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- Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:54 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Commensurate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7463
Re: Commensurate
Isn't commensuration sometimes used as a slightly pompous euphemism for salary or wages? What commensuration can I expect if I accept this job? My father spent much of his life considering when the ratio of effort to remuneration is optimised. I think he concluded after much research, that the answe...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:42 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Aberrant
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3500
Re: Aberrant
Funny, isn't it? We have no trouble putting the emphasis on the third syllable of Aberration.
But remembering the original construction of aberrant, ab + errant, encourages me to go with emphasis on the first and the second.
But remembering the original construction of aberrant, ab + errant, encourages me to go with emphasis on the first and the second.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Courtesan
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1881
Re: Courtesan
Enjoyed your primary school story, Debby. Very impressive. I was moved to google 'high-priced courtesan' and discovered this extraordinary story from the Reno Gazette Journal. https://www.rgj.com/story/news/local/leader-courier/2020/01/09/nevadas-highest-paid-sex-worker-based-lyon-county/4426565002/...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 1:43 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Creepy
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2719
Re: Creepy
So are we saying that Cupid and Psyche were brother and sister - or half-siblings? Either way, creepy indeed.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:44 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ratatouille
- Replies: 2
- Views: 197
Re: Ratatouille
Moved by bnj's comments under Saltate and his being reminded of Saltimbocca, I note another great Italian dish, Caponata, which resembles Ratatouille in its ingredients (if not in its word origins) but with a bit of sweet/sour/spicy to pep it up. Delicious. Or as bnj might say in Tokyo, oishii.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:52 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Contumelious
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3883
Re: Contumelious
"There are times...". Really, Slava! It's not just some times - it's all the time(s).
Scoring points against the opposition is the Government's main business. Who cares about the interests of the people or the country?
I despair.
Scoring points against the opposition is the Government's main business. Who cares about the interests of the people or the country?
I despair.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:34 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Kilter
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6932
Re: Kilter
Certainly, but maybe such usage was a metaphorical extension from an orbit origin? Still trying.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:27 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Lugubrious
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1180
Re: Lugubrious
Lugubrious is not all that far from Forlorn. viewtopic.php?t=5499
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:24 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hooray
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1139
Re: Hooray
Extraordinary! And yes, very sad.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:21 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Kilter
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6932
Re: Kilter
Not sure why, but I have always associated kilter with orbits. If something is on its correct repetitive path, it is in kilter. A bicycle wheel with some loose spokes is out of kilter; it has that wobble as it rotates. Is there some possible association with another word in this area? A kilt can swi...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:07 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: FORLORN
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10179
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:06 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hooray
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1139
Re: Hooray
So how did the prefix 'hip hip' develop? It seems to be an invocation to those around to join in the congratulatory noises. But whence did it come?
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:55 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Samey
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7490
Re: Samey
On bnj's point about tone of voice, here in Australia the word (if I can be forgiven for using it) Bastard, is often used as a term of endearment - "You old b..." usually accompanied by a slap on the back. It can be used to express envy of someone's good fortune - "You lucky b..."...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Samey
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7490
Re: Samey
I shall be very stroppy if Wordle uses SAMEY. Terrrible word. A bit like this week's Wordle choice of LEGGY. I know we can have Toey and Heady and Nosey and Handy but they have meanings beyond the original word. Leggy - bah! I just wanted to get that off my chest. Perhaps I am being chesty.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:40 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: FORLORN
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10179
Re: FORLORN
It's not the first time I have lost my keys. Perhaps they are forelorn