What's Your Word for the Day? Showing 1,601-1,650 of 3,049

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

.....no wiser......sorry.....must be particularly obtuse.......

[David]

Knuckle massage across the scalp or biceps.

[Ken, Moderator]

Only it's meant to hurt and is favored by obnoxious young jerks. Chiefly seen during a headlock, wherein you sharply rub the head with your knuckles until the kid says, "Uncle!"

Why do kids always surrender with the word "uncle"? Why never "aunt"? Origin?

[Ken, Moderator]

HMN. Either an Irish origin or a Latin one. Close...

[Ken, Moderator]

I wonder where she's going? It seems... ominous. And just when I'm about to please the Gabilacious One by going back to work on Monday.

Shane!... Gabi! Come back! Ga-a-a-a-bi!

[Ken, Moderator]

Always hurling words with no regard for lamps and furniture, our Gabi.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Dingbat is an affectionate insult in Oz! And she's right....I thought it looked familiar....a choko....best peeled, sliced and sauteed in butter after a light parboiling. I hate the way your hands feel after peeling them though!

[Ken, Moderator]

I love Gabi's posts, but I love her art even better. In a word: wow.

[Ken, Moderator]

No, the correct expression is "suck-up." But I'm serious about your art (and, uh, most of your posts anyway). Of course if you could come up with something Breughel-esque (as he's my favorite, running away), you'd go way beyond "wow" in my mind. Puts the Italians to shame, sez-a-me (a true northern boy).

[Ken, Moderator]

Like the blue backdrop there. Good contrast for the jonqs. Have you ever done landscapes, or are you strictly a flower and person painter?

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Clive James is a great read....I have read his autobiographical memoirs too Gabi.....most entertaining! I love the jonquils....they glow off the page....I'm going to print it to show mum.

[Ken, Moderator]

I'm a gonna make you a Stream of Consciousness thread of your own, wherein we can request certain types of art that you probably have in your arsenal. Sounds like a great idea, eh? Say yes. Or better yet, I'll make it before you can say no.

[Tyler]

Gabi -- No, I haven't ready Clive James yet. He sounds like an author I might like.

[Savvy]

my word for the day...

PULCHRITUDINOUS

admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, attractive, beauteous,beautiful bewitching, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, easy on the eyes, elegant, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fine, foxy, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, sightly, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, taking, well-formed, wonderful

GABI'S ART!!!

[[deleted user]]

Hiya Suz!
super word even if I am still limbering up to it's pronunciation!!!

[[deleted user]]

Nope Gabi, haven't had the pleasure yet so Hiya, cheers for the partial breakdown of suz's whopper, I'll keep working on it..oh and just milk Gabi for me. Your 'moggie ritual' is sooo familiar, my two have no jewels in the crown either, irritable ..uckers too and just as feisty.

[Savvy]

Hey Joanie!...you'll need to keep your professors on their toes with all these big words! :-)...not to mention they scare the bejeezus outta Pirates too!!!
Girlz gotta do what girlz gotta do!

Here's a sound bite...
http://www.answers.com/topic/pulchrit...

And Gabi, your artwork is truly stunning!
Please continue to post them.
You are soooooo talented... don't those little 'furballs' of yours know better than to disturb the sweet slumber of an eloquent artist???

[[deleted user]]

Got it now Suz..an I'll make sure it gets slipped into the first essay I submit!

[Ruth]

I take it you're both readers of Alice in Wonderland.

[Ken, Moderator]

eponymous -- something named after a person.

[[deleted user]]

Eponyms, eponymous and what about 'reverse eponyms'
Folie adieu!
Methinks Life hath dost got more complicated!

[David]

"Eponymous" is an important term in anthropology. Many tribes, clans, and lineages have ancestors, real or legendary, after whom they are named. In the Bible, the "children of Israel" are the descendants of Jacob, and the twelve tribes are said to be descended from his sons (Levi, Judah, etc.). The "Semites" are supposed to be descended from "Shem," what we now call the Indo-Europeans from Japeth, and so on.

