"The seat of a bishop, whether an ordinary bishop, or a bishop of higher rank (metropolitan, etc., patriarch, pope); the local center of a diocese and of diocesan authority, or of a diocese and other subordinate dioceses; the city or locality from which ecclesiastical jurisdiction is exercised; hence, episcopal rank, authority, and jurisdiction as exercised from a permanent local center. The word see, from meaning any seat of dignity, came to apply specifically to the cathedra, or episcopal throne, situated in a cathedral, thence to the city which contained the cathedral and was the chief city of a bishop's diocese, and so in modern usage to the diocese itself. It differs from diocese, however, in that diocese represents the territorial province for the care of which the bishop is responsible (that is, where his duties lie), whereas see is the local seat of his authority, dignity, and episcopal privileges. Both words differ from bishopric, in that bishopric represents the bishop's office, whether actual or nominal. See throne."
--Century Dictionary
I especially like the "See throne" bit. Does throne tell us to "See see?"
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."
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).
"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."
"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."
"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."
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."
"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
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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.
"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."
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!
From the examples: “On the first occasion, Sir Ralph, a fireworks enthusiast, had been invited by Olivier and his house-proud future wife, Vivien Leigh, to celebrate her birthday at their bijoux London home.”
I've heard (probably in that Lynn Truss Eats, Shoots & Leaves book) that exclamation point is more common in America. I like saying exclamation mark because then it's more like question mark. But that could just be me being fussy.
"Behind the house, Vonetta put down the kickstand. She climbed off the Harley.
'No here. No there. Herethere,' Shep said, making a single noun from two."
-- By the Light of the Moon: A Novel by Dean Koontz p. 253
"The inflated appearance of a gown or petticoat resulting from whirling round and making a low courtesy, supposed to resemble a large cheese; hence, a low courtesy."
No worries--we'll just calmly add a madeupical definition in the comments over on baffoon. Something about how it combines the meanings for buffoon and baboon, perhaps?
The Scrabble board is a 15 by 15 grid--you'd need at least 4 boards to even attempt to play rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.
"For years, lexicographers have pored over the term at the center of Supreme Court proceedings today, trying to tweak dictionary entries to reflect how all people use the word, regardless of their political persuasions. “Lexicographers end up in a no-win situation, where no matter what they do, somebody’s going to have trouble with the definition,” says Ben Zimmer, linguist and executive producer at Vocabulary.com.
Some dictionaries, like the historically ordered Merriam-Webster, have added a second definition for same-sex marriage and left the main entry referring to a man and a woman. Zimmer points out that some gay rights activists balk at that fix, however, feeling a second definition suggests that gay marriage is second class. Other references, like the American Heritage Dictionary, have wedged more information into a single definition: “The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife, and in some jurisdictions, between two persons of the same sex, usually entailing legal obligations of each person to the other.”"
Those definitions surprised me. In my mind it's definitely in the exhausted family--but exhausted the way a mouse is when a cat's been playing with it.
"n. The act of making brown. Specifically, the process of darkening the polished surfaces of gun-barrels and other metallic objects. Chlorid or butter of antimony, called bronzing-salt, is used in the process.
n. A preparation of sugar, port wine, spices, etc., for coloring and flavoring meat and made dishes.
n. In plastering, the second coat. The first coat, called the scratch coat, is generally deeply scored to receive and hold the browning.
n. In botany, the discoloration which takes place in vegetable cells when they are injured, as by cutting. It is probably due to chemical changes."
-- From the Century Dictionary entry over on Browning
"In mathematics, a Killing vector field (often just Killing field), named after Wilhelm Killing, is a vector field on a Riemannian manifold (or pseudo-Riemannian manifold) that preserves the metric. Killing fields are the infinitesimal generators of isometries; that is, flows generated by Killing fields are continuous isometries of the manifold. More simply, the flow generates a symmetry, in the sense that moving each point on an object the same distance in the direction of the Killing vector field will not distort distances on the object."
When I first read it, I had no idea that "adjoinage" was meant to be a portmanteau. I think it would be hilarious to call them something more like punmanteaus.
