nkocharh has looked up 0 words, created 29 lists, listed 818 words, written 64 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 1 word.
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Good lists thx!
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I love your lists, and also what you said "about nkocharh" That certainly sums it up for me, too.
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Wow, I didn't know slatch. Interestingly enough, my copy of Smyth's The Sailor's Word-Book doesn't even list the word. But it's an excellent one, and I've added it to both the lists you suggested. Thanks!
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i'm suprised you don't have slatch listed. i'm not sure if it'd go under The Mariner's Record or I do not think it means what you think it means, but its a wonderful little word.
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nkocharh commented on the list vanished-lands
Hmm, I'm not sure, seanahan, and a couple minutes' research over at Wikipedia has me no clearer on the subject. It seems it has been called Somaliland for awhile, often with a European proper adjective tacked on the front, depending on who was occupying it at the time.
Thanks, kce, for your suggestions. I'm amazed I didn't manage to get Constantinople and Byzantium before now, and the other two were entirely new to me.
Jan 5, 2007
nkocharh commented on the list i-don-t-give-a-damn
Somehow I didn't get to the flora. Thanks kce!
Jan 5, 2007
nkocharh commented on the list the-journalists-vocabulary-challenge
Thanks for the link, that site is fun!
Dec 16, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list sailing
There are so many good nautical terms, aren't there? I have a list of my own. I'll probably be stealing some from you, though; your list has already reminded me that I missed ketch.
Dec 16, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list stuffie-heave-ho
in, ankle. And I am a big fan of "rank" as well. Also, while it doesn't fit on this list exactly, this is the perfect place to mention the word pullet, which conjures all sorts of interesting images in my head.
Dec 16, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list stuffie-butterfingers
I know it's been suggested, but I can't help re-proposing "shadow" and introducing "cap" (or capital). But then, I do have an entire list on type, so I suppose this is hardly surpirsing. Don't feel pressured to add them if you are only looking for more transitive words. And lastly, would "kids" be too ribald for this list? ;-)
Dec 16, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list double-double
Sadly, Wikipedia disagrees on the spelling of the first, but the second one is a fine addition.
Dec 15, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list bi-sonics
initiate, supposed
Dec 15, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list in-action-words
SMS, frag, link (as in, "You should see X." "OK, link me.")
Dec 15, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list double-double
Most certainly. Thanks!
Dec 15, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list stuffie-butterfingers
Also: by. Great list!
Dec 15, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list stuffie-butterfingers
trou?
Dec 15, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list double-trouble
Also, hoity-toity, flip-flop and hurdy-gurdy.
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word sic transit gloria
I should also mention that "Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades" is the name of a Brand New song about a boy whose first time (which happens to be with an experienced wench) doesn't go to plan. Pretty clearly a reference to Rushmore, IMHO.
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word pleonasm
"PIN number" and "ATM machine" are my bêtes noires.
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word fissiparous
See: Iraq
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list opposites-without-commonly-used-opposites
I fear I may have led you astray! Unbeknownst to me, controvertible is apparently a perfectly serviceable word. In fact, I've decided to go whole hog and change it to vertible on my list. Cuz that's how I roll.
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list sans-prefix
True, removing one prefix would leave you with "defatigable." But I found it more whimsical to go all the way and take 'em both. And this list is nothing if not chock-a-block with whimsy.
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list good-names-for-a-steampunker
Thank you, angharad, that link was beautiful.
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list dyads
Look at that, this list has already been assembled.
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list double-trouble
topsy-turvy? teepee?
A couple corrections, if I may: "willy-nilly," "fuddy-duddy," and "hoi polloi."
Oh, and you beat me to this outstanding list. :-)
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list murders-of-crows
Yet another stupendous list, Asativum! I was all set to do this one, but you beat me to it.
I suggest people head on over to Wikipedia to match the collections up with their animals. And from that list, might I also suggest: bloat, skulk, flange, troop, sedge and tower.
And lastly, my friend has coined his own collective noun: a swagger of pirates. I suggest everyone put this to use in all future piratical descriptions.
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list archaic-or-sounds-that-way
Oh, this list is just beautiful! Give me an archaic English word over a Japanese one any day of the week.
