ruzuzu has looked up 92667 words, created 516 lists, listed 26445 words, written 8352 comments, added 7720 tags, and loved 1286 words.
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Hey ruzuzu, I have tripled the length of your calculator words list - hope you like it!
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I haven't heard her perform. I did have a chance to listen to her read some of her poems. She did them more than justice!
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I knew she plays the sax. Have you read 'Crazy Brave' yet?
I wonder how many people realize the etymological significance of the title.
Playing the sax is 'crazy brave' of course.
The sax is the ultimate soul instrument with its long neck and throaty sound (see nephesh)
My niece Ramona has taught me that well!
She has 'crazy brave' in her blood, too. -
Me? Why?
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Fonk you, ruzuzu.
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Spent the past half-hour reading your lists and almost choking on them. Love you!
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Thanks for sharper ruzuzu!
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*yawn*
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Thanks for the red admiral! By the way, I borrowed some of your spiders for my own little collection.
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Hi ruzuzu.
It took me a while to find this reply box.
Thank you for the welcome message.
Please feel free to comment on my lists or add words to them.
Robert -
Huh! Can't even make the pronunciations play at "hot dog"....go figure. ACK!
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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?
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And I less than three you! Miss you guys. You know how it feels sometimes, though... I visit often but can't find anything to add to the conversation.
I really wish there was an easier way to follow threads. If you don't spend lots of time here, you have to open all links on the Zeitmunity page. There has to be a different way! -
Thanks, 'zu. I probably would have found it eventually if I'd spent more time. Cheers!
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oh thank you, good catch!
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Thanks! Start -geddon ready to add some words...
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/geddon--1 -
Glad you liked my definition of Bulgar - I'm a total newbie. Don't know how to create a list, or what its purpose is, or how to use it, etc. Tips?
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What's all the fuss about hearts?
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Perhaps I'm as smart as I think I am.
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Hmm.
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Dear ruzuzu,
You are fondness,
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Thanks, Pro!
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I'm happy to hear that! Nobody had said "welcome to Wordnik" before you did, but I've been feeling more and more at home here, lately.
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*grins*
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Aww, shucks. You're awfully nifty yourself. :-)
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Here's another comment. Phew!
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Eek. I'm at 6666 comments. I was going to make a joke about how that's bad luck, but then my browser stopped working.
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kumanan brought it to my attention that the palindrome code was not ignoring spaces, so I fixed it. You'll be seeing "And it's a palindrome" on multi-word palindrome pages by the end of the day. In the interim, here's a list to celebrate to new feature: http://www.wordnik.com/lists/semordnilap
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Dear ruzuzu,
Glad to see you.
Love, ruzuzu -
Man, I missed all the excitement--I was busy here in nebraksa watching corn grow and paint dry.
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She's from Nebraska you know.
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Hi folks, I'm deleting the bizarro-world ruzuzu comments.
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I picked Scheherazade number. :-)
Thank you fbharjo (and Buckminster Fuller). -
What will be Ruzuzu's 1001st (11 times 13 times 7th) favorite? You do favor a number of prime twists? Ordinarily or cardinally?
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You're welcome. Thanks for having a list where it's appropriate!
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Thanks for suggesting shrimpoluminescence!
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Thank you, Rolig. It's purely selfish on my part--how else would I stay informed and entertained?
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Thanks, Ru. Actually, I'm pretty serious, but that can be fun, too. By the way, I second Prolagus's comment below about your heroicism.
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:-) I love you too, Pro.
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You know I love you. I would never accuse you of being antisocial - your effort to save this whole slo-mo train wreck is heroic.
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Plinth.
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Plinth!
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Thank you for your kind words.
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good idea thx!
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You could just find one of his lists and comment on it--I'm sure that would trigger an e-mail to him. Bilbies are notoriously secretive, of course (somewhat like markies and frogs).
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i'm trying to get a hold of bilby outside of wordnik.. do you know how? this him? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bilby
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whats up ruzuzu? where's bilby been? what do you think of the redesign now that you've had time to mess with it? i'm curious.
although i just added this comment it says 'about 16 hours ago', btw. :/
ruzuzu commented on the list torture
What about gibbet?
May 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user trauco
I was just reading your excellent comment on phlogiston. Your other comments are also amusing and good.
May 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word plumbum
Also:
"Historically, graphite was called black lead and plumbago.
