Improve your Wordiness

[Morgs]

I have a cunning plan right here: every time you're reading stuff online and you come across some myterious word you don't know, head over to http://www.dictionary.com , grab what you find, and post it here. Soon we'll all be giving people the shits with our elitist doublespeak. Huzzah!


I'll get the ball rolling:

1) to Obfuscate (verb) - to obscure, make unclear; often used with abstraction eg: I intend to obfuscate the true nature of my crime

2) Shibboleth (noun) - a catchcry or slogan the usage of which readily identifies a person as a member of a particular group.
eg: 'CELDA SUXORZZ!!!11' is shibboleth for the under 12 gaming crowd.

3) to Filibuster (verb) - to block the proceedings of a debate by extending it with irrelevant information. eg: to deny that the XBox is a more powerful console than the PS2 on grounds that reality is only a hypothetical and human concept and we cannot know either console exists and thus can make no conclusions about the power of either -- THAT would be filibustering



please continue.......

[Morgs]

I got a new one:

Cactus (n) - deceased. As in "this thread is cactus".


I'm surprised that not even Dinaroozie replied to this. I'm confident he knows a sh*t-ton of words that basically nobody else has heard before. Maybe he concluded that this thread was stupid and elected not to reply.

[Silicon Knights]

I made the dictionary.com link clickable for ya. That will help with people like me who are lazy (adj.) <i>resistant to work or exertion</i>.

cheese (noun) - <i>an important person. Often used in the phrase big cheese.</i>

[Jamesc359]

Fortitude (Noun) - <i>Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.</i>

Glen lacks the fortitude to copy and paste.

[Dean]

wibble n.,v.

Commonly used to describe chatter,
content-free remarks or other essentially meaningless contributions
to threads in newsgroups. "Oh, rspence is wibbling again".



thi·a·zole (th-zl)
n.
A colorless or pale yellow liquid, C3H3NS, containing a five-member ring composed of a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom, and three carbon atoms, used in making dyes and fungicides.



figent

\Fig"ent\, a. Fidgety; restless. [Obs.]

[MJM]

sarcasm:
1. A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound.
2. A form of wit that is marked by the use of sarcastic language and is intended to make its victim the butt of contempt or ridicule.

JamesC's post was full of sarcasm through the use of definition 2. heheheh

[Morgs]

Thanks there SK - you really helped get this thing going.
I'm feeling a little on the inspired side of things, so I've got a couple more for yas!

prerogative - (n) an exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group. eg: it is within a moderator's prerogative to ban people who break the board rules.

aplacental viviparity (n) BIOL - a type of gestation in which the young are not nourished by a placenta and instead will devour one-another within the womb so that only the strongest remain at birth. (some sharks do this).


gry (n) - something of little value, usually found collectively (eg: dirt, sand) also; the dirt that gets under things, into cavities like under the fridge door, your nails, in between mould lines on your N64 etc.

flagrant (adj) - an evil or negatively viewed act that is especially conspicious can be called 'flagrant'. The word indicates that the act has particular disregard for the conventions of civilised society.
eg: 'Your flagrant disregard for (yadda yadda yadda) is the reason yiddish phonomymes have found their way into modern English.

[Silicon Knights]

n-sider (noun) - a place where all inhibitions and clothes come off.

[Morgs]

wow, a legitimate one

panacea (n) - a cure all, a remedy for all diseases or evils.
eg: "the courting of third parties has clearly not yet been a panacea for Nintendo's image problems".

[Morgs]

here's a little more for yez


prosody (n) - describes the acts of intonation in a language that give both implied and semantic meaning to the utterance.

flount (v) - DOESN'T mean 'to flagrantly disobey'. I think the real meaning is closer to 'appear to disobey but actually obey at a not-immediately-apparent level'.

lacakday (interj) - expression of sadness or disappointment. (archaic)

ahunkenanahunenenen (n) - meaning unknown, can only be found in the St. Mary's 'Ancient Tome of Wordology and Talkinetics'

Isometric (n) - usually exercise, involves pitting the strength of one muscle group against another.

Isotonic (n) - again usually exercise, involves pitting the strength of one muscle group against resistance provided by weights external to the body (including gravitic force ~~ so squats etc ARE isotonics).

tomfoolery (n) - playful behaviour at a time when seriousness is required.

shenanigans (n) - the acts that constitue tomfoolery can be known as 'shenanigans'. eg: there were some shenanigans during the previous game, but we'll have none of that this time around, ok?'

efficacy, to efface (n, v) - To have confidence, to give confidence to someone (usually the self).


oh, and incidentally:

effect (n) - the result of some action upon an object.

effect (v) - to bring about, to occasion, to cause

affect (v) - to act so as to bring about a change

affect (n) - outwardly displayed emotion.


ancilliary (n) - /british spelling used/. accessory to, of secondary importance. *Usually* describes two situations affecting; or two actions made by the one person. So you might say 'the release of MSN Messenger 7.1 was ancilliary to the service pack for WinXP Pro that fixed the remote-access-hack security problem".

shit-hot (adj) - desrcibes any piece of code you care to mention, but in particularl ones that are markedly inefficient and resource hungry.