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list sans-prefix
That's right in line with "fatigable" and "peccable," so I'm all for it. And I'm glad I could help with your list. :-)
Thanks for helping me have fun here, everyone! My favorite part about this list is reading a "word" (most here aren't, obviously) and having to think a second before recognizing the commonly used modified form. Probaly why I loved "ert" so much, and because it sounds like yurt.
Oh, I really am a wordie, aren't I? :-D
Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word liripipe
What a fantastic word! Here's a single-click link to the definition.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list unused-positives-for-negative-words
A very good start! I stole a couple. :-)
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list jabberwocky
An excellent set from an original wordie! I would like to note that a recent and (relatively) high-profile reference of Jabberwocky was the song "Vogt Dig Vor Kloppervok" by The Books.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list sans-prefix
So, my OAED says that ignominy and apopleptic aren't strictly compound words, at least not at the natural divisions one would expect. (It would seem to need to be "gnominy," the word having come from "gnomen.") Infer, however, is a straightforward prefix, and an excellent addition. :-) Thanks!
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word gormless
ROFL! (I'm in a meeting right now, or I really would be.)
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word boner
You'll be wanting the UD definition of this one….
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word bonzer
My friend has a black BMW M3 which has BONZER as its license plate. I laugh every time I see it, mostly for the word's propinquity to boner.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word usabilityone.com
Ack! Spam!! :-(
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list bi-sonics
Excellent! I particularly like "primer" and "august", though I think "slough" will have to be my favorite. Favorited. :-)
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list sans-prefix
Thank you all! I think "ert" is my favorite so far. :-D
Also, about peach(ment): I feel that will go nicely with (cu)cumber.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word set
Wasn't it "run" which had the greatest number of definitions?
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word ghoti
Wikipedia has a terribly interesting article on this word.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list sans-prefix
You're amazing, oroboros! Thanks!
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list haberdashery
Everything to do with clothes, and the making thereof.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list sans-prefix
Suggestions welcome!
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list peregrination
Oooh, gadabout! I knew the word, but had forgotten the definition. Thanks!
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list the-mariner-s-record
Just so.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list colbert-intro
You know when you watch The Colbert Report and all those words scroll by in the intro? These are they.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list misused-by-busilish
God, this list makes my skin crawl.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list that-sound-or-look-like-outer-space-names-and-are-hungarian
Zoltan! What does this mean in English? The only place I have heard this is in the movie Dude, Where's My Car? where it was the name of an alien.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list for-which-i-postfer-the-american-spellings
Also: pædophile, centre, cheque, draught, programme, tyre, manœuvre
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word sic transit gloria
Max Fischer: What was your major?
Rosemary Cross: I didn't have a major, but my thesis was on Latin American economic policy.
MF: Oh, that's interesting. Did you hear they're not going to teach Latin here anymore?
RC: This was more like Central America.
MF: Oh, Central America and whatnot. Hmm. But moving on: They're gonna cancel Latin. They've got to make room for Japanese.
RC: That's a shame because all the romance languages are based on Latin.
MF: Yeah, they are, aren't they?
RC: Nihilo sanctum estne?
MF: What's that? Oh, it's Latin, isn't it? What does that mean?
RC: Is nothing sacred?
MF: Sic transit gloria. Glory fades. I'm Max Fischer.
RC: Hi.
MF: Hi.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list foreignyms
Aah, I had forgotten about venison. Thanks! Yes, the food dichotomy was one of the things that stuck out for me when I listened to the BBC adaptation of Bryson's Mother Tongue. The reason for the difference between food au naturel and at table made perfect sense once explained, but was still a revelation.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list i-don-t-give-a-damn
Excellent, thanks!
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the word crepuscule
This word has the dubious distinction of being used in Scientology matériel like so:
"Here is an example: 'It was found that when the crepuscule arrived the children were quieter and when it was not present, they were much livelier.' What happens is you think you do not understand the whole idea, but the inability to understand comes entirely from the one word you could not define, crepuscule, which means twilight or darkness."
There you have it, from L. Ron Hubbard himself.
Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh commented on the list i-don-t-give-a-damn
Words which are also used as names. Suggestions welcome.
Dec 12, 2006