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by Perry Lassiter
Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:58 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Reticule
Replies: 6
Views: 9071

Re: Reticule

Reticulous!
by Perry Lassiter
Mon Oct 08, 2018 3:00 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Reticule
Replies: 6
Views: 9071

Re: Reticule

Could a football field, often called a gridiron, be called a giant reticule?

Actually, the only place I've seen the word is in novels, referring to women carrying reticules.
by Perry Lassiter
Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:46 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Fussbudget
Replies: 3
Views: 6654

Re: Fussbudget

Fussbudget seems an endearing quality, as opposed to legalist or Pharisee. I hate legalism, but can find fussbudgets either annoying or amusing.
by Perry Lassiter
Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:28 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Apophasis
Replies: 5
Views: 8100

Re: Apophasis

I shall not comment.
by Perry Lassiter
Thu Sep 20, 2018 5:24 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Privy
Replies: 4
Views: 7244

Re: Privy

One year in seminary I had a roommate from London. One evening he looked up from his desk and asked, " do you Americans use the word outhouse? "I asked what he meant, and he replied that he was speaking of buildings around a farmhouse for example. I told him we did use it that way, but mos...
by Perry Lassiter
Sat Sep 08, 2018 2:11 pm
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Root Canal
Replies: 19
Views: 64761

Re: Root Ca nal

My dentist told me the secret to root canal is taking antibiotics a few days ahead of time. It clears out the infection, which is the source of the tenderness.
by Perry Lassiter
Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:50 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Existential
Replies: 3
Views: 6147

Re: Existential

Warning! As a Philosophy major who followed that up with three girls in a seminary studying theology, I could discuss this for hours. I will try to limit myself to two points: 1 - Doc's discussion was excellent, however it is extremely difficult to pin down what existentialism mean in a particular c...
by Perry Lassiter
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:30 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Rococo
Replies: 2
Views: 4820

Re: Rococo

I have never understood how the word baroque can be used both in music and in architecture and furnishings. Rather than rococo , Baroque music seems to me clean and simple, the opposite of the clutter effect that so often shows up in a room designed to be rococo (or Baroque). Under "decimate &q...
by Perry Lassiter
Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:27 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Wretch
Replies: 2
Views: 5199

Re: Wretch

Jerry, I think you are referring to retch wihthout the W. In some parts of the religious world, Calvinism is making a strong comeback. One of its basic tenets is "total depravity" based on the concept of original sin being inherited. In some of their postings, usually quoting 19th century ...
by Perry Lassiter
Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:07 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Vivacious
Replies: 2
Views: 5211

Re: Vivacious

That struck me too, Slava.
I married a Vivian, too.
by Perry Lassiter
Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:05 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Clart
Replies: 7
Views: 10244

Re: Clart

Where would "clump" come in here?
by Perry Lassiter
Sat Jul 21, 2018 10:52 am
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Ghost, to ghost
Replies: 1
Views: 12573

Ghost, to ghost

From Quartz, an excellent discussion of slang use of ghost as a verb.
https://work.qz.com/1318573/people-are- ... g-history/
by Perry Lassiter
Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:55 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Emetic
Replies: 2
Views: 4859

Re: Emetic

And then there is the emesis basin, one of those platic jobs they stick you with (in the sense of foisting on you willy-nilly) in the hospital.
by Perry Lassiter
Sat Jun 23, 2018 9:01 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Hooligan
Replies: 1
Views: 4536

Hooligan

Hooligan has been discussed informally as you can see by typing in the word in the search blank at the top. But I don't find it as a word of the day. I did find a discussion today in a Quartz news release about soccer. They trace the term to Irish names, either Hoolihan (Hot Lips?) or O'Hoolihan. At...
by Perry Lassiter
Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:31 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Fiasco
Replies: 4
Views: 7285

Re: Fiasco

Yes, welcome janedoe. I've never got Greek coming up automatically. On what device?

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