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hits an all new low with this word

Smegma

have fun with that one kids

hits an all new low with this word

Smegma

have fun with that one kids

Nope, QOTSA-2002's last post was lower. There's still a long way down for this one.

BTW, smegma \Smeg"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? soap, fr. ? to wash off.] (Physiol.) The matter secreted by any of the sebaceous glands. Specifically: (a.) The soapy substance covering the skin of newborn infants. (b.) The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin or that collects under the prepuce or around the clitoris.

The adulteration here, left unhampered by those of intelligence on this here web forum, should be thrown to the nethermost cantlet of hell to languish in abhorent pain of death by the very souls who idle in their supreme negligence!

scion \SY-uhn\, noun: 1. A detached shoot or twig of a plant used for grafting. 2. Hence, a descendant; an heir. Scion derives from Old French cion, of Germanic origin. Synonyms: heir, issue, offspring, progeny.

I've been pronouncing this wrong all along.

blaxploiation
blax·ploi·ta·tion (blksploi-tshn)
n.
A genre of American film of the 1970s featuring African-American actors in lead roles and often having antiestablishment plots, frequently criticized for stereotypical characterization and glorification of violence. While African-American filmmakers were substantially involved in making early movies in this genre, their participation in subsequent productions was minimal.

Y'all don't know what it's like to be a male, middle-class, and white.

^ I do too!

abattoir \AB-uh-twahr\, noun: A slaughterhouse. Abattoir comes from French, from abattre, "to beat down, to slaughter (an animal)," from a- (from Latin ad-) + battre, "to beat," from Latin battuere.

I'm still going to call it a slaughterhouse.

thaumaturgy (THAW-muh-tuhr-jee), n.: The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain. A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a thaumaturgist or thaumaturge. Thaumaturgus ("miracle worker") is a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints. Thaumaturgy comes from the Greek words for "wonder" (thauma) and "work" (ergon). A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a thaumaturgist or thaumaturge.

alfresco \al-FRES-koh\, adverb: In the open air; outdoors. adjective: Taking place or located in the open air; outdoor. Alfresco is from the Italian al fresco, "in the fresh (air)," from al, "in the" (a, "to, in" + il, "the") + fresco, "fresh."

jabberwocky (jab'er-wok"ë) n gibberish; nonsensical speech.

jocular \JOK-yuh-luhr\, adjective: 1. Given to joking or jesting. 2. Characterized by joking; playful. Jocular comes from Latin jocularis, from joculus, diminutive of jocus, "joke."

so...
the JOKE here is that all of this GIBBERISH is out in the OPEN?
And apparently, this in itself is a WONDERFUL thing...

^ Yup.

constitutional \kon-stih-TOO-shuhn-uhl; -TYOO-\, noun: A walk taken for one's health. A constitutional is so called because it is taken for the benefit of one's constitution.

tutelage \TOO-tuhl-ij; TYOO-\, noun: 1. The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection. 2. The state of being under a guardian or tutor. 3. Instruction, especially individual instruction accompanied by close attention and guidance. Tutelage is from Latin tutela, "protection; guardian" (from the past participle of tueri, "to watch, to guard") + the suffix -age.

incommunicado \in-kuh-myoo-nih-KAH-doh\, adverb or adjective: Without the means or right to communicate. Incommunicado comes from Spanish incomunicado, past participle of incomunicar, "to cut off," from in- (from Latin) + comunicar, "to communicate," from Latin communicare, from communis, "common."

fillip \FIL-uhp\, noun: 1. A snap of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow. 2. Something serving to rouse or excite; a stimulus. 3. A trivial addition; an embellishment. Fillip is probably of imitative origin.

Rohn, how many times must you post in a row before you realize that nobody still gives a shit about this thread? Let it fucking die, already.

i actually read it, its just that there seems little point posting, "wow, thanks for that word of the day" all the time.

Rohn, how many times must you post in a row before you realize that nobody still gives a shit about this thread? Let it fucking die, already.

Just like deanosrs said, it gets read by some that don't care to post anything. If you want it to die, get it closed.

hey ur getting all of these from dictionary.com its just theyre word of the day