The "I discovered a new word today" thread

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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.

 

I can read Greek though.

[bobAlike]

How about this one?

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

[Tal]

How about this one?

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

That would be the fear of the number 666, I believe.

[bobAlike]

How about this one?

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

That would be the fear of the number 666, I believe.

 

Talopopoulos is champ

[rfgqqabc]

Miscommunicated.

Thoughts on the legality? I wanted to say "I was informed by Stars that they had miscommunicated the information to me". It looks wrong, they apologised for the miscommunication though. How to relay that correctly though?


Tatterdemalion is my contribution, it means ragamuffin.

epicaricacy (EP-i-kar-ik-i-see) — taking pleasure in other's misfortune; schadenfreude.

This word has caused a lot of discussion of late on a couple of forums that discuss these sorts of things. It's an English word, albeit probably an inkhorn term, for a concept that isn't supposed to have a word in English. quoting Nathan Bailey's An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, which is a very olde dictionary indeed (1721): "Epicharikaky — from the Greek words or roots for 'upon', 'joy', and 'evil': 'A Joy at the Misfortunes of others'".


http://www.vocabula.com/VRbestwords.asp#G

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Tidbits.

I thought it was a spelling mistake but apparently it's the plural of titbit.

[TightEnd]

Tidbits.

I thought it was a spelling mistake but apparently it's the plural of titbit.

oh ye of little faith.

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Tidbits.

I thought it was a spelling mistake but apparently it's the plural of titbit.

oh ye of little faith.

FYP.

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Bugger!

[tikay]

...which brings us neatly to this strange word, strange because I can't recall ever seeing it except when linked with "hoist upon your own"

petard

A petard was a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications. It is of French origin and dates back to the 16th century. A typical petard was a conical or rectangular metal device containing 2–3 kg (5 or 6 pounds) of gunpowder, with a slow match for a fuse.

[tikay]

Think I read somewhere that 99% of all uses of the phrase "grassy knoll" relate to the Kennedy assassination.

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...which brings us neatly to this strange word, strange because I can't recall ever seeing it except when linked with "hoist upon your own"

petard

A petard was a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications. It is of French origin and dates back to the 16th century. A typical petard was a conical or rectangular metal device containing 2–3 kg (5 or 6 pounds) of gunpowder, with a slow match for a fuse.

I've seen it used in the context of a question.

'is yer petard?

[tikay]

Oh dear.

Oh very dear.

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Think I read somewhere that 99% of all uses of the phrase "grassy knoll" relate to the Kennedy assassination.

Pre 2005 maybe, Halo came out with a level with the same name

[tikay]

Think I read somewhere that 99% of all uses of the phrase "grassy knoll" relate to the Kennedy assassination.

Pre 2005 maybe, Halo came out with a level with the same name

Maybe so, but you get the point I was making.

Anyway, wtf is Halo?