"Word of the Day"

[Rabbit1]

2/17/06

Adamant


A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.

[Nikita]

ozme's word 'parenthetical'

Set off within or as if within parentheses; qualifying or explanatory: a parenthetical remark. Using or containing parentheses.

[Aesop]

imbue:

1. To tinge or dye deeply; to cause to absorb thoroughly; as, "clothes thoroughly imbued with black."
2. To instill profoundly; to cause to become impressed or penetrated.

[csr]

2/17/06

Adamant


A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.

...and to think all this time I thought he was a British punk-pop singer from the 70's - 80's. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/eggsr/smilies/dunno.gif http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/eggsr/smilies/laugh.gif

[Ozme52]

LOL nikita, you've made me famous.

Parenthetically, I hope this fame will imbue me with an adamant reputation.

[subdude05]

Dilligaf

1. Does it look like i give a fuck.
great allround word when dealing with anyone being an asshole, or them damn telemarketers, who ring you up at lunchtime on a sunday. just say Dilligaf :)

[Rabbit1]

Sinecure

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An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.

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Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service.

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To put or place in a sinecure.

[Aesop]

LOL nikita, you've made me famous.

Parenthetically, I hope this fame will imbue me with an adamant reputation.

I think it will as long as you aren't obdurate about it.

Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent.

[Ozme52]

But Aesop, instead of making me famous, that would give me notoriety, which is certainly not the same.

Notoriety: The quality or state of being notorious.

Notorious: generally known and talked of; especially : widely and unfavorably known

[Ozme52]

I gotta ask. In what dictionary can you find this?


Dilligaf

1. Does it look like i give a fuck.
great allround word when dealing with anyone being an asshole, or them damn telemarketers, who ring you up at lunchtime on a sunday. just say Dilligaf :)

[sm4hg]

I gotta ask. In what dictionary can you find this?

You can find it here, for instance...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dilligaf

:)

(Well, if you're not a native speaker, you at least have to know where to look up all those strange words you don't learn at school. :D :rolleyes: )

[Rabbit1]

Winsome

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Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.

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Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.

[subdude05]

I gotta ask. In what dictionary can you find this?

The Dictionary of Kevin "Bloody" Wilson,


http://www.kevinbloodywilson.com/wtf-is-kev/

[Aesop]

But Aesop, instead of making me famous, that would give me notoriety, which is certainly not the same.

Notoriety: The quality or state of being notorious.

Notorious: generally known and talked of; especially : widely and unfavorably known

Very true, you wouldn't want to live in infamy.

evil fame or public reputation

[csr]

Winsome

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Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.

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Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.

Losesome: The opposite of the above.

...as in: "you winsome you losesome"
:hubba:

[Aesop]

:exellent1

[Ozme52]

Losesome: The opposite of the above.

...as in: "you winsome you losesome"
:hubba:


boo, hiss

[Ozme52]

You can find it here, for instance...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dilligaf

:)

(Well, if you're not a native speaker, you at least have to know where to look up all those strange words you don't learn at school. :D :rolleyes: )


Ohhh, I totally missed that it was an internet-text acronym... like LOL

mea culpa.

That made me Fomcrotflmao!!

[Ozme52]

Necromancer: one who practices the conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events.

[Aesop]

titivate

To smarten up; to spruce up.

[subdude05]

Ohhh, I totally missed that it was an internet-text acronym... like LOL

mea culpa.

That made me Fomcrotflmao!!

Its a song, by Kevin "bloody" Wilson, the aussies will know who he is.

Biomechanoid

A machine usualy resembling a human (of sorts) made of both organic and non organic material, often used for sexual gratification

[Rabbit1]

Exacerbate

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To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.

[Ozme52]

Foliate: shaped like a leaf <a foliate sponge>

[Rabbit1]

Melee

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A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.

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A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume; -- sometimes called Balaklava melee.

[Rabbit1]

Inure

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To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually.

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To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs.

