My condolences! How we abuse the weakest creatures so freely is beyond me! My Hank, described below, sadly met his untimely end on the highway beside my parents house
"when an instrument of fate would not wait for his flopping gait."
I agree with Prolagus that hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia belongs on this list as does paraskavedekatriaphobia. At least that was my thought when I first stumbled upon the word. (How does one "stumble" upon such a word?)
I suspect that erudite would have been an appropriate descriptor. Actually, high-falutin would have been one as well. Certainly, it was pretentious. I had a very intimate relationship with my thesaurus.
It's hard for me to love a phoneme that is by definition "neutral" and "toneless." Inescapable and necessary? Certainly, but so are plagues and forest fires!
*sigh* I am certainly not a conoissieur of phonology and perhaps not yet developed a taste for the subtleties of the schwa. At present, however, I've simply resigned myself to its inevitability.
How would you pronounce this in French? The first time I read it, it came to me as: "pwee-san(t)" and it has been difficult to uproot that pronunciation.
My high school English teacher criticized me for using this word in an essay stating that it was too esoteric. Down with public education. Down with it, I say!
That roasted monster is going to visit me tonight...mark my words. Why would you want to eat an animal which looks no different than it did while it was still breathing? My whole dinner would be plagued by the fear that my meal would crawl off of the table.
In Mrs Meyer's defense, however, are all these really words that are "overused?" That is to say, does she really use kismet on multiple occasions? Likewise, while words like masochistic ought to be used sparingly but she should probably be allowed to use the name of one of her primary characters throughout the book without it being "overused." As whispered and face are fairly benign and commonly used words, I think she should probably get a bye on those as well. But if a character is forever murmuring and smoldering then he/she should probably be staked through the heart.
I would consider snicker a much more malicious kind of laughter than chuckle though neither is particularly desirable. Why is it that laughter-related words are nearly universally unpleasant? guffaw, cackle, snigger, titter, chortle
I had a friend who worked a particular machine in a processing plant. Said machine filled jugs with some unremembored liquid and had two settings which appeared on the display: "Idle" and "Fill." Thus, Idlefill was born.
I absolutely despise this word. If there is any word that evokes a response more far (further?) removed from its definition than this word, I have yet to find it!
I've always thought "panties" was a very cute alternative to "underwear" (along the same lines as "footsies" or "toesies"). One of my youth group girls introduced me to "chonies" recently. Gah! Sounds like an organ.
I recently read a list of things that you should not feed to your dog and xylitol found its way on the list. Had to take my dog off his artificially-sweetened dog food. Dang.
Rabid wordie vegans notwithstanding, I find it hard to believe that even my aversion to all things congealed would convince me to break off my intimate relationship with cheese.
Oddly enough, I've stumbled upon this word after considering "in a fit of pique" as an appropriate alternative to "took umbrage" because, silly me, I thought the phrase was overused.
Now, two hours later, I am a better woman. I realize now that I have never fully understood the rich history that attends the act of taking umbrage and will never accept anything less than umbrage again.
I am suddenly vividly recalling my horror when first I encountered this frightening practice in "Farmer Boy" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. They boiled the head (of a pig??) collected everything that "came off" and formed it into a loaf.
The "congealing" process which is so disgusting in the process of making head cheese comes from, I believe, its effect on the collagen found in the animals head. To be perfectly honest any food made with gelatin, which is similarly extracted from animal skin, bones, and connective tissue, ought to be as off-putting. But, somehow Bill Cosby makes everything okay.
My overpowering love for eggs and cheese (as well as the lovely smell of my leather jacket) is the only thing protecting me from a vegan lifestyle.
"Shema yisrael adonai(YHWH) aloheinu echad" and so on (forgive my spelling!). It's bsolutely lovely when sung by a Jewish cantor in certain settings; very moving regardless of your religious affiliation.
The history and science of books as objects. More specifically, bibliology is the study of the bible as a text-not to be confused with hermeneutics or biblical exegesis.
Words like mimsy or chortle may be acceptable applications but most often this results in disgusting amalgamations such as "chillaxing" or that most irritating practice of combining the names of celebrity couples to form a word that somehow represents the relationship.
