Everyday, users will come here and enlighten us with one word they find particularly exciting, and that is preferably of not-so-simple spelling.
All that is asked is that you post;
The word
Its definition
Use it in a sentence,si vous plait.
[a pronunciation key is always a bonus, by the way]
This will hopefully help all of us in an intellectual level, and plus...isn't it just great to learn something new everyday? I thought so.
Let us begin, my choice of word for the day will be shortly posted. So many words to choose from! -squeals like a little school girl-
Dez
[Edited on 18-2-04 by little_lady]
you won't let me down...
little_lady
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posted on 2004-2-18 at 04:15
tintinnabulation
tin·tin·nab·u·la·tion
Definition:
The ringing or sounding of bells.
(Used in a poem by Edgar Allan Poe)
"To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells"
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Paige_x0x
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posted on 2004-2-18 at 04:54
cat
Definition:
A small carnivorous mammal (Felis catus or F. domesticus) domesticated since early times as a catcher of rats and mice and as a pet and existing in
several distinctive breeds and varieties.
"My cat's breath smells like cat food" -Ralph of The Simpsons.
*everythings* funny when you've had as much medication as I've had in the past hour haaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
The night's as hot as hell. It's a lousy room in a lousy part of a lousy town - I'm staring at a goddess. She's telling me she
wants me. I'm not going to waste one more minute wondering how I've gotten this lucky. She smells like angels ought to smell, the perfect
woman... the Goddess. Goldie. She says her name is Goldie.
SideO_JR
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posted on 2004-2-18 at 05:00
for today i chose exuberant just because i used it earier. i've worked too hard today to bother looking it up or to even check to see if
that is how you spell it
How do you communicate those emotions that are so intense that no physical expression or series of words can even scratch the surface?
armour_guitarist
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posted on 2004-2-18 at 05:22
one of my favorite words: antidisestablishmentarianism
an•ti•dis•es•tab•lish•men•tar•i•an•ism
Pronunciation: (an"tE-dis"u-stab"lish-mun-târ'E-u-niz"um, an"tI-) —n.
meaning: opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
i wont bother to put it in a sentance
Some things take more than a lifetime.
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posted on 2004-2-18 at 23:56
These have been weak efforts so far. Dez wants words most of us have never heard before. Although the Simpsons quotation did crack me up. Anyway:
Boondoggle noun An unnecessary or wasteful project or activity. That project on testing the malleability of CD jewel cases is a boondoggle if I ever saw one.
verb To waste time or money on a boondoggle Kindypot spends most of his time boondoggling.
little_lady
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posted on 2004-2-19 at 00:07
Yes, Bart..that was the point of this hah.
And, at your word...definetly never heard that one before.
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posted on 2004-2-19 at 09:56
Asunder
Adverb - into forcefully seperated pieces; apart
Eg.
I'm pulled asunder
Female.
princeszbabz
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posted on 2004-2-27 at 16:06
ok so you take a word that you make up and then make up a definition for it?? i don't get it??? Des , whats the point of
this??:
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posted on 2004-2-27 at 21:51
real words. which most people have never heard before.
armour_guitarist
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posted on 2004-3-2 at 07:08
to expand people's miniscuol vocabularies.
Some things take more than a lifetime.
1lilrockerchic
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posted on 2004-3-3 at 16:38
i like pagie's! it's too funny cat... i have never heard that word before</JOKE>
but boondoogle is sooo coolness hmm... one day when i have the time i will find a word and post it and blah blah blah!
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Things seem so wrong (I had something worth living for)
I cant go on, but its something we’re suppose to do
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posted on 2004-3-3 at 17:04
Word:
Pocket Veto
Definition:
1. The indirect veto of a bill received by the President within ten days of the adjournment of Congress, effected by retaining the bill unsigned
until Congress adjourns.
2. A similar action exercised by a state governor or other chief executive
Use:
The President of the USA excersised his pocket veto to quash proposed bill 101 which was passed by congress 2 days ago.
