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- Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:48 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Indefatigable
- Replies: 0
- Views: 57
Indefatigable
I think George Kovac used this word recently in discussing bravo. Obviously means the relentless pursuit of a goal, but I wonder what might be turned up in a deeper explanation.
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:06 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: New Phobia
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1419
Re: New Phobia
#groan...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:01 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Comprehend
- Replies: 4
- Views: 288
Re: Comprehend
Apprehend seems to me to involve a little more possession and a bit more emotion than comprehend. Both a subtle, but I think palpable. Anyone else?
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:45 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Clickbait
- Replies: 3
- Views: 175
Re: Clickbait
I wonder about opening a new menu heading for computer terms. Not only would it be useful, especially over time as doc and maybe others treat them. It might also attract more folk to the site who google computer terminology.
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Effete
- Replies: 3
- Views: 165
Re: Effete
For whatever reason, the word always conjures up a sentence from my sixth grade Texas history class. "People from Fort Worth (where the West begins) consider those from Dallas as strangers from the effete East."
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:26 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Fuddle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 106
Re: Fuddle
Shucks, without being either fuddled or befuddled I've been known to pour water into juice glasses and even jars - never into eyeglasses, though, except a smidgen (good word?) to clean them.
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:06 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Pudding
- Replies: 6
- Views: 510
Re: Pudding
Philip, thanks for the food prep lesson. I just go pull the stuff down off the grocery shelf…
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:51 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Attorn
- Replies: 4
- Views: 309
Re: Attorn
Thanks, Doc. It was indeed an unexpected turn. Even explains "attorney at law" as opposed to tenant or on a lathe.
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 5:46 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Attorney
- Replies: 1
- Views: 153
Attorney
Workinga crossword, I came across the phrase "attorney at law." What other kind of attorney is there? And why not delve into the etymology of attorneys, lawyerx, and any distinctions between them?
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- Wed Mar 28, 2018 7:02 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Monster
- Replies: 3
- Views: 299
Re: Monster
I wonder whether the medical usage was influenced by "the Frankenstein monster." Its original understanding might have referred to its "birth"/creation and morphed into a horrible, scary villain. Incidentally, "abortion" in medical use refers still to miscarriages as we...
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Pheromone
- Replies: 3
- Views: 277
Re: Pheromone
Thanks. I believe I see this word used more and more. The article did correct my reading of the word as "pherome," but that's so ingrained I still wonder if pherome is sometimes used as well as pheronome?
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:08 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Scandal
- Replies: 1
- Views: 161
Re: Scandal
Apparently adultery has again become scandalous, at least at the presidential level. HOw much so - that is the question.
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:03 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Shia
- Replies: 1
- Views: 176
Re: Shia
I began by wondering why these two groups were so hostile to each other, until I remembered The wars of Protestants and Catholics, Calvinists and Arminians. The First Amendment was apparently a huge step forward in making religion an individual choice instead of a state's decision.
- Thu Mar 22, 2018 5:22 am
- Forum: WELCOME HOME!
- Topic: Entertaining article for linguists
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10852
Re: Entertaining article for linguists
Thanks, David, for the article. Most of the last half are just as likely to show up here in the South.
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:55 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dossier
- Replies: 2
- Views: 501
Re: Dossier
I wanted to bring this word to the top, since it is so much in vogue today.