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So...teach me a new word I need to expand my vocabulary...i'm rather thick "Waiting to be banned" | |
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apiculture | |
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"Scintillating" - brilliantly clever; marked by high spirits or excitement. | |
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OK...it's no good with an explanation for the words...for all i know you could be quoting klingon. "Waiting to be banned" | |
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tartar emetic
noun a toxic compound used in treating protozoal disease in animals, as a mordant in dyeing, and formerly as an emetic. • Alternative name: potassium antimony tartrate; chem. formula: K(SbO)C 4 H 4 O 6. | |
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horatio said: apiculture
bee keeping? "Waiting to be banned" | |
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portamento
Moving from one note to another with element of sliding, especially on voice or stringed instruments | |
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Imago said: tartar emetic
noun a toxic compound used in treating protozoal disease in animals, as a mordant in dyeing, and formerly as an emetic. • Alternative name: potassium antimony tartrate; chem. formula: K(SbO)C 4 H 4 O 6. At first i thought it was French slugs "Waiting to be banned" | |
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DanceWme said: portamento
Moving from one note to another with element of sliding, especially on voice or stringed instruments Isin't that located in southern california? "Waiting to be banned" | |
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liberation said: DanceWme said: portamento
Moving from one note to another with element of sliding, especially on voice or stringed instruments Isin't that located in southern california? No. That would be South California City | |
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Hey, the dude said TEACH him a new word. That means you gotta say what it means.
For instance, "malapropos" \mal-ap-ruh-POH\, adjective: 1. Unseasonable; unsuitable; inappropriate. adverb: 1. In an inappropriate or inopportune manner; unseasonably. Such malapropos wise cracks are driven home with a relentlessly upbeat soundtrack which serenades scenes of human tragedy with bouncy, Disneyesque melodies. -- Steve Rabey, "Noah's Ark' hits bottom: Miniseries suffers from lack of accuracy", Arlington Morning News, May 2, 1999 As an on-air radio pronouncer, I am quite familiar with the hazard of opening the mouth before the brain is in gear. It is very easy to fire-off a malapropos statement in the heat of trying to make a point and the result is some funny things are said, but perhaps not meant. -- Gerry Forbes, "Foot-in-Mouth Afflictions", Calgary Sun, March 18, 2001 Malapropos comes from French mal à propos, "badly to the purpose." | |
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Antidisestablishmentarianism
is usually used as an example of one of the longest English words that actually means something. Used mostly in reference to the Anglican Church in 19th-century England, it refers to opposition to the separation of Church and State. "I may not agree with what you say but I'll fight for your right to say it"
Be proud of who you are not what they want you to be... | |
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Imago said: tartar emetic
noun a toxic compound used in treating protozoal disease in animals, as a mordant in dyeing, and formerly as an emetic. • Alternative name: potassium antimony tartrate; chem. formula: K(SbO)C 4 H 4 O 6. Is this another deoxygenated dihydrogen, (or something similar), you mentioned in M&M? | |
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syncategorematic: forming a meaningful expression only in conjunction with a denotative expression (as a content word) I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the dirt. | |
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beatification | |
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blueblossom said: Antidisestablishmentarianism
is usually used as an example of one of the longest English words that actually means something. Used mostly in reference to the Anglican Church in 19th-century England, it refers to opposition to the separation of Church and State. my grade 6 teacher used to use that word all the time, then say spell it we'd say I T seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before | |
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