[Aesop]

xenial: of or concerning hospitality towards guests

[Ozme52]

Xenophobe: One who is afraid of guests, foreigners... or aliens.

[Aesop]

xanthareel: yellow eel formerly used in medicinal foods

[Rabbit1]

Occident

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The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.

[Ozme52]

Little known facts... We orient ourselves on a map because back in the days before magnetism and compasses were understood, many maps placed East at the top of the page.
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Chatelaine: 1 a : the wife of a castellan : the mistress of a château b : the mistress of a household or of a large establishment

[sujet]

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

adjective

Definition: a nonsense word meaning fantastic; also called supercalifragilistic.

Etymology: popularized by the movie "Mary Poppins".

[sujet]

Ok now a real word :P

munificent

adjective

Very liberal in giving or bestowing; very generous; lavish.

[Rabbit1]

Solace

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Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.

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Rest; relaxation; ease.

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To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.

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To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.

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To take comfort; to be cheered.

[Aesop]

rebarbative: Serving or tending to irritate or repel.

[Ozme52]

lubricious (one of my favorite words.)

1 : marked by wantonness : LECHEROUS; also : SALACIOUS
2 [Latin lubricus] : having a smooth or slippery quality <a lubricious skin>

[Rabbit1]

Exalt

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To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

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To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency.

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To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify.

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To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate.

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To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument.

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To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.

[Nikita]

trussed, truss·ing, truss·es

1. To tie up or bind tightly.
2. To bind or skewer the wings or legs of (a fowl) before cooking.
3. To support or brace with a truss.


:bondage:

[Rabbit1]

Ossify

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To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.

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Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart.

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To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.

[Aesop]

asphyxiation

Condition caused by insufficient intake of oxygen. Extrinsic causes include choking, toxic gases, exhaust gas (principally carbon monoxide), electric shock, drugs, anesthesia, trauma, crushing injuries of the chest, Compression of the chest, injury of the respiratory nerves or center, diminished environmental oxygenation, and drowning.

[Ozme52]

onomatopoeia: the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss... or more appropriate to this forum... thwack, splat...)

[Aesop]

volitant

1. Flying or capable of flight.

2. Active; moving about rapidly.

[Rabbit1]

Palindrome

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A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel.

[Ozme52]

Ailihphilia: The love of palindromes... one who has ailihphilia is an elihphile, and two such people are selihphiles!

[Aesop]

seneschal

an agent or steward in charge of a lord's estate in feudal times

[Rabbit1]

Maudlin

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Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly.

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Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness.

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Alt. of Maudeline

[Ozme52]

You all letting me get away with that last one?

Seneschale.... I know that one Aesop... are you SCA?

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masochism: pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering

[Rabbit1]

Anodyne

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Serving to assuage pain; soothing.

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Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.

[Ozme52]

cathode: 1 : the electrode of an electrochemical cell at which reduction occurs: a : the negative terminal of an electrolytic cell b : the positive terminal of a galvanic cell
2 : the electron-emitting electrode of an electron tube

[Aesop]

scion

A descendant or heir

[Aesop]

Seneschale.... I know that one Aesop... are you SCA?

No, but I wouldn't be out of place. That is if we're talking about the same thing. lol

[Rabbit1]

Plethora

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Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia.

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State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.

[Rabbit1]

Felicitous

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Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate.

[Rabbit1]

Quixotic

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Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded.

[Aesop]

vim

exuberant vitality and energy; vigor.

[Ozme52]

No, but I wouldn't be out of place. That is if we're talking about the same thing. lol


I presume we must be because of the word that precipitated the question. I used to be very active, 25 years ago. LOL I still have many friends I made playing there.


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supplicant:1 : one who asks humbly and earnestly

[Aesop]

fiasco

a complete failure

[Ozme52]

fiat (no, not the car)

1 : a command or act of will that creates something without or as if without further effort
2 : an authoritative determination : DICTATE <a fiat of conscience>
3 : an authoritative or arbitrary order : DECREE <government by fiat>

[Aesop]

quintessence

1. the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies

2. the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form

3. the most typical example or representative

[Rabbit1]

Egregious

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Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.