"A headache is called "thunderclap headache" if it is severe in character and reaches maximum severity within seconds to minutes of onset. In many cases, there are no other abnormalities, but the various causes of thunderclap headaches may lead to a number of neurological symptoms. The most important causes are subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and cervical artery dissection."
"So if recessionista and fembot are not really puns, what are they? They’re neolexic portmanteaus, in which root words are brutally slammed together with cavalier lack of wit. “Neolexic portmanteau” is a mouthful, so instead we shall choose a simpler handle. Sherry-manteau, catastrounity, misceg-formation, piss-poortmanteau, and poor-man’s-toes all proffer themselves as alternatives, but they are still laborsome. Therefore, I christen these neolexic portmanteaus adjoinages—a functioning portmanteau pun, in case you failed to see, on adjoin and coinage."
"A recent study finds that saltating sand particles induces a static electric field by friction. Saltating sand acquires a negative charge relative to the ground which in turn loosens more sand particles which then begin saltating. This process has been found to double the number of particles predicted by previous theory. This is significant in meteorology because it is primarily the saltation of sand particles which dislodges smaller dust particles into the atmosphere. Dust particles and other aerosols such as soot affect the amount of sunlight received by the atmosphere and earth, and are nuclei for condensation of the water vapour."
So why don't people hate the word soil the same way they hate the word moist? Soil always reminds me of night soil or soylent green. Moist always reminds me of delicious cake.
"To release or set free from union, attachment, or connection; detach; loosen or unfasten, and set free; release: as, to disengage a metal from its gangue, or a garment from a clinging bramble; to disengage the mind from study."
""Honestly, it does smell like there's a little bit of lavender in there," Zimmermann said. "I'm not sure if that was NASA-approved lavender, but it's definitely one of those things that we put there because it's a candle.""
I remember something from one of those brown-eye/blue-eye documentaries where one of the people in power was saying he didn't want to let the other group have power because "then they'll do the same thing to us." I don't think coming up with a new way to new group helps anyone. Not that the brown-eye/blue-eye thing wasn't without flaws, of course.
"In the mnemonic words of logic, the universal affirmative proposition, as, all men are mortal. Similarly, I stands for the particular affirmative, as, some men are mortal; E for the universal negative, as, no men are mortal; O for the particular negative, as, some men are not mortal. The use of these symbols dates from the thirteenth century; they appear to be arbitrary applications of the vowels a, e, i, o, but are usually supposed to have been taken from the Latin AffIrmo, I affirm, and nEgO, I deny. But some authorities maintain that their use in Greek is much older."
"In eccles. chanting, one of the seven forms of modulation used in parts sung by the officiating priest or his assistants, viz., the immutable, medium, grave, acute, moderate, interrogative, final. In music: A stress or emphasis given to certain notes or parts of bars in a composition. It is divided into two kinds, grammatical and rhetorical or esthetic. The first is perfectly regular in its occurrence, always falling on the first part of a bar; the esthetic accent is irregular, and depends on taste and feeling."
"In mathematics, an equation between ratios. This use is obsolete except in a few phrases, as Napier's analogies, which are four important formulas of spherical trigonometry."
"In mathematics, a foliation is a geometric device used to study manifolds, consisting of an integrable subbundle of the tangent bundle. A foliation looks locally like a decomposition of the manifold as a union of parallel submanifolds of smaller dimension."
"With football's rapid growth in popularity in the late 19th century, several football clubs came into existence in Belgium. The first to register with the national association was R. Antwerp F.C.. They were subsequently assigned the matricule number 1 when the Royal Belgian Football Association gave a matricule number to each registered club in November 1926, by order of registration. Many matricule numbers no longer exist due to clubs ceasing to exist or merging with another club. When two (or more) clubs merge, they must choose which matricule number to keep."
ruzuzu commented on the word throne
Also see see.
Jun 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word see
"The seat of a bishop, whether an ordinary bishop, or a bishop of higher rank (metropolitan, etc., patriarch, pope); the local center of a diocese and of diocesan authority, or of a diocese and other subordinate dioceses; the city or locality from which ecclesiastical jurisdiction is exercised; hence, episcopal rank, authority, and jurisdiction as exercised from a permanent local center. The word see, from meaning any seat of dignity, came to apply specifically to the cathedra, or episcopal throne, situated in a cathedral, thence to the city which contained the cathedral and was the chief city of a bishop's diocese, and so in modern usage to the diocese itself. It differs from diocese, however, in that diocese represents the territorial province for the care of which the bishop is responsible (that is, where his duties lie), whereas see is the local seat of his authority, dignity, and episcopal privileges. Both words differ from bishopric, in that bishopric represents the bishop's office, whether actual or nominal. See throne."
