Word of the Day. Post it Here

Discussion in 'Linguistics' started by Captain Kremmen, Aug 16, 2007.

  1. Magical Realist Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    16,601
    wegs likes this.
  2. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  3. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    9,253
    Ineffable - too great to be expressed in words
     
  4. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  5. Seattle Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    8,849
    Incorporeal hereditament, an example would be an easement. Without a physical body and yet it can be inherited.
     
  6. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  7. Saint Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    4,752
    slog it out = to fight or compete until one side wins
     
  8. geordief Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,118
    Last edited: Jul 21, 2022
    wegs likes this.
  9. Magical Realist Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    16,601
  10. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    13,077
    Campanologists

    Church bell ringers - Mr Google

    Inspired to look bell ringing up from the Training Animals thread

    Campanologists then tripped first girlfriend neurone

    First crush girlfriend was a Campanologists. Never got to ring her bell though

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!



    Isn't the brain wonderfully weird?

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
    sideshowbob likes this.
  11. Magical Realist Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    16,601
    Weltanschauung
    noun

    Welt·an·schau·ung | \ ˈvelt-ˌän-ˌshau̇-əŋ \
    variants: or less commonly weltanschauung
    plural Weltanschauungen\ ˈvelt-ˌän-ˌshau̇-əŋ-ən \ also Weltanschauungs\ ˈvelt-ˌän-ˌshau̇-əŋz \

    Definition of Weltanschauung

    : a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world especially from a specific standpoint : WORLDVIEW

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Weltanschauung
     
  12. geordief Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,118
    Last edited: Aug 8, 2022
    wegs likes this.
  13. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    9,253
    Maelstrom - disorder, turmoil, turbulence

    A strong whirlpool is called a maelstrom, but I haven't really heard this word used much (possibly never?) in everyday conversation. It seems better suited for literature.
     
  14. DaveC426913 Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    18,935
    20,000 Leagues. My favorite book.
     
  15. Write4U Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    20,069
    It is used a lot in literature, but many ocean whirlpools have "maelstrom" in their name.

    There is a Canadian movie named Maelstrom. It is disturbing.
    From wiki:
     
    wegs likes this.
  16. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

    Messages:
    39,397
    sesquipedalian (a.) - (1) given to the overuse of long words; (2) (of words) long and ponderous having many syllables.

    Interestingly, "sesquipedalian" is arguably a sesquipedalian term.
     
    wegs likes this.
  17. O. W. Grant Registered Senior Member

    Messages:
    266
    Last edited: Oct 4, 2022
  18. Baldeee Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,226
    Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia has always been one of my favourites.
    It means "the fear of long words", although is really just a linguistic exaggeration of sesquippedaliophobia, which means the same thing.
    As well as being ironic, it is also one of those rare words for a condition that the sufferer wouldn't be able to pronounce because of that condition.
    (Of course, the sufferer could still use the alternative "fear of long words".)
    Another condition would be mutism, or any other preventing someone from speaking.

    I told Sarkus this word many years ago, and I believe he still uses it in his "description".
    It will slowly catch on!

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
  19. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    9,253
    I may have to watch it; sounds like it would fall under the “psychological thriller” genre. Although, the “talking fish” sounds like it may be silly.
     
  20. Write4U Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    20,069
    No, it's a dark thriller. The fish is a symbolic narrator.
     
  21. exchemist Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    12,451
    Boustrophedonic: a word my wife and I encountered when visiting la Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. It was in the description of how the scenes in the stories in the stained glass windows were arranged, going from left to right in one row, then from right to left in the row below, and so on.

    It means in the manner of an ox ploughing a field, from βοῦς, ox, + στροφή, turn. We thought we had a pretty good English vocabulary, but this one brought us up short.

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
    James R likes this.
  22. geordief Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,118
    Did you turn into the nearest bistro to calm your nerves?
     
    exchemist likes this.
  23. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    13,077
    Had to wait until he and wife had turned back and forth and plowed through all the streets

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     

Share This Page