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- Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hamburger
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14511
Re: Hamburger
So we come down to the fact that 'steak tatar' is the raw version of a hamburger pattie.
- Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:52 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Affordance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5942
Re: Affordance
When you are driving a 'left' arrow means 'go left', a 'right' arrow means 'go right'. Usually an 'up' arrow means 'go ahead', but a 'down' arrow doesn't mean 'go back'. Not that I've seen any of these on the road, unless they are pointing at a hole.
- Thu Jul 17, 2014 5:21 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Neophyte
- Replies: 9
- Views: 32294
Re: Novice
Accepted synonyms quoted in Oxford Historical Thesaurus: monk-child OE a boy who is being brought up to be a monk. nun-novice OE Appositive, as nun-novice, nun-portress, nun-princess, nun-sister, etc. novice c1390 A person who has entered a religious order and is under probation or trial before taki...
- Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:01 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Pyknic
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6293
Re: Pyknic
pyknic Line breaks: pyk¦nic Pronunciation: /ˈpɪknɪk / ADJECTIVE Anthropology Relating to or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to fat. Origin 1920s: from Greek puknos 'thick' + -ic. The word was first used by the German psychiatrist, Ernst Kretsc...
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:37 am
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Britishisms
- Replies: 6
- Views: 25566
Re: Britishisms
This link is to a good little article I read on differences between America & Australia
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:17 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Neophyte
- Replies: 9
- Views: 32294
Re: Neophyte
If someone is thinking of joining a religious order, the first years of training are called the novitiate.
- Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Panoply
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7502
Re: Panoply
Pan was the god of 'all' and played the pan-pipes in his spare time: pan‐pipes (Pandean Pipes, Syrinx) Instrument of classical antiquity, ancestor of the flute. Series (4 to 12 or more) of short vertical pipes of wood, cane, or pottery fixed side by side and graduated in length to give the pitches o...
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:56 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Assemblage
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6717
Re: Assemblage
My children have General Assemblies at school but it always use to make me laugh that the kids called it 'Assembily'.
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:08 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Pew
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3736
Re: Pew
A raised standing-place or desk in a church or chapel, to enable a preacher, reader, etc., to be seen and heard by the congregation. Freq. with modifying word, as minister's pew, praying pew, reader's pew, pew for penance. Ref: Oxford English Dictionary
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:46 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Penance
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7803
Re: Penance
As mentioned in the notes, it doesn't even have a plural. So if you see 'penances' they are not aware of the correct grammar.
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:43 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Paddock
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4822
Re: Paddock
A paddock is a much larger fenced off area where you can graze sheep, cattle, horses, etc. while a corral is much smaller and used to muster livestock. It is more like a holding yard.
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:28 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hacker
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22160
Re: Hacker
The hacker in computer terms is someone who is very smart at what they do. They are really experts in the field and computer literate in every sense of the word. I would suspect that they come from an IT background or are very well self taught.
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:46 am
- Forum: Site News
- Topic: Books that Should be Written
- Replies: 14
- Views: 47706
Re: Books that Should be Written
Found this one quite funny: Parachuting by Hugo First