In Italian, to hold a candle for someone refers to when you are alone with two lovers (and you are therefore the candle holder for their romantic moment)
I think we should be a little flexible here. I'm only worried that it might come to a dead end too soon, or that some entries might need to be edited or deleted in order to keep the game going.
What do you think, would it work as a list or should it be a series of comments instead, like an anti-jean dimmock?
Darth vader's immaculate conception has been looked up 35 times, favorited 0 times, listed 0 times, commented on 0 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.
Thanks for your contributions my dearest, keep them coming!
Ruzuzu, I'm not adding the kanji list because stroke count is an important criterion to find the ideogram in the dictionary... quite like the alphabetical order.
In Italian printed news, the opening "third page" article, usually on literary or theater critics, or an erudite editorial on a piece of news or cultural topic. From "Elzevir", the name of a 17th century Dutch bookseller and publisher.
Lit. "Third page". The cultural section of Italian newspapers. So called because of the original location in the 20th century. See here for an excerpt from a 1922 issue of the New York Times.
In cartographic jargon, a road or street that is added to a map after its construction is planned but before it is actually built – which sometimes does not happen at all.
Opting for stability and the widest software compatibility, the Kindle Tablet will almost certainly run Gingerbread at its core, but that’s where the the similarities end. I believe that Amazon has actually taken an additional step forward and forked the code, and has added additional APIs and usability layers as well.
This special Amazon version of Gingerbread — which I’m tentatively referring to as “Kindlebread” has most likely been under closed development for close to two years, moving through successive code iterations from Android 2.1 and Android 2.2 while Amazon has watched the hardware platforms mature and observed the other Android players stumble and fall.
When the word you are looking up is also somebody's Twitter sobriquet, the Twitter box becomes unfortunately useless (see funktionslust for an example). Maybe there is a way of purging the results?
After I chose to permanently deactivate the mobile version, I decided to see what happens when visiting m.wordnik.com.
The "loop" bug disappears, but when I visit, say, my profile page (mobile version) and I select "View this page on regular Wordnik", I am redirected to www.wordnik.com instead of http://www.wordnik.com/people/Prolagus.
Thanks! I actually still have some trouble. Login now works (I had to empty cache and delete cookies), but:
- when I visit wordnik mobile, and I click "View this page on regular Wordnik", I can't access the "less mobile version" as The Onion calls it but I end up in a loop instead;
- when I try to visit a user page, I am still being redirected to the mobile version, which creates a broken link such as m.wordnik.com/p/
Only permanently blocking the mobile version works.
Hi John, is there a particular reason why I seem to be the only person whose comments on the Feedback page go unanswered? We are talking about lots of comments over the last 40 days or so. I'm not offended, but it would save me some time to know if there's something wrong about what I use that page for.
1) It is interesting to compare the article below with this 2011 blog post by mammal zoologist Roland Kays.
2) Etymology (for the animal):
The name implies a diet of fish yet it seldom dines on aquatic organisms. Early Dutch settlers noted its similarity to the European polecat (Mustela putorius). Fitchet is a name derived from the Dutch word visse which means 'nasty'. In the French language, the pelt of a polecat is called fiche or fichet.
When Wordnik has no definition for a word, it brings up comments instead, with a link to "older comments" if there are more than two. But the link brings up younger comments, not older (see galenious). It probably is best to display the oldest first, since that's the one most likely to be an example.
You changed that, but the page still says "X older comments" instead of "X newer comments". See afterbirther for an example.
Euphonic vowels are common in many languages and it seems to me that English is not an exception. In Japanese, Nihon becomes "Nippon" for ease of pronunciation, and hirakana becomes "hiragana" for similar reasons. Same in Italian.
The study of all of the nucleotide sequences, including structural genes, regulatory sequences, and noncoding DNA segments, in the chromosomes of an organism.
The American Heritage Dictionary definition above is misleading and ultimately incorrect, in that it assumes that only eukaryotic nuclear DNA (the one that forms chromosomes) is the study object of genomics - therefore excluding mitochondrial, chloroplast, prokaryotic, and viral DNA genomes.
The ecological environment in the ecological niche model cells will be separated in two classes of variables: first, those that affect the fitness, but on which the species has no impact. Hutchinson (1978) called these variables scenopoetic, for the Greek roots of “setting the scene”. ... Obvious examples of scenopoetic variables are climatic and topographic variables.
Jorge M. Soberón (2010), "Niche and area of distribution modeling: a population ecology perspective". Ecography 33(1): 159–167.
A South African friend of mine uses also in a different way than any other native English speaker I have ever talked to: at the end of a sentence, where most English speakers would use "too" or "as well".
e.g. I would like to come out for dinner also (where 'also' refers to the speaker)
JP: mine was a mildly jocose way of showing you this page. Perhaps those entries were removed, but I'd rather think they are still on the Brogan (capitalized) page and its Wordie section (Brogan).
Someday I will google Progasus and try to understand if yours was a misspelling or a joke as well.
Not only does the English Language borrow words from other languages, it sometimes chases them down dark alleys, hits them over the head, and goes through their pockets.
I would like to thank my school for forgetting I am an international student and therefore forcing me to pay $600 for Medicare and Social Security, that it turns out I should not have payed. Now I have to fill out more forms for a refund.
It's incredible how hopeless I am when it comes to tax forms.
For those who use Chrome, you can type wordnik.com (autocomplete makes it unnecessary to type the whole thing if you already visited Wordnik) then tab and the word you want to look up, e.g. wordnik.com TAB craudestopper redirects you to craudestopper.
You know I loved Wordie, guys, and you know how much I miss its simple design and occasional goofiness. Almost everything is gone - except for the "Some html" weird-looking popup window! Couldn't it be a dropout menu (is that what it's called?) within the comment box?
la-la land n. can refer either to Los Angeles (in which case its etymology is influenced by the common initialism for that city), or to a state of being out of touch with reality—and sometimes to both simultaneously.
Harvey A, Zukoff S (2011) Wind-Powered Wheel Locomotion, Initiated by Leaping Somersaults, in Larvae of the Southeastern Beach Tiger Beetle (Cicindela dorsalis media). PLoS ONE 6(3): e17746.
Hahaha! The only problem is that I need to find something related to that that also fits the list title... hmmm. Will spend some time on that later. In the meanwhile, your comment led me to incomplete sports lists which made me wonder if there is such a thing as an incomplete sport.
In Fourceelia (and as it turns out, in many other places, according to google), ... and a pony means... wait, someone else explained it better than I could do here (link)
This is what I refer to as ".. and a Pony!" thinking: the person asking the question doesn't know that what they're asking for is essentially impossible. So you might as well throw a Pony in there while you're at it. Everyone loves Ponies.
Here's the original reference (from Bill Watterson's masterpiece Calvin and Hobbes):
Also, DNA barcoding is based on a single locus, which means you would be looking at a gene tree and not a species tree.
And even if you actually analyze multiple loci, and identify clusters, it is not trivial to decide what the rank of that cluster is - a species? a subspecies? something else?
Myhrvold also uses traditional cooking as a jumping-off point; an example is that old American standby, barbecue. The book has extensive information about smoking, and the differences between grilling and barbecue. But it also demonstrates how to do traditional barbecue in a nontraditional way, using techniques from sous-vide, which involves cooking at low, accurate temperatures, usually in a water bath.
Please don't ask me how that happened, but I just read that Aubrey Beardsley is the ghost (/demon/something) in this movie and I somehow remembered your list.
"Twinkie defense" is a derisive label for an improbable legal defense. It is not a recognized legal defense in jurisprudence, but a catchall term coined by reporters during their coverage of the trial of defendant Dan White for the murders of San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone. White's defense was that he suffered diminished capacity as a result of his depression. His change in diet from health food to Twinkies and other sugary food was said to be a symptom of depression. This defense is a claim that sugary food was itself responsible for White's criminal behavior. White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
In statistics, Wombling is any of a number of techniques used for identifying zones of rapid change, typically in some quantity as it varies across some geographical or Euclidean space. It is named for statistician William H. Womble.
yarb: I am not completely sure (this is why I changed it) but I think it is not that uncommon to call it "on a roll" (this doesn't make it correct, of course!).
