Heraclitan water? Πάντα ῥεῖ (panta rhei) "everything flows"
This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures.
(New Latin belemnītēs, from Greek belemnon, dart; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)) from etymolgy above - also see etymologies for parable, hyperbole, quell, and abulia for further references to gwelə-
I knew she plays the sax. Have you read 'Crazy Brave' yet?
I wonder how many people realize the etymological significance of the title.
Playing the sax is 'crazy brave' of course.
The sax is the ultimate soul instrument with its long neck and throaty sound (see nephesh)
My niece Ramona has taught me that well!
She has 'crazy brave' in her blood, too.
It is headed (& entail (out) spinning) toward analogical (rune-in) ruin?!
Digit points but is not 'is'!
Rue(l) out is in!
a paradox- a pair of (d)ox(i)s! (plowing boustraphedrically)?
From Middle English ethe ("not difficult, easy"), from Old English ēaþe, īeþe ("easy, smooth, not difficult"), from Proto-Germanic *auþijaz (“easy, pleasing”), from *auþiz (“deserted, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *aut- (“empty, lonely”). Cognate with Scots eith ("easy"), Old Saxon ōþi ("deserted, empty"), Old High German ōdi ("empty, abandoned, easy, effortless"), Middle High German öde (German öde, "blank, vacant, easy"), Old Norse auðr ("deserted, empty"), Icelandic auð ("easy"), Gothic ̸̴̰̹̿̓ (auþeis, "desolate, deserted"). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian vetëm ("alone") from vet ("his/her/their own, self"). More at easy. (Wiktionary)
"Writings on rhythmics. Part of book 2 of an Elementa Rhythmica survives. It argues that rhythm is a temporal structure imposed on, not inherent in, what is ‘rhythmized’ (to rhythmizomenon); and it defines rhythmic forms, by reference to a ‘primary duration’ (prōtos chronos), in terms of the ratio between arsis (anō chronos, up-beat) and thesis (katō chronos, down-beat). " - article by Andrew Barker
Bill Veeck inspired me to imagine this word. He was the exploder of modern baseball with his exploding scoreboard in the 1950s for the Chicago Right Soxs. He wrote a classic "Veeck as in Wreck"! Great Fun and Imagination!
former close calls tech-vvrecks lead way to tech-wrecks - a different level of caring reck!
less is more and more is less!
and more is less (moreorless)
“Soul” (nefesh, verses 2, 3, 5, 6) - in Psalm 42-: This term, often not translated (lest one read into the text the much later bifurcation of life into the negative body and positive soul, a duality alien to the Bible), meaning approximately “life force,” is central to this psalm, and requires literal translation. Through this usage the poet establishes the early dialogic nature of the opening, a tearing internal conversation (“an inner debate within the poet’s psyche” – M. Cohen). He battles with himself (the essence of the recurrent refrain), and is thus able to convey his lack of control of his own reactions. In turn, his soul desires, is overwhelmed by what should be positive recollections, and is distraught. Primarily, it yearns in pain. In a beautiful pun, the soul (the Hebrew word also can mean “neck/throat”) is the locus of longing for God/water. - Scheheter Institute of Jewish Studies **http://psalms.schechter.edu/2010/12/psalm-42-3-why-so-downcast-my-soul-text.html
It appears to be a tinted list - orange, silver, olive, almond, iron - even without purple no matter how you paint it. There's some penguin - black & whilte - to it.
Nice to have you back papageno - We missed you when you were papagone!
3-14-13 pisurd - silence please- (it should be 3.1415...) totally real number as in 'pi''ve got your number'?
In Berkeley's forest, no one herd this rite!
What a daunting spell-(rite) has been cast!
A powder (especially, the gum of the juniper-tree reduced to a finely pulverized state, or finely powdered pipe-clay darkened by charcoal) inclosed in a bag of some open stuff, and passed over holes pricked in a design to transfer the lines to a paper underneath. This kind of pounce is used by embroiderers to transfer their patterns to their stuffs; also by fresco-painters, and sometimes by engravers.
Century Dictionary to keep inline?
Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An archaic or obsolete form of soap: retained in modern copies of the authorized version of the Bible.
An obsolete or dialectal form of sup.
