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by drsved
Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:23 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Dowager
Replies: 1
Views: 3459

Dowager

One of several words I just found sitting on a list to look up and post.
by drsved
Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:22 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: quarry
Replies: 1
Views: 3636

quarry

Are the two totally different uses at all related? Quarry as in what one chases, and where one digs for rocks.
by drsved
Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:36 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: fetch
Replies: 4
Views: 6099

Re: fetch

So, have we ever had fetch, fetching as a good word?
by drsved
Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:45 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: trebuchet
Replies: 5
Views: 6579

trebuchet

Found this recently. How does it differ from a catapult?
by drsved
Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:44 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: pylon
Replies: 1
Views: 3366

pylon

Is this the best word for the football goalposts?
by drsved
Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:45 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: serried
Replies: 2
Views: 4641

serried

I like it
by drsved
Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:18 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: grognard
Replies: 1
Views: 3786

grognard

Another with an old use, French for "old soldier" but finding new uses now. Anyone heard it?
by drsved
Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:17 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: cleek
Replies: 1
Views: 3506

cleek

Apparently, well known to golfers, but used in a non-golf setting it also has a meaning - like when you used to cook in a big pot over a fire, the hook you hung the pot from is a cleek. But, any other uses?
by drsved
Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:16 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: flagrant vs blatant
Replies: 3
Views: 5406

flagrant vs blatant

Neither of these have been past Good Words. Long discussion last night, with no answers, about when to use one or the other. Some sense that Flagrant involved more drama, but is this true?
by drsved
Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:12 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: neoteric
Replies: 1
Views: 4573

neoteric

Just one more of a list I just found!
by drsved
Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:10 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: futurity
Replies: 2
Views: 4711

futurity

When would you use this instead of future?
by drsved
Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:09 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: martinet
Replies: 3
Views: 5761

martinet

what's the derivation?
by drsved
Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:08 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: gingerly
Replies: 1
Views: 3819

gingerly

Why is this not related to ginger?
by drsved
Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:01 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: boisterous
Replies: 2
Views: 4490

boisterous

Any idea on where this comes from?
by drsved
Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:56 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: hobble
Replies: 9
Views: 12681

hobble

Derivation?

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