The "I discovered a new word today" thread

[Kev B]

I have a friend who introduced me to the word "Firkytoodle"  A 17th  century term, obsolete by the 19th  century, meaning to caress sexually, to pet, to canoodle; what is known today as foreplay.

Sent me another the other day. Flâneur, A gentleman who saunters about exploring the city streets, taking in the culture & atmosphere.

[RED-DOG]

I have a friend who introduced me to the word "Firkytoodle"  A 17th  century term, obsolete by the 19th  century, meaning to caress sexually, to pet, to canoodle; what is known today as foreplay.

Sent me another the other day. Flâneur, A gentleman who saunters about exploring the city streets, taking in the culture & atmosphere.

Guess which one I do most?

[Kev B]

I have a friend who introduced me to the word "Firkytoodle"  A 17th  century term, obsolete by the 19th  century, meaning to caress sexually, to pet, to canoodle; what is known today as foreplay.

Sent me another the other day. Flâneur, A gentleman who saunters about exploring the city streets, taking in the culture & atmosphere.

Guess which one I do most?

At your age the latter. 

[RED-DOG]

I have a friend who introduced me to the word "Firkytoodle"  A 17th  century term, obsolete by the 19th  century, meaning to caress sexually, to pet, to canoodle; what is known today as foreplay.

Sent me another the other day. Flâneur, A gentleman who saunters about exploring the city streets, taking in the culture & atmosphere.

Guess which one I do most?

At your age the latter.  

I have been known to do both at the same time.

[bobAlike]

I have a friend who introduced me to the word "Firkytoodle"  A 17th  century term, obsolete by the 19th  century, meaning to caress sexually, to pet, to canoodle; what is known today as foreplay.

Sent me another the other day. Flâneur, A gentleman who saunters about exploring the city streets, taking in the culture & atmosphere.

Guess which one I do most?

At your age the latter. 

I have been known to do both at the same time.

But it doesn't count when you Firkytoodle yourself Tom.

[RED-DOG]

I have a friend who introduced me to the word "Firkytoodle"  A 17th  century term, obsolete by the 19th  century, meaning to caress sexually, to pet, to canoodle; what is known today as foreplay.

Sent me another the other day. Flâneur, A gentleman who saunters about exploring the city streets, taking in the culture & atmosphere.

Guess which one I do most?

At your age the latter. 

I have been known to do both at the same time.

But it doesn't count when you Firkytoodle yourself Tom.

Busted   

[Kev B]

I have a friend who introduced me to the word "Firkytoodle"  A 17th  century term, obsolete by the 19th  century, meaning to caress sexually, to pet, to canoodle; what is known today as foreplay.

Sent me another the other day. Flâneur, A gentleman who saunters about exploring the city streets, taking in the culture & atmosphere.

Guess which one I do most?

At your age the latter. 

I have been known to do both at the same time.

But it doesn't count when you Firkytoodle yourself Tom.

 

[Kev B]

Came across another today.

Gentrification


Gentrification is the buying and renovating of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by wealthier individuals, which in effect improves property values but also can displace low-income families and small businesses. This is a common and widespread controversial topic and term in urban planning. It refers to shifts in an urban community lifestyle and an increasing share of wealthier residents and/or businesses and increasing property values.

[tikay]

"fiat"

As in " the King ruled by fiat".

[RED-DOG]

Minimax.

Minimax (sometimes MinMax or MM[1]) is a decision rule used in decision theory, game theory, statistics and philosophy for minimizing the possible loss for a worst case (maximum loss) scenario. Originally formulated for two-player zero-sum game theory, covering both the cases where players take alternate moves and those where they make simultaneous moves, it has also been extended to more complex games and to general decision making in the presence of uncertainty.

So there.

[tikay]

Came across another today.

Gentrification


Gentrification is the buying and renovating of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by wealthier individuals, which in effect improves property values but also can displace low-income families and small businesses. This is a common and widespread controversial topic and term in urban planning. It refers to shifts in an urban community lifestyle and an increasing share of wealthier residents and/or businesses and increasing property values.

Strangely enough, "gentrification" (anti) hit the news headlines only yesterday. Scary stuff. 


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/27/shoreditch-cereal-cafe-targeted-by-anti-gentrification-protesters

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[Knottikay]

Minimax.

Minimax (sometimes MinMax or MM[1]) is a decision rule used in decision theory, game theory, statistics and philosophy for minimizing the possible loss for a worst case (maximum loss) scenario. Originally formulated for two-player zero-sum game theory, covering both the cases where players take alternate moves and those where they make simultaneous moves, it has also been extended to more complex games and to general decision making in the presence of uncertainty.

So there.

I have been using this word for years.....but never in this context. Myself (and others) use this word when referring to my Son. His name is actually Max. I use his name in part of my online alias so folk say things like 'how is minimax today?/Is minimax enjoying his new school?' etc.

[Jon MW]

Minimax.

Minimax (sometimes MinMax or MM[1]) is a decision rule used in decision theory, game theory, statistics and philosophy for minimizing the possible loss for a worst case (maximum loss) scenario. Originally formulated for two-player zero-sum game theory, covering both the cases where players take alternate moves and those where they make simultaneous moves, it has also been extended to more complex games and to general decision making in the presence of uncertainty.

So there.

This was one of the favourite words (and concepts) that I learned on my degree.

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Although it wasn't a word that I learned 'today' (so strictly speaking doesn't meet the criteria of the thread title) a word I only learned when my fiancee started her degree last year was "phylogeny" -
this is the study of evolution.

When people show an evolutionary tree of life like this

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 - the more scientific name is phylogenetic tree

They can get quite complicated

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[AdamM]

love that diagram

[mulhuzz]

I love neologism - newly minted words.

Not a new word for me, but certainly a lovely one.

Tighty had an absolute corker the other day - hagiography.

Finally a new one for me, from German but I found today it's also now an English word:

bildungsroman - a novel primarily concerned with the changing of a boy into a man. (Literally: education novel, auf Deutsch)