I'm aware this could also be the equivalent of a grocer's apostrophe (the "deli's on"?)
For lists with more than 100 entries, the default view is "words 0 (!!!) through 100 of n"! Also, you can visit "words -100 through 0" and all negative entries.
Hernesheir: good idea - but given the state I'm in when I wake up (and I'd say, most of the morning) I'm surprised I even remember my breakfast challenge. Plate decoration would be too much to ask!
zeke.sikelianos.com contains content from hehg*******.co.cc, a site known to distribute malware. Your computer might catch a virus if you visit this site.
Google has found malicious software may be installed onto your computer if you proceed. If you've visited this site in the past or you trust this site, it's possible that it has just recently been compromised by a hacker. You should not proceed, and perhaps try again tomorrow or go somewhere else.
Thanks to the layout for entries without definitions, Wordnik shows the true meaning of santorum on the main word page, unlike Wiktionary (where the page is protected).
I've heard a few people (*) pronounce it temPOral instead of TEMporal. Has anyone else ever heard that? Could it be an accepted variant? Chelster? Anyone?
(*) In particular, biologists in my PhD program, when referring to phylogenetic methods (maybe mollusque can help?).
Sorry guys, I was two breakfasts late. But I have a good reason for that - I was on my way to Italy! Surprise visit to my sister and her newborn daughter for five days.
In mathematics, a perfect number is defined as a positive integer which is the sum of its proper positive divisors, that is, the sum of the positive divisors excluding the number itself. Is there a linguistic equivalent?
They surely don't count as bundt cake. I think (I hope!) I can have cake more than once as long as it is something strikingly different each time (crostata, flourless, apple pie, tiramisù, bábovka...).
In Fourceelia we call midnight cake the one that Yours Truly bakes every few days for breakfast. The reason is that around midnight I usually remember I don't have anything to eat for the next morning, so that's when I bake.
Does anybody have a recipe for the real Wordie fufluns? Something not too sweet if possible - something that would make a good breakfast for a certain challenge...
Some people now use the same verb (scannare) to translate the English verb to scan (e.g. most of the Twitter live results for scanno as of now), forgetting (?) that we have an Italian verb for that, scansire, a Latin intensifier of "scandire" which means scan sensu AHD #4.
I hope my poor phrasing still gives you the sense of what I meant.
Hi! Just one note - Wordnik is case-sensitive. If you add and comment on lowercase pages you will most likely see the definitions and other people's comments.
I just wanted to let you know that Wordnik is indexed on Google so if people google your name they will find this page. Most of us feel more comfortable using a sobriquet (or soubriquet) instead of their real name.
Virgil Griffith, another enterprising computer scientist under 30, once explained it to me: “Hackerdom rewards spontaneity, curiosity and ingenuity. Science rewards rigor and forging solid bedrock to stand on — which means a lot of carefully dotting i’s and crossing t’s. Although scientific questions are harder, more abstract and tend to have less immediate influence in the world, the questions are deeper and the answers so uplifting and transcendently beautiful that contact with them is a genuine spiritual experience.”
You can put your hero arbitrarily in tears to show he has depth; that gets done here. You can show him having revelations — college kids want to know who’s single; we should put a “relationship status” entry on Facebook! — and there’s some of that, too. For shorthand, you can make your intelligent hero schlubby, Jewish and unathletic. That historically reads as intelligence to movie audiences. You can also make him awkward with girls.
Quite interesting, the definitions give the meaning that sounds obvious to me (something with a shell) and the examples are all about the opposite meaning (something that had its shell removed).
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Prolagus commented on the list pangrams
Love it!
May 13, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-dominoes
Essay burger
May 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-dominoes
May 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-dominoes
The list is now open. John, I'm afraid you lost the "train". Your move!
May 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-dominoes
post
May 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-dominoes
(what does warrant peace mean?)
May 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word sweet tooth fairy cake
The drama unfolded when the shopper was told the £2.20 "sweet tooth fairy cakes" had all gone.
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word panhandler
One of my favorite stores in NYC, a kitchenware store, is called "Broadway Panhandler". Only today I looked up the word.
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word procrastinatorist
Usage on baa baa rainbow sheep.
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-dominoes
house
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-dominoes
Yes, a single word SVP!
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list test--31
Test!
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-with-braces-and-scaffolding
See also sweet tooth fairy domino (and related list, when we start it).
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user suntilletto
Spam.
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user gangerh
I would be honored if you added the first word to my STF dominoes list.
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list pangrams
Or pikas?
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word držati svečo komu
In Italian, to hold a candle for someone refers to when you are alone with two lovers (and you are therefore the candle holder for their romantic moment)
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user slilima
Spam.
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list a-boy-named-sue
I could list at least three students of mine, but they might find me.
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word sweet tooth fairy domino
See Sweet tooth fairy dominoes.
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-dominoes
Time to add the first word! Would you, gangerh?
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user Roger1937
Hi Roger, why don't you post this comment on scopula?
May 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word sweet tooth fairy domino
Example of flexibility: sweet - tooth - fairy - tale - of two cities - CT scan - scanlatiON - (on) the rocks - ...
May 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word sweet tooth fairy domino
I think we should be a little flexible here. I'm only worried that it might come to a dead end too soon, or that some entries might need to be edited or deleted in order to keep the game going.
What do you think, would it work as a list or should it be a series of comments instead, like an anti-jean dimmock?
May 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Hmm... Nope!
CouchSurfing 404.
May 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu
"ruzuzu has created 319 lists, listed 17,000 words, written 5,300 comments, and added 4,598 tags, 881 favorites, and 33 pronunciations."
If I were you, I would add two tags and enjoy all that roundness.
May 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word ascian
blafferty is a he?!
May 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word sweet tooth fairy domino
Do we have such a list? where each person adds one word trying to create a single, potentially infinite sweet tooth fairy?
The only rule has to be that the goal is not to make it hard, but as easy as possible for the others to find a new entry.
May 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Darth vader's immaculate conception
Darth vader's immaculate conception has been looked up 35 times, favorited 0 times, listed 0 times, commented on 0 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.
May 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word aboutyrapistesis
*hands fuflun*
May 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Old-Bicycles-Welded-Together
See butter sculpture.
May 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word aboutyrapistesis
I hope you are.
May 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
Thanks for your contributions my dearest, keep them coming!
Ruzuzu, I'm not adding the kanji list because stroke count is an important criterion to find the ideogram in the dictionary... quite like the alphabetical order.
frogapplause, your (sad) link led me to list of chess-related deaths. Thank you so much.
May 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user russel2tiffin
Spam.
May 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list occupations-3
Good to know I have a list where to add them from now on.
May 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word wanton-wench
And even when you google the strangest things, you learn something.
Stanton's Wanton Wenches
May 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word wanton-wench
See oyster-wench.
May 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word oyster-wench
What do you call a woman who sells wanton soup? A wanton-wench?
May 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list lost-for-word
I think we are on the right track with nonce word.
By the way, my S.O. read my question and said that we have a different concept of "fun".
May 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word mileconsuming
See definition of nonce word.
May 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list lost-for-word
I think an example could be names for hypothesized inventions that in the end were never made, or rejected names for the iPad... Any other idea?
May 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word words that sound like drugs
See traditional slovene names of months.
May 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Every single Twitter link is broken.
May 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word elzeviro
In Italian printed news, the opening "third page" article, usually on literary or theater critics, or an erudite editorial on a piece of news or cultural topic. From "Elzevir", the name of a 17th century Dutch bookseller and publisher.