[Jamesc359]

Faux (Adjective) - Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article.

Wally (Noun) - Someone who is regarded as contemptible or stupid.

Pertain (Verb) - Be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to.

Archaic (Adjective) - So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period.

[Morgs]

Fight! Kikkoman!

Love that little guy.

Anyway, no new words from me. I have an essay to write ~~

[Morgs]

plebeian (n) - also 'pleb' of or belonging to the common or working classes. Also, common or low-brow eg: plebeian taste in music.

pundit (n) also 'pandit' (sanskrit) - a person with specialist knowledge in a particular area. Often used to describe commentators whose opinions form the backbone of the tone in the media.

[DekuBilly]

neologism -- A new word, expression, or usage. (see hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia)

reticent -- Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself; restrained or reserved in style. (see DekuBilly)

[Morgs]

before I start, I would like to introduce: hock-ying salsano.
owner of perhaps the worst hybrid Singaporean/Indonesian name ever, and sender of dick-enlargement related spam. (ok so he might be a bot, it's still a fine name).

anyway, it's Old English today.

to sally (forth) - to come out of. Used ONLY for cavalry riding out of a keep.

fie, pshaw, tish-pish, pish-tosh - all interjections used to express disbelief in what somebody is saying

zounds (interj) - expression of surprise or wonder. Also an oath.

gadzooks (interj) - see above

what-ho (interj) - basically equal to 'what's up' or 'gudday'

nomenclature (n) - no idea what this means, since dictionary.com is busted and my real dictionary is too, well, real. I think its basically equal to 'name'. I can safely conclude this only from my extensive knowledge of Latin (*cough*)

sakkin sayou mo aru (phrase) - 'it also has medicinal applications'.
used most commonly in reference to soy-bean based condiments. Not quite old English, but hey.

[Morgs]

just a small update today:

renege (v) - to go back on a promise

ratify (v) - to give formal sanction to, to approve

[NR1]

I only got one.

centenarians cen·te·nar·i·an (n) : One who is 100 years old or older.

I figured thats what the meaning was, but I wasn't sure.

[Morgs]

hey, 'bo' isn't a Mary'sism, it's a Curtisism!

Like these ones


'roastin' (adj) - of high quality/with tangible appeal

'pancake' (adj) - of low quality. (pancake = crepe = crap)


here are some real words

'vestibule' (n) - a small hallway area between the outer entrance and the interior of a house or building.

'mezzanine' (n) - a 'partial storey' between two main stories of a building.

[Morgs]

apoplexy (n) - a sudden failure in the capacity for mental processes, usually brought about by a haemorrhage of some sort.
(adj - apolpectic)
Basically it amounts to 'chronic brain failure'

haemorrhage (n) - a flow of blood from ruptured blood-vessels.





** side note - did anyone here know Henry Ford (of Ford Motors) was an avid supporter of Hitler and the Nazi Party and actually had a photo of Hitler up in his office (and vice versa, apparently!)

[Jamesc359]

Appal/led/ling (Verb) - Strike with disgust or revulsion.

Digest (Noun) - A periodical that summarizes the news.

[DekuBilly]

Temblor (n.) -- an earthquake

Seiche (n.) -- a wave that oscillates in lakes, bays, or gulfs for a few minutes to a few hours as a result of seismic or atmospheric disturbances.

Barratry
n. pl. barratries
The offense of persistently instigating lawsuits, typically groundless ones; (2) An unlawful breach of duty on the part of a ship's master or crew resulting in injury to the ship's owner; (3) Sale or purchase of positions in church or state.

[Morgs]

I have a world-beater:


gerrymandering (n) [to gerrymander] - the act of creating disproportionately sized or shaped electorates in order to achieve a certain political end. (eg - you could turn three electorates containing one certain conservative and two certain progressive seats into THREE progressive seats by dividing them up differently)b

[DekuBilly]

paraque (n.) -- a large tropical American goatsucker

[gone]

Originally posted by DekuBilly
paraque (n.) -- a large tropical American goatsucker

[DekuBilly]

I couldn't define it better than that.