--Century Dictionary
I especially like the "See throne" bit. Does throne tell us to "See see?"
Jun 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word diaphone
I like this example:
“Like the lighthouse keeper who could not sleep when the diaphone did not wrneeee-hrnawwww for five seconds of each and every minute, Jerry”
Instinct
Jun 3, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word wrneeee-hrnawwww
The sound a diaphone makes. Duh.
Jun 3, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word lightvessel
Also see lightship.
Jun 3, 2013
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
ruzuzu commented on the word eckyeckyeckyeckypikongzoopboinggoodemzuowlyzhiv
Yes, it is a good word. I like the laurels particularly.
Apr 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word bone oil
I can't believe this hasn't been listed!
Apr 12, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word house-proud
From the examples: “On the first occasion, Sir Ralph, a fireworks enthusiast, had been invited by Olivier and his house-proud future wife, Vivien Leigh, to celebrate her birthday at their bijoux London home.”
Apr 11, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list movies-ive-seen
This list makes me happy.
Apr 11, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word night crawlers
I knew someone who used to squash lightning bugs onto his bobber when he was fishing at night.
(Not sure whether I'm actually baiting anybody with that comment.)
Apr 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list fun-free-stuff-to-do-with-little-d
These all sound like fun.
Apr 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list just-because-i-feel-like-saying-it
I adore this list.
Apr 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word teleology
Simon Newcomb, perhaps?
Apr 5, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word exclamation mark
I've heard (probably in that Lynn Truss Eats, Shoots & Leaves book) that exclamation point is more common in America. I like saying exclamation mark because then it's more like question mark. But that could just be me being fussy.
Apr 4, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list the-beat---the-break
Cool list!
Apr 4, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list the-jazz-age
Super duper!
Apr 4, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list minions-wanted
*trips silent alarm*
Apr 3, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list medtech
Some of these are disturbing. I mean, sphygmomanometer? Not so bad. But sphincterotome? Yikes.
Apr 3, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list phones-ive-owned
Nice.
I keep waiting for someone to create a bananaphone.
Apr 3, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word herethere
"Behind the house, Vonetta put down the kickstand. She climbed off the Harley.
'No here. No there. Herethere,' Shep said, making a single noun from two."
-- By the Light of the Moon: A Novel by Dean Koontz p. 253
Apr 3, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word exclamation mark
I wholeheartedly agree. I also wanted to add how nice it was to see these comments here instead of on exclamation point.
Apr 3, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list words-for-ice
I'd wondered about the prize. :-)
We could give you a madeupical Wordnik one. Do you like fufluns?
Apr 3, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user bilby
Thanks, Easter Bilby. Do all marsupials carry chocolate in their pouches?
Apr 1, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list the-crucible
Yay! I wish we could make lists of lists--it'd be fun to have all of the plays in one place.
Apr 1, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list words-for-ice
Excellent. Are Timbits anything like Tim Tams?
Apr 1, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user bilby
Happy Easter Bilby is a sweet tooth fairy.
Mar 30, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
The bendywordhausrule? Nein.
Mar 29, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word cheese
There's more fun in the comments over on head cheese, of course.
Mar 29, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word cheese
"The inflated appearance of a gown or petticoat resulting from whirling round and making a low courtesy, supposed to resemble a large cheese; hence, a low courtesy."
--CD&C
Mar 29, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word buffoon
No worries--we'll just calmly add a madeupical definition in the comments over on baffoon. Something about how it combines the meanings for buffoon and baboon, perhaps?
Mar 29, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word kleptonarcissist
You probably think this song is about you.
Mar 28, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word schadenfreude
On Nov 11, 2010, milosrdenstvi wondered if there was "still a 'list of most listed words'."
I nominate milos to create that list if we don't have one already.