May 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word terza pagina
Lit. "Third page". The cultural section of Italian newspapers. So called because of the original location in the 20th century. See here for an excerpt from a 1922 issue of the New York Times.
May 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list lost-for-word
paper street : trap street = x : mountweazel
x = ?
May 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word paper street
In cartographic jargon, a road or street that is added to a map after its construction is planned but before it is actually built – which sometimes does not happen at all.
Not the same thing as trap streets, although they can be used as copyright traps.
May 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list traditional-slovene-names-of-months
My grandmother takes Prosinec and a tablespoon of Kimavec 1 hour before meals.
May 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Here's an odd bug: some list titles are displayed in a different font.
"Right" font
"Wrong" font
This happens both in Chrome and Firefox.
May 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list mnemonics-days-in-the-month
May 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word kindlebread
Amazon: Is an Android fork inevitable? Meet Kindlebread
May 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word
Looks like an apple on my McBk.
May 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word cred herring
Wasn't there a Meta list somewhere?
May 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user rolig
We miss you!
May 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word immobile Wordnik
*Laughs*
*Feels partly responsible for the idea*
*Smiles*
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word address
*yawns*
*leaves*
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
So now we need to come up with one word for ruzuzu and one for yarb?
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list the-several-stages-of-wordie-addiction
I started using the word fufluns outside Wordie.
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list things-that-smell-better-than-they-taste
I think espresso coffee tastes better than it smells.
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Time to say that I chose slopseller because of my list (adding now!).
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
In (old?) French, calepinerie apparently means "A true, just, and precise interpretation, or translation of every single word". (Cf. calepin)
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Gosh.
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user super-thegirlnextfloor
Love your new username! What new powers did you get?
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word you're something of a hotdog, aren't you
dontcry, the pronunciation tab has been removed but the box is still available on the overview page for each word.
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word you're something of a hotdog, aren't you
I can understand, blafferty. As far as I know, only one of us keeps their gender a secret.
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word address
I guess it would if only I could understand what's going on.
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word snorkie
Schnauzer - Yorkshire Terrier mix.
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word address
Word of The Fay
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
dontcry, how do we split the mug?
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user vanderpink
Er, well, no, I only meant, I mean, it's good that you are open to, ahem, linguistic minorities...
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word blipper
This is getti
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user vanderpink
Tagalog? Hmm.
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
I forgot to say that my reason for Wordplayer's word is the same as mollusque.
May 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word blipper
How do you da
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word blipper
It's been a w
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user sionnach
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user sionnach
I think the image is protected (was it in an email?)
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word THΔΠK ΨΩU MΔRKΨ
Tedpk psou mdrkps indeed!
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word country frolics
Thuzuzu.
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word anent
I used preposition... then I think one can go and look it up to make sure it is for reals.
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
I can tell you why I chose some of the words:
dontcry - aaaaaaargh! because she joined late and nearly missed the game.
fbharjo - alexis because, like nearly all fbharjo's comments, it doesn't make any sense to me.
frindley - mediæval because of her preference for the æ spelling.
frogapplause - mortsafe because I know she has one.
gangerh - heartstringsplucker because he wanted to fool us.
hernesheir - od because it's a simple word with an odd (no pun intended) meaning.
mollusque - sinistral because... he's a mollusk.
reesetee - wodge because it sounds madeupical but it's not.
ruzuzu - ascian because of the lovely CD definition.
seanahan - present because he is, despite the lack of activity.
sionnach - hidelugged because either it is a word, but I couldn't find it, or he fooled me again.
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word titthonymy
See titthonomastics.
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word anent
Can anybody help me tag all English prepositions?
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word anent
What ruzuzu said on your profile, electriccounterpoint: great comment.
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word colepixy
...
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word anodyspareunia
Pain during receptive anal intercourse.
Etymology: anus (from Latin) + dyspareunia, from Greek δυσ- ("bad") + πάρευνος ("lying beside").
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
When the word you are looking up is also somebody's Twitter sobriquet, the Twitter box becomes unfortunately useless (see funktionslust for an example). Maybe there is a way of purging the results?
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word ####
Suggested word for Google Chrome's speech recognition tool when saying the c*** word.
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user john
Post Scriptum: the mobile website is really pretty. (If only the comment pages were available!)
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user john
Update.
After I chose to permanently deactivate the mobile version, I decided to see what happens when visiting m.wordnik.com.
The "loop" bug disappears, but when I visit, say, my profile page (mobile version) and I select "View this page on regular Wordnik", I am redirected to www.wordnik.com instead of http://www.wordnik.com/people/Prolagus.
It kind of reminds me of this comic strip.
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user john
Thanks! I actually still have some trouble. Login now works (I had to empty cache and delete cookies), but:
- when I visit wordnik mobile, and I click "View this page on regular Wordnik", I can't access the "less mobile version" as The Onion calls it but I end up in a loop instead;
- when I try to visit a user page, I am still being redirected to the mobile version, which creates a broken link such as m.wordnik.com/p/
Only permanently blocking the mobile version works.
Thanks for checking that.
P.
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word crabbit
May 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word basterly-gullion
It could also be a (CD 1) bastard begotten by a (CD 3) bastard, or the kind of person that a bastard (CD 1) would think is a (CD 3) bastard.
May 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bibly
See address.
(Edit: not anymore)
May 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Since this morning, I haven't been able to log in to Wordnik on my iPh**e.
May 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list thank-you-marky
Thanks, marky. Tharky. (Let's see who gets this reference first!)
May 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list complex-emotion--single-word
And funktionslust?
May 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list complex-emotion--single-word
How about akrasia?
May 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word compound
I didn't know, and I couldn't understand what Obama was referring to (in yesterday's "we killed Bin Laden" speech).
May 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user Prolagus
Arigato gozaimasu, bilby-san.
May 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user john
Hi John, is there a particular reason why I seem to be the only person whose comments on the Feedback page go unanswered? We are talking about lots of comments over the last 40 days or so. I'm not offended, but it would save me some time to know if there's something wrong about what I use that page for.
May 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word robot
In South Africa, that's what traffic lights are called.
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word nabe
Just read it used as a synonym for neighborhood (SMS).
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user blafferty
111 comments and 11 favorites.
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pygalgia
See also coccydynia.
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word you're something of a hotdog, aren't you
Because we want it!
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word scacciapensieri
See jew's-harp.
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word jew's-harp
scacciapensieri ("pastime", lit. "trouble-dispeller") in Italian.
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word you're something of a hotdog, aren't you
Where's marky's pronunciation?
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu
That's not an accent, it's Latvian.
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list unruzuzu
urubus / urubu?
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
bilby - protean
blafferty - distingue
chained_bear - queasy
dontcry - aaaaaaargh!
erinmckean - chrestomathic
fbharjo - alexis
frindley - mediæval
frogapplause - mortsafe
gangerh - heartstringsplucker
hernesheir - od
mollusque - sinistral
oroboros - playful
PossibleUnderscore - prodigal
pterodactyl - boggy
reesetee - wodge
ruzuzu - ascian
seanahan - present
sionnach - hidelugged
Wordnicolina - calepinerienne
Wordplayer - hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophile
yarb - balsamaceous
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Writing my answers now. Sorry for the delay.
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word kallisti
καλλίστῃ (kalliste) in ancient Greek, but modern Greek pronunciation is kallisti indeed.
May 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list thank-you-bilby
Can anybody explain this list to me, and for Wordieternity?
April 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fisher
1) It is interesting to compare the article below with this 2011 blog post by mammal zoologist Roland Kays.
2) Etymology (for the animal):
The name implies a diet of fish yet it seldom dines on aquatic organisms. Early Dutch settlers noted its similarity to the European polecat (Mustela putorius). Fitchet is a name derived from the Dutch word visse which means 'nasty'. In the French language, the pelt of a polecat is called fiche or fichet.
(Source: Wikipedia)
April 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word null hypothesis
Rejected.
