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- Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:33 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Obambulate
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10625
Re: Obmablulate
Is there a difference between obambulate and perambulate? Any reason to choose one over the other?
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:40 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Suggestion: add a 'favorites' button
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3512
Suggestion: add a 'favorites' button
Have you considered adding a 'Favourites' button? I would love to be able to easily access a list of my Favourites words from the daily "Goodwords" and their history/meaning.
- Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Is there such a word?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 27035
Re: Is there such a word?
I think ponderous is the closest yet, thought it carries the sense of heavy, as in the topic. Plodding is also quite close, though it can lend the implication that the speaker is not bright. Wow! I can't believe there isn't a perfect word. Perhaps I will just try to avoid such speakers and then I wo...
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:31 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Is there such a word?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 27035
Re: Is there such a word?
Yes it can be. But is there a less derogatory word?
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:19 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Is there such a word?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 27035
Is there such a word?
I'm looking for a word that describes a style of speaking that is slow, methodical, plodding, deliberate, drawn out.
Does any word come to mind?
Does any word come to mind?
- Wed May 09, 2012 12:10 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ORIENT
- Replies: 26
- Views: 30380
We seem to have migrated to defending Asians as nice people. It was never my intent to imply otherwise. I would simply like to know if it's acceptable to refer to them as Oriental. Is the poo-pooing (sp?) of the term just another attempt at political correctness? Which would still beg the question, ...
- Tue May 08, 2012 8:53 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ORIENT
- Replies: 26
- Views: 30380
- Tue May 08, 2012 6:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ORIENT
- Replies: 26
- Views: 30380
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:56 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: LAPIDATE
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20154
Hi back, Philip Hudson. And thank you for the welcome. I've been enjoying the word-of-the-day for months but this was my first successful forum post. I usually read the word-of-the-day on my iphone and trying to post on the forum requires navigating a lot of very tiny print on the phone screen. My p...
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:25 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: LAPIDATE
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20154