@shari. I simply have wordnik.com/community bookmarked and have no problem accessing the site. I note that your profile is private so I was unable to comment there directly. I don't know if that adds any complication to your access or not. Anyway, good luck and enjoy our Wordie community.
Connecticut kids were called pumpkin heads because cut pumpkins were used as a guide for cutting hair; the original "bowl cut" (heard on NPR's Says You)
Some of the pines in my area: Sugar pine (a 5-needle pine holding largest cone title - by length. Also my favorite pine), Coulter pine ("big cone pine" holding title of largest cone by mass), Digger pine (named for the "Digger" indians who harvested its large seeds)
The wing-tip device makes the wing more efficient by inhibiting the natural flow of air from the high pressure area below the wing to the low pressure area above the wing. This high-to-low flow is what generates the dangerous wing-tip vortex which can upset aircraft in the wake of the generating aircraft.
"...There are many drawbacks to the use of the word 'consciousness.' In the first place it is used in half a dozen different senses by philosophers and psychologists, and in the second place it suffers from the great drawback that it has no active verbal form. One can say 'to be conscious of' but not 'to conscious' such-and-such an object. There is the word 'awareness' and the dubious coined derivative 'awaring,' which I have also occasionally pressed into service, but it is ugly and not very current. The best term is one that was coined by E. D. Fawcett in his The World as Imagination, Zermatt Dialogues, etc. The term in question is consciring – i.e. “knowing together” - and has as its correlative, for the content-form, the word conscitum (plural, conscita. I should certainly have availed myself of these coinages but, unfortunately, they are not as yet sufficiently widely current to be generally understood and, moreover, a great deal of the book had been written before I came across Fawcett's writings..."
--From Sri Krishna Prem’s “The Yoga of the Bhavagad Gita”: APPENDIX A – NOTE ON THE TERMS CONSCIOUSNESS AND FORM
Contranymic in the sense of resolve = firmness and resolve = to ease, soften, as a problem. Also one of the bi-sonics: solve again v. determination, firmness..
I added orp to my potpourri II list and the page still shows "orp has not been added to any list yet" although I verified that it is in fact on my list. Ditto for destinated
Illinois State University mathematician Phil Grizzard points out that a person born on Nov. 30, 1999, is a “stopwatch baby” — the date always displays her age in months, days, and years. For example, today, 5/4/12, such a person has been alive for 5 months, 4 days, and 12 years. (Europeans can swap the month and day — the principle still works.)
A caveat: In December we must “make change” by setting the month to 0 and adding 1 to the year. So this Christmas, 12/25/12, a stopwatch baby will be 0/25/13 — 0 months, 25 days, and 13 years old.
So, the feedback page is otiose? 'Zu, are you able to create pronunciations? I'm having no luck at all. Is it broke? Can we access pronunciations of old?
General Australian. From 1908 (AND). Attested in numerous sources.
In Australian English, this is often used in the combination ‘fair dinkum’ as well, which was current from 1890 (AND), meaning ‘fair play’; and ‘dinkum oil’ meaning ‘genuine information’.
How about a word for the feeling or sensation when seeing a common word where it suddenly seems strange and unaccountable? Had that happen once with the word maid! Gotta be one of them déjà-type words, me thinks.
In an unsuccessful fox hunt, to assuage the down spirits of the hunters the leader of the hunt would pick out a steeple seen in the distance and issue the challenge of a race to it among the riders. A sort of "last one there is a rotten egg!" dare. --Heard on NPR's Says You.
A David Foster Wallace-ism. To wit: "Meredith Rand is one of only a handful of females at the REC that every male with an opinion on such matters agrees is totally, wrist-bitingly attractive." --The Pale King p.447
The following is related by an eminent naturalist: ‘A young lady was sitting in a room adjoining a poultry yard, where chickens, ducks and geese were disporting themselves. A drake came in, approached the lady, seized the bottom of her dress with his beak, and pulled it vigorously. Feeling startled, she repulsed him with her hand. The bird still persisted. Somewhat astonished, she paid some attention to this unaccountable pantomime, and discovered that the drake wished to drag her out of doors. She got up, and he waddled out quietly before her. More and more surprised, she followed him, and he conducted her to the side of a pond where she perceived a duck with its head caught in the opening of a sluice. She hastened to release the poor creature and restored it to the drake, who by loud quackings and beating of his wings testified his joy at the deliverance of his companion.’
