Oh, great. Now I feel like yarb scum. Much love to you, juliefa. If you need any help with this list, Prolagus is a native speaker of Italian. And, yes, WELCOME!!!
It's short-cut symbols and words that I dislike. If it's part of title or business (Noodles & Co.) that's fine, but I dislike seeing it inserted in a sentence just for convenience sake.
"...the most common targets are government agencies and senior managers and executives; the spear phishing of such big game is commonly referred to as “whaling.”
A lumberman's cant-hook having a strong spike at the end.
A stout lever from 5 to 7 feet long, fitted at the larger end with a metal socket and pike, and a curved steel hook which works on a bolt: used in handling logs, especially in driving. A peavey differs from a cant-hook in having a pike instead of a toe-ring and lip at the end.
Meconium is normally stored in the infant's intestines until after birth, but sometimes (often in response to fetal distress) it is expelled into the amniotic fluid prior to birth, or during labor. If the baby then inhales the contaminated fluid, respiratory problems may occur.
When a woman's water breaks, it should be fairly clear. If it's greenish or dark... that's an indication that meconium is present (meconium staining). This requires a doctor's attention.
a bagpipe of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The term is also used for the Highland pipes which have displaced the traditional bagpipe over time, such as the masak-been
@yarb. You're right! Last time several people thought you were the stripper, and this time sionnach was convinced that you were afraid of bodysnatchers (mortsafe). In the future, if a word looks like it's for yarb -- IT'S ME!!!!!
A long pole weapon, usually with an axe blade, a long spike (which could be relatively short for stabbing, or made long and edged like a sword blade), and a backspike. Used widely and to great effect against cavalry by the Swiss before they shifted to the pike.
(heraldry). Variation of the pourpoint in the second part of the fourteenth century, with padded chest, buttons in front. It was supported with long, close fitting sleeves.
A long cloak, derived from the thirteenth-century garnache. It was often furred and had two characteristically "tongues" of a different colored cloth at the neck.
I matched Erin with calepinerienne (and I was the FIRST to do so!) because the word looks classy and feminine, which I imagine Erin to be. Her dress-a-day project was something I considered.
I chose lunette for ruzuzu because it also appears feminine, but mostly I picked it because it was one of the first words gangerh listed ... and I knew ruzuzu was overeager to enter!
My other two correct guesses were just random good luck.
As for my own word, mortsafe: Wordies who were privy to some of the details of my childhood, might have guessed my need to feel safe. It also makes sense if one knows (from my blog) that I currently have a Russian bodyguard named Vlad.
Missing white woman syndrome (MWWS) or missing pretty girl syndrome is a vernacular term for the disproportionately greater degree of coverage in television, radio, newspaper and magazine reporting of a misfortune, most often a missing person case, involving a young, attractive, white, middle-class (or above) woman or girl.
hikikomori: a Japanese term to refer to the phenomenon of reclusive people who have chosen to withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement because of various personal and social factors in their lives.
In Hopi, the word koyaanisqatsi means "crazy life, life in turmoil, life out of balance, life disintegrating, a state of life that calls for another way of living.
The mayor of a small southern Illinois city threatened by two swollen rivers ordered all residents to leave by midnight Saturday because a "sand boil," an area where river water was seeping up through the ground behind the levee, had become dangerously large.
Max Cannon, the linguist and cartoonist who creates "Read Meat", once told me that if he were ever trapped in an elevator with someone, he'd want that someone to be Will Shortz.
When I post my guesses for "Identify the Wordienik!!", all the words I assign to other people will be crossed off as guesses for my word!! I'm wondering if anyone is planning to pair their word (a sacrifice!) with another player's name in order to be tricky. Oh hecko. I'm just going to do what I did last time... put all the words in a hat.
pappajoseph: it can be a bit confusing at first, but kindly leave your definition within the word itself instead of in the comments section below your list.
Taking advantage of the fact that millions of online users mistype addresses of websites they intend to visit, typosquatters register common misspelled versions of popular sites and make money by displaying ads.
A salmon (Salmo mykiss, syn. Salmo purpuratus) marked with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called also black-spotted trout, cutthroat trout, and redthroat trout.
"Most twenty-somethings, however, are "treaders", who simply replicate the lessons of their poorer, less stable, non-voting and hands-off parents, but to worse effect." Young Americans Left Out in the Rain, The Economist, January 6, 2011.
Does it matter if friends you haven't seen in awhile horrify you with new faces that look pained when they smile if their hearts are still huge and filled with love? Is it important that my former gynecologist's sideline is in "designer vaginas" when she is such a kick-ass expert on women's homones? (The "designer vagina" and constant Botox promos rubbed me the wrong way so I found someone new, but maybe it's my loss.) ~
Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couché is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.
A genus of fetid badgers, of the family Mustelidæ and subfamily Melinæ.; including the stinking badger of Java, or Javanese skunk, M. javanensis or M. meliceps.
Unlike holiday lights, hoses can cause damage when left out all year: They can lead to freezing of the sillcock (outdoor faucet) or its water supply pipe.
sarra: I hope my comment about yarb and bilby (I was kidding!) doesn't discourage you from adding to this list. Go ahead and be punny. I welcome your contributions.
This term has not yet been assimilated into English. If it were English, this would be an acceptable way to say it. The pronunciation recorded below by Prolagus is indigenous. --(chelster, see pronunciations)
P.S. I miss skipvia (aka magnificent bastard). Good thing he's still around on Facebook. And Frindley, too. Where have all the Frindleys gone... long time passing... where have all the Frindleys gone... long time ago?
Is blood donation uncommon in Italy? Being CMV negative, I get frequent calls pleading with me to make apheresis donations. (I donate a lot of blood because CMV-negative donor blood is needed at children's hospital and hospices.)
(This isn't a case of a newspaper typo; perhaps her parents weren't familiar with the traditional spelling "Phyliss"):
Jackson County prosecutors alleged that Fhyliss F. Jackson rammed her SUV into another vehicle in the parking lot of a convenience store at Independence Avenue and Olive Street and then struck a gas pump, causing it to explode.
Yarb and the strange dog saluted one another, and then the active, thin-legged, slender-tongued Azor relinquished his licking of Yarb’s blunt jowl, licked... --Dead Souls
A demon who was said to collect all the fragments of words which the priests had skipped over or mutilated in the performance of the service, and to carry them to hell.
