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- Tue May 07, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Primate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3178
Re: Primate
In case anyone's interested, the Russian prikhodit' does mean to come to or arrive, but it also carries the added nuance of 'on foot', 'walking'. If you drive, it would be 'priekhat'. There are entire textbooks written just for understanding the intricacies of Russian verbs of motion. They can be ve...
- Tue May 07, 2024 7:39 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Doyen
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8521
Re: Doyen
As with brunet, this is one of those words I tend to associate first and foremost with women. Meaning I think doyenne or brunette first, even when it's written doyen or brunet.
- Mon May 06, 2024 12:49 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Misandry
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3019
Re: Misandry
Two comments:
The "@me_too" movement is more generally know as #MeToo,
As for misanthropy, I don't necessarily have anything against humans in general, but people can sure be a bother.
The "@me_too" movement is more generally know as #MeToo,
As for misanthropy, I don't necessarily have anything against humans in general, but people can sure be a bother.
- Mon May 06, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Exacerbate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6815
Re: Exacerbate
Worsen and intensify are considered 'synonyms', but they aren't really, as this one takes a direct object. A forest fire may itself intensify, and a patient's condition may worsen, but they don't exacerbate. It takes an outside influence to exacerbate them. I imagine they could be exacerbescent, tho...
- Sun May 05, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Paltry
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8040
Re: Paltry
If you paltrily provide provender, you'll end up with paltry poultry.
- Sun May 05, 2024 6:31 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Jack
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2690
Re: Jack
In the emphatic example in In Play, do you think it includes the women-folk, too?
- Sat May 04, 2024 6:39 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dysphoria
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6660
Re: Dysphoria
Hmm, which drives which? Do dystopian movies and TV shows lead to dysphoria among the people, or does a general dysphoria lead to the making of such?
- Fri May 03, 2024 7:37 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Mother
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3092
Re: Mother
If PIE got it's word for mother from babies' bilabials, I wonder why Georgian's mama means papa. Georgian's not a PIE language, so what was the influence?
- Thu May 02, 2024 8:01 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Bamboozle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3388
Re: Bamboozle
No trickery here, just a note to pass on the Dr.'s treatment of cozen, a word I cannot seem to pronounce correctly. I always come up with 'kah-zen".
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:43 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Worse
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2736
Re: Worse
Meaning: Comparative degree of bad, more bad in any sense of the word bad.
In any sense except in the slang sense of good or coolest, that is. Think Leroy Brown, who was the baddest until he started messin' with the wife of a jealous man.
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Counter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 173
Re: Counter
If I understand correctly, this counter is from a different root. It's related to contra.Then tell your broker to counter at a higher price.
I like the remodeling business's whimsy. I remember the pest and rodent control business I saw that called itself "The Last Supper".
- Wed May 01, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Upstart
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6974
Re: Upstart
Just thought I'd point out that the verb use in Notes has a very different meaning from those given in Meaning. One doesn't usually think of a snake as a parvenu, does one?
- Wed May 01, 2024 7:05 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Discreet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7006
Re: Discreet
Discretion the noun has other meanings that go beyond simple discreetness. If something lies within my discretion, it is my choice to do it or not.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:16 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: information
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2543
Re: information
Wow, I just ran a search for words with 'form' in them and came up with only formication! And it's not even remotely related. No performative conforming to formulaic formulas, reformation of deformations, formation/formative, no nothin'!
5/7 edit:
Taken up and treated here today.
5/7 edit:
Taken up and treated here today.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:05 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Got Your Number
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3473
Re: Got Your Number
I can't say why such things occur, but I can say that, as far as my experience with philately goes, it's not always the case. For stamps that are used internationally, yes, but things like Egyptian postage due stamps have only Egyptian numerals on them. No one else needs to know, so why bother?