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- Thu May 16, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Arrogate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7907
Re: Arrogate
I wonder how the transitive/intransitive usages break down in numbers. I'm not sure I've ever seen arrogate used in the sense of assigning something to someone else. It's always 'to oneself'. So I arrogate to you the onus of looking that up. (Doesn't work, does it?)
- Thu May 16, 2024 6:21 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Tuchus
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6402
Re: Tuchus
Polite society may accept tuchus, but I wonder about the diminutives. They don't quite fit in there, do they? Too childish sounding?
Polite society may accept tuchus, but my spellchecker doesn't. It suggests schuss instead. I guess I'll have to add it, eh? Or just give it a kick in the schuss?
Polite society may accept tuchus, but my spellchecker doesn't. It suggests schuss instead. I guess I'll have to add it, eh? Or just give it a kick in the schuss?
- Wed May 15, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Eeky
- Replies: 4
- Views: 76
- Wed May 15, 2024 5:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Tabernacle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 41
Tabernacle
Good Word for 5/15/2024: • tabernacle • Pronunciation: tæ -bêr-næ-kêl • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A moveable dwelling or booth, a tent, a hut or lean-to. 2. (Tabernacle) A sacred moveable structure (tent) in which the Israelites transported the Ark of the Covenant. 3. (Tabernacle) A...
- Wed May 15, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Delicate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6222
Re: Delicate
Nice coincidence just now; I turned on my local classical station and opened this word at the same time. The music playing was the tail end of Mussorgsky's 'Night on Bald Mountain', a very delicate and beautiful coda.
- Wed May 15, 2024 9:01 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Eeky
- Replies: 4
- Views: 76
Re: Eeky
How was it used where you saw it? Where was it? I'm pretty sure it's onomatopoeic for the squeak of fearful surprise. Or is that echoic?
- Wed May 15, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Average
- Replies: 2
- Views: 55
- Wed May 15, 2024 6:53 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Loophole
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2728
Re: Loophole
Dictionary.com has another theory for the etymology of loupe: 1905–10; < French, originally an imperfect gem, a mass of hot metal ≪ Germanic; loop3 , lob1 Not particularly satisfying, if you ask me. Making it a 20th century coinage is one pretty big stumbling point. Unless, of course, the two loupes...
- Tue May 14, 2024 6:57 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Affiance
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2858
Re: Affiance
For whatever reason, I have a hard time remembering the position of the stress in this word. I keep going for something along the lines of 'ah-fee-ahns'. Influenced by affluence, I guess. Now, if only I could get afinanced, I could get that car I want.
- Tue May 14, 2024 6:06 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Companion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3395
Re: Companion
Hey, I even got some Spanish out of this one. Now when I see a menu item that says 'pastor', I'll know that it means something along the lines of 'shepherd's pie' or such. Someone told me it meant pork, and I couldn't figure that one out.
- Tue May 14, 2024 5:36 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Day
- Replies: 1
- Views: 66
- Mon May 13, 2024 6:56 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dixie
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2975
Re: Dixie
I may have been born in the Vanderbilt Hospital, but we moved, so I tested out as only 39% Dixie.
- Mon May 13, 2024 6:14 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Apprise
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2496
Re: Apprise
I think of apprise mostly in conjunction with 'situation'.
An underling might apprehensively apprise the boss of a less-than-ideal situation. Not just assonance there, but a shared root. Cool!
An underling might apprehensively apprise the boss of a less-than-ideal situation. Not just assonance there, but a shared root. Cool!
- Sun May 12, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Aurora
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3706
Re: Aurora
The recent activity of the sun made me look this one up, and here it is. Borealis and Australis could be tossed in there with it, too. It's been rainy in my world, but perhaps someone out there got a chance to see the show recently.
- Sun May 12, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Nitty-gritty
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2555
Re: Nitty-gritty
I'm just quibbling with the 'niggling' bit, as it makes it sound less important than I take the nitty-gritty to be.