elgiad007 has looked up 5 words, created 6 lists, listed 286 words, written 142 comments, added 13 tags, and loved 2 words.
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Hi elgiad. Welcome to Wordie.
I don't want you to get the impression that it's all English reasearch papers around here.
elgiad007 commented on the word ism
Didn't Ferris Bueller have something to say about isms?
Nov 21, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word rhotic
I see. Thanks for the clarification, rolig!
Nov 20, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word rhotic
Does this have anything to do with the difference between the words "center" and "centre"?
Nov 19, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word president obama
First president (elect) since Dwight D. Eisenhower to have a last name that begins with a vowel.
Nov 19, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the list things-that-rhyme-with-chicken-noodle-soup
These types of lists are much more fun when they're open. I think my favorite so far is stick in doodle hoop.
Nov 19, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word binary
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Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word fragment
Also, see frag.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word damnation
Sounds great when uttered by Montgomery Burns.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word sysiphus
Any relation to Sisyphus?
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word ground clouds
An essential ingredient of Humilis Helper.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word binary
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Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word binary
01001001 01110100 00100000 01110111 01101111 01110101 01101100 01100100 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01101001 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100011 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01110100 01101000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01100100 00100000 01110111 01110010 01101001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01101110 00100000 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01110010 01100101 01101100 01111001 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01100011 01101111 01100100 01100101 00101110
To save a bit of time (pun), decode here.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word outellect
A person who expresses his or her intellect.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word chupacabra
A couple of years ago I was challenged by a coworker to come up with a descriptive acronym for my job function using the word "chupacabra", to which I replied "Certainly He Uses Perforce Anywhere Code Abruptly Becomes Repeatedly Altered"
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word stricken poodle group
A support group for abused poodles.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word hermitage
Thank you.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word turpentine
This reminds me of my favorite line from Young Guns 2.
Sheriff Kimbel, when ordered to go after Billy The Kid, had this to say in reply: "I'd rather drink turpentine and piss on a brush fire."
Wonderful imagery.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word hermitage
I used to have a betta fish in a bowl in my office. He died several months ago and my hermitage has not been the same since.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word oaf
This word reminds me of pounding bread dough (or getting punched in the gut).
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word troglodage
The abode of a troglodyte.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word hermitage
Nope, only in the break room. I did hear a rumor of someone having a hot water dispenser in their office though. Maybe it's just legend...
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word hermitage
I shouldn't complain. I do have a private office where I can listen to music while I work. On a quiet day it's probably as peaceful as a hermitage.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the user sionnach
Thanks for the welcome, sionnach. I've enjoyed my time here immensely so far.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the user bonniee
I think this is my favorite line (so far): "Bonniee whose poverty is the specter of genius!"
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word pressure
Bonniee (or whatever you call yourself after John locks you out again),
It is a common fallacy of internet users to believe that their input into the system is somehow absorbed into a great ether, never to be seen or have any repercussions. It is also naive to believe that using a false name to log into a web site will totally obscure your true identity. While I do not speak for Wordie.org or it's creators, I will offer my thoughts here and let you dwell on them (if you are capable of such a thing).
You don't seem to realize that there is a direct path leading to you, and, if one were so inclined, could lead to litigations against you (people have been sued for lesser and more ridiculous things).
As we all now know, your school's intranet does not permit you to visit certain web sites (for good reason, obviously). These types of filtering programs typically rely on network user accounts to know which user to block from what domain. This means that your network administrator is tracking your terminal sessions, which includes the network user account you used to initiate the session. Speaking generally, the user account (since this is a school system) probably has a bunch of personal information attached to it (full name, address, parents names, etc.). These terminal sessions have dates and times associated with them and could easily be correlated with records that John (that guy you got mad at) keeps. Since John tracks the IP address of every source that submits data to his web site, he can find the IP address of your school by finding records with the exact date and time of the terminal session (I'm sure your network administrator and school system would be interested to know of these occurrences). The timestamps of the terminal sessions and Wordie.org are probably kept synchronous with the use of an NTP service, so, by working together, they likely to find the match.
So unless you can account for yourself being somewhere other than that terminal at the date and time of the terminal session, you could be, as they say, up Shit Creek without a paddle if someone decided to look for you.
Again, this is purely hypothetical as I do not know the particulars of the IT infrastructure at your school system. However, if you think it through logically, you are opening yourself up to a world of unknowns.
I await your typical "you are stoopid" response.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word hermitage
Alas, I am stricken with bare walls and no window to the outside world.
Nov 14, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word peer pressure
Bonniee, you mentioned a research paper earlier in this thread. What is the subject of the research?
Nov 13, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word hermitage
Lately, my office.
Nov 13, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word forty-two
The answer to life, the universe, and everything (according to The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy).
Nov 13, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the list a-testicle-by-any-other-name
How about tenders?
Nov 12, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word library wine
This is why people have private libraries. One cannot be ousted from one's own library for drunkenness.
Nov 12, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word melba toast
These are great, but I only seem to find them on the Canadian side, at this restaurant.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word debugger
vs. rebugger.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word rebugger
(vs. debugger) A programmer.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word falsus
False.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word verus
True.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word slartibartfast
Spoonerism or not, that's funny.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word p off
Post office.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word wicker vicar
To compliment your plastic Jesus.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word features
chained_bear, that's how I usually do it, but I'm always looking for shortcuts in an application.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word hippopotami
And their wide-angle lenses.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word hippopotami
The glass floor of the indoor observation deck of the CN Tower can support 14 adult hippopotami.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word here vs hear
An excellent example.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the user dontcry
Happy Birfday!
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word crepuscular
Before learning the correct pronunciation, this word reminded me of a husky crepe.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word features
When I encounter a word that I am unfamiliar with, I often type it into the search box at top right-hand corner of the Wordie page. If the word is unlisted, I am forced to consult another resource to find the definition.
It would be nice if the lookup links that appear with listed words also appeared with unlisted words.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word doped up wankers steering large oil tankers
Sounds like a reference to the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word alkie
"Thank God I'm an alkie!" - The Alkie Song, by Dr. Badbreath.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word alkie
See alcoholic.
Nov 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word bunt
Bounder: Anyway you're interested in one of our adventure holidays?
Tourist: Yes I saw your advert in the bolour supplement
Bounder: The what?
Tourist: The bolour supplement
Bounder: The colour supplement?
Tourist: Yes I'm sorry I can't say the letter 'B'
Bounder: C?
Tourist: Yes that's right. It's all due to a trauma I suffered when I was a spoolboy. I was attacked by a bat
Bounder: A cat?
Tourist: No a bat
Bounder: Can you say the letter 'K'
Tourist: Oh yes, Khaki, king, kettle, Kuwait, Keble Bollege Oxford
Bounder: Why don't you say the letter 'K' instead of the letter 'C'
Tourist: what you mean.....spell bolour with a K
Bounder: Yes
Tourist: Kolour. Oh that's very good, I never thought of that. What a silly bunt.
- from The Travel Agent Sketch by Monty Python
Nov 11, 2008