Mar 28, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
The Scrabble board is a 15 by 15 grid--you'd need at least 4 boards to even attempt to play rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.
Mar 28, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word marriage
"For years, lexicographers have pored over the term at the center of Supreme Court proceedings today, trying to tweak dictionary entries to reflect how all people use the word, regardless of their political persuasions. “Lexicographers end up in a no-win situation, where no matter what they do, somebody’s going to have trouble with the definition,” says Ben Zimmer, linguist and executive producer at Vocabulary.com.
Some dictionaries, like the historically ordered Merriam-Webster, have added a second definition for same-sex marriage and left the main entry referring to a man and a woman. Zimmer points out that some gay rights activists balk at that fix, however, feeling a second definition suggests that gay marriage is second class. Other references, like the American Heritage Dictionary, have wedged more information into a single definition: “The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife, and in some jurisdictions, between two persons of the same sex, usually entailing legal obligations of each person to the other.”"
From "Seven Hang-Ups in the Language of Gay Rights" by Katy Steinmetz
(http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/27/seven-hang-ups-in-the-language-of-gay-rights/#ixzz2OmHlJlLl)
Mar 27, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word firecrap
It's a letter away from firetrap.
Mar 27, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word bedraggled
Those definitions surprised me. In my mind it's definitely in the exhausted family--but exhausted the way a mouse is when a cat's been playing with it.
Mar 26, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list inedible-bugs
Are they anything like Tim Tams?
Mar 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
I thought beef was gluten-free.
Mar 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list inedible-bugs
Cool list.
Mar 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word butter of antimony
This shows up in the Century's definition for browning, where it talks about "|c|hlorid or butter of antimony, called bronzing-salt."
Mar 24, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word browning
"n. The act of making brown. Specifically, the process of darkening the polished surfaces of gun-barrels and other metallic objects. Chlorid or butter of antimony, called bronzing-salt, is used in the process.
n. A preparation of sugar, port wine, spices, etc., for coloring and flavoring meat and made dishes.
n. In plastering, the second coat. The first coat, called the scratch coat, is generally deeply scored to receive and hold the browning.
n. In botany, the discoloration which takes place in vegetable cells when they are injured, as by cutting. It is probably due to chemical changes."
-- From the Century Dictionary entry over on Browning
Mar 24, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word heavy metal umlaut
Also known as röck döts.
Mar 22, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list x-up-or-x-down
Thanks, pterodactyl!
Mar 22, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list x-up-or-x-down
How do you feel about cook? Is letting a sauce "cook down" common enough?
Mar 22, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list here-i-dreamt-i-was-an-archetype
I <3 pterodactyl, this list, and Wordnik. Yay!
Mar 22, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user ttommey
Hold out for fufluns!
Mar 21, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word acatry
The Century has a couple definitions over on acatery.
Mar 19, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word yarsagumbu
Don't you?
Mar 19, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list identify-the-word-ie-nik--2013
Does a tiara count as a thinking cap?
Mar 19, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user shevek
I like your "stacked fifths" comment on quital. Also, you have lovely lists.
Mar 19, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word cataract
"n. In fortification, a herse.
n. A regulator for single-acting steam-engines, invented by Smeaton.
n. The plungeon, a kind of cormorant: so called because of its violent downward flight in seizing its prey."
-- CD&C
Mar 18, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list lost-for-word
I think pareidolia works for what I was looking for, but apophenia is fantastic! Thank you!
Mar 18, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list new-sound-effects
Excellent list! I think flan is my favorite.
Mar 18, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list lost-for-word
What's the word for looking at random pattern and thinking you can see faces in it?
Mar 18, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list intertanglement
See, e.g., Borromean.
Mar 18, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list things-that-freak-me-out
Knock knock.
Mar 16, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word Killing field
"In mathematics, a Killing vector field (often just Killing field), named after Wilhelm Killing, is a vector field on a Riemannian manifold (or pseudo-Riemannian manifold) that preserves the metric. Killing fields are the infinitesimal generators of isometries; that is, flows generated by Killing fields are continuous isometries of the manifold. More simply, the flow generates a symmetry, in the sense that moving each point on an object the same distance in the direction of the Killing vector field will not distort distances on the object."
