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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 61 of 99 1 2 … 59 60 61 62 63 … 98 99 Go to page... Tail wag translated wofahulicodoc #227848 01/04/18 03:14 AM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Squirly- excited, dog tail whirls like a helicopter Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter much ado about Erik may2point0 #227852 01/04/18 04:55 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SATISFICE PRONUNCIATION: (SAT-uhs-fys) MEANING: verb intr.: To satisfy the minimum requirements in a given situation. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the scientist Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001) in 1956, apparently as a blend of satisfy + suffice. Earliest documented use: 1561 (as a synonym of the word satisfy). NOTES: While it may appear that satisficing is taking the easy way out, there are times when it’s the right thing to do. It can be bewildering to consider all the options that are available. Often it’s best to pick one or two important criteria and weed out the options, especially when stakes are low. Sometimes making a suboptimal decision is best, when the alternative is decision paralysis because there are so many options. To satisfice is OK, we don’t always have to maximize or optimize. Sometimes good enough is more than good enough. ________________________________ SATISFINE - My college entrance exam score was quite sufficient, thank you for asking SATIEFICE - how he wrote Gymnopédie and others like it SATISFIDE, SATISNICE - and how he felt after writing it, and what he thought if it Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SECROUGE - dry red wine wofahulicodoc #227859 01/05/18 04:29 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SCROUGE PRONUNCIATION: (skrouj, skrooj) MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To squeeze, press, or crowd. ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of scruze (to squeeze), a blend of screw + squeeze. Earliest documented use: 1755. __________________________ SYROUGE - the sweet red liquid you pour over your pancakes SCAROUGE - Halloween makeup 'SCROUPE - Oui, Madame, your child 'as tracheo-bronchitis, zat is why she cough so much Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter all too often conflated with "seniority" wofahulicodoc #227872 01/08/18 03:48 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SENECTITUDE PRONUNCIATION: (si-NEK-ti-tood, -tyood) MEANING: noun: Old age. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin senectus (old age), from senex (old). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sen- (old), which is also the ancestor of senior, sir, sire, senate, senile, Spanish señor, and surly (which is an alteration of sirly, as in sir-ly). Earliest documented use: 1796. _____________________ SELECTITUDE - good taste BENECTITUDE - saintliness SENECTITUNE - a Golden Oldie Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter It's a wonderful life wofahulicodoc #227873 01/08/18 04:31 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Senecatitude- idyllic view of Bedford Falls Scenectitude- perspective beyond the pines (the h is silent) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's a wonderful life may2point0 #227876 01/09/18 02:29 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Originally Posted by may2point0 Senecatitude- idyllic view of Bedford Falls Scenectitude- perspective beyond the pines (the h is silent) Tee hee. And let's not forget SCHENECTITUDE - location in upstate New York maybe 15 miles north-west of Albany (the CH is hard) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter it does make a difference wofahulicodoc #227877 01/09/18 08:31 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA WELTANSCHAUUNG PRONUNCIATION: (VELT-ahn-shou-oong) MEANING: noun: World view. ETYMOLOGY: From German Weltanschauung (world view), from Welt (world) + Anschauung (perception). Earliest documented use: 1868. NOTES: When we bring in a word from another language, sometimes we borrow it as it is and at other times make a literal translation, also known as a loan translation. The word weltanschauung appears so useful that English has borrowed the original form and also made a loan translation: world view. __________________________________ DELTANSCHAUUNG - familiarity with the waterways at the mouth of the Mississippi WELTANSCHADUNG - awareness that the world is full of misfortunes BELTANSCHAUUNG - overall philosophy of dieting Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: it does make a difference wofahulicodoc #227881 01/10/18 05:24 AM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Originally Posted by wofahulicodoc Originally Posted by may2point0 Senecatitude- idyllic view of Bedford Falls Scenectitude- perspective beyond the pines (the h is silent) Tee hee. And let's not forget SCHENECTITUDE - location in upstate New York maybe 15 miles north-west of Albany (the CH is hard) ☺ that is what I was going for, though mine looks more like the film than the city. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter shaped like an upside-down Ehrlenmeyer flask? may2point0 #227885 01/10/18 03:34 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ...and it's a double-dactyl, too! _____________________________ INFUNDIBULIFORM PRONUNCIATION: (in-fuhn-DIB-yuh-luh-form) MEANING: adjective: Funnel-shaped. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin infundibulum (funnel), from infundere (to pour in), from fundere (to pour). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gheu- (to pour), which is also the source of funnel, font, fuse, diffuse, gust, gush, and geyser. Earliest documented use: 1752. ____________________________ INFUNDIBULI-NORM - when just about everything is funnel-shaped IN-FUN-BIBLIFORM - like reading Scripture for amusement INFUNDIBULI-FARM - devoted to the culture and propagation of Morning Glories Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter and happy to find one wofahulicodoc #227888 01/11/18 02:30 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFiCATION PRONUNCIATION: (FLOK-si-NO-si-NY-HIL-i-PIL-i-fi-KAY-shuhn) MEANING: noun: Estimating as worthless. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin flocci, from floccus (tuft of wool) + nauci, from naucum (a trifling thing) + nihili, from Latin nihil (nothing) + pili, from pilus (a hair, trifle) + -fication (making). Earliest documented use: 1741. NOTES: This word was coined by combining four Latin terms flocci, nauci, nihili, pili, all meaning something of little or no value, which were listed in the well-known Eton Latin Grammar of Eton College in the UK. The word seems to be popular in the US government. It has been heard from the mouths of White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Senator Robert Byrd, and Senator Jesse Helms, among others. A related word is floccipend. _________________________ FLOCCI-NAUCCI-NIHILI-PILI-FICATION - declaring Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit and his siblings to be trivial and utterly worthless (they were, you will recall, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 61 of 99 1 2 … 59 60 61 62 63 … 98 99 Go to page... 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,... 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