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- Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: wonky
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5620
wonky
This is my new favorite word. But every time I use it, someone repeats it back to me, "Wonky?" Dictionary.com won·ky –adjective, -ki·er, -ki·est. 1. British Slang . a. shaky, groggy, or unsteady. b. unreliable; not trustworthy. 2. Slang . stupid; boring; unattractive. Origin: 1920–25; perh...
- Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HURDY-GURDY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9055
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:18 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Manumit
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4597
Manumit
This word came to me from the story of Robert Carter III , who is said to have had the "largest known manumission in the United States." Looking up the word " manumission " only gives "the act of manumitting". Manumit –verb (used with object), -mit·ted, -mit·ting. to re...
- Mon May 31, 2010 7:22 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Community
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7269
- Mon May 31, 2010 4:04 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Community
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7269
Community
I particularly liked the word history of this word. Would that its definition were more true; it seems altruistic to me. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/community com·mu·ni·ty –noun,plural-ties. 1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and o...
- Tue May 18, 2010 7:10 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Berm
- Replies: 3
- Views: 17285
- Mon May 17, 2010 9:39 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Berm
- Replies: 3
- Views: 17285
Berm
Struck me as a funny little word. berm –noun 1. Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat. 2. Also called bench. any level strip of ground at the summit or sides, or along the base, of a slope. 3. Also called backshore, beach berm. a nearly...
- Mon May 17, 2010 6:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HUSSY
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23001
- Mon May 17, 2010 4:54 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HUSSY
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23001
- Mon May 17, 2010 2:09 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HUSSY
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23001
- Mon May 17, 2010 11:25 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HUSSY
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23001
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:13 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: MUCK
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3742
MUCK
I heard this word on TV and it had me wondering about its origin. muck (n.) c.1250, "cow dung and vegetable matter spread as manure," from O.N. myki, mykr "cow dung," from P.Gmc. *muk-, *meuk- "soft." Meaning "unclean matter generally" is from c.1300. The verb...
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:57 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BASILECT
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27603
I think we'd best leave the site to its specific activity. But you can email me at scw1217@yahoo.com with whatever photos you like. I am also on Facebook where I post a lot of photos. Just look for Suzanne Williams (in Florida, picture is of my dog, a dachshund). I'm always glad to meet another phot...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:30 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BASILECT
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27603
And I was just reading your post of years ago. I too find myself correcting spelling, especially. I enjoy watching the banner across the bottom of News programs. All the mis-spellings there are enough to gag a real lover of words. In books - which I venerate with great awe - I will still correct in...
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:10 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BASILECT
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27603