Plumbago was commonly used in its massive mineral form. Both of these names arise from confusion with the similar-appearing lead ores, particularly galena. The Latin word for lead is plumbum, which gave its name to both the English term for this grey metallic-sheened mineral and even the leadworts or plumbagos, plants with flowers that resemble this colour."
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graphite&oldid=554936861
May 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list oofy
I'm surprised manic pixie dream girl hasn't been listed more often.
May 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word plumbum
It makes me think of crumb bum (which makes me think of yarb).
May 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user napoleonic
Fabulous! Thanks, napoleonic. Hope you're having fun here.
May 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list native-tongue
I came to this list for the timpula, but I *favorited* it because of potawatomi (as a nebraksan, I'm always hearing the Omaha stations talk about storms in Pottawattamie County, Iowa).
May 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word timpula
Thanks, tusseymountain. I just added it to my list of turnips.
May 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list person-or-measurement
Very nice!
May 9, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list miscellanea
*favorited*
May 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word plumbing
"Pipe is made in many materials including ceramic, fiberglass, many metals, concrete and plastic. In the past, wood and lead (Latin plumbum, from which comes the word 'plumbing') were commonly used."
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pipe_(fluid_conveyance)&oldid=552694106
May 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word overfitting
"Did you by any chance mean overfishing?"
May 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word door prize
Ha!
May 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user bilby
Any thoughts for us about ry's question over on wurly?
May 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list with-upturned-snout
Hm. I think maybe this list is now my favorite list ever.
May 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list bread-eating
I think this is my favorite list ever.
May 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user theungratefulbiped
I liked your comment about heterotopia, and you have interesting lists. Hope you're having fun here!
May 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word oersted
I think "Öërstëd" would be a funny name, too.
May 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word oersted
"In electricity, the unit of magnetic reluctance."
--Century Dictionary
May 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word tyrology
If the cheese is casu marzu, I hope that scholar is wearing protective goggles.
Apr 30, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word cutting-tool
Never boring.
Apr 30, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word notch
Please tell me that somewhere there's a list of these former two-word phrases.
Apr 30, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word phonon
"The concept of phonons was introduced in 1932 by Russian physicist Igor Tamm. The name phonon comes from the Greek word φωνή (phonē), which translates as sound or voice because long-wavelength phonons give rise to sound."
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phonon&oldid=551664841
Apr 29, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list melvilles-letters
Nice list!
Apr 29, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list specific-excrement
Fecal odorgrams: http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/2013/04/26/friday-weird-science-stop-and-smell-the-st/
(Note the bit about the bear doing its part for science.)
Apr 28, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word Lu Burke
"Lu thought that elements of New Yorker style were ridiculous; for instance, our habit of putting points in I.B.M. when I.B.M. itself had long since done without them, and of sticking a comma in Time, Inc., as if oblivious of the publisher’s own practice (and of the pun on “ink”). Yet there was no more zealous enforcer."
-- http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/06/lu-burke-new-yorker-southbury-library.html
Apr 28, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list the-new-yorkers-style-manual
Here's a bit from that article: "Quoth the style book: “When alternatives are possible, use double ‘p’ in words like ‘kidnapped,’ double ‘s’ in words like ‘focussed,’ and double ‘l’ in words like ‘marvellous’ and ‘travelled.’” No kidnapper ever focussed so marvellously on this well-travelled territory."
Apr 28, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list the-new-yorkers-style-manual
Doubled letters! I just saw this on the tweetie: http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/04/the-double-l.html?mbid=social_retweet
Apr 28, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list nouns-first-attested-in-shakespeare
Wait--ode? Really?
Apr 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list us-presidents
As I was skimming this list, millard fillmore and franklin pierce somehow combined in my mind to form mildred pierce.
In other news, I'm thinking Benjamin Franklin Pierce is a sweet tooth fairy.
Apr 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word cutting-tool
"A tool with a sharp edge intended or adapted for cutting, as distinguished from a boring-, piercing-, planing-, riving-, sawing-, or other tool."
--Century Dictionary
Apr 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word scarf
"A cut; notch; groove; channel."
--Century Dictionary
Apr 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word notch
The etymology is fun.
Apr 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word ultraviolet
"An illustration of how ultraviolet appears is provided by the Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Following cataract surgery in 1923, his colour palette changed significantly; after the operation he painted water lilies with more blue than before. This may be because after lens removal he could see ultraviolet light, which would have given a blue cast to the world."