Old English horn "horn of an animal," also "wind instrument" (originally made from animal horns), from Proto-Germanic *hurnaz (cf. German Horn, Dutch horen, Gothic haurn), from PIE *ker- "horn; head, uppermost part of the body," with derivatives refering to horned animals, horn-shaped objects and projecting parts (cf. Greek karnon "horn," Latin cornu "horn," Sanskrit srngam "horn," Persian sar "head," Avestan sarah- "head," Greek koryphe "head," Latin cervus "deer," Welsh carw "deer"). Reference to car horns is first recorded 1901. Figurative senses of Latin cornu included "salient point, chief argument; wing, flank; power, courage, strength." Jazz slang sense of "trumpet" is by 1921. Meaning "telephone" is by 1945. - Online Etymology
guest and host (and also hostile, hospice, hospital and hospitable ) are from the same Indo-European root, ghos-ti- , a stranger or 'someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality.'
Can it get much stranger? Give the outside a ghost (ghost is derived from the IE root gheis- - spirit, breathe) of a chance!
fbharjo commented on the word re-replaced
Be placed?
Jun 18, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word lemoniskate
lemniscate
Jun 11, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word thwitan
OE whittle
Jun 9, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list frequentative--le
Or speckle from speck
Or dapple......
Or strikle
Jun 9, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list frequentative--le
How about yaffle?
Also known as whetile
What a sharp set of names for a woodpecker (a whittle?)
Jun 9, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list on-and-off
alexz and danama, neither one of you are off-corsica--of-course, so please add
Jun 6, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word pyrogen
Heraclitan water? Πάντα ῥεῖ (panta rhei) "everything flows"
This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures.
Jun 5, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word crosswordese
crosswordeaseplease
May 31, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word off-white
Is there an on-white?
May 8, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word udd
Sharp point of a knife -Swedish
May 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word busk
Boscar - to beat about the bushes ( Old Spanish)
May 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word taque
Old north French - 'nail, pin'
May 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word cutting-tool
Always incisive!
Apr 30, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word hebetude
Also see i-do-itude
Apr 30, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word hebetude
It begs 'shebecomestude' ! What does that elicit?
Apr 30, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word hebetude
Is there a relationship with etude and student?
Apr 30, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list words-to-describe-the-taste-of-food
'like chicken' makes me think of rattle-steak (rattlesnake's taste description).
Apr 28, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word alum
Adds a whole new meaning to alum-are-us. These
are fields to be explored.
Apr 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word ultraviolet
Adds a entire new meaning to rose-colored cataracts. It is plum crazy as plumbago. Way-to-glow!
Apr 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word natalitious
ruzuzu
May we wish you a delicious, natalitious day today.
Happy Birthday to zuzu!
Apr 22, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word pəshar
Aramaic for 'interpretation'
Apr 21, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word nowtown
a one now town - in the style of 'a one cow town' ??
Apr 21, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list words-i-only-see-in-books-about-medieval-and-early-modern-history
The author (of this list) is a meracious auctour.
Apr 21, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word braid theory
not knot theory
Apr 18, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word gwelə-
see etymologies for belemnite, parable, hyperbole, quell, and abulia for further references to gwelə-
Apr 18, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word belemnite
Once thought to be fallen thunderbolts.
(New Latin belemnītēs, from Greek belemnon, dart; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)) from etymolgy above - also see etymologies for parable, hyperbole, quell, and abulia for further references to gwelə-
Apr 18, 2013
fbharjo commented on the user ruzuzu
I haven't heard her perform. I did have a chance to listen to her read some of her poems. She did them more than justice!
Apr 16, 2013
fbharjo commented on the user ruzuzu
I knew she plays the sax. Have you read 'Crazy Brave' yet?
I wonder how many people realize the etymological significance of the title.
Playing the sax is 'crazy brave' of course.
The sax is the ultimate soul instrument with its long neck and throaty sound (see nephesh)
My niece Ramona has taught me that well!
She has 'crazy brave' in her blood, too.
Apr 15, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word zen fin zen
fin zen
Apr 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word purl
the sound of purl-ple (see Century Dictionary definitions): A neat Heraclitean term:
Early purl grey perhaps with bergamot! (Earl Grey Tea)
Apr 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word news choice, purled and curled fact
Heraclitean flown-in delight!
