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Topic Options #135226 - 11/14/04 01:08 PM zaum jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California zaum' :- 1. Nonsense; literally za 'trans' + um' 'sense; mind'. Coined by the Russian Futurists. Top #135227 - 11/14/04 05:48 PM Re: zaum Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667 Or backformed from zaumnij. adj., meaningless. Top #181118 - 12/22/08 06:50 PM Re: zaum [Re: Faldage] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5373 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Interesting, I had a classmate in elementary school whose last name was Zaum. He was not meaningless, but few paid any attention to him, very private kid: sort of living up to some meaning of his name? _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #181126 - 12/22/08 07:50 PM Re: zaum [Re: LukeJavan8] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667 Zaum is also German for bridle or rein. Top #181196 - 12/24/08 02:12 PM Re: zaum [Re: Faldage] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5373 Loc: Land of the Flat Water The repartee in these sites sure show the importance of knowledge of more than one language. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210118 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 43 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 endymion6 71 wofahulicodoc 69 jenny jenny 67 teepee 20 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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