Dick Dastardly was probably how I first came to know this word:
He ranks right up there with Snidely Whiplash:
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- Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:21 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dastard
- Replies: 1
- Views: 117
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Affinity
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3101
Re: Affinity
For a word with no history we know of, finis sure has a good-sized family: finish, finite, finitude, finity, infinity, definite, etc.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:29 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Picnic
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3480
Re: Picnic
I recently learned that some people have tried to give the etymology of picnic a racist bent, saying it comes from a game called Pick-a-N*****.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Velutinous
- Replies: 1
- Views: 162
Re: Velutinous
Whilst picking on Spiro Agnew, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In gave me the word tomentose , which I gather he deployed in some fashion. Judging from the definition and images, it means velutinous. https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Tomentose.jpg Not exactly, but pr...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:02 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Cantata
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2480
Re: Cantata
"We must go through a lot of tribulation". In case you're interested, I found a video recording of this cantata to spare others the tribulation of searching. Here it is, on youtube.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Parody
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3497
Re: Parody
It is not merely US states that have parodies of legislatures, I dare say.
Politics aside, the parodies of Mel Brooks were sheer genius when they came out, and most remain so to this day.
Politics aside, the parodies of Mel Brooks were sheer genius when they came out, and most remain so to this day.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:40 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Recourse
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5780
Re: Recourse
It's interesting how sometimes when you look up a word, it's definition is rather recursive. Recourse means resort, which means recourse. Fun? You decide.
Resort itself might make a decent GW, too.
Resort itself might make a decent GW, too.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:01 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: victim
- Replies: 1
- Views: 175
Re: victim
Taken up and treated here.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:39 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Spanner
- Replies: 3
- Views: 174
Re: Spanner
I gather that for the same reason, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the US.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Demarche
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7472
Re: Demarche
I seem to feel that this is often used in the sense of making the first move in order to gain an advantage over a perceived or actual foe. As in the Taiwan example.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:20 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: GOSSIP
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9176
Re: GOSSIP
Question for our British readers; do you use gossip in meaning 3?
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:37 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Cenacle
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2593
Re: Cenacle
Cenation is another one, and Cenatical was out there, too (lower right corner):.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:25 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Earth
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2446
Re: Earth
Earth Day and Week are coming up;
Take a Clod to Lunch!
Take a Clod to Lunch!
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:39 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Pharisee
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5815
Re: Pharisee
Judging from my short excursion into the internot, it would appear that, in the interests of politesse, or political correctness if you will, using the small-p meanings of this word should be avoided. Any thoughts?
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:01 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Grenade
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7242
Re: Grenade
Given definition 2, I guess a Molotov cocktail would count as a grenade, too.