This pattern is very common among tribes the world over, and especially in Africa and the Middle East.

So endeth the lesson.

[David]

Here's another term: "teknonymy." It's the custom of naming parents after their children. "Umm Kolsoum," the Egyptian singer, is "Kolsoum's mother." Any Arab name starting with "Umm" or "Abu" means "Mother of" or "Father of." Sometimes the usage is metaphorical, as in "Abu Sayf," which means "Father of the Sword." Remember phrases like the "Mother of All Battles?" How soon we forget!

Teknonymy tends to erase memory of ancestry. In our cultures it is found among schoolchildren. Suddenly, a parent loses her identity, other than as "Becky's Mom," or "Bobby's Dad."

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Makes the practise of patronomy more understandable I suppose......

[[deleted user]]

Aw..no pics today Davy!

[David]

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One of the Itargiyen, or Tuareg. They are said to practise teknonmy. The men wear veils, and nowadays, sunglassea.

By special request, and because "It's hot enough to broil a monkey's bum, Your Majesty. "

[[deleted user]]

YAY! I'm happy now Davy..great pic..

[David]

Have Euros, want camel ride?

[[deleted user]]

You bettcha!

[Ken, Moderator]

Dromedaries vs. Camels. Which is a better smoke?

[[deleted user]]

Neither! Both gimme 'de hump'

[Ken, Moderator]

OK. I'm officially lost.

[[deleted user]]

Word for the Day..
Tintinnabulation. (serious! not mispelt)

..The act of ringing or pealing of bells..


Inspired by 'Norman's etchings' Wring my belle.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Oh well done!!! Hahahaha!

[Ken, Moderator]

Gabi -- Don't you ever sing "Amazing Grace"?

Thanks, Anna. My Monty Python experience is restricted to their Holy Grail movie.

[David]

Not to speak of "Eric the half-a-bee."

Or "Nudge, nudge." Or the "Cheese shop."

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

They are great but what about the parrot sketch!! Best one of all!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjOSL...

[[deleted user]]

Agreed! Timeless.
John looks about 15!!

[Savvy]

Debbie wrote: "They are great but what about the parrot sketch!! Best one of all!!!

OH YES!....that's just hysterical Debbie!

[Savvy]

PRETERIST

a person who is largely interested only in the past. The root preter- is from the Latin praeter meaning “past” or “beyond.” Anyone who has studied grammar will recognize it in preterite, but it’s also found in preternatural ‘beyond what is normal or natural’ and preterhuman ‘beyond what is human.’

[Ken, Moderator]

Forward-thinking preterist.

(oxymoron of the day)

[Savvy]

good one!...then there's

Preteristic fortune teller :-)

[Savvy]

Here's a new expression I just heard...

RATTLE YOUR DAGS

An old Kiwi expression meaning to hurry up. Has its origins in the crusted dry dags that gathered in the wool around a sheep's rear end. When dry and hardened they rattle when the sheep runs. Commonly prevented by what is called crutching or shearing the wool around the rear end of the beast.

[[deleted user]]

Wudya C'mon and rattle your dags!
My new early morning greeting for ellie wellie Gabi (LOVE IT)

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Actually, we call it dagging (the removal). The Aussies use the expression too, and it may well have originated there. They have some lovely, colourful expressions.....'she'll be magnolia love'; 'fair suck of the sav' etc!!

[[deleted user]]

'fair suck of the sav! Debs! no origins for that tulip puh leeze.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

fair suck of the sav!

(Australian, informal) Used to inform somebody that they’re taking more than their share, etc.

[edit:] Synonyms fair go!
fair shake of the sauce bottle!
fair suck of the sauce bottle!

[[deleted user]]

Aah I see! Coola boola.
Catchya later Debs. ( a cheeky gal about to take her fair suck of the sav and leave me no cooked brekkie)

[Ruth]

Found a new one today.

Stichomancy
Stich"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? a line + -mancy.:] Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard.

In a poetry workshop it's been suggested we write a poem by stichomancy

[Ken, Moderator]

Sounds much like a "found poem."