Apr 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word complete, neat-pleat
It's a wrap!
Apr 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word perfect, pure-fact
just the fax (facts): nothing superfluous: black & white - no color
Apr 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word continues right where it left off
timeless friendship
Apr 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word right of passage, left of passage
rite of passage, ......?...unstaged (stage left)
Apr 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word right(rite)salem
Everyone is right (rite), but (few(er)are) no one (no-one) is core rect (correct).
What's left over (in)?
Apr 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word bitcoin
It is headed (& entail (out) spinning) toward analogical (rune-in) ruin?!
Digit points but is not 'is'!
Rue(l) out is in!
a paradox- a pair of (d)ox(i)s! (plowing boustraphedrically)?
Apr 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word bone oil
I guess this word finally reached a b-one-oiling point!
Apr 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word siquis
if any
Apr 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word jumelle
begin to weave
Apr 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word dræht
draw or drag
Apr 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list the-duke-of-albuquerque
What do the words in this list have to do with the title of this list?
Is it a draughty checkerboard of words like Alquerque?
White ((albus) and black) on!
Apr 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Noblesse oblige
'What you receive as a gift, give as a gift!'
Apr 11, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word eftest
From Middle English ethe ("not difficult, easy"), from Old English ēaþe, īeþe ("easy, smooth, not difficult"), from Proto-Germanic *auþijaz (“easy, pleasing”), from *auþiz (“deserted, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *aut- (“empty, lonely”). Cognate with Scots eith ("easy"), Old Saxon ōþi ("deserted, empty"), Old High German ōdi ("empty, abandoned, easy, effortless"), Middle High German öde (German öde, "blank, vacant, easy"), Old Norse auðr ("deserted, empty"), Icelandic auð ("easy"), Gothic ̸̴̰̹̿̓ (auþeis, "desolate, deserted"). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian vetëm ("alone") from vet ("his/her/their own, self"). More at easy. (Wiktionary)
Apr 10, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word ēaþe
smooth, easy
Apr 10, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Civitas Solis
City of the Sun
Apr 9, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Bensalem
In Bacon's 'New Atlantis' somewhere west of Peru.
Apr 9, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word nowel
now (know) well
Apr 7, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word witlock
wit play like sword-play see comments on wedlock
Apr 5, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word wordieluxe
The deluxe e-diction.
a luxated word?
Apr 4, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Aristoxenus
author of early book on rhythm ' Elementa rhythmica'
"Writings on rhythmics. Part of book 2 of an Elementa Rhythmica survives. It argues that rhythm is a temporal structure imposed on, not inherent in, what is ‘rhythmized’ (to rhythmizomenon); and it defines rhythmic forms, by reference to a ‘primary duration’ (prōtos chronos), in terms of the ratio between arsis (anō chronos, up-beat) and thesis (katō chronos, down-beat). " - article by Andrew Barker
Apr 4, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word speckled rose granite bled at sunset
brindle kindled
Apr 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list words-for-ice
OR How about a tinseled timbitpick(stick)?
An alliteration prize?
Apr 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word livver
I guess that won't happen in this 'liffe'?
It's a v vreck v vaiting to happen!
Apr 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word oen
Irish 'one'
Apr 1, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word souna
Also soune conciliatory ending, forgiveness, 'make peace'
Mar 30, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word ullus
Latin for 'any'
Mar 30, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word ynce
Old English inch
Mar 30, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word livver
How liver should be spelled with its usual pronunciation.
Mar 29, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word tech-vvreck
Bill Veeck inspired me to imagine this word. He was the exploder of modern baseball with his exploding scoreboard in the 1950s for the Chicago Right Soxs. He wrote a classic "Veeck as in Wreck"! Great Fun and Imagination!
Mar 28, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word tech-vvreck
former close calls tech-vvrecks lead way to tech-wrecks - a different level of caring reck!
less is more and more is less!
and more is less (moreorless)
Mar 28, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word bedraggled
B S & T (drag(gled) is the operative word.)
Mar 26, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word phone bug
wire tapping
Mar 26, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
It must be long liner! How do you acronym it ? Alphabetsoupit?
Letterofchange? SomebetMM?
(Marching Madness!)
Mar 25, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list inedible-bugs
jitterbug?
