The "I discovered a new word today" thread

[mulhuzz]

love that diagram

Yes it's incredible, and only marginally more complicated than the preceding!

[Oxford_HRV]

Mnemonic - a system such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations which assists in remembering something.

Big Elephants Can Always Upset Small Elephants!

[The Camel]

I was in a restaurant last night and on the sweet menu was a "lemon posset".

A posset is:

noun
noun: posset; plural noun: possets

    1.
    a cold dessert made from thickened cream, typically flavoured with lemon.
    "lemon posset glazed with a sugar caramel"
    2.
    historical
    a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other alcohol and typically flavoured with spices.

verb
verb: posset; 3rd person present: possets; past tense: possetted; past participle: possetted; gerund or present participle: possetting

    1.
    (of a baby) regurgitate curdled milk.
    "bless its little heart, it's possetting again"

[OverTheBorder]

I was in a restaurant last night and on the sweet menu was a "lemon posset".

A posset is:

noun
noun: posset; plural noun: possets

    1.
    a cold dessert made from thickened cream, typically flavoured with lemon.
    "lemon posset glazed with a sugar caramel"
    2.
    historical
    a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other alcohol and typically flavoured with spices.

verb
verb: posset; 3rd person present: possets; past tense: possetted; past participle: possetted; gerund or present participle: possetting

    1.
    (of a baby) regurgitate curdled milk.
    "bless its little heart, it's possetting again"

I googled exactly the same thing on Tuesday. Is lemon posset getting a dessert Renaissance or where you in a Manchester Chop Shop? I went for Apple pie instead...

[The Camel]

I was in a restaurant last night and on the sweet menu was a "lemon posset".

A posset is:

noun
noun: posset; plural noun: possets

    1.
    a cold dessert made from thickened cream, typically flavoured with lemon.
    "lemon posset glazed with a sugar caramel"
    2.
    historical
    a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other alcohol and typically flavoured with spices.

verb
verb: posset; 3rd person present: possets; past tense: possetted; past participle: possetted; gerund or present participle: possetting

    1.
    (of a baby) regurgitate curdled milk.
    "bless its little heart, it's possetting again"

I googled exactly the same thing on Tuesday. Is lemon posset getting a dessert Renaissance or where you in a Manchester Chop Shop? I went for Apple pie instead...

It was in Darlington, so posset is spreading like wildfire.

[doubleup]

I've got one!!!!!!!

Nimiety

The state of being more than is necessary or desirable

 quantity much larger than is needed

quantity that is more than what is appropriate

As in a "nimiety of exclamation marks".

Or "I watched the film John Wick today in which Keanu Reeves dispatched a nimiety of Russian gangsters to avenge his dog" 

[rfgqqabc]

Interesting, I thought posset would be a fairly common turn but I guess just because my mum makes it doesn't mean that's true. Mnemonics were fairly commonplace when I was at school, not that most people from my year would know what it mean.

Etymology has always been fascinating to me. I will try and find a new word to post today.

[mulhuzz]

Interesting, I thought posset would be a fairly common turn but I guess just because my mum makes it doesn't mean that's true. Mnemonics were fairly commonplace when I was at school, not that most people from my year would know what it mean.

Etymology has always been fascinating to me. I will try and find a new word to post today.

For a while, etymonline.com was my home page.

[GreekStein]

In Macau the Chinese are constantly saying a word that's pronounced 'nigguh' and obviously us westerners ears pop up when we hear it.

It means 'that one'

[Kev B]

Just came across another.

INGRATE

ingrate
 (ˈɪnɡreɪt; ɪnˈɡreɪt)
n
1. an ungrateful person

adj
2. ungrateful

[muckthenuts]

A couple of years ago i started getting into the habit of looking up absolutely any unfamiliar words i came across, which i would then proceed to make a note of in my iPhone. That has now ended up being a pretty long list. Always nice to scroll through when waiting for a tube.

Personal favourite at a glance:

'Axiomatic' - self evident or unquestionable.

[muckthenuts]

In Macau the Chinese are constantly saying a word that's pronounced 'nigguh' and obviously us westerners ears pop up when we hear it.

It means 'that one'

I always thought this was their version of "ummm" - like when we're thinking mid sentence of what to say next?

Russell Peters did a pretty funny stand up bit on this. If only i was savvy enough to imbed a youtube video...

[booder]

petrichor


a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.

[tikay]

decaphobia

The fear of the number "10". Learned it from something 2XUp posted elsewhere. As Scot's go, he knows quite a lot.

When I was looking that word up, I also discovered......


Triskaidekaphobia

...which is fear of the number 13. (13th person at the Last Supper, & from that Friday 13th, etc etc).

I just have to find a way to weave these seamlessly into convo now. 

[KarmaDope]

decaphobia

The fear of the number "10". Learned it from something 2XUp posted elsewhere. As Scot's go, he knows quite a lot.

When I was looking that word up, I also discovered......


Triskaidekaphobia

...which is fear of the number 13. (13th person at the Last Supper, & from that Friday 13th, etc etc).

I just have to find a way to weave these seamlessly into convo now. 

Don't forget "Paraskavedekatriaphobia".

Anyone, without Googling, want to guess what that is the fear of?

I'll give you one clue, it's related to one of the two fears Tikay posted above.