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by Slava
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Superannuate
Replies: 1
Views: 2495

Re: Superannuate

A most topical word here in the US of A these days. Should politicians be superannuated, and if so, at what age? I don't recall seeing it used in any commentary, though. Silly writers need to subscribe to the Good Word, eh?
by Slava
Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:23 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Apricity
Replies: 2
Views: 228

Re: Apricity

Apparently not, as per this ancient post of 2007.

Which gives us a neat tie-in to precocious.
by Slava
Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:45 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Blench
Replies: 1
Views: 2965

Re: Blench

I can easily understand the confusion with blanch, as when blenching in fear one may well go pale as well.

Mr. Putin continues his lack of blenching, most recently a bit earlier this year. :evil:
by Slava
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:28 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Corona
Replies: 1
Views: 7031

Re: Corona

Speaking of the corona, my city will get to see one in just a few short weeks. Here's what my local stamp club did in honor of the last one in 2017, which we didn't get to see. The neat things about the stamp is the ink of the moon is thermo-reactive. When warmed, it fades away to show the surface o...
by Slava
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:51 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Adjunct
Replies: 1
Views: 3275

Re: Adjunct

Appropriately, I guess, adjunct professors are the ones who get yoked with all the teaching tasks the full professors don't want.
by Slava
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:16 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Nauseous
Replies: 0
Views: 140

Nauseous

The Good Word of 3/10/2024: • nauseous • Pronunciation: naw -zee-ês • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: Causing an urge to vomit, nauseating. (Most dictionaries would also include "nauseated" as a definition, but see our Notes.) Notes: Choosing among the various adjectives derive...
by Slava
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Vacuity
Replies: 3
Views: 6970

Re: Vacuity

Nay, it's just there's a 5 coming up, so I thought to spread them out a tad.
by Slava
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:11 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Vacuity
Replies: 3
Views: 6970

Re: Vacuity

As a real-life exemplar of a vacuity, we might find no one more fitting than former US Vice-President J. Danforth Quayle. My my, how he was panned back in the day. Of course, a few years after he was gone we got his president's son to pick on, too. Politicians make good targets.
by Slava
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:34 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Furlough
Replies: 1
Views: 5297

Re: Furlough

It turns out leave and leave are different words with different roots, so leave and love aren't related. At least not the going leave, that is.

Lief and leaf aren't related, either. Just homophones. Or is it homonyms?
by Slava
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:09 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Lumbago
Replies: 1
Views: 6998

Re: Lumbago

Here's my theory on why lumbago is no longer the word: with greater specialization in medicine, there's a doctor for every kind of lower back pain, so there isn't a need for a general word anymore. I was hoping to come up with some kind of a pun tying lumbago, lumber, and timber together, but have t...
by Slava
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Illusive
Replies: 1
Views: 2899

Re: Illusive

While I gather the US's West Coast saw a tad, snow in my neck of the woods was rather illusive this season. I never even had to whine about unshoveled sidewalks! :shock:
by Slava
Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:03 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Luftmensch
Replies: 4
Views: 728

Re: Luftmensch

While it doesn't match any internot translations I came across, I'd translate the example usage as a 'pie in the sky' promise.

Many years ago I read that large projects are almost always 20% over budget.
by Slava
Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:19 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: baste
Replies: 1
Views: 581

Re: baste

I finally went looking and found out that this one's not one. It's three. And they are all sneaky ones we know little about, being "probably", "possibly', and "perhaps" in their write-ups on etymonline.
by Slava
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Meritocracy
Replies: 2
Views: 209

Re: Meritocracy

To forestall any mental meanderings, no, it's not related to termite. Even if our meretricious politicians are devouring our house from the inside out.
by Slava
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:22 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Terrestrial
Replies: 1
Views: 7890

Re: Terrestrial

Despite being roasty, toasty, and scorching hot, this is somehow not related at all to torch . Ain't language grand? :) Isn't it a bit interesting, too, that we speak of being on dry land? If you're at sea, you're not on any kind of land at all, now are you? It's still terrestrial, but not land.

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