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marky commented on the word prom-munism
lol http://krqe.com/2015/03/05/seniors-vote-for-communism-themed-prom/
March 7, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word infoholic
I wish we had a HATE button. I don't like the mouthfeel of this word.
March 6, 2015
qms commented on the user alankinna
alankinna seems to be in urgent need of reassurance. Lament not, alankinna.
March 6, 2015
alankinna commented on the user alankinna
Comments? Come in, Comments. Can you hear me, Comments? Kindly convey a comment lest one lament.
March 6, 2015
scarequotes commented on the word transface
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2015/02/25/transface-problem-hollywood
The accusation is rooted in what some in the LGBT community refer to as "transface" — a term that conjures the culturally taboo practice of "blackface" — in which a cisgender actor will "take" a role from a transgender actor.
March 6, 2015
qms commented on the word mitraille
When gas in the outhouse builds high
Its contents become like mitraille.
If it will amuse,
Put match to a fuse:
Take cover and watch the shit fly.
March 6, 2015
dpkendal commented on the word cholarchy
http://dpk.io/cholarchy
March 6, 2015
qms commented on the word mitraille
I find two pronunciations proposed for mitraille. It can be "mit try," which honors the French origin and is consistent with the more familiar mitrailleuse. Another source supports "my trail," a brutal anglicization which might be no more than a desperate guess.
March 6, 2015
qms commented on the word cimmerian
A "mythical" people also named Cimmerians are described in Book 11, 14 of Homer's Odyssey as living beyond the Oceanus, in a land of fog and darkness, at the edge of the world and the entrance of Hades. Most likely they were unrelated to the Cimmerians of the Black Sea.
Wikipedia
March 6, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word finhold
Those beautiful lionfish, native to Asian waters, are wreaking havoc in the Caribbean and off the coasts of a bunch of Southeastern states.
The species got a finhold over here about 20 years ago. Hurricane damage to a Florida aquarium may have let them loose...
March 6, 2015
alexz commented on the word legal ohm
an archaic measure of electrical resistance based on "a column of mercury 106 cm long and 1 mm square in cross section" https://books.google.ca/books?id=N-4yAAAAMAAJ
in 1884, electrical measurements varied from country to country.
March 6, 2015
alexz commented on the word ohm out
This verb means to check the electrical resistance of a circuit or cable.
A continuity tester can tell you wires are attached, but checking the resistance will let you know how good the electrical contacts are within a connector or circuit.
For techies, ohm is a verb as well as a noun/unit of measure.
March 6, 2015
alexz commented on the word pic-a-nic
Yogi Bear cartoon version of the word picnic
March 6, 2015
bbt8082 commented on the user bbt8082
Hi peeps
March 6, 2015
ruzuzu commented on the list set-theory
Oh, fun!
March 5, 2015
erinmckean commented on the word sklonklish
MARGARET: (GENUINE) Susan, if I had a million more sisters, I'd want them all exactly like you.
SUSAN: You're just saying that because I'm so sklonklish. Good night, Margaret. (from The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer)
March 5, 2015
qms commented on the word quilisma
I beg of some expert a favor:
How signal in music a quaver?
Can I use a quilisma
To suggest melisma,
That haunting melodious waver?
March 5, 2015
WanderlustDreamer commented on the word hakim
Word is used in Chapter XXVII of "The Rerurn of Dr Fu-Manchu" by Sax Rohmer.
March 5, 2015
wsolberg commented on the user wsolberg
IMPERT: (Defn by Erin McKean.) A person who makes valuable contributions in a field of knowledge despite lacking formal training or professional connections in that field. The impert's contributions typically diverge from conventional styles, thinking, or theories.
March 5, 2015
qroqqa commented on the list set-theory
A list with two constraints: I must have some idea what the term means (thus no 'ineffable' or 'forcing' as I'm not up to them yet); and only single words (thus no 'model theory' or 'Cantor diagonal argument').
