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- Wed Oct 12, 2022 11:28 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Indomitable
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1459
Re: Indomitable
There is Invictus for those of such a mind. Here in the hinterlands, we just hunker down and pray.
- Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:55 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Impassible
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1774
Re: Impassible
So, when the fire in one's heart has gone out, one becomes impassible.
- Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:52 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Extenuate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1529
Re: Extenuate
I wasn't aware of definition one. I will use extenuate in that sense henceforth where appropriate. That is almost as good as learning a totally new word.
- Tue Oct 11, 2022 9:57 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dyspnea
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2868
Re: Dyspnea
Thanks for the encouragement, David.
- Mon Oct 10, 2022 11:24 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Forlorn
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1899
Re: Forlorn
And then there are the lovelorn, a special group amongst the forlorn. Also consider Lorna Doone who gave up being a character in a Victorian novel to bake the world's best loved shortbread cookies.
- Mon Oct 10, 2022 9:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dyspnea
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2868
Re: Dyspnea
My dear wife has been an asthmatic all her life. At the present time she has respiratory and heart problems that prevent adequate oxygen to the brain. Her dyspnea is a serious condition. I have known you Agora folks a long time. Please join me in the hope that she will be restored by the stint they ...
- Mon Oct 10, 2022 5:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Seamy
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2303
- Fri Oct 07, 2022 2:04 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Diaphanous
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1825
Re: Diaphanous
Diaphanous is too lovely a word to waste on the more mundane definitions. I want to dwell on diaphanous gowns clothing lovely ladies. On the other hand, maybe I ought not comment at all.
- Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:56 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Shillelagh
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2026
Re: Shillelagh
Nah! I'll be careful.
- Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Waiter
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8386
Re: Waiter
Here in the hinterlands we still use the words waiter and waitress. Gender specifics do not bother us. In the good old days, a café was often the place for a girl to work while looking for a significant other. Cupid was likely to show up at any time. Several of my aunts and uncles made the connubial...
- Thu Oct 06, 2022 9:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Shillelagh
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2026
Re: Shillelagh
Being descended from denizens of the "auld sod" and having a rather romantic desire to span time and place and identify with these forebearers, I wish I had my own Shillelagh. If I had one, I would handle it with care.
- Wed Oct 05, 2022 3:13 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Mongrel
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2419
Re: Mongrel
I welcome the comment, David. I was mainly referring to the lack of beauty of the word itself and not the definition. Since it applies only to dogs in my experience and since I am mega allergic to dogs, I don't much like its primary meaning. As far as humans go, I would never call a human a mongrel ...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:09 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Forbid
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1716
Re: Forbid
A good goodword. If you make the simple translation of forbidden to the German verboten, the word suddenly takes on a life of its own. This happens with a lot of words in German. Even a simple "Auf Wiedersehen" could make one's blood run cold.
- Sat Oct 01, 2022 3:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Mongrel
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2419
Re: Mongrel
Do we have a list for the 100 ugliest words? Mongrel would surely be a candidate.
- Sat Oct 01, 2022 2:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Contretemps
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1529
Re: Contretemps
I have been getting contretempsz all my life but not known this good word. Next time I will shout it out.