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by Perry
Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:09 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: etaoin shrdlu
Replies: 2
Views: 7352

I did.
by Perry
Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:04 pm
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Data is a Singular
Replies: 17
Views: 31824

And what is this Data based on?
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by Perry
Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:59 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: PILEATED
Replies: 5
Views: 9754

I am not too young, and I have definitely not forgotten.
by Perry
Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:12 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Pudder
Replies: 3
Views: 7633

Harry Potter was often puddered.
by Perry
Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:10 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Theremin
Replies: 3
Views: 6675

It was a young engineer's fascination with sound, and with the Theremin, that lead to the first keyboard synthesizer. Very appropriate subject with Moogfest 2010 soon upon us.
by Perry
Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:06 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Correption, n.
Replies: 2
Views: 6089

2)
An effect in Greek prosody - a long vowel turning short when followed by a short vowel (in order to keep the meter, esp. with dactyls) (He's guiltih of correption.)
From here the expression, "Prose correpts, but absolute prose correpts absolutely".
by Perry
Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:24 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: WIMP
Replies: 8
Views: 12617

Those would be big wimps!
by Perry
Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:22 am
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Bulwer-Lytton 2010
Replies: 1
Views: 7214

Thanks for bringing us these every year. What a riot!
by Perry
Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:27 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: CRONE
Replies: 4
Views: 9348

Anyone born after the 30's is bound to think of this when the word crone is used.
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by Perry
Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:13 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: GUNSEL
Replies: 2
Views: 6328

The first gunsel that comes to my mind is Wilmer Cookin The Maltese Falcon.
by Perry
Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:37 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: agnosia
Replies: 6
Views: 10214

Well you know the horrible joke about Alzheimer's. "The nice thing about Alzheimer's is that you are always meeting new people."
by Perry
Sat Sep 11, 2010 4:48 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: PANURGIC
Replies: 4
Views: 8549

Don't get me started!
by Perry
Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:18 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: CONGERIES
Replies: 7
Views: 11800

For the bookies out there, see this additional oddity: Conger. Quite a different definition, eh?
Would their boss be a congermonger?
by Perry
Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:17 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: PANURGIC
Replies: 4
Views: 8549

I would be happy to call myself panurgic. I just know that when the occasion arises, I will forget the word. :?
by Perry
Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:15 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: chary
Replies: 5
Views: 8949

Good word. (If I say more, I miss the spirit of the word. :roll: )

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