Search found 24 matches
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 6:05 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: kosher
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1517
kosher
A timely word
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 3:46 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: disinterested
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1626
disinterested
I have heard this word misused so often that I just had to suggest it as a Good Word, specifically when it is used incorrectly in place of "uninterested".
- Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:35 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Foliage
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1769
Re: Foliage
They say foilage in Vermont.
Mary Kaye, West Palm Beach, FL
Mary Kaye, West Palm Beach, FL
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 2:59 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Indigenous
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1701
Re: Indigenous
The first sentence of your "Notes" tickled me, warning people not to confuse "indigenous" with 'indigent," bringing back a funny memory. When I lived in Key West, there was a public park called Indigenous Park. We used to call it Indigent Park because of all the homeless tha...
- Sun Dec 25, 2022 3:39 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Christmastide
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1081
Re: Christmastide
Thank you for pointing out this vastly misunderstood of what the 12 Days of Christmas are. I keep my tree up till January 6. Where I grew up, we used to have a bonfire (monitored by the fire department) where everyone would bring their Christmas trees on "12th Night" and burn them in the f...
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:34 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hap
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2249
Re: Hap
I have used the word "mayhap" most of my life.
Mary Kaye, West Palm Beach
Mary Kaye, West Palm Beach
- Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:44 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Decorous
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1640
Decorous
Thanks for the followup to seemly.
- Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:23 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Grok
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1910
Re: Grok
I grok this.
- Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:03 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Bibliodiversity
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1592
Re: Bibliodiversity
Thank you for bringing this new and relevant word. Thanks to our illustrious governor, the public schools in Florida are banning books that refer to race or anything smacking of LGBTQ. They include "Gone With the Wind." Twisted and frightening.
- Sun May 22, 2022 4:36 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Sough
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2108
Re: Sough
I've heard it pronounced "soo" as well.
- Sun May 22, 2022 4:34 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Syzygy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5547
Re: Syzygy
This was one of the first words that my grandfather, who was in love with the English language, taught me when I was a child. Mostly because of the spelling.
Mary Kaye Bates, West Palm Beach
Mary Kaye Bates, West Palm Beach
- Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:05 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Nosh
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6073
Re: Nosh
A knish is a good nosh.
- Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:51 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Audient
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1818
Re: Audient
Love your pun under In Play: audients/audience.
- Sun Dec 26, 2021 4:44 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Toboggan
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2987
Re: Toboggan
Love your drawing! That is one happy little dude!
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:39 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dysphemism
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3042
Re: Dysphemism
Wouldn't it be a fun thing to compile a list of dysphemisms that we could add to our other lists?