they think coming in here is letting themselves go
they think coming in here is letting themselves go
Originally Posted by TheDave
It isn't!!
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum
Merriam-Webster Online DictionaryOriginally Posted by Mr JP Fugley
new????????????Main Entry: spec·u·lum
Pronunciation: 'spe-ky&-l&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural spec·u·la /-l&/; also -lums
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, mirror, from specere
1 : an instrument inserted into a body passage for inspection or medication
2 : a drawing or table showing the relative positions of all the planets (as in an astrological nativity)
3 : a patch of color on the secondaries of most ducks and some other birds
Last edited by Yogi; 01-24-2005 at 10:44 PM.
Originally Posted by JPaul
Oops!!!
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
One entry found for discombobulate.
Main Entry: dis·com·bob·u·late
Pronunciation: "dis-k&m-'bä-b(y)&-"lAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -lat·ed; -lat·ing
Etymology: probably alteration of discompose
: UPSET, CONFUSE <the offensive had discombobulated all the German defensive arrangements -- A. J. Liebling>
- dis·com·bob·u·la·tion /-"bä-b(y)&-'lA-sh&n/ noun
i know...........Originally Posted by manker
But it gets better!!!!!
J'Pol:
Culvert
The destruction of all things green
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
One entry found for culvert.
Main Entry: cul·vert
Pronunciation: 'k&l-v&rt
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
1 : a transverse drain
2 : a conduit for a culvert
3 : a bridge over a culvert
And!!!
Multifarious
A large gathering of gay men.
One entry found for multifarious.
Main Entry: mul·ti·far·i·ous
Pronunciation: "m&l-t&-'far-E-&s, -'fer-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin multifarius, from Latin multifariam in many places
: having or occurring in great variety : DIVERSE
- mul·ti·far·i·ous·ness noun
YoUsesDictionaryForEveryPostOfJ'Pol
Edit: Another one:
J'Plagiar:
Scumble
A Chav falling down.Main Entry: 1scum·ble
Pronunciation: 'sk&m-b&l
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): scum·bled; scum·bling /-b(&-)li[ng]/
Etymology: perhaps frequentative of 2scum
1 a : to make (as color or a painting) less brilliant by covering with a thin coat of opaque or semiopaque color b : to apply (a color) in this manner
2 : to soften the lines or colors of (a drawing) by rubbing lightly
Last edited by Yogi; 01-24-2005 at 11:09 PM.
Utonsilize- Getting a girls mouth to do what it's meant for.
YoBJ
Methinks JP is pulling your leg. Anyone with a rotund vocbulary we be aware of these words although would most probably not use them in banal interaction.
Last edited by brenda; 01-25-2005 at 11:24 AM. Reason: I spell like a Heeb
This fate is worse than death. Condemned to live out existence in a vessel incapable of sustaining my true glory. How am I to function with such limitation? - Illyria
Originally Posted by brenda
He'd only wish...............
And i don't think it's the case.
What's the fun in quoting existing words with a new meaning in a new word
thread; me thinks he starts to twist his own leg............
Funnily enough we've been talking about reinventing the meanings of words already in use to create new words today in my seminars/lectures. I'll have to ask one of my professors if reinventing a word does in fact constitute it being classified as a new word or not.
We shall see.
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