[Rabbit1]

Palpable

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Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form.

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Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors.

[Aesop]

derogate

1 : to cause to seem inferior : disparage
2 : to take away a part so as to impair : detract
3 : to act beneath one's position or character

[Ozme52]

sublime : to be below the citrus fruit.

[Ozme52]

er... scratch that last one.


sublime: to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form

[Rabbit1]

Censure

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Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

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The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.

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Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.

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To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.

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To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.

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To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.

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To judge.

[Aesop]

sublime : to be below the citrus fruit.

LOL!

cathexis

investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea

[Ozme52]

humorous: full of or characterized by humor

humerus: the upper bone of the arm... but I've never understood why it's so funny?

[Rabbit1]

Promethean

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Of or pertaining to Prometheus. See Prometheus.

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Having a life-giving quality; inspiring.

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An apparatus for automatic ignition.

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A kind of lucifer match.

[Aesop]

kitsch

1 : something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality

2 : a tacky or lowbrow quality or condition

[Ozme52]

machiavellian : suggesting the principles of conduct laid down by Machiavelli; specifically : marked by cunning, duplicity, or bad faith

[Rabbit1]

Cajole

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To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.

[Aesop]

fictioneer

one who writes fiction especially in quantity and without high standards

[Ozme52]

kinky: relating to, having, or appealing to unconventional tastes especially in sex


That's me!! Unconventional!

[Rabbit1]

Sublunary

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Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly.

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Any worldly thing.

[Aesop]

anfractuous

full of windings and intricate turnings : tortuous

[Ozme52]

stator: : a stationary part in a machine in or about which a rotor revolves

[Aesop]

abscond

to depart secretly and hide oneself

[Ozme52]

a fictitious narrative or statement: as a : a legendary story of supernatural happenings b : a narration intended to enforce a useful truth; especially : one in which animals speak and act like human beings

that's the definition for fable

[Rabbit1]

Quaff

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To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.

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To drink largely or luxuriously.

[Aesop]

scurrilous

using or given to coarse language b : vulgar and evil
containing obscenities, abuse, or slander

[Ozme52]

souse:

1 : PICKLE
2 a : to plunge in liquid : IMMERSE b : DRENCH, SATURATE
3 : to make drunk : INEBRIATE


the second definition is new to me.... I've only ever used

douse:

1 : to plunge into water
2 a : to throw a liquid on : DRENCH b : SLOSH
3 : EXTINGUISH <douse the lights>

[Rabbit1]

Denouement

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The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.

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The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.

[Aesop]

ruddy

having a healthy reddish color
red, reddish
British -- used as an intensive

[Ozme52]

yardarm: either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship


for which we'll need a nautical definition of...


yard: 3 : a long spar tapered toward the ends to support and spread the head of a square sail, lateen, or lugsail

[Ozme52]

Just an aside.

Ever notice in the dictionary, in order to define a bean, they call it a kidney-shaped legume. While within the same dictionary a kidney is described as a bean-shaped organ.

So what's up with that?

[Rabbit1]

Fortuitous

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Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.

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Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.

[Aesop]

Just an aside.

Ever notice in the dictionary, in order to define a bean, they call it a kidney-shaped legume. While within the same dictionary a kidney is described as a bean-shaped organ.

So what's up with that?

The guy working on the "K" section plagiarized the guy working on the "B" section?

[Aesop]

nugatory

of little or no consequence : trifling, inconsequential
having no force : inoperative

[Ozme52]

The guy working on the "K" section plagiarized the guy working on the "B" section?


Yeah! and if you don't know what a bean or kidney looks like, well you're just screwed. LOL Of course saying a bean is a legume doesn't work either, since a legume is a bean.

Check it out in your favorite lexicon.

[Ozme52]

predation: the act of preying or plundering : DEPREDATION

[Rabbit1]

Tattoo

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A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.