Though fritterbugs are delicious!
hoodlebug, phone bug, VW bug
Mar 25, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Gump-tion
As in Forrest Gumption
Mar 25, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word browning
What's the rePort?
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word witwanton
What does wit need?
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word venew
a renewed venue?
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word sconcely
a halo hollow
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word eutrapely
pun fun in the sun
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list color-my-world
ma(gic)-genta
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list life--9
lotic vivacious! flow!
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list yummy-words--1
nom-in-flavor(favor)!
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list lovely-little-oddities
sarah-in-dip-in-thee!
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list on-the-breeze
whim-sea-call
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the user findthesea
Is it merely?
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list sing-a-happy-song
in-jublent joy
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list and-i-will-tell-the-night
do they tell?
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word witing
obsolete knowledge?
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word merely mere
mere
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word wistly wist
wistly wist
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word only on
only only
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word completely complete
completly
Mar 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word benetnasch
big dipper cardinal star or 搖光 (the Star of Twinkling Brilliance) in Chinese
Mar 23, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word cassoulet
soul food?
from etymology above:
French, stove dish, diminutive of cassolo, earthenware vessel, from casso, from Old Provençal cassa; see casserole.
Mar 22, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word nephesh
“Soul” (nefesh, verses 2, 3, 5, 6) - in Psalm 42-: This term, often not translated (lest one read into the text the much later bifurcation of life into the negative body and positive soul, a duality alien to the Bible), meaning approximately “life force,” is central to this psalm, and requires literal translation. Through this usage the poet establishes the early dialogic nature of the opening, a tearing internal conversation (“an inner debate within the poet’s psyche” – M. Cohen). He battles with himself (the essence of the recurrent refrain), and is thus able to convey his lack of control of his own reactions. In turn, his soul desires, is overwhelmed by what should be positive recollections, and is distraught. Primarily, it yearns in pain. In a beautiful pun, the soul (the Hebrew word also can mean “neck/throat”) is the locus of longing for God/water. - Scheheter Institute of Jewish Studies **http://psalms.schechter.edu/2010/12/psalm-42-3-why-so-downcast-my-soul-text.html
Mar 22, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word nom-de-stitch
nymstitch
Mar 21, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list english-words-derived-from-hindi
Then is it soar-bet?
Derivation is a braided, streaming riverlet(te)! ((or not let)set!)
Mar 21, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word the night is still young
and the day is day old?............. and the day is still day old?(and perhaps older)
Mar 21, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list english-words-derived-from-hindi
khaki, sorbet, shawl, chutney.......are others
Mar 21, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word fashions
fashion action
Mar 20, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word poka-yoke
I think it is Japanese for 'avoid mistakes' or 'mistake proofing' (literally or figuratively).
Mar 20, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word yarsagumbu
So mu(n)ch a stew about a quintals of clams?
I thought it is about yartsa gunbu or yatsa gunbu - a medicinal,Tibetan ghost moth fungus
Mar 19, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list rhymeless
It appears to be a tinted list - orange, silver, olive, almond, iron - even without purple no matter how you paint it. There's some penguin - black & whilte - to it.
Nice to have you back papageno - We missed you when you were papagone!
Mar 19, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word starry sturgeon
star caviar?
sevruga
Mar 19, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word murgeon
a murmur gone (geon) - anagramic?
Mar 19, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Lugeon
water gone
a missteerious holmonym anagram?
Mar 19, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word plungeon
.....for pigeons? look up cataract
also cormorant & curmudgeon
Mar 18, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list lost-for-word
pareidolia perhaps OR
:(: apophenia may be it ;):
Mar 18, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word saippuakivikauppias
a very slippery slope
Mar 15, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word rasceta
arm's short length riste
Mar 15, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word cervisial
cervesant - clear beer clere
Mar 15, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word locuplete
see (sea) adobe abode
a quadisical (and harmon-not-ical musical) palindrome
Mar 15, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word locuplete
residential
Mar 15, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word excelsior
also see excelsior--1
Mar 15, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word real number
Real is reign's road!
Where's the parasol(ve)?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word real number
just imagine getting real!
Sounds like a Beatles song?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word surd
3-14-13 pisurd - silence please- (it should be 3.1415...) totally real number as in 'pi''ve got your number'?
