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- Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:09 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Gargantuan
- Replies: 3
- Views: 279
Re: Gargantuan
Among all those language references you missed the Portuguese garganta (throat) which seems to be the closest to the GW.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Ad-lib
- Replies: 0
- Views: 394
Ad-lib
When I read the Quodlibet item, I wondered if it was related to ad-lib. Anyway, it looks like a good suggestion.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Secular
- Replies: 2
- Views: 86844
Re: Secular
Thanks. In my native Portuguese, século means century, so the word secular (written as in English) points more clearly to the temporal meaning.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Quodlibet
- Replies: 2
- Views: 413
Re: Quodlibet
Is this word related to ad lib?
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:23 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Amber
- Replies: 1
- Views: 517
Amber
I was going to suggest electricity, but found electrolyte among the Good Words, and the origin is the same. This suggestion piggybacks on those two, as most people would react with a "WTF is amber, anyway?".
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:07 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Kvetch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18787
Kvetch
I was asked about this word, and I was sure there would be a WOTD entry to support my explanations. There wasn't, how come, I never seem to find one...
Never mind, I was only kvetching for fun, not really complaining.
Never mind, I was only kvetching for fun, not really complaining.
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:30 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Secular
- Replies: 2
- Views: 86844
Secular
The religious meaning, and the temporal count meaning are probably related, but it beats me how.
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:16 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Mulligan
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1769
Mulligan
As I watched a series starring an actress with that name, I remembered seeing the word as a common noun. My guess is that the latter use came later.
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:30 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Battery
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2272
Battery
When my Kindle popped up the message "Battery level is low" today, I thought it was celebrating the absence of sexual violence in the neighbourhood.
- Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Zigzag
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2236
Re: Zigzag
There is a more disciplined form of zigzag that goes by the name boustrophedonic. Boustrophredon has already been a Good Word, but the item does not connect to zigzag.
- Fri Apr 15, 2022 4:00 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Levy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3142
Levy
Is it a funny coincidence that this verb/noun is also a name/surname of biblical origin? I cannot find a metaphorical connection.
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:38 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Lariat
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5881
Lariat
Like lanyard and lasso, it begins with "la", and there is some sort of chord involved. Probably this is just a coincidence.
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:34 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Yard
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2862
Yard
As an area of land immediately adjacent to a building, it is a suffix to several words. However, it is not a suffix in "lanyard". And what about the measure length?
- Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:00 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Lanyard
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3180
Lanyard
I am somehow fascinated by the looks of this word, even though (perhaps because) it refers to such a trivial object. Maybe the fact that in my native Portuguese we have to make do with the awkward composite cordão de crachá has something to do with it. The synonym boondoggle has shown up as a GW a l...
- Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Loggerheads
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3420
Re: Loggerheads
Actually, I read this term quite close to an occurrence of wrangling (wrangle has been a Good Word already), which seem to have a close meaning. I wonder if they can be substituted for each other in some contexts, or if there is some subtle distinction.