April 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
*hugs sionnach*
April 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu
Aww, thanks! (Am I?)
April 29, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
*licks umbrage knife*
April 29, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word ampersand
"A word used to describe the character �, �, or &."
April 29, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pinholo
PinHolo - The story of how I made a Pine-Nut Pinhole Camera!
April 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word worldwide pinhole photography day
We missed it again!
April 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
(This list has become way too long for me to check if Administrative Professionals week (and day) are listed.)
April 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word jet-engine
Attributive form of Xyzy}}.
April 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
You changed that, but the page still says "X older comments" instead of "X newer comments". See afterbirther for an example.
April 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word ameba
©Liniers (Macanudo)
April 27, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word caw
Apologies. Would you write it on ċaw?
April 27, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list herring
I thought this was a list of words whose definition contains the word "herring".
April 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word gasometer
You're such a barbar!
April 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word caw
goodbye in Maltese.
April 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word who'd fall in love with a chicken with its head cut off
It ain't pretty.
April 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word tenalach
It is!
April 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word tenalach
Do you know you can use blockquote between <>?
April 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
1- Thumb
2- Index
3- Piddle
4- Diddle
5- Ring
6- Pinky
April 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list defunct-professions
How about inquisitor?
April 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
gangerh: let's do seven sleeps for most people, and seven sleepless nights for me.
April 23, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Feel free to download this spreadsheet for your convenience.
April 23, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word gasometer
Shama shama, el mal kema ma.
April 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word gasometer
Muša, tur oficiants par manu pīrāgiem.
April 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word baconalia
Try again which part?
April 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word heaven
April 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word that's a lot of bull
I thought frogapplause would like this one.
April 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Babbitt
(But why?)
April 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user Adity77
Spam.
April 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word gasometer
Qu'est-ce que vous avez dit?
Euphonic vowels are common in many languages and it seems to me that English is not an exception. In Japanese, Nihon becomes "Nippon" for ease of pronunciation, and hirakana becomes "hiragana" for similar reasons. Same in Italian.
*Nibbles fuflun, yawns, leaves page*
April 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word gasometer
I think this whole conversation should be in French, since the word is directly adapted from French gazomètre (cf. etymology section).
April 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Babbitt
What do you think Cabots refers to?
April 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Babbitt
("Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits", by The Magnetic Fields)
April 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word gasometer
I'd say the "o" is euphonic.
April 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list roman-gladiators
See bacon Coliseum epic mealtime.
April 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bacon Coliseum epic mealtime
Video.
April 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list unruzuzu
What happened to your profile page?
April 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word genomics
The American Heritage Dictionary definition above is misleading and ultimately incorrect, in that it assumes that only eukaryotic nuclear DNA (the one that forms chromosomes) is the study object of genomics - therefore excluding mitochondrial, chloroplast, prokaryotic, and viral DNA genomes.
April 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list the-kindest-cut
Hee hee!
April 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word gymnosophist
Lit. "naked expert".
April 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word new-cut
An old game at cards, of which there is no extant description.
(Century Dictionary)
April 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word radome
Also, the totality of all things rad.
April 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fulign
fuligin.
April 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu
Not really... I didn't even have cake or pancakes this morning. Hmm.
April 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu
Howdy!
April 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word all-edges brownie pan
crunchy edges.
April 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word scenopoetic
The ecological environment in the ecological niche model cells will be separated in two classes of variables: first, those that affect the fitness, but on which the species has no impact. Hutchinson (1978) called these variables scenopoetic, for the Greek roots of “setting the scene”. ... Obvious examples of scenopoetic variables are climatic and topographic variables.
Jorge M. Soberón (2010), "Niche and area of distribution modeling: a population ecology perspective". Ecography 33(1): 159–167.
April 16, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word jean dimmock
assholette?
April 16, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Is this list complete? If it's not, please don't give any clue about who is missing.
April 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word also
"I hate tea."
"Me also!"
April 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word disfluency
Parents' Ums And Uhs Can Help Toddlers Learn Language
April 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word also
A South African friend of mine uses also in a different way than any other native English speaker I have ever talked to: at the end of a sentence, where most English speakers would use "too" or "as well".
e.g. I would like to come out for dinner also (where 'also' refers to the speaker)
Does anybody know if it is a South African thing?
April 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list ruination-day
April 14, 2008 - Silvio Berlusconi is elected prime minister of Italy for the third time.
April 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Thanks! Please have a look at the last 12 29 days of questions too.
P.
April 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
So you *do* answer sometimes!
*sharpens umbrage knives*
April 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Progasus
Did we have an "all things Prolagus" list?
April 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu
I don't think so... but I tagged some of the words and added comments to the word itself.
Time to start one, thanks for the suggestion!
April 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user JimPeters
What ruzuzu said, both times.
April 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word brogan
JP: mine was a mildly jocose way of showing you this page. Perhaps those entries were removed, but I'd rather think they are still on the Brogan (capitalized) page and its Wordie section (Brogan).
Someday I will google Progasus and try to understand if yours was a misspelling or a joke as well.
April 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word brogan
Hey, where are all the citations for Brogan as a proper name?
April 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word jean dimmock
seagullible.
April 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
Terrific! Thank you!
April 13, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word perfect
I think it refers to bisexual in a botanical sense, i.e. monœcious.
April 13, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word millinery
"This work was formerly in the hands of men, but is now almost exclusively a women's occupation."
Century Dictionary
April 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word remarkable link
Onomatopoeia denoting amusement followed by exclamation mark!
April 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Also, in open lists, there's no longer a "was added by" before the name of the Wordie who added each word to the list.
April 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word country frolics
...the joys of living/spending time in the countryside?
April 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word English
~Eddy Peters
April 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list go-fug-yourself
Which "what"?
April 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list go-fug-yourself
Yeah, which blog?
April 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word virilocality
A social system in which a married couple resides with or near the husband's parents.
April 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word taxes
I would like to thank my school for forgetting I am an international student and therefore forcing me to pay $600 for Medicare and Social Security, that it turns out I should not have payed. Now I have to fill out more forms for a refund.
It's incredible how hopeless I am when it comes to tax forms.
April 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word oraquoise
:-)
April 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list you-probably-think-this-list-is-about-you
I didn't know about this list! I have been tagging many of our vain pages though. Thanks for making a list about me! (I reckon.)
April 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Hi Feedback! Is it just me, or is the random feature mostly showing plurals?
April 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list statistical-terms
kriging?
April 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pasta all'uovo
egg pasta.
April 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word lumbriciform
Lombrichi ("earthworms" - a kind of pasta all'uovo)
April 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word platypus
April 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list ditto
come sopra.
April 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list ditto
idem.
April 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Hyperion
The world's tallest tree.
April 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word cestuy que
Vide cestui.
April 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word cestui que
Vide cestui.
April 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word homesickness
Not in any lists yet. Be the first!
April 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user sionnach
In Italian, I am lord Voldemort was anagrammed as
Tom Orvoloson Riddle = Son io Lord Voldemort
April 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word logonaut
Also the username of a Twitter user who happens to follow @Wordnik. Just a coincidence?
April 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Is video embedding not working?
April 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list test--29
Unlike this one.
April 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user powder18
Protein-enriched spam.
April 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word soy
¡Yo soy P.!
April 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word focaccia
Not to be confused with those cheap faux caccia breads.
April 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word debauchery of hedonists
•Open List: Madeupical Collective Nouns
April 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word lyse
Back-formation from lysis, from ancient Greek "loosening", "dissolving".
April 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word coue
Iroquoisy.
April 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word doughnaut
Coined by bilby on Mr. Feedback's profile (or is it a she?).
April 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Re: name, how about logonauts?
Edit: coined independently! I swear I had never read sionnach's comment on Zeitgeist.
April 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word implicate
What a beautiful definition.
April 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Paki
A google search for "first listed by" administrator shows a lot of "interesting" results.
