jennarenn has looked up 344 words, created 48 lists, listed 1228 words, written 1784 comments, added 2 tags, and loved 33 words.
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Comments for jennarenn
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Then you should come back more!
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hi jennarenn -- the email for wordplay is an aol one, and it includes the string "frogs". Is that enough to narrow it down?
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Hi Jen! Afraid I don't know the password either. I don't have it in any of my email inboxes, and I didn't receive the password requests you generated. I tried a few standard passwords I use for things like this and none of them work. Are you sure the user still exists on this site? I can't remember what the procedure was for migrating accounts over from Wordie.
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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. -
Jennarenn! So nice to see you again :-)
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I joined Wordie in the early days. None of these sill pronunciations, teaching us how to actually use these words in real life. :)
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"jennarenn has created 47 lists, listed 1,194 words, written 1,739 comments, and added 2 tags, 123 favorites, and 0 pronunciations."
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Thank you, jennarenn!
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Must be time for a new tag soon. Uhh, when you're ready ;-)
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Hi. Would you like to be on Identify the Wordie #2? You'll need to email identifythewordie@yours.com with your Wordie nick and the single word that best describes you. Cheers!
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Reading "more about jennarenn" just about made my day. Is it by any change from this competition?
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You're getting the hang of tagging, jenn :-)
I have more words than citations. But only because I can't help myself madeupicalising! -
Two tags! I'm now up to two tags!!!
edit: I just noticed that I have more citations than words. What really surprises me is that most people have more words than citations. -
Good call on the geology! Would never have found it otherwise :-) I can has faultline? Whahahaha!
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I have to move house soon. I'm not sure I have room for everything at the new place. I'd like to leave one suitcase of stuff here for a few months.
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"jennarenn has added 1050 words, 42 lists, 1407 comments, and 1 tag."
I found that "one tag" amazing. -
I have 999 words. I'd like to add another couple of lists, but I find myself reluctant to get into the quadruple digits. Maybe I can find something to prune first....
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This might come a little late, but:
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I put a description of Blue Moon on the wordie page for blue moon.
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Oh, no...sorry...they're just icecream flavors that are common around here in Wisconsin where I live.
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Thanks a million for your comment! Let's all get draggled ;)
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It is, indeed, the study of mike :)
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The Terrible Towel became a thing during the 1970's when sportscaster Myron Cope talked about the Steeler fans waving towels in the stands during games. Since then, Terrible Towels have been made in the team's black and gold colors and you see tens of thousands of them at Steeler games. Fan twirl them in circles over their heads. Lots of fans twilr towels, but I think it origininated in Pittsburgh.
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Hey! That's kind of neat -- my day has been made. I'll thoroughly enjoy the blurb throughout the day, taking a sip of it every time I feel a little glum.
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Late response: I'm happy until someone uses the word useful in an entirely arbitrary manner when simply expressing their approval of something; "Ooh, that dress is useful!"
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Mmmm, I teach 2nd. I'll have to take a peek. Thanks for the heads-up!
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J.: for 3rd grade on, my brother (a retired teacher) says. Get it for your own library, it's inexpensive and there's plenty of info on it at amazon.com. I learned about it on an NPR interview with the authors.
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Oooo! What ages is it written for?
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Jennarenn, I just noticed your comment on the frass page about teaching a "cricket unit" in September (and I'm assuming you weren't just kidding) and I wondered if you knew about the newly released book "The Songs of Insects" by Lang Elliott and Wil Hershberger. I just received my copy and it's a stunner--complete with CD of cricket and cicada songs for each entry. Photography is amazing too. Highly recommended, especially if you're really going to teach a cricket unit!
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For what it's worth, I found the mentions page behind the "wordie in the news" link at the bottom of every page. There are a couple new links down there that my attention was drawn to, but this one is particularly mysterious because of its URL. :-)
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Where has this cool little page been hiding? What else don't I know about?
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Correction: looks like it's just showing my first list, which isn't nearly as interesting.
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Odd. I haven't seen that happen myself....
