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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread interpellate #127085 04/07/2004 2:31 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Date: Mon Oct 2 00:22:26 EDT 1995 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--interpellate in.ter.pel.late vt -lat.ed ; -lat.ing [L interpellatus, pp. of interpellare to interrupt, fr. inter- + -pellare (fr. pellere to drive)--more at felt] (1874): to question (as a foreign minister) formally concerning an official action or policy or personal conduct -- in.ter.pel.la.tion n -- in.ter.pel.la.tor n Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: interpellate wwh #171875 12/05/2007 12:36 PM Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1 Fergus Mills stranger Fergus Mills stranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1 This word is distractingly similar to "interpolate", which means basically to infer information about something from information and trends observed in nearby regions. (As in, today it was ten degrees, the day before yesterday it was twenty degrees, so yesterday it was probably about fifteen degrees.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: interpellate Fergus Mills #172197 12/19/2007 8:40 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Mind you the interpellating is probably because of someone interpolating. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: interpellate wwh #217104 06/15/2014 12:15 PM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr enthusiast Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Funny how this almost is the same definition for the International Criminal Police Organization, or INTERPOL. live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: interpellate Bazr #217109 06/15/2014 3:06 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water You certainly are resurrecting old threads. Here's to you! ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Weird Word wwh #217114 06/15/2014 9:50 PM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr enthusiast Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia blatherskite ˈblaðəskʌɪt noun NORTH AMERICAN a person who talks at great length without making much sense. foolish talk; nonsense. "politicians get away all the time with obscurantist blatherskite" live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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