reesetee has looked up 15019 words, created 184 lists, listed 30204 words, written 20929 comments, added 10575 tags, and loved 3 words.
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Ha. :-)
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Indeed she was. Slightly older than I am. :-)
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I was just revisiting my ruination-day list. I think Anne Sullivan was born April 14, 1866.
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Yum! *cracks tooth on grape riffle*
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*sets out a tray of celebratory fufluns (with grape riffles!)*
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Thanks, r! Nope, no clue what the word was. I didn't even realize I was that close!
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Congratulations! Do you remember what your 30000th word was?
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Ooooh. You're at 29973 words listed.
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Holy cow, this profile page is even more confusing than it was when we were segregated.
Yes, yes! Irish Potato Candy! I just saw your comment on the other page. Congratulations on your initiation. They're good, but they'd be better without that nasty coconut, if you ask me. :-)
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Have you ever had any potato-shaped candies? I was asking dontcry about them over on the are-you-from-pennsylvania list.
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As am I. *pops*
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Thanks! You too, and nice to be back, although right now I'm mostly doing pop-ins.
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Ooh, fufluns and tea! How lovely! And hearts too! Well, I certainly heart you back, r. Thanks for the love. :-)
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I heart you.
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Hi!
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Hi everyone. :-)
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You're awesome.
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Hernesheir, I've checked the privacy settings and all seems in order. Apparently, I'm not the only one having such trouble. See ruzuzu's comment about http://support.wordnik.com/wordnik/topics/seeing_other_peoples_lists (and the workaround).
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Thanks, ruzuzu! I have to remind myself to keep checking for glitches on the support site. :-)
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Hi Carmaella and reesetee,
I wandered over to http://support.wordnik.com/wordnik/topics/seeing_other_peoples_lists and saw that there's a ticket for this issue already. In the meantime, one suggestion would be to try adding the word "lists" to the end of the Wordnik user's address--like so: http://www.wordnik.com/users/reesetee/lists
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I don't see your lists either, reesetee. Perhaps your profile privacy settings prevent others from seeing your lists?
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Hi Carmaella. I'm seeing a list of my lists on the right side of my profile page, with the list names in hypertext. That should get you where you want to go. Does that not work on your screen?
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Plinth?
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Plinth.
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Yep. He outpaced me a while ago.
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Have you looked at hernesheir's?
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Well, a little--but in a good way.
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Yeah. Scary, right? ;-)
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Um, 29,587?
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Happy Strangely Orange Snack Appreciation Day!
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I ran across ha'-bible in Dr. Jamieson's Dictionary:
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I think of you each time I add a Scots bird (nick)name to my Dr. Jamieson's Birds list. Guiltily, I might add - you're the resident "birdlister".
Btw - I see Gambel's quail, mallards, and Canada geese every day. This week I observed 3 fuzzy red-tailed hawk chicks in a nest in a stand of scrubby locust trees, watched chukar partridges hunkering in the lee of some sagebrush during a snowstorm atop a mountain (and hiding from the red fox that was roaming around), and upslope from the partridges flushed a ruffed grouse...I'm in bird-watching heaven lately! -
Thanks, friend!
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I'm guessing the bird--I've seen it in some older birding books. Thanks, h.
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Some pigeonly C-words from Grose's A Provincial Glossary, 1787: cushets - wild pigeons (Yorksh.); culvers - pigeons (Exmoor); cruchet - a wood pigeon (north of Britain).
Of crotch-tail I'm not sure. Grose's definition is "kite", but I've not yet sussed out whether that refers to the toy or the bird. -
Hey, thanks bilby!
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Ah! Thanks! I knew it looked familiar, but couldn't make it say anything, even after waterboarding.
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Okay, I give up. Who is devils mi snort/livid monsters?
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Thanks for noticing, RT! I do miss the place and the old regulars, as well. So it's nice to stop by once in a while. And the word list function is very useful for me. But I think it was easier to make and maintain a word list, especially a non-English one, on Wordie than it is on Wordnik. Maybe that is something I need to bring up with someone (John?).