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I'm confused too. But seeing the words I've last added is kind of handy. Handy for what, I'm not sure.
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I am so confused, and it is way past my bedtime. When you click on add, it goes to the words you've recently added. If you're not signed in, it goes to the main page. My poor little brain can't take it.
http://www.wordie.org/words/add
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No worries. We love the site, quirks and all. And yes, that is a *fabulous* first sentence. I wish I knew which one was the grand-prize winner.
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That's the best worst first sentence I've seen in a long time.
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I think the way you're doing it is the only way, at the moment. It's a great suggestion, I'll add it to the 'to-do' list, though it's behind fixing commenting and adding paging in a few spots where it's desperately needed. I'm batty with other things lately, poor Wordie has to stay in the back seat a while longer.
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Anybody know how to change the order of your lists once you've made them? The only way I've found is to create a new list and transfer the words one...at...a...time.
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Thank you, it *is* a lovely trophy; I'll make sure to keep it polished.
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Oh, rats! I missed the whole thing! Sorry...been away from the computer for a while. Maybe next time! Congrats--nice-looking trophy you have there.
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You have emerged victorious from Compendium: Round 1. We are humbled by your aptitude, awed by your proficiency! Make sure to come back for the next game so you can retain your title, champion.
This comment is your trophy. Display it with love for all the world to see.
jennarenn commented on the word milquetoast
Gosh, I love wordie. Every time I come back, I learn somethng new. :)
Jan 27, 2013
jennarenn commented on the word heebie jeebie
Is there another listing for the heebee jeebies? I find it surprising that it's only been listed once.
Jun 24, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word jaunish
LOVE when I learn a new word on wordnik. :)
Mar 7, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list ice-creams-i-have-loved
Some of the rejected flavors were so sad. I would have eaten licorice ice cream. :-/
Feb 20, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word a separate peace
I remember it was *a thing* to have upperclassmen spoil the ending sophomores studying this in class.
Jan 19, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list jukebox-the-verbal-arms
I agree. It took me forever to find woty07 lists. Do we still do woty?
Jan 19, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word roach
Huh? So by not killing the roaches, he was prolonging their stint as a roach?
Jan 19, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word daguerreotype
Modern daguerreotypes are so gorgeous!
Jan 19, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word roach
I saw a roach on my stove tonight, so I grabbed what I thought was a can of Raid. It turns out that Resolve also comes in red cans. So, I was chasing this roach around thinking, "DIE, ROACH, DIE", and it wouldn't die. So I finally killed it by sheer blunt force, but I doused our stove in carpet cleaner in the process. Bad day to be that roach.
Jan 18, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word travesty
Very observant, ptero. I rarely read the definitions of familiar words.
Jan 17, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list how-many-_____-does-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb
So, how many Jewish mothers *does* it take to change a lightbulb?
Jan 17, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word Supplies!
So, jennarenn, they ordered some office supplies for you. There's a huge box waiting for you in the copy room.
Jan 17, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list i-m-getting-smarter
jennarenn added 5 words and bilby added 40. I *love* open lists. :)
Jan 17, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word size stick
Oh, so I didn't make this up? Sad. Need to move this word to a different list.
Jan 17, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list how-to-talk-like-a-pirate
Alas. I wish we celebrated TLAPD in the spring. I need to teach r-controlled vowels about that time (ar, ir, ur, etc.) and it would be so useful to have them say cAAARRRRGH and mARRRRch. Six-year olds are still working on consonants in September. :-/
Jan 17, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word lists
You're so sweet. I"ll keep the good ones. :)
Jan 17, 2012
jennarenn commented on the user erinmckean
Thanks Erin! I'm afraid I let go of the wffrogs e-mail years ago. I can't believe I've been on wordie that long. :-/
Jan 17, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word lists
Can we delete lists? I'd like to prune out some of my old ones.
Jan 16, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word cookie
My friend Cookie is delightful.
Jan 16, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word pfeffernusse
My family recipe calls for 12 cups of flour. Yum!
