Uncle Albert's Word Of The Day Thread!

[KG4CGC]

Today's word: "Adroit"

adroit: (a.) Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply.

http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/adroit/
http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/adroit.htm
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/adroit

Do YOU(?) have a word of the day?

[NQ6U]

Here's one that my wife found in an e-mail from a Chinese eBay vendor she does business with. Apparently, he just got a new English language thesaurus. We had to look it up, which we found sort of embarrassing since we both pride ourselves on our extensive vocabularies.

favonian   
[fuh-voh-nee-uhn]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the west wind.
2.mild or favorable; propitious.

[ab1ga]

I like "lacustrine", or perhaps "riparian".

[W4RLR]

Erudite

erudite [ˈɛrʊˌdaɪt]adj having or showing extensive scholarship; learned[from Latin ērudītus, from ērudīre to polish, from ex-1 + rudis unpolished, rough]

[KG4CGC]

Format people! Format! lulz!
word+definition+links
Thank You very much! I'll be here all week.

[NQ6U]

"Riparian" is good. I actually won a bet with the XYL on that once.

A current favorite is "lachrymose," tearful or given to weeping. I don't think I need to explain to anyone why I've been using it lately.

On edit:

lachrymose |ˈlakrəˌmōs; -ˌmōz|
adjective formal or poetic/literary
tearful or given to weeping : she was pink-eyed and lachrymose.
• inducing tears; sad : a lachrymose children's classic.

[W3MIV]

I like "lacustrine", or perhaps "riparian".

Nice limnological terms.

[ab1ga]

Nice limnological terms.

But fallen into disuse among all but the antediluvian.

:-)

[ab1ga]

Just read another good one: amanuensis.

'CGC: Format, schmormat, look it up! Pffffft!

[NA4BH]

Fajita

[ab1ga]

Fajita

Hey, what do think you're doing, trying to turn the language into an olla podrida?

[NA4BH]

Fajita - (N)(V) A versatile word meaning:
(N) Beer; I will have another beer
(V) Shut up
(NV) Shut up and get me a beer

[KG4CGC]

Just read another good one: amanuensis.

'CGC: Format, schmormat, look it up! Pffffft!
It's off to the RUMPUS with you, Mr. Look It Up!

[ab1ga]

It's off to the RUMPUS with you, Mr. Look It Up!

Okay, I'll bite:

What is "the RUMPUS" as opposed to the generic "rumpus", i.e. noisy commotion, balleyhoo, hoo-hah, etc.?
Why am I to go there?
Must I go there?
Who's gonna make me go there, eh?
Do they have umbrella drinks?
Any low-carb, low-protein, non-alcoholic beverages there? (Doctor says I gotta change my ways - big time.)
Can I keep on posting?
Can I be Rudi's new sidekick, PoultryPilferer(TM)?
Whatever happened to Da Pope?
Are my questions making your head ache?

:-)

[KG4CGC]

Okay, I'll bite:

What is "the RUMPUS" as opposed to the generic "rumpus", i.e. noisy commotion, balleyhoo, hoo-hah, etc.?
Why am I to go there?
Must I go there?
Who's gonna make me go there, eh?
Do they have umbrella drinks?
Any low-carb, low-protein, non-alcoholic beverages there? (Doctor says I gotta change my ways - big time.)
Can I keep on posting?
Can I be Rudi's new sidekick, PoultryPilferer(TM)?
Whatever happened to Da Pope?
Are my questions making your head ache?

:-)
http://forums.hamisland.net/forumdisplay.php?36-Rumpus-Room-Members-Only

I'm all for a Happy Good Time but word smithing is serious business, seriously.
:lol::cool2:

[KG4CGC]

And yes, there are Uhm Ber Rella drinks there! lulz

[W3MIV]

But fallen into disuse among all but the antediluvian.

:-)

I qualify, but no longer wet b. the e.

[kb2vxa]

Fajita? You've been in Toxic Hell munching tacos (plugs) and hanging out with Abactor too long. Now why would you want to eat a little girdle?

[ab1ga]

http://forums.hamisland.net/forumdisplay.php?36-Rumpus-Room-Members-Only

I'm all for a Happy Good Time but word smithing is serious business, seriously.
:lol::cool2:

Word smithing is play not work; revel in the Joy of Lex!
Linkee for thee! (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_4_14?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+joy+of+lex&sprefix=the+joy+of+lex)

[ab1ga]

I do hereby apologize for being a disruptive influence on this thread; I can only plead enthusiasm for the language, Friday night fever, another, darker reason.
I have repaired to the Rumpus Room, there to purge myself of the evil force which plagues me and ultimately render myself fit to return to polite forum company.
Until we meet again (sniff),

[ab1ga]

I qualify, but no longer wet b. the e.