April 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user 케발컨
케발컨 has created 3 lists, listed 128 words, written 25 comments, and added 0 tags, 0 favorites, and 0 pronunciations.
Also, all of his or her links are broken. Isn't that fascinating.
April 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word domestic tribulation
I guess it means "having a hard time at home".
April 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word ingenuity
In Italian, ingenuità means ingenousness. ingenuity is ingegnosità.
April 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Rough
A beautiful, beautiful manga by Mitsuru Adachi.
April 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Feature request: customize list URL? That would help when one decides to change the name of one of their lists.
April 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
John, what I meant was that I (we?) would like to be considered a part of what makes this website worth spending time on. No offense meant!
April 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word manroot
Hmmm... what's a reesetee, anyhow?
April 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
All the words, and everything about them, for everybody.
What happened to the word community? Has it become less interesting? :/
April 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list tunie-banana-phone
kewpid, it's not strange, it's iroquoisy.
April 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
For those who use Chrome, you can type wordnik.com (autocomplete makes it unnecessary to type the whole thing if you already visited Wordnik) then tab and the word you want to look up, e.g. wordnik.com TAB craudestopper redirects you to craudestopper.
April 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word disenchanted
March 31, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
You know I loved Wordie, guys, and you know how much I miss its simple design and occasional goofiness. Almost everything is gone - except for the "Some html" weird-looking popup window! Couldn't it be a dropout menu (is that what it's called?) within the comment box?
Love you.
March 31, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word platypus
March 31, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word la-la-land
Oxford English Dictionary latest update
March 31, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user marky
"Congratulations"!
(What does |m| mean?)
March 31, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word standing cats
Here's the original.
March 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word nidification
A getaway with a lot of chicks.
March 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user Larrydavis
Spam.
March 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word quotes
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine."
~Abraham Lincoln
March 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word species
More on Saxon genitive.
March 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Saxon genitive
So you mean it should be "the species's ecology", right? (See species.)
March 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word daycation
altercation: a trip someone has on your behalf.
March 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word daycation
A day trip taken in lieu of a vacation.
March 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word tirade
*hands umbrage*
March 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word species
Please note that the sentence does indeed refer to a single species.
March 30, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word jean dimmock
polyaromatic
March 29, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word jean dimmock
diligence?
March 29, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word diligence
What's Jean doing here?
March 29, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word temporal
Just to clarify: by TEMporal I mean both Mr. Pronunciation's and chelster's pronunciations.
March 29, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word species
Spell-checking tools tell me the following is incorrect:
"the species's ecology"
and suggest "the species' ecology" instead.
I believe this means switching to the plural, doesn't it?
March 29, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word uturuncus
See also uturuncu.
March 29, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Harvey and Zukoff 2011 PLoS ONE
http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017746.g001&representation=PNG_M
March 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Harvey and Zukoff 2011 PLoS ONE
Harvey A, Zukoff S (2011) Wind-Powered Wheel Locomotion, Initiated by Leaping Somersaults, in Larvae of the Southeastern Beach Tiger Beetle (Cicindela dorsalis media). PLoS ONE 6(3): e17746.
March 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word murales
March 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word vajassa
Neapolitan - a coarse and loud woman, prone to gossip and brawl.
March 27, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word lake-dwelling
lake-dwelling in Italian: palafitticolo
March 27, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user wordrainbow
What's a Wordnik hackathon project?
March 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Traversa 2011 Paras Vect
Traversa, D (2011)
"Are we paying too much attention to cardio-pulmonary nematodes and neglecting old-fashioned worms like Trichuris vulpis?"
Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:32
March 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word coat
Oxford English Dictionary To Add 'Skype' And 'Coat' To Latest Edition
March 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fairest
*ducks*
March 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fairest
Oh, now I remember - a Little, Small, Wee Straw House, a Middle-sized Brick House, and a Great, Huge Fuflun House.
March 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fairest
Wasn't Grandma's house made out of fufluns?
March 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list trademarks--1
A few more lists can be found when you look up non-capitalized words (Wordie emeritus era).
March 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word ciabatta
chelster, do you have the same opinion about mozzarella cheese, oolong tea, Macbook computer?
March 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
Hahaha! The only problem is that I need to find something related to that that also fits the list title... hmmm. Will spend some time on that later. In the meanwhile, your comment led me to incomplete sports lists which made me wonder if there is such a thing as an incomplete sport.
March 24, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user 2009yingbing
Spam.
March 24, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word translate
Cf. traduce.
March 24, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pony
In Fourceelia (and as it turns out, in many other places, according to google), ... and a pony means... wait, someone else explained it better than I could do here (link)
Here's the original reference (from Bill Watterson's masterpiece Calvin and Hobbes):
March 23, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Avise 2011 Mol Ecol
Avise, JC (2011),
"Catadromous eels continue to be slippery research subjects".
Molecular Ecology 20(7): 1317–1319.
March 22, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word desuetude
what jaltcoh said, rolig!
March 22, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list lost-for-word
If you want something of Latin origins, interfraternal would be the way to go - and it would not have strict gender specificity.
March 22, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
hernesheir: the former is now being added. The latter is my second entry!
March 22, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user Prolagus
Prolagus is having quite a hard time, and does not feel like writing much. Prolagus always reads you, though.
March 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list the-bonhomous-lynchpin---and-other-words-from-the-decemberists
Oh I know! There are at least four Decemberists lists, mine included. I wasn't surprised when I found them.
March 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user hobbyhorse
I'm more and more confused.
March 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word lug
"Scottish or informal - a person's ear." (Definition on Mac dictionary)
March 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pingo
"Dirt" in Sassarese.
March 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Would it be conceivable to design the WOTD subscription system so that each day one would receive all WsOTD in a single email?
March 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user marky
How to search for lists on Wordnik (example)
March 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Is there any particular reason why users with "most comments" aren't worth a mention on the Community page?
March 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word frogapplausedóttir
Seen on the Icelandic list.
March 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word no-fly zone
March 16, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word horse-chestnut
ippocastano in Italian.
March 16, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word carcair
Cf. Italian carcere.
March 16, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word missense
Or e.g. a synonymous mutation, which is a mutation that does not change any amino acid and is therefore (considered) neutral.
March 16, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Macaronesia
From the Ancient Greek μακάρων νῆσοι, "islands of the fortunate".
March 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list keyboard-world
Greasy.
March 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list iwhat
Least Common Complaints About the New Ipad.
March 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word incomplete lineage sorting
Words I *constantly* hear at my workplace.
March 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word taxonomy
(Sorry, ruzuzu, your link came right before my Monday phylogeography seminar.)
March 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Frankenstein
March 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word taxonomy
Also, DNA barcoding is based on a single locus, which means you would be looking at a gene tree and not a species tree.
And even if you actually analyze multiple loci, and identify clusters, it is not trivial to decide what the rank of that cluster is - a species? a subspecies? something else?
March 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word frac'ing
In theory, the correct spelling of fracking.
March 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word ten dying plants
Still three.
March 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list things-my-roommate-forgot
My roommate has been away for 17 months, and I still have his computer. (I turned it off, though.)
March 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word kāmesu micchācāra veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
"I undertake the training rule to abstain from sexual misconduct."
From the Noble Eightfold Path
March 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list •-shalt-not-what-father
chained_bear's link is now broken, so here's what I look like in an apron:
March 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list books-that-people-sitting-next-to-me-on-the-train-are-reading
Now an open list!
March 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word sous-vide
(Science Nerds Meet Foodies In 'Modernist Cuisine', by Linda Wertheimer)
March 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list song-starters
under pressure?
March 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list cripple-in-a-café-in-paris
Please don't ask me how that happened, but I just read that Aubrey Beardsley is the ghost (/demon/something) in this movie and I somehow remembered your list.
March 12, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word royal wave
Also available as an automaton.
March 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word audient
Mrs. Browning, are you here?
March 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word catamount
(Read in the examples)
March 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word kerykeion
See caduceus.