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To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.

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An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.

[Aesop]

doch-an-dorris

Scottish & Irish : a parting drink : stirrup cup

[Ozme52]

dissolute: lacking restraint; especially : marked by indulgence in things (as drink or promiscuous sex) deemed vices - yeah baby!!

[Rabbit1]

Capacious

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Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.

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Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal.

[Aesop]

interpolate

to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation

to insert between other things or parts : intercalate

to estimate values of (data or a function) between two known values

[Ozme52]

extrapolate: 1 : to infer (values of a variable in an unobserved interval) from values within an already observed interval
2 a : to project, extend, or expand (known data or experience) into an area not known or experienced so as to arrive at a usually conjectural knowledge of the unknown area <extrapolates present trends to construct an image of the future> b : to predict by projecting past experience or known data <extrapolate public sentiment on one issue from known public reaction on others>

[Rabbit1]

Recrimination

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The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.

[Ozme52]

seraglio:

1 : HAREM
2 : a palace of a sultan

[Aesop]

adversary

one that contends with, opposes, or resists : enemy

[Ozme52]

harem:

1 a : a usually secluded house or part of a house allotted to women in a Muslim household b : the wives, concubines, female relatives, and servants occupying a harem
2 : a group of women associated with one man
3 : a group of females associated with one male -- used of polygamous animals

[Aesop]

lido

a fashionable beach resort

[Ozme52]

libido:

1 : emotional or psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges and that is usually goal-directed
2 : sexual drive

[Aesop]

pernicious

highly injurious or destructive : deadly

[Ozme52]

haiku:

an unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having three lines containing usually 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively;

[submissivewife]

Thanks for clearing that up Ozzy, I read it when you did the short poem and wondered what that meant....

[Rabbit1]

Avatar

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The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.

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Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.

[Aesop]

chouse

cheat, trick

[Ozme52]

evocative :

evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response <settings ... so evocative that they bring tears to the eyes -- Eric Malpass>

[Rabbit1]

Turbid

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Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine.

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Disturbed; confused; disordered.

[Aesop]

esculent

edible

[Ozme52]

turgid: being in a state of distension : SWOLLEN, TUMID <turgid limbs>; especially : exhibiting turgor



An excellent word for story telling.

"His cock slowly became turgid with anticipation."

[Ozme52]

hyperbole

Pronunciation: hI-'p&r-b&-(")lE

: extravagant exaggeration (as "mile-high ice-cream cones")

[Rabbit1]

Sedulous

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Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee.

[Aesop]

hidebound

Stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible.

Having abnormally dry, stiff skin that adheres closely to the underlying flesh. Used of domestic animals such as cattle.

Having the bark so contracted and unyielding as to hinder growth. Used of trees.

[Rabbit1]

Miasma

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Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.

[Rabbit1]

Effrontery

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Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.

[Aesop]

accident

An accident is something going wrong unexpectedly. Physical examples include an unavoidable collision (including a person or object falling by chance). The term is also loosely applied to mean any undesirable outcome, even if it could have been avoided, such as getting injured by touching something sharp, hot, electrically live, ingesting poisons, or other injuries caused by lack of ordinary precautions.

It's also God's way of telling you that you don't control fuck-all in the grand scheme of things. - Aesop

[Rabbit1]

Assuage

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To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.

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To abate or subside.

[Ozme52]

riparian : relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (as a river) or sometimes of a lake or a tidewater

[Rabbit1]

Polyglot

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Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a polyglot lexicon, Bible.

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Versed in, or speaking, many languages.

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One who speaks several languages.

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A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages.

[Aesop]

maverick

an unbranded range animal; especially : a motherless calf
an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

[Lina]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: The fear of really long words

[Aesop]

doggerel

loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect

marked by triviality or inferiority

[Aesop]

nidus

a nest or breeding place; especially : a place or substance in an animal or plant where bacteria or other organisms lodge and multiply

a place where something originates, develops, or is located

[Aesop]

acquisitive

strongly desirous of acquiring and possessing

[Rabbit1]

Barrister

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Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney.

