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A Brand new word a day 1
on Sun Sep 07 2014, 17:50
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Macrocephalic
Having an unusually large head.
Please feel free to add your own word, please add the meaning
Macrocephalic
Having an unusually large head.
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Tue Jan 27 2015, 09:43
Ultracrepidarian....
MEANING:
adjective: Giving opinions beyond one’s area of expertise.
noun: One who gives opinions beyond one’s area of expertise.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin ultra (beyond) + crepidarius (shoemaker), from crepida (sandal). Earliest documented use: 1819.
NOTES:
The story goes that in ancient Greece there was a renowned painter named Apelles who used to display his paintings and hide behind them to listen to the comments. Once a cobbler pointed out that the sole of the shoe was not painted correctly. Apelles fixed it and encouraged by this the cobbler began offering comments about other parts of the painting. At this point the painter cut him off with “Ne sutor ultra crepidam” meaning “Shoemaker, not above the sandal” or one should stick to one’s area of expertise.
Addition: The story was told by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder, hence Latin.
MEANING:
adjective: Giving opinions beyond one’s area of expertise.
noun: One who gives opinions beyond one’s area of expertise.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin ultra (beyond) + crepidarius (shoemaker), from crepida (sandal). Earliest documented use: 1819.
NOTES:
The story goes that in ancient Greece there was a renowned painter named Apelles who used to display his paintings and hide behind them to listen to the comments. Once a cobbler pointed out that the sole of the shoe was not painted correctly. Apelles fixed it and encouraged by this the cobbler began offering comments about other parts of the painting. At this point the painter cut him off with “Ne sutor ultra crepidam” meaning “Shoemaker, not above the sandal” or one should stick to one’s area of expertise.
Addition: The story was told by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder, hence Latin.
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Sun Feb 22 2015, 10:37
Parthenogenesis
noun: Reproduction without fertilization.
USAGE:
“If men are obsolete, then women will soon be extinct -- unless we rush down that ominous Brave New World path where women clone themselves by parthenogenesis, as famously do Komodo dragons, hammerhead sharks, and pit vipers
noun: Reproduction without fertilization.
USAGE:
“If men are obsolete, then women will soon be extinct -- unless we rush down that ominous Brave New World path where women clone themselves by parthenogenesis, as famously do Komodo dragons, hammerhead sharks, and pit vipers
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Sun Feb 22 2015, 14:35
Pit head vipers. Were they a nasty relative of the pit brow lasses?
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Sun Feb 22 2015, 15:52
Eating snots?
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Sat Mar 28 2015, 16:41
Netiquette
the rules of etiquette that apply when communicating over computer networks, especially the Internet.
blend of network + etiquette
the rules of etiquette that apply when communicating over computer networks, especially the Internet.
blend of network + etiquette
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Sat Mar 28 2015, 16:46
Brobdingnagian
ˌbrɒbdɪŋˈnaɡɪən/
adjective
1.
huge; gigantic.
"a beam engine of Brobdingnagian proportions"
noun
1.
a giant.
2.
That big lad wot left.
ˌbrɒbdɪŋˈnaɡɪən/
adjective
1.
huge; gigantic.
"a beam engine of Brobdingnagian proportions"
noun
1.
a giant.
2.
That big lad wot left.
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Sat Mar 28 2015, 17:24
Pestiferous
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Sun Apr 05 2015, 09:21
Gethsemane
An instance or a place of suffering.
An instance or a place of suffering.
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Sun Apr 05 2015, 10:47
CamelCase
I came across this word recently while watching TV. One of my favourite progs for us hinterlectewal types is BBC Two's "Only Connect" starring Victoria Corren Mitchell, a bonny wench indeed.
CamelCase (also "camel case" or "dromedary case") is a naming convention in which the first letter of each word in a compound word is capitalized. Examples include the video game "StarCraft," the band "FireHouse," and the company "MasterCard." The term "CamelCase" itself incorporates the CamelCase naming convention. While CamelCase has many applications, in computing, it is most often used in programming languages and website names.
I came across this word recently while watching TV. One of my favourite progs for us hinterlectewal types is BBC Two's "Only Connect" starring Victoria Corren Mitchell, a bonny wench indeed.
CamelCase (also "camel case" or "dromedary case") is a naming convention in which the first letter of each word in a compound word is capitalized. Examples include the video game "StarCraft," the band "FireHouse," and the company "MasterCard." The term "CamelCase" itself incorporates the CamelCase naming convention. While CamelCase has many applications, in computing, it is most often used in programming languages and website names.
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Tue Apr 21 2015, 10:34
High-muck-a-muck.
An important, influential, or high-ranking person, especially one who is pompous or conceited.
An important, influential, or high-ranking person, especially one who is pompous or conceited.
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Tue Apr 21 2015, 13:38
BATHYKOLPIAN = Deep bosomed
CALLIPYGEAN = Having well shaped buttocks
Two of my favourite word indeed!!!!!!!!!! ha ha
CALLIPYGEAN = Having well shaped buttocks
Two of my favourite word indeed!!!!!!!!!! ha ha