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Will do--much appreciated, as always.
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See CD and GNU Webster's defs. under whaap for some bird names...
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Thanks, hernesheir!
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A Japanese musical instrument with four strings, resembling a flat mandolin - Cent. Dict., biwa.
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Busted.
That's right, sionnach; all my psittacine friends must weigh in on Wordnik before partaking of their daily birdie chow. I've taught them how to hunt and...er, peck...on the keyboard. You wouldn't believe how difficult it is to get those seed hulls out of the tiny little spaces between keys.
However, they refuse to speak in public, no matter how many sprigs of millet I offer, no matter how much chattering they do in private. They abhor the paparazzi, you see. -
Reesetee has written 20,259 comments; Wordnik is billions of words, 943,480,593 example sentences, 6,603,031 unique words, 216,253 comments.....
20,259/216,253 = (furrows brow, counts on little foxy paws) = 9.368% of all Wordnik comments.
A contribution which dwarfs my own paltry vulpine 4.58%.
It's the parrots, isn't it? They are forced to enter little psittacine comments before they get their millet*.
Interestingly, Reesetee has entered *no* pronunciations. It's the parrots, isn't it?
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Thanks, everyone! Actually, it's rather belated no matter where you are, but that just makes it last longer. :-)
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Happy Birthday!
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Bonne anniversaire!
reesetee commented on the word zenzicube
In mathematics, the square of a cube.
Apr 21, 2013
reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name
And then there's zenzicube. Thanks, retorick--will add both.
Apr 21, 2013
reesetee commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
Thanks, guys!
Mar 20, 2013
reesetee commented on the list klezmer
I'm glad you like the clarinet.
Feb 25, 2013
reesetee commented on the list the-measure-of-man
Added. Thanks, fbharjo!
Feb 10, 2013
reesetee commented on the list the-measure-of-man
Added! Or should I say, "Aaded!"?
Feb 6, 2013
reesetee commented on the list fun-with-apocopes
Ooh, that's a great one. Thanks, bilby!
Feb 5, 2013
reesetee commented on the list fun-with-apocopes
Thanks! It was fun to create.
Jan 30, 2013
reesetee commented on the list worse-than-they-sound
Good one, thanks!
Jan 30, 2013
reesetee commented on the list the-measure-of-man
Added. Thanks, ruzuzu!
Jan 30, 2013
reesetee commented on the word monkey slug caterpillar
I think it's darn cute.
Jan 27, 2013
reesetee commented on the list trees
How'd I miss that one? Thanks, fbh!
Jan 7, 2013
reesetee commented on the list trees
Thanks!
Jan 7, 2013
reesetee commented on the word xiquipile
In Guatemala, 16th century, a unit of dry capacity used for cacao beans. It equals 8,000 beans, about 1/6 fanega. It takes its name from the leather sack used to hold the beans.
Oct 25, 2012
reesetee commented on the word celebratory iroquoisyness
See ruzuzu's fine list, Ruination Day.
Oct 20, 2012
reesetee commented on the user reesetee
Indeed she was. Slightly older than I am. :-)
Oct 20, 2012
reesetee commented on the list gesundheit
Ooh, good one! Thanks, chrissykp!
Sep 22, 2012
reesetee commented on the list the-several-stages-of-wordie-addiction
No, thank you. Arrr. (It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day.)
Sep 19, 2012
reesetee commented on the word slender snipe eel
My guess is that you've already earned an honorary degree in Wordnik Studies.
Sep 14, 2012
reesetee commented on the word has a good memory for others' lists
Just for you, ruzuzu.
Sep 14, 2012
reesetee commented on the user reesetee
Yum! *cracks tooth on grape riffle*
Ouch. They get me every time.
Sep 14, 2012
reesetee commented on the user reesetee
Thanks, r! Nope, no clue what the word was. I didn't even realize I was that close!
