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#80131
09/18/2002 9:01 AM
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Dear Mr. milum:
Why repeat definitions when you can read the beginning of the thread? Seems redundant to me.
Oh, well, Mr. Redundancy, here's the list to save your having to scroll to the top:
PROLATE
1. n. 1. Industrial coffee maker 2. n. Human egg donor
Dody’s definition; 0 points
2. adj. (of spheroid) Lengthened along polar diameter
Real definition: 2 votes; 2 points
3. adj. Physical manifestation of bad genetic coding characteristic of inbreeding: prolate third breast
AnnaS’s definition; 2 votes; 2 points
4. adj. Voluntary; a layman living in a monastery under a modified rule and without vows; opposite of "oblate" Etymology: Medieval Latin prolatus, literally, one offered up, from Latin, past participle of profferre (more at PROFFER)
Wolf’s definition; 1 vote (Wolf’s); 0 points
5. n. An ousted group leader.
Jackie’s definition; 2 votes (1 Jackie’s); 1 point
6.n./ v. (originally) wish well; (current use) seemingly wish well, whilst actually cursing -- as in the Chinese "May you live in interesting times"
Fish’s definition; 2 votes (1 Fish’s); 1 point
7. adj. L. prov lateus lit. Before death. Usage example: "Because of his deadpan face the prolate Buster Keeton was pronounced "dead" as he lay upon his deathbed two days before he actually died."
milum’s definition; 3 votes (1 milum’s); 2 points
8. n. This is an unusual word, with a rather mongrel etymology. It is made up from the Latinate "pro-" meaning "for" and the Scandinavian "latter" or "humour; laughter" The combination is used as a description of the use of laughter as a medicine. Sending someone with endemic depression to the circus, for instance, might be described as "prolate therapy."
Rhubarb’s definition; 0 points
9. adj. pertaining to the common man (cf. "proletariat"); a term of disparagement
Scalawags’ definition; 0 points
10. n. 1. a judicial term for a judge appointed to fill an unexpected vacancy on the bench for the remainder of the designated term; 2. someone appointed to fill the vacancy created by the unexpected departure of an any public official
W’on’s definition; 1 vote; 1 point
Post haste = Post paste
Why don't you run the next round, milum?
Best regards,
WW
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#80132
09/18/2002 12:56 PM
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4. adj. Voluntary; a layman living in a monastery under a modified rule and without vows; opposite of "oblate" Etymology: Medieval Latin prolatus, literally, one offered up, from Latin, past participle of profferre (more at PROFFER)
I found this one particularly interesting since it is claimed that this is the opposite of "oblate" but it is, in fact, a legitimate definition of oblate. Oblate is also an opposite (sort of ) of prolate, being a spheroid squashed along the polar diameter. The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
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#80133
09/18/2002 6:45 PM
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it is claimed that this is the opposite of "oblate" but it is, in fact, a legitimate definition of oblate. Oblate is also an opposite (sort of ) of prolate
...precisely my reason for submitting it - intended to confuse/mislead (edit: attract) anyone who might know the shape of the word but not quite all the details. ("Corroborative detail indeed -- corroborative balderdash!") :-)
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#80134
09/18/2002 6:59 PM
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Sorry wofa, it didn't work. I knew oblate, and the real definition just leapt out at me as a result, even though I had never seen prolate before.
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#80135
09/19/2002 12:37 PM
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The interesting thing about "oblate" service is that it looks as though it might have something to do with "obligate" (adj), whereas what differentiates it from other types is the voluntary aspect of it.
Oh well. Nobody said English was internally consistent. Aylec, as it were. Anything you like except consistent...
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