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by Slava
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:07 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Insult
Replies: 5
Views: 269

Insult

Missing Good Word for 3/6/2024: • insult • Pronunciation: in- sêlt • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb Meaning: To offend, affront, to treat with scornful indignity, showing great disrespect. Notes: What is interesting about today's Good Word is that its noun is marked by a simple shift of the accent ba...
by Slava
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Hermeneutic
Replies: 1
Views: 2579

Re: Hermeneutic

One theory on hermetically sealed is that Hermes "invented the process of making a glass tube airtight (a process in alchemy) using a secret seal". Here's the whole entry at etymonline.com.
by Slava
Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Anile
Replies: 4
Views: 3138

Re: Anile

Sorry 'bout that. Just 'annis' is the transliteration.
by Slava
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:54 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Dement
Replies: 1
Views: 2568

Re: Dement

I need to take a break from reading the news, both world and local. The steady drip of disasters and flood of political machinations is dementing. :cry:
by Slava
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:56 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Anile
Replies: 4
Views: 3138

Re: Anile

In some perfunctory wandering, I see that there is an Ancient Greek ἀννίς that meant grandmother. I wonder if that played a role in how anus ended up meaning old woman as well as ring. That is an odd coupling, I'd say.
by Slava
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Marathon
Replies: 2
Views: 2689

Re: Marathon

And every 4 years the US goes into a marathon race to their Presidential elections.
by Slava
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:27 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Panurgic
Replies: 1
Views: 2799

Re: Panurgic

I'd say this one's probably been well replaced by the modern DIY-er. Perhaps to the good, as Monsieur Rabelais rather spoiled its beneficial meaning. As Collins Dictionary defines Panurge: "the mirthful, roguish, cowardly companion of Pantagruel in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel ". Som...
by Slava
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:49 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: PLOY
Replies: 1
Views: 7599

Re: PLOY

Continuing to ply my ploy of responding to unanswered posts, I'll say hello to this 12-year-old lonely post. If anyone wishes to jump in and play, there are well over 600 left:

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by Slava
Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Potpourri
Replies: 3
Views: 5364

Re: Potpourri

My glance at the internot would seem to indicate that the 'hotch' version is more Brit-speak, with 'hodge' being USuns.

In case anyone wishes to wander on over there, the Doctor did treat hodgepodge on its own.
by Slava
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Potpourri
Replies: 3
Views: 5364

Re: Potpourri

A regular part of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In was called Potpourri, with as many varying pronunciations as they could come up with.
by Slava
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:52 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Deign
Replies: 1
Views: 2871

Re: Deign

Doctor still means teacher, at least in academia. Aren't professors usually referred to as Doctor Whos-n-such? It's that Piled Higher and Deeper after their name that make the difference.
by Slava
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:19 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Fruition
Replies: 1
Views: 315

Re: Fruition

Taken up and treated here. :)
by Slava
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:39 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Estimable
Replies: 10
Views: 3055

Re: Estimable

Well, I got nothin'. However, going through the Qs in my big dictionary, I did learn that there is such a thing as Quasimodo Sunday. Also called Low Sunday, it's the Sunday after Easter, which makes it April 7 this year. Veddy interestink. I hope I remember so I can send a weird e-mail to all my fri...
by Slava
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:01 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Pungent
Replies: 1
Views: 2832

Re: Pungent

One of my favorite turns of phrase has long been 'pungent unguent'. Think old-fashioned Ben-Gay for an example.
by Slava
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:41 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Estimable
Replies: 10
Views: 3055

Re: Estimable

Looks like I'm perhaps behind the times, eh?

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