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by wurdpurrson
Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:56 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Flaccid
Replies: 13
Views: 10757

Re: Flaccid

Aha. I see a correction was made about poor Rebecca's abdominal condition from the original quoted illustration - "taught" instead of "taut". Ah well, just another illustration in and of itself about why English is so difficult to learn as a second language. As one who has worked...
by wurdpurrson
Fri Sep 27, 2019 3:28 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Flaccid
Replies: 13
Views: 10757

Re: Flaccid

I'm surprised that no-one has yet commented on poor Rebecca's belly's poor training: "Rebecca's belly, which had been taught and muscular a decade ago, was now flaccid with accumulated fat." Not sure exactly who or what was doing the teaching, and of what, but it most certainly wasn't spel...
by wurdpurrson
Thu Nov 09, 2017 4:11 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Divagate
Replies: 2
Views: 4914

Re: Divagate

Forgive my sin, Good Doctor. I saw this entry and immediately assumed that someone had coined a word describing an investigation of scandalous cross-dressing performers or those who behave (wrongly) like spoiled princesses. Mea culpa. Your more literal, pedestrian definition brought me back down nic...
by wurdpurrson
Fri Jun 10, 2016 2:35 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Hootenanny
Replies: 14
Views: 17255

Re: Hootenanny

Nothing like a small town jug band to stir the common soul! I salute you.
by wurdpurrson
Thu Jun 02, 2016 2:19 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Hootenanny
Replies: 14
Views: 17255

Re: Hootenanny

Yes, misterdoe, a gut bucket is an instrument. It's an Appalachian answer to a bass fiddle but intended for strumming /plucking only, not bowing, made of an upside-down galvanized washtub, a broom handle and a piece of rope. Here's one website that gives more information: http://www.jugstore.com/was...
by wurdpurrson
Fri May 27, 2016 1:11 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Revenant
Replies: 17
Views: 20892

Re: Revenant

We live with the Olympic National Park and its spectacular mountains out the south-facing windows, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Victoria BC Canada visible from our north-facing windows - in Port Angeles WA. Nice little lunch-bucket town, with friendly people and incredible beaches, temperate r...
by wurdpurrson
Fri May 27, 2016 12:58 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Pogonophilia
Replies: 13
Views: 17550

Re: Pogonophilia

Damoge: cést tragique. I trust your unfortunate situation does not drag you down into a perpetual state of identity confusion. Be strong. Pogo would be.
by wurdpurrson
Thu May 26, 2016 1:53 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Revenant
Replies: 17
Views: 20892

Re: Revenant

Good call, misterdoe. It really is bad form. But it sounds as though you made a face-saving recovery from your instincts. Congratulations.
by wurdpurrson
Wed Apr 13, 2016 2:56 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Funky
Replies: 8
Views: 11595

Re: Funky

I did the Funky Chicken just last weekend, when I was in a funk and needed cheering up. Got pretty funky in the process, but got lots of exercise to make up for it.
by wurdpurrson
Tue Apr 05, 2016 2:42 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Funky
Replies: 8
Views: 11595

Re: Funky

Related is the phrase "in a funk"or "in a blue funk", coined, I believe, about the time the jazz reference of funky was becoming common amongst musicians. It usually meant to be down, or in a quandry or even depressed.
by wurdpurrson
Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:42 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Revenant
Replies: 17
Views: 20892

Re: Revenant

Here in the hinterlands, it is obligatory that one be set in one's ways. However, I don't have an eight track player anymore. Congratulations! I must admit that I still have a library of LPs and some cassette tapes that rarely are listened to, and do listen to and occasionally acquire CDs. We have ...
by wurdpurrson
Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:35 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Revenant
Replies: 17
Views: 20892

Re: Revenant

Luke and Philip, I suspect that we are kindred spirits. The residents of my floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in the living room/library, the lawyer's cases in the upstairs landing, the bookshelves and piles on the bedside tables are perhaps my wealth, very dear and beloved. No Kindle yet, though friends...
by wurdpurrson
Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:35 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Hero
Replies: 1
Views: 3658

Re: Hero

Thank you for reminding that the use of hero in our culture has evolved unfortunately so that the term is trivialized. I've been privileged to meet two of my heroes: Rosa Parks and Neil Armstrong, both pioneers. I consider myself fortunate to have shaken their hands and told them thank you. I respec...
by wurdpurrson
Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:16 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Revenant
Replies: 17
Views: 20892

Re: Revenant

Is there any connection between this Good Word and revive? Although, I suspect not - the latter is closer to re-live, not to be resurrected. Or? Thanks.
by wurdpurrson
Tue Jan 05, 2016 4:02 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Pogonophilia
Replies: 13
Views: 17550

Re: Pogonophilia

I remember it well. In my library there live several Pogo collections, and about once every three or four years I get one or two down to refresh my perspectives. I think the closest equivalent to Pogo in today's cartoon commentary is Bloomsbury, but it hasn't the whimsy of Pogo or L'il Abner of past...

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