– Ballou’s Monthly Magazine, May 1870 (via futilitycloset.com)
Most of us can testify to it. After two or three heaping portions of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and Waldorf salad you’re bursting at the seams. You’re so sated that you had to discretely place a crumpled napkin over that uneaten turkey wing on your plate. --Ingrid Spilde
n. “A bright appearance in the horizon, under the sun or moon, arising from the reflected light of these bodies from the small rippling waves on the surface of the water”
(Nathaniel Bowditch, The New American Practical Navigator, 1837) --via futilitycloset.com
Well, it appears that I can't add words to my "potpourri" list; not at the list page or the word page (with checkmark). Jesus Cristo y Madre de Dios!
Edit: Doh! I was trying to add a word that was already on that list (toothsome). Still, what produced the confusion in the first place is that the word page for toothsome shows no checkmark in my potpourri list box. And that's still the case: no checkmark, but I've verified it's on the list at the list page. Go figure! :o/
“People are never so ready to believe you as when you say things in dispraise of yourself; and you are never so much annoyed as when they take you at your word.” --Somerset Maugham (Notebooks)
How do I access my recent comments? Try as I might, all I can access is comments from the first two weeks of my presence on Wordie. There is no "continue to next page" option.
Erin, is the translate feature going to make a comeback eventually? And is the font size in the comment box while entering and/or editing comments going to remain so tiny?
Comment function is intermittent. The whole site is abominably slow. Edit: comment option works, but EXTREMELY slowly. Ditto for edit option; or it seems to work only intermittently.
I agree with Pro and frogapplause: the site really has the feel of reference emphasis. I miss the "first listed by" and other such personalizing features. Another thing that strikes me, although it may be transitory, is surprisingly long wait times.
It would be nice to have the option, on the word page (in addition to adding the word) to delete a word from one's list as opposed to having to go to the list page and deleting it there. Or am I overlooking something?
oroboros commented on the word taradiddle
Hanky panky at the old ancestral home?
May 18, 2013
oroboros commented on the word nisgul
The smallest and least healthy bird in the nest (according to NPR's *Says You*).
May 4, 2013
oroboros commented on the word tege
A sheep that's never been sheared.(according to NPR's *Says You*).
May 4, 2013
oroboros commented on the word flourit
Birth and death dates of a life, say on a gravestone (according to NPR's *Says You*)
May 4, 2013
oroboros commented on the word frontier
Clever crossword clue "back to front?" for "ier" entry.
May 1, 2013
oroboros commented on the word circular palindrome
Nice analysis, ry. Above and beyond the call of duty; good work.
Apr 30, 2013
oroboros commented on the word trailblazer
Formal junglewear (from Wiley's Dictionary - B.C. Comics)
Apr 30, 2013
oroboros commented on the word circular palindrome
See sensuousnesses.
Apr 30, 2013
oroboros commented on the word sensuousnesses
A circular palindrome. Image and explanation at this website: http://www.futilitycloset.com/2013/04/27/roundabout/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FutilityCloset+%28Futility+Closet%29
Apr 30, 2013
oroboros commented on the user oroboros
@shari. I simply have wordnik.com/community bookmarked and have no problem accessing the site. I note that your profile is private so I was unable to comment there directly. I don't know if that adds any complication to your access or not. Anyway, good luck and enjoy our Wordie community.
Apr 20, 2013
oroboros commented on the word icicle
Eavesdropper? (crossword puzzle clue/answer)
Apr 20, 2013
oroboros commented on the word oxoboxo
@fbharjo: Also a river.
Apr 17, 2013
oroboros commented on the user madmouth
Pleased to introduce you to Futility Closet. A ton of interesting stuff there that I imagine you're discovering on your own. Cheerio!
Apr 16, 2013
oroboros commented on the word puppylust
Attributed to P.J. Casteel here.
Apr 16, 2013
oroboros commented on the word apocatastasis
Attributed to Allen Ginsberg here.
Apr 16, 2013
oroboros commented on the word zoomie
Nickname for a USAF Academy graduate. Also, if I remember correctly, the term for a U.S. Coast Guard pilot.
Apr 16, 2013
oroboros commented on the word zoombie
Attributed to Shiela Heldenbrand here.
Apr 15, 2013
oroboros commented on the word cosmicpolitan
Attributed to Morty Sklar here.
Apr 15, 2013
oroboros commented on the word underwhere
Attributed to Carol DeLugach here.
Apr 15, 2013
oroboros commented on the word cerealism
Attributed to Fletcher Copp here.
