shadytrees commented on the word hapax legomenon
Obligatory Dinosaur Comics link.
March 25, 2009
shadytrees commented on the list contact
Played terpsichorean at Vivek's party.
August 8, 2008
shadytrees commented on the word herostratic
As always, Dinosaur Comics has the sexiest explanation.
July 21, 2008
Ha, I didn't even know about Boticelli! Thanks for the link!
June 30, 2008
Wikipedia has a good overview of the rules.
Played borborygmus successfully while waiting for vans to GSK.
June 29, 2008
Last day: Played selfsame and stumped Vivek.
Today (6/12): Won on suzerainty until Nabil looked it up.
June 13, 2008
Well, I don't think I'll ever be able to play Contact again.
May 29, 2008
agora is a particularly good word. Even though it's short, people will run out at ago if I'm predicting correctly.
May 26, 2008
5/23: Calvin got jingoism on the bus.
May 25, 2008
5/7: squamous and rugose played and won.
May 8, 2008
5/3: Daniel got conniption at the National Museum of Natural History.
May 6, 2008
shadytrees commented on the word leitmotif
Best modern example? Arrested Development
April 29, 2008
4/28: Shriram profferred leitmotif.
shadytrees commented on the user shadytrees
Unfortunately, I'm a Yu-Gi-OH Duel Monster trap card. Please shuffle the deck and redraw your hand.
April 28, 2008
4/20: I won on postlapsarian at the NC STM dinner.
April 21, 2008
4/17: Daniel got solipsism. Shriram got prestidigitator. I won on prosopagnosia.
April 18, 2008
4/16: totemic, fungible, and couscous played. Vivek got couscous, I won the rest.
April 17, 2008
4/15: adamantine and zoetrope successfully played. adamantine has the problem of having the common word "adamant" being guessed; trying arguing that one off.
April 16, 2008
4/5: vivisect successfully stumped everybody at Science Olympiad.
April 7, 2008
March 29, 2008
Previously: Daniel got stentorian.
3/28: Vivek got doggerel thanks to Achenbach.
waif is better used as an awesome clue than an actual Wordmaster word.
Comments by shadytrees
shadytrees commented on the word hapax legomenon
Obligatory Dinosaur Comics link.
March 25, 2009
shadytrees commented on the list contact
Played terpsichorean at Vivek's party.
August 8, 2008
shadytrees commented on the word herostratic
As always, Dinosaur Comics has the sexiest explanation.
July 21, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
Ha, I didn't even know about Boticelli! Thanks for the link!
June 30, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
Wikipedia has a good overview of the rules.
June 30, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
Played borborygmus successfully while waiting for vans to GSK.
June 29, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
Last day: Played selfsame and stumped Vivek.
Today (6/12): Won on suzerainty until Nabil looked it up.
June 13, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
Well, I don't think I'll ever be able to play Contact again.
May 29, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
agora is a particularly good word. Even though it's short, people will run out at ago if I'm predicting correctly.
May 26, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
5/23: Calvin got jingoism on the bus.
May 25, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
5/7: squamous and rugose played and won.
May 8, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
5/3: Daniel got conniption at the National Museum of Natural History.
May 6, 2008
shadytrees commented on the word leitmotif
Best modern example? Arrested Development
April 29, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
4/28: Shriram profferred leitmotif.
April 29, 2008
shadytrees commented on the user shadytrees
Unfortunately, I'm a Yu-Gi-OH Duel Monster trap card. Please shuffle the deck and redraw your hand.
April 28, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
4/20: I won on postlapsarian at the NC STM dinner.
April 21, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
4/17: Daniel got solipsism. Shriram got prestidigitator. I won on prosopagnosia.
April 18, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
4/16: totemic, fungible, and couscous played. Vivek got couscous, I won the rest.
April 17, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
4/15: adamantine and zoetrope successfully played. adamantine has the problem of having the common word "adamant" being guessed; trying arguing that one off.
April 16, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
4/5: vivisect successfully stumped everybody at Science Olympiad.
April 7, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
Wikipedia has a good overview of the rules.
March 29, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
Previously: Daniel got stentorian.
March 29, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
3/28: Vivek got doggerel thanks to Achenbach.
March 29, 2008
shadytrees commented on the list contact
waif is better used as an awesome clue than an actual Wordmaster word.
March 29, 2008