ravages has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 5 lists, listed 64 words, written 71 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 15 words.
Comments for ravages
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It's a small thing so it's close and personal at the moment. I've done a few bits on Inverness.
December 19, 2007
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Here 'tis: www.writingtravellers.com
December 19, 2007
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Hi Rav, I/we are looking for writers to help with a travel guide to India. Let me know if you want to be involved.
December 19, 2007
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Hi Ravages. Diesel is indeed an eponym, nice call!
December 16, 2007
Comments by ravages
ravages commented on the word chandrachoodan
reesetee: Thank you!
Bilby: I take it out, and let it roam the western skies then.
March 1, 2008
ravages commented on the list great-flickrnames
Ravages?
January 3, 2008
ravages commented on the list in-gods-name
You're welcome. I shall try adding more Indian/Hindu names
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the user bilby
Got it. Getting in. Interesting idea, kinda like my old flame - WikiTravel.
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the list words-with-that-horrible-gn-sound
IGNOU? An acronym for the Indira Gandhi National Open University. It's now forgotten, is the name and only referred to as IGNOU
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the word sanskrit
Samskrtam means cultured.
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the word chandrachoodan
from Sanskrit = another name for the god Shiva
Chandra = Moon
choodan = lock of hair/
Chandrachoodan = he who bears the moon in his matted hair. Shiva does.
Chandrachoodan is also my name.
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the list in-gods-name
Nataraja
Chandrachoodan
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the user bilby
Re: Travel magazine.
Oh yeah! I am interested. Very, even. Who should I contact?
C
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the list words-with-that-horrible-gn-sound
Carthaginian?
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the word coffeen
to die of an overdose of coffee.
where dead coffee addicts go to.
coined by me, here -
http://wordmint.blogspot.com/2006/05/coffeen.html
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the word wordaliser
one who visualises words;
to paint a picture with words.
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the word mellifluous
smooth, sweet, feminine.
describing a language?
of greek origin(?)
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the list words-with-that-horrible-gn-sound
design?
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the word magister
master
judge
high-priest
owner
leader
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the word blog magister
the high-priest of blogging
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the word blurker
a blog lurker
December 19, 2007
ravages commented on the word copywriter
I am one.
December 18, 2007
ravages commented on the user john
Re: Diesel. Thank you!
December 17, 2007
ravages commented on the word varnashrama
While Caste does figure in this, the Varnashrama is more a description of the four stages/ashrams in the life of a Brahman -
as a bachelor, - Brahmachari
as a husband/family man - Grihasta
as a senior citizen, beginning his journey towards the final destination - Vanaprasta
as a monk, cut off from everybody - Sanyasi
December 17, 2007
ravages commented on the list surprisingly-eponymous
Benz
Ford
Diesel I think is also eponymous
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word click-clickety whirr
as in:
"click-clickety whirr" You've been added to my mailing list.
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word splopp blipp bloop blibb
reminds me of another of my favourite words - click-clickety whirr
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word single-commentedly
first used here
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word single-commentedly
the blog version of 'single-handedly'
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word hing
Turns out I was wrong. Hing is indeed asafoetida.
The tamil word for it is Perungaayam. பெர�?ங�?காயம�?
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word hing
Most puritans/religious fundamentalist consider asafoetida as evil. It stimulates the "tamasik" quality in men and that's a bad thing, apparently.
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word hing
I'm not sure. I think it is ginger. The Tamil word for ginger is (H)Inji (இஞ�?சி/இந�?ஜி)
Let me check.
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word trebuchet
also a typeface. popular.
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word idli
a staple of south India.
rice cakes/dumplings steamed and served with chutney and sambar.
possible etymology : Tamil இட�?ட�? + ஆவி (ittu+aavi). இட�?ட�? = place in, ஆவி = steam.
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word chutney
ground paste, to be used as a dip. Usually made with coconut. Comes from the Malayalam word Chammandhi
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word mulligatawny
tamil "milagu" (மிளக�?) = pepper, and tamil "thanni" (தண�?ணீர�?) = water.
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word catamaran
a raft, made by splicing together two logs.
from the tamil word Kattumaram (கட�?ட�? மரம�? meaning bound wood)
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word madras
madras
city
and cloth
and fashion
and a state of mind.
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word madras
City, actually
Now Chennai.
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word presactly
word first used by (to my knowledge) a flickr contact called FrogMuseum.
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word tiffin
Cadbury's have a brand called tiffins. great chocolates they make.
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word tiffin
from tiffing. now Indian for a late-afternoon snack
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word hing
hing is also I, when I have a couple of screws loose
Or, is that unhing-ed?
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word hing
hing is ginger
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word presactly
precisely exact
exactly precise
press act
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word parsifal
I am immensely in love with this word.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word loth
is it fair to say many instances of loth, or loths, turn one a sloth?
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word cronk
crank up the cronk a notch?
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word antithetical
As the silent-est member of the Cartel, I am sure you will have no trouble getting in. Though, there's a test of logic, and stuff.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word antithetical
http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/04/and-what-is-the-cartel/
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word antithetical
the libertarian cartel
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word bomblette
Bull's Eye is how they call the sunny-side up egg in the part of India I live in. Or, well, used to. Not sure now.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word dee why
eee, why not?
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word goobles
not to be confused with gobbles?
boogers also apt, when describing indescribably yucky wet messy things. like this sentence.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word bomblette
dangerous cousin, the bull's-eye.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word bomblette
often deceptive, appears tame, especially when ketchup is liberally applied on it.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word tamil
The dot also goes here.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word bingety-bongety
clickety-clackety
flippety-floppety
pitter-patter
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word boomlet
sausurges lead to baloney money?
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word dear john
Thank you!
C
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word boomlet
bilby: Wouldn't that be an bomblette?
boomlet - what your pig will give birth to during periods of heightened economic growth and stock market surges.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word frolic
cues green, rolling meadows.
cues warm sunlight and a gentle breeze.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word tamil
Sarra: தமிழ�?
The dot on top defines the retroflex "L" sound.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word frolicing
frolic
happy, happy, joy, joy
dance.
gambol
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the list proof-that-marketers-are-idiots
kwality, in India. Famous ice-cream brand.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word tradition
ritual
customs
binding
religion
culture
practice
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word perfunctory
forced
out-of-habit
monotonous
careless
superficial
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word convention
common
accepted
norm
consensus
tradition
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word proforma
perfunctory
machine-like
convention
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word proforma
proforma invoice
that which could be?
an example
potential, prospective
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word tamil
A language, of Dravidian (as opposed to Indo-European) origin. Also the people who speak the language. And their culture.
Speakers in India (mostly the state of Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka, Malaysia & Singapore, and thanks to the diaspora, North America.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word meandering
of rivers. of men. of tastes. of fickle hearts.
oxbow
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word industrial estate
a large area with manufacturing units, producing similar products. A very Indian (I think) phenomenon. The first was in Guindy, Chennai.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word boomlet
Not an omelette.
December 15, 2007
ravages commented on the word suggestibel
sounds like decibel
December 15, 2007