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- Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:55 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: PRONK
- Replies: 19
- Views: 31257
- Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:16 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: sockdolager
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10172
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:12 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: PRONK
- Replies: 19
- Views: 31257
To stot, to leap straight in the air with the back arched, bringing all four legs off the ground. Gazelles and springboks are most widely known for this behavior, but horses, sheep, and goats (especially playful kids) do it, too. 2. To prance, show off, strut. It reminds me of Pepé Le Pew, the cart...
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:45 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CASINO
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5913
Monte Cassino is apparently not related to this casino, its name coming instead from the ancient name for the area near the abbey, Casinum.
And speaking of the Battle of Monte Cassino ... I wonder if Vojtek was born a Shia? He did help storm a Bendictine abbey, after all.
And speaking of the Battle of Monte Cassino ... I wonder if Vojtek was born a Shia? He did help storm a Bendictine abbey, after all.
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SOMNILOQUY
- Replies: 27
- Views: 77765
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:30 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SEED
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5590
Apparently not:Another golden oldie from aught 6.
I'd like to renew my question from that post here. Does the English name Simon also come from this root?
Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "He (God) has heard."
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:57 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: DICKER
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6893
... from a time when our ancestors counted on their fingers. The Maya, being barefoot in a warmer climate, based their counting system on 20, using fingers and toes, as did others elsewhere. The French use 20 in the names for their numbers from 70 through 99, and other European languages do somethi...
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SHAMBOLIC
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6906
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:57 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Decimate
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9400
For those who want to know how it comes from decem : dick·er (dĭk ' ər) intr.v. dick·ered, dick·er·ing, dick·ers To bargain; barter. NOUN: The act or process of bargaining. ETYMOLOGY: Probably from dicker , a quantity of ten, ten hides, from Middle English diker , perhaps from Old English *dicor , f...
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:39 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SOMNILOQUY
- Replies: 27
- Views: 77765
Thanks. I read Guadalcanal Diary in elementary school, as well as other works about the Pacific war. The Japanese were brutal in those days, and anyone who doesn't believe that need only read about the Rape of Nanking, the Bataan Death March, the treatment of the survivors or Wake Island, and any of...
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:19 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: WILLY-NILLY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 28370
... (the increased rate of thyroid cancer the only health effect after Chernobyl and I am too old to take potassium iodide).... Nonetheless, thank you for your thoughts and concern. ... It's good to hear that you're OK. I don't have to worry about thyroid cancer; they took my thyroid out almost a y...
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:50 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SOMNILOQUY
- Replies: 27
- Views: 77765
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:44 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: WILLY-NILLY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 28370
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:36 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: DISTURB
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10917
Speaking of Disturbing Kilts ...
A sign I've seen before, which should probably spend a lot of time on my cubicle at work: Please do not disturb. I'm disturbed enough already. About 12 or so years ago, at the Canadian pavillion at Disney World, I saw a Canadian rock band called "Off Kilter." They all wore kilts and workbo...
- Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:14 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: Origin of the word "Wow"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 77739