To expose to sunlight.
"You shouldn't apricate yourself so much. Your skin will turn to leather."
Any relation to apricot?
Slava
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- Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:26 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Apricate
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7945
- Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:24 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Bedizen
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5678
Bedizen
Dress flashily, over-decorate, etc.
Plus, it's a verb!
Slava
Plus, it's a verb!
Slava
- Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:33 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: JURY-RIG
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14030
Jury v. Jerry/Gerry
Folk etymology here, but my thoughts are that one of the roots of the confusion is the idea of the j/gerry can of WWII days. Since things at that time had to be fixed up any way they could, perhaps by extension this has led to the blending of the phrases?
Slava
Slava
- Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:29 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: twee
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10002
Word Theft!
Egad, you blighter! Thou hast stolen my word! Just yesterday I was thinking of posting this one as a suggestion, and you've beaten me to the punch. That'll teach me to wait a day. I do like it, though, so I'm glad someone has suggested it. However, I never thought of it as being overly cutesy. My fe...
Thanks
Thanks gailr. Interesting coincidence that it is listed under twig2, also. Did you look at twig3? Another usage in Britain.
Slava
Slava
"Twig to"
Does anyone out there know how this came to mean "caught on"? Or "came to understand"? I like it so much I even use it.
Slava
Slava
- Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:15 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Interesting Article
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9792
Interesting Article
In case you're interested in language history, you might find this worth looking at:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0719/p13s01-stgn.htm
No registration necessary.
Slava
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0719/p13s01-stgn.htm
No registration necessary.
Slava
- Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:40 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Fastness
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6402
Fastness
A bunch of interesting meanings in this one. How fast are you? I may be fast, but I'm not cheap? Or, I'm so fast I'm not cheap? Or...?
I hope you all enjoy playing with this one.
Slava
I hope you all enjoy playing with this one.
Slava
- Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:35 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Ingeminate
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11000
Ingeminate
"Let me ingeminate, I am not a crook."
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:25 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: mean
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14675
Math
Thank you for the tutorial. I'd forgotten completely about the mode and range. I also thought the median was the number at which 50% are above, and 50% below. This tutorial doesn't put it that way. Oh, well, shows what I know, eh?
Slava
Slava
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:38 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Silly
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5666
Silly
A simple little word that has had lots of different meanings and usages.
Enjoy,
Slava
Enjoy,
Slava
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:35 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: mean
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14675
Mean/Average/Median
I could have sworn that way back when, in grade school, we were taught that these each had different meanings in Math. However, I can't come up with a difference between mean and average. Am I mis-remembering, or is there a difference? Any math wiz out there who'd care to help?
Thanks,
Slava
Thanks,
Slava
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:38 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Swedge
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9701
Swedge
I'd call this one rare. However, it's quite useful in meaning: To leave without paying. Though I gather the Scots use it to mean a brawl. Then again, if you do try to swedge, a brawl could result.
Slava
Slava
- Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:51 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Storge
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9057
Storge
(STORE-gee) The love of a parent for offspring.
A fun word, and a lot easier to remember than philoprogeneity.
Slava
A fun word, and a lot easier to remember than philoprogeneity.
Slava
- Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:00 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Embrocation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10914
Embrocation
A liquid Ben-Gay, perhaps?
I came across this reading some short stories from the late 19th century, Rivals to Sherlock Holmes. It struck me it might have a use for sesquipedalians.
Slava
I came across this reading some short stories from the late 19th century, Rivals to Sherlock Holmes. It struck me it might have a use for sesquipedalians.
Slava