frindley has looked up 618 words, created 24 lists, listed 812 words, written 1249 comments, added 43 tags, and loved 48 words.
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The Emerald City?!
Good work!
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*lends frindley a book for her face*
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Like!
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Yes. And according to ruzuzu, below, you need to get busy on your pronunciating...
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Frindley has given up Facebook for Lent (2011). Does that mean she might have time to hang around here more often?
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"frindley has created 24 lists, listed 778 words, written 1,217 comments, and added 42 tags, 111 favorites, and 0 pronunciations."
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Hi frindley, you should be whitelisted. Actually, looks like you must be, since that Shuttercal link is working. Let me know if it's not letting you do something you'd like to.
I also miss the also-ons. They're on the to-do list, though I can't promise when we'll get to them. -
See John's explanation about the "More About" hyperlinks here:
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I traded it with my lowercaseness, apparently. :-(
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frindley has been burning the candle at both ends. Had to stay away from wordie conversations for a bit – the time zone difference was proving to be decidedly unhealthy.
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Indeed...
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Well hello, frindley. We've been unfrindley for too long. Good to see your name on screen again.
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Sure there is: Frustshoppen :-)
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Hi frin! Lots of funding applications in the air at the moment hence the word outcomes is also one I've seen far too often recently.
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Frindley is back, having neglected wordie for a bit. Embarrassed to say that it was the recent new facebook debacle which reminded me that I have even more fun over here.
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My problem with new year resolutions is that number one on the list is always "go to bed before pumpkin hour" – and of course the nature of new year's eve is such that I break it instantly! I think I might opt for Epiphany Resolutions this year instead.
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You too, go have fun far from your computer! Happy new year!
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Hi frindley! Although sarra knocked off several already, there are still a few unsolved musical clues ripe for the plucking here:
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I started reading Frindle today. I'm loving it!
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Yes, frindley, that's the purpose indeed. Bilby, I do actually have a few lists. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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I think c_b wants to take care of cross-referencing for later on when we stumble across these words in isolation. No apology needed. (Was always fond of the surrey with the fringe on top myself.)
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No really good way? How about a list?
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Hi frindley, I just wanted to apologize to you and whomever else might be annoyed for the string of similar comments about horse-drawn conveyances. There's no really good way to link together a whole bunch of bizarre words without posting comments on each word page which unfortunately then hogs up the whole front page for a bit. Fortunately it passes quickly. Ahem.
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Thanks for the tip! That sounds really cool. I'm going to have to look that piece up.
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thank you for the word help!
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frindley!
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Frin! Welcome back!
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Hi frin! *waves his happy hat*
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If you like, you can create a theme open list and we do all the dirty job. I'll be happy to do it.
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We're missing you, frindley.
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Hi frindley! I just wanted to let you know how geekily happy it made me to see that you'd favourited one of my lists -- thank you! It cheers me up to come here and look at it. Hee.
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Hey, thanks for helping me with the "æ" so I can finally type my son's name the way it's meant to be: Dhæro!
I've been avoiding Wordie for a few months cuz when I joined, I became instantly addicted, and was finding myself on here 3, 4 hours a day. That might be how much time people with TV spend watching mindless crap so at least I was actively learning stuff not zoning out like most Americans, but my other responsibilities were suffering as a result. I laid off my favorite site until your message called me here again, but I should ease back in gradually, like an alcoholic sipping wine.
However, I'd like to know more about this, "pedant's corner" of which you speak.
frindley commented on the word occupy the practice room
1 per cent of music students do 80 per cent of the practice. Occupy the practice room.
Oct 30, 2011
frindley commented on the word jury-rig
Not to be confused with jerry-built.
May 9, 2011
frindley commented on the list found-in-pairs
sugartongs and pants
May 5, 2011
frindley commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
So now the analytical suspense is really killing me…
May 4, 2011
frindley commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
I think we should allow gangerh the pleasure of one big wodge.