"Social networking technology has contributed to the spread of a new group activity: crop mobbing. In a modern-day equivalent of barn-raising, groups of young farmers and city-dwelling locavores descend on farms to offer their labor without expectation of compensation other than a hearty meal. They focus their efforts on family-owned organic farms. Not everyone is enthusiastic about the phenomenon:
Some dismiss crop mobs as urbanites playing at farming, a hands-on variation of the popular “Farmville” Facebook game. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, history professor at Iowa State University, likened crop mobs to “agricultural tourism.” “You go in, spend a nice weekend, get your fingers a little dirty. It’s nice but not a significant contribution to agriculture,” she said.
Supporters would vehemently disagree, noting that the experience offers networking for small farmers and an interesting experience for the “agricurious.” The phenomenon began two years ago in North Carolina, and has now spread to other states."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Former NBA star and Kansas City-area resident Manute Bol died Saturday after battling acute kidney failure and a serious skin condition (Stevens-Johnson Syndrome). Link.
In that year Snoop Dogg also pleaded no contest to gun and drugs charges in the United States and was barred from entering Australia after failing a character test...
(noun) A notable genus of grasshoppers, of the family Acridiidæ, containing such species as S. maculipennis. This is a common grasshopper in most parts of the United States, and resembles the hateful grasshopper or Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus) so closely that it has often been mistaken for the latter.
A fan recently sent me two coprolites. One is a cabochon and the other is in its unpolished state. I like the unpolished one better. Perhaps someday I'll even have some regurgitalite. One can at least hope!
I'm in love with this list. I know nothing about mineralogy, but it's fun to find a mineral that's not already listed -- as well as one that meets hernesheir's requirements. I looked up "enargite" before adding it!
A variety of hornblende picrite, characterized by the presence of a considerable amount of a peculiar micaceous mineral: it occurs in Achavarasdale Moor, near Loch Scye, in Caithness, on the border of Sutherland, Scotland.
I want to use the version that sounds better to you. I uploaded the first version, but amended it. The syndicate's server didn't pick it up initially, but it will eventually. I think I'll post both versions on my blog. Thank you for very much, telofy.
"Gould said he sees potting soil fires a handful of times each year in Independence. A fire department in Colorado started a campaign called, "Keep your butt out of the pot!"
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frogapplause commented on the list italian--2
Oh, great. Now I feel like yarb scum. Much love to you, juliefa. If you need any help with this list, Prolagus is a native speaker of Italian. And, yes, WELCOME!!!
June 9, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list italian--2
Italian only has 19 words? Prolagus must be using a lot of fuflun filler*
*nice tongue twister!
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word m͊
denasal (as with a headcold)
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word p\p\p
stutter (reiterated articulation)
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word s͢θ
slurred/sliding articulation
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word s͎
whistled
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word ǃ¡
a combined alveolar and sublaminal click or "cluck-click".
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word ¡
Sublaminal lower alveolar click (sucking tongue)
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word ʭ
Bidental percussive (gnashing teeth)
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word ʬ
bilabial percussive (smacking lips)
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word ʫ
Voiced central-plus-lateral alveolar fricative, ɮ͡z (a lisp)
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word ʪ
Voiceless central-plus-lateral alveolar fricative, ɬ͡s (a lisp)
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word ʩ
Velopharyngeal fricative (snoring sound; often occurs with a cleft palate)
June 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word moist ampersand
See pampersands.
June 6, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word I dislike ampersands
It's short-cut symbols and words that I dislike. If it's part of title or business (Noodles & Co.) that's fine, but I dislike seeing it inserted in a sentence just for convenience sake.
A pampersand is a moist ampersand.
June 6, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list found-in-pairs
crutches, kidneys, knitting needles, tusks... More here.
June 6, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word treechange
Thanks!
June 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word whaling
See spear phishing.
June 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word spear phishing
"...the most common targets are government agencies and senior managers and executives; the spear phishing of such big game is commonly referred to as “whaling.”
The New York Times,
June 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word marechal
A kind of powder used for the hair in the eighteenth century.
June 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word cœur
In heraldry, the heart of the shield, otherwise called the center or fesse-point.
June 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word treechange
(Australia) A movement of people from cities to the countryside.
June 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word memristors
short for memory resistors.
June 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word I dislike ampersands
Yes, I dislike ampersands & I avoid using them at every opportunity.
June 2, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word peavey
It's hard to visualize these tools without photos.
June 2, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word moteur
1. A person who is motor-minded (which see).
I understand the motor-minded part. What does "which see" mean? (see definition)
June 2, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word peavey
A lumberman's cant-hook having a strong spike at the end.
A stout lever from 5 to 7 feet long, fitted at the larger end with a metal socket and pike, and a curved steel hook which works on a bolt: used in handling logs, especially in driving. A peavey differs from a cant-hook in having a pike instead of a toe-ring and lip at the end.
June 2, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list wordlist-wordoperation-test--5
Testing! Testing! I would to be a part of this test, too.
June 1, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list things-that-get-way-more-fun-when-you-add-a-p-to-them
brillipant list.
May 30, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word lesser-known proofreading marks
@sionnach. How did you find out about Vlad?
May 27, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word lesser-known proofreading marks
hork is conspicuously missing from this list.
May 27, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word lesser-known proofreading marks
z-z-z-z (delete; no one cares)
More here.
May 27, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word puerarchy
Thanks, rolig!
May 27, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word puerarchy
What is the origin for puer? Meaning?
May 26, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word childrenswear
Found via random search.
Children should not swear!
May 26, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word jackfruit
bilby: dried jackfruit here!
(I've never tasted it fresh or canned, just dried.)
May 24, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word ideat
The (metaphysical?) definition for this word is over my head.
May 24, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word nuchshlepper
A nuchshlepper is someone who tags along behind you—a toady, a hanger-on.
— The Wall Street Journal, “Sharing the Chutzpah” link.
May 24, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list important-concepts-i-learned-from-watching-m-a-s-h
Hawkeye: I've never seen you wear those.
BJ: Oh, I never do. If you wear 'em, they get dirty.
If I keep washing 'em, they stay clean forever.
They're actually just to remind me of better times.
Database of Movie Dialogs.
May 23, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word wordkill
Like roadkill, only wordier.
May 19, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word can you id this wordnik
I hope you weren't waiting behind a bush with thorns.
May 17, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word can you id this wordnik
No, but I can ego and super-ego this wordnik.
May 17, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word whilst
I like that the -t (of whilst, amongst, and amidst) is referred to as a parasitic t.
