Seems to be about as popular as it has been historically. Have a look at the graph provided by the ngramviewer
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?c ... moothing=3
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- Mon May 20, 2024 12:12 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Parlance
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7977
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Kickshaw
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8442
Re: Kickshaw
Of course when I saw this word, I immediately thought of self-propelled wheel chairs, one Suzuki Tadashi's commonly used means of moving actors around on the stage. Have a look at the opening scene here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHV-3oYLCFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHV-3oYLCFc
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Bigfoot
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5382
Re: Bigfoot
There was a discussion of "bigfoot" in another thread in March, 2014 https://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=43064&hilit=bigfoot#p43064 And then I guess it became a WoD in May of that year (this thread). Today I came across "bigfoot" in the wild and was completely ...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:22 am
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: tie the knot/get hitched
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3397
tie the knot/get hitched
Does anyone know of a good glossary of idioms/
Does anyone know the origin of the idioms "tie the knot" or "get hitched" (meaning to get married)?
-- Thank you for any insight.
Does anyone know the origin of the idioms "tie the knot" or "get hitched" (meaning to get married)?
-- Thank you for any insight.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:44 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Amorous
- Replies: 1
- Views: 205
Re: Amorus
From "As You Like It"
It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o’er the green cornfield did pass,
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.
It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o’er the green cornfield did pass,
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Saltate
- Replies: 2
- Views: 263
Re: Saltate
Reading this I was reminded that there is a classic Italian dish called Saltimbocca which is usually translated as "jump in mouth." The delectable flavors of sage and cheese wrapped around thinly sliced veal shock your taste buds as they suddenly "jump up" in your mouth.
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Pejorative
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1157
Re: Pejorative
I would like to know how Latin got from the "mal-" of "malus" to the "pej-" of "pejor". It seems a rather odd phonetic change.
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:31 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Samey
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8200
Re: Samey
But the attitude expressed any vocal utterance can change depending on the tone of voice used. There is the classic acting exercise where one attempts to express many as many different affective states as possible while repeating a one or two word phrase like "hello" or "good morning&...
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:23 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Crwth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 92261
Re: Crwth
I agree the sentence is unclear. Perhaps
". . . the other two are a kind of bass drone that are also occasionally picked."
Perhaps if you watch enough YouTube videos you will catch someone doing it.
". . . the other two are a kind of bass drone that are also occasionally picked."
Perhaps if you watch enough YouTube videos you will catch someone doing it.
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:34 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Crwth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 92261
Re: Crwth
I quote from the definition above
". . . the other two are picked as a kind of bass drone."
which implies these strings mostly sit there vibrating in resonance with the instrument as a whole.
". . . the other two are picked as a kind of bass drone."
which implies these strings mostly sit there vibrating in resonance with the instrument as a whole.
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 6:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Glee
- Replies: 6
- Views: 46291
Re: Glee
According to the Wikipedia page The name of its original product, Clorox, was coined as a portmanteau of its two main ingredients, chlorine and sodium hydroxide According to etymon line, [Chlorine, the] nonmetallic element, the name coined 1810 by English chemist Sir Humphry Davy from Latinized form...
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:07 pm
- Forum: WELCOME HOME!
- Topic: Visage
- Replies: 9
- Views: 46593
Re: Visage
bbeeton, you might find this tongue twister from Japanese amusing 庭には鶏二羽います。 In Romanized Japanese niwa niwa niwatori niwa imasu The gloss for the first niwa (庭) is "garden" (tone high-low, tiny pause) The next niwa is the locative particle and the topic marker (には)(tone flat, slightly lon...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:07 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Cavalier
- Replies: 7
- Views: 36414
Re: Cavalier
David, I second your observation that the elastic bands with hooks on the end used to secure items on the luggage racks of motorcycles and bicycles are called "bungy cords" on at least the west coast of the US. And I believe this usage predates the advent of bungee jumping by several years...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:44 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Caveat
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11368
Re: Caveat
I came across this use of "caveat" as a verb in The Guardian Solomonov has publicly sought to caveat his support for Israel. “I personally believe in the right of Palestinians to have their own state, and the right for self-determination, and I don’t deny those things,” he said at an event...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:00 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Bate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 21750
Re: Bate
Also a falconry term:
bate, to, (and bating), to beat the wings impatiently, to flutter; an abortive attempt to leave the fist or perch by jump- ing or flapping the wings but being restrained by the leash or jesses.
A falcon that has bated from the perch is a miserable looking bird.
bate, to, (and bating), to beat the wings impatiently, to flutter; an abortive attempt to leave the fist or perch by jump- ing or flapping the wings but being restrained by the leash or jesses.
A falcon that has bated from the perch is a miserable looking bird.