March 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
5 days ago gangerh said
I'd like Euphrates as a screensaver.
I *need* Euphrates as a screensaver.
March 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word virtù
Weird. In Machiavelli's language (Italian) it simply means virtue.
March 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word euryoecious
Antonym: stenoecious.
March 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word amphioecious
Same as euryoecious, perhaps?
March 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list lost-for-word
142,857?
March 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user vanderpink
haha response!
March 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pancake day
March 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bean-cod
bean-cod in Italian: fagiolo merluzzo
March 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word chime
("The Owl And The Tanager", by Sufjan Stevens)
March 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pest
("Heirloom", by Sufjan Stephens)
March 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word rascal
("All delighted people", by Sufjan Stevens)
March 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word heirloom
("Heirloom", by Sufjan Stephens)
March 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word alluvial
("The Owl And The Tanager", by Sufjan Stevens)
March 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word This account either doesn't exist or isn't public.
Please send here your love for frogapplause.
March 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list the-blasphemous-comma-and-other-interesting-bible-errata
March 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ScrubDweller
Hi! Fascinating word - would you add your definition to the corinthianize page?
Welcome to Wordnik!
March 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user 100001841467980
"No spammers please". Really?!!??!
March 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pimiento load
Phew! I couldn't view that page last night!
March 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user dontcry
God bless mother Wordnik!
March 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word George
Not necessarily a sleeping car porter.
March 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
Found it yesterday - that's where I found "fictional chameleons and geckos". But it spoils most of the fun so I'm trying not to use it.
March 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word professor von schmartzenpanz
*Is alarmed to feel overly trippy*
March 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pimiento load
The whole mi-vox conversation is gone :(
March 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word BLT on a roll
*stomach starts wombling*
March 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word twinkie defense
"Twinkie defense" is a derisive label for an improbable legal defense. It is not a recognized legal defense in jurisprudence, but a catchall term coined by reporters during their coverage of the trial of defendant Dan White for the murders of San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone. White's defense was that he suffered diminished capacity as a result of his depression. His change in diet from health food to Twinkies and other sugary food was said to be a symptom of depression. This defense is a claim that sugary food was itself responsible for White's criminal behavior. White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
~Wikipedia
March 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word wombling
In statistics, Wombling is any of a number of techniques used for identifying zones of rapid change, typically in some quantity as it varies across some geographical or Euclidean space. It is named for statistician William H. Womble.
(Wikipedia)
March 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user dontcry
Dontcry, please don't use explorer. It's unsafe and made out of seal puppies. Try Chrome!
March 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word BLT on a roll
yarb: I am not completely sure (this is why I changed it) but I think it is not that uncommon to call it "on a roll" (this doesn't make it correct, of course!).
I'm aware this could also be the equivalent of a grocer's apostrophe (the "deli's on"?)
March 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
...which led me to Ancient astronaut speculation. Yay!
March 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
Fixed! I have a bunch of questions to answer, I see. I will as soon as possible.
March 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word caravansary
I know it as caravanserai.
March 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
The biggest challenge for me is understanding fbharjo's posts. :-)
March 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word cornetto
Yes, it's a croissant! "Cornetto" means "little horn" in Italian. Hence the two possible meanings.
March 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
I have 4 weeks, 28 days of leftovers.
March 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
Oh.
March 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word cnicnode
Wow!
March 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
...which led me to mausoleums used as housing. Thank you!
March 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
It refers to how many are receiving that WOTD in their email, doesn't it?
March 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word BLT
March 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word BLT on a roll
oops...
March 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
March 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word cranberry bread
March 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word BLT on a roll
(moved. Thanks yarbo!)
March 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word homosexuality
Surprisingly less than 100 years ago. "Dictionary of Anthropology" by David Davies.
March 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
Added!
March 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
Have we missed Lady Porn Day?
March 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word homosexuality
March 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word uroscopy
~ Sebastian Brant, Ship of Fools (1494)
March 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word happy hour
Not for everybody...
© Liniers
March 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list bring--brang--brung
Seven swins, seven swans, seven swuns.
March 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word plink, plonk, plunk
Tiddlywink, tiddlywonk, tiddlywank.
March 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
For lists with more than 100 entries, the default view is "words 0 (!!!) through 100 of n"! Also, you can visit "words -100 through 0" and all negative entries.
March 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word oldsquaw
See discussion on hottentot.
February 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word oldsquaw
February 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word double-entendremeter
Would you measure mine?
February 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user yokoheight
SPAM.
February 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user vanderpink
How do you dare!
February 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word nitty
...CVC!!!
February 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word mushroom omelette on toast
February 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word apple turnover
February 27, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
Adding now. :)
February 27, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user sionnach
I thought you were moving to France.
February 27, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word derriere
(California girls, by The Magnetic Fields)
February 27, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word jean dimmock
John Frum
February 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word sciophile
I can't be sure, but I believe it's sciophilous.
February 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word poached eggs with salmon and cream cheese
Ruzuzu: Rosemary ciabatta.
Hernesheir: good idea - but given the state I'm in when I wake up (and I'd say, most of the morning) I'm surprised I even remember my breakfast challenge. Plate decoration would be too much to ask!
*yawns*
February 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word poached eggs with salmon and cream cheese
February 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu
Love your pīrāgi pronunciations.
February 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user zeke
zeke.sikelianos.com contains content from hehg*******.co.cc, a site known to distribute malware. Your computer might catch a virus if you visit this site.
Google has found malicious software may be installed onto your computer if you proceed. If you've visited this site in the past or you trust this site, it's possible that it has just recently been compromised by a hacker. You should not proceed, and perhaps try again tomorrow or go somewhere else.
February 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word eeriemeter
Exactly this strange.
February 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word DIPE
Ha! I was about to post the same link!
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Prolagus
Were you looking for prolagus?
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word changua
It should be a little soupier, but I was hungry so I put extra bread.
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word five comments rule
...again...
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list kapt’n-blaubar---norddeutsch
(Einer meiner Lieblings-Bücher!)
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list kapt’n-blaubar---norddeutsch
One of my favorite books!
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list delphic-oracles
:-)
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Hi! Have a look at the main page for changua to see an interesting HTML buglet.
Edit: it's not visible anymore, but you can see it on breakfast sausages, egg sunny side up, orange slices.
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word changua
Colombian milk soup with eggs and scallion.
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list logophile--words-with--phil
You may want to check out my WOTD tomorrow.
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word handsometer
"well.... is he handsome?"
"Couldn't say. I don't have a handsometer."
Source
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word butyrometer
I can't believe I don't have one!
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Zeitgeist
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Ctrl-F
Also used as a verb, meaning "to search within a web page".
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
Thank you all for your contributions!
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
John! I can't delete list of fictional Jews from my new list.
February 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Bulgarian sumo wrestlers
My personal favorite.
February 24, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word oatmeal
February 24, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word santorum
Thanks to the layout for entries without definitions, Wordnik shows the true meaning of santorum on the main word page, unlike Wiktionary (where the page is protected).
February 24, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word proxenete
Proprio così!
February 23, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word temporal
I've heard a few people (*) pronounce it temPOral instead of TEMporal. Has anyone else ever heard that? Could it be an accepted variant? Chelster? Anyone?
(*) In particular, biologists in my PhD program, when referring to phylogenetic methods (maybe mollusque can help?).
February 23, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word egg, sausage, and cheddar cheese on English muffin
February 23, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pain au chocolat
February 23, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
I can't add words to my WOTD list. Could it just be a matter of slow internet connection? I've had this problem all day.
(Edit: I see I am not the only one.)
February 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word GUI
Mr. Pronunciation didn't even bother recording two different pronunciations for gooey and this one.
February 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word cornetto
February 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user hernesheir
You misspelled your name on your WOTD list!
February 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Community
'Cuz I know the magic wordies!
February 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word biscotti
February 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Zeitgeist
Ha!