"WHEREAS For damage caused by lightning, earthquakes, floods, fire, frost or frippery of any sort, kind or condition, consequently the undersigned take responsibility."
Comments by thesaraheffect
thesaraheffect commented on the word hsawaknow
"Is that Japanese?"
December 22, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word kindrow
hsawaknow
December 22, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word wabbit
"Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit!"
October 11, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word whippersnapper
It is possible to describe anyone as both "old" and "cheeky"?
October 11, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word furloug
I concur, our economic problems have dragged on for far to loug.
October 11, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list is-this-a-kissing-book
lightening sand
October 8, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list the-wordie-banana-song
hernesheir apparent!
October 8, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word gael
"For the great Gaels of Ireland
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry,
And all their songs are sad."
-The Ballad of the White Horse, G K Chesterton
October 2, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word hapex legomenon
Oh jeez, you capitalized the "a" right in the middle of "hapax". That has to be embarassing... Lozenge?
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word lindsay lohan
LiLo
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word cheese
My condolences! How we abuse the weakest creatures so freely is beyond me! My Hank, described below, sadly met his untimely end on the highway beside my parents house
"when an instrument of fate would not wait for his flopping gait."
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word pop
For some reason I'm the only one in my family who says "soda." How did that happen?
Edit
Oh I see! I was born in "pop" raised in "soda" (the only soda in Nebraska, by-the-by, and then moved back to "pop."
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word poppy
You should have wept her yesterday,
Wasting upon her bed:
But wherefore should you weep today
That she is dead?
Lo we who love weep not today,
But crown her royal head.
Let be these poppies that we strew,
Your roses are too red:
Let be these poppies, not for you
Cut down and spread.
--Christina Rossetti
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word la belle dame sans merci
love that poem!
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word taffeta
Ah! I came here just to say that--I'm a year late!
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word compass rose
Such a lovely word for such a functional invention.
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word snick
"snick snack snorum!" -The Sword in the Stone
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word pique
No, no, that's "peek-a-boo." As in you "peek" at a...you know...a "boo"...obviously.
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word h
The essential element to the name "Sarah"
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word sara
*common misspelling of the name "Sarah"
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word sarah
The correct spelling of the name commonly misspelled "Sara"
"Sara" -Bob Dylan
"Sarah" -Ray Lamontagne
"Sara" -Fleetwood Mac
"Sarah Smile" -Hall & Oats
"Sarah Yellin'" - 3 Doors Down
"Me And Sarah Jane" - Genesis
"Calling Sara" -Jellyfish
"The Eyes of Sarah Jane" - The Jayhawks
"Zak and Sara" - Ben Folds
"What Sara Said" - Death Cab for Cutie
Sarabeth(Skin) - Rascal Flatts
Stop me! Stop me now!
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word wanker
I don't think this can really be compared with jerk. If it ever meant something to that effect, it has evolved to something much milder.
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list my-little-ponies
Hah! The first thing I thought of was that these sound like anatomical euphemisms or porn star names! love petal? Really?
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word supraventricular
"above the ventricles," meaning from the atria, the upper chambers of the heart, atrial
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word paroxysmal
"occasional" or "from time to time."
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word tachycardia
(paroxysmal) supraventricular tachycardia! Unfortunately, a 4 week old baby introduced me to this word, 200+ bpm!
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list it-has-a-name
it's a tad middle-school-boy but wenis
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list it-has-a-name
I agree with Prolagus that hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia belongs on this list as does paraskavedekatriaphobia. At least that was my thought when I first stumbled upon the word. (How does one "stumble" upon such a word?)
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word cannoli
I read that "one spaghettio" and got excited. Mmm, spaghettios and cannoli...or maybe just one cannolo, I don't want to overdo it.
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word puissant
I suspect that erudite would have been an appropriate descriptor. Actually, high-falutin would have been one as well. Certainly, it was pretentious. I had a very intimate relationship with my thesaurus.
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word schwa
It's hard for me to love a phoneme that is by definition "neutral" and "toneless." Inescapable and necessary? Certainly, but so are plagues and forest fires!
