Learn a new word daily

[Amelia]

postprandial: following a meal (especially dinner)

"took a postprandial walk"

.... What’s the Occupy Wall Street program? Eat the rich.

And then what? Haven’t gotten that far.

No postprandial plans. But no matter. After all, this is not about programs or policies. This is about scapegoating, ....

Krauthammer: The scapegoat strategy - The Washington Post

 

[Amelia]

squick:

v. to disturb, unsettle, make uneasy; to cause disgust or revulsion; to gross (someone) out; to freak (someone) out. Also noun, something which causes disgust, revulsion, or uneasiness, or the disgust, revulsion, or uneasiness itself. Also squick (someone) out.

 

[strollingbones]

i have enough words ...thank you

 

[Neser Boha]

Parlous

1. obsolete : dangerously shrewd or cunning
2 : full of danger or risk
— par·lous·ly adverb

Examples of PARLOUS

1. The company is in a parlous financial situation.
2. He talked about the parlous state of the country.

Origin of PARLOUS
Middle English, alteration of perilous
First Known Use: 14th century

 

[Amelia]

i have enough words ...thank you

a surfeit of words?

 

[Amelia]

aduncity: curvature inwards; hookedness.

 

[Amelia]

caducity:

The infirmity of old age; senility.
Frailty or transitory nature.

 

[Amelia]

I didn't hear any new words yesterday but folks on the board are making up for it today!

 

[Baruch Menachem]

My favorite $10 word is erudite. means person who reads a lot
Next favorite is Salutary.

 

[techieny]

Liberal

1. A worm
2. A worm
3. A worm

 

[Rat in the Hat]

Truthmatters

1) a bot programmed by the DNC
2) a poster with a lower IQ than their pet
3) the missing link between Australopithecus and rdean

 

[Ringel05]

Truthmatters

1) a bot programmed by the DNC
2) a poster with a lower IQ than their pet
3) the missing link between Australopithecus and rdean

That's just bombilation with ensuing cachinnation.

 

[Amelia]

Delirifacient:

Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.
Any substance which tends to cause delirium.

 

[Amelia]

Birkin bag

Fascinating ..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkin_bag

 

[Amelia]

Palilalia:

the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words

 

[AVG-JOE]

Learn a new word daily

You missed some days. Most noticeably, October 18 and all the words posted on October 19 don't make up for it neither.

 

[Amelia]

Some of the new words I've learned here I can't repeat.

 

[AVG-JOE]

Some of the new words I've learned here I can't repeat.

Sure ya can! This is America, and we're hanging at a bar called USMB!

 

[Amelia]

>delete<



Nooo .... actually there are some words I can't use.

I try. But then I just have to go back and delete.

Like this time.

 

[Amelia]

Learn a new word daily

You missed some days. Most noticeably, October 18 and all the words posted on October 19 don't make up for it neither.

Hmmmm ... another lapse. Maybe you can change the title of thread to "learn a new word every now and then"