Albi, I accuse you of reading Wodehouse, how do you plead?

[W3WN]

We're so sorry, Uncle Albert. We're so sorry if we caused you any pain (but he's gone again).
We're so sorry, Uncle Albert, but there's no one left at home (Cowthief's out getting tacos again) and I believe it's going to rain (or considering the time of year, snow).
We're so sorry, but we haven't heard a thing all day (somebody turn on a rig!).
We're so sorry, Uncle Albert... but if anything should happen, we'll be sure to give a ring.
We're so sorry, Uncle Albert, but we haven't done a bloody thing... all day... (hanging out at the bar again?)
but the kettle's on the boil, and we're so easily called away... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ma8OhzFdIA)

[KG4CGC]

I do hereby apologize for being a disruptive influence on this thread; I can only plead enthusiasm for the language, Friday night fever, another, darker reason.
I have repaired to the Rumpus Room, there to purge myself of the evil force which plagues me and ultimately render myself fit to return to polite forum company.
Until we meet again (sniff),
But of course!
You are forgiven :)

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/f66f732f.jpg

[kc7jty]

I always thought catorce & también were cool.
Real de Catorce:
http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/bevans/Art454L-63-EarlyNeoclassic/F00004.JPG

[NQ6U]

But of course!
You are forgiven :)

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/f66f732f.jpg

How many of those do you have to do before you're forgiven? 'Cause I just may have a lot of sins to confess, depending.

[X-Rated]

It's off to the RUMPUS with you, Mr. Look It Up!

Thank you for your heuristic efforts.

[KG4CGC]

How many of those do you have to do before you're forgiven? 'Cause I just may have a lot of sins to confess, depending.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/AVATARFatherSwoltheVicarBWsmall.jpg
No one get out of my confessional with less than 10 Hail Marys.

[kc7jty]

"What does Father Flannery give for oral sex?"
kid answers:
milk & cookies

[W5IEI]

Conundrum.

"Any time I post in the forbidden zone,I find myself in a conundrum."

[WV6Z]

Ecumenical


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvvwNR3vF44

[W3MIV]

Albi, I accuse you of reading Wodehouse, how do you plead?

I shall take the fifth, of course. Preferably a single malt of decent lineage. Cucumber sandwich on the side. Hold the kippers. Had it been Pelham Grenville, he would have put the characters the other way round.

[ki4itv]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/AVATARFatherSwoltheVicarBWsmall.jpg
No one get out of my confessional with less than 10 Hail Marys.

Make that Bloody Marys and I'll bend your ears till they bleed. :lol:

[w2amr]

pomposity [pɒmˈpɒsɪtɪ]
n pl -ties 1. vain or ostentatious display of dignity or importance
2. the quality of being pompous
3. ostentatiously lofty style, language, etc.
4. a pompous action, remark, etc.
:neener:

[W3MIV]

pomposity [pɒmˈpɒsɪtɪ]
n pl -ties 1. vain or ostentatious display of dignity or importance
2. the quality of being pompous
3. ostentatiously lofty style, language, etc.
4. a pompous action, remark, etc.
:neener:

Hey! Who youse shootin' at? :monkeydance:

[NQ6U]

Hey! Who youse shootin' at? :monkeydance:

I gots yer pomposity right heah!

[w2amr]

Hey! Who youse shootin' at? :monkeydance:So sorry OM, did I graze you?:mrgreen:

[W3MIV]

So sorry OM, did I graze you?:mrgreen:

Felt as though you shot me square in the butt.

[KG4CGC]

Felt as though you shot me square in the butt.
Ghost pangs from the absences of a certain crabby OF?

[w2amr]

Ghost pangs from the absences of a certain crabby OF?They made him give up his gun sig , before his fingers got cold & dead.

[W3MIV]

They made him give up his gun sig , before his fingers got cold & dead.

The fingers outlasted the gray matter.

[HUGH]

"Slubberdegullion", applies to anyone you dislike.
"Crombobulous", applies to anything you fail to understand.
"Widdershins", it's what the "other half" of married couples are expert at.

[HUGH]

I must be a "jementious helminth", the word is "combobulous", there's no "r" in it!

[W3MIV]

"Slubberdegullion", applies to anyone you dislike.
"Crombobulous", applies to anything you fail to understand.
"Widdershins", it's what the "other half" of married couples are expert at.