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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Mon Apr 27 2015, 16:14
Muffineer
a shaker for sifting sugar on muffins. phew

a shaker for sifting sugar on muffins. phew

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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Mon Apr 27 2015, 16:16
See also pounce (not ponce) pot.
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Sun May 03 2015, 14:03
interrobang also interabang (in-TER-uh-bang) noun
A punctuation mark (‽) used especially to end a simultaneous question and exclamation.
A punctuation mark (‽) used especially to end a simultaneous question and exclamation.
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Sun May 03 2015, 16:56
"Emunction" - The act of removing obstructions from or cleaning bodily passages!!!!!! yuk

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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Mon May 11 2015, 15:06
hotsy-totsy (HOT-see TOT-see) adjective, also hotsie-totsie
Just right; perfect.
Coined by Billy DeBeck, cartoonist (1892-1942), famed for his comic strip "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith". Another of his coinage that has found a place in the English language dictionaries is heebie-jeebies meaning jitters or creeps
Just right; perfect.
Coined by Billy DeBeck, cartoonist (1892-1942), famed for his comic strip "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith". Another of his coinage that has found a place in the English language dictionaries is heebie-jeebies meaning jitters or creeps
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Wed May 13 2015, 14:05
Loblolly
loblolly
MEANING:
noun:
1. A thick gruel.
2. Mire; mudhole.
3. An assistant to a ship's surgeon.
4. A pine tree with long needles and strong wood (Pinus taeda).
5. An evergreen, loblolly-bay (Gordonia lasianthus).
loblolly
MEANING:
noun:
1. A thick gruel.
2. Mire; mudhole.
3. An assistant to a ship's surgeon.
4. A pine tree with long needles and strong wood (Pinus taeda).
5. An evergreen, loblolly-bay (Gordonia lasianthus).
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Fri May 15 2015, 09:05
Clickbait.
(On the Internet) content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page:
(On the Internet) content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page:
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Fri May 15 2015, 10:24
To Farage: to do the opposite of what you say you will do.
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Fri May 15 2015, 11:08
Should that not be on politics Ragbru

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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Fri May 15 2015, 11:16
Heard one of Tesco's staff complaining about their boss use the term this morning!
Hot enough to boil a monkey's bum, your majesty!
Hot enough to boil a monkey's bum, your majesty!
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Re: A Brand new word a day 1
on Fri May 29 2015, 17:47
Smellfungus
Our language contains a glorious profusion of words for critics of all stripes. We have terms for an inferior critic (criticaster), a jealous critic (zoilus), and a severe critic (aristarch). None of them has quite the same bite as smellfungus, a lovely morsel of an insult, which comes from the name of a character in Laurence Sterne's 1768 book, A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy.

Our language contains a glorious profusion of words for critics of all stripes. We have terms for an inferior critic (criticaster), a jealous critic (zoilus), and a severe critic (aristarch). None of them has quite the same bite as smellfungus, a lovely morsel of an insult, which comes from the name of a character in Laurence Sterne's 1768 book, A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy.

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