Word of the Day. Post it Here

Discussion in 'Linguistics' started by Captain Kremmen, Aug 16, 2007.

  1. Write4U Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    20,069
    Had me intrigued.

    Bloomfield, Robert (2018). "The LAAPs that foster productive conversations and the crebit that undermines them".
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning#cite_note-2

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
  2. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  3. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    9,253
    Forenoon. It is considered old English for morning. I like it, but not sure I would actively use it in everyday conversation. But, if I’m speaking with a fan of Henry David Thoreau, then...

    Come over in the forenoon, and we will chat about it over coffee.
     
    Last edited: Jul 18, 2020
  4. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  5. geordief Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,118
    Foretaste/aftertaste

    You'd think they might be opposites but they aren't really.
     
  6. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  7. Write4U Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    20,069
    "legally drunk" according to George Carlin:
    " But officer, leave my friend alone, he is legally drunk".

    (warning, crude language)
     
  8. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    7,447
  9. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    7,447
    broccoli

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!



    its supposed to be broccoli underpants
    but i thought the picture might moot a theme which mods might feel the need to adjudicate
     
    Last edited: Jul 20, 2020
  10. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    7,057
    I saw it on a TV show:

    "Conspicuity" - the quality or state of being conspicuous : conspicuousness.

    The context was "conspcuity tape", red-and-white-striped tape that they put on tanker trucks to make the explodey buts conspicuous - Don't step on this, etc.
     
  11. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    7,447
  12. Write4U Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    20,069
    schlemiel, schlimazel, hazenpfeffer.

    Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!
    11/09/2015 01:17 pm ET Updated Nov 09, 2016
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/schlemiel-schlimazel-hase_b_8512356
     
    sculptor likes this.
  13. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    9,253
    Elflocks - a tangled mass of hair

    A sweeter version of “bed-head.”



     
  14. Write4U Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    20,069
    Elf's can have "bad hair days"?

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
    wegs likes this.
  15. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    13,077
    Looks more like haystack head to me

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
  16. Write4U Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    20,069
    Somebody must have been looking for a needle.....

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
    Last edited: Jul 26, 2020
  17. geordief Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,118
    "umbrage", " take umbrage"

    https://www.etymonline.com/word/umbrage

    The word itself derives from umbra (Lat) ="shade" or "shadow"

    Seems unclear exactly how we get its present usage. The link gives it a shot.

    viz "suspicion that one has been slighted," being a usage for "umbrage" in the 17th century
     
  18. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    7,057
    It looks like rain. Better take umbrage.
     
  19. geordief Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,118
    No ."umbrage" obviously means "umbrella rage". Watch out for skewered eyeballs.
     
    Write4U and sideshowbob like this.
  20. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    5,089
    perambulations
     
  21. geordief Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,118
  22. Write4U Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    20,069
    Person 1; "I hope we get what we want"
    Person 2; "I hope we get what we need"
    Person 3; "I hope we never get what we deserve"
     
  23. Write4U Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    20,069
    The "ambulance" was designed to ambulate non-ambulatory persons......

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     

Share This Page