General Chat / Word of the Day

Here's today's word:

explicate \EK-spluh-kayt\, transitive verb: To explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity.

Explicate comes from Latin explicare, "to unfold; to unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain, expound, or interpret," from ex-, "out" + plicare, "to fold."

impugn \im-PYOON\, transitive verb: To attack by words or arguments; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to oppose or challenge as false; to gainsay. Impugn comes from Latin impugnare, "to assail," from in-, "against" + pugnare, "to fight." Synonyms: challenge, deny, dispute, gainsay.

Why couldn't they save everyone the trouble and call it "Miner's Lung Disease"?

Why couldn't they save everyone the trouble and call it "Miner's Lung Disease"?

probably because they're self possessed pretentious idiots

My math teacher was a nurse, and she said that pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis was the medical studies' word for the diesease Black Lung.

aggrandize \uh-GRAN-dyz; AG-ruhn-dyz\, transitive verb: 1. To make great or greater; to enlarge; to increase. 2. To make great or greater in power, rank, reputation, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. 3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. Aggrandize comes from French agrandir, from Old French, from a-, "to" (from Latin ad-) + grandir, "to grow larger," from Latin grandire, from grandis, "large."

surfeit \SUR-fit\, noun: 1. An excessive amount or supply. 2. Overindulgence, as in food or drink. 3. Disgust caused by overindulgence or excess. transitive verb: To feed or supply to excess. Surfeit is from Old French, from the past participle of surfaire, "to overdo," from sur-, "over" (from Latin super) + faire, "to do" (from Latin facere).

donnybrook \DON-ee-brook\, noun: 1. A brawl; a free-for-all. 2. A heated quarrel or dispute. A donnybrook is so called after Donnybrook, Ireland, a suburb of Dublin that once held an annual fair known for its brawls.

donnybrook \DON-ee-brook\, noun:  1. A brawl; a free-for-all.  2. A heated quarrel or dispute.  A donnybrook is so called after Donnybrook, Ireland, a suburb of Dublin that once held an annual fair known for its brawls.

sounds very irish...

surcease \SUR-sees; sur-SEES\, noun: Cessation; stop; end. Surcease comes from Old French sursis, past participle of surseoir, "to refrain," from Latin supersedere, "to sit above, to sit out," from super, "above" + sedere, "to sit." Synonyms: discontinuation, reprieve, suspension.

Woman \wuh-muhn\

it has so many diverse things to do with it.

upreme[B]eing²ºº²,Jul 25 2003, 11:17 AM] Woman \wuh-muhn\

it has so many diverse things to do with it.

Couldn't agree more!

I still don't really see the point of this thread. Is it just me?

Are we supposed to be extending our vocabulary, or something?

Oh well. I'll just live in ignorance or whatever.

I still don't really see the point of this thread. Is it just me?

Are we supposed to be extending our vocabulary, or something?

Oh well. I'll just live in ignorance or whatever.

so that we realise how many useless words there are in the english language...

Useless

(yoo-slis)

adj.

Being or having no beneficial use; futile or ineffective.

Useless

(yoo-slis)

adj.

Being or having no beneficial use; futile or ineffective.

Aren't we all there at some time?

Oh, I see, so this is more shitpile-worthy than I originally thought.

I hate being patronised.

patronize - To treat in a condescending manner.

Bastard.

Bastard.

Bastard (noun) - see Turtleblob