May 16, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word whilst
Where's an Australian when we need one? They always seem to be around when we don't need them!
May 14, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list pregnant-with-possibilities-including-complications
I agree with you, c_b. I find many of these conditions interesting, too. I'm intrigued by all things medical.
May 14, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word meconium
Meconium is normally stored in the infant's intestines until after birth, but sometimes (often in response to fetal distress) it is expelled into the amniotic fluid prior to birth, or during labor. If the baby then inhales the contaminated fluid, respiratory problems may occur.
See Meconium Aspiration Syndrome".
When a woman's water breaks, it should be fairly clear. If it's greenish or dark... that's an indication that meconium is present (meconium staining). This requires a doctor's attention.
May 14, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word white-anting
Good one, Pro.
May 14, 2011
frogapplause commented on the user whossawhatsit
SPAM
May 14, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word white-anting
That makes perfect sense. Thanks.
May 14, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word windpants
Gone with the Windpants.
May 14, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word whilst
It sounds pretentious to me. I don't like amongst or amidst, either.
May 14, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word white-anting
(Australia, colloquial) The act of bringing down from within; undermining.
White ants? I don't understand this colloquialism at all.
May 13, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
List of actors who played Santa Claus
List of chess openings named after people
List of kidney stone formers
List of cases of penis removal
May 10, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word ghaita
a type of bagpipe played in Algeria.
May 10, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word sruti upanga
a bagpipe of Tamil Nadu primarily used for drone accompaniment
May 10, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word mashak
a bagpipe of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The term is also used for the Highland pipes which have displaced the traditional bagpipe over time, such as the masak-been
May 10, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word titti
a Telugu bagpipe of Adhra Pradesh
May 10, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
How about a bouk instead?
May 10, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word smopple
This sounds like another good nickname for John. Good thing I have a list for it!
May 6, 2011
frogapplause commented on the user mollusque
I found a few additional words for your Monovocalic list. It's becoming harder to find new words!
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
@yarb. You're right! Last time several people thought you were the stripper, and this time sionnach was convinced that you were afraid of bodysnatchers (mortsafe). In the future, if a word looks like it's for yarb -- IT'S ME!!!!!
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
So true, yarb! I'll have to add mortsafe to my Tools of the Trade.
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
List of sportspeople who died during their careers
link
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word halbard
A long pole weapon, usually with an axe blade, a long spike (which could be relatively short for stabbing, or made long and edged like a sword blade), and a backspike. Used widely and to great effect against cavalry by the Swiss before they shifted to the pike.
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word gipon
(heraldry). Variation of the pourpoint in the second part of the fourteenth century, with padded chest, buttons in front. It was supported with long, close fitting sleeves.
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word cuirbouilli
Leather hardened by boiling it several times either in water, or in oil, or in wax.
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word cinqueda
A very large dagger with a wide triangular blade. Extremely popular in 15-16th-century Italy.
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word bill
A pole weapon with a large chopping head, and often with a hook and backspike. Characteristically used by English infantry.
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word poleyne
Plate defense for the knee.
via Glossary of Heraldic Terms.
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word hérigaut
A coat-like garment, cut in front, with long, loose sleeves, which had two-three stripes around their armhole, made of different colored cloth.
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word houce
A long cloak, derived from the thirteenth-century garnache. It was often furred and had two characteristically "tongues" of a different colored cloth at the neck.
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word viretoni
Large crossbow bolt (14th century).
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word jambard
(heraldry) greaves/jambard: Plate pieces to protect the lower leg, usually in front, then later in back as well.
via Glossary of Heraldic Terms.
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
The definition mentions a crescent, which is only a half moon, right?
May 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Our little shiny Latvian moon.
May 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
I matched Erin with calepinerienne (and I was the FIRST to do so!) because the word looks classy and feminine, which I imagine Erin to be. Her dress-a-day project was something I considered.
I chose lunette for ruzuzu because it also appears feminine, but mostly I picked it because it was one of the first words gangerh listed ... and I knew ruzuzu was overeager to enter!
My other two correct guesses were just random good luck.
As for my own word, mortsafe: Wordies who were privy to some of the details of my childhood, might have guessed my need to feel safe. It also makes sense if one knows (from my blog) that I currently have a Russian bodyguard named Vlad.
May 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
GIRL POWER!!!
May 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list funny-baby-names
What's funny about Graham? It's lovely!
May 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list youll-never-hork-alone
Haha!!!
May 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word stepped on a little frog
frogkiller!
May 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word tooly
Love it!
May 3, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word missing white woman syndrome
Missing white woman syndrome (MWWS) or missing pretty girl syndrome is a vernacular term for the disproportionately greater degree of coverage in television, radio, newspaper and magazine reporting of a misfortune, most often a missing person case, involving a young, attractive, white, middle-class (or above) woman or girl.
link. See also link.
May 3, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list complex-emotion--single-word
dukkha
May 3, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word accidie
A state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world.
May 3, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list complex-emotion--single-word
hikikomori: a Japanese term to refer to the phenomenon of reclusive people who have chosen to withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement because of various personal and social factors in their lives.
May 3, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word panickburns
This is camelry, this is floodens, this is the solphereens in action, this is their mobbily, this is panickburns.
— Finnegans Wake
May 3, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list complex-emotion--single-word
In Hopi, the word koyaanisqatsi means "crazy life, life in turmoil, life out of balance, life disintegrating, a state of life that calls for another way of living.
May 3, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list monovocalics
aaa: swakara, campagna, haphtara, parasha, rakshasa
aaaa: atalaya
eee: bergere, pensee, jerreed, mestee
eeee: peebeen
iii: wistiti
ooo: pocoson, rotolo
May 2, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word sand boil
The mayor of a small southern Illinois city threatened by two swollen rivers ordered all residents to leave by midnight Saturday because a "sand boil," an area where river water was seeping up through the ground behind the levee, had become dangerously large.
link
May 1, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list real-last-names-that-look-like-compound-nouns
I confimed all of the names I listed via whitepages.com. Drinkwater and Stonecipher were the last names of people I once knew.
April 29, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list real-last-names-that-look-like-compound-nouns
Yep. Look it up at whitepages.com
April 29, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word colobolo
A tropical hardwood of the ree Dalbergia retusa from Central America.
