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by Stargzer
Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:04 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: SOCCER
Replies: 28
Views: 32680

Re: SOCCER

• soccer •

... Even today fan violence (hooliganism) ...
See: Hooligan.

I always liked how the Chinese would charge people with "malicious hooliganism."
by Stargzer
Thu May 26, 2011 12:55 am
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: betwixt
Replies: 5
Views: 10876

Re: betwixt

...
p.s. The one saying I think would be improved:
'caught betwixt a rock and a hard place'
During their war many years ago, one local Baltimore DJ said that Iran was a country caught between Iraq and a hard place ...
by Stargzer
Thu May 26, 2011 12:50 am
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Ephemera
Replies: 3
Views: 9175

From the Good Doctor's favorite dictionary: e·phem·er·a ( ĭ-fĕm ' -ər-ə) NOUN: A plural of ephemeron . e·phem·er·on ( ĭ-fĕm ' ə-rŏn' ) NOUN: pl. e·phem·er·a (-ər-ə) or e·phem·er·ons 1. A short-lived thing. 2. ephemera Printed matter of passing interest . ETYMOLOGY: Greek ephēmeron , mayfly , from ne...
by Stargzer
Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:04 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: palimpsest
Replies: 51
Views: 59863

Re: palimpsest

It is true, but then he did say,
"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." :lol:
Rudyard Kipling had other words about cigars.
by Stargzer
Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:32 am
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Alzheimer's
Replies: 2
Views: 13696

Alzheimer's

Posted here to keep Palimpsest on topic. ... MTC, My mother-in-law had Alzheimer's and I saw first hand the progression of this awful disease. Very sad. Near the end she had no short-term memory at all although she could recall in detail things that occurred in her childhood. The last week of her li...
by Stargzer
Sun Apr 03, 2011 2:34 am
Forum: Grammar
Topic: Odd Adjectives from Nouns
Replies: 18
Views: 43724

I think that "ALT-nnnn" entry technique dates back to the original IBM PC. I first saw it documented in the Microsoft Basic manual, but was probably part of the BIOS for the keyboard, since it works in most of the data entry applications. If you have a couple of special characters you use ...
by Stargzer
Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:32 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: HYPERCRANIALOQUY
Replies: 19
Views: 25503

Cranial-rectal inversion may not be accepted by dictionaries, but it succintly describes someone who has his head "where the sun don't shine." People with an extreme case of this syndrome can suffer from tunnel vision caused by looking at life through their navel. It often affects those at...
by Stargzer
Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:08 pm
Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
Topic: Pronunciation of "Missouri"
Replies: 4
Views: 37470

"Mi ZUR ee" to this native Warshintonian (Warshington, DC, pronounced with an "r"), who works outside of the port city of BAWla-mer.
by Stargzer
Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:50 pm
Forum: Grammar
Topic: Odd Adjectives from Nouns
Replies: 18
Views: 43724

That's the great thing about the English Language: you can verb any noun you want, and noun any verb, too! :-Þ You can stick your wingding out, too! Actually, it's not a wingding; it's a capital thorn. Thorn "... is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, and Icelandic alphabets, as well as so...
by Stargzer
Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:26 pm
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Group Poem Exercise VII
Replies: 32
Views: 47509

ODE TO BOOKS

I have a mania for well-bound tomes
With gilded spines embracing noun and verb
A bibliophilic urge I cannot curb
'Twould drive, I fear, most spouses from their homes.
by Stargzer
Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:20 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: TRILEMMA
Replies: 3
Views: 7666

[WarpedFactor=3]
It sounds like a college fraternity for linguists: "Lemma Lemma Lemma, otherwise known as Trilemma or Tri-Lem."
[/WarpedFactor]
by Stargzer
Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:07 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: paraprosdokian
Replies: 36
Views: 52922

I recently found an example of this Good Word in use: Emo Philips (born February 7, 1956 as Phil Soltanec) is an American entertainer and comedian born in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove. Much of his standup comedy stems from the use of paraprosdokians and garden path sentences spoken in a wande...
by Stargzer
Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:34 pm
Forum: Grammar
Topic: Odd Adjectives from Nouns
Replies: 18
Views: 43724

That's the great thing about the English Language: you can verb any noun you want, and noun any verb, too!

:-Þ
by Stargzer
Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:29 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: PRONK
Replies: 19
Views: 27602

They can just right-click-and-save the pictures and upload them where ever they want to.
by Stargzer
Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:27 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: GORGEOUS FROM REGURGITATION
Replies: 3
Views: 7506

Great article, Slava. Thanks!

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