Why invent (or backform) 'sipid' as the antonym of 'insipid'?
Who banished 'sapid' [having savor or flavor; palatable (Webster's Collegiate, 5th ed)] into outer darkness?
sipid...sapid
Do we have us a case of reverse umlaut going on here?
innocuous is very common, I have never seen "nocuous" until I just now looked it up. Perhaps "noxious" took its place.
Now don't be uncouth, dr. bill.
[Would "anastrophic" count?]
And by the way, clyde, that was a SUPERB question. Thank you, and welcome aboard!
Dear Keiva: I cannot be "kempt" because a washcloth is all I need. But I manage to be unkempt for all of that.
"Wait'll you hear this!" he said chalantly.
Very eptly done, slithy.
"What did I do wrong?" he asked nocently.
My cousin gave me a book of poems written by Felicia Lamport and illustrated by Edward Gorey which contains one about "souciance."
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My impressions of this matter are quite delible, markable, and phatic.
The Only WO'N!
markable and phatic? Bad form, old boy.
dr. bill, is it thinkable that W'ON would have no rationale that makes his post explicable? Let's be more gonistic.
markable and phatic? Bad form, old boy.re em > reem > I guess I just got reemed, huh?
The Only WO'N!
Dear WO'N: you reminded me of my wife's favorite grandfather, a traveling salesman, who picked up a lot of salty expressions from his companions, and got revenge for being henpecked by teaching his wife and my mother-in-law some of them, which they repeated totally unaware of the indecent content. So I had trouble keeping my face straight when my mother-in-law would complain about having been "rimmed" in an unsatisfactory purchase.He also taught them to describe being detained by pointless conversation as being "hung up by the tongue." I had to explain that to my wife to keep her from using it. She had trouble believing her dear sweet grandfather could be so devious.
AWAD members can cut the mustard!
WW m.m.
FF: My cousin gave me a book of poems written by Felicia Lamport and illustrated by Edward Gorey which contains one about "souciance."
I can see where this would happen FF, since souciance is a word commonly used in French - so is insouciance. Correct me if I'm wrong all you word etymology mavens out there but insouciance looks like it has been borrowed from the French.
And for those who may be interested in WW's "cut the mustard" here is Quinion's (www.worldwidewords.com) URL about it:
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cut1.htm
And for those who may be interested in WW's "cut the mustard" here is Quinion's (www.worldwidewords.com) URL about it: When I tested it, it worked only with edit,copy,,,edit, paste
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cut1.htm
"ana" is not a negative. YCLIU
"ana" is not a negative. YCLIUFrom
Merriam-Webster's:
Main Entry: ana-
Variant(s): or an-
Function: prefix
Etymology: Latin, from Greek, up, back, again, from ana up -- more at ON
1 : up : upward <anabolism>
2 : back : backward <anatropous>Backward is postive?
And what about
anaphrodisia?
The Only WO'N!
re:
And what about anaphrodisia?Juan-- what part of getting
up is negative?
back can be a return, or in anastrophia, a back(wards) formation of a sentence. not negative..
Order reversed, still, meaning clear.not very good at that on the spur of the moment.
Dear WO'N: what is a "phrodisiac"?
Dear WO'N: what is a "phrodisiac"?Oh, that's easy, Dr. Bill! Aphro-disiac is a sexual stimulant you find growing in Africa!
The Only WO'N!
"ana" is not a negative.
Agreed. Reversal is akin to negation, each being a kind of "opposite", but is not identical. So whether anastrophic fits this thread depends on how widely the net of this tread is cast [hence my question mark].
Dear WO'N: I would watch the discards if I played poker with you.
Dear WO'N: I would watch the discards if I played poker with you.Huh, Dr. Bill? Are you talkin' about dis card or dat card?
The Only WO'N!
Are you talkin' about dis card or dat card?
nah, he's suspicious of the W'ON you've got up your sleeve ;)
nah, he's suspicious of the W'ON you've got up your sleeve ;)Hey, mav...aren't those Aces 'n' Eights you're holding?...I'd be
awfully careful if I were you!
The Only WO'N!
what part of getting up is negative?Well, since nobody picked up on it...first of all, it's
an.aphrodisiac (I cheated), and secondly, here's the def from
Merriam-Webster's:
Main Entry: an·aph·ro·di·si·ac
Pronunciation: "a-"na-fr&-'dE-zE-"ak, -zhE-, -'di-zE-
Function: adjective
Date: 1823
: inhibiting or discouraging sexual desire
- anaphrodisiac noun See, Helen, there's nothing upgetting about that!
The Only WO'N!
W'ON!!! Have we neglected to congratulate you on your pooh-bahity???
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
>"What did I do wrong?" he asked nocently. (Dr. Bill)
>Not yet in horrid Shade or dismal Den
Nor nocent yet, but on the grassy Herb
Fearless unfeared he slept
(John Milton: Paradise Lost Book IX 185-7)
Bingley
watch the discards
You peek at the discards I ain' playin no poker with *you, Dr. Bill. You won' need no aces and eights.
This thread was full of effable beauty.
dxb
This thread was full of effable beauty
We'll have none of that language around here, thank you!!
As long as the effable beauty is not pictured in action, what's the beef?
As long as the effable beauty is not pictured in action, what's the beef?Yeahbut®, what good is effable beauty if it's not nocuous?
The Only WO'N!
Dear WO'N : If you were an effable beauty, would you want to have somebody noccuoup?
noccuoup? LOL!!
The Only WO'N!
This thread is certainly ane.
And it has given a horrifying new meaning to the term deliver.
Yep, Sparteye!...ane and ebriate!...that's how I like 'em!
The Only WO'N!
It is also advertently satiable.
But not to worry: I am neither pervious nor perturbable.
Would it be anticlimactic to revive this thread?
Keiva: you started a flamewar, and would not quit.
You were banned, and got back only by shameful threat
of a lawsuit Wordsmith could not ;afford.
You are contemptible, and unwelcome to post here.