Apr 15, 2013
oroboros commented on the word borken
"Broken" broken? (attributed to: Keith Abbott here. Also see bork)
Apr 15, 2013
oroboros commented on the user dfw2008
Hey! Congrats on your Gravity's Rainbow list mention. Pinchon: an amazing wordsmith. Now go to work on David Foster Wallace. :o)
Apr 10, 2013
oroboros commented on the word pumpkin head
Connecticut kids were called pumpkin heads because cut pumpkins were used as a guide for cutting hair; the original "bowl cut" (heard on NPR's Says You)
Mar 30, 2013
oroboros commented on the word pulvanar
A cushioned bleacher seat (according to NPR's Says You)
Mar 9, 2013
oroboros commented on the word natkins
A foul aroma (according to NPR's Says You)
Mar 9, 2013
oroboros commented on the word guest
See comment under host.
Mar 4, 2013
oroboros commented on the word host
Host is the Czech word for guest according to futilitycloset.com.
Mar 4, 2013
oroboros commented on the word tzot
Guatemalan head covering. (according to Says You)
Mar 2, 2013
oroboros commented on the word khaki
What you use to start the car in Boston? (thanks to NPR's Says You)
Feb 23, 2013
oroboros commented on the list trees
Some of the pines in my area: Sugar pine (a 5-needle pine holding largest cone title - by length. Also my favorite pine), Coulter pine ("big cone pine" holding title of largest cone by mass), Digger pine (named for the "Digger" indians who harvested its large seeds)
Feb 9, 2013
oroboros commented on the word broadcast
An all female theatre production. (from Wiley's Dictionary, B.C. Comic)
Feb 9, 2013
oroboros commented on the list quandary
Neat list, trivet! How 'bout puzzlement? If I remember correctly, Yul Brenner used it in a new way in The King and I.
Feb 8, 2013
oroboros commented on the word ombrophobous
How about umbrellaphilic?
Feb 5, 2013
oroboros commented on the word seigniorage
I wonder if this word has anything in common with agio?
Feb 5, 2013
oroboros commented on the list word-chemistry
Good work, Tank. T(h)anks! :o)
Feb 4, 2013
oroboros commented on the word alone
Al - O - Ne (aluminum, oxygen, neon)
Feb 2, 2013
oroboros commented on the word barbie
Ba - Rb - I - E (barium, rubidium, iodine, einsteinium)
Feb 2, 2013
oroboros commented on the word waste
W - As - Te (tungsten, arsenic, tellurium)
Feb 2, 2013
oroboros commented on the word harp
H - Ar - P (hydrogen, argon, phosphorus).
Feb 2, 2013
oroboros commented on the word knife
K - Ni - Fe (potassium, nickel, iron)
Feb 2, 2013
oroboros commented on the word cabotin
A medical quack. (according to NPR's Says You)
Feb 2, 2013
oroboros commented on the word engagement
An autantonym: Military battle vs. marital accord.
Jan 26, 2013
oroboros commented on the word jerque
To examine the papers of a ship to discover a smuggling operation. (according to NPR's Says You)
Jan 26, 2013
oroboros commented on the word ambivert
Ambiverts make the best sales-types; they can listen as well as be proactive in their sales interactions. Heard on NPR's Weekend Edition.
Jan 1, 2013
oroboros commented on the word swath
I've heard the British pronunciation ("swaythe") many times and in different venues; often enough that I'm going to put it in my 'Bi-sonic' list.
Dec 20, 2012
oroboros commented on the word nunu
The early chaos that formed the world, according to NPR's Says You.
Nov 17, 2012
oroboros commented on the word winglet
The wing-tip device makes the wing more efficient by inhibiting the natural flow of air from the high pressure area below the wing to the low pressure area above the wing. This high-to-low flow is what generates the dangerous wing-tip vortex which can upset aircraft in the wake of the generating aircraft.
Oct 18, 2012
oroboros commented on the word knickknackatory
A toy store. (via NPR's Says You)
Sep 1, 2012
oroboros commented on the user paper_airplane
Thanks for your input, p_a. Added.
