mikeropology has looked up 14 words, created 15 lists, listed 1751 words, written 39 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 223 words.
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Your lists are fun. Thank you.
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Thanks! :)
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Good good :)
Um, I've created a new list, which I hope you'll contribute to. If anyone's qualified to this task (and this list), it's you ;)
http://wordie.org/lists/12255 -
On Wordie, there's only one Milla - _the_ Milla *points to self* ;)
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oops double add... well, hooray for emphasis.
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How did you find me???? *shocked*
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I love your username! Is mikeropology the study of Mike? :) Jen
mikeropology commented on the list forgotten-tribes-of-europe
And just think, this list is very incomplete..
Oct 18, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word tchotchke
also an inexpensive showy trinket..
Jun 16, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word floccinaucihihilipilification
It supposedly means an "act or habit to deny the value of some particular things."
Feb 18, 2008
mikeropology commented on the user milla
In answer to your "more about milla" question: that would be a poecilonym ;)
Feb 17, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word synaesthesia
He saw red, but he thought five / He was pleased to find his road trip was enhanced by number-color synesthesia: / 'My trusty Rosinante bounds along the road very well, leaving the friendly aroma of donuts and chicken tenders hanging in the desert air.'
--The Books, "An Animated Description of Mr. Maps"
Feb 10, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word usher
I like this word because it contains four consecutive personal pronouns (us, she, he, her)!
Feb 3, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word guff
It's also a term the Talmud uses to refer to the repository of all unborn souls. Literally, the word "guff" means "body."
Kinda ironic when you consider the two meanings.. (purity v. falsity)
Feb 1, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word accubitus
Huh, I guess it is like spooning.. interesting.
Jan 31, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word squash
Yeah, it's a Narragansett word.. the 'u' should actually be accented like this: askútasquash
Jan 31, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word lawn
An Ancient French loanword originally meaning "a clearing in the woods" (in Gaulish).
Jan 31, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word cherub
An Ancient Babylonian loanword meaning "gracious" (Akkadian language).
Jan 31, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word barge
An Ancient Egyptian loanword meaning "narrow boat".
Jan 31, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word assassin
An Ancient Arabic loanword originally meaning "hired killer".
Jan 31, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word abyss
A loanword from Ancient Mesopotamia (Sumerian language).
Jan 31, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word abbey
A loanword from Ancient Syria (Syriac language).
Jan 31, 2008
mikeropology commented on the list complicated-words-for-not-so-complicated-things
I'm thinking hyperbole epitomises this list..
Jan 20, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word humuhumunukunukuapua'a
Omg, I know that word! It's the Hawaiian state fish!!
Jan 17, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word accubitus
It means "to lay with someone without having sex" ..how (not) scandalous!
Jan 17, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word awkward
I've always liked how the a-w-k-w-a part is palindromesque.
Jan 16, 2008
mikeropology commented on the user milla
Coolio.. already added 3 to your list ;)
Jan 16, 2008
mikeropology commented on the user milla
Oh. Right, right. My unreserved apologies to *the* Milla. Won't happen again.
Jan 15, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word bowery
Yay, I got people talking about this! It was a college haunt of mine; Bowery Ballroom, CBGB's, Canal Street.. but I really just like the sound of the word. Its historical origins are kinda interesting too ("bouwerij" being old Dutch for farm).
Jan 14, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word bowery
yesh! ..way to put down a whole neighbourhood, wordie :(
Jan 13, 2008
mikeropology commented on the list i-m-a-librarian
ha! I love that you listed corduroy here.. noisy pants?
Jan 13, 2008
mikeropology commented on the user milla
um.. it was poppycock. was looking through the "appears in these lists:" section and saw a milla listed it; corroboration came in the form of your "I'm a librarian" list ;)
Jan 13, 2008
mikeropology commented on the user milla
OMGeez! ..you're here too!?
Jan 12, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word abracadabra
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Dec 14, 2007
mikeropology commented on the word scandaroon
Ah, yes.. Iskanderun was mentioned in Indian Jones and the Last Crusade!
Dec 14, 2007
mikeropology commented on the word armorica
(n.) The name given in ancient times to the part of Gaul that includes the Brittany peninsula and the territory between the Seine and Loire rivers, extending inland to an indeterminate point and down the Atlantic coast.
Dec 9, 2007
mikeropology commented on the word cafegymatorium
It's pretty self-explanatory. You know, when public schools use the same room as a gym, cafeteria, or auditorium (with those fold-up table and chairs that sit along the wall?)
Good times.. especially when you lose your volleyball behind the vertically unstable tables.
Dec 9, 2007
mikeropology commented on the word sic
I lub sic this word!
Nov 29, 2007
mikeropology commented on the word europtimist
(n.) one who has faith in the European Union.
Nov 25, 2007
mikeropology commented on the word chief
In heraldry, the head or upper part of the shield, containing a third of the field, divided off by one line, either straight or crenellé (indented). When one chief is borne upon another it is called surmounting.
Nov 25, 2007
mikeropology commented on the word mullu
A reddish or purple mollusk shell revered by prehispanic Andean societies.
Nov 25, 2007
mikeropology commented on the word chicha
also, a pre-conquest fermented beverage native to South America.
Nov 25, 2007
mikeropology commented on the word bioarchaeology
Coined by Grahame Clark in 1972 and redefined in 1977 by Jane Buikstra to mean the study of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites. I like doing it :)
Nov 25, 2007
mikeropology commented on the word formative
Archaeologically used to describe the emergence of a new cultural tradition.
Nov 25, 2007
mikeropology commented on the user jennarenn
It is, indeed, the study of mike :)
Nov 25, 2007
mikeropology commented on the word mikeropology
1: the science of mike; especially : the study of mike and his ancestors through time and space and in relation to his physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture.
2: theology dealing with the origin, nature, and destiny of mike.
-mike•ro'po•log•i•cal, adj.
Nov 25, 2007