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« Reply #60 on: December 02, 2011, 03:14:42 PM » |
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Numberwang, now that's a word.
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'The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.'
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« Reply #61 on: December 02, 2011, 03:17:10 PM » |
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"bon mots " = "good words, witticisms"
I just read someone describing Victoria Coren as having "magnificent embonpoint"
These two are some how related: embonpoint derives from the French 'en bon point' -- in good condition. I also like the stone (which I think you find exclusively in Derbyshire?) Bluejohn. This again, comes from the french bleu (blue) and jeune (yellow) and is so called because of the lovely blue and yellow strata:  |
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« Reply #62 on: December 02, 2011, 03:48:51 PM » |
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Evocative ....Now thats a word to make you think !
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« Reply #63 on: December 02, 2011, 03:54:36 PM » |
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Ms Coren's embonpoint is part of what makes her so pulchritudinous IMO
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It's more about the winning than the winnings
5 November 2012 - Kinboshi says "Best post ever on blonde thumbs up"
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« Reply #64 on: December 02, 2011, 04:05:59 PM » |
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Ms Coren's embonpoint is part of what makes her so pulchritudinous [/b ]IMO
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« Reply #65 on: December 05, 2011, 03:13:54 AM » |
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new one from QI....
per·spi·ca·cious
Having a ready insight into and understanding of things.
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« Reply #66 on: December 05, 2011, 06:52:11 AM » |
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Blimp
I childhood favourite of mine which still brings a smile to my face.
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Ah! The element of surprise
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« Reply #67 on: December 05, 2011, 08:13:47 AM » |
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Numberwang, now that's a word.
Ja, das ist Nümberwang! |
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« Reply #68 on: December 06, 2011, 03:52:17 AM » |
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malfeasance.
came to me whilst writing about supermarkets in another thread.
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« Reply #69 on: December 06, 2011, 03:54:42 AM » |
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« Reply #70 on: December 06, 2011, 03:56:02 AM » |
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« Reply #71 on: December 06, 2011, 09:49:02 AM » |
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I do like "oligopoly".
Suitably niche yet at times very useful in a genuine, rather than contrived, conversation/piece of writing.
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« Reply #72 on: December 06, 2011, 11:39:12 AM » |
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I do like "oligopoly".
Suitably niche yet at times very useful in a genuine, rather than contrived, conversation/piece of writing.
sticking with o words with greek roots, I learned this today: odonym - the identifying part of an address, e.g. street, terrace, way, etc. |
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« Reply #73 on: December 16, 2011, 09:32:07 PM » |
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one applied today a lot about Christopher Hitchins:
polemicist, polemist
a skilled debater in speech or writing. — polemical, adj.
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« Reply #74 on: December 17, 2011, 07:15:18 AM » |
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defenestrate, v
1. to throw someone/thing out of the window.
Yes. Yes. This is one of my favourites. Glad to see this thread back in circulation.  Here's one I used recently that I think is used not nearly often enough: crepuscule n. - twilight |
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