*sigh* I am certainly not a conoissieur of phonology and perhaps not yet developed a taste for the subtleties of the schwa. At present, however, I've simply resigned myself to its inevitability.
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word bibliomancy
Ooh this amuses me! I know people who do this with the bible,
"God wanted me to read this today!"
"Or...mayhaps it's just windy?"
Oy! Makes me wanna love-thump 'em!
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word pajamas
Hmmmm, maybe I should have read that sentence before I posted it...
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word cheese
I once had a rescue kitten who developed a fever so high that his nervous system was damaged so his entire hindquarters went all floppy!
He had already been emasculated, so it really didn't hurt him in the recreational realm, it just made it really sad to watch him run.
*jump-jump-flop! jump-jump-flop!*
September 26, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word rhotic
like the schwa the rhotic vowel is one of the reasons I dislike the sound of American English. I was born in the wrong country in the wrong decade.
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word schwa
The most horrid vowel sound (and which occurs far to frequently in American English). Essentially, it is the sound of stupid: "uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word pajamas
"Shazama pajama! Shazama pajama" said Little Nemo while wielding King Morpheus' royal sceptre!
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word usurp
I can never take this word seriously, my brain will insist on saying "you-slurp!" every time it's mentioned.
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word cannoli
reesetee: I came here for no other reason than to show off my knowledge of Godfather phrasology. I'm deflated.
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word cockscomb
I've also seen this coxcomb.
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word puissant
How would you pronounce this in French? The first time I read it, it came to me as: "pwee-san(t)" and it has been difficult to uproot that pronunciation.
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word puissant
My high school English teacher criticized me for using this word in an essay stating that it was too esoteric. Down with public education. Down with it, I say!
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word godwin's law
why do you hate freedom?!
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word cloaking device
An advanced stealth technology that causes an object to be invisible to parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word cloak
to render invisible my means of a cloaking device
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word adze
I suppose one could consider "cloak" an umbrella term for all armless outerwear.
September 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list coffee-house
doppio (senza panna!)
September 21, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word all day breakfast
The invention of the IHOP was a boon to all the efficient eaters out there. Where else can you consume a day's worth of calories in one simple meal?
September 21, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word ex-governor palin with her machete flailin'
A hockey stick?
September 21, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word chillax
I thought we had successfully extinguished izzle speak
September 21, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word scotch egg
That roasted monster is going to visit me tonight...mark my words. Why would you want to eat an animal which looks no different than it did while it was still breathing? My whole dinner would be plagued by the fear that my meal would crawl off of the table.
September 21, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word adze
Sionnach: Don't try to steal my glory, if I want to italicize half the home page just you try and stop me! My nothing is safe from my infectious html.
September 21, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word rills
How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills,
Far mark'd with the courses of clear, winding rills!
There daily I wander, as noon rises high
My flock and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye.
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word lyric
it's lyrical
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word adze
Across the sea will come Adze-Head,
crazed in the head,
his cloak with hole for the head,
his stick bent in the head.
He will chant impiety
from a table in front of his house;
all his people will answer
'Be it thus, Be it thus.'
--anonymous
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list consarn-it
lawsy mercy!
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word z
Pronunciation?
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word social morays
The joke is on you sionnach!
fish cooperation
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list eggcorns
Or my beloved mother used to serve "polar sausage"
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list eggcorns
A dear, dear friend once said: "It's been like that from the gecko"
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word red letters
The words of Jesus Christ, printed in red in some editions of the bible.
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word scarlet letter day
red letter day
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word toast
vehicle for transporting jam or cinnamon into my belly
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word harry hornblower
Horatio's nickname
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word doing a line
Trust America to elevate this phrase to "using cocaine"
e.g. Did you see that video of 50 Cent doing a line?
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word slate
A lovely sounding word.
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word innit
May not be exclusively British. I first heard this phrase on the film adaptation of Sherman Alexie's "Smoke Signals"
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word dodgy
Artfully so.
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word chuffed
Thanks to Hugh Laurie who introduced me to "chuffed to bits."
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word inky pinky
related to hanky panky?
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list british-food
How do you order any of these dishes with a straight face?