Sep 13, 2012
reesetee commented on the list winged-jewels
Thanks, kalayzich; I've added it. I'm still working on this list, so some names are not yet here.
Sep 2, 2012
reesetee commented on the word frummagemmed
Choked, strangled, suffocated, or hanged. From Grose's 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the word brinicle
A brine icicle formed beneath sea ice when a flow of extremely cold, saline water is introduced to an area of ocean water. From brine + icicle.
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the word scurryfunge
See scurrifunging.
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the word scurrifunging
Newfoundland dialect: a brisk and thorough cleaning. Derived from a "jocular formation" according to WWFTD (cf. scurryfunge).
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the word hangashore
Newfoundland dialect: a lazy person (e.g., a fisherman who doesn't fish).
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the word elbedritsch
Pennsylvania German (cf. snipe hunt): an imaginary creature which, as a practical joke, a greenhorn is sent to hunt or capture. From the Dictionary of American Regional English.
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the word gnatho
Also, according to WWFTD, "a person resembling the Gnatho of Terence; a parasite, sycophant."
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the word whoopensocker
Regional U.S. dialect describing something extraordinary of its kind, especially a large or strong drink.
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the word blurfled
Nonce word meaning "intoxicated."
"’I know a place where we can get some alcohol,’ she
said. ‘Let’s go there; then we can really get blurfled.’
‘No,’ he said. ‘I’m blurfled enough now.’"
- Philip K. Dick, Our Friends from Frolix 8 (1970)
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the list worse-than-they-sound
Come to think of it, that's another list idea....
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the list the-several-stages-of-wordie-addiction
:-D
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the list flights-of-fancy
Hi, Bonvivant. Darkwing and Rockin' Robin are already on this list, so no worries. I'll add Little Red Rooster if you'll post your comment on the word page for it. :-)
Kalayzich: Do you mean Kehaar (Watership Down)? If so, it's on the list. I'll add the Harry Potter birds as well. The two Potters that I know have actual names are Hawkes (phoenix) and Hermes. If you can think of any others, let me know. Thanks!
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the list names-for-the-third-stomach-of-a-ruminant
At least it's not shortened to "Names for the Third Stomach of a Ruzu..." ;->
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the list worse-than-they-sound
Hi goodkitten. Hmm...don't know about ackee. If it's poisonous, wouldn't it be just as bad as it sounds? :-)
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the list zing-went-the-strings
Hi, kalayzich. Thanks. There are several variants for many of the words on this list, for rather obvious reasons. I've added qin as one of them.
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the list the-several-stages-of-wordie-addiction
Sorry, ru--didn't mean for you to feel as though you were talking to yourself. I'm adding your addiction to the list to give it that special Latvian flair. The joke may be on you, but at least we can read about it. ;-)
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the list smith-is-the-name
Thanks, iaiasianeyes!
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the list oddest-book-title-of-the-year
Thanks, marky--it's still growing!
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the list name-suggestions-for-ultra-compact-cars
Good idea, bilby--I'll have to work on that. (Sorry for this extremely late response.)
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the list rare-books
Thanks for the interesting article, ruzuzu--and sorry for the late reply!
Aug 30, 2012
reesetee commented on the word cooking with poo
To be fair: “Poo” is Thai for “crab” and is chef Diwong’s nickname.
Jun 20, 2012
reesetee commented on the list old-western-slang
I concur!
May 23, 2012
reesetee commented on the list we-re-a-band
Not likely. I'm pretty sure u. is now happily married. :-)
May 23, 2012
reesetee commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
Happy World Turtle Day! (Thanks, sionnach.)
May 23, 2012
reesetee commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
Thanks to Prolagus for reminding me that it's international compost awareness week. T-shirts and posters available here.
May 7, 2012
reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames
Added, thanks!
Apr 18, 2012
reesetee commented on the word luncheon
In the interest of providing comparative images, I humbly present this jewel. More on this fascinating...uh...concoction?...is available here.
I miss Skip.
Mar 22, 2012