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Word of the day!

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  • #122
    Thorbar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,722 ✭✭✭Thorbar


    conspicuous


  • #123
    thedrowner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭thedrowner


    oooh

    tonk reminded me of gonk

    gonk is a cool word

    i odnt know what it means, but i know (another young ones tale here) that neil took loads of support gonk's into his exams

    whatever the hell a support gonk is


  • #124
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... enter


  • #125
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... cynosural


  • #126
    Duffman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭Duffman


    cunnigham


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  • #127
    thedrowner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭thedrowner


    sounds like cunnilingus
    nice word too

    am i gonna get banned for saying it tho?


  • #128
    Amz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,330 ✭✭✭✭Amz


    This is your final Warning drowner!

    Am I going to have to whip out the banning button for you?!

    Just kidding...

    I'll have to confer with Praetorian and decide how to deal with you!


  • #129
    thedrowner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭thedrowner


    really?

    i'd love to know what kind of punichments you could come up to shut me up. :)

    'she'd talk the hind leg off a donkey, that one'


  • #130
    Duffman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭Duffman


    Originally posted by Duffman
    cunnigham


    Will my word ever take its rightful place as Word of the Day? :D


  • #131
    zynaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭zynaps


    Originally posted by ecksor
    Today's word is ... cynosural
    Why thanks! :P


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  • #132
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... acquiesce


  • #133
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    evil


  • #134
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... hogwash


  • #135
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... vitriol


  • #136
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    quasihemidemisemiquaver

    - According to British musical notation, a 128th note.


  • #137
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    I think you just picked that word because it's long and funny sounding.


  • #138
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    possibly... :), I have alarge reservoir though..

    vilipend - To verbally belittle someone.

    verbivore - A person who devours words.

    tanquam - A person with enough education to attend college.

    tessaraglot - A person who is capable of speaking in four languages.

    :D.


  • #139
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,522 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Whats a quasihemidemisemiquaver? There is no such thing as a quasi-quaver in music surely. [edit] oh a "128th note" sorry, didn't see that. My Oxford concise musical dictionary doesn't show the use of quasi in relation to notation :( Interesting, I didn't know that. A quick google shows that one can also say "Semihemidemisemiquaver " but that has one letter less ;)

    Oooh and if you want a large word taken from Greek - tesseraglot. How about...
    Eksakosieseksindaeksaglot: A person that speaks 666 languages >:E


  • #140
    zynaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭zynaps


    The way I see it is that everytime you halve the duration of a note below a quaver, you prepend the suffixes (suffices? is suitable? err.. anyway) semi, demi and hemi, in that order (albeit backwards of course).

    So hemidemisemihemidemisemiquaver would be a 1/512th note in American terminology...

    But if you like sticking in words like "quasi" fair enough ;)

    zynaps


  • #141
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... calamity


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  • #142
    thedrowner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭thedrowner


    kudos


  • #143
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Elephantine


  • #144
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... insalubrious


  • #145
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,522 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Hey ecksor, how about making your link point to the dictionary.com explanation of the word eg:
    Today's word is ... tootle


  • #146
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Nah.


  • #147
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,522 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Bah.


  • #148
    zynaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭zynaps


    Poh?


  • #149
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    unf, also Caterwaul is a great word.


  • #150
    hostyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭hostyle


    todays word is the always overlooked " " ... discuss ...

    that or "lactomangulation" ...


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  • #151
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... conspicuous


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