Whats the word?

[jonb]

Millenium -- a thousand assholes

 

[B_RoysToy]

Mine are so simple I hope they don't reflect my intellect. Here they are:

Love

Buddy

Sweetheart

Grope

Size

 

[Pecker]

Queery n. A question to ascertain one's sexual orientation.

 

[ashlar]

Twilight - Light from the sky at dusk or dawn

 

[B_DoubleMeatWhopper]

Originally posted by ashlar@Dec 12 2004, 10:59 AM
Twilight - Light from the sky at dusk or dawn

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That brings to mind another of my favourite words that refers to dusk: evenfall. Ther's also evendim, but that term is so archaic that it rarely puts in an appearance even in dictionaries.

 

[ashlar]

Originally posted by DoubleMeatWhopper+Dec 12 2004, 06:24 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DoubleMeatWhopper &#064; Dec 12 2004, 06:24 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-ashlar@Dec 12 2004, 10:59 AM
Twilight - Light from the sky at dusk or dawn

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That brings to mind another of my favourite words that refers to dusk: evenfall. Ther&#39;s also evendim, but that term is so archaic that it rarely puts in an appearance even in dictionaries.

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I like evenfall ... I&#39;m not sure i&#39;m pronuouncing evendim properly in my head.

 

[Pecker]

Evenfall - is that related in any way to dawncrack?

Anticiparcellate (an ti si par&#39; sel ate) - v. Waiting until the mailman is several houses down the street before picking up the mail, so as not too appear too anxious.

 

[jonb]

I always liked quizzes. The first time I played Scrabble, it was my first word, for 118 points. (One of the Z&#39;s was a blank.)

 

[madame_zora]

Innocuous- Having no adverse effect, harmless

Rhododendron- Any of various evergreen shrubs of said genus, having variously colored flower clusters

Vacillate- To sway from side to side. To swing indecisively between courses of actions or opinions.

Ellipsis- the omission of a word or phrase required for a complete syntactical construction, but not necessary for understanding.

Phlebotomy- The medical practice of opening a vein by incision or puncture to draw blood.


Those are some winners I&#39;ve come across lately. Innocuous I&#39;ve always loved, and often used in ways it doesn&#39;t actually work, but I like the sound of it. Rhododendron I just like to see in print. The others I like mostly because it amuses me that there are words that mean something so specific, particularly ellipsis.

Jonb, I got Quiz once where the Q was on a triple letter and the Z was on the triple word. I don&#39;t remember what the total points were, but that was certainly my best ever.

 

[jonb]

I always like Spanish-derivative words of eight letters or more. The Q&#39;s and Z&#39;s, combined with the potential for two triple word scores, makes for

The record, if Wikipedia can be trusted, is caziques, for 392 points.

 

[Pecker]

Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn&#39;t get it.

 

[KinkGuy]

Originally posted by Pecker@Dec 13 2004, 06:29 PM
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn&#39;t get it.

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huh? :lol:

 

[ericbear]

Originally posted by DoubleMeatWhopper@Dec 5 2004, 06:14 PM

Or if you turn it into a present active participle - fucking - it can be used as two other parts of speech:

ADJECTIVE. "Hey&#33; That&#39;s my fucking car&#33;" (Adjective modifying the noun car.)

ADVERB. "That felt so fucking good&#33;" (Adverb modifying the adjective good.)

It&#39;s a useful fucking word.

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Indeed it is. And here&#39;s an educational film (FLASH required) to tell you all about the various linguistic uses of fuck:

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/fword.swf

 

[ashlar]

feind - 1 : devil 2 : extreamely wicked person

 

[madame_zora]

Originally posted by Pecker@Dec 14 2004, 12:29 AM
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn&#39;t get it.

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Pecker, keep it up, these are some of the best gems I&#39;ve seen in a while. You are a true word-smith&#33;

 

[Pecker]

Frust (n): The line of dust that accumulates when sweeping dust into a dust pan and frustratingly backs you up because you can never get it into the pan.

 

[Pecker]

Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

 

[intheloop]

Originally posted by ashlar@Dec 14 2004, 05:25 AM
feind - 1 : devil 2 : extreamely wicked person

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That reminds me another word I like&#33;

Fiendish&#33;
1. demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy -- (extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell:
"The Fireside Book of Fiendish Plots"

 

[Pecker]

Mozzalastics (maht suh las&#39; tiks) - n. Large deposits of cheese that stick to the top of the pizza box.

 

[ashlar]

Originally posted by Pecker@Dec 20 2004, 08:36 AM
Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

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And here I though that was going to have something to do with getting stoned.