"Many of the Japanese bonsai attacks..."

I thought bonsai was the little stunted trees. Or are the two words the same, just with different meanings?

Slava

This is interesting. For a couple of reasons. One, I can see the tie-in, sorry, the etymology. Ligature + com, reduced to col. Two, the Russian word for "to file" as in the office sense, is "vshivat'", to sew in. Many Russians still do this, in a literal sense. When I was working...

We have too few words in V in the GW dictionary. I propose we add this one. Lots of meanings, an interesting noun related to it (verger), and an interesting sound, too.

Converge - two crooks getting together?

Hope you all like this one,

Slava

Impugning my veracity will cause me to become pugnatious!

Now, don't go getting too pugnatious, or we might think you're a pugilist.

Slava

As in one of my favorite phrases:

to "impugn someone's veracity". Which, I suppose, can also be done with impunity.

Slava

Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.

Slava

Flattering, deceitful.

gna·thon·ic [na-thon-ik]
–adjective
sycophantic; fawning.

[Origin: 1630–40; < L gnathōnicus, deriv. of Gnathōn- (s. of Gnathō) name of a sycophantic character in the Roman comedy Eunuchus by Terence; see -ic]

also from dictionary.com

Slava

From dictionary.com:

n. [F.] Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.

Slava

Hmm, if it's going to be super corrosive, shouldn't it be hypercorostic?

Slava

To make known by open declaration.

To make known and effective, as in promulgating a law.

Good strong, literate word.

Slava

Ah, now I don't feel so bad. My brother has the print edition of the OED, and pouze is there, with the meaning of the gunk left over from making cider. My original post was prompted by: Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words. Byrne, Josefa Heifetz (as in Jascha's daughte...

Well, I'm a tad discomfitted here. Aye, I, too, cannot find this on the web. Yet, for some reason it is in one of my dictionaries, and with this as the only definition.

I've tried Gargle, Wahoo, and DicshOnary.com, to avail. Has anyone had any luck with this hapless word?

Slava

I just read an article about how a French magazine edited out some of Sarkozy's "poignees d'amour." This made me wonder how this concept is rendered in other languages. I thought it might make for interesting reading. As long as someone out there has something to add, that is. These are th...

To determine paternity officially.

This comes up rather frequently, most lately in the Anna Nicole Smith brouhaha over the paternity of her son and his inherited wealth. Sorry for the cynicism, but I doubt anyone out there is really concerned about the kid.

Slava

Sorry, it's not a verb, but just a great word, IMHO.

"The refuse from cider making."

Slava