April 29, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list monovocalics
aaaa: caragana, sasarara, takamaka
eeee: teleseme, yestereve
oooo: colobolo, hooroo
uuu: urubus
April 29, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list lost-for-word
Ah, the Incredible Mr. Limpet!
link
April 29, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list lost-for-word
If this is a serious request (and not just for fun), perhaps you should ask chelster.
April 29, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list lost-for-word
Perhaps a lapidarist or a lapidist (an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them) is too specific.
April 29, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list lost-for-word
I know a psychopharmacist (a PharmD with certification in psychoactive drugs) whose name is Dr. Stoner.
April 29, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word artitact
Exellent!
April 28, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word anagram
There's a Wordnik jail now, so just be careful.
Go to jail. Go directly to jail..
April 28, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Who's holding up the works? C'mon, stragglers.
April 28, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word Tooti
Watch this, bilby. The Tooti(e) character is Kim Fields.
link.
April 28, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word Tootie
See Tooti.
April 28, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word Tooti
Oops. It's actually spelled Tootie. Make sure this is noted on the birth certificate, c_b.
April 28, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word Tooti
You're darn tootin' it is!
April 28, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list warung-ponsel
SPAMMER
April 28, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word peacockishly
pavonian
April 27, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
I want a front row seat for that dirty, rotten cheater's perp walk!
April 27, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
Well, frindley is friendly, P_U.
April 27, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word hidradenitis
Inflammation of the sweat glands.
April 26, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
oroboros included himself but skipped me!!! All manner of umbrage is taken.
April 26, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word enigmatology
Max Cannon, the linguist and cartoonist who creates "Read Meat", once told me that if he were ever trapped in an elevator with someone, he'd want that someone to be Will Shortz.
April 26, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word excitotoxin
Too much excitement is toxic. Everyone knows that! Sheesh.
April 26, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word tarof
It actually means more than this.
April 25, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
If ruzuzu turns out to be lunette, I guessed first -- even before she listed it herself!
As for bilby, I think he's just pouting because several people think that he's a slopseller. Pro is always the hardest for me to figure out.
April 24, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
bilby-slopseller
blafferty-systematic
chained_bear-hidelugged
dontcry-emordnilap
erinmckean-calepinerienne
fbharjo-boggy
frindley-queasy
gangerh-sinistral
hernesheir-chrestomathic
mollusque-ascian
oroboros-balsamaceous
PossibleUnderscore-playful
Prolagus-od
pterodactyl-distingue
reesetee-wodge
ruzuzu-lunette
seanahan-prodigal
sionnach-panda
Wordnicolina-mortsafe
Wordplayer-present
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April 24, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word delightsomely
The magic of random word search.
April 24, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list identify-the-wordienik
When I post my guesses for "Identify the Wordienik!!", all the words I assign to other people will be crossed off as guesses for my word!! I'm wondering if anyone is planning to pair their word (a sacrifice!) with another player's name in order to be tricky. Oh hecko. I'm just going to do what I did last time... put all the words in a hat.
April 23, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word sandwich brim
(This cap) features a black crown with the Y print, a neon pink underbill with a glow in the dark sandwich brim.
via link.
April 21, 2011
frogapplause commented on the user ruzuzu
Thank you. Punctuation meltdown averted.
April 21, 2011
frogapplause commented on the user ruzuzu
Since this is for tomorrow's FA, I'll have Vlad send you an email (at the address he has in his contacts, okay?)
April 21, 2011
frogapplause commented on the user ruzuzu
Beautiful! Thanks. (Are you, by chance, an editor? I'm currently in the middle of a punctuation crisis!)
April 21, 2011
frogapplause commented on the user ruzuzu
ruzuzu: Kindly translate "I can't sleep" into Latvian.
April 21, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word wordnikstack
I was torn: wordienikstack or wordnikstack. Fortunately, I didn't go with wordnikcluster.
April 21, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word wordnikstack
The choice probably has something to do with whether you're on the bottom.
April 21, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word wordnikstack
My latest barbarism. See gasometer.
April 21, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word wordnikstack
A stack or conical pile of Wordniks in the open air.
April 21, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word castrato
plural: castrati
April 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list english-sans-frontiers
Great list!
April 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word moroon
Yes! I see you figured it out.
April 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list english-sans-frontiers
pappajoseph: it can be a bit confusing at first, but kindly leave your definition within the word itself instead of in the comments section below your list.
Click here for maroon.
Someone else can probably offer a clearer explanation, but I tried!
April 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word for reals that's permanente
I wasn't allowed to include the question (?) mark.
This box appears when one wishes to delete a comment.
April 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word for reals that's permanente
April 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list the-hatelist
at the end of the day.
April 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word gasometer
That thing looks like the water tank in Petticoat Junction.
link
April 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word gasometer
I'm guessing duckobill is a monstrosity, too.
April 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word fetch
nautical sausages!
April 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word gasometer
Reading this page makes me doubt whether English is my first language.
Gasometer? Trannie? Footy?
April 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word fulign
How sad. Four years have passed and oroboros is still waiting for an answer...
April 18, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word typosquatters
wordnek, wrodnik, wornik...
April 18, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word typosquatters
Taking advantage of the fact that millions of online users mistype addresses of websites they intend to visit, typosquatters register common misspelled versions of popular sites and make money by displaying ads.
April 18, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word brimming
The gleam exhibited at night by a school of herrings.
April 18, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word saucepants
Love it!
April 18, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word mykiss
A salmon (Salmo mykiss, syn. Salmo purpuratus) marked with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called also black-spotted trout, cutthroat trout, and redthroat trout.
April 18, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word unhood
(falconry, transitive) To remove the hood from (a falcon).
April 18, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word mothing
Haha!!
April 18, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word mothing
Most of the examples of this word are just misspellings/typos of nothing.
April 17, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word ringfence
France urges EU to freeze spending - but ringfence agriculture
link
April 16, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list bees
geography bee
April 16, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
People executed by flaying
link.
April 14, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
List of U.S. Cities with Diacritics
link.
April 13, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word treaders
"Most twenty-somethings, however, are "treaders", who simply replicate the lessons of their poorer, less stable, non-voting and hands-off parents, but to worse effect." Young Americans Left Out in the Rain, The Economist, January 6, 2011.
April 12, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word jue
(Chinese: 爵; pinyin: jué) is a bronze tripod goblet or beaker used to serve or warm wine.
April 9, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word bluey
Is the guy on the label even wearing a bluey?
