni = font
emmenthaler = cheese
crowdie = ? I'll guess a font with very tight kerning
Elzevir = coin toss - font?
stoup ? = *tsk tsk*
Aug 20, 2011
dontcry commented on the word mama
Hey - I just heard this recently pronunced word pronounced!
No I didn't. :-(
*mama!*
Aug 20, 2011
dontcry commented on the word Italian post office
*snort*
Aug 20, 2011
dontcry commented on the word cheese or font
Fun! Oddly, I was better at Steakhouse than I was at Cheese...
Aug 20, 2011
dontcry commented on the word new interface
Hey! I just heard the pronunciation of solder.
j.k. ...
Here's my Garrett Morris take on it:
SOLDER: PRONOUNCED - "SOD-ER" NOT "SOUL-DER"
Aug 16, 2011
dontcry commented on the word umbrage
*nom, nom, nom*
Aug 16, 2011
dontcry commented on the word umbrage
Bear: Only when I'm REALLY put-off.
Aug 16, 2011
dontcry commented on the word new interface
While we're focused on the pronunciation situation... it might be handy if, when you clicked on a word in 'Recent pronunciations,' you were taken to the bottom of the page - where the *pronunciations* are - will be. *flops back on porch swing*
Aug 15, 2011
dontcry commented on the word umbrage
*has secreted some emergency umbrage under the porch*
Aug 15, 2011
dontcry commented on the word new interface
When I click on the arrow in the pronunciations section of each word's page, I hear no pronunciation -it just bumps me up to the very top of the page. And I'm only clicking on words listed in the most pronunciated section on the *community* page. I have no trouble hearing anything else on my computer...
Aug 11, 2011
dontcry commented on the word unset
Probably my favorite Christmas Carol I don't know all the words to...( there are many). But it's a tune I can get down with.
Aug 11, 2011
dontcry commented on the word recreational rioting
I caught a whiff of piquant snarkiness...
Aug 9, 2011
dontcry commented on the word bacon ranch
*really, really needs to see visuals of a bacon ranch*
Aug 9, 2011
dontcry commented on the word Dasani
*lurves 'piquant snarkiness'*
Aug 8, 2011
dontcry commented on the word kitchen table
Never.
Aug 8, 2011
dontcry commented on the word new interface
*whines a bit*
I can't hear any pronunciations... Am I doing something wrong? Should I start pointing fingers around the house? Mr dontcry is still a little sore about the whole marmite experience... so he's suspect numero uno...
Aug 6, 2011
dontcry commented on the word African daisy
What about the European daisy...? Hmmm?
Aug 6, 2011
dontcry commented on the word The Monty Hall Problem
Stick with door number 1. Definitely. And be a sport about it. Nobody likes a sore loser. Especially a goat.
Aug 6, 2011
dontcry commented on the word The Monty Hall Problem
Still and all, I'd take the plantation shutters. They're a timeless fashion statement.
Aug 3, 2011
dontcry commented on the word The Monty Hall Problem
I think the value has to include a sustainability quotient. If the goat is a lactating female, you've got a bit more of a fair fight on your hands. If you've purchased a tiny nub of goat cheese recently, you get my drift.
Aug 3, 2011
dontcry commented on the word The Monty Hall Problem
I'll take horizontal blinds, plantation style, for $200.
Aug 3, 2011
dontcry commented on the word The Monty Hall Problem
Ahhh, the age-old 3 doors, 2 goats and a car conundrum.
The answer is: blue -- no, green *aaaargh*
Wait, that was another Monty altogether.
Aug 3, 2011
dontcry commented on the word new interface
*brushes bits of quandary off arms and legs*
Thanks, ptero!
Aug 1, 2011
dontcry commented on the word new interface
I'm checking in just now after a spell... wanted to see comments on two of the most comments lists: International House of Fufluns (6/6)
Where Is That Light Coming From? (5/6)
and no comments were found...?
*falls off porch in a quandary*
Aug 1, 2011