[DungeonMaster6]

bediddle

a car with a front headlight out

What is a car with a rear headlight out?

a bedunkle

[Rabbit1]

Surrogate

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A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

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The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.

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In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.

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To put in the place of another; to substitute.

[Rabbit1]

Magistrate

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A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it.

[Rabbit1]

Warrant

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That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority.

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A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing.

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A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice.

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An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below.

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That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.

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That which attests or proves; a voucher.

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Right; legality; allowance.

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To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action.

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To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it.

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To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.

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To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure.

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To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss.

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To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2.

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To assure, as a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to engage that the thing is what it appears, or is represented, to be, which implies a covenant to make good any defect or loss incurred by it.

[Rabbit1]

Parvise

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a court of entrance to, or an inclosed space before, a church; hence, a church porch; -- sometimes formerly used as place of meeting, as for lawyers.

[Rabbit1]

Alacrity

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A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.

[Rabbit1]

Pharmacology

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Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.

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A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

[Rabbit1]

Dispensatory

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Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.

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A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop/ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.

[Rabbit1]

Parapet

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A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like.

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A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate.

[Rabbit1]

Facade

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The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.

[Aesop]

peccadillo

a slight offense

[DungeonMaster6]

mercantilism:

The theory or practice of mercantile pursuits: Commercialism

An economic system developing during the decay of feudalism to unify and increase the power and especially the monetary wealth of a nation by a strict government regulation of the entire national economy, usually through policies designed to secure an accumulation of bullion, a favorable balance of trade, the development of agriculture and manufactures, and the establishment of foreign trade monopolies.

[Aesop]

febrile

marked or caused by fever : feverish

[DungeonMaster6]

A pachydermatologist - A veterinarian who cares for elephants' skins in the zoo.

[omnisheep]

pontage - a duty or tax paid for repairing bridges..

[Uncle_Ed]

GOATSUCKER [goatsucker] common name for nocturnal or crepuscular birds of the order Caprimulgiformes, which includes the frogmouth, the oilbird, potoos, and nightjars

Similar to; Muffin the mule.

[ColinClout(c)]

Very true, you wouldn't want to live in infamy.

evil fame or public reputation
Infamy, Infamy! They've all got it in for me!

[Aesop]

pointillistic

composed of many discrete details or parts

[Rhabbi]

detente

An easing of tension between rivals.

[crazy_grrluk]

DILLIGAF


internet slang for
Do I Look Like I Give A F***?

[Rhabbi]

plenipotentiary

A person, such as a diplomatic agent, fully authorized to represent a government.

adjective

Invested with full power.

[From Latin plenipotentiarius, from plenum (full) + potent (powerful).]

[willow]

wast·rel

1. One who wastes, especially one who wastes money; a profligate.
2. An idler or a loafer.

[thrall]

oubliette
a small dungeon with a trapdoor in the ceiling
a place to put prisoners you wish to forget about

[gagged_Louise]

antediluvian

totally outdated, from a long since forgotten past. Literally (in Latin) "of the time before the Deluge"

[butterflySlave4u]

wish He was still here....would liked to have known Him.....

[Tufty {Bad}]

Pantology

No, not the study of ladies underwear - it's a system of Universal knowledge

[slave eswn]

lol

[Tufty {Bad}]

Saprodontia

The decaying of teeth

[Euryleia]

Mendacity (pronounced men-das-i-tee)
The quality of being untruthful; tendency to lie.

"What's that smell in this room? Didn't you notice it Brick? Didn't you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room?...There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity."
Big Daddy, from Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

[Sadistic1]

Xanthodontous - Meaning and Definition = Having yellow teeth

[Tufty {Bad}]

Peregrinate - meaning to journey, wander or travel, usually on foot

[Sadistic1]

fellate = Latin for inflate.