April 7, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word interictal
Between epileptic seizures
April 7, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word starshine
"A long paragraph is like a day of making love: lollygag, twine, tease, tense, breathe, push, pull, withhold, surrender, starshine, release."--Unknown
April 6, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word designer vaginas
Does it matter if friends you haven't seen in awhile horrify you with new faces that look pained when they smile if their hearts are still huge and filled with love? Is it important that my former gynecologist's sideline is in "designer vaginas" when she is such a kick-ass expert on women's homones? (The "designer vagina" and constant Botox promos rubbed me the wrong way so I found someone new, but maybe it's my loss.) ~
April 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word yutu
A species of tinamou, found in Peru.
April 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word yoh
An ancient Chinese reed, shaped like a flute but shorter, having three to seven holes, and played with one hand.
April 2, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word I think to myself
Haha. Excellent!
March 22, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word italomania
I suffer from prolagusmania. It's a good feeling.
March 22, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word viny
Is this an alternate spelling?
March 17, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word jerrybuilt crapitecture
I've seen plenty.
March 17, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word coelom
Snails collect their metabolic wastes in the coelom - which has been reduced to a sac surrounding the heart.
March 16, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word boisterous
Gotcha. It's clear to me now. Thanks.
March 16, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word boisterous
In what way does this word sound edible? (See mollusque's list Not Edible.)
March 15, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list not-edible
Excellent!
March 15, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word sushirrito
See here.
March 15, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word grapefruits
Isn't grapefruit a non-count noun? (Not a swipe at you, Pro. I'm asking for myself.)
March 13, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word ono
(Hawaiian) good-tasting, delicious.
March 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word pimiento load
Heehee!!!
March 8, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word couché
Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couché is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.
I need to study up on heraldry.
March 7, 2011
frogapplause commented on the user 100001841467980
Talk about nerve!
March 7, 2011
frogapplause commented on the user dontcry
I just saw bilby raining down, too.
March 7, 2011
frogapplause commented on the user feedback
There's probably a word for them, but I coined my own: rainbars.
March 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the user dontcry
Wow. One of the rainbars had "dontcry" written on it.
March 5, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word verrucous
warty
March 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word unch
(crossword puzzles) An unchecked square: one that is part of only one entry (i.e., across or down, but not both).
I still don't understand. What is an "unchecked square"? I need a picture.
March 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word boomshakalaka
boomshakalaka bucket of teh alsome.
March 4, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word conch
There are two pronunciations included for this word, including the one this story considered incorrect. link.
March 3, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
Mausoleums as housing... reminded me of people who live in flood tunnels.
link.
March 3, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word poudrette
A manure prepared from night-soil dried and mixed with charcoal, gypsum.
March 3, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word misper
a missing person
March 3, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word homosexuality
A source of amusement?!
What year was this published, Pro?
March 2, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word the udder one
Why does a milking stool only have 3 legs? Because the cow has...
March 2, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word Italians don't blink
Poor Prolagus.
link.
March 1, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word epiphragm
I like this word!
March 1, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word bolo-tie-meter
Ha!
February 26, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word knitmeter
I wish I knew how to knit, so I could justify having a knitmeter!
link.
February 25, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
List of paraphilias, list of unusual deaths
February 25, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list isograms
hepatotoxic
February 21, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word Zeitgeist
Are we Commies now? Why does Wordnik hate freedom?
February 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word bag mark
Hmm. I always thought it had something to do with Ruth Buzzi and Arte Johnson.
link.
February 19, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list clueless-wordniks-who-will-never-create-a-word-a-day-list-for-anyones-amusement
I am what I am.
February 19, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word Zeitgeist
I don't give a foutra anymore.
February 19, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word sandwich police
Yes, they do exist.
link.
February 16, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word sustainism
Ass Unit-ism is an anagram for sustainism. There are others: Tsunami Sis, Mist is Anus....
February 2, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list strange-pennsylvania-place-names
Are these names of cities only?
January 20, 2011
frogapplause commented on the list correctly-spelled-words-that-look-like-a-misspellings-of-other-words
Wow.
January 1, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word Peculiar
Peculiar is a city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The town motto is, appropriately enough, "Where the 'odds' are with you."
November 29, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Brad Pitt
Born in Oklahoma: raised in Missouri
November 26, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word mother of vinegar
1. See 4th Mother.
Okay, I looked up "4th Mother". Nothing.
November 26, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word pinchboxing
An honorable marital art.
November 16, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user bilby
What comes after a bilby?
A trilby.
October 31, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word mydaus
A genus of fetid badgers, of the family Mustelidæ and subfamily Melinæ.; including the stinking badger of Java, or Javanese skunk, M. javanensis or M. meliceps.
Fetid badgers? Stinking badgers?
October 28, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user luciyahelan
Shut the hell up.
October 28, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list things-my-twenty-pound-dog-has-eaten
Yep.
October 27, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list things-my-twenty-pound-dog-has-eaten
I laughed at the package of dried ramen.
October 27, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word rally to restore sanity
KEEP FEAR ALIVE!
KEEP FEAR ALIVE!
October 27, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word sillcock
Unlike holiday lights, hoses can cause damage when left out all year: They can lead to freezing of the sillcock (outdoor faucet) or its water supply pipe.
October 27, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word fruit elevator
How to dispense healthy snacks from a vending machine: design a fruit elevator.
The big push for vending machines to sell healthier snacks has overlooked something: It isn't easy for a machine to deliver an unbruised banana.
--The Great Banana Challenge.
October 24, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word truffle-dog
The truffle fly is informed by the sense of smell of the points favourable to its maternal plans; it has the talents of the truffle-dog, and ...
(I thought pigs were the trufflers of choice)
October 21, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list song-starters
I'm a frosted lemon coward
October 19, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list song-starters
achy breaky heart
October 19, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word yufu
A fabric made from the bark of the paper-mulberry tree.
October 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list two-word-poems
Why in the anti-heaven is bilby getting credit for MY list??? (Is it because I abandoned this list, and he breastfed it back to health?)
October 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word thnik
wrodnik
October 16, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user Telofy
I've been enjoying the narration of this German poem:
Lied Vom Kindsein.
October 16, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word thnik
I thikn this is teh alsome.
October 15, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word know-nothingism
The doctrines or principles of the Know-nothings.
October 9, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word lighthousekeeping
Inadequate housekeeping or tending to a lighthouse?
October 9, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word picking up black walnuts
Hmm. I didn't know that black walnut trees grow in Italy.
"While its primary native region is the midwest and east central United States, the black walnut was introduced into Europe in 1629."