May 3, 2011
frindley commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
I took the same line of thinking as ruzuzu when it came to yarb/bray/emordnilap. In other instances I matched words to people who'd listed/commented on them or made expressions of fondness (chained bear/wodge). As for the rest, my rationale doesn't bear scrutiny.
May 3, 2011
frindley commented on the word kedgebelly
I wonder if there is any connection between kedge and kedgeree (sometimes "kedgery"), the British name for a curried rice dish with smoked fish and eggs normally eaten at breakfast.
May 2, 2011
frindley commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Oh no, I just thought of the perfect word for me!
** Dances around in excited anticipation of the next Identify the Wordnienik competition **
May 2, 2011
frindley commented on the word stoicking
An especially resilient item of hosiery.
Apr 30, 2011
frindley commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
The suspense is killing me…
Apr 29, 2011
frindley commented on the list cringeworthy-hair-beauty-salons
Shear Delight, Cut Loose, Herr Kutz (although I wonder if that one is apocryphal). Also, not a salon name, but a hair product line: Bed Head
Apr 29, 2011
frindley commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Duh! It's tɪə-resistant, not tɛː-resistant. Silly frindley.
Apr 28, 2011
frindley commented on the word kick off
Thanks for warning me. That's a list I should avoid!
Apr 27, 2011
frindley commented on the word kick off
frindley says: when the revolution comes I will ban all use of this phrase outside sporting contexts. If another arts marketer tells me that their romantic concert of baroque arias or exhibition of Chinese porcelain will "kick off", I will most likely kick something.
Sorry if I sound twitter and blistered. Just needed to get that out of my system.
Apr 27, 2011
frindley commented on the word sneak peek
Down here in the Antipodes "sneak peek" has become the latest fad for social notworking arts marketers. It seems everyone wants to offer you sneak peeks of things, including (very often) things that have (a) already happened and (b) are public.
My only consolation is that it may yet drive out the unhealthy predilection for having everything kick off, even concerts of baroque arias on the theme of love.
Apr 27, 2011
frindley commented on the user PossibleUnderscore
Now I'm confused. Why does "PossibleUnderscore" display as "Punderscore Underscore"?
Apr 27, 2011
frindley commented on the word bakkushan
Weird, but it works so well!
Apr 27, 2011
frindley commented on the word bakkushan
This reminds me of an Ogden Nash verse (admittedly back to front):
Sure, deck your lower limbs in pants:
Yours are the legs, my sweeting.
You look divine as you advance;
Have you seen yourself retreating?
Apr 27, 2011
frindley commented on the word stumped
Baffled.
Apr 27, 2011
frindley commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
This is infinitely more difficult than I anticipated. I think I shall need to change my chosen word. How about stumped?
Anyway, my paltry effort, allocation of wild guesses aided somewhat by the use of a spreadsheet and a late swap which I shall probably regret:
bilby | playful
blafferty | systematic
chained_bear | wodge
dontcry | tear-resistant
erinmckean | slopseller
fbharjo | present
frindley | pen-like*
frogapplause | lunette
gangerh | ascian
hernesheir | greenhorn
mollusque | harlequin
oroboros | mortsafe
PossibleUnderscore | chrestomathic
Prolagus | sinistral
pterodactyl | distingue
reesetee | protean
ruzuzu | balsamaceous
seanahan | prodigal
sionnach | panda
Wordnicolina | calepinerienne
Wordplayer | boggy
yarb | emordnilap
*At least according to Andrew Clement
Apr 27, 2011
frindley commented on the word London derrière
Also known as Danny Boy.
Apr 13, 2011
frindley commented on the word bluetooth-ache
Courtesy The New York Times.
Mar 28, 2011
frindley commented on the word Zeitgeist
Oh bummer, I left my community/Zeitgeist comment over on zeitgeist. Still haven't gotten used to this case-sensitive business.
