Wordsmith.org: the magic of words

Wordsmith Talk

About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us  

Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 2 of 3 1 2 3
#114411 10/25/03 12:50 PM
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 555
M
addict
Offline
addict
M
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 555
Faldage, I didn't quite get the intensifier part. Since we got the word wholesale, the re is not an English prefix. The word's meaning has changed from just overflow or engulf to include a definite implication of reversal of the direction of flow. It means flow backwards which the Latin doesn't not. Maybe it should have been antiregurgitate?
^5, Father!

Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=medicine&Number=49209
Just regurgitating a bit of fun from my pastMay I have this dance? Congratulations, FS

You mean, if you're gonna gurgitate, then you better gurgitate intensely?
Honestly, WW, is there any other way?

#114413 10/25/03 02:11 PM
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
I sort of get the intensifier part. It's kinda like the re in "refried beans"; doesn't mean they've been fried twice but that they've been fried, er, intensely. I think.

And yes, Father Steve, it's comforting somehow to have you now irrevocably in our midst.


#114414 10/25/03 02:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 555
M
addict
Offline
addict
M
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 555
but that they've been fried, er, intensely. I think.

Yes but, in this case, you are not overflowing intensely because you got the word wholesale from Latin, and also there is the component of backward flow.



#114415 10/25/03 04:25 PM
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
Yes but, in this case, you are not overflowing intensely because you got the word wholesale from Latin, and also there is the component of backward flow.


HUH?
i know, on those occations that i have regurgated i have had a backward flow of food--going from my stomach to my mouth..(and included stomach acids, and other bodily fluids..Yuck!) and i am Yes, overflowing intensely--the cramps and contractions of the muscles involved are very intense!

of course i realize the word is sometimes use for 'learning' instead of the more common use in referring (or semi politely refering)to what in slang has 1000 or so terms,(blow donots, praying at the shrine of the porceline goddess,etc) and what the good doctors here might refer to as emesis (well, at least that what they call the little kidney shaped bowl they provide you with.. an emesis basin(and jump right in and correct me if i have spelt it wrong!))

and even regurgatated learning is something that seems to flow backwards rather intensely, and it has just as unpleasant after taste!



#114416 10/25/03 04:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
W
wwh Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
W
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Feedback is a very old term in electronics. I learned it nearly seventy years ago, when a microphone was placed close enough to the speakers that hum from the speakers was fed back to the microphone, and rapidly built up a very unpleasant loud noise from the speakers.


#114417 10/25/03 05:41 PM
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
is there is an ethical dilemma attached to a priest/judge who has an addiction problem?



For those who pay real attention to such concerns, life is a constant ethical problem.



#114418 10/27/03 11:10 AM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,624
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,624
Does that make people who don't pay attention inethical or just disethical?


#114419 10/27/03 01:38 PM
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
People who don't pay attention to ethical issues are living part, but not all, of their lives.


#114420 10/28/03 10:17 AM
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 43
A
newbie
Offline
newbie
A
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 43
In reply to:

What's the problem with this word? Regurgitation?


It's capitalized. Unless it is a proper noun, or at the beginning of a sentence, it shouldn't be. Despite the word being followed immediately by a question mark, I don't think it's a proper sentence. Is it?

If anybody names their kid this, I think that would bring up the ethical issues thread. I don't know of any landmarks, cities, or other proper nouns named this... does anybody else?

Congrats FS!



Page 2 of 3 1 2 3

Moderated by  Jackie 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics
Forums16
Topics13,912
Posts229,283
Members9,179
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members
TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV, Heather_Turey, Standy
9,179 Registered Users
Who's Online Now
0 members (), 302 guests, and 2 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days)
Top Posters
wwh 13,858
Faldage 13,803
Jackie 11,613
tsuwm 10,542
wofahulicodoc 10,510
LukeJavan8 9,916
AnnaStrophic 6,511
Wordwind 6,296
of troy 5,400
Disclaimer: Wordsmith.org is not responsible for views expressed on this site. Use of this forum is at your own risk and liability - you agree to hold Wordsmith.org and its associates harmless as a condition of using it.

Home | Today's Word | Yesterday's Word | Subscribe | FAQ | Archives | Search | Feedback
Wordsmith Talk | Wordsmith Chat

© 1994-2024 Wordsmith

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5