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- Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:12 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: VARMINT
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13439
Came across this related word today: verminate [vur-muh-neyt] ver·mi·nate [vur-muh-neyt] verb (used without object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing. 1. to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin. 2. Archaic . to breed or infest with vermin. Origin: 1685–95; < Latin verminātus, past participle of...
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:11 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: EXPUNGE
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3749
- Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:41 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ANTIPODAL
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7054
- Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:09 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SNIRTLE
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3711
- Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:00 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: DONGLE
- Replies: 19
- Views: 21710
- Sat May 14, 2011 9:20 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: WONKY
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7997
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HYPERCRANIALOQUY
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26636
Re: Proofreading
Sorry, I'm off the clock tonight. lolSo, can you find your error in your post prior to this one?
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HYPERCRANIALOQUY
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26636
Re: Proofreading
Proofreading is not the easiest task in the world. I volunteered to do so with my brother's second book, and I don't think I really read much of the book itself, as I was looking at the individual words, not what they meant. There is a harder task, though, and by far. Proofreading your own material...
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HYPERCRANIALOQUY
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26636
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:05 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HYPERCRANIALOQUY
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26636
Re: April Fool's
Ah, but you didn't. I knew it was a joke. Still, I could have used it on him! (And might still!)Susan,
That's what April Fool's Day is all about. I hope you enjoyed my getting your goat. (Ever wonder why we say that?)
- Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:57 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HYPERCRANIALOQUY
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26636
- Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:53 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: Rhythm or Rhythmn?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 37493
Rhythm or Rhythmn?
Somewhere back in the deep recesses of my childhood, this word was spelled with the "n". However, with the exception of one other person who posed the question to Yahoo Answers , I can't find any comment on this spelling on the web. Anyone else out there heard of it, and better yet, know w...
- Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SORORATE
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6209
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:25 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Yard
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8445
- Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Yard
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8445
Yard
My mother said to me today, "Only Americans have 'yards' everywhere else it is a garden" (as in "go out in the yard") I don't know that to be strictly true, but because of her comment I had to look up the word. Interestingly enough, "yard" and "garden" come fr...