Ok, it looks like there won't be anymore suggestions, so here are the choices we've got. Note that the first four/five were used for tsuwm's wwftd. Pick FIVE:
EDIT: I've added W'ON's and tsuwm's recent suggestions to fill out the list a little more. Also added the link for gobsmacked. Feel free to change your votes if you like.
It's been used. Jus ain' never had no parper innerduction.
Search <gobsmack> all fora since forever. Shona used it first but he just used it. There's never been a discussion or at least not within the first few months.
Ok, I just checked. He's used fungible, hermetic, demesne, pleonasm and ursine.
He used fungible twice, in 94 and 95, so I don't think it would be a problem if we used others that he's already used, especially if it was a while ago. And we could just replace ursine with another animal adjective.
Thanks, Jazzo...had some of these ready just didn't get around to it, sorry I was late.
Also, a question: I think the "time on my hands" thread is brilliant, but how do we sell the word "time" to Anu? Do you really think he'll use something so common sounding? For instance, I thought "Nautical Terms" would be a great intro thread, but he won't go with "nautical"...so I perused the thread for a word and came up with "yaw." Maybe there's a more intriguing word used somewhere on the "time" thread we could use?
[edit: nepenthe is out, Anu used it. ovine: of, relating to, or belonging to sheep (thanks to Max) is an unused Animal Adj. I replaced it on my list because I think one listing thread is enough, and "Nautical terms" has more discussion. And thanks for enandiotromic, tsuwm...great thread to showcase!]
Hi That'sPunny! Methinks you'll find some kindred spirits amongst the crowd here. I'd like to add my WELCOME to that of Angel. Glad to have you with us!
I am thinking, Jazzo. It is just that I'm so far behind that I missed lots of the threads the first time and it is taking me ages to read/re-read them with all the giggles n'all. Did you know that Mav and I once had a conversation about not understanding "go figure"? Y'all sounded so strange in those days. See we've all come a long way in multicultural understandings. Anna posts notes on how we might say things, Jackie unravels complex Brit slang. What is the world coming to?
can anyone tell me why this is jumping me into the 'terms of endearment' thread half way through??!?
yes, this happens with old threads (and this is quite an old thread) once you reach the limit of your posts/page preference.
Edit Profile/Display Preferences and look for this: Total posts to show on one page when viewing a thread in flat mode (default is 10) set it for something like 100 THIS WAS THE BASIS FOR TRYING TO LIMIT THREADS TO 100 posts, to minimize the effects of this "feature".
anacampserote pantomath octothorpe pleonasm and dipsetic
if i'd've caught up to this thread earlier, i'd've nominated "aetataureate" (http://wordsmith.org/board/Cat=&Board=words&Number=26502), which was the word coined by author Michael Chabon (along with 'cheminations', which also sparked a bit of a discussion) in _The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay_.
hey jazzo, do you think the 'gobsmacked' thread is going to qualify? :)
It's a thread, ain't it?
BTW, I'm happy that we've had a few more voters, but seeing as this Guest AWAD is basically going to speak for the whole board (yikes!), it would probably--no, definitely--be a good idea for us to have a larger percentage give their opinions on what threads are the best representation of what we are. Some of our most frequent and beloved members haven't even voted! You know who you are: (Jackie, Faldage, Anna, CK, bel, Helen, wow, dr. bill, stales, Kieva, Bean, Bingley, Angel, musick, Rubrick, etc. etc. etc.)
How can you ask a parent which among the children is the favorite? This one's the cutest, this one's the smartest, this one's the most sensitive, this one's the most successful, this one's the most dignified, this one's the most mature, this one's... you get the point. Even if selecting a favorite is possible (certainly it's not diplomatic) it's liable to change from day to day and mood to mood.
1. Triboluminescence 2. Enantiodromic --both of these just sound intriguing, as well as having wonderful and unusual definitions. 3. Piepowder ,for the same reason. 4. Pleonasm personal, pleasurable memories! :-) 5. Pantomath Hi, sweet Nicholas! A handy word to know.
Oh man, oh man--it just struck me how so many of these words are multi-syllabic. I just saw a lovely, simple word in a post by CK that I bet people would be interested in: sistren. And tsuwm, what was that word that had something to do with either the left or the right side of a plowed furrow (or something like that)? Would that qualify?
Good God, is sistren a real word? Have to look it up.
Jazzo, good list, with or without the later offerings from our wordy brethren and sistren. I really don't care which words get put up for the guest AWAD slot, it's all good grist to the mill.
Good God , you mean it might NOT be a real word?? CK! How could you! Leading me down the garden path like that, where you KNOW I will follow with bells on!
triboluminescence: Sometimes I say "triboluminescence" just to be saying it. "What did you say?", they ask. "Triboluminescence.", I answer. cornobbled: When you are, you know what it means. empath: Oooh. I just love words full of almost meaning. monosemy: Yes! A word meaning the absence of ambiguity that is itself a bit ambiguious. Yes. mysteriuim: Mmm...there's somthing about this word, uh, like, uh, like it's, you know, a mystery. pantomath: What if someone called you a pantomath and you didn't know what it was?
Yeah, yeah, I know, they let me pick six. It's only fair, I love words more than you people.
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to that of Angel. Glad to have you with us!
, you mean it might NOT be a real word?? CK! How could you! Leading me down the garden path like that, where you KNOW I will follow with bells on!
