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- Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:42 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Chutzpah/hutzpah
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9029
Chutzpah/hutzpah
chutzpah n. (Yiddish) nerve, gall, audacity, guts, boldness; self-confidence, courage, spunk ©Babylon English Dictionary Example: while being condemned for killing his parents, the defendant's plea for extenuating circumstances being an orphan. Run up against it trying to understand the German word...
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:30 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: gluttony
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6246
gluttony
Xmas and New Year. With this two holidays we have to be particularly careful not to indulge in one of the capital/deadly/cardinal sins: gluttony. English does not seem to be too inclined in distinguishing between gluttony and other pleasures associated with taste; I will thous use French to recommen...
- Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:44 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Words Derived From Names
- Replies: 23
- Views: 55850
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:14 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Words Derived From Names
- Replies: 23
- Views: 55850
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:40 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Words Derived From Names
- Replies: 23
- Views: 55850
Re: Eponyms
How about Stakhanovite?
There are many, many others, but I can't dredge any up at the moment.
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:00 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: PONZI
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7344
- Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:07 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Rend
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12032
Apparently no connection between 'rend' and 'rendering' in any of the latter's definitions. rendering SYLLABICATION: ren·der·ing PRONUNCIATION: rndr-ng NOUN: 1. A depiction or interpretation, as in painting or music. 2. A drawing in perspective of a proposed structure. 3. A translation: a rendering ...
- Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:49 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: asunder
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6456
- Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:00 am
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: Access to Suggested Good Words
- Replies: 3
- Views: 27967
Access to Suggested Good Words
Would it not be possible to have access to Suggested Good Words in alpha and chrono sequence listings?
- Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:45 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: asunder
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6456
asunder
asunder SYLLABICATION: a·sun·der PRONUNCIATION: -sndr ADVERB: 1. Into separate parts or pieces: broken asunder. 2. Apart from each other either in position or in direction: The curtains had been drawn asunder. ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, from Old English on sundran : on, on; see on + sundran, separa...
- Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:13 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: INFLAMMABLE
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6251
- Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:42 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: protocol
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5405
protocol
protocol SYLLABICATION: pro·to·col PRONUNCIATION: prt-kôl, -kl, -kl NOUN: 1a. The forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state. b. A code of correct conduct: safety protocols; academic protocol. 2. The first copy of a treaty or other such document before its ratification...
- Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:00 pm
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: 'like' and 'as'
- Replies: 32
- Views: 73215
- Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: vocabulary (dictionary)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7757
vocabulary (dictionary)
vocabulary SYLLABICATION: vo·cab·u·lar·y PRONUNCIATION: v-kby-lr NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. vo·cab·u·lar·ies 1. All the words of a language. 2. The sum of words used by, understood by, or at the command of a particular person or group. 3. A list of words and often phrases, usually arranged alphabet...
- Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:27 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: boeotian
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10907