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by misterdoe
Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:28 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Frippery
Replies: 2
Views: 2634

Re: Frippery

I first saw today's word many years ago in a review of an album by an avant-garde guitarist named Robert Fripp, so I could understand it in context but I really thought the word was made up to describe his guitar playing. :D
by misterdoe
Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:22 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Degringolade
Replies: 3
Views: 8462

Re: Degringolade

My left hip went through degringolade through the spring, requiring me to have it replaced a bit over a month ago. It shouldn't have taken that for me to come back to this site, though. I'll try not to stay away so long anymore.
by misterdoe
Thu Dec 15, 2022 11:32 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Disembarrass
Replies: 1
Views: 2724

Re: Disembarrass

I've never seen that word before, but I had a good idea of what it meant right away. I have kind of a working knowledge of Spanish, and in Spanish embarazada means "pregnant," from embarazar "to obstruct or block." :o :)
by misterdoe
Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:02 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Ukraine
Replies: 21
Views: 14766

Re: Ukraine

Thanks for this. I wish news sites did this on their own pages. What good does it do me to read about someone whose name is a mystery to me? Some sites have started using native diacritical marks, but without knowing what they mean in that particular language, it's not helpful, at all, at all. Take...
by misterdoe
Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:49 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: High-falutin'
Replies: 6
Views: 5921

Re: High-falutin'

New York born-and-bred, and I love this word! :)
by misterdoe
Wed May 05, 2021 12:42 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Lave
Replies: 3
Views: 5276

Re: Lave

I've seen this word in word puzzles online and on my phone but never in print... before today. :)
by misterdoe
Wed May 05, 2021 12:41 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Morganatic
Replies: 2
Views: 4433

Re: Morganatic

I always wondered where that term came from. I figured someone named Morgan (or something similar) was involved in an early marriage of this type. :?
by misterdoe
Wed May 05, 2021 12:35 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Excrescence
Replies: 4
Views: 5814

Re: Excrescence

I've known a few people with excrescences, though at the time I didn't know what the word was if the growth was bone rather than fluid or a tumor. Actually I've had a few myself, if extra teeth qualify. :?
by misterdoe
Tue May 04, 2021 11:46 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Hygge
Replies: 4
Views: 5619

Re: Hygge

A new one to me. Without any context, I saw this in my email and immediately I was reminded of an etymology article i read years ago about how onomatopeia played a large part in the formation of many languages, using as an example that an early form of some language (Gaelic, maybe?) an old word for ...
by misterdoe
Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:17 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Remission
Replies: 10
Views: 12477

Re: Remission

But the "sending in" of payments is remittance, isn't it? I've never seen remission in any sense except that of a disease that has lessened in severity but not necessarily gone away. :?
by misterdoe
Wed Mar 31, 2021 12:35 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: cracket
Replies: 5
Views: 6968

Re: cracket

Is this a cracket too?
I haven't seen one of those in ages! :)
by misterdoe
Wed Mar 31, 2021 12:32 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Vaporware
Replies: 11
Views: 11229

Re: Vaporware

I've always spelled it gonna, but then again I spell spelled spelled, not spelt, which is a kind of grain to me. :? Sometime ago a now-retired co-worker sparked an interesting conversation about spelled vs. spelt . Apparently some younger co-workers were unaware of the grain called spelt . :?
by misterdoe
Wed Mar 31, 2021 12:24 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Commode
Replies: 9
Views: 9627

Re: Commode

I remember that when I was a kid it cracked me up to hear my Dad refer to the commode rather than the toilet (or bathroom ). I knew better than to laugh but I thought it sounded funny. I guess my New Yorker sensibility was kicking in; commode seemed like a country/Southern term to my young ears. :oo...
by misterdoe
Sat Mar 20, 2021 3:11 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Paraprosdokian
Replies: 3
Views: 5825

Re: Paraprosdokian

One that drew much reaction when I posted it on social media: "HOW LONG is a Chinese name." (Notice the punctuation...)
by misterdoe
Sat Mar 20, 2021 3:10 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Paraprosdokian
Replies: 3
Views: 5825

Re: Paraprosdokian

Rather than rehash my old ones, I'll share some new ones. From an old t-shirt: "I KNOW KARATE, JIU-JITSU... and a few other Japanese words."

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