BS: Word for the Day

Subject: BS: Word for the Day
From: Mudlark
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 02:09 PM

Grundyism: Prudery...after a character in Speed the Plough (1798) who considered herself the ultimate arbiter of public and private morals. A favorite word for a most unfavorite condition, rampant in all aspects of Fundamentalism. Self-rightousness and intolerance are not just a social nuisance, they are downright scary.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Peace
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 03:34 PM

Is that where the expression, "Mrs Grundy" comes from? It pertains to a gossip; a self-appointed arbiter of public mores and behaviour, etc.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 03:38 PM

We're goiong on vacay so here's one for another day:

PHILODOX.

(FIL-uh-doks) noun

Someone who loves his or her own opinion; a dogmatic person.

[From Greek philodoxos, from philo- (love) + doxa (glory, opinion). Ultimately from Indo-European root dek- (to take or accept) that's also the root of words such as paradox, orthodox, doctor, disciple, discipline, doctrine, dogma, decorate, dignity, and disdain.]

"... a philodox is a person who loves fame or glory or, more specifically, an argumentative or dogmatic person who loves his own opinions." (Michael Gartner; Calling all Philologues; Austin American Statesman (Texas); Jan 15, 2000.)

"In effect, a philodoxical thinker can become very good and highly skilled at doubting and critiquing maps other than her own." (Dale Cannon; Newsletter on Teaching in Philosophy (Newark, Delaware); Spring 2001.)

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Mudlark
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 04:45 PM

Brucie...Yes, Mrs. Grundy that character in that play, and Susan, thanx for the word...fits Mrs. Grundy to a T .

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 05:06 PM

I'm sanguine.. always liked that word... makes me feel like smiling..

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: open mike
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 05:17 PM

sanguine? bloody? ok i see--here is further info...

according to: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

ADJECTIVE:1a. Of the color of blood; red. b. Of a healthy reddish color; ruddy: a sanguine complexion. 2. Archaic a. Having blood as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology. b. Having the temperament and ruddy complexion formerly thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humor; passionate. 3. Cheerfully confident; optimistic. ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French sanguin, from Latin sanguineus, from sanguis, sanguin-, blood.OTHER FORMS:sanguine·ly —ADVERB
sanguine·ness, san·guini·ty —NOUN
WORD HISTORY: The similarity in form between sanguine, "cheerfully optimistic," and sanguinary, "bloodthirsty," may prompt one to wonder how they have come to have such different meanings. The explanation lies in medieval physiology with its notion of the four humors or bodily fluids (blood, bile, phlegm, and black bile). The relative proportions of these fluids was thought to determine a person's temperament. If blood was the predominant humor, one had a ruddy face and a disposition marked by courage, hope, and a readiness to fall in love. Such a temperament was called sanguine, the Middle English ancestor of our word sanguine. The source of the Middle English word was Old French sanguin, itself from Latin sanguineus. Both the Old French and Latin words meant "bloody," "blood-colored," Old French sanguin having the sense "sanguine in temperament" as well. Latin sanguineus was in turn derived from sanguis, "blood," just as English sanguinary is. The English adjective sanguine, first recorded in Middle English before 1350, continues to refer to the cheerfulness and optimism that accompanied a sanguine temperament but no longer has any direct reference to medieval physiology.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Gurney
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 06:11 PM

CLEAVE.
Cling or stick together, as in 'cleave one unto the other' in the wedding ceremony. Old English 'cleofian.'

Split apart.   Old English 'cleofan.'

Funny old language. Funny young language, really.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: open mike
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 06:30 PM

like a meat cleaver..a butcher's tool
and sticky seeds on plants called
cleavers...or lady's bed straw...

   

Botanical Names of Wildflower Species :
Galium mollugo                        White Bedstraw
Galium odoratum                Sweet Wood Ruff
Galium verum                        Lady's Bedstraw
Gallium palustre                        Marsh bedstraw

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 06:51 PM

Well, I think the word for the day should be "bilious". No particular reason. I just like it.


Main Entry: bil·ious
Pronunciation: 'bil-y&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle French bilieux, from Latin biliosus, from bilis
Date: 1541
1 a : of or relating to bile b : marked by or suffering from liver dysfunction and especially excessive secretion of bile c : appearing as if affected by a bilious disorder
2 : of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition
- bil·ious·ly adverb
- bil·ious·ness noun

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: mack/misophist
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 09:06 PM

If I can spell it, I nominate 'meratorious', antonym of uxorious.

But of course the nifty-est word of all time is 'merkin'.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 09:36 PM

I've always been partial to "swive".

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Peace
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 10:58 PM

Past tense of suave?

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 03:33 AM

Bombastic

No particular reason. Just woke up thinking of that word.

..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 05:29 AM

A friend of mine is giving a talk to the Wigmakers Society about merkins.....

Found out they had one wrongly labelled as a 'goatee beard wig'....


Euugh.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Ringer
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 11:04 AM

polyp

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Ebbie
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 11:32 AM

"Lilt" I love that happy word.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Once Famous
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 11:46 AM

Cunnilingus.

