Forum: Writer's Corner
03-04-2011
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Re: Logophiles Unite!
For the record, that's pronounced: bawr-buh-rig-muhs.
It seems that it's still pretty onomatopoeic (YES, first-try spelling succeed!) in English. That's magical. :biggrin:
And, Sketch, lovely...
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Forum: Writer's Corner
01-26-2011
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Replies: 33
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Re: Logophiles Unite!
Yes. It's just...I don't read so good.
Always loiked that one.
Well, apparently this word exists:
inchoate
[I]–adjective
1. not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
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Forum: Writer's Corner
01-20-2011
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Replies: 33
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Re: Logophiles Unite!
Ha. Well, I got the "window" part right.
That phrase is so much more epic in Latin.
That's peculiar. o.O
...I first read it in an E.E. Cummings poem...
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Forum: Writer's Corner
01-18-2011
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Re: Logophiles Unite!
So, I got sucked into dictionary.com when looking up the word "flummox," and scored a series of strange, made-up words that I will share:
(Here are the best of them:)
flumadiddle
-noun...
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Forum: Writer's Corner
01-05-2011
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Re: Logophiles Unite!
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Quantus es il cannus in il fenustrum?[/QUOTE] *Scoffs* "Right-minded." There is nothing right about the minds of men. You know this. You have foreseen it.
"What is the purpose of the...
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Forum: Writer's Corner
01-03-2011
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Re: Logophiles Unite!
The first two keep popping into my head completely at random; the second two I simply like:
somnambulation
-noun
sleepwalking.
ambivalence
–noun
uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused...
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Forum: Writer's Corner
12-28-2010
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Re: Logophiles Unite!
^ Again, always a classic. A highly underused word. ;D
recalcitrant
–adjective
1. resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
2. hard to deal with, manage, or...
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Forum: Writer's Corner
12-25-2010
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Re: Logophiles Unite!
perspicuous
–adjective
1. clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
convivial
–adjective
1. friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
2. fond of feasting, drinking, and merry company;...
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Forum: Writer's Corner
12-23-2010
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Re: Logophiles Unite!
Indeed! :biggrin: I quite like it, too.
A word that randomly popped into my clone's head while driving:
pervasive
-adj
spreading or spread throughout
Not obscure, but a good word.
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Forum: Writer's Corner
12-21-2010
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Re: Logophiles Unite!
^ Jolly good!
Yet another word that randomly came to mind during the day...
laconic
-adjective
(From the etymology dictionary (http://www.etymonline.com/):)
"concise, abrupt," 1580s,...
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Forum: Writer's Corner
12-18-2010
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Re: Logophiles Unite!
^ Are you writing these definitions from memory? Just out o' curiosity.
"Bellicose" = Awesome.
"Quixotic" = Classic.
"Tryptych" is just fun to say. 8)
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Forum: Writer's Corner
12-16-2010
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Re: Logophiles Unite!
Never heard "distaff" before. But somehow, somehow, have encountered "avuncular" before. Probably on some random, obscure-word site. -.- Or maybe if you posted it on AS before? <:)
Actually, it...
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Forum: Writer's Corner
12-16-2010
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Re: Logophiles Unite!
That is on my clone's and my "daily movie play list." Meaning, we have watched more times than is natural. <:)
Ha to "Bindle Stiff." And vomitory, for that matter. I actually don't think I've ever...
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Forum: Writer's Corner
12-15-2010
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Re: Logophiles Unite!
Thank you-all. It might be sad how much these responses delight me. <:D
That is an excellent word. Where did you first read / hear it that started this "cycle" of repetition, do ye remember?
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Forum: Writer's Corner
12-14-2010
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,269
Logophiles Unite!
You know what to do.
Well, okay, maybe you don't. :paranoid:
Share words you love, words that are ringing (in a good way) through your head, obscure words (or word references / sites) that...
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