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_vector_field&oldid=542305952
Mar 15, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word puddling
What's the word for a group of butterflies? (The visuals on this page are great, btw.)
Mar 15, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list mining-terms
That's fun. What's the Wise Owl Club?
Mar 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list fun---beatles-song-titles
Hilarious. I love seeing that Norwegian out of context.
Mar 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list mining-terms
Nice! You might also enjoy the coal-mining-terms list. I think hernesheir might have one, as well.
Mar 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word fair-maids-of-february
Snowdrops.
Mar 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word cross-staff
"An instrument formerly used to take the altitude of the sun or stars. It was superseded by the quadrant. Also called for|e|-staff."
--CD&C
Mar 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word hurdle
"Specifically— A sledge or frame on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution."
--CD&C
Mar 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list construction-related-glossary
Well, it looks like you're off to a great start. Welcome to Wordnik!
Mar 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list construction-related-glossary
These are great! I'm totally yoinking them for my construction-zone list.
Mar 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user yarb
If you're still looking for prizes, you should ask the bear about miniature trebuchets.
Mar 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word the sound of a dictionary falling down
Cf. fee-ee-ee-ee-ww-ww-ww-kreng.
Mar 11, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word adjoinage
When I first read it, I had no idea that "adjoinage" was meant to be a portmanteau. I think it would be hilarious to call them something more like punmanteaus.
Mar 11, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word trending words
I totally disagree.
*unfastens noose*
Mar 11, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word bipolar feeding
I Iiked the part about "blind-ended evaginations."
Mar 10, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user sionnach
I see you've met Hervé le furet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXFCXr5gbSA
Mar 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word stroller
"One who strolls; a wanderer; a straggler; a vagabond; especially, an itinerant performer."
--CD&C
Mar 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list specific-excrement
Um... I'll just leave this here for you.*
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=toilet-tissue-anthropologists-uncover-all-the-ways-weve-wiped
*Note to yarb: It mentions Rabelais.
Mar 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word trending words
Hm. Has anyone ever seen bilby and blafferty in the same place at the same time?
Mar 7, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word thunderclap headache
"A headache is called "thunderclap headache" if it is severe in character and reaches maximum severity within seconds to minutes of onset. In many cases, there are no other abnormalities, but the various causes of thunderclap headaches may lead to a number of neurological symptoms. The most important causes are subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and cervical artery dissection."
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thunderclap_headache&oldid=536241101
Mar 7, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word Prolagus
*favorited again*
Mar 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word Prolagus
*unfavorited for the express purpose of favoriting again*
Mar 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
I thought you were guessing that yarb's word will be brilliant. I think you're both brilliant, so this next game's going to be tough for me.
Mar 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Me! Me! Pick me!
*ahem*
I mean... uh, that's cool. You know. Whatever.
Mar 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word adjoinages
See citation on adjoinage.
Mar 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word adjoinage
"So if recessionista and fembot are not really puns, what are they? They’re neolexic portmanteaus, in which root words are brutally slammed together with cavalier lack of wit. “Neolexic portmanteau” is a mouthful, so instead we shall choose a simpler handle. Sherry-manteau, catastrounity, misceg-formation, piss-poortmanteau, and poor-man’s-toes all proffer themselves as alternatives, but they are still laborsome. Therefore, I christen these neolexic portmanteaus adjoinages—a functioning portmanteau pun, in case you failed to see, on adjoin and coinage."
-- From "Please Do Not Chillax: Adjoinages and the death of the American pun." By Simon Akam
(http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2013/03/chillax_wikipedia_and_bridezilla_are_not_puns_against_adjoinages.html)
Mar 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word foward
Facing one's foes?
Mar 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user edwardvielmetti
Thank you for your comment on scanning bee. I just added it to my list of bees.
Mar 5, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
No word from his yarbishness (yet). Are you willing to host again?
Mar 5, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user yarb
Is it time for another identify-the-wordienik?
Mar 1, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Is it time to try this again? I have a tiara to defend.
