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by bailey66
Mon May 25, 2015 8:31 am
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: lexophile
Replies: 2
Views: 12937

Re: lexophile

Can't imagine what took me so long to twig to this, but the phrases here have nothing to do with lexophile. If a lexophile is a person who loves words, then what does a list of puns have to do with said person? I may love plays on words, and I love words in general; but what does that make me? Yup,...
by bailey66
Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:29 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: four flusher
Replies: 13
Views: 16181

Re: four flusher

I've always heard the phrase as "damning with faint praise", but i live an insular life.



M.whatever Bailey
by bailey66
Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:52 pm
Forum: Idioms
Topic: aphorisms
Replies: 2
Views: 24253

Re: aphorisms

Again i did do a search. Well thanks for the memories,

MB
by bailey66
Thu Dec 04, 2014 5:17 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: kibosh
Replies: 6
Views: 9673

Re: kibosh

Checked both sites and found them working. The first one has a running discussion on pronunciation. For my part, I've only heard the stress on the second syllable, except in a few cases of alternate spelling where the word is spelled kabosh and pronounced KAY-bosh. IT'S working now but i have only ...
by bailey66
Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:02 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: due diligence
Replies: 1
Views: 4196

due diligence

due dil·i·gence nounLAW reasonable steps taken by a person in order to satisfy a legal requirement, especially in buying or selling something. a comprehensive appraisal of a business undertaken by a prospective buyer, especially to establish its assets and liabilities and evaluate its commercial pot...
by bailey66
Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:00 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: kibosh
Replies: 6
Views: 9673

Re: kibosh

Even so i did my due diligence first and they didn't show up then.

MB
by bailey66
Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:05 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: senescence
Replies: 2
Views: 5205

Re: senescence

Again, i did check first.

MB
by bailey66
Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:03 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: kibosh
Replies: 6
Views: 9673

Re: kibosh

Neither url you posted had the word Kibosh on them. I did check first, sigh, thus putting the kibosh to yet anothet thread


MB
by bailey66
Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:17 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: senescence
Replies: 2
Views: 5205

senescence

Deterioration.


MB

Spelling repaired
by bailey66
Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:15 am
Forum: Slang
Topic: Doublespeak
Replies: 10
Views: 30774

Re: Doublespeak

Speaking of French phrases-We once discussed L'esprit de l'escalier a phrase I use often because it often happens as I age,

M. senescence is not as much fun as I'd hoped Bailey
by bailey66
Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:05 am
Forum: Spelling
Topic: Luv, wot etc
Replies: 5
Views: 26219

Re: Luv, wot etc

Oh, I do like a 'fur piece', so Western, like it 'camup a frog strangl'r.'

'Nother, is another but doesn't mean an other,

I like reading books with a few of these but sometimes it gets a bit much and the flow is lost.

MB
by bailey66
Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:57 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: stele
Replies: 1
Views: 4133

Re: stele

STELLAR!!!!

MB

Could have just as easily said d'accord, but well, you know
by bailey66
Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:52 am
Forum: Idioms
Topic: aphorisms
Replies: 2
Views: 24253

aphorisms

An aphorism is an original thought, spoken or written in a laconic (concise) and memorable form. Aphorism literally means a "distinction" or "definition". In modern usage an aphorism is generally understood to be a concise statement containing a subjective truth or observation cl...
by bailey66
Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:23 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Termagant
Replies: 1
Views: 4029

Re: Termagant

Funny how there are so many colorful and ugly terms for women. Somehow it doesn't quite seem cricket? The ones for men are just as ugly but are generally considered to be impolite to use for everyday ocassions. M. DON'T-really- know-where-I'm-going-with-this Bailey I mean men can be pretty termagant...
by bailey66
Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:09 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Chocolate
Replies: 14
Views: 16762

Re: Chocolate

I don't know from nauseating or nauseated but Hershey's seems greasy to me as if it's 80% lard, I like to savor my choco,allowing it to melt slowly as I eat a bar and Hersheys has the wrong texture for me. Maybe im just hard to please.

M. Monkeys-do-that,-yes-they-do Bailey

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