Mar 13, 2011
frindley commented on the word zeitgeist
Kind of sorry to see that the "Zeitgeist" page on Wordnik has become community in my absence. :(
Mar 13, 2011
frindley commented on the user frindley
Frindley has given up Facebook for Lent (2011). Does that mean she might have time to hang around here more often?
Mar 13, 2011
frindley commented on the list cripple-in-a-café-in-paris
That is one seriously bizarre movie (going by the synopsis)…
Mar 13, 2011
frindley commented on the user chained_bear
*sings* Happy birthday to you!
Jan 27, 2011
frindley commented on the word biro
This household word (at least in my neck of the woods) is a fitting tribute to Hungarian Bíró László, who gave us the ballpoint pen.
Jan 10, 2011
frindley commented on the word remarkable link
And in this postscript I add a link to an article which blatantly and without shame steals the idea and applies it to a totally unrelated topic.
Oct 10, 2010
frindley commented on the word remarkable link
In this comment I attempt, somewhat lamely, to play along during one of my sporadic visits to Wordnik.
Oct 10, 2010
frindley commented on the word flushing
The practice of feeding cows or sheep a very high level of nutrition for a couple of weeks before the breeding season in order to improve fertility.
Oct 6, 2010
frindley commented on the word venetian blind date
Bob: A Venetian blind date? What's that?
Betty: Oh, it's like a regular blind date, but the man shows up covered in dust.
(Nicked from the caption of a cartoon.)
Oct 6, 2010
frindley commented on the word chuffed
Was chuffed to discover that I Hate Perfume had been chosen as list of the day.
Aug 12, 2010
frindley commented on the word how to hide the like button
*like*
Jun 16, 2010
frindley commented on the user john
Thank you! My links weren't working the other day, but they are now. Lovely.
Apr 17, 2010
frindley commented on the user john
Wondering if I could be whitelisted too? Missing the "also on" function of the old profiles.
Apr 17, 2010
frindley commented on the user Prolagus
So how did you get your hyperlinks in "more about Prolagus" to stick in this new Wordnik profile? I found the other day that my h-ref coding was still there, but the links were "dry".
Apr 16, 2010
frindley commented on the word geyser
It's been proposed that may be the only English word to have been imported from Icelandic. Can anyone think of any others?
Apr 16, 2010
frindley commented on the word ye gods
This is the favourite exclamation of one of the characters in The Music Man. Zaneeta Shinn, perhaps?
Apr 15, 2010
frindley commented on the list cast-a-spell
Nice list! I hope there's more to come.
Apr 14, 2010
frindley commented on the word Humperdink
Speaking of bad surnames: there is a German conductor, Christoph Prick, who quite sensibly adopts the name Christof Perick when he conducts in English-speaking countries.
Apr 14, 2010
frindley commented on the word Charlotte russe
Ooh, offal dessert!
Apr 14, 2010
frindley commented on the word extinguishing lamps
"Wantonly disturbing" persons by ringing doorbells, knocking on doors or unlawfully extinguishing lamps.
Apr 14, 2010
frindley commented on the word ice sliding
Making slides upon ice or snow to the danger of pedestrians.
Apr 14, 2010
frindley commented on the word Charlotte russe
Would it hold its own against a trifle though?
Apr 14, 2010
frindley commented on the word take our survey
One of the few surveys I've really enjoyed taking. Nothing gives more pleasure than explaining why I love Wordie/Wordnik.
Apr 14, 2010
frindley commented on the word going Dutch
To share the cost of a meal or entertainment, especially if on a date.
Feb 9, 2010
frindley commented on the word office park
A contradiction in terms if ever there was one.
Feb 9, 2010
frindley commented on the word pongsome
I believe it's what we call a madeupical – a staunchly upheld wordie/nik tradition. This is a particularly fine example of the breed – I can sense the flavour intended just by looking at it. It comes across as a milder variant of noisome.
Jan 28, 2010
frindley commented on the word nostalgia
Nostalgia is: looking fondly over my old Wordie lists.
Jan 28, 2010