In Berkeley's forest, no one herd this rite!
What a daunting spell-(rite) has been cast!
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word wobbegong
carpet sharks
At least there is an alarm (gong-rite)?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word morectolobus
also known as wobbegongs
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word rabbless
rabbless
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word appless
manzero (manzano) in Spanish?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word appless
or a blank slate (in mining terms??)
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word memore
There is always more to a memo
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Fomore
sea-demonful?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word sextupless
5
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word toppless
an unknockedover?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word appless
a bite fruity?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word simpless
more complicated
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word clamore
noise above a mild din!
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Tadmore
just a tad more?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word cremore
more scum (cremor)!
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word armore
defenceless?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word glamore
always glamor more or less?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word rumore
a rumor is never finished?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word surd
ad+surd?
Mar 14, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word sope box
Scope? So be box-it?
Mar 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word On the Sabbath day, communicate only by means of fridge poetry
Follow the links (Linx (lynx)) for a fuller meaning.
What a scramble!
Kimo sabe?
Mar 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word whereret
Where"ret (?), v. t. From Whir.
1. To hurry; to trouble; to tease. Obs. Bickerstaff.
2. To box (one) on the ear; to strike or box. (the ear); as, to wherret a child. Obs.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Mar 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word pouncet-box
pounce
A powder (especially, the gum of the juniper-tree reduced to a finely pulverized state, or finely powdered pipe-clay darkened by charcoal) inclosed in a bag of some open stuff, and passed over holes pricked in a design to transfer the lines to a paper underneath. This kind of pounce is used by embroiderers to transfer their patterns to their stuffs; also by fresco-painters, and sometimes by engravers.
Century Dictionary
to keep inline?
Mar 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Terrapene ornata
ornate box turtle
Mar 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word seak box
seak
Mar 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word amole hole
Nahuatl ahmōlli soap
Mar 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word sope box
Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An archaic or obsolete form of soap: retained in modern copies of the authorized version of the Bible.
An obsolete or dialectal form of sup.
Mar 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word detersive box
as opposed to the derisive box
Mar 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word smegmatic box
smegmatic
Mar 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word On the Sabbath day, communicate only by means of fridge poetry
I am afraid I would mix scrapple and scrabble, and could never achieve a rhyming resolution.
Mar 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list box-it-up
ballot box....big-box store....box in....box lunch...box score...box office...box seat....call box....idiot box....toy box....voice box....strongbox...penalty box...press box...out of the box....black box..batter's box...boom box...cereal box...dialog box....
Mar 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word dailygone
dailyam iam
Mar 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word clerestory
muddied-with-fail!
Mar 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word itemries
item-aviaries? nidos?
Mar 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word monstrance
ourstrance
Mar 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word oranssi
A chromastart to 'orange' in Finnish
Mar 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word pomaceous
applelacious - a mountain chain near the banana belt (Poconos)?
Mar 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word widorwidout
w(id)o(r)w(id-out)!!!
Mar 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list words-that-end-in-id
tid, buprestid, skid, aphid, solpugid, abraid, florid, afraid, inlaid, hybrid, quadrifid, mislaid, sleid, intrepid, mucid, algid, staid, barmaid, mermaid, cuspid, herbid, did, liliopsid,... scincid,,,,,pyramid ...sipunculid.......sassanid ...paraboloid....lipid....pierid.....maioid..poeciliid
Mar 12, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word enneamer
I am enamored!
Mar 11, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word should of
wood halved (would have) - an unnecessary bifurcation?
legendary sites (sights) are legend!
Mar 11, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word horn
Old English horn "horn of an animal," also "wind instrument" (originally made from animal horns), from Proto-Germanic *hurnaz (cf. German Horn, Dutch horen, Gothic haurn), from PIE *ker- "horn; head, uppermost part of the body," with derivatives refering to horned animals, horn-shaped objects and projecting parts (cf. Greek karnon "horn," Latin cornu "horn," Sanskrit srngam "horn," Persian sar "head," Avestan sarah- "head," Greek koryphe "head," Latin cervus "deer," Welsh carw "deer"). Reference to car horns is first recorded 1901. Figurative senses of Latin cornu included "salient point, chief argument; wing, flank; power, courage, strength." Jazz slang sense of "trumpet" is by 1921. Meaning "telephone" is by 1945. - Online Etymology
Mar 11, 2013
fbharjo commented on the list in-the-detail
it is in the horns! - (not in the tail)
Mar 11, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Utopia
This is 'nowhere', literally!