October 9, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word subblurbs
Usually the main blurb is given to the most famous of the authors providing comments, and the remainder of the authors are consigned to the subblurbs.
October 8, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word theurgy
Is this white magic?
October 8, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user ruzuzu
I've been to Latvia!
October 8, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word the George Clooney of noodles
Hahaha!
October 7, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user frogapplause
The "Wordie Loves Me" page on Facebook is dying of neglect and loneliness.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12682475295
October 7, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word have you horked today
This word set off a hork attack for me: dogtoberfest
October 6, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word rock melon
cantaloupe. Read bilby's funny 'rock melon' story here.
October 5, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list not-to-do-list
sarra: I hope my comment about yarb and bilby (I was kidding!) doesn't discourage you from adding to this list. Go ahead and be punny. I welcome your contributions.
October 1, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list exit-strategy
the last roundup
October 1, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user oroboros
T: Send aviation-related blog fun to Vlad.~T.
October 1, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word you're something of a hotdog, aren't you
Pogsurf's pronunciation is interesting. It's as though he's channeling Kirk Douglas.
And, kewpid, your pronunciation is perfectly fine. Don't mess with perfectly fine.
September 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list not-to-do-list
This is MY list? I don't even remember creating it... I probably (and wisely) abandoned it after bilby and yarb listjacked it.
Not To-Do List: Don't abandon your lists.
September 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user frogapplause
Fool's gold.
September 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word casu marzu
This term has not yet been assimilated into English. If it were English, this would be an acceptable way to say it. The pronunciation recorded below by Prolagus is indigenous. --(chelster, see pronunciations)
Would you like some indigenous nudity with your casu marTzu, Pro?
September 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word balut
September 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word where have all the Frindleys gone
See casu marzu
September 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word casu marzu
P.S. I miss skipvia (aka magnificent bastard). Good thing he's still around on Facebook. And Frindley, too. Where have all the Frindleys gone... long time passing... where have all the Frindleys gone... long time ago?
September 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word casu marzu
Did you eat your casu marzu on carasau, asativum? I would love to visit Sardinia.
September 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word amphitheater
An eater of amphiths
September 29, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word oof
Add an extra "o" if you'd like to add oomph to your ooof, Proo.
September 29, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word orthostichy
ostrich orthodontics
September 29, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word a good day to be a wombat... but not a bilby
Wow. Who knew?
September 24, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word a good day to be a wombat... but not a bilby
1. Kindly cite one or more sources to back up your claim that there is no rabies in Australia.
2. Leave my mutated lovebits out of this. L'amore è cieco!
3. Why do you hate ☮?
September 24, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word fuch
fog + smoke??
September 24, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word dungfork
Not to be confused with the dungspork.
September 24, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word a good day to be a wombat... but not a bilby
I say, sh☮☮t first... determine bilby rabidity later.
September 24, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word a good day to be a wombat... but not a bilby
I'd like to donate something, perhaps eight Monopoly® dollars, to the Bilby Awareness Organization (BAO).
September 23, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word a good day to be a wombat... but not a bilby
link
September 23, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word apheresis
Thanks!
September 19, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word apheretically
See apheresis.
September 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word apheresis
I still want to know if it's possible to use it as an adverb.
September 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word apheresis
The only way to learn anything around here is to ask questions. Is it possible to say, "I gave blood apheresisly/apheresically??" (sp?)
September 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list the-state-that-i-am-in
Is blood donation uncommon in Italy? Being CMV negative, I get frequent calls pleading with me to make apheresis donations. (I donate a lot of blood because CMV-negative donor blood is needed at children's hospital and hospices.)
September 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word cheese-flavored juice
See here.
September 17, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word bruschetta
I like Pro's pronunciation best! It is an Italian word, no?!
*smirking at the thought of Pro going home and saying (broo-SKET-uh) in front of family and friends*
September 17, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word pane carasau
My bread post was for you, Pro.♥
September 17, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word pane carasau
also known as carta di musica. See how it's made here.
September 17, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Fhyliss
Oops. Thanks, mollusque. How ironic of me to goof up Phyllis myself! Sheesh.
September 16, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word skiagram
A picture or photograph made up of shadows or outlines.
How about a skipviagram?!!
September 15, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Fhyliss
(This isn't a case of a newspaper typo; perhaps her parents weren't familiar with the traditional spelling "Phyliss"):
Jackson County prosecutors alleged that Fhyliss F. Jackson rammed her SUV into another vehicle in the parking lot of a convenience store at Independence Avenue and Olive Street and then struck a gas pump, causing it to explode.
--The Kansas City Star, Sept. 14, 2010.
September 15, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word cumflummixed
Madeupical or not, I like the sound of this word.
September 15, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user chelster
I also own a couple of your books. Kindly start an open list where we can add pronunciation requests.
September 15, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user oroboros
Thanks, T. I used it. Much appreciated.
September 15, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word anatedaephobia
The fear of being watched by a duck.
What, then, is the word for the fear of being watched by a duck wearing a dog's mask? See photo.
September 14, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user jcepillow
Haha. Thanks, Jonathan. That wolf ticket *would* look swell next to my egg license. You have a great memory! list.
September 14, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word barf
The word in Persian for "snow" does not sound like "barf" (to throw up.)
Listen to pronunciation.
September 6, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word placebo button
Thanks for the article link, bilb. I love stuff like this.
September 6, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word I am bereft of bravado... but not avocado dip
*whimpering*
September 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word I am bereft of bravado... but not avocado dip
bilby, dear. Would you kindly record a pronunciation for this?
September 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list ♫-♞-dingd-wings-ⅺ™
Thanks, David! You're funny.
September 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list ♚-magic-king-♚
Since I can't edit my comment (for whatever reason!), just know that I was thinking about llamas when I wrote the word llist. llama llist
September 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list ♚-magic-king-♚
Is there a Wordnik llist that contains fun wingdings like the crown above?
September 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word frogs
Are you mad at me, Pro?
September 2, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word rare
I'd like to see this rare Chinese character: link.
September 2, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word BFF
bilby forges futhorks
August 31, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list my-everending-words----3
Why does bilby hate children AND freedom?
August 31, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user feedback
john: please zap this Prolagus person. S/he looks like a spammer.
August 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user frogapplause
digit-sum embarrassment
August 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user frogapplause
I'm not sure, but I think ruzuzu has the largest digit sum with the fewest letters. (bilby, on the other hand, is a digit-sum embarrassment.)
