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by duggles
Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:44 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Dreadnought
Replies: 4
Views: 6349

Re: Dreadnought

I'll just say "amen" to Jasaco's comment - I was surprised that the guitar body style was overlooked.
by duggles
Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:25 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Awkward
Replies: 2
Views: 4518

Re: Awkward

Having been sort of a unix guy (in a previous life), and knowing some of the people that were deep into unix, I find it easy to believe that someone knew the norse word...
by duggles
Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:27 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Awkward
Replies: 2
Views: 4518

Awkward

I happened on this word today, and I was struck with how strange it was that someone might be moving toward "awk". I looked it up and thought it might be a good candidate for a Goodword. Awk came from old norse: wrong, turned backwards, contrary.

Just a thought...
Thanks!
by duggles
Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:39 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: stereophonic / stereo
Replies: 2
Views: 6242

stereophonic / stereo

I ran into a jumble this morning for which the answer was " stereotypical ", and it started me thinking about why stereo was a part of this word as well as stereophonic. I learned through the etymology that stereo by itself is the literal Greek for solid, and that stereotype was the most u...
by duggles
Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:42 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Conversation
Replies: 2
Views: 5261

New Testament reference...

interesting... (about the New Testament reference as well as your coming through Conway.... :D ) I looked at an online bible concordance for all instances of "Conversation" and found that in about half the occurrences, it seemed to mean specifically dialogue, but in the other half, either ...
by duggles
Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:51 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Conversation
Replies: 2
Views: 5261

Conversation

I woke up this morning with this word (conversation) in my head - wondering how it came to mean what it does these days, so I came to the Dr. GoodWord to see if it had been discussed and apparently it has not. I thought I'd offer it up as a candidate. I looked it up on one of my favorite etymology s...
by duggles
Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:51 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: SALTATE
Replies: 4
Views: 6901

Salt and Saltate

I looked at a couple of online etymology sites and couldn't find a link between "saltate" and "salt", but I feel like there must be a connection somewhere. Anyone have an idea/opinion/answer?
by duggles
Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:41 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Disposition
Replies: 1
Views: 4800

Disposition

While I lay in bed this morning in that semi-dreamlike state, a word popped into my head... ( disposition ). It seemed a bit strange to me so when I got out of bed I looked up the etymology and found it quite interesting. Originally " dispose " seems to have meant to put something in it's ...
by duggles
Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:17 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: ingenuous
Replies: 1
Views: 4186

ingenuous

disingenuous/ingenuous I woke up this morning with "disingenous" in my head :shock: - and of course immediately started thinking about its positive connotation. Although definitions and examples are readily available for both, it struck me as odd how much more "in use" disingenuo...
by duggles
Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:48 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Librate
Replies: 3
Views: 7351

Librate

I ran across this word in a crossword puzzle as a definition or synonym of oscillate. I thought at first that it was a mistake and that they had meant for the answer to be vibrate, but upon digging a little deeper I discovered that it is indeed a valid answer. I thought it was odd enough that I shou...

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