March 5, 2015
dearbear2015 commented on the user dearbear2015
student should study hard
March 5, 2015
anshulg.zeal commented on the user anshulg.zeal
schadenfreude
March 5, 2015
marky commented on the word acid western
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_Western
March 5, 2015
phoebea8 commented on the list phil107
presupposition - Reading 1
March 4, 2015
phoebea8 commented on the list engl120
obdurate - Lecture 1B - Brideshead Revisited
March 4, 2015
VanderPike commented on the word jarms
According to Sir Richard Burton's footnotes in his translation of A Thousand and One Arabian Nights, a Jarm is a kind of Barge used on the Nile of sub-pyriform shape when viewed from above.
March 4, 2015
zoemars commented on the list writing-words--6
Beguile: deceive
Caprice: impulse
Cascade: steep waterfall
Coalesce: unite, or fuse
Crepuscular: dim, or twilit
Crystalline: clear, or sparkling
Desultory: half-hearted, meandering
Diaphanous: gauzy
Dulcet: sweet
Ebullient: enthusiastic
Effervescent: bubbly
Elision: omission
Encompass: surround
Ephemeral: fleeting
Epitome: embodiment of the ideal
Ethereal: celestial, unworldly, immaterial
Evanescent: fleeting
Evocative: suggestive
Exuberant: abundant, unrestrained, outsize
Felicity: happiness, pleasantness
Filament: thread, strand
Halcyon: care-free
Idyllic: contentedly pleasing
Incorporeal: without form
Incandescent: glowing, radiant, brilliant, zealous
Ineffable: indescribable, unspeakable
Inexorable: relentless
Insouciance: nonchalance
Iridescent: luster
Languid: slow, listless
Lassitude: fatigue
Lilt: cheerful or buoyant song or movement
Lithe: flexible, graceful
Luminescence: dim chemical or organic light
Mellifluous: smooth, sweet
Murmur: soothing sound
Myriad: great number
Nebulous: indistinct
Opulent: ostentatious
Penumbra: shade, shroud, fringe
Plethora: abundance
Quiescent: peaceful
Quintessential: most purely representative or typical
Redolent: aromatic, evocative
Resplendent: shining
Rhapsodic: intensely emotional
Scintilla: trace
Serendipitous: chance
Serene: peaceful
Somnolent: drowsy, sleep inducing
Sonorous: loud, impressive, imposing
Sublime: exalted, transcendent
Succulent: juicy, tasty, rich
Suffuse: flushed, full
Susurration: whispering
Symphony: harmonious assemblage
Talisman: charm, magical device
Tessellated: checkered in pattern
Tranquility: peacefulness
Vestige: trace
Zenith: highest point
March 4, 2015
qms commented on the word upstander
Stout Ernest is quite the upstander
And will not dissemble or pander.
Though shock it elicit
No word is illicit -
He'll list it with unflinching candor.
Find out more about Ernest Bafflewit
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word motion picture production code
A set of industry moral guidelines (Don'ts and Be Carefuls) applied to most United States motion pictures released by major studios from 1930 to 1968. It was popularly known as the Hays Code, after Will H. Hays, who was the president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) from 1922 to 1945.
DON'Ts:
-Pointed profanity – by either title or lip – this includes the words "God," "Lord," "Jesus," "Christ" (unless they be used reverently in connection with proper religious ceremonies), "hell," "damn," "Gawd," and every other profane and vulgar expression however it may be spelled;
-Any licentious or suggestive nudity – in fact or in silhouette; and any lecherous or licentious notice thereof by other characters in the picture;
-The illegal traffic in drugs;
-Any inference of sex perversion;
-White slavery;
-Miscegenation (sex relationships between the white and black races);
-Sex hygiene and venereal diseases;
-Scenes of actual childbirth or breastfeeding – in fact or in silhouette;
-Children's sex organs;
-Ridicule of the clergy;
-Willful offense to any nation, race or creed.
CAREFULS:
-The use of the flag;
-International relations (avoiding picturizing in an unfavorable light another country's religion, history, institutions, prominent people, and citizenry);
-Arson;
-The use of firearms;
-Theft, robbery, safe-cracking, and dynamiting of trains, mines, buildings, etc. (having in mind the effect which a too-detailed description of these may have upon the moron);
-Brutality and possible gruesomeness;
-Technique of committing murder by whatever method;
-Methods of smuggling;
-Third-degree methods (inflicting of pain, physical or mental, to extract confessions or statements);
-Actual hangings or electrocutions as legal punishment for crime;
-Sympathy for criminals;
-Attitude toward public characters and institutions;
-Sedition (overt conduct that is deemed by the legal authority to tend toward insurrection against the established order);
-Apparent cruelty to children and animals;
-Branding of people or animals;
-The sale of women, or of a woman selling her virtue;
-Rape or attempted rape;
-First-night scenes (consummation or consummation of a marriage)
-Man and woman in bed together;
-Deliberate seduction of girls;
-The institution of marriage;
-Surgical operations;
-The use of drugs;
-Titles or scenes having to do with law enforcement or law-enforcing officers;
-Excessive or lustful kissing, particularly when one character or the other is a "heavy" (criminal).