Aug 11, 2012
oroboros commented on the word chang
Tibetan beer. (according to NPR's Says You)
Jul 28, 2012
oroboros commented on the word consciring
"...There are many drawbacks to the use of the word 'consciousness.' In the first place it is used in half a dozen different senses by philosophers and psychologists, and in the second place it suffers from the great drawback that it has no active verbal form. One can say 'to be conscious of' but not 'to conscious' such-and-such an object. There is the word 'awareness' and the dubious coined derivative 'awaring,' which I have also occasionally pressed into service, but it is ugly and not very current. The best term is one that was coined by E. D. Fawcett in his The World as Imagination, Zermatt Dialogues, etc. The term in question is consciring – i.e. “knowing together” - and has as its correlative, for the content-form, the word conscitum (plural, conscita. I should certainly have availed myself of these coinages but, unfortunately, they are not as yet sufficiently widely current to be generally understood and, moreover, a great deal of the book had been written before I came across Fawcett's writings..."
--From Sri Krishna Prem’s “The Yoga of the Bhavagad Gita”: APPENDIX A – NOTE ON THE TERMS CONSCIOUSNESS AND FORM
Jul 27, 2012
oroboros commented on the word resolve
Contranymic in the sense of resolve = firmness and resolve = to ease, soften, as a problem. Also one of the bi-sonics: solve again v. determination, firmness..
Jul 8, 2012
oroboros commented on the word hard
HARD: Employed, as “I hard him to do the job.” Also a man’s name, as “Mah wife’s a cousin of Hard Hughes.”
Jul 2, 2012
oroboros commented on the word prayed
PRAYED: A large public procession, usually including a marching band. “That was some prayed they had downtown.”
Jul 2, 2012
oroboros commented on the word toad
TOAD: The past tense of tell. “Ah toad you never to do that.”
Jul 2, 2012
oroboros commented on the word rule
RULE: Nonurban, as “He comes from the rule area.”
Jul 2, 2012
oroboros commented on the word forced
FORCED: A large group of trees, as “Lemme showya mah pine forced.”
Jul 2, 2012
oroboros commented on the word lowered barn
An English poet (1788 - 1824).
Jul 2, 2012
oroboros commented on the word pepsis
As the plural of cola brand Pepsi, this word qualifies for my bi-sonics list.
Jun 28, 2012
oroboros commented on the user feedback
I added orp to my potpourri II list and the page still shows "orp has not been added to any list yet" although I verified that it is in fact on my list. Ditto for destinated
Jun 17, 2012
oroboros commented on the word palm potato
http://www.bizarrocomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bizarro-06-10-12-WEB.jpg
Jun 10, 2012
oroboros commented on the word podsnappery
The inability to accept bad news (via NPR's Says You)
Jun 9, 2012
oroboros commented on the word codename
@ ruzuzu: Très whimsical. Love it!
Jun 2, 2012
oroboros commented on the word pernoctate
See pernoctation.
Jun 1, 2012
oroboros commented on the word rort
According to NPR's Says You: a rowdy party or celebration.
May 19, 2012
oroboros commented on the word guetapens
An ambush; attack. Heard on NPR's Says You.
May 19, 2012
oroboros commented on the word hugaboo
Pomposity (according to NPR's Says You)
May 12, 2012
oroboros commented on the word stopwatch baby
Illinois State University mathematician Phil Grizzard points out that a person born on Nov. 30, 1999, is a “stopwatch baby” — the date always displays her age in months, days, and years. For example, today, 5/4/12, such a person has been alive for 5 months, 4 days, and 12 years. (Europeans can swap the month and day — the principle still works.)
A caveat: In December we must “make change” by setting the month to 0 and adding 1 to the year. So this Christmas, 12/25/12, a stopwatch baby will be 0/25/13 — 0 months, 25 days, and 13 years old.
--via futilitycloset.com
May 5, 2012
oroboros commented on the word tsumommy
A force of nature to be reckoned with indeed! (via Baby Blues comic strip 4/26/12)
Apr 26, 2012
oroboros commented on the user ruzuzu
Huh! Can't even make the pronunciations play at "hot dog"....go figure. ACK!
Apr 25, 2012
oroboros commented on the user ruzuzu
So, the feedback page is otiose? 'Zu, are you able to create pronunciations? I'm having no luck at all. Is it broke? Can we access pronunciations of old?
Apr 25, 2012
oroboros commented on the word nyctograph
Instrument invented by Lewis Carroll for writing in the dark while still half asleep.
Mar 31, 2012
oroboros commented on the word shining wit
A wonderful spoonerism.
Mar 31, 2012
oroboros commented on the word carte blanche
Oh lordy, 'zu. Now I'm infected too! *arrgh* :o)
Mar 24, 2012
oroboros commented on the word dinkum oil
Dinkum Good, genuine, honest.
General Australian. From 1908 (AND). Attested in numerous sources.
