Also see the verb "to lug", originally from a Norse word meaning "drag by the hair".

"To lug" had a sailing-specific meaning which meant having a lot more sails on board than required for the prevailing conditions. In other words, weighed down.

It would appear that there is another related word: "waterlogged," the verbal morphology of which suggests there must be a verb "to log" as well. Yes, there are at least two verbs "to log". One, of course, has to do with removing trees from a forest. The other, however...

I underwrite you both :) There you provide a possible example of a Malapropism ( http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/date/2007/05/31 ), since the word exists, but means something else. Of course, if you intend to extend the usage of this word into new grammatical territory, you might have good ...

Then again, I think part of the real greatness of English is that it is already so rich and abundant that one can generally find a word to express one's exact sentiment without having to resort to inventing new ones! I am not sure which is more fun -- creating new words on the fly to suit the situat...

That's what's so great about English: you can verb any noun or adjective you want! :roll:

Should that be verbify?

To make it clear, I am agitating to move uniquify out of the category of slang and into the realm of accepted usage (Word-dom?), on the grounds that it fills a void in the language, currently only partly occupied by the ungainly phrase "to make unique." If there is already a well-establish...

How about dundance or dundancy, as you are removing redundancy?

While dundancy might describe the result of uniquification, it is not likely synonymous. Additionally, it has the problem of being even less recognized than uniquify. I can't find it in any dictionaries.

As of today, this word is considered slang or colloquial: Verb uniquify (rare, slang, computing) To eliminate duplicates from a list, especially when using the *nix command/function uniq. (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uniquify) However, it seems to nicely fill a void in the language. The only other...

Interestingly, it would still likely be called a chorus whether we were speaking or singing; however, a sung soliloquy is usually called an aria.

(Let's hope that our expression of gratitude to Ann Parker for suggesting today's Good Word will not be a soliloquy; she deserves much more.)

Of course, if we are all saying the same thing, I guess one would have to call it a chorus.

(Thanks, Ann!)

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This is not a jar.

Reference to Magritte? You should have said it in French. (N'est Pas une Jarre)

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Mania congers up visions of craziness and intelligence like no other word.

"congers up" ... an in "Makes one think about eels"?

Perhaps Dr. Goodword suffers from Anguillimania?

Anode the current thread would transform to this, all the sines were there. Oh they tried to resist but just didn't have the capacitance. Serially, you guys could be on the circuit faraday. Watt would you charge? We always need to keep our ion the ball, or conversations will tend to drift. At least...

... BJTs have been integrated on a large scale for more than a vicennium , thank you very much! Yeah, but you rarely see an NPN or PNP discrete; mostly you see NANDs and NORs and DACs and ADCs and Op Amps ... I'm an analog/RF guy, so I deal with individual devices all the time (usually CMOS, though...

Careful. We may force you to start putting the two e's back into your handle. Any engineer whose avatar is a symbol for a discrete component shouldn't fling solder, OM! :wink: BJTs have been integrated on a large scale for more than a vicennium , thank you very much! Do you think mine should be a t...