Interestingly, "widdershin" used to mean counterclockwise -- or, in your case Hugh, "anti-clockwise." Not sure what you definition above means, actually.

"Slubberdegullion" I have encountered as a slur for a lady of the play-for-pay profession -- a particularly over-the-hill representative of that career.

[kc7jty]

I've heard Slumgullion used for anything that is a fubar mess, especially something to be consumed. How about Catawampus?

Then there is vicissitude, & capricious.

She's so god damned capricious, and within her vicissitude is an oft displayed tendency of lying catawampus on the bed.

Emancipated, eminence, eucharist, boondoggle, bellwether, capitulate, tetrahydrocannabinol.

[W3MIV]

I can easily see where tetrahydrocannabinol could emancipate you from the boondoggle of a bellwether eucharist, and, with sufficiency, capitulate to a state in which the vicissitudes no longer seem capricious and there is no eminence at all.

[kc7jty]

Well done!

[HUGH]

"Widdershins" was used in some counties to describe anything that ran contrary though I agree some the dictionaries do refer to something that runs anti-clockwise or against the sun.

I like the word "Strumpet" for one of those "Ladies of the night".

[KG4CGC]

desideratum


de·sid·er·a·tum (dhttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/ibreve.gif-s dhttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/lprime.gifhttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/schwa.gif-rhttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/amacr.gifhttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/prime.gif thttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/schwa.gif m,-r ähttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/prime.gif-)n. pl. de·sid·er·a·ta (-thttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/schwa.gif) Something considered necessary or highly desirable.

http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desideratum

[W1GUH]

The Island is a very fecund place for stimulating discussions about anything.


(Fecund may be one of Bill Buckley's favorite words!)

[NQ6U]

The Island is a very fecund place for stimulating discussions about anything.


(Fecund may be one of Bill Buckley's favorite words!)

I always thought "fecund" sounded like it should be a dirty word.

[W1GUH]

I always thought "fecund" sounded like it should be a dirty word.

Me too! Exactly why I love to use it.

[NQ6U]

Me too! Exactly why I love to use it.

Turgid is another good word in that respect.

[WV6Z]

Sardoodledom

[W3MIV]

Sardoodledom

That term could encompass almost the entirety of our political threads.

[kc7jty]

Discombooberated.

Verbatim:
Makes me think of talking to a fish for some reason.

[w2amr]

Discombooberated.

A form of breast reduction?:chin:

[suddenseer]

If you can read the entire paragraph without the aid of an unabridged dictionary, Uncle Albie did not write it.

[W1GUH]

Sardoodledom, it turns out, isn't in the free Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, where you just searched.

However, it is available in our premium Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary. To see that definition in the Unabridged Dictionary, start your FREE trial now.



Yikes.

[W3MIV]

Sardoodledom

Know who coined that term?

[WV6Z]

No Albi, where did it originate?

[W3MIV]

GBS coined the word in a critique of a play.

[W1GUH]

GBS coined the word in a critique of a play.

In a review of plays by Victorien Sardou. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorien_Sardou)

[W3MIV]

Very commendable post, Pauli. GBS was nothing if not a fearsome fencer when wielding words.

[NQ6U]

Very commendable post, Pauli. GBS was nothing if not a fearsome fencer when wielding words.

Almost as fearsome as GWB. Don't misunderestimate him.

[W3MIV]

Almost as fearsome as GWB. Don't misunderestimate him.

You cad!

[KG4CGC]

vicissitude:
1
: the quality or state of being changeable : mutability

2
a : an unexpected change or fluctuation b : a difficulty or hardship usually beyond one's control







http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vicissitude

[WØTKX]

Sardoodledom

:lol: I'll be using that one... and a modern example of that to me would be Seth McFarlane's works. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc-yl_8ywiU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc-yl_8ywiU

[KG4CGC]

daedal

1.
Complex or ingenious in form or function; intricate.

2.
Skillful; artistic; ingenious.

3.
Rich; adorned with many things.




http://www.thefreedictionary.com/daedal

[W3MIV]

Satrap.

[kc7jty]

Flavonoid, Peptide, Riboflavin, Beelzebub

[ki4itv]

Sounds like Bill just read the label on his vitamin supplement bottle.
Could use moar supplemental Beelzebub. You can never get enough! :lol:

[W3MIV]

I'll see your flavonoid and raise you an anthrocyanin.

[W1GUH]

We seem to love to elect scatophegous types to office, and it seems that political science is the equivalent of scatology.