August 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user Telofy
I'm not sure if it's possible, Telofy, but I think I love you even more than I did before! ♥
August 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user feedback
Did bilby break Wordnik AGAIN?!
August 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user Telofy
Why the cap T, telofy? Are you pulling rank on us?
August 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word interrobang
If the interrobang could go back in time: here.
August 23, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word chin-fly
Not by the hair of my chinny-chin chin-fly.
August 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word sackbut
That's the part I liked, too!
August 7, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word sackbut
How to hold a sackbut here. See also sagbut.
August 7, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list crash-blossoms
dog eats man's big toe, saves his life
here
August 5, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word cilantro
The funniest (and most unexpected) use of the word cilantro I've seen so far.
cilantro.
August 5, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word persis
A kind of coloring matter obtained from lichens.
August 5, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word bankrupture
My first thought: This is a madeupical word. I was wrong.
August 5, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user ruzuzu
ruzuzu is a Wordnik gem! She posts a lot because she has a lot to offer. We love her.
August 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Bob's your uncle
Bob is my uncle: Robert L. Adams.
August 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list words-that-can-be-spelled-on-an-upside-down-calculator
Your Wiki link helped! Thanks, ruzi.
August 2, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list words-that-can-be-spelled-on-an-upside-down-calculator
I must be a moron. I don't understand this list.
August 2, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user oroboros
T: I'm confused about these watches. Kindly explain.~T.
August 2, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word umbrella
☂ ☂ ☂ ☂☂ ☂ ☂ ☂☂ ☂ ☂ ☂
August 2, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word beetle-crusher
A large foot.
July 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word butyrometer
An apparatus for ascertaining the amount of butter-fat in milk.
July 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word anuretic
- inability to urinate.
- lacking a tail, especially applied to frog.
July 27, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word rump-fed
Fed on offal or scraps from the kitchen (according to Nares, fed, or fattened, in the rump; fat-bottomed).
July 27, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user mollusque
July 27, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word tongue-bang
To scold heartily.
July 27, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user coinoperatedgirl
Great Wordnik name!
July 27, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word oreography
The study of Oreo cookies. See also orography
July 26, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word braincase
When I hear braincase, I picture a bookcase stocked with jars of pickled brains.
July 26, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word billyo
Look at that billyo of bilbyo dungo!
July 24, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word puddling-machine
What?! This isn't a toilet?
July 23, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user hernesheir
Fascinating, hernesheir. Thank you!
July 23, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user hernesheir
Do you know what produces this color of rock? link.
July 23, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Dast-e shoma dard nakone
Persian: "May your hands not hurt". A common expression of gratitude when someone provides you with something (food, transportation, etc.)
July 22, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Khaste naboshi
Persian: "May you not be tired". Said to someone who has returned home (from working) or who has completed a task.
July 22, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word braincase
I can't get the word "brainpan" out of my head. Seriously. It's like a bad song stuck there.
July 21, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user Telofy
✿
July 21, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word telodynamic
telofydynamic!
July 21, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word i want your blades to slash my love lawn, baby
Still brilliant! I'm officially stealing this.
July 21, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word araneophagic
Is there a word for eating urban-legend spiders?
link.
July 21, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word 10 ways people have gotten rich exploiting bilby power
Haha!
July 19, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user oroboros
T: My turtle-balls are working just fine; they just don't like you!~T.
July 19, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word shittlecock
John Hall, who entered the College in 1646, recommended "shittlecock" as fit for students -- "it requires a nimble arme with quick and waking eye."
—St. Johns College, Cambridge
July 19, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word phelophepa
"Phelophepa" means good, clean health - and the train clinic is a sponsored service covering four provinces over a period of 36 weeks.
—ANC Daily News Briefing
July 19, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word slender-tongued
I found this passage in the Examples.
July 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list movies-in-my-pants
I like this. I've seen variations of this idea applied to song titles too.
July 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word slender-tongued
Yarb and the strange dog saluted one another, and then the active, thin-legged, slender-tongued Azor relinquished his licking of Yarb’s blunt jowl, licked... --Dead Souls
July 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word tutivillus
A demon who was said to collect all the fragments of words which the priests had skipped over or mutilated in the performance of the service, and to carry them to hell.
July 15, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word spam art
Found recently at the end of a spam email:
’╭⌒╮⌒╮.’,”’,,’,.”,,’,”,.
╱◥██◣”o’,”’,,’,.”.”,,’,.
｜田｜田田│ ”,,’,.’,”’,,’,.”
╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬
July 12, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word C LOOPSEEND
mystery revealed here.
July 10, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word chab
red-bellied woodpecker
July 10, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word autoschediaze
There are no examples for this word. Anybody?
July 10, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user mollusque
July 9, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Candwich
Haha! Ruzuzu added this to Mandles, Candles for Men. Brilliant move, ru!
July 9, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word yote
New word for me.
July 7, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word puccoon
A word that rhymes with raccoon.
July 5, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word tranka
A long cylindrical box balanced and juggled with by the feet of an acrobat.
July 5, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word GABAergic
This helps to explain the medication Gabapentin.
July 5, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list b-marshallese-terms-b
"jo" means muddy or goatfish. Byron Bender helped me with some Marshallese words several years ago. Dialect unknown, sorry. See here.
July 4, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word kanonagtigt
cannon-like?
June 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word gingerbread-plum
Shoot! Every photo I've found so far is made of cookies.
June 29, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word gingerbread-plum
The fruit of the gingerbread-tree, Parinarium macrophyllum.
(Wow. I need to find a photo of this tree!)
June 29, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user oroboros
Thanks, Tom.
June 29, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user hernesheir
Do paleobotanists study coprolite? See here. Is there anything of interest for you to share about coprolite?
June 28, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word crop mobbing
"Social networking technology has contributed to the spread of a new group activity: crop mobbing. In a modern-day equivalent of barn-raising, groups of young farmers and city-dwelling locavores descend on farms to offer their labor without expectation of compensation other than a hearty meal. They focus their efforts on family-owned organic farms. Not everyone is enthusiastic about the phenomenon:
Some dismiss crop mobs as urbanites playing at farming, a hands-on variation of the popular “Farmville” Facebook game. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, history professor at Iowa State University, likened crop mobs to “agricultural tourism.” “You go in, spend a nice weekend, get your fingers a little dirty. It’s nice but not a significant contribution to agriculture,” she said.
