|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
A word site I’ve not seen before: http://www.namibian.com.na/Word/
Some words from that site which I found by looking for “mingy; mingere”
Posted long enough ago that our new members would not have seen it:
retromingent
(adjective) Urinating backwards. noun An animal that passes urine backwards, e.g. raccoon. [From Latin retro- (back) + mingent, stem of mingens, past participle of mingere (to urinate).]
deltiology
(noun) The study or collecting of postcards. [From Greek deltion, diminutive of deltos (writing tablet) + -logy.] Usage: Floyd Jerdon is one of those people who would never confuse deltiology with scrutinising college Greek week or studying deposits at the mouth of a river. - Barbara Dempsey; Postcards Send Him Back to Another Time; South Bend Tribune (Indiana); Feb 2, 2003.
Tartarean
(adjective) Hellish; internal. [From Latin tartareus, from Greek tartareios, from Tartaros. In Greek mythology, Tartarus was the place in Hades reserved for punishing the worst.]
holophrastic
(adjective) 1. Expressing a sentence in one word, for example, "Go". 2. Expressing complex ideas in a single word, as in some Eskimo languages. Also polysynthetic. [From Greek Holo- (whole) + Greek phrastikos, from phrazein (to speak).]
of troy posted about this a long time ago:
agita
(noun) 1. Heartburn; acid indigestion. 2. Anxiety. [Americanism, from Italian agitare (to agitate), from Latin agitare (agitate).]
This word was Today’s Word a long time ago:
frangible
(adjective) Readily broken; breakable. [From Middle English, from Old French, from Mediaeval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere (to break). The same Latin root is responsible for breaking in a number of other words, such as chamfer, defray, fraction, refract, infringe, and fracture.
I first saw the word in TIME long ago, in a story about US Army in war games shooting machinegun bullets that would leave colored marks on tanks without doing any damage. And the EM had adotpted the word: “Make those dice hit the wall, they ain’t frangible.”
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
hmm, that's a possibility.
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
Onliest other thang I can figger is Electrician's Mate, but that's Navy.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757 |
adotpted
Guess that's a word specific to craps, huh? ;)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
Dear Mav: just my crappy vision, that makes me less readily able to spot my typos. Reminds me of a story about crooked crap shooters. A suspicious gamester stuck out his foor, and deflected shooter's hand. Three dice hit the wall. OK, said the supicious guy pulling out his gun:"Now let's see you shoot fourteen with two dice."
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
Bill, what does EM stand for?
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,230
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,230 |
Nice little list there, Dr. Bill. One more for my page. Thanks
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
thank you, Bill and Faldage.
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,916
Posts230,312
Members9,209
| |
Most Online4,606
Sep 17th, 2025
|
|
|
|
