A simple little word that has had lots of different meanings and usages.
Enjoy,
Slava
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- Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:38 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Silly
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5658
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:35 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: mean
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14618
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: 9677
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: 9047
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: 10890
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
- Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:45 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Cupreous
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11576
Bloody Sunsets
Aye, that's the ticket. I don't have any of mine in my computer, and have no clue as how to post them anyway, so I can't share. But thanks for yours.
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- Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:21 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Cupreous
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11576
Sunny Windows
gailr,
I've seen this effect, too. I used to have an apartment that faced away from the sunset. Thus the buildings around me often looked like they were on fire, from the way the sun hit the windows. I took pictures at times, because it was so realistic.
Slava
I've seen this effect, too. I used to have an apartment that faced away from the sunset. Thus the buildings around me often looked like they were on fire, from the way the sun hit the windows. I took pictures at times, because it was so realistic.
Slava
- Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:38 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Cupreous
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11576
Cupreous
I have a real-life use, not related to hair or copper wire. Actually two. 1) Yesterday there was a lovely cupreous glow to the evening sky as the sun dipped below the horizon. 2) My pizza last night had very greasy pepperoni, so the bottom of the box was covered with a rather cupreous slime. Fortuna...
- Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Bilious
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9896
urpy?
I'm afraid I'm lost on this one. Does this have a meaning, or is it an inside joke? The dictionaries on-line don't have it.
Slava the Dense
Slava the Dense
- Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Cupreous
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11576
Cupreous
Could red-heads be described as having cupreous locks? Poetically, I'm sure, but they'd probably deck you if you used in to their face. Along those lines, how does the Agora feel about the use of they and their to avoid he/she and his/her? It seems to be becoming quite common, though at times it doe...
- Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:29 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Bilious
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9896
Bilious
While not a "nice" word in its meanings, it's still a good word. If you say it with a little "burp," it feels much like what it means. I'm not sure if we can come up with many fun ways to use it, but I'm quite sure there are plenty of uses today, especially when speaking of polit...
- Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:23 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Words Gone AWOL
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8691
Words Gone AWOL
Hi,
I haven't gotten my word the last two days. Is anyone else suffering from withdrawal?
Meaning, is it just me? I'd hate to re-sign up and then start getting two, and have to resign, and then not get any, and so on back and forthing ad nauseum.
Slava
I haven't gotten my word the last two days. Is anyone else suffering from withdrawal?
Meaning, is it just me? I'd hate to re-sign up and then start getting two, and have to resign, and then not get any, and so on back and forthing ad nauseum.
Slava
- Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:48 am
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: Have You Read...?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 31936
Roman Blood - Saylor, Steven
Yes, this is the one with the patricide punishment. Rather gruesome, no? I've read the first two in the series, and should be getting more any day now. A new one is coming out this month, and I've already ordered it, so when it's published I'll get it and all the others I'm missing. Regards, Slava
- Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Lustration
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9810
Lustration v. Catharsis
What I was thinking of here was an explication for the recipients of the general e-mail. While most of the Agorans are probably well aware of the difference, I thought perhaps others might be wondering why the Poles need a lustration rather than a catharsis. Which leads me to be a bit weird: After w...
Thank You
Thanks for the responses. While I may have read Macbeth, it would have been many years ago, and I didn't memorize it. It seems Shakespeare did pretty much everything first, eh? I should have used one of my larger dictionaries, too. Then I would have seen that it is actually two words. Regards, Slava