Mar 1, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word saltation
"A recent study finds that saltating sand particles induces a static electric field by friction. Saltating sand acquires a negative charge relative to the ground which in turn loosens more sand particles which then begin saltating. This process has been found to double the number of particles predicted by previous theory. This is significant in meteorology because it is primarily the saltation of sand particles which dislodges smaller dust particles into the atmosphere. Dust particles and other aerosols such as soot affect the amount of sunlight received by the atmosphere and earth, and are nuclei for condensation of the water vapour."
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saltation_(geology)&oldid=536970750
Mar 1, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word game-hawk
Thanks, hh. I just added it to my falconry list.
Feb 28, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list klezmer
It's the best part!
Feb 26, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
List of people from Budapest?
Feb 26, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list boring-horror-films
Hilarious.
Feb 26, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word soil
So why don't people hate the word soil the same way they hate the word moist? Soil always reminds me of night soil or soylent green. Moist always reminds me of delicious cake.
Feb 26, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list fictional-music-genres
"viscious sheep was added by bilby and appears on just this list"
Feb 26, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word coquina
Okay--I get it now. Thanks! In the meantime, I started a klezmer list.
Feb 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word coquina
That's one of my favorites, hh. I'm tempted to put this on my cattle list now, but I have to ask: Why coquina?
Feb 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word disengage
"To release or set free from union, attachment, or connection; detach; loosen or unfasten, and set free; release: as, to disengage a metal from its gangue, or a garment from a clinging bramble; to disengage the mind from study."
-- CD&C
Feb 22, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user PossibleUnderscore
So I just wanted to let you know that I tried halo-halo for the first time. I liked it. Are the beans always crunchy?
Feb 22, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list your-number-s-up
This is one of my favorite lists.
Feb 22, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word NASA-approved lavender
""Honestly, it does smell like there's a little bit of lavender in there," Zimmermann said. "I'm not sure if that was NASA-approved lavender, but it's definitely one of those things that we put there because it's a candle.""
-- http://www.space.com/19889-space-smell-candle-think-geek.html
Feb 21, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word snowmenclature
Snowmenclature is the new snowclone.
Feb 20, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word ceteras
It makes me think of ceteris paribus.
Feb 20, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word Lautenwerck
That's so cool.
Feb 17, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word we
That's interesting. Thanks, qroqqa.
Feb 17, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word peddler
I remember something from one of those brown-eye/blue-eye documentaries where one of the people in power was saying he didn't want to let the other group have power because "then they'll do the same thing to us." I don't think coming up with a new way to new group helps anyone. Not that the brown-eye/blue-eye thing wasn't without flaws, of course.
Feb 16, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word intercourse
Also, is intercommunion the same as communion (but with more letters)?
Feb 16, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word intercourse
Weirdnet's definition seems pretty clinical until you get to the mysterious word "excited."
Feb 16, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word ironic quotes
Tonight, on a very special episode of Blossom....
Feb 16, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list golf-clubs
You might like john's golf-words list.
Feb 15, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word festino
A political partay?
Feb 15, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list o--6
That's a gooooooood point.
Feb 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list o--6
I'm working on a's now--but I got distracted by the mnemonic words of logic (again).
Feb 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word e
For its use in the mnemonic words of logic, see a.
Feb 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word a
"In the mnemonic words of logic, the universal affirmative proposition, as, all men are mortal. Similarly, I stands for the particular affirmative, as, some men are mortal; E for the universal negative, as, no men are mortal; O for the particular negative, as, some men are not mortal. The use of these symbols dates from the thirteenth century; they appear to be arbitrary applications of the vowels a, e, i, o, but are usually supposed to have been taken from the Latin AffIrmo, I affirm, and nEgO, I deny. But some authorities maintain that their use in Greek is much older."
--CD&C
Feb 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list o--6
Ooooh! Okay, I nominate alexz to make the O list.
Feb 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list o--6
Has anyone gone through and listed every O? It'd be fun to see a list with just ô, ō, ö, etc.
Feb 14, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word accent
"In eccles. chanting, one of the seven forms of modulation used in parts sung by the officiating priest or his assistants, viz., the immutable, medium, grave, acute, moderate, interrogative, final. In music: A stress or emphasis given to certain notes or parts of bars in a composition. It is divided into two kinds, grammatical and rhetorical or esthetic. The first is perfectly regular in its occurrence, always falling on the first part of a bar; the esthetic accent is irregular, and depends on taste and feeling."
