[Blind Sapper]

I've never heard it said about dragons before.

[JLV]

I've only heard it in the sense of wounds. Never knew it was about gods.

[Shiara]

I believe the original meaning was divine blood, but it has been used with poetic license to cover all sorts of blood / seeping fluid.

[JLV]

I liked ichor back when it was the blood of gods... too mainstream now :hipsterglasses:

[Use Of Weapons]

Ichor was the fluid in the Colossus of Rhodes, which leaked out when the Argonauts opened the valve in his back (at his ankle in the classic film).

Steven Donaldson uses lots of weird vocabulary in his books. I remember him once describing a pair of breasts as 'sabulous', and for years I thought it was a cross between fabulous and pendulous. Eventually I looked it up and it means 'sandy'.

[Blind Sapper]

Sandy Breasts? Is she related to Sandy Cheeks?

[Shiara]

 TheBlindSapper, on 28 February 2012 - 02:35 AM, said:

Sandy Breasts? Is she related to Sandy Cheeks?

Sandbags - clearly a cross-dresser a la Robin Hood; Men in Tights.

[Mrs Savagely Wishy Washy]

 TheBlindSapper, on 27 February 2012 - 11:13 PM, said:

I've never heard it said about dragons before.

I believe the man himself, read SE, used it in one of the books where a dragon was slain. I may find it again, either HoC or TBH, possibly TBH.

 JLV, on 27 February 2012 - 11:14 PM, said:

I've only heard it in the sense of wounds. Never knew it was about gods.

Homer used it in his epics and then, see Shiara's reply.

 Shiara, on 28 February 2012 - 12:58 AM, said:

I believe the original meaning was divine blood, but it has been used with poetic license to cover all sorts of blood / seeping fluid.

Exactly.
There may also be differences in how ichor is used in German. E.g. in German, it also describes when rock sinks through layers of the earth where it melts and then forms a type of granite which is called ichor. I am not sure whether it is used in English for that as well.

[Blind Sapper]

Happy Leap Day, everyone.
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Word of the Week: 2/29/12(Leap Day): fritiniency: n. the noise of insects, often a swarm.

Dave ran upon hearing the fritiniency of the wasps, angry to have had a rock thrown at their nest.

Outdated idiom: "Flag-fallen": used to describe a fellow who is unemployed, or has no cause to work for. As the term implies, this idiom came from the medieval era. It was used to describe someone who was once conscripted by a lord, but now that the lord was defeated, was out of a job; their "flag" had fallen.

Quote:
"I remmember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof." -- Rodney Dangerfield
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[Blind Sapper]

I've always liked the word fungible, adj. freely exchangable or replacable.

[JLV]

pestiferous

1. annoying: troublesome or annoying2. causing infectious disease: breeding or spreading a virulently infectious disease3. corrupting: evil and corrupting ( formal )

[Use Of Weapons]

quin·cunx
noun /ˈkwinˌkəNGks/ 
quincunxes, plural


• An arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its center, used for the five on dice or playing cards, and in planting trees
• An aspect of 150°, equivalent to five zodiacal signs

This post has been edited by UseOfWeapons: 06 March 2012 - 03:38 PM

[Geer]

My humble contribution, in honour of Fiddler and co.


petard



\puh-TAHRD\



noun





Meaning



1 : a case containing anexplosive to break down a door or gate or breach a wall

*2 : a firework thatexplodes with a loud report







Aside from historicalreferences to siege warfare, and occasional contemporary references tofireworks, "petard" is almost always encountered in variations of thephrase "hoist with one's own petard," meaning "victimized orhurt by one's own scheme." The phrase comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet:"For 'tis the sport to have the enginer / Hoist with his own petar.""Hoist" in this case is the past participle of the verb"hoise," meaning "to lift or raise," and "petar(d)"refers to an explosive device used in siege warfare. Hamlet uses the example ofthe engineer (the person who sets the explosive device) being blown into theair by his own device as a metaphor for those who schemed against Hamlet beingundone by their own schemes. The phrase has endured, even if its literalmeaning has largely been forgotten.

[Blind Sapper]

Beuatiful, Geer!
Sorry I couldn't get this posted yesterday, I have had way too much to do.
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Word of the Week: 3/7/12: Inaniloquent: adj, pertaining to idle talk or chat.

The lawyer at the convention was the paragon of all that is inaniloquent. However, he lost all of his debates.

Saying: Hunky-dory: used to describe a condition in which everything is "all right"

More information on the etymology of this saying: http://etymologynow....hunky-dory.html
http://www.worldwide.../qa/qa-hun2.htm

Quote: "A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain."
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

[Blind Sapper]

It seems people have been stingy with their words lately.
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Word of the Week: 3/14/12: Happy Pi day! In honor of today, this week is math-themed.

cryptarithm: n, A number puzzle in which an indicated arithmetical operation has some or all of its digits replaced by letters or symbols and where the restoration of the original digits is required. Each letter represents a unique digit.

For example: This is a common one. Try solving it.

SEND
+MORE
^{______________________}
MONEY

Outdated term: Actually, this week, instead of an outdated term, I will give you a set of outdated paradoxes, courtesy of Zeno. Zeno's Paradoxes have puzzled intellectuals for thousands of years, and many claim that they have been disproven already, usually with the use of calculus. Others claim that they have not been disproven yet, and they search for an answer.

Quote:
"Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted."
--- Bertrand Russell (Mathematician)

[Blind Sapper]

Well, this was fun for a few weeks. Unfortunately, I feel it is time for me to let this thread go, unless somebody else wants to keep it up.
By no means stop posting interesting words here, I'm just not going to be posting weekly anymore.

Edit: I was kidding.

This post has been edited by TheBlindSapper: 24 March 2012 - 05:14 PM

[worry]

What a jerk!

[worry]

A louse!

[worry]

A ne-er do well!

[Use Of Weapons]

A cad!