March 4, 2015
Steamie commented on the word nicier
Nicier
Nicer than nice
steamie
March 4, 2015
Steamie commented on the word DESTINONIAL
dESTINONIAL
Something you experience that leads you to believe you've found your destiny.
steamie
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word non-binary
The Guardian, February 2015:
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word internet of things
IoT. The third wave of the internet.
1. First wave: connecting users to the Internet, primarily via their desktops (aka fixed internet)
2. Second wave: connecting users to the Internet via their mobile devices.
3. Third wave: connecting things to the Internet, such as one's smoke alarm, thermostat, security camera, industrial equipment, cars, trains, and wearable devices.
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word hearable
The Guardian, February 2015:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word self-photograph
An attempt to avoid the word selfie, especially as used by an official body who can't quite bring themselves to use such a "common" word.
The Register, February 2015:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word supertweetee
The Atlantic, January 2015:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word supertweeter
The Atlantic, January 2015:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word supertweet
The Atlantic, January 2015:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word Nearable Technology
A proposed development of the internet of things, when smartdevices are no longer needed in smartphones or wearables, but become an integral part of our surroundings.
Demos Helsinki, January 2015:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word nearable
A proposed development of the internet of things, when smartdevices are no longer needed in smartphones or wearables, but become an integral part of our surroundings.
Demos Helsinki, January 2015:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word Brexit
British exit from the EU.
The Guardian, October 2014:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word Grexit
Greek exit from the EU or euro.
The Guardian, January 2015:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word 10x engineer
Shanley Kane, September 2013:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word Sforzian Background
For example, the 'Mission Accomplished' sign behind George Bush on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
greg.org, October 2003:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word Sforzian
Adjective, originally from the Sforzian Background, such as the 'Mission Accomplished' sign behind George Bush on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
greg.org, October 2003:
Sforzian is now generally applied to a stage-managed, news-manipulating, political display, such as the image of world leaders marching shoulder-to-shoulder with millions in the Charlie Hebdo unity rally, except really the leaders were on their own down a sealed-off side street.
greg.org, January 2015:
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word maternity tourism
Foreign nationals who enter the United States with the intent to give birth so their offspring will be American citizens. Businesses (primarily in China, and advertising online) provide, for a fee, lodging, transportation, and food, but do not include medical care. The more expensive maternity tourism packages include recreational activities such as visits to Disneyland, shopping malls, even outings to firing ranges.
The operators of the maternity tourism businesses carefully coach clients to misrepresent the purpose of their visit in order to obtain tourist visas to enter the US.
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word af
Abbreviation of "as fuck".
@OgChrisCat__, January 2015:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word roverware
Software used on an extraterrestrial automated motor vehicle.
The Register, January 2015:
March 4, 2015
hugovk commented on the word livebrag
To show off about being at an event by livelogging/livetweeting.
@iamdanw:
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word reading to animals
An activity that helps children with difficulty reading out loud gain self-confidence by reading to animals, usually cats or dogs.
March 4, 2015
paulwwells commented on the list homological-or-autological-words
What about 'English' as a homological word?
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word unboxing video
A video that follows an owner's entire process of opening, configuring, and activating their latest high-tech gadgets.
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word haul video
A video recording, posted to the Internet, which displays items recently purchased, including product details and price.
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word horsemaning
Horsemaning, or fake beheading, was a popular way to pose in a photograph in the 1920's. Sometimes spelled horsemanning, the horsemaning photo fad derives its name from the Headless Horseman, an evil character from Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word lumbersexual
A portmanteau, derived from lumberjack and heterosexual, describing a man who has adopted a retro fashion style resembling a traditional lumberjack particularly with a beard, plaid shirt, and scruffy hair.