In Australian English, this is often used in the combination ‘fair dinkum’ as well, which was current from 1890 (AND), meaning ‘fair play’; and ‘dinkum oil’ meaning ‘genuine information’.
--Source here
Mar 24, 2012
oroboros commented on the user ruzuzu
Thanks, 'zu. I probably would have found it eventually if I'd spent more time. Cheers!
Mar 16, 2012
oroboros commented on the list tunie-helplessly-hoping
Huh! Thanx fbharjo and ruzuzu; tried to go to your profile pages and say it but...huh! I'm a dope or, uh, something....
Mar 15, 2012
oroboros commented on the word semantic satiation
Thanks, 'zu. But this can come about w/o repetition in my experience. I guess it belongs in the category of brain fart? :o)
Feb 27, 2012
oroboros commented on the list lost-for-word
How about a word for the feeling or sensation when seeing a common word where it suddenly seems strange and unaccountable? Had that happen once with the word maid! Gotta be one of them déjà-type words, me thinks.
Feb 27, 2012
oroboros commented on the word sky
It's 120 miles high.
Feb 25, 2012
oroboros commented on the word illiterate
Some one who's sick of reading? (From Wiley's Dictionary - B.C. cartoon 2/25/12)
Feb 25, 2012
oroboros commented on the word kistka
An implement for decorating Ukrainian Easter eggs.
Feb 18, 2012
oroboros commented on the word tek-tok
Time spent trying to get tech support on the line.
Feb 18, 2012
oroboros commented on the word mow
Cut inches off yards? --NYT crossword clue
Feb 16, 2012
oroboros commented on the word mow
MOW (inverted) = MOW
Feb 16, 2012
oroboros commented on the word feghoot
A joke ending with a pun. --Heard on NPR's Says You
Feb 11, 2012
oroboros commented on the word steeple chase
In an unsuccessful fox hunt, to assuage the down spirits of the hunters the leader of the hunt would pick out a steeple seen in the distance and issue the challenge of a race to it among the riders. A sort of "last one there is a rotten egg!" dare. --Heard on NPR's Says You.
Feb 4, 2012
oroboros commented on the word security blanket
According to NPR's Says You the security blanket was an actual product for securing babies in their cribs and not dreamed up by Charles Schultz.
Feb 4, 2012
oroboros commented on the word wrist-bitingly attractive
A David Foster Wallace-ism. To wit: "Meredith Rand is one of only a handful of females at the REC that every male with an opinion on such matters agrees is totally, wrist-bitingly attractive." --The Pale King p.447
Very evocative, don't you think? :o)
Feb 4, 2012
oroboros commented on the list let-s-go-strap-on-the-ole-air-chine-and-bore-holes-in-the-sky
Not sure what you mean, Erin. I've not come across it. Does it refer to an aircraft exploding in flight?
Feb 3, 2012
oroboros commented on the word chocolate
From cyberspace:
C = carbon
Ho = holmium
Co = cobalt
La = lanthanum
Te = tellurium
CHoCoLaTe - Better living through chemistry!
Feb 3, 2012
oroboros commented on the word vernepator
A long dog with short legs that runs on a Rube Goldberg-type mechanism to turn a spit of roasting meat. --Heard on NPR's Says You
Jan 28, 2012
oroboros commented on the word embosk
To shroud, especially with plants and greenery. Heard on NPR's Says You
Jan 21, 2012
oroboros commented on the word MVEMJSUNP
Mnemonic for the planets of the solar system.
Jan 20, 2012
oroboros commented on the word VIBGYOR
Mnemonic for the colors of the spectrum (e.g., rainbow).
Jan 20, 2012
oroboros commented on the word disport
The following is related by an eminent naturalist: ‘A young lady was sitting in a room adjoining a poultry yard, where chickens, ducks and geese were disporting themselves. A drake came in, approached the lady, seized the bottom of her dress with his beak, and pulled it vigorously. Feeling startled, she repulsed him with her hand. The bird still persisted. Somewhat astonished, she paid some attention to this unaccountable pantomime, and discovered that the drake wished to drag her out of doors. She got up, and he waddled out quietly before her. More and more surprised, she followed him, and he conducted her to the side of a pond where she perceived a duck with its head caught in the opening of a sluice. She hastened to release the poor creature and restored it to the drake, who by loud quackings and beating of his wings testified his joy at the deliverance of his companion.’
– Ballou’s Monthly Magazine, May 1870 (via futilitycloset.com)
Jan 20, 2012
oroboros commented on the word precipitate
Be careful lest ye precipitate precipitate actions!