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word scotch egg
Gah! Stomachs in the UK must made of steel, I tell ya, steel!
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word jackhammer
oooh don't click that link at work!
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word paramour
"Should I believe that unsubstantial Death is amorous? And that the lean abhorred monster keeps Thee here in darkness to be his paramour?"
--R&J Act 5 Scene 3
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word chillax
*sigh* a combination of the words: "chill" and "relax" with an equivalent meaning.
Why do we create slang versions of slang? Is it laziness or rebellion? This is how we end up with words like shawty
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word chillax
chillax:
1) to represent oneself as too contrary to employ one of the over 200,000 existing words in the english language and too witless to invent a new word.
2) to deserve to be stripped of the ability to speak
I envy you, sir bilby, I truly do.
September 19, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list maths
This list makes me sad.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word part song
...part dance
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word cheesy eggs, suasage and grits, and cinnamon raisin toast from waffle house
I personally prefer much more refined eggs, but to each his own.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list words-stephenie-meyer-overuses
Awwwwww sad, twilight on wordie. *sniff* .
In Mrs Meyer's defense, however, are all these really words that are "overused?" That is to say, does she really use kismet on multiple occasions? Likewise, while words like masochistic ought to be used sparingly but she should probably be allowed to use the name of one of her primary characters throughout the book without it being "overused." As whispered and face are fairly benign and commonly used words, I think she should probably get a bye on those as well. But if a character is forever murmuring and smoldering then he/she should probably be staked through the heart.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word chuckle
I would consider snicker a much more malicious kind of laughter than chuckle though neither is particularly desirable. Why is it that laughter-related words are nearly universally unpleasant? guffaw, cackle, snigger, titter, chortle
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word giant latte
Isn't that a venti?
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list words-that-are-also-excellent-band-names-if-the-rules-below-are-correctly-applied
I had a friend who worked a particular machine in a processing plant. Said machine filled jugs with some unremembored liquid and had two settings which appeared on the display: "Idle" and "Fill." Thus, Idlefill was born.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word huarache
also the menu item named for the same
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word mattawa
Hey, I've been here, first time I had a huarache.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word color me happy
see also: color me...
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word color me...
(insert descriptor here)
i.e.: "...surprised," "...happy," etc.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word prosperous times
I'm getting an "A Tale of Two Cities" vibe...
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word euphony
Euphonious in itself!
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word random
one of the most misused words in my experience, right up there with peruse: "OMG, why would you say that? You are so random, Sarah!"
(No, actually I said that on purpose.)
"Have you heard of this wordie site? Yeah, it's this great site that I randomly found when I googled 'wordie' the other day!"
(Randomly, really?)
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word luscious
I absolutely despise this word. If there is any word that evokes a response more far (further?) removed from its definition than this word, I have yet to find it!
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list words-i-absolutely-loathe
How about luscious how I HATE that word!
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word panties
I've always thought "panties" was a very cute alternative to "underwear" (along the same lines as "footsies" or "toesies"). One of my youth group girls introduced me to "chonies" recently. Gah! Sounds like an organ.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word pip
As in: "The Five Orange Pips."
"La Grippe, la Grippe! La post nasal drip! With the wheezes and the sneezes and a sinus that's really a pip!" (Guys and Dolls: "Adelaide's Lament")
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word wanton
I've never hear wanton used as a verb, how odd!
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word snag
So, what exactly would it mean to "snag a snag?"
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word emotional intelligence
EQ: Emotional (intelligence) Quotient (as in I.Q.) incidentally my EQ is somewhere in the upper 80s
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word chillax
Fie! A pox upon you!
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word cheese grits
Glue's bad for you. Makes you sick.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word vegetarian
I wonder that, in common use, "vegetarian" has come to describe what is NOT eaten as opposed to what IS eaten. How very negative.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list is-this-a-kissing-book
Florin
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list is-this-a-kissing-book
bless you!
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list chromonyms-3
Would rust qualify?