February 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pandoro
Is that shakshouka? You are the second person to offer to teach me how to make it! Now I *really* want to learn.
February 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word insomnia
2:25 AM
...
February 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Zeitgeist
I still think that page should be called "Wordie". But "community" is quite nice and warm too.
February 20, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list wordniks-who-proudly-contribute-worthless-stuff--a-lot-of-dumb-comments--and-useless-words-to-the-zeitgeist-page
*flicks reese's duct-taped tea cups*
February 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list wordniks-who-proudly-contribute-worthless-stuff--a-lot-of-dumb-comments--and-useless-words-to-the-zeitgeist-page
*flings cupcake-shaped ducks at reesetee*
February 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fette biscottate
February 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
ruzuzu: why not!
everybody: thanks!
February 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pandoro
February 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
Sorry guys, I was two breakfasts late. But I have a good reason for that - I was on my way to Italy! Surprise visit to my sister and her newborn daughter for five days.
February 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word airplane breakfast
February 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word milk and cereal
February 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user yokoheight
Those are very, very, very long spam links.
February 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word substitute
Ha!
By the way, here's bilby's link.
February 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list lost-for-word
From marco_nj's profile:
February 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word yogurt with granola, cranberries and coconut flakes
February 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word chestnut cake
February 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user john
You're welcome!
February 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user Prolagus
Who has subscribed to my word-of-the-day-or-sometimes-couple-days list?
February 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user zobeljaime01
spamphobia
February 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word yogurt smoothie
February 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word sugar bowl
Do you have anything like sanguinaccio in the English-speaking world?
Edit: you sort of do: black pudding.
February 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Are Wordie comments on tags lost forever?
February 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word quokka
Not a bilby, not a qroqqa.
February 13, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word French toast
February 13, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word crostata
February 11, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word breakfast sausages, egg sunny side up, orange slices
February 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fufluns distribution center
Press.
February 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user drmarekphd
Boo!
February 10, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word palanquin
By the way, Colin Meloy's pronunciation is quite different from Mr. Pronunciation's.
Is he 'wrong'?
February 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list words-suggested-to-me-by-the-sad-faced-teacher-on-my-scrabble-app
Haha nice list! I started using that app too. That damn wiseacre.
February 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
...mmmmmm.
February 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word latte macchiato and granola muffins
February 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word word of the day
Personal word of the day is a great idea. But where can we see a list of Wordies that list them?
Also, can we have a "words of the day" box on the Zeitgeist page?
February 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word conference breakfast
reesetee, you should know that water boils at 100℃.
February 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user centurydictionaryfan
By the way, love your "location" info.
February 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user centurydictionaryfan
Hi █████!
February 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word conference breakfast
February 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Deutschschweiz
German Switzerland - sch!
February 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user gangerh
Did you intentionally leave an html tag open somewhere in your profile, or is this the most interesting bug?
February 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word a breakfast of puffins
A miniature Icelandic shepherd's pie, perhaps? (ugh)
February 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
*cuts panettone in five*
*tries to think of a vegan breakfast to have soon and cut in six*
February 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word panettone
February 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word CSI effect
Is The 'CSI Effect' Influencing Courtrooms?
February 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word an unboiled bagel is just a roll with a hole!
*boils*
February 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pancakes
Nice idea!
*cuts flapjacks into fourths*
February 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pancakes
They surely don't count as bundt cake. I think (I hope!) I can have cake more than once as long as it is something strikingly different each time (crostata, flourless, apple pie, tiramisù, bábovka...).
February 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word pancakes
February 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
*cuts the banana into thirds*
February 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word banana, bread and jam, caffè macchiato
February 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word an unboiled bagel is just a roll with a hole!
Read here (link).
February 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Hello again Mr. Feedback!
On the Zeitgeist page, the box for "most commented on" lists is empty.
February 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
Haha, I didn't!
February 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
*cuts the bagel in half*
February 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bagel with scrambled eggs and fontina
February 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word midnight cake
In Fourceelia we call midnight cake the one that Yours Truly bakes every few days for breakfast. The reason is that around midnight I usually remember I don't have anything to eat for the next morning, so that's when I bake.
February 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bundt cake
We usually call it the midnight cake. Read why there.
February 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fufluns
Are they ever?
February 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fufluns
Does anybody have a recipe for the real Wordie fufluns? Something not too sweet if possible - something that would make a good breakfast for a certain challenge...
February 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list four-weeks--28-breakfasts
Aww thanks! Would you like half a cake every 3-4 days?
February 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bundt cake
February 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
On my profile:
Comments
by Prolagus
Hasn't written any comments
February 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list •-fruitie
Thanks so much!
February 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word zuzzurellone
It. - "happy-go-lucky".
January 31, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list unruzuzu
zuzzurellone?
January 31, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word シュシュ
"Shushu" - Japanese for "scrunchie", from the transliteration of French chouchou (same meaning).
January 31, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word rabbit test
Har(e) har(e) har(e)!
January 27, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user bardjohns12
Spammer.
January 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user sob78
Spammer.
January 26, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word tenga
"Please have (some)" in Italian.
January 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu
Did you really find a song in which they use the word archetype?!
January 24, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word palanquin
(The Infanta, by The Decemberists)
January 24, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bonhomous lynchpins
See list.
January 24, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word yoke
(Don't carry it all, by The Decemberists)
January 24, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word plinth
:)
January 24, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user sionnach
In a sense it does - lit. "within a few hours". The focus is more on the deadline than on the notice.
I too remember with fondness our encounter, museum visit and lunch. Looking forward to the next ones.
January 23, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list my-sister-mispronouces
Ha!
January 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list my-sister-mispronouces
How do you mispronounce wars?
January 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word human fish
Another common name for the olm (Proteus anguinus).
January 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word revery
- Emily Dickinson
January 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list north-to-alaska
Right! After all, we already knew that Father mr_ass_itch works in the North Pole. He can't live that far.
January 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list north-to-alaska
Wait, does it mean that mr_ass_itch lives in Alaska too?
January 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu
█████ is so vain.
January 21, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word accordion
How about this?
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list fifty-states-project
There's also Passport to Upstate New York by pomegranate...
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word extra lemurs
*snort*
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list old-timey-goodness
*favorited*
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word nape
And by the way, definition #3 under "noun" is the definition of a verb.
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word nape
"A table-cloth"?!
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word vine
(June hymn, by The Decemberists)
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu
I sometimes find them a bit bonnoying, but their latest album is excellent. Check it out! I'm sure it's on youtube.
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word lynchpin
(All arise!, by The Decemberists)
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word anon
(Down by the water, by The Decemberists)
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word gabardine
(Down by the water, by The Decemberists)
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bulkhead
(Rox in the box, by The Decemberists)
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bonhomie
(Calamity song, by The Decemberists)
(*) No.
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bonnoying
Boring and annoying at the same time. E.g. too many of The Decemberists' songs. And for most people anything by Joanna Newsom.
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word plinth
(Don't carry it all, by the Decemberists)
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word Tumblrican
Tumblr slang - a Puerto Rican Tumblr member.
January 19, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word now is the time to make new friends
January 18, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word mobile heritage
January 17, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list 5-0
(It still works!!!)
January 16, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu
<3
January 16, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word █████
January 15, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word jellyfish
Hee hee!
January 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word jellyfish
January 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word sea urchin
January 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word skyride
I take you on a skyride, a feeling like you're spellbound
The sunshine is a lady who ROX you like a baby.
January 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word funfair
She's the heart of the funfair, she's got me whistling her private tune.
January 7, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list autantonyms
See iroquoisy.
January 6, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list here-i-dreamt-i-was-an-archetype
Thanks Urzulei! By the way, I see David's love and raise you a "favorite".
January 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list here-i-dreamt-i-was-an-archetype
January 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list unruzuzu
Urzulei, a Sardinian town?