[N2NH]

Pyrrhic Victory:
–noun
a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost.
Compare Cadmean victory.

Origin:
1880–85; < Greek Pyrrikós; after a remark attributed by Plutarch to Pyrrhus, who declared, after a costly victory over the Romans, that another similar victory would ruin him


Stymie:
sty·mie   
[stahy-mee] Show IPA
noun, verb, -mied, -mie·ing.
–noun
1.
Golf . (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
2.
a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it.

[N2NH]

Pyrrhic Victory:
–noun
a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost.
Compare Cadmean victory.

Origin:
1880–85; < Greek Pyrrikós; after a remark attributed by Plutarch to Pyrrhus, who declared, after a costly victory over the Romans, that another similar victory would ruin him


Stymie:
sty·mie   
[stahy-mee] Show IPA
noun, verb, -mied, -mie·ing.
–noun
1.
Golf . (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
2.
a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it.

ALSO:
http://www.actwin.com/toaph/life/rascals/stymie4.jpg

[HUGH]

Grandma always referred to my Dad's radio-building constructions as paraphernalia. Quite a well-known word but people seem to have difficulty in pronunciation these days so they avoid it. Like many others, my domestic superintendent has trouble with "spherical", "library" and February".

[ab1ga]

I'll see your flavonoid and raise you an anthrocyanin.

Does that beat four sesquiterpenes? What if I throw in a topoisomerase?

:-)

[NA4BH]

Eleemosynary: of, relating to, or supported by charity

[ab1ga]

nugatory: trifling, of little value, worthless

[kc7jty]

pig latin

[N2NH]

pig latin

Ig-pay atin-lay

[KG4CGC]

bump:
used in internet speak when a thread is brought back to the top

[K7SGJ]

Conundrum.

"Any time I post in the forbidden zone,I find myself in a conundrum."

Ma always told me to checkem before you usem.

[N8YX]

Ma always told me to checkem before you usem.

Rubric:

She would proffer that sort of advice...

[HUGH]

Scrofulous.....

and there was a derogatory term "Old Scrote" referring to aging masculine parts.

[ab1ga]

Albian (from Wikipedia):

The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous epoch/series. Its approximate time range is 112.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 99.6 ± 0.9 Ma (million years ago). The Albian is preceded by the Aptian and followed by the Cenomanian.

[NQ6U]

Albigenses |ˌalbiˈjensēz|plural noun

The members of a heretical sect in southern France in the 12th–13th centuries, identified with the Cathars. Their teaching was a form of Manichaean dualism, with an extremely strict moral and social code.

[ab1ga]

Albigenses |ˌalbiˈjensēz|plural noun

The members of a heretical sect in southern France in the 12th–13th centuries, identified with the Cathars. Their teaching was a form of Manichaean dualism, with an extremely strict moral and social code.

I'm not sure if Albi quite fits here. On the one hand, the Albigensians did believe in a strong division between good and evil, and had a strong tradition of preaching. I also believe Albi has a fondness for the 13th century. On the other hand, the Albigensians were ascetics, eschewing meat and even milk and cheese; this does not fit Island Albi.

No matter his origin, I know what he's made of: albite, a form of feldspar.

[NQ6U]

Albification

Noun






The act or process of making white.

[NQ6U]

Albi

Proper Noun

(Placename) A town in Southern France: connected with the Albigensian heresy and the crusade against it. Pop.: 48 700 (1990)

[NQ6U]

Albin Schram (1926-2005) was one of the greatest collectors of autograph letters by shapers of world history. He was born in Prague (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Prague) to Austrian (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Austria) parents. He studied law at Vienna University and worked in Vienna (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Vienna), Germany (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Germany) and Switzerland (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Switzerland). After the annexation of Czechoslovakia, he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Wehrmacht) in 1943.
Schram was a voracious collector of letters and manuscripts written by literary, historical, musical, political and scientific figures across 500 years. He was a wealthy Austrian banker who pursued his hobby from his mansion in Lausanne, Switzerland. The letters were kept in a filing cabinet adjoining the laundry in the basement of the house.
He is said to have collected some 1000 letters, written by royals, scientists, writers and philosophers. They date between the 15th and 20th Centuries, and represent a broad range of countries and languages.

[NQ6U]

Albini

Plural Noun of albino.

[ab1ga]

Albification

Noun






The act or process of making white.







This is good.

[ab1ga]

Albi

Proper Noun

(Placename) A town in Southern France: connected with the Albigensian heresy and the crusade against it. Pop.: 48 700 (1990)

Bzzt, no points here, Albigensian is directly derived from Albi.

