The "I discovered a new word today" thread

[tikay]

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

I just remembered you wrote that a few days ago.

I've no idea how you describe someone who regularly practices it - other than complete knob - but don't you just loathe those sorts?

We used to have a really bad example here, positively loved other peoples discomfort.

Great word though. Not sure I could ever remember the epicaricacy (sp?) version.

[typhoon13]

Still, the question for many producers is whether the strength in Chicago wheat, the world benchmark, in being fuelled at least in part by idiosyncratic factors, is really applicable to contracts in other markets too.

First thoughts were this must be an idiot aristocrat!!

[AlunB]

Abstruse was one for me. It means what I always thought Obtuse meant.

http://grammarist.com/usage/abstruse-obtuse/

It's like many years ago when I learned sympathetic and empathetic meant the opposite of what I thought they meant.

[TightEnd]

Collins' dictionary Words of the Year, plus definitions

    binge-watch (verb): to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
    clean eating (noun): following a diet that contains only natural foods, and is low in sugar, salt, and fat
    contactless (adjective): referring to payments, smart cards, etc that utilize RFID (radio-frequency identity) technology and do not require a PIN or signature from the customer
    Corbynomics (noun): the economic policies advocated by the UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
    dadbod (noun): an untoned and slightly plump male physique, especially one considered attractive
    ghosting (noun): ending a relationship by ignoring all communication from the other person
    manspreading (noun): the act or an instance of a male passenger in a bus or train splaying his legs in a way that denies space to the passenger sitting next to him
    shaming (noun): attempting to embarrass a person or group by drawing attention to their perceived offence, especially on social media
    swipe (verb): to move a finger across a touchscreen on a mobile phone in order to approve (swipe right) or dismiss (swipe left) an image
    transgender (adjective): of or relating to a person whose gender identity does not fully correspond to the sex assigned to them at birth

[AlunB]

Collins' dictionary Words of the Year, plus definitions

    binge-watch (verb): to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
    clean eating (noun): following a diet that contains only natural foods, and is low in sugar, salt, and fat
    contactless (adjective): referring to payments, smart cards, etc that utilize RFID (radio-frequency identity) technology and do not require a PIN or signature from the customer
    Corbynomics (noun): the economic policies advocated by the UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
    dadbod (noun): an untoned and slightly plump male physique, especially one considered attractive
    ghosting (noun): ending a relationship by ignoring all communication from the other person
    manspreading (noun): the act or an instance of a male passenger in a bus or train splaying his legs in a way that denies space to the passenger sitting next to him
    shaming (noun): attempting to embarrass a person or group by drawing attention to their perceived offence, especially on social media
    swipe (verb): to move a finger across a touchscreen on a mobile phone in order to approve (swipe right) or dismiss (swipe left) an image
    transgender (adjective): of or relating to a person whose gender identity does not fully correspond to the sex assigned to them at birth

That's a new one on me

[Kev B]

Crytoscopophilia

The urge to look through peoples windows as you pass by their houses.

[Karabiner]

Chrimbophobia:

An aversion to Christmas.

[Karabiner]

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

I thought tatterdemalions were posh folk who dressed up/down as ragamuffins.

[Tal]

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

I thought tatterdemalions were posh folk who dressed up/down as ragamuffins.

I've just had a look at the etymology and there's nothing to suggest it's posh folk playing down.

Desmaillier is an old French verb of to remove (chain)mail but, in practice, to tear clothing (in other words, removing the protection of the clothing).

Tatter is shredding like it means today.

Looks like it was either invented by or used around the time of my favourite writer, Ben Jonson, in the early seventeenth century. It does have the feel of a Jacobean word, certainly.

Jonson once wrote that someone was a capricious gallant with more beard than brain. Hard to top that.

[Karabiner]

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

I thought tatterdemalions were posh folk who dressed up/down as ragamuffins.

I've just had a look at the etymology and there's nothing to suggest it's posh folk playing down.

Desmaillier is an old French verb of to remove (chain)mail but, in practice, to tear clothing (in other words, removing the protection of the clothing).

Tatter is shredding like it means today.

Looks like it was either invented by or used around the time of my favourite writer, Ben Jonson, in the early seventeenth century. It does have the feel of a Jacobean word, certainly.

Jonson once wrote that someone was a capricious gallant with more beard than brain. Hard to top that.

I think it must have been in a piece about posh folk dressing as tatterdemalions that I first came across the word which made me draw that conclusion.

[RED-DOG]

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

I thought tatterdemalions were posh folk who dressed up/down as ragamuffins.

I've just had a look at the etymology and there's nothing to suggest it's posh folk playing down.

Desmaillier is an old French verb of to remove (chain)mail but, in practice, to tear clothing (in other words, removing the protection of the clothing).

Tatter is shredding like it means today.

Looks like it was either invented by or used around the time of my favourite writer, Ben Jonson, in the early seventeenth century. It does have the feel of a Jacobean word, certainly.

Jonson once wrote that someone was a capricious gallant with more beard than brain. Hard to top that.

I think it must have been in a piece about posh folk dressing as tatterdemalions that I first came across the word which made me draw that conclusion.

We used to go out collecting old rags and woollens. We called them tats.

We were tatters, tatting for tats.

[RED-DOG]

http://www.patrin.org.uk/tom-mccready-snr-unloading-the-tats/

[Kev B]

http://www.patrin.org.uk/tom-mccready-snr-unloading-the-tats/

Great picture, love the hair Tom. Very interesting read too. Loved the last sentence about the knife.

[tikay]

http://www.patrin.org.uk/tom-mccready-snr-unloading-the-tats/

A lovely read, Tom.

[TightEnd]

Octimated

to reduce something in size by an eighth.