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by mmb16
Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:20 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Scrumptious
Replies: 1
Views: 1457

Scrumptious

It's just a mouth-watering, scrumptious word! :P
by mmb16
Sun Mar 10, 2019 9:09 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Homely
Replies: 2
Views: 4594

Re: Homely

In Ireland, describing someone as homely means they make you feel at home, and doesn't pertain to looks. I was in Ireland visiting an elderly relative some years back, and when she described me as homely, she immediately had to explain that she found me to be very friendly.
by mmb16
Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:51 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: cornball
Replies: 2
Views: 4662

cornball

I was talking to my husband about my father, who used to say about leftovers, "I don't want to see it go to waste, so I'll have it go to my waist" and mentioned that you could take that two ways. Anyway, he said my dad had a real cornball sense of humor. And I wondered, where did that word...
by mmb16
Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:41 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Philomathy
Replies: 2
Views: 4705

Re: Philomathy

Our local library is endowed with the lovely name "Ulysses Philomathic Library" and people are always asking what philomathic means. http://trumansburglibrary.org/UPL/
by mmb16
Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:10 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: FORSAKE
Replies: 9
Views: 11061

Re: FORSAKE

When I read today's good word, I was reminded of a very touching scene from the movie "Away From Her" (based on a short story by Alice Munro) wherein the wife, suffering from dementia, and in an assisted living facility, tells her husband, who has come to visit, "You could have just d...
by mmb16
Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:10 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: mosh
Replies: 2
Views: 4759

mosh

Where in the world did this word come from? (as in mosh pit) Is it just a made up word or does it have connection with some meaning?
by mmb16
Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:30 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: PARACLETE
Replies: 4
Views: 6651

Paraclete - Holy Ghost

When I was a kid in Catholic School, we called the Holy Spirit the Holy Ghost (spooky!) and when I heard about the Paraclete, it went right along with the symbol of the Holy Spirit as bird -- in this case, a parakeet.
by mmb16
Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:09 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Trifecta
Replies: 2
Views: 5147

Trifecta

My brother used this word in an email, claiming he couldn't come to our Thanksgiving dinner because of a "trifecta" of other obligations. Then, today in the newspaper, I read how a local school superintendent would be facing a "trifecta" of financial problems. This seems an odd u...
by mmb16
Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:20 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: PHILOMATHY
Replies: 4
Views: 7690

Not completely unemployed!

The public library in my little town has the distinguished title of "Ulysses Philomathic Library". There is a stone engraved at the entrance, which says "philomathic means a love of learning." There may be other Ulysses Libraries in the United States, but none so fond of learning...

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