Word of the Day

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

“Nudnik” is someone who is annoying, obtuse, and dull. (or is Yiddish not allowed?) Actually, Nudnik is one of those words you cannot make a direct translation of, but the defination I gave is about as close as anyone can get to it. You just know what they mean when someone uses it. Tilan, what a Nudnik.

 

[Dr_Strabismus]

I think it's allowed. It's part of everyday lexicon. I also heard an Israeli guy use "Phudnik", which is a nudnik with a PhD.

 

[nice90sguy]

A phrase, not a word: Triangle Of Sadness

Apparently it refers to the little frowny wrinkle that you get rid of with and injection of bovine toxin.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Jackeroo a buckaroo or cowboy. Another old west word coined in the 19th century and, for the most part, not even used in fiction anymore.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

Oophorectomy = A surgical castration, rather than one preformed with a dull knife by an angry wife.

EDIT:

Oops, it is actually surgical removal of an ovary or ovaries. But emasculate is a castration but that doesn't have to be done in sanitary conditions.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

exophthalmos

I found it just yesterday while starting a story in which a young man is attracted to a middle-aged woman because of her bulging eyes. I needed the medical term for it, and that's it.

 

[oggbashan]

egregious
adjective
formal disapproving

uk

/ɪˈɡriː.dʒəs/ us

/ɪˈɡriː.dʒəs/





extremely bad in a way that is very noticeable:
It was an egregious error for a statesman to show such ignorance.

 

[nice90sguy]

egregious
adjective
formal disapproving

uk

/ɪˈɡriː.dʒəs/ us

/ɪˈɡriː.dʒəs/





extremely bad in a way that is very noticeable:
It was an egregious error for a statesman to show such ignorance.

 

[panaflora]

Unfortunately egregiousness is ubiquitous these days.

 

[MillieDynamite]

My word for the day is CACOPHONY. A cacophony is a harsh mixture of sounds. Please make a cacophony of thunderous applause!

 

[panaflora]

My word for the day is CACOPHONY. A cacophony is a harsh mixture of sounds. Please make a cacophony of thunderous applause!

Nice one, Millie. Not quite the same thing, but a favorite of mine: caterwauling.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

There cam a clamor from the alley, a loud caterwauling, and we knew they were at it again, and in a few weeks, we'd have another litter of kittens. Damn that fucking Thom, and damn our little Kitty.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Nice one, Millie. Not quite the same thing, but a favorite of mine: caterwauling.

I've caterwauled several times.

 

[nice90sguy]

Panopticon

I learned this word today after reading about a prisoner who escaped from Wandsworth Prison in london. The panopticon design was invented by the philospher Jeremy Bentham. Cool. And Odd.

It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.

 

[djrip]

Panopticon

I learned this word today after reading about a prisoner who escaped from Wandsworth Prison in london. The panopticon design was invented by the philospher Jeremy Bentham. Cool. And Odd.

Love that one, I tend to hear it used in the context of ubiquitous surveillance. Like after reading Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (forgot him, gonna have to edit my IRL authors answer), where there were little biodegradable disposable sensors scattered everywhere by drones everyday, that would allow people to visit any networked location in real time by VR, so for instance you could visit your friend by going to the park they were in, in VR, and would see them there, and they would see you in their augmented reality as if you were there beside them... After reading that we started joking about Google Panopticon being developed.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Deadening, When new areas were settled in the west, “clearings” were made by cutting down the trees. Others were “girdled,” or when the majority of trees are deadened, the clearing was called a deadening.

 

[yowser]

Here's a David Foster Wallace word-problem:

What do these four words have in common?

pulchritudinous

minuscule

big

misspelled

****

The impression of each is opposite to its meaning

'pulchritudinous' is ugly, 'minuscule' is large, 'big' is small, and the last one is spelled correctly.

 

[nice90sguy]

****

The impression of each is opposite to its meaning

'pulchritudinous' is ugly, 'minuscule' is large, 'big' is small, and the last one is spelled correctly.

Heterological

That's part of the Grelling-Nelson paradox, which goes like this:

A few adjectives apply correctly to themselves:

English (is a an English word),
Polysyllabic (is polysyllabic),
Common (is a common word)

A few more apply incorrectly to themselves:

French
Long
vowelless

If we name words in the first group, adjectives that apply to themselves, "homological", and the words in the second group "Heterological" then we have the paradox:

Is "Heterological" Heterological or Homological?

 

[MillieDynamite]

Is it homoerotic, maybe?

Heterological

That's part of the Grelling-Nelson paradox, which goes like this:

A few adjectives apply correctly to themselves:

English (is a an English word),
Polysyllabic (is polysyllabic),
Common (is a common word)

A few more apply incorrectly to themselves:

French
Long
vowelless

If we name words in the first group, adjectives that apply to themselves, "homological", and the words in the second group "Heterological" then we have the paradox:

Is "Heterological" Heterological or Homological?

 

[XerXesXu]

Love that one, I tend to hear it used in the context of ubiquitous surveillance. Like after reading Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (forgot him, gonna have to edit my IRL authors answer), where there were little biodegradable disposable sensors scattered everywhere by drones everyday, that would allow people to visit any networked location in real time by VR, so for instance you could visit your friend by going to the park they were in, in VR, and would see them there, and they would see you in their augmented reality as if you were there beside them... After reading that we started joking about Google Panopticon being developed.

I remember Jeremy Bentham. He was a bit of a stuffed dummy. He'd stay in nights all by himself, but I had fun at his pub. I met a person who was to be a significant-other of mine for some years there. She was getting her tits out for the boys when our eyes met across a crowded pub. She was more than utilitarian, really rather attractive.

My word of the day - utilitarian.

 

[Handley_Page]

Abnourmous Misshapen (18th Century)
Bufferd [Rare french term] – A fool or Stupid Person
Habergery A Bar or other place of entertainment
Zoilist A superior whose joy is picking holes in your work.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

Juncture... a place where lots of people would like to be.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Yoontoo, improper contraction of Do you want to go or do something.