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RE: Word of the Day - rredmond - 11-17-2017
ple·o·nasm /ˈplēəˌnazəm/
noun
That definition of hyperbole was rather hyperbolic and exaggerated in it's definition of the word hyperbole.
RE: Word of the Day - Oedipussy Rex - 01-11-2018
krumm·holz /ˈkro͝omhōlts/
noun
Stunted windblown trees growing near the tree line on mountains. Also called elfinwood.
RE: Word of the Day - Oedipussy Rex - 03-02-2018
fecket /ˈfɛkɪt/
noun
(Scottish) A woolen undergarment with sleeves and a buttoned front.
RE: Word of the Day - rredmond - 03-03-2018
Feck
Slang expletive employed as a minced oath to express disbelief, pain, anger, or contempt in a given situation.
Verb meaning 'to steal' (e.g., 'They had fecked cash out of the rector's room.'[2])[3]
Verb meaning in Irish slang 'to throw' (e.g., 'He's got no manners at all. I asked him nicely for the remote control, and he fecked it across the table at me.')
RE: Word of the Day - Oedipussy Rex - 03-04-2018
feck·less /ˈfekləs/
adjective
Lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible.
And so after an alliterative fecking, I fecklessly feck the fecking theme back to you.
RE: Word of the Day - rredmond - 03-04-2018
Kinda cheating:
fecker /ˈfɛkə/
NOUN
Irish English slang
1. An undesirable, obnoxious, or contemptible person;
2. Something regarded as a source of annoyance or frustration.
RE: Word of the Day - Oedipussy Rex - 10-11-2021
Sonder /ˈzɔndɐ/
noun
From The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows:
The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
RE: Word of the Day - Kersus - 10-30-2021
(10-11-2021, 04:55 AM)Oedipussy Rex Wrote: Sonder /ˈzɔndɐ/
noun
From The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows:
The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
Sounds like a word you could write a book about. I like it.
It's hard to think of it as a noun. I feel like I'm sondering.
RE: Word of the Day - Oedipussy Rex - 05-14-2022
E·rum·pent /iˈrəmpənt/
adjective
Bursting forth or through a surface.
“The erumpent sun was a welcome sight after a three day-long downpour.”
RE: Word of the Day - Oedipussy Rex - 06-30-2022
Ce·ler·i·ty /səˈlerədē/
noun
Swiftness of movement. The word most people mean when they use alacrity.
"The Flash runs with great celerity."