Jan 19, 2012
oroboros commented on the word quantumphysicsese
Usage example here
Jan 16, 2012
oroboros commented on the word SLAP
Sounds Like A Plan
Jan 14, 2012
oroboros commented on the word smell fungus
A traveller who complains about everything. --heard on NPR's Says You
Jan 14, 2012
oroboros commented on the word visabol
Gum-like substance similar to myrrh. --heard on NPR's Says You
Jan 14, 2012
oroboros commented on the word figure skating
Just sliding by? (clue on NPR's Says You)
Jan 14, 2012
oroboros commented on the word -trix
Hi Shirley! Looks like you survived the Friday 13th menace, eh? :oD
Jan 14, 2012
oroboros commented on the word naumkeag
To buff a shoe bottom prior to finishing. --heard on NPR's Says You
Jan 7, 2012
oroboros commented on the word Florence Woods
First women in the USA to receive a driver's license. --heard on NPR's Says You
Dec 31, 2011
oroboros commented on the word George Crum
Inventor of the potato chip. Originally known as Saratoga chips. --heard on NPR's Says You
Dec 31, 2011
oroboros commented on the word discrete
Discrete v. discreet.
Most of us can testify to it. After two or three heaping portions of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and Waldorf salad you’re bursting at the seams. You’re so sated that you had to discretely place a crumpled napkin over that uneaten turkey wing on your plate. --Ingrid Spilde
Despite the usage gaff, the article Why You Always Have Room for Dessert is an interesting read.
Dec 30, 2011
oroboros commented on the word jark
A counterfeit seal (as on a document). Heard on NPR's Says You.
Dec 17, 2011
oroboros commented on the word Bun Bun
One of the two children of the Pillsbury Doughboy (Popper's the other). Heard on NPR's Says You.
Dec 17, 2011
oroboros commented on the word Popper
See Bun bun.
Dec 17, 2011
oroboros commented on the word Bun bun
One of the two children of the Pillsbury Doughboy (Popper's the other). Heard on NPR's Says You.
Dec 17, 2011
oroboros commented on the word doob
Bermuda grass. Heard on NPR's Says You
Dec 17, 2011
oroboros commented on the word feedback
Can't look up cash money -- "500 server error"
Dec 14, 2011
oroboros commented on the word pointing at the moon
This book has a prominent place in my library it was one of those that initially set my feet upon the path...
Dec 14, 2011
oroboros commented on the word ecize
To adjust to a new environment. Heard on NPR's Says You.
Dec 10, 2011
oroboros commented on the word dorpt
To hold, as a lion, at bay. Heard on NPR's Says You
Dec 3, 2011
oroboros commented on the word toenails
Oooh, exotic!
Dec 3, 2011
oroboros commented on the user fbharjo
First palindromic phrase I've seen using google. :o)
Dec 1, 2011
oroboros commented on the user rolig
Thanks for mirror rim - nice!
Dec 1, 2011
oroboros commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Heavens to Murgatroyd!! 1000 STFs, fbharjo!!?? Lawdy, what creativitinessness...ness. Gud wurk!
Nov 22, 2011
oroboros commented on the list wordniks-who-proudly-contribute-worthless-stuff--a-lot-of-dumb-comments--and-useless-words-to-the-zeitgeist-page
*ponders where to add his first comment on the beta-test wordnik* * basks in undeserved glory* *wonders about shamelessness and other character flaws*
Nov 22, 2011
oroboros commented on the word iron mike
Aviation slang term for the aircraft autopilot.
Nov 19, 2011
oroboros commented on the word structured procrastination
...a way of not doing something more important. If all the procrastinator had left to do was to sharpen some pencils, no force on earth could get him do it. However, the procrastinator can be motivated to do difficult, timely and important tasks, as long as these tasks are a way of not doing something more important. Structured procrastination means shaping the structure of the tasks one has to do in a way that exploits this fact." --John Perry
Nov 5, 2011
oroboros commented on the word high tea
Tea served at a high (dinner-type) table; contrast with Low Tea served on a coffee table. (according to NPR's Says You)
Nov 5, 2011
oroboros commented on the word miggle
The marble targeted by a shooter in a game of marbles. (according to NPR's *Says You*)
Nov 5, 2011
oroboros commented on the word kis
A weevil; a variety of English wheat worm, according to NPR's Says You.
Oct 29, 2011
oroboros commented on the word guck
A foolish thing, according to NPR's Says You.
