[Starling]

I particularly like spondulicks: cash, money. I dare someone to use it in conversation

[Grimjazz]

Schmuck, just because its agreat word and I don't use it enough.

[Use Of Weapons]

fustilugs, n. -- A grossly fat or slovenly person (normally female)

[Blind Sapper]

A fustilugs spending lots of spondulicks...I see that pretty often, unfortunately.

[worry]

That reminds me, here's a new word: Wal-Martian. It refers to the odd shopper one occasionally sees at Wal-Mart that can't be readily identified as human. They range in appearance from Krang to Mojo (the X-Men villain).

[HiddenOne]

I did a search on WalMartians for the laffs, but came away sickened.

Does this phenomenon or similar occur in other countries (please say yes anyone, and provide proof)

No wonder everybody hates us

[worry]

Well, the entire populace of Australia, for one.

[Shiara]

 worrywort, on 18 February 2012 - 11:57 PM, said:

Well, the entire populace of Australia, for one.

I resemble this comment!

[Blind Sapper]

 Shiara, on 19 February 2012 - 03:53 AM, said:

 worrywort, on 18 February 2012 - 11:57 PM, said:

Well, the entire populace of Australia, for one.

I resemble this comment!

I hope you mean resent...and I really hope you don't mean resemble.

[Shiara]

 TheBlindSapper, on 20 February 2012 - 01:37 AM, said:

 Shiara, on 19 February 2012 - 03:53 AM, said:

 worrywort, on 18 February 2012 - 11:57 PM, said:

Well, the entire populace of Australia, for one.

I resemble this comment!

I hope you mean resent...and I really hope you don't mean resemble.

Pretty sure there are pictures of me somewhere on this forum - do your research and decide for yourself

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Verisimilitude: the quality of appearing to be true or real.

[worry]

You made that up!

An odd word I like, though many of you already know it, is palimpsest. "When writing materials like parchment were scarce and expensive, you didn’t throw them out because they had been used. Instead, you washed them with a dilute alkaline solution to weaken the hold of the ink on the paper, rubbed them down with pumice stone to clean them, and used them again (medieval monkish writing rooms sometimes had people who specialised in doing this). The result was a palimpsest." http://www.worldwide...rds/ww-pal1.htm
There's a bit of layering in the meaning of this word which is always nice.

[Use Of Weapons]

Whenever I'm asked to say what my favourite word is, I generally go down one of two routes. If it's pre-watershed, I'll go with coruscating, adj : to give forth flashes of light, sparks or colour; to swirl with a moiré of colour. If post-watershed, I'll generally go with priapic, adj : resembling or having the qualities of an erect penis (similar to tumescent)

[Use Of Weapons]

How the ampersand got its name: http://www.worldwide...rds/ww-amp1.htm

[worry]

That "per se" thing is so weird!

[Blind Sapper]

An alphabet with 27 letters...cool! Very interesting, especially the progression of the various contractions into what it is today.
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Word of the Week: 2/22/2012: floccinaucinihilipilification v, the action or habit of estimating the value of something as being worthless.

Waclaw: Dude, I just learned this totally awesome word that originated in the mid-1800s!

Casimir: That sounds completely useless. Why would you learn something that has no practical value in the real world?

Waclaw: You know, I really do not appreciate your floccinaucinihilipilification.

Outdated idiom: "Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth":
Interestingly enough, the meaning of this one seems to have changed over time. It most recently is taken to mean that the subject seems innocent, but is actually or probably guilty. It also has been taken to mean that the subject had a "cool" and unemotional state of being. The closest etymologists can find to its original meaning is its usage in a book by Thomas Chamber Haliburton, in which a character is accused of this because he is "meek, has no pride in him." It was first in print, however, in 1530, in a book about the French language. Its true origins are mostly unknown, but this description is interesting: http://www.worldwide.../qa/qa-but3.htm

Quote: "If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?"
-- Steven Wright

[Mrs Savagely Wishy Washy]

I have recently come across two words which I find particularly fascinating and they look and sound great too.

catadromous and anadromous

They are mainly used in Zoology/Ichthyology (here's another cool word) to describe the breeding behaviour of fish, i.e. the migration between salt and fresh water for spawning.

Eels are catadromous, they migrate from fresh to salt water to spawn, whereas Salmon is anadromous, moving from salt to fresh water.

And of course the overarching category is diadromous, spending time in both salt and fresh water.


And one of my alltime favourite words:

ichor

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Tramontane:

1. Being from/located beyond the mountains.
2. Foreign, barbaric

This post has been edited by Adjutant Stormy: 24 February 2012 - 09:04 PM

[Blind Sapper]

 Miss Savage, on 24 February 2012 - 01:49 PM, said:

I have recently come across two words which I find particularly fascinating and they look and sound great too.

catadromous and anadromous

They are mainly used in Zoology/Ichthyology (here's another cool word) to describe the breeding behaviour of fish, i.e. the migration between salt and fresh water for spawning.

Eels are catadromous, they migrate from fresh to salt water to spawn, whereas Salmon is anadromous, moving from salt to fresh water.

And of course the overarching category is diadromous, spending time in both salt and fresh water.


And one of my alltime favourite words:

ichor

Ichor is the blood of the gods, am I correct?

[Mrs Savagely Wishy Washy]

 TheBlindSapper, on 26 February 2012 - 04:55 PM, said:

 Miss Savage, on 24 February 2012 - 01:49 PM, said:

I have recently come across two words which I find particularly fascinating and they look and sound great too.

catadromous and anadromous

They are mainly used in Zoology/Ichthyology (here's another cool word) to describe the breeding behaviour of fish, i.e. the migration between salt and fresh water for spawning.

Eels are catadromous, they migrate from fresh to salt water to spawn, whereas Salmon is anadromous, moving from salt to fresh water.

And of course the overarching category is diadromous, spending time in both salt and fresh water.


And one of my alltime favourite words:

ichor

Ichor is the blood of the gods, am I correct?

Yup, it's a golden liquid and apparently toxic to humans. Lethal, in fact.

Also, the word is used to describe the juice that leaks out of dragons if you hit'em hard enough.