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pantomath: What if someone called you a pantomath and you didn't know what it was?

Well, it's either someone who counts pairs of pants for a living, or someone who does aerobic testing on athletes.




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It is like whe you go out with a large group of people and have to choose from the menu - I'm always so busy chatting that I only look at the menu at the last minute then wish I'd chosen the dish the person next to me chose.

Closing eyes and sticking a pin:

g. gobsmacked
m. Golden Ratio
r. irony (of course)
w. pantomath
p. triboluminescence (only because I now know
that life savers taste like moth-balls).

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at the last minute then wish I'd chosen the dish the person next to me chose.

A pretty analogy, jo. In effect you're saying -- and I agree -- that we can't go wrong with any of the choices; all are excellent.


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For those who would like to view it, "time on my hands" has a continuation thread...all part of the same process, and they belong together:

1. b. (a continuation) "TIME for a new thread, people" Q & A 8/19/01
http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=37382



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triboluminescence
pantomath
octothorpe
pleonasm
dipsetic




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OK, although my gut tells me to go with cornobbled and gobsmacked, I think they've already both won. So with the belief that those are already as good as in, I cast my fate thusly:

fungible
pleonasm
empath
mustelid
Why didn't I nominate muskstick when I had my chance?
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irony, chiefly because there are a lot of people (incl A.Morrissette) who really need to understand that one more clearly.

So when do the polls close? Has a date already been arranged with Anu? Forgive me if I missed that information, I just got back and haven't quite caught up yet...


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Once we get the list of words with definitions and sample sentences, I'll send that off to Anu and then he does what he will I guess.


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cornobbled and gobsmacked, I think they've already both won.
Now hold up, here. I want to raise an official hand of protest: somebody's going to have to convince me that cornobbled is a real word. 'Till they do, I'm putting in a vote to veto it. (Not yelling and screaming, you understand--just want some verification, 'cause I don't trust that Mrs. Byrne as far as I can throw her...)


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somebody's going to have to convince me that cornobbled is a real word....you understand--just want some verification, 'cause I don't trust that Mrs. Byrne as far as I can throw her...

OK, Mz. Jackie, I hunted and hunted until finally I found this definition in a dictionary I'm writing...

REALWORD: 1. a word of no usage until made famous by inclusion in tsuwm's list of useless words. 2. any word that Anu see's fit to print. 3. any word that more that fifty people agree means hit in the face with a flying fish.

Thank you.


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Okay. I'm finally casting my vote but I have to take issue with with two of the contending words.

Gobsmacked Hardly hogwash to me and quite general parlance amongst my peers (but it would be a privilege to see it posted as Word of the Day by Anu).

Demesne Ditto. Quite a common term for this neck of the woods (pun intended - with smug reference to a recent thread).

I'll balance off the votes by nominating five others from the list....


p. triboluminescence Cannot say it on its own let alone use it in a coherent sentence. HOGWASH!

enantiodromic - ditto! HOGWASH!

k. hermetic - Love this one. It's like a cross between a hermeseta and a tic-tac. HOGWASH!

c. anacampserote - some sort of a compote? HOGWASH!

h. dipsetic Quite a dispeptic word! HOGWASH!

And this concludes the vote from the Irish jury........ [nil point emoticon]


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