Mar 11, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word the sound of a dictionary falling down
Is it a frictionary or non-frictionary dictionary?
Mar 10, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word catmatic
in contrast to 'dogmatic'
apophatic v. cataphatic
Mar 10, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Virgo Cluster
star field
our field of view
Mar 10, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Field of the Nebulae
Virgo Cluster
Mar 10, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word spirit matters
matter's spirit
Mar 10, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word malkuta
As opposed to the noun 'malkuth'!
Aramaic verb for reign
Mar 10, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word field of contentment
neorxnawong
Mar 9, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word neorxnawong
"field of contentment" Old English term for paradise
Mar 9, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word protest pro
test pro test
Mar 8, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Yousef Karsh
Search for Greatness
Mar 8, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Gunsbach
Sounds like a Baroque Western. Actually the community where Albert Schweitzer learned to play the organ
Mar 8, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word trending words
The obvious question is : (the one ton marsupial in the room) b...y and b....y il(l)b(e) and/or la(u)ff(gh)er???T
Mar 7, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word snowquest
knowquest, nnwquest
Mar 6, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word fluball
flew-the-coup(e)?!
Mar 6, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Prolagus
Did I just flu-b-all? fluball?
Mar 6, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Prolagus
How about dubble bubble wrap-all! It is like Bazooka ((double-trouble-(leave-little-rubble)) bubble-un-gun-))bubblegum!!!!!!!
*How many powers is i-that?*
*(not a hat trickyet? trink(Ithink)yet?)*
Mar 6, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word uniformly
in uniform
Mar 6, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word areopagus
early high court?
Mar 6, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word spleen
spleendor is not crass
Mar 4, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word ghos-ti-
see host, guest, and hostile
Mar 4, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word host
guest and host (and also hostile, hospice, hospital and hospitable ) are from the same Indo-European root, ghos-ti- , a stranger or 'someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality.'
Can it get much stranger? Give the outside a ghost (ghost is derived from the IE root gheis- - spirit, breathe) of a chance!
Mar 4, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word sinc filter
brick-wall filter
Mar 4, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word untrickle
take the trick out (or leave it in?) or trick-it-out!
Mar 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word sound chew
sound bite
Mar 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word accreate
accrete
Mar 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word beurre blanc
burr blank
Mar 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word funnel
fun(findsomenot)nel
Mar 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word sulfar
Poly(p-phenylene sulfide)
Mar 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Eugène Ysaÿe
Bach transformation
Mar 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word fantasia
fantasia - rite of spring
Mar 3, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Pluto
Or is it a pla(y)net? ...depending upon whose court system Pluto is in?
Mar 2, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word super burrito
How about la bajada burrito - an essential burrito with talus outflows?
Mar 1, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Christ lag in Todesbanden
Stokowski's version
Feb 28, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Pare-of-Normal Activity
whittling away
Feb 27, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word auralacular
superlative of the head's inner organ
Feb 27, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Lucy Hickenlooper
Olga Samaroff
Feb 27, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Sigh Go
Psycho
Feb 27, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word auracular
superlative of the head's inner organ
Feb 27, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word Blaws
blahs (Jaws) eat way at you
Feb 27, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word The Silence of the Spams
Worst of the wurst and wurst of the worst!
Beyond Boring Boredom
Rehashed Trash
No glorror here?
.........are apt subtitles!
It is about mute-ants, isn't it?
Feb 26, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word one
I don't believe there is a 'ONE' or a 'TWO' for that matter!
Prove me wrong!
Feb 25, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word scordatura
Bach's fifth cello suite uses this device.
Feb 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word frembde
unauthorized maiden 'making music" with Bach in the organ loft in Neuekirche (perhaps the 'strange' maiden was Maria Barbara Bach).
Feb 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word slopseller
a slop shop keeper
Feb 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word palister
park keeper
Feb 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word licensed victualler
publican
Feb 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word bluffer
innkeeper
Feb 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word fugler
birdkeeper
Feb 24, 2013