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by eberntson
Mon Dec 12, 2022 2:21 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: missive
Replies: 1
Views: 2948

missive

At this time of year when we receive greeting cards with missive updates folded in the card. I thought "missive" might make a good word. My thought is that only recently, the word meant a missile sent over the lines at others, then a verbose correspondent or book, and now it is almost a wo...
by eberntson
Wed Nov 17, 2021 2:01 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: dive (n)
Replies: 3
Views: 7201

Re: dive (n)

Don't base runners dive for home plate in baseball?
by eberntson
Wed Nov 17, 2021 1:58 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: mumbletypeg
Replies: 2
Views: 9509

Re: mumbletypeg

@Slava That does make a lot more sense, but these boys are;t using jackknives then but real knives with sheaths and handles that have some heft. it does seem to be a safe game the way you explain it. Can you imagine coming home with a hole in your shoe and foot? There would be hell to pay, starting ...
by eberntson
Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:01 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: mulct
Replies: 1
Views: 4112

mulct

mulct to swindle; to obtain by fraud I found that it's from the 1584 and the 15th century. It has Latin roots. There are n. & v. forms of this word. Unable to determine a history, any able to scry its history? Other definitions include "to get money out of people through a tax or fee under...
by eberntson
Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:54 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: drag (n.)
Replies: 3
Views: 6530

drag (n.)

Drag is a four-letter word that has multiple uses and meanings depending on context. The context I am thinking about is in regards to streets and vehicles which are tightly coupled. Here is what I was musing about "The Johnson boy was caught drag racing down the main drag of town in his new dra...
by eberntson
Wed Jun 16, 2021 1:50 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Mittyesque
Replies: 2
Views: 5855

Re: Mittyesque

You are correct about Ben Stiller, and not Tom Hanks version of the movie. My mistake!
by eberntson
Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:20 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Mittyesque
Replies: 2
Views: 5855

Mittyesque

Mittyesque is perhaps a little too new for a Good Word. It comes from the short story of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and the movie with Danny Kaye circa 1939. It means, denoting an ineffectual person who spends more time in heroic daydreams than paying attention to the real world, or...
by eberntson
Tue Sep 08, 2020 4:45 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: television
Replies: 1
Views: 4851

television

The word television is a chimera word because it is a combination of greek and Latin roots. Apparently, some Wordniks dislike the word because of this mashup nature. Plus, it was invented by the Germans. There must be some interesting dark corners in its history that might be worth shedding light on...
by eberntson
Tue Sep 08, 2020 4:39 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: ouroboros
Replies: 4
Views: 6866

Re: ouroboros

I just used this worked last week.
by eberntson
Mon May 25, 2020 10:01 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Latitude and Longitude have more breath and far reaching meaning
Replies: 2
Views: 6256

Latitude and Longitude have more breath and far reaching meaning

These words are ubiquitous for those of us that can remember taking actual Geography classes. The roots and meaning of these words are related to breathing room for latitude. And longitude means the reach to the East in Europe, since the Atlantic was the ultimate border to the west. It is worth a pe...
by eberntson
Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:54 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Matelot
Replies: 1
Views: 5779

Matelot

A sailors bunk mate or the sailors that share the bunk area.

The entemology is quite broad including French, Old Dutch, and Norse.

Found it in “Merry Hall” by Beverley Nichols a sprite book on his exploited building a garden at a manor in England after WWII.
by eberntson
Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:48 am
Forum: Site News
Topic: alphaDictionary.com IS NOW "MOBILE-FRIENDLY"!
Replies: 5
Views: 22824

Re: alphaDictionary.com IS NOW "MOBILE-FRIENDLY"!

Looks good!
by eberntson
Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:16 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: parosody
Replies: 1
Views: 6210

parosody

the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry. Also, used in linguistics.

Greek root.
by eberntson
Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:43 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: mumbletypeg
Replies: 2
Views: 9509

mumbletypeg

A child's game is played with a pocket knife, where the goal is to stick the knife in the ground or wood surface while launching it in prescribed ways or manipulation. One way is to toss the knife at the feet, the closest wins; landing the knife in your foot is an automatic win. To be that young, bo...
by eberntson
Mon Jun 27, 2016 8:15 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Vaudeville
Replies: 1
Views: 7477

Vaudeville

A entertained format populate in the UAS and Canada the consisted of a variety of acts including singers, magicians, play scenes, musicians, etc. it was populate from the 1880's to the 1930's. The words source has many sources and is thought to be a corruption of the French voix de ville, translates...

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