Edit: read first, speak later
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list •open-list-your-life-in-6-words
Grazi! You might check out the "four word film review," very diverting :o)
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list sweetness-i-was-only-joking
I recently read a list of things that you should not feed to your dog and xylitol found its way on the list. Had to take my dog off his artificially-sweetened dog food. Dang.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list words-for-immediate-and-unbridled-use
saccharine, marvelous.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word cheese grits
I thought my love for cream of wheat would naturaly predispose me to grits. Was I ever wrong! Yick, gritty.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list •open-list-your-life-in-6-words
Isn't this somehow related to a challenge issued to Hemingway to write a book in six words? Rumor? Insubsantiated? (Unsubsantiated?)
*showing her ignorance of literary trivia*
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word naughty
Last night I read a verse in my King James bible which, had I not already been a lover of the Book, would have converted me then and there:
"Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls."
Beautiful, just beautiful.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the user arcadia
Rabid wordie vegans notwithstanding, I find it hard to believe that even my aversion to all things congealed would convince me to break off my intimate relationship with cheese.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word pique
Oddly enough, I've stumbled upon this word after considering "in a fit of pique" as an appropriate alternative to "took umbrage" because, silly me, I thought the phrase was overused.
Now, two hours later, I am a better woman. I realize now that I have never fully understood the rich history that attends the act of taking umbrage and will never accept anything less than umbrage again.
September 17, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word gelatin
I like the lime flavored glutinous bone and skin protein the best!
September 16, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word head cheese
I am suddenly vividly recalling my horror when first I encountered this frightening practice in "Farmer Boy" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. They boiled the head (of a pig??) collected everything that "came off" and formed it into a loaf.
The "congealing" process which is so disgusting in the process of making head cheese comes from, I believe, its effect on the collagen found in the animals head. To be perfectly honest any food made with gelatin, which is similarly extracted from animal skin, bones, and connective tissue, ought to be as off-putting. But, somehow Bill Cosby makes everything okay.
My overpowering love for eggs and cheese (as well as the lovely smell of my leather jacket) is the only thing protecting me from a vegan lifestyle.
September 16, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word expediate
common mispronunciation of "expedite"
verb, infinitive
To injure (a dog) by cutting away the pads of the forefeet, thereby preventing it from hunting.
September 16, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word concupiscence
"And how Thou didst deliver me out of the bonds of desire, wherewith I was bound most straitly to carnal concupiscence."
--The Confessions of Saint Augustine: Book VIII
August 8, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word concupiscence
In Christianity, concupiscence is selfish human desire for an object, person, or experience.
Edit: blah blah blah....
August 8, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word mom
see also hockey mom
June 13, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word shandyism
a tendency to whimsical conduct in accord with absurd theories from past ages.
June 13, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word biogenesis
vs abiogenesis Something from something vs something from nothing.
May 12, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the list pretentious-christianese
hypostatic, absolutely! I found a new one, biogenesis
May 12, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word t.u.l.i.p.
Favored acronym in Reformed Theology: T.otal depravity, U.nconditional election, L.imited atonement, I.rrestistible grace, P.erseverance of the saints.
March 6, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word shema
"Shema yisrael adonai(YHWH) aloheinu echad" and so on (forgive my spelling!). It's bsolutely lovely when sung by a Jewish cantor in certain settings; very moving regardless of your religious affiliation.
March 6, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word usus loquendi
Of a word or term: the usage in speaking or current usage. Useful in interpreting scripture in the original Greek/Hebrew texts.
March 6, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the user thesaraheffect
whoops
March 6, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word christophany
be very careful, I used this word injudiciously and made a complete fool of myself.
March 6, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word bibliology
The history and science of books as objects. More specifically, bibliology is the study of the bible as a text-not to be confused with hermeneutics or biblical exegesis.
February 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word portmanteau
Words like mimsy or chortle may be acceptable applications but most often this results in disgusting amalgamations such as "chillaxing" or that most irritating practice of combining the names of celebrity couples to form a word that somehow represents the relationship.
February 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word frippery
"WHEREAS For damage caused by lightning, earthquakes, floods, fire, frost or frippery of any sort, kind or condition, consequently the undersigned take responsibility."
February 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word pwnd
I despise this word
February 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word watermark
one of the most lovely-sounding words in the english language
February 24, 2009