[Jamesc359]

<b>Opaque (Adjective) - Not clear; not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy.</b>

<i>But Ganon's true intentions were very opaque.</i>

<b>Translucent (Adjective) - Almost transparent; allowing light to pass through diffusely.</b>

<i>The ghost became translucent as Luigi approached it.</i>

<b>Incandescence (Noun) - The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised.</b>

<i>The incandescence of the torch light Links way into the dungeon.</i>

<b>Radiance (Noun) - [2] The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.</b>

<i>Princess Zelda's radiance filled the room with joy.</i>

<b>Effulgent (Adjective) - Radiating or as if radiating light.</b>

<i>The effulgence of Links Light Arrows is legendary.</i>

[Axord]

Ooh, I got yer goatsucker right here.

<b>chupacabra</b>: 1. Literal (spanish?): goatsucker
2. Bigfoot-class <a href="http://www.oftm.com/chupa.html">mythic monster</a>
3. slang: old whore.


Some neologisms:

<b>CRAS</b>: Cosmic Redundancy Aversion Syndrome.
The impulse in people to do that which is completely new; why discovering new physics is more exciting then learning about Newton.

<b>anadox</b>: A specical type of communication paradox in which a concept refers to the same concept. Examples: Talking about talking. Writing about writing. Loving the senstation of loving. Needing to need. Anadox is itself an anadox, as it is both a word about words, and a concept about concepts.

<b>nonvermental</b>: contraction of verbal and mental, with the obvious negation prefix. Refers to thought processes that you can't articulate, can't form into words, but are also not emotion-based. Protowords. The machine language of the human CPU.

<small>And by the way, this is the best thread ever.</small>

[Morgs]

ok, the hour of compound coordinators is at hand!!


insofar (adv) - 'to such an extent'

inasmuch (adv) - 'in like degree, manner' or 'seeing that, considering that'

heretofore (adv) - until now, previously

albeit (adv) - notwithstanding, despite this...

[DekuBilly]

Anadox is beautiful. There's a prefix for the idea (metaliterature, etc.) but no general purpose word. Just beautiful. I'm gonna use it.
(I like the geocities site, Axord...nice kitties.)

I have been searching a while now for a word that means dying of thirst as starving does for want of food. Dehydrate comes close, but lacks viscera. Any thoughts.

(It just occured to me to do a Google search. Result:
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/fugitives/water.htm
This internet thing is pretty scary.)

addendum: a small question of format. adjective form would be anadoxical?

[Axord]

Heh. Glad you like, Deku. ::grin:: And yeah, I use "anadoxical," but I don't pretend to have any real control over usage or meaning. Memetic drift and all that. Speaking of which, I hope you enjoy using it and spreading it.

Re <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=anadox&btnG=Google+Search">googling for anadox</a>:
<ul><li> The <a href="http://geocities.com/vorpalfnord/kit.html">kitties</a> I stole from the Nintendorks camportal and consolidated on a page to make the day of a few friends slightly better...</li>
<li>It's probably a good thing my old geocities.com/phodhiaen/ site died. Still love the handle though. Speaking of names...</li>
<li>I'd like to know how this <a href="http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:3407fRUfFDMJ:suicidegirls.com/members/nick/29474/submit/+anadox&hl=en&ie=UTF-8">person on Suicidegirls</a> came by his/her handle. Coincidence? </li></ul>
'Nother neologism (not mine, hey):
<b>inquant</b>: the giddy, wacky state produced by lack of sleep.
Example: When Dean never slept during his e3 trip, you could tell he became inquant by the fact that he never stopped giggling.

Re <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/fugitives/water.htm">thirsting to death</a>:
Good ole The Atlantic. I really like the suggestion in that thread of "endrouthed." But assembling roots is too fun not to play!

Debibed? No, that'd be a synonym for vomiting. Malbibed? No, that's drinking poison. Aquaiesced? Beautiful, but confusing. And you die by the pun before the lack of liquid. Aridied? Rather stupid. Euarid (true dryness). Hmmm. Perhaps too obscure. Oh! Duh. <i><acronym title=" To make dry, dull, or lifeless.">Desiccated</acronym></i>. Good thing the <i>real</i> word is better then any of my ramblings. Heh.

And from the bottom of that thread:
"<b>... Seems to me that just because the use of a word is uncommon we needn't search for a neologism that's unneeded.</b>"

Bah. <acronym title="Used to express distaste or disapproval">Fie</acronym>. A <acronym title="Misfortune and calamity">pox</acronym> on this <acronym title="Exhibiting or stressing utility over other values; practical">utilitarian</acronym> <acronym title="To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct">expostulation</acronym>.

<small>[ Axord: does he <i>ever</i> stay on topic? ]</small>