Jan 16, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list punch-lines
When I had just arrive at my current job, I was told that there were supplies wait for me in the copy room. My Korean coworker jumped out of the box and yelled "supplies"! Everyone else thought that it was funny.
Are these all real punchlines? I'd like to hear some of those jokes.
Jan 16, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list ice-ice-baby--1
I wish I'd thought of this list. Extra points for the title.
Word to your mother.
Jan 16, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list chit-chat
Just made this list open, so you can help me keep it up to date.
Jan 16, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list conversations
This is now an open list so y'all can help keep it up to date.
Jan 16, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list the-several-stages-of-wordie-addiction
Does anybody else click on a word to write a comment and then see that they wrote the exact same comment four years ago? Glad to know that I'm the same person.
(e.g. I still think of this list as the seven stages of wordie addiction.)
Jan 16, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-you-haven-t-lived
Have a fit and fall in it, have the last word, have the last laugh, etc.
Jan 16, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-you-haven-t-lived
I love stuffies. uselessness came up with the concept.
Jan 16, 2012
jennarenn commented on the user uselessness
You're right. I totally forgot to migrate the account over. Bummer. :-/
Jan 15, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word bling
This word needs to die. It particularly offends me when my very white, very uncool mother uses the word.
Jan 15, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-you-haven-t-lived
My fault for asking.
Jan 15, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list a-few-of-my-favorite-things-2
May I humbly suggest retroactive?
:) Jen
Jan 15, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list •things-that-get-way-more-fun-when-you-add-a-g-to-them
Glove it!
Jan 15, 2012
jennarenn commented on the user uselessness
Hey, do you remember the password to Wordplay? I think we must have made it with your e-mail, b/c none of the password recovery e-mails are showing up in my inbox?
:) Jen
Jan 15, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
sionnach, you were spot-on. uselessness and I tried to get real-time games off the ground with this. Apparently, it's hard to get adults with full-time jobs in different time zones to play at the same time. I'm not sure if I even remember the password anymore.
Jan 14, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list sounding-like-a-superhero
My conversations list is sadly out of date. Need to make it public....
Jan 14, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list shakespeare-adaptations
I had forgotten this list. Another reason to love Wordie. :)
Jan 14, 2012
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-you-haven-t-lived
what is a chub-on?
Jan 14, 2012
jennarenn commented on the word jealous
That distinction is great! Just looked it up, and God is referred to as jealous in the Bible, but never envious. Very cool. :)
Nov 18, 2011
jennarenn commented on the word naked mole rat
Hee. I love that one of the visuals is the book I mentioned. :)
Oct 29, 2011
jennarenn commented on the word occupy Wordnik
Could somebody explain? I haven't around recently.
Oct 29, 2011
jennarenn commented on the word full reserve
Can they make my bank account do that???
Apr 2, 2011
jennarenn commented on the user feedback
The new falling words on the homepage is so pretty. Well done.
Apr 2, 2011
jennarenn commented on the user jennarenn
I joined Wordie in the early days. None of these sill pronunciations, teaching us how to actually use these words in real life. :)
Mar 2, 2011
jennarenn commented on the word till
How do you know that till came first? Link, please. :)
Mar 2, 2011
jennarenn commented on the word Zeitgeist
The real question is, can I navigate through this "community" like the old Wordie?
Mar 2, 2011
jennarenn commented on the word shyster
I'm so glad to know that there's an alternate spelling! I've always seen it spelled with the ei instead of the y. Thought I was going crazy....
Feb 28, 2010
jennarenn commented on the word cheez whiz
It also tastes nothing like peanut butter.
Jan 16, 2010
jennarenn commented on the word all my eye and betty martin
Poor Betty. What does this one mean?
Jan 16, 2010
jennarenn commented on the word w-i-f-e
Seems like a silly and time-consuming way to spell "wife". Thoughts?
Jan 16, 2010
jennarenn commented on the list brit-speak-4-yanks
sr, it would be cool if you explained some of these. For example, a comment explaining sleeping policeman would be helpful. Thanks!
Jan 16, 2010