Oct 29, 2011
oroboros commented on the word jack-o'-lantern
Guiness Book of World Records shortest time to carve one? 54.72 seconds (2001) --via NPR's Says You
Oct 29, 2011
oroboros commented on the word recorder
The opposite of wreak havoc? (B.C.'s Wiley's Dictionary)
Oct 29, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
Nice, sionnach. *like* Gutlevel chives? Mmmm, that's some tall chives.
Oct 22, 2011
oroboros commented on the word kumatage
n. “A bright appearance in the horizon, under the sun or moon, arising from the reflected light of these bodies from the small rippling waves on the surface of the water”
(Nathaniel Bowditch, The New American Practical Navigator, 1837) --via futilitycloset.com
Oct 22, 2011
oroboros commented on the word minimum
An especially small Englishwoman? (from BC cartoon - Wiley's Dictionary)
Oct 20, 2011
oroboros commented on the word nitrate
Cheaper than a day rate?
Oct 20, 2011
oroboros commented on the word secret identity theft
Strange Brew.
Oct 17, 2011
oroboros commented on the word secret identity theft
"There seems to be a problem with your credit card, Mr. Kent." (Strange Brew 'toon)
Oct 17, 2011
oroboros commented on the word sizzle
Hey! Word it up, dude.
Oct 17, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
I didn't think there was any way to quietly jam fufluns into tail pipes! What's your secret 'zu? Ninja training? :o)
Oct 16, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
Well, it appears that I can't add words to my "potpourri" list; not at the list page or the word page (with checkmark). Jesus Cristo y Madre de Dios!
Edit: Doh! I was trying to add a word that was already on that list (toothsome). Still, what produced the confusion in the first place is that the word page for toothsome shows no checkmark in my potpourri list box. And that's still the case: no checkmark, but I've verified it's on the list at the list page. Go figure! :o/
Oct 11, 2011
oroboros commented on the word ooch
To try to propel a boat forward by abrupt movements of one's body; "ooching forward". (according to NPR's Says You)
Oct 8, 2011
oroboros commented on the word flob
To inadvertently collide with a wall or door. (According to NPR's Says You)
Oct 8, 2011
oroboros commented on the word librarianitarian
One interested in doing good works for librarians?
Oct 8, 2011
oroboros commented on the word Zenophobia
An irrational fear of convergent sequences.
Oct 2, 2011
oroboros commented on the word inkle
To attend a party to which one hasn't an invitation. (according to NPRs Says You)
Sep 3, 2011
oroboros commented on the word pasteurize
Ordaine to be a minister?
Aug 27, 2011
oroboros commented on the word dispraise
“People are never so ready to believe you as when you say things in dispraise of yourself; and you are never so much annoyed as when they take you at your word.” --Somerset Maugham (Notebooks)
Aug 27, 2011
oroboros commented on the word balloon animal shelter
Seen on the Over The Hedge cartoon.
Aug 22, 2011
oroboros commented on the word bleem
A number between 6 and 7.
Aug 20, 2011
oroboros commented on the word Mountweazel
A fictitious entry for the purpose of detecting plagiarism.
Aug 20, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
Erin: Yes, still tiny font (with Chrome browser). @bilby,'zu,sionnach, erin et al., hanks for the rib tickling irreverence!
Oh, and I have the same experience with pronunciation that dontcry has...
Aug 13, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
How do I access my recent comments? Try as I might, all I can access is comments from the first two weeks of my presence on Wordie. There is no "continue to next page" option.
Aug 7, 2011
oroboros commented on the word purple loosestrife
A problem in the U.S.; an invasive species.
Aug 7, 2011
oroboros commented on the word nidget
"The person who fetches the midwife". (via NPR's Says You)
Aug 6, 2011
oroboros commented on the word dickens
Corruption of "Old Nick" - the Devil. (via NPR's Says You)
Aug 6, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
Erin, is the translate feature going to make a comeback eventually? And is the font size in the comment box while entering and/or editing comments going to remain so tiny?
Aug 6, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
@Erin. Much improvement in comment/edit comment option. Thanks!
Aug 5, 2011
oroboros commented on the word electrolux
I've got one of the originals with the chrome runners and reusable cloth bag. Remarkably, it came with this house I bought 10 years ago...
Aug 5, 2011
oroboros commented on the word mind your own business card
via Dan Piraro.
Aug 5, 2011
oroboros commented on the word grandpa box
Desktop computer. Everybody else's using fondleslabs!
Aug 3, 2011
oroboros commented on the word kipple
Kipple and Things : How To Hoard and How Not To Mean.
