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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread die, drudge, dead #187489 10/28/09 03:33 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd OP Carpal Tunnel OP zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Laurence Urdang [1927–2008] (NYT obit) Quote: This is not a succedaneum for satisfying the nympholepsy of nullifidians. Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. The New York Times Everyday Reader’s Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, and Mispronounced Words (1972). Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: die, drudge, dead zmjezhd #187490 10/28/09 04:38 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA By coincidence though OT http://wordsmith.org/board/ubbthreads.php/topics/187473/NYT_s_omission#Post187473 dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: die, drudge, dead dalehileman #187493 10/28/09 05:16 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd OP Carpal Tunnel OP zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Dahil, don't know whether this will help if you haven't already pulled it up http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dalehileman Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: die, drudge, dead zmjezhd #187494 10/28/09 05:25 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont heh I lol'd. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: die, drudge, dead zmjezhd #187504 10/28/09 07:05 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Ha! Like orchids, poisenous flowers of wordology.[ the quote I mean] Edit:(btw. I have two orchid plants I attend to very carefully) Last edited by BranShea; 10/29/09 07:57 AM. Reason: orchids Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: die, drudge, dead Buffalo Shrdlu #187506 10/28/09 07:14 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... L latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast L Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... Originally Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu heh I lol'd. So did I. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: zmjezhd #187673 11/05/09 06:59 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Quote: This is not a succedaneum for satisfying the nympholepsy of nullifidians. Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. The New York Times Everyday Reader’s Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, and Mispronounced Words (1972). Last edited by BranShea; 11/06/09 08:00 AM. 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