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18 Jul 04 - 02:09 PM (#1228276) Subject: BS: Word for the Day From: Mudlark 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. |
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18 Jul 04 - 03:34 PM (#1228330) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Peace Is that where the expression, "Mrs Grundy" comes from? It pertains to a gossip; a self-appointed arbiter of public mores and behaviour, etc. |
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18 Jul 04 - 03:38 PM (#1228335) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: wysiwyg 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~ |
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18 Jul 04 - 04:45 PM (#1228385) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Mudlark Brucie...Yes, Mrs. Grundy that character in that play, and Susan, thanx for the word...fits Mrs. Grundy to a T . |
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18 Jul 04 - 05:06 PM (#1228406) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Jerry Rasmussen I'm sanguine.. always liked that word... makes me feel like smiling.. |
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18 Jul 04 - 05:17 PM (#1228419) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: open mike 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. |
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18 Jul 04 - 06:11 PM (#1228450) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Gurney 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. |
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18 Jul 04 - 06:30 PM (#1228466) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: open mike 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 |
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18 Jul 04 - 06:51 PM (#1228478) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Bee-dubya-ell 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 |
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18 Jul 04 - 09:06 PM (#1228586) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: mack/misophist If I can spell it, I nominate 'meratorious', antonym of uxorious. But of course the nifty-est word of all time is 'merkin'. |
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18 Jul 04 - 09:36 PM (#1228613) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Rapparee I've always been partial to "swive". |
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18 Jul 04 - 10:58 PM (#1228660) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Peace Past tense of suave? |
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19 Jul 04 - 03:33 AM (#1228741) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Ellenpoly Bombastic No particular reason. Just woke up thinking of that word. ..xx..e |
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19 Jul 04 - 05:29 AM (#1228803) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Liz the Squeak 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 |
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19 Jul 04 - 11:04 AM (#1228975) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Ringer polyp |
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19 Jul 04 - 11:32 AM (#1228995) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Ebbie "Lilt" I love that happy word. |
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19 Jul 04 - 11:46 AM (#1229005) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Once Famous Cunnilingus. Such a most perfect word. so descriptive. |
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19 Jul 04 - 11:52 AM (#1229012) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Jerry Rasmussen 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 |
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19 Jul 04 - 11:55 AM (#1229016) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Ebbie Not at all, Jerry. Note above: 3. Cheerfully confident; optimistic. |
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19 Jul 04 - 12:08 PM (#1229031) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Bert Euugh, that's a good word Squeaks. |
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19 Jul 04 - 02:29 PM (#1229127) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Uncle_DaveO 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 |
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19 Jul 04 - 03:41 PM (#1229178) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Rapparee Weft. It has a nice sound to it. So does prestidigitation. And trinitrotoulene. Onomatopoeia sounds right, too. |
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19 Jul 04 - 05:44 PM (#1229267) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Peace Neked. (To go about wearing no clothes.) Always liked that. |
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19 Jul 04 - 05:51 PM (#1229271) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Once Famous orgasm |
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19 Jul 04 - 06:01 PM (#1229284) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Liz the Squeak Australopithicus.... just says it all really. LTS |
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19 Jul 04 - 06:15 PM (#1229295) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: open mike 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. |
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19 Jul 04 - 06:26 PM (#1229305) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Uncle_DaveO 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 |
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19 Jul 04 - 06:49 PM (#1229326) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Peace 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 |
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19 Jul 04 - 06:54 PM (#1229329) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Bert DaveO, The word we used to use was Mosset. |
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19 Jul 04 - 08:20 PM (#1229395) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Rapparee Going to a Catholic school, we spent our days praying and never discussed such things! Goodness! The very idea! Hmmph! |
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19 Jul 04 - 08:54 PM (#1229420) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Peace What about fish on Friday? |
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19 Jul 04 - 08:59 PM (#1229429) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Don Firth "Swive," eh? Rather fond of that myself. Don Firth |
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19 Jul 04 - 10:14 PM (#1229495) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Mudlark And what is that great word for creatures that can procreate w/o the opposite sex...the wave of the future? |
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20 Jul 04 - 12:47 AM (#1229586) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Peace Parthenogenesis? Androgenous? Androgynous? SPELLING???? |
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20 Jul 04 - 01:51 AM (#1229603) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: mack/misophist wabe zaftig and Fornicalia, my favourite holiday. |
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20 Jul 04 - 04:42 AM (#1229661) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Ellenpoly Bilious |
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20 Jul 04 - 09:20 AM (#1229773) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: JennyO Hermaphrodite |
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20 Jul 04 - 09:23 AM (#1229774) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Rapparee And what is that great word for creatures that can procreate w/o the opposite sex...the wave of the future? Joyless? |
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20 Jul 04 - 09:44 AM (#1229786) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Tracey Dragonsfriend 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 |
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20 Jul 04 - 09:56 AM (#1229796) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: GUEST,Mother Superior Mr Gibson words are very explicit ones, an area that is obviously troubling him, he's probably deficient in both...... |
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20 Jul 04 - 10:21 AM (#1229814) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Once Famous 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. |
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20 Jul 04 - 10:49 AM (#1229838) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: GUEST,Mother Superior 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. |
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20 Jul 04 - 11:47 AM (#1229892) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: GUEST,El Pope. 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. |
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20 Jul 04 - 11:53 AM (#1229896) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Once Famous 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. |
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21 Jul 04 - 04:12 AM (#1230503) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Ellenpoly Contemptible (It was going to be something else, but Martin Gibson always manages to change my mood) |
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21 Jul 04 - 08:03 AM (#1230580) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Splott Man Sboncing (with a hard C) |
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21 Jul 04 - 08:14 AM (#1230586) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: GUEST,John O'Lennaine 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 |
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21 Jul 04 - 08:21 AM (#1230590) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: The Fooles Troupe Slartibartfast! |
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22 Jul 04 - 05:58 AM (#1231234) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Ellenpoly Ligubrious |
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22 Jul 04 - 09:13 AM (#1231328) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Nick Sesquipedalian |
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22 Jul 04 - 09:43 AM (#1231343) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: JennyO Verisimilitude |
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22 Jul 04 - 05:02 PM (#1231682) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Uncle_DaveO "ligubrious"? That's "lugubrious", unless I'm mistook. Dave Oesterreich |
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22 Jul 04 - 07:05 PM (#1231736) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: Rapparee Blivet. |
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22 Jul 04 - 07:38 PM (#1231753) Subject: RE: BS: Word for the Day From: The Fooles Troupe Hey who let the frogs in here? Blivet. Blivet. Blivet. |