Aug 2, 2011
oroboros commented on the word disfluency
An Uh, Er, Um Essay
Aug 2, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
What sionnach said. Yes.
Aug 1, 2011
oroboros commented on the word fondleslab
iPad, iPhone, etc. See grandpa box.
Jul 31, 2011
oroboros commented on the word rattlesnake
A variety of green bean. Rattlesnake Pole Bean.
Jul 31, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
Comment function is intermittent. The whole site is abominably slow. Edit: comment option works, but EXTREMELY slowly. Ditto for edit option; or it seems to work only intermittently.
Jul 31, 2011
oroboros commented on the word porphyrophobia
Fear of the color purple.
Jul 31, 2011
oroboros commented on the word purple haze
A variety of carrot (according to Says You)
Jul 30, 2011
oroboros commented on the word black turtle
A variety of bean (according to Says You)
Jul 30, 2011
oroboros commented on the word boxcar willy
A variety of tomato (according to Says You)
Jul 30, 2011
oroboros commented on the word piping hot
Related to musical instruments (pipes), not steam pipes. (via Says You)
Jul 30, 2011
oroboros commented on the list i-d-rather-have-a-bottle-in-front-of-me
thanks milos and dharma
Jul 16, 2011
oroboros commented on the user dharma66
Thanks, dharma, for your input. Added!
Jul 15, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
I agree with Pro and frogapplause: the site really has the feel of reference emphasis. I miss the "first listed by" and other such personalizing features. Another thing that strikes me, although it may be transitory, is surprisingly long wait times.
Jul 9, 2011
oroboros commented on the word schnibble
To cut meat into small pieces. (heard on NPR's Says You)
Jul 9, 2011
oroboros commented on the word phrop
A euphemistic insincere phrase; a verbal air kiss. E.g., "Oh we must have lunch ..." (according to NPR's Says You)
Jul 9, 2011
oroboros commented on the word blunderbuss
A messed up kiss?
Jul 8, 2011
oroboros commented on the word medulla oblongata
See comment under spatula.
Jul 8, 2011
oroboros commented on the word spatula
Fun to say?
Jul 8, 2011
oroboros commented on the word springar
A Norwegian dance, according to NPR's Says You.
Jul 2, 2011
oroboros commented on the word russell the love muscle
First seen in D. F. Wallace's Infinite Jest.
Jul 2, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
What happened to the translation feature on the word page? Has it just been deleted or forgotten...or, again, am I just missing something?
Jun 25, 2011
oroboros commented on the word bradbury
bRAdburY. Ray Bradbury, Sci-Fi author extraordinaire.
Jun 25, 2011
oroboros commented on the word bradbury
bRAdburY: Ray Bradbury, SciFi author extraordinaire.
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the user mollusque
Thanks, mollusque for your kangaroo word suggestion. Definitely "outside the box". :o)
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the list kangaroo-words
Hey! Good one, mollusque, thanks.
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the word gilt
I'm just waaaaaaay outta the loop! (but wanted to link the cartoon at least).
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the word gilt
A young female pig...who knew?
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the word punce
Is this like pwn?
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the word grey
For more discussion of "grey v. gray" see here. In a nutshell: Gray = color; grey = colour.
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the word new interface
It would be nice to have the option, on the word page (in addition to adding the word) to delete a word from one's list as opposed to having to go to the list page and deleting it there. Or am I overlooking something?
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the word June gloom
Also May gray. Especially applies to the Southern California Spring, early Summer weather patterns.
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the word May gray
See June gloom.
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the list pop-culture
'zu --> :oD
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the list pop-culture
Thanx for your input, marky. I see your account isn't public? Sorry I can't return the favor of perusing any of your lists.
Jun 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the list emordnilap
See also, Dyslexic's Dread.
Jun 18, 2011
oroboros commented on the list infinite-jest-3
Truly an amazing tour de force. What a mind!
Jun 15, 2011
oroboros commented on the word flush
Yeah, he was sporting lint!
Jun 15, 2011
oroboros commented on the word popination
Bar hopping; pub crawling (via NPR's Says You)
May 28, 2011
oroboros commented on the word staboy
An encouraging cry to hunting dogs in pursuit of prey.
May 28, 2011
oroboros commented on the word perfect
I've used 'perfuct' for years. Very satisfying!
May 28, 2011
oroboros commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-dominoes
Huh! Sionnach beat me to the punch. Joke was meant to come after 'colour'.
May 25, 2011