[ab1ga]

Albin Schram (1926-2005) was one of the greatest collectors of autograph letters by shapers of world history. He was born in Prague (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Prague) to Austrian (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Austria) parents. He studied law at Vienna University and worked in Vienna (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Vienna), Germany (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Germany) and Switzerland (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Switzerland). After the annexation of Czechoslovakia, he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Wehrmacht) in 1943.
Schram was a voracious collector of letters and manuscripts written by literary, historical, musical, political and scientific figures across 500 years. He was a wealthy Austrian banker who pursued his hobby from his mansion in Lausanne, Switzerland. The letters were kept in a filing cabinet adjoining the laundry in the basement of the house.
He is said to have collected some 1000 letters, written by royals, scientists, writers and philosophers. They date between the 15th and 20th Centuries, and represent a broad range of countries and languages.

Explains the love of words, sort of, but Albi spells his last name Schramm. Intrinsically impossible for him to misspell anything, let alone his own name!

[ab1ga]

Albini

Plural Noun of albino.

The thought of there being more than one of him is too terrifying to contemplate longer than momentarily.

[W3MIV]

No matter his origin, I know what he's made of: albite, a form of feldspar.

Not so bad as his bark, however.

[ab1ga]

The capstone is in place. Congratulations and thanks, Albi. :)

[N7YA]

Albeit, Albanian Albacore allows all but aluminum alloyed Allosaurs

[NQ6U]

The capstone is in place. Congratulations and thanks, Albi. :)

Yea, verily. From here we must all go on to Albion.

[W3WN]

Antidisestablishmentarianism (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/antidisestablishmentarianism)

[W3MIV]

Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaen.

;)

[NQ6U]

Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaen.

;)

Gotta love the way the Germans splice words together.

Danube steam navigation society captain

[ab1ga]

Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaen. ;)

Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaenskajuete nfensterverzierungslackfarbe.

(Removed one of the three "f"s - collapses to two except across hyphenation.
(Blew up the software - the space in the word is not in my originally typed text.)

[KG4CGC]

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

[W3MIV]

When I was studying German at the US Army school in Oberammergau, popular wisdom had it that it was the longest word in the German language. However, I don't believe that record yet has been set.

[K7SGJ]

Third base.

Fear of Abbott and Costello.

[ab1ga]

When I was studying German at the US Army school in Oberammergau, popular wisdom had it that it was the longest word in the German language. However, I don't believe that record yet has been set.

I think it may have been, and still is, the longest word in a widely published work; who knows what lexical monsters lurk in the pages of a diary or on a doodle somewhere.

Given the emergence of the Internet, I now believe that the record will never be set. I would never underestimate the capacity of a German to "put the verb way over there" and to "shovel in German." (Thank you, Samuel Clemens.)

[N7YA]

Y


('and' in spanish)

[W3MIV]

I would never underestimate the capacity of a German to "put the verb way over there" and to "shovel in German." (Thank you, Samuel Clemens.)

Or as Conan Doyle put it, "so ungracious in their handling of their verbs" (or something similar in "A Scandal in Bohemia").

[kc7jty]

Gozinteit at the flugzeug:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383532/Knuffingen-Airport-German-builds-worlds-largest-model-airport.html

[W3WN]

Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaen.

;)Farfegnugen

[KG4CGC]

Word Trivia Time!
What very ancient words do you use every day of the week?
At least let's say, their names are very ancient in origin.

[W3MIV]

Farfegnugen

Meinst du denn »Fahrvergnügen?«

Dann, wünsch' i' dir, »Gute Fahrt!«

[NQ6U]

Word Trivia Time!
What very ancient words do you use every day of the week?
At least let's say, their names are very ancient in origin.

How about the names of the days of the week? Some of them (Saturday) go back at least as far as Roman times.

[HUGH]

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSn9-EvIJXt9u2HxQTModTNwvKulPhk6hALg6LF1E9gQ9YlUmb1Ww

The Albert Hall

[W3WN]

Meinst du denn »Fahrvergnügen?«

Dann, wünsch' i' dir, »Gute Fahrt!«Azoy geyt dos

[N7YA]

Word Trivia Time!
What very ancient words do you use every day of the week?
At least let's say, their names are very ancient in origin.


UGH!

(still used in reference to computer issues)

[N2NH]

So that's what Albert Hall looks like. Seems that I've always known how many holes it takes to fill it, but never seen it.Alberto V-O 5