January 5, 2011
Prolagus commented on the user price_comparison
spam.
January 4, 2011
Prolagus commented on the list join-other-network
Italian Wi-Fi networks have boring names. More from me in January.
December 29, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list a-posy-of--b-i-platy-i-b--words
platykurtic?
December 29, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word girlfriend
Same for me (I don't find it an ugly word, though).
Also, if a man referred to their male friends as "boyfriends", people would immediately think of something else...
December 29, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word Dildo Key
ptero: ...
December 28, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word procellous
*has some kopi luwak*
December 28, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word kopi luwak
December 28, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word pianista
Video (feat. our Minister of Cultural Heritage, who should spend all of his time in Pompeii instead. Or even better, at home, without a job.)
December 21, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
This song belongs in every list.
December 21, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word You probably think this song is about you
dontcry was right! (At the bottom of this page)
December 21, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word she's pure as New York snow
That explains the Bette Davis eyes, I guess.
December 21, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word procellous
*gives away the things he loved*
December 21, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word procellous
*dips hat strategically*
December 21, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word botargo
December 21, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word botargo
It does. :)
December 21, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word 867-5309
Not a prime number, unfortunately.
December 21, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word she's pure as New York snow
I hope she didn't mean New York City snow...
December 20, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word scannare
Italian - "to slaughter".
Some people now use the same verb (scannare) to translate the English verb to scan (e.g. most of the Twitter live results for scanno as of now), forgetting (?) that we have an Italian verb for that, scansire, a Latin intensifier of "scandire" which means scan sensu AHD #4.
I hope my poor phrasing still gives you the sense of what I meant.
December 20, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word scanno
English - a typo caused by OCR software.
Italian - "(I) slaughter". See scannare.
December 20, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list rognons-of-random-palavery
Any list that has both retranché and monorchidism in it must be perfect.
December 20, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word Procellaria
Aww.
December 20, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word Procellaria
Oddly enough, definitions are under procellaria (lowercase).
December 20, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word procellous
See Procellaria. (I'm surprised reesetee didn't link to it reeseteeself).
December 20, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
Also published as
The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures
December 20, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word wodnik
"Aquarius" (the constellation) in Polish.
December 19, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word literal
Love Is A Battlefield: Literal Video Version.
December 18, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word meh
Teh, as in teh alsome.
December 17, 2010
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Please see note on the screenshot.
December 17, 2010
Prolagus commented on the user actung
Until I visited your Twitter page, I thought you were a misspelling. :-)
December 17, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list how-do-you-take-your-coffee
If they cared about making money, they would make an iPhone app... *hinting*
December 16, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list how-do-you-take-your-coffee
Still available...
December 16, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word macchiatone
A cross between a macchiato and a cappuccino. Quite interestingly, I have only seen it in Veneto and in a bar in Reykjavík, Iceland.
December 16, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list how-do-you-take-your-coffee
In Veneto, Italy, you can ask for a macchiatone.
December 16, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word metrology
I like that one of the words used in the same context as metrology is causesthe.
December 16, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word pho
Did you just use pho as a verb?
December 15, 2010
Prolagus commented on the user hernesheir
I think the top pronouncer is uselessness.
December 15, 2010
Prolagus commented on the user hernesheir
Who is the leading list creator? And the pronouncer (besides professionals)?
December 15, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word actuopalynology
Here, have some fufluns.
December 15, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list awesome-pronunciations
(ABBA? Where?)
December 15, 2010
Prolagus commented on the user john
Thanks John.
After what happened to Gawker, I'm changing my passwords everywhere.
December 14, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word actuopalynology
haha hernesheir, I did it intentionally.
December 14, 2010
Prolagus commented on the user feedback
Ahem. How do you change your password on Wordnik?
December 14, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word pianistan
Can we record it?
December 14, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word fufluns
Sixth Google search result (at least with my settings).
December 14, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word A dessert without cheese is like a beautiful woman with one eye
Just imagine writing something like that now.
December 14, 2010
Prolagus commented on the user juliahuck
Hi! Just one note - Wordnik is case-sensitive. If you add and comment on lowercase pages you will most likely see the definitions and other people's comments.
Welcome to Wordie Wordnik!
December 14, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word actuopalynology
you're welcome
December 13, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word actuopalynology
Psst... you forgot to close the italics tag after the journal name!
December 13, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word actuopalynology
Is it also called neopalynology?
December 13, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word sobriquet
According to the Wordnik charts, jmp is right (except for very recent times). Unless he was referring to charcoal bricks.
December 13, 2010
Prolagus commented on the user Wordplayer
Hi Wordplayer, and welcome to Wordnik.
I just wanted to let you know that Wordnik is indexed on Google so if people google your name they will find this page. Most of us feel more comfortable using a sobriquet (or soubriquet) instead of their real name.
Have fun!
P.
December 13, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word mistletoe
December 13, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word God
(Emo Philips)
December 12, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word bupkis
But it must mean something!
December 12, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list crash-blossoms
Not sure about this one either (it could easily be intentional):
Tired Gay succumbs to Dix in 200 meters
December 11, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list words-of-the-times
Oh, and hackerdom, too!
December 11, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word hackerdom
"Looking for the Real Mark Zuckerberg" by Virginia Heffernan, The New York Times, December 10, 2010.
December 11, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list words-of-the-times
schlubby, which happens to be listless.
December 11, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word schlubby
"Looking for the Real Mark Zuckerberg" by Virginia Heffernan, The New York Times, December 10, 2010.
December 11, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list in-the-laboratory
Yay! I came to add Büchner funnel but I see it's already there.
December 10, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word bollito
While I have never seen or heard of the bollito in the CD definition, I've tasted some excellent bollito in my life.
December 10, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word bolito
Not to be confused with bollito.
December 10, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word fufluns
Ruz, your photos are visible here as well now!
December 10, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word got fufluns
See fufluns.
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word fufluns
I want a "got fufluns?" T-shirt for Wordnik.
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word burette
Niiiiiice...
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word broom-rape
I'm glad we don't use it in the ecology labs I teach. My students giggle when they hear "seminal".
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word bugiardino
Italian - Patient information leaflet.
Lit. "little liar".
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word caldarroste
"Roasted chestnuts" in Italian. (Singular is caldarrosta but I don't think I have ever heard that.)
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word teetotally
See comment on teetotal.
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word fufluns
The best thing would be to start taking photos of cupcakes and tagging them fufluns on Flickr.
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word shelled
Quite interesting, the definitions give the meaning that sounds obvious to me (something with a shell) and the examples are all about the opposite meaning (something that had its shell removed).
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word pitted
More on shelled.
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word cvvccvvvccv
Why on the tag?
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word fufluns
This page is on the first page of Google results for "fufluns". Isn't it great? Let's help it reach the top.
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word teetotal
I have never heard this word in a conversation, except from non-native speakers.
December 8, 2010
Prolagus commented on the user abbybueno
Interesting dilemma. Is linking to a commercial on youtube spam or not?
December 8, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
On the other side, now that I think of it, the best way of celebrating day of the ninja is not to observe it.
December 8, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
We just missed day of the ninja last Sunday. Or maybe we were there and nobody could see us.
December 8, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word chicken mobile
*hugs ruzuzu and her chickenmobile*
December 8, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S!
December 8, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
Found you! It was a lot of fun, but it took me ages to get there!
December 8, 2010
Prolagus commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
You must be wrong PU, I just got back from tomorrow and nobody was celebrating.
December 8, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word dramatic animals
There's a tarsier (also under "dramatic lemur", alas!) and a very famous prairie dog (also under "dramatic squirrel", double alas!).
December 8, 2010
Prolagus commented on the user sionnach
Mirto.
December 7, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word reinstate
Alaska.
December 7, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word reinforce
Currently being trained for the 24th.
December 7, 2010
Prolagus commented on the user whichbe
Are you related to unbe?
Also, we miss you.
December 7, 2010
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