Such a most perfect word.

so descriptive.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 11:52 AM

I always liked Beaver Cleaver. And I've always heard sanguine used to mean confident... a favorite word of a friend of mine.. guess he missused it.

Jerry

Perspicacious is pretty good, too.

Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Ebbie
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 11:55 AM

Not at all, Jerry. Note above: 3. Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Bert
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 12:08 PM

Euugh, that's a good word Squeaks.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 02:29 PM

Liz the Squeak said:

A friend of mine is giving a talk to the Wigmakers Society about merkins.....

Back in high school, in the early 40s, the word sniggered about among the boys for that kind of wig was "mucket".

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 03:41 PM

Weft. It has a nice sound to it. So does prestidigitation. And trinitrotoulene. Onomatopoeia sounds right, too.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Peace
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 05:44 PM

Neked. (To go about wearing no clothes.) Always liked that.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Once Famous
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 05:51 PM

orgasm

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 06:01 PM

Australopithicus.... just says it all really.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: open mike
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 06:15 PM

what is the word for fish that migrate from fresh to salt water and back to spawn? it is something like androgenous, or andromedous. It is not the word for today it is the word for tomorrow as soon as I find the word.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 06:26 PM

I shouldn't think that either of those andro- words would be for the fish you want. Andro- means man.

Could you mean ichthy-?

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Peace
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 06:49 PM

diadromous fish travel between salt and fresh water

anadromous fish live in the sea mostly, breed in fresh water

catadromous fish live in fresh water, breed in sea

amphidromous fish move between fresh and salt water during some part of life cycle, but not for breeding

potamdromous fish migrate within fresh water only

oceanodromous fish migrate within salt water only

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Bert
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 06:54 PM

DaveO, The word we used to use was Mosset.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 08:20 PM

Going to a Catholic school, we spent our days praying and never discussed such things! Goodness! The very idea! Hmmph!

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Peace
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 08:54 PM

What about fish on Friday?

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Don Firth
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 08:59 PM

"Swive," eh? Rather fond of that myself.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Mudlark
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 10:14 PM

And what is that great word for creatures that can procreate w/o the opposite sex...the wave of the future?

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 12:47 AM

Parthenogenesis?

Androgenous? Androgynous?

SPELLING????

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: mack/misophist
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 01:51 AM

wabe
zaftig
and Fornicalia, my favourite holiday.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 04:42 AM

Bilious

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: JennyO
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 09:20 AM

Hermaphrodite

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Rapparee
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 09:23 AM

And what is that great word for creatures that can procreate w/o the opposite sex...the wave of the future?

Joyless?

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Tracey Dragonsfriend
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 09:44 AM

Are you thinking of Parthenogenesis? As aphids, and some lizards, do?

My word for the day is Wibble... a good word, useful in many circumstances.

Cheers
Tracey Dragonsfriend
www.scorchpyro.co.uk

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: GUEST,Mother Superior
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 09:56 AM

Mr Gibson words are very explicit ones, an area that is obviously troubling him, he's probably deficient in both......

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Once Famous
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 10:21 AM

Actually, Mother Superior, the only way you are going to find your crack is to roll you completely in flour until we find your wet spot.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: GUEST,Mother Superior
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 10:49 AM

Mr Gibson, their you go again, you must seek help you have a deep routed deficiency problem in the sexual area that probably goes back years. If you don't ask for help it wont come to you, seek and you shall find.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: GUEST,El Pope.
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 11:47 AM

My Dear Mother Superior,

Your written English is bloody awful. Allow me to edit for you.

"Mr Gibson, their you go again, you must seek help you have a deep routed deficiency problem in the sexual area that probably goes back years. If you don't ask for help it wont come to you, seek and you shall find."

The above should read as follows:

Mr Gibson, there you go again. You must seek help. You have a deep-rooted deficiency (omit problem) in the sexual area that probably goes back years. If you don't ask for help it won't come to you. Seek and you shall find.

Parenthetically, have you given consideration to your personal difficulties? Martin is a happily married man, and you seem to be stalking him. Is there something with which we may help? RSVP. Ta ta.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Once Famous
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 11:53 AM

Thanks, Guest El Pope. You are one cool dude. The wretched and evil Mother Superior does not realize that I am a happily married man and does have her own issues, as she lost her virginity secretly to an undercooked Chicago style hot dog and is disgraced forever.

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 21 Jul 04 - 04:12 AM

Contemptible

(It was going to be something else, but Martin Gibson always manages to change my mood)

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Splott Man
Date: 21 Jul 04 - 08:03 AM

Sboncing (with a hard C)

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: GUEST,John O'Lennaine
Date: 21 Jul 04 - 08:14 AM

I've always been fond of "phlegm". (The word that is)

It looks like what it describes.
It's almost onomatopoeic, which is another nice word.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 21 Jul 04 - 08:21 AM

Slartibartfast!

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 22 Jul 04 - 05:58 AM

Ligubrious

Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day
From: Nick
Date: 22 Jul 04 - 09:13 AM

Sesquipedalian