Hello friends, Hope your holiday was fun, safe and delicious! :D Now I would like to ask a question about a word from way back in 2005, 'macadam' . What I'd like to know: is it okay to use the word, 'macadam' , when referring to people, not just paving material? I'm aware that there are many other ...

The first time I ever heard the word, 'lustrum' , was while watching the movie, "Rooster Cogburn" . In the scene that sets up the plot, the Judge tells John Wayne's character, "You have been in the service of this court for almost two lustrums . You're a strong man, and you're a brav...

Friends, I hope that it was not objectionable, but I mentioned Dr. Goodword following the verb 'sally' article with the noun 'sally' version, because I was pleased and hopeful, not because I was unaware of our conversation in the Goodword Suggestion thread. (I'm in on those discussions, after all.)...

Correct me if I am mistaken, but I do not believe we have had this word before, and what a great word, is, 'cosmogonal' , from 'cosmogony' , meaning: 1. a theory about the origin and the evolution of the universe. 2. the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution of specific astro...

YIKES! My head is spinning. I had no idea there were so many ways to open up/down the windows/sashes, or turn up/down the heat minished , diminished , augminished , contraminish , adminish , inframinish and on we go! 8) I just wanted to find out about the mincing connection, and now it seems I've o...

"He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. Again, they are 'minished' and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow." Psalms 107:38,39 KJV This is the great thing about old books, like the King James Bible~within t...

(I hope that I have researched this correctly, Slava . I tried to follow the instructions you gave me on the 'mortified' thread.) Anyhow, I am interested in the word, 'parapraxis' , which is also know as, the 'Freudian slip' . It seems as though the 'Freudian slip' term is used when identifying verb...

In response to a retirement announcement for my Uncle, a certain lady responded this way: "I hope he enjoys his retirement, he has defiantly earned it." I had to wonder if that was a keystroke error, or a parapraxis, from origins which I am unfamiliar. Kind of wondered what my Uncle though...

You read my mind, Slava , since those were my next questions. You are certainly correct about the results of that rerouting-of-the-system, and the pains in arriving there. :lol: For the record, the act is called flagellation Thanks, Perry , nice to know the word, mortified , is still safe for my usa...

Bummer.

Well said!

Sardith

Thanks, Slava for the link.

However, I don't understand why the 'Search' function did not produce that same Dr. Goodword beauty, when I used any of the words: mortify, mortified or mortification.

Totally stumped.

Sardith