-- http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2002/may/30/medicalscience.research
Apr 24, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word aphakia
"When the lens becomes opaque due to cataracts, it may be surgically removed, and can be replaced with an artificial lens. Even with the lens removed (a condition known as aphakia) the patient can still see, as the lens is only responsible for about 30% of the eyes' focusing power.
However, aphakic patients report that the process has an unusual side effect: they can see ultraviolet light. It is not normally visible because the lens blocks it. Some artificial lenses are also transparent to UV with the same effect. The receptors in the eye for blue light can actually see ultraviolet better than blue."
-- http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2002/may/30/medicalscience.research
Apr 24, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word floc
See citation on alum.
Apr 24, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word alum
"Alum has been used at least since Roman times for purification of drinking water and industrial process water. Between 30 and 40 ppm of alum for household wastewater, often more for industrial wastewater, is added to the water so that the negatively charged colloidal particles clump together into "flocs", which then float to the top of the liquid, settle to the bottom of the liquid, or can be more easily filtered from the liquid, prior to further filtration and disinfection of the water."
-- Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alum&oldid=551044797)
Apr 24, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word natron
"Historical natron was harvested directly as a salt mixture from dry lake beds in Ancient Egypt and has been used for thousands of years as a cleaning product for both the home and body. Blended with oil, it was an early form of soap. It softens water while removing oil and grease. Undiluted, natron was a cleanser for the teeth and an early mouthwash. The mineral was mixed into early antiseptics for wounds and minor cuts. Natron can be used to dry and preserve fish and meat. It was also an ancient household insecticide, was used for making leather and as a bleach for clothing.
The mineral was used in Egyptian mummification because it absorbs water and behaves as a drying agent. Moreover, when exposed to moisture the carbonate in natron increases pH (raises alkalinity), which creates a hostile environment for bacteria. In some cultures natron was thought to enhance spiritual safety for both the living and the dead. Natron was added to castor oil to make a smokeless fuel, which allowed Egyptian artisans to paint elaborate artworks inside ancient tombs without staining them with soot.
Natron is an ingredient for making a distinct color called Egyptian blue, and also as the flux in Egyptian faience. It was used along with sand and lime in ceramic and glass-making by the Romans and others at least until 640 AD. The mineral was also employed as a flux to solder precious metals together."
-- Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natron&oldid=546277082)
Apr 24, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list sick
"bruit de diable appears on just this list"
Nice!
Apr 24, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word brick
"n. A good fellow, in an emphatic sense: a term of admiration bestowed on one who on occasion or habitually shows in a modest way great or unexpected courage, kindness, or thoughtfulness, or other admirable qualities.
n. “In brief I don't stick to declare Father Dick, So they called him for short, was a regular brick; A metaphor taken, I have not the page aright, Out of an ethical work by the Stagyrite.”
n. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, Brothers of Birchington."
-- Cent. Dict.
Apr 24, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word natalitious
Thank you, you!
Apr 22, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word genethliac
Aww! Thank you!
Totally *favorited*
Apr 22, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list manuscripts
Fun list!
Apr 19, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user fbharjo
I haven't read Crazy Brave yet--but I'll be borrowing a copy soon. Have you heard her perform? I love that she had a band called Poetic Justice.
Apr 15, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user fbharjo
Did you know that Joy Harjo plays saxophone? Apparently her grandmother did, too.
Apr 15, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list to-nounen-and-adjectiven
What a fun list!
Apr 15, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word girdle book
"Girdle books were small portable books worn by medieval European monks, clergymen and aristocratic nobles as a popular accessory to medieval costume, between the 13th and 16th centuries. They consisted of a book whose leather binding continued loose below the cover of the book in a long tapered tail with a large knot at the end which could be tucked into one's girdle or belt. The knot was usually strips of leather woven together for durability. The book hung upside down and backwards so that when swung upwards it was ready for reading. The books were normally religious: a cleric's daily Office, or for lay persons (especially women) a Book of Hours. One of the most well known texts to become a girdle book is Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, although it is the only surviving philosophical/theological girdle book."
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Girdle_book&oldid=541666088
Apr 15, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user writerinkc
The romantics are sublime! Will Dorothy and William Wordsworth be there? Last year Lord Byron signed my arm with a Sharpie and I had it turned into a tattoo!
Apr 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list monty-python-words
I just added herring.
Apr 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list open-list--what-to-name-chained-bears-newest-cub
Um, is it too late? I just added Gervase Brooke-Hamster.
Apr 14, 2013