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word dog shaming
Dog shaming, also known as animal shaming, is an internet meme. Images of a dog or other animal are uploaded to the internet with a sign which describes some recent negative behavior, such as I ATE ALL THE LEFTOVER PIZZA.
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word cotton ball diet
A cotton ball diet is a diet that involves consuming cotton balls dipped in liquids such as juices and smoothies. The diet is used to make the stomach feel full without gaining weight.
The diet can cause choking because the cotton balls cannot be broken down and must be eaten whole. Toxins in the synthetic ingredients of cotton balls can build up over time and cause organ damage. Blockages in the digestive system can cause death of tissue in the gastrointestinal tract. Dehydration and nutritional disorders are further potential risks.
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word selfie stick
A selfie stick is a monopod used to take selfie photographs by positioning a smartphone or camera beyond the normal range of the arm.
Restrictions on the use of selfie sticks have been imposed across a range of venues (sporting events, galleries /museums and concerts) generally on the grounds of safety and inconvenience to others.
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word freep
v To slew or cheat an online poll by repeatedly voting, clearing cookies, and/or using proxies, with the goal of making a blog appear to be commented on by numerous posters by the same means.
v. To subject to a mass internet or email assault aimed at pushing a particular point of view.
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word kneecapping
"The prosecution said 16 men were involved in a brawl, part of a "tit-for-tat" battle between the Comanchero and Hells Angels motorcycle gangs which had resulted in drive-by shootings, firebombings and kneecappings.
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the list bits-and-pieces
Excellent list, madmouth. (This autocorrect is often annoying. It just changed 'madmouth' to 'badmouth'. Aargh. It did it again.)
March 4, 2015
WanderlustDreamer commented on the word vernalization
Word appeared in Emerald Coast Growers plant catalog.
March 4, 2015
madmouth commented on the word Glossary of curling
*wipes a single Canadian tear*
March 4, 2015
alexz commented on the word Glossary of curling
spotted on wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_curling
March 4, 2015
alexz commented on the word hurry hard
curling term - sweep faster.
March 4, 2015
alexz commented on the word duang
I suspect it's a popular word because of the duang remixes
Youtube Jackie Chan Duang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WdEtx29q98
(fast forward to 0:50 1:00 abd 1:59)
original version of commercial at 0:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RXg7IdOFlA
March 4, 2015
alexz commented on the word puddle jumping
from the Rick Mercer report - 2015 - driving a snowmobile over a patch of open water on a frozen lake as a competitive sport.
other puddle jumping examples require rubber boots and puddles, or float planes and remote lakes.
March 4, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word anthropogenic climate change
Anthropogenic climate change refers to the production of greenhouse gases emitted by human activity. By examining polar ice cores, scientists are convinced that human activity has increased the proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
March 4, 2015
scarequotes commented on the word duang
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-31689148
"Duang" seems to be an example of onomatopoeia, a word that phonetically imitates a sound. It all seems to have started with Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, who in 2004 was featured in a shampoo commercial where he said famously defended his sleek, black hair using the rhythmical-sounding "duang". The word resurfaced again recently after Chan posted it on his Weibo page. Thousands of users then began to flood Chan's Weibo page with comments, coining the word in reference to his infamous shampoo appearance.
March 4, 2015
alexz commented on the word Spocking
To deface the Canadian $5 bill to make Laurier look like Spock. "Spock On" http://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/canadians-are-spocking-their-money-in-tribute-to-leonard-nim#.swwdOr6vQ
March 4, 2015
appleberry3d commented on the user appleberry3d
majig
-an inactive object, which does not have a name
March 4, 2015
bilby commented on the word star jump
It's a gas gas gas.
March 4, 2015
okayfay commented on the user okayfay
dedicated logophile :)
March 3, 2015
erinmckean commented on the word mooncusser
""Mooncusser" is the name that Cape Codders gave years ago to people who used to lure storm-tossed ships onto the reefs with a light on the shore." Mystery of the Mooncusser
March 3, 2015
erinmckean commented on the word sapeurs-pompiers
"The fire service in France is known as Sapeurs-pompiers, except in Marseille, where naval "sailor-firefighters", marins-pompiers, provide fire and rescue services." Wikipedia
March 3, 2015
ry commented on the word take
see above in the Wiktionary entries:
"intransitive v. To have the intended effect; operate or work: The skin graft took."