-- CD&C
Feb 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word analogy
"In mathematics, an equation between ratios. This use is obsolete except in a few phrases, as Napier's analogies, which are four important formulas of spherical trigonometry."
--CD&C
Feb 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
List of triangle topics.
Feb 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word bass guitar
When I see "electric bass," I immediately think of Big Mouth Billy Bass--but I think he ran on batteries.
Feb 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word SOH-CAH-TOA
"Sine = Opposite ÷ Hypotenuse
Cosine = Adjacent ÷ Hypotenuse
Tangent = Opposite ÷ Adjacent"
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trigonometry&oldid=538016516
Feb 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list sun-words
Icarus.
Feb 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word overperted
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
Feb 13, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word selfish
Dear gangerh from 2008:
Thank you for saying exactly what I wanted to hear in 2013.
Sincerely, ruzuzu
Feb 12, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list olive
Thanks--it's a bit iroquoisy. I ran across terre-verte yesterday when I was on a kick about green cheese and moonrakers.
Feb 12, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list olive
Nice! Can I add terre-verte, or are you just looking for the edible kind?
Feb 12, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list gun
When bilbies are outlawed, only outlaws will have trebuchets.
Wait. That's not right. When outlaws are bilbied, only marky will have...
How does it go?
Feb 11, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word aurally
Aura Lea, Aura Lea,
Maid with golden hair;
Sunshine came along with thee,
And swallows in the air.
Feb 11, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word l'appel du vide
Someone just listed L’appel du vide, which is not the same as l’appel du vide or, surprisingly, our friend l'appel du vide.
Feb 11, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word L’appel du vide
See l'appel du vide.
Feb 11, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word chortle
Ha.
Feb 10, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--neat-porters
Deionychus got it! (It was paternoster.)
Feb 7, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--neat-porters
Oh! I thought this was going to be too obvious! Do you want hints?
Feb 7, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word mydaleine
Thanks! Added.
Feb 7, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word foliation
I could see it. Foliage and decomposition make me think of forests--and forests are good at cleaning the air.
Feb 7, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word asprino
Ha!
Feb 7, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word foliation
"In mathematics, a foliation is a geometric device used to study manifolds, consisting of an integrable subbundle of the tangent bundle. A foliation looks locally like a decomposition of the manifold as a union of parallel submanifolds of smaller dimension."
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foliation&oldid=526000556
Feb 7, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--ictus-aromas
That was fun! We should all do another one.
Feb 7, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--ictus-aromas
Causa mortis.
Feb 7, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list the-measure-of-man
aam
Feb 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word love
If the truth is known, I do love love on its own merits.
I especially love this CD&C definition: "An old game in which one holds up one or more fingers, and another, without looking, guesses at the number."
Edit: I also love the one about the love-ribbon.
Feb 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word love
I just loved (or "favorited") this word, but only so I could add it to my recently-loved-words list.
Feb 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user super-julia
Me too! I also believe in Santa Fox and The Easter Bilby.
Feb 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list exploitation-subgenres
Nice! I'm especially fond of avoiding sharksploitation movies.
Feb 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list trending-words
Do Fonkbots dream of electric cats?
Feb 6, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list phrases--lateral-thinking
This is fruit battingly iroquoisy for me (for several reasons).
Cool list, Marky.
Feb 5, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list cagastric-words
Excellent list. I came here after looking up the word electuary and found that I'd already favorited it.
Feb 5, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user john
The word John was just trending on the community page, so I added it to my trending words list and tagged it as john.
<3
Feb 5, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list trending-words
I've been seeing new ones at the bottom of the list (cat still shows up a lot). Today I saw the word John.
Feb 5, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word matricule
"With football's rapid growth in popularity in the late 19th century, several football clubs came into existence in Belgium. The first to register with the national association was R. Antwerp F.C.. They were subsequently assigned the matricule number 1 when the Royal Belgian Football Association gave a matricule number to each registered club in November 1926, by order of registration. Many matricule numbers no longer exist due to clubs ceasing to exist or merging with another club. When two (or more) clubs merge, they must choose which matricule number to keep."
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Belgium&oldid=535671487
Feb 5, 2013