A state of inbetweenness. More literally, the state of the soul between life and rebirth, but used as a kind of limbo in the third paragraph of this Atlantic article.
It's not often we get a word from Tibetan.
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- Sun Jan 21, 2018 2:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Bardo
- Replies: 0
- Views: 249
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Worry
- Replies: 2
- Views: 331
Re: Worry
So, where does the 'wart' of worrywart come from?
- Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Paradigm
- Replies: 4
- Views: 458
Re: Paradigm
Not I.
- Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:59 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Apologies
- Replies: 1
- Views: 516
Re: Apologies
At first I thought this was going to be something along the lines of apologia or apologist.
- Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:55 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Voluptuary
- Replies: 1
- Views: 241
Re: Voluptuary
Like its near synonym, hedonist, today's Good Word implies physical sensual pleasures with the opposite sex
Is this still true? Is there any reason a homosexual cannot be a voluptuary?
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 5:31 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Moot
- Replies: 3
- Views: 603
Re: Moot
I concur, this one has split into two basically opposite meanings. A moot point is either an important one, or one that no longer needs to be taken into consideration.
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 5:22 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Soloecal
- Replies: 2
- Views: 478
Re: Soloecal
Grogie wrote:''On many tv stations in the American Deep South, the southern drawl is considered soloecal so, in consequence, news anchors with a so-called ''mainstream'' American accent are hired to read the news.''
I wonder if this might eventually lead to a lessening of the southern drawl.
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 1:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: kakistocracy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 318
Re: kakistocracy
To quote George Carlin, "Do-do, kaka, poo-poo, and good old number two." I wonder if poopocracy could catch on.
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 1:44 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Schmeer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 304
Re: Schmeer
Does anyone else know the "whole" part as "geschmear"?
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 1:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Rank
- Replies: 1
- Views: 224
Re: Rank
When I was a supervisor at a restaurant, I liked to remind people that management was not a democracy, and that I was the most rank person on duty. 
- Wed Jan 03, 2018 11:40 am
- Forum: WELCOME HOME!
- Topic: Entertaining article for linguists
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10935
Re: Entertaining article for linguists
Quite fun, thanks for passing it on. I never knew the Moët pronunciation. I always thought it to be French and that the Queen song had it right.
- Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:41 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Interfulgent
- Replies: 2
- Views: 356
Re: Interfulgent
Gee, what do you think, is this related to refulgent? 
- Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Aegritude
- Replies: 1
- Views: 324
Re: Aegritude
How about coining kegritude? The status of most frat parties.
- Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:35 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Temulent
- Replies: 6
- Views: 697
Re: Temulent
Great word for the day! Happily, I shall not be numbered among the temulent.
- Thu Dec 28, 2017 12:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Nave
- Replies: 3
- Views: 530
Re: Nave
No relation between the two. Knave comes from an OE word meaning "boy".
