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by eberntson
Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:50 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: ingurgitation
Replies: 2
Views: 5320

ingurgitation

to greedily swallow.

Usually used in reference to literature.

We all know the antonym "regurgitation".

I am again reading some Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and finding a plethora of material for The Alpha Agora.
by eberntson
Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:47 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Redneck
Replies: 3
Views: 6155

Re: Redneck

Yes, I have always thought it referred to the the sun-burnt necks of the field folks too. My ingurgitation of this other history is understandable though, ain't it? It makes sense and has occurred that the frontier is populated by rednecks to shield the more civilized. This story is not new though, ...
by eberntson
Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:41 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Strait-laced
Replies: 2
Views: 4708

Re: Strait-laced

So it has more to do with tightfisted, and tight-as-a-drum than straits?
by eberntson
Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:37 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Redneck
Replies: 3
Views: 6155

Redneck

So the commoner definition is quite well know for the word Redneck. Although, I heard a historical Irishman's story, living near Boston you can't walk a mile without finding a Irish themed watering-hole, about the source of this word. The story goes, that the English settlers were quite worried abou...
by eberntson
Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:23 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Ducky
Replies: 1
Views: 4144

Ducky

1) excellent, delightful

2) darling

19th century, probably not related to the duckies of Tudor period.
by eberntson
Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:54 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: insolation
Replies: 1
Views: 4661

insolation

In the rays of the sun. Or, sunstroke. From the French. This word confused me for a second, because it just looked like a misspelling of "insulation". I don't get the sunstroke definition unless it is related to Kipling's line about "Only mad dogs and Englishman are insolation midday....
by eberntson
Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:01 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Pomp
Replies: 2
Views: 5174

Re: Pomp

I have always thought Jane Austen should have had a followup book to "Pride and Prejudice" called "Pomp and Circumstance", but alas no.
by eberntson
Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:57 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Eschatology
Replies: 2
Views: 5638

Re: Eschatology

Opps! I often search the Suggestion Section, and forgot this time. I like the discussion from 2014.
by eberntson
Wed Oct 14, 2015 10:54 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Eschatology
Replies: 2
Views: 5638

Eschatology

1. The branch of theological study having to do with the end of human beings.

2. The study of the ending of human life as they approach death and beyond. :mrgreen: :arrow: :?:

Kinda appropriate with the day of the dead, Halloween, and the next USA Presidential Election 2016 bearing down on us.
by eberntson
Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:29 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: "Scratch"
Replies: 8
Views: 12366

Re: "Scratch"

I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clear. Where "Store Bought" being better, I meant shop bought, such as a specialty shop/store like a baker, or deli. Not to say that our loved ones who made things from practice and skill should be demeaned by this. I just spent 2 weeks with my 12 year old n...
by eberntson
Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:14 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: lerricompoop
Replies: 1
Views: 4561

lerricompoop

lerricompoop lerricompoop v. [? link to lerrycometwang n. or dial. lerry, a whim, a caprice; note also SE liripoop, the long tail hanging down from a graduate's hood — potentially seen as phallic, and dial. lerrick, to beat, to flog Src: Oxford Reference Used euphemistically as slang to mean "T...
by eberntson
Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:19 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Tommy
Replies: 2
Views: 5262

Tommy

n. British soldier, use most commonly in WWI. However it seems to date back to 1881, see "Tommy” (short for a mythical “Thomas Atkins,” a generic name for a British soldier)
by eberntson
Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:43 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Surculous
Replies: 3
Views: 6473

Re: Surculous

I remember as a boy who loved to climb trees my grandmother asked me to break off any and all of the surculous water suckers in her apple trees.
by eberntson
Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:21 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: memento
Replies: 2
Views: 5138

memento

n. An object kept as a reminder of an event or person.

Knick knacks and bricker brack, I say.
by eberntson
Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:10 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: magniloquent
Replies: 1
Views: 4360

magniloquent

Adj.
using high-flown and bombastic language

I just love a highfalutin word. :-)

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