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- Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:26 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: boor and vulgarian
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4816
boor and vulgarian
Dr. Goodword might want to segue today's entry, "genteel", with either "boor" or "vulgarian." I imagine them uttered with refined contempt by Ronald Coleman.
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:06 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: blunder
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4034
blunder
Dr. Goodword may wish to shed some light on "blunder."
- Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:36 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: bespeak and bespoke
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8752
bespeak and bespoke
"Bespoke," the past tense of the verb "bespeak" has a secret life as an adjective meaning custom-made (especially re clothes), or make and sell custom clothes, as in "a bespoke tailor." Dr. Goodword might want to explain how this adjective escaped its orbit into an enti...
- Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:09 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: harbinger
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4060
harbinger
Has "harbinger" been nominated? Make Tom Bodette happy...
- Sat May 22, 2010 12:41 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: tawdry
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8339
tawdry followup
And lovers of lace
A public disgrace
A public disgrace
- Sat May 22, 2010 10:00 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: tawdry
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8339
tawdry
Fans of St. Audrey
May find it tawdry.
May find it tawdry.
- Tue May 18, 2010 10:29 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: conundrum
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14739
conundrum
I nominate the word "conundrum" because of its fascinating etymology if it has not already been covered.
- Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:53 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Nosism
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5455
Nosism
May I suggest "nosism" as the next Word of the Day naturally following "illeism." "Nosism" is the use of the the plural personal pronoun "we" to refer to oneself. It is derived from the Latin word "nos" for "we" and is known variously as th...
- Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ABSCISSION
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6044
abscission
At the risk of stirring up painful memories and perhaps even a Primal Experience among the Wordie set, I think many of us will recall from Algebra that "abscissa" is the name for the X-axis. The Y-axis is referred to as the "ordinate." Apparently whoever coined the terms pictured...