March 3, 2015
bilby commented on the word noncat
I usually drink decat, or at least pick the fur out and pretend it's decat.
March 3, 2015
bilby commented on the word hell-for-leather
Looks like some colourful insinuation about hell, and leather, IMHO.
March 3, 2015
erinmckean commented on the word star jump
"A jumping jack (Canada & US) or star jump (UK and other Commonwealth nations), also called side-straddle hop in the US military, is a physical jumping exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead, sometimes in a clap, and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides." Wikipedia
March 3, 2015
bilby commented on the word take
For me, your new example doesn't work. I mean take.
March 3, 2015
malagrowther commented on the word take
I was looking for confirmation of take as an intransitive verb, and cannot find it here, in the sense of, being suitable to a base and surviving, as in "When enthusiasts for health insurance tried to graft the German system to the United States, the graft did not take". So I think that other subjects could be substituted for graft, meaning the same thing. The sentence I wanted to write goes something like: "This new art practice took well on the principles of...."
March 3, 2015
hudsonjohnny commented on the word intoxipost
Definition:
Verb: the act of creating content for social media while under the
influence of alcohol
Noun: social media content that was created by someone whose judgment
was obviously impaired or uninhibited by alcohol
Ex.: Did you see John and Nick's intoxipost about their Slip 'N Slide made entirely of cats?
Etymology: combination of intoxication and post.
Related words: Drunk dial and Drunk Text
March 3, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word sand tracing
Using sand (or sugar) as an art medium, relaxation activity or as a way for children to practice handwriting.
March 3, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word sand tracing
sand-tracing pendulum
March 3, 2015
qms commented on the word pawl
"Your ceaseless search finishes here,"
Declared the lovestruck engineer.
"I will be your all,
Your passion’s pawl;
My thrusts will brake your spinning gear."
March 3, 2015
WanderlustDreamer commented on the word temerity
Temerity is used in Chapter XXII of "The Return of Dr Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer.
March 3, 2015
WanderlustDreamer commented on the word chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro is well used in Chapter XXII of "The Return of Dr Fu-Manchu" by Sax Rohmer.
March 3, 2015
WanderlustDreamer commented on the word raiment
Raiment is well used in Chapter XXII of "The Return of Dr Fu-Manchu" by Sax Rohmer.
March 3, 2015
WanderlustDreamer commented on the word necromancer
Necromancer is used well in a sentence in Chapter XXII of "The Return of Dr Fu-Manchu" by Sax Rohmer.
March 3, 2015
WanderlustDreamer commented on the word chimera
Used well in Chapter XXVI of "The Return of Dr Fu-Manchu" by Sax Rohmer.
March 3, 2015
ruzuzu commented on the word long time nothing
See long time no see.
March 3, 2015
marg commented on the user marg
GOing for GRE...
March 3, 2015
alexz commented on the word duang
a new chinese character.
spotted on the BBC.
http://m.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-31689148
March 3, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word hell-for-leather
Sample paragraph:
"You can't, of course, discuss Lady Gaga without some mention of Madonna, whose blond ambition now seems positively classy next to Gaga's hell-for-leather brazenness."
March 3, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word long time nothing
Maybe it's a regional expression. I say, "long time no hear from" if the person is not face-to-face, such as on the phone. If it's a face-to-face situation then I'd say, "long time no see."
March 3, 2015
Mohamad_Jack commented on the word long time nothing
Long time nothing: This phrase is used humorously when you get in touch with someone via seeing, calling, hearing, mailing etc, after a long time.
March 3, 2015
madmouth commented on the word noncat
v. uncat
March 3, 2015
erinmckean commented on the list fabulous-creatures
Ooh! Also wasserman.
March 3, 2015
london71 commented on the user london71
blimey
March 2, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word cohort study
In statistics and demography, a cohort is a group of subjects who have shared a particular event together during a particular time span (e.g., people born in Europe between 1918 and 1939; survivors of an aircrash; truck drivers who smoked between age 30 and 40). Cohorts may be tracked over extended periods in a cohort study.
March 2, 2015