Supporters would vehemently disagree, noting that the experience offers networking for small farmers and an interesting experience for the “agricurious.” The phenomenon began two years ago in North Carolina, and has now spread to other states."
link.
June 25, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word constructive theft
?
June 20, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Former NBA Star Manute Bol Dies.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Former NBA star and Kansas City-area resident Manute Bol died Saturday after battling acute kidney failure and a serious skin condition (Stevens-Johnson Syndrome). Link.
June 20, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word character test
In that year Snoop Dogg also pleaded no contest to gun and drugs charges in the United States and was barred from entering Australia after failing a character test...
via here.
What's an Australian character test?! Must one know the entire alphabet? What?!!
June 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word my boobs aren't perky
manboobs = moobs
June 17, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list crash-blossoms
Mile-long trail of manatee poop forces beach closure
Link here.
June 17, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word stenobothrus
(noun) A notable genus of grasshoppers, of the family Acridiidæ, containing such species as S. maculipennis. This is a common grasshopper in most parts of the United States, and resembles the hateful grasshopper or Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus) so closely that it has often been mistaken for the latter.
The hateful grasshopper?!
June 16, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word windolet
(noun) A false spelling of windowlet.
What's the difference between a false spelling and a misspelling?
June 16, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list crash-blossoms
Excellent! Hilarious list.
June 15, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user rolig
I miss rolig.
June 15, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word pewter
Nice glossary of pewter terms here.
June 15, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word scoundreldom
Wordnikdom?
June 15, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word cowleeching
I wonder if it's too late for me to take up cowleeching. I think I'd make a fine cowleecher.
June 13, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word mallagong
bilby: pronounce, please.
June 11, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word verjuice
gureh
June 11, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word humbrella
See also drumbrella
June 11, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word coprolite
A fan recently sent me two coprolites. One is a cabochon and the other is in its unpolished state. I like the unpolished one better. Perhaps someday I'll even have some regurgitalite. One can at least hope!
June 11, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list minerals-and-mineralogy
I'm in love with this list. I know nothing about mineralogy, but it's fun to find a mineral that's not already listed -- as well as one that meets hernesheir's requirements. I looked up "enargite" before adding it!
June 11, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word drumbrella
aka rain drum.
June 11, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user Prolagus
Camera Obscura? Do I have a post with that title?
June 10, 2010
frogapplause commented on the list minerals-and-mineralogy
I added scyelite. I visited the sites you mentioned (IMA, etc), but I was never able to figure out if scyelite is an approved mineral.
June 8, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word trichophagia
I was wondering the same thing, possibleunderscore. How is this done?
By the way, my definition came from the Wordnik definitions page.
June 8, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word trichophagia
(The habit of biting off the ends of the hairs of the beard or mustache.)
Why just the beard or moustache? What about the hair on one's head?
June 8, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user chained_bear
June 8, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word scyelite
A variety of hornblende picrite, characterized by the presence of a considerable amount of a peculiar micaceous mineral: it occurs in Achavarasdale Moor, near Loch Scye, in Caithness, on the border of Sutherland, Scotland.
June 7, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word specter candle
What is a specter candle?
June 7, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word gilding
Why isn't this word "gilting"?
(noun The art or process of applying gilt to a surface.)
June 7, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word humbrella
HH: Teehee! Good one.
June 7, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word nuclear
Tell it to the judge, bilby.
June 7, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word fawaffle
falafel + waffle
recipe
June 5, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word my boobs aren't perky
Pro, are you saying that the Italian "translate to" translation is painfully incorrect?
June 4, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word toxic paint
McDonald's recalls millions of Shrek glasses
A potentially toxic chemical is found in the paint on the drinkware promoting a new movie.
--Yahoo headline
(It sounds like toxic chemicals are promoting a new movie.)
June 4, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word my boobs aren't perky
My eyes see "electricblue", but my mind says... this sentence has reesetee's name written all over it.
June 4, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word spelling bee protest
link
June 4, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user frogapplause
June 4, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user Telofy
I want to use the version that sounds better to you. I uploaded the first version, but amended it. The syndicate's server didn't pick it up initially, but it will eventually. I think I'll post both versions on my blog. Thank you for very much, telofy.
June 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user Telofy
I reworded my gag because I thought it would be easier to translate!
"Now you see me, now you don't" is the version familiar to me.
June 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user Telofy
It would be my readership as a whole, so I opted for formality.
June 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user bilby
Stay out of my business, lovebutt!
June 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user Telofy
Jetzt sehen Sie mich, jetzt sehen Sie mich nicht.
(Now you see me, now you don't see me.)
I don't trust my German (in my comic strip) unless I get it double-checked!
June 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word cannellono
Thanks, Pro. I'm determined to put this info to good use!
June 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user Telofy
Calling telofy! Are you around? I need to double-check a short sentence in German.
June 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word jersey lightning
?
June 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word gnosophagy
Love it!
June 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word lampistry
Apparently, whichbe knew!
June 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word lampistry
Who knew??
The art of making and decorating lamps; the work of a lampist.
June 3, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word ormer
Ormer, the very lovely
but lonely
aboriginal abalone
who was full of baloney.
May 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word ormer
Ormer, the very lonely abalone.
May 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word macadamization
Hmm. I mistakenly thought this word had something to do with Macadamia nuts. (Random word search.)
May 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word stibialism
Antimonial intoxication or poisoning.
May 30, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word tubicide
rub-a-dub-dubicide
-----------------
Rub-a-dub-dub,
Three men in a tub
May 29, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word CRUD
I have no doubt that bilbybutt's crud-doodles were lovely in a cruddy way.
May 28, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word carpet of frogs
Greek highway closed because of a "carpet of frogs" link
May 27, 2010
frogapplause commented on the user thtownse
TT: I know you're a fan. Have you heard this interview?
May 27, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word ant patrol
For you reesetee: formic acid
May 26, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word keep your butt out of the pot
I can see myself misusing this feature (on a regular basis) for inappropriate purposes.
May 25, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word keep your butt out of the pot
I just now noticed the "translate to" feature. Does this translation make a lick of sense, Pro??
keep your butt out of the pot --- in Italian: tenere la testa fuori dalla pentola
May 25, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word keep your butt out of the pot
"Gould said he sees potting soil fires a handful of times each year in Independence. A fire department in Colorado started a campaign called, "Keep your butt out of the pot!"
Full article here.
May 25, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word jird
One huge one. Albino.
May 22, 2010
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