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by Slava
Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:38 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Silly
Replies: 2
Views: 5658

Silly

A simple little word that has had lots of different meanings and usages.

Enjoy,

Slava
by Slava
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
by 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
by 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
by 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
by 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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by Slava
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
by 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...
by Slava
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
by Slava
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...
by Slava
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...
by Slava
Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:23 pm
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Words Gone AWOL
Replies: 2
Views: 8694

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
by 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
by 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...
by Slava
Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:09 pm
Forum: Etymology
Topic: Dudgeon
Replies: 4
Views: 15070

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

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