heypacksees has looked up 437 words, created 6 lists, listed 237 words, written 28 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 0 words.
heypacksees has looked up 437 words, created 6 lists, listed 237 words, written 28 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 0 words.
heypacksees commented on the word ptisane
(p)tisan(e)
May 8, 2013
heypacksees commented on the word quim
Spoken, uncensored, in the 2012 movie The Avengers, causing the English and Anglophiles in the audience at our viewing to question the film’s MPAA rating.
Mar 2, 2013
heypacksees commented on the word Stroop effect
The difficulty of naming the color in which a word is printed, if that word is the name of a different color. For example: If the word red is printed in green, it will be harder to say that it is green.
Nov 11, 2012
heypacksees commented on the word stirge
A creature from Dungeons & Dragons, somewhere between a mosquito and a bat.
Nov 4, 2012
heypacksees commented on the word dudoyer
To address as “Dude”. (cf. French tutoyer)
Jun 14, 2012
heypacksees commented on the word omniscate
A symbol composed of multiple interlocking infinity symbols. First used to describe Doctor Who’s Seal of Rassilon in The Infinity Doctors, by Lance Parkin.
Apr 24, 2012
heypacksees commented on the word chode
See also grundle, taint, perineum.
Mar 9, 2012
heypacksees commented on the word escutcheon
Also, the medical term for the distribution of human pubic hair. Do try to resist the opportunities rife with low-brow humor this provides.
Mar 6, 2012
heypacksees commented on the word wrack
Wrack and ruin, but rack one’s brains.
Feb 13, 2012
heypacksees commented on the word thane
also spelled “thegn”
Dec 6, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word autonymous
Onymous, but not pseudonymous. Not to be confused with autonomous.
Nov 30, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word neritic
Part of the littoral, beyond low tide but before the pelagic & benthic. Shallow waters.
Nov 21, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word littoral
Before the pelagic & benthic. The shore. From the high water mark to the continental shelf; includes the splash, intertidal, and neritic.
Nov 21, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word pelagic
Beyond the littoral, above the benthic. The open sea.
Nov 21, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word benthic
Beyond the littoral, below the pelagic. The sea floor.
Nov 21, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word recipriversexclusion
“A number whose existence can only be defined as something other than itself.” For example, the agreed-upon time of arrival at a restaurant is the one time at which it can be guaranteed no one in the party will actually show up. Coined by Douglas Adams in Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Jul 13, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word distaff
Spider-Woman, She-Hulk, Supergirl, Lady Deadpool, Scorpia, Ms Marvel… comic-book writers love to spin off distaff counterparts
Jun 21, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word millinery
What I should have said about half the time I’ve used the word “haberdashery”.
Jun 20, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word attributive
noun as adjective (cf. gerund, participle)
May 28, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word Foxygen
“The heady mix of partisan hackery, character assassination, and manufactured outrage” generated by Fox News. Coined by John Stewart on The Daily Show, May 2011.
May 17, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word asklepian
Asclepius’ staff, one snake & no wings, symbol of medicine (cf. “caduceus”, Hermes’ staff, two snakes & wings, symbol of commerce)
May 2, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word quellazaire
a cigarette holder
Apr 3, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word gerund
verb as noun (cf. participle, attributive)
Jan 23, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word participle
verb as adjective (cf. gerund, attributive)
Jan 23, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word capital
venture capital, capital city, capital knockers… but capitol building
Nov 2, 2010
heypacksees commented on the word hassock
A legless Ottoman.
May 29, 2010
heypacksees commented on the word occlupanid
http://occlupanid.livejournal.com/179569.html
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May 29, 2010
heypacksees commented on the word sarconym
chicken: pullet (poulet)
calf: veal (veau)
cow: beef (boeuf)
deer: venison (venesoun)
pig: pork (porc)
sheep: mutton (mouton)
Apr 22, 2010