andrew.simone has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 17 lists, listed 478 words, written 111 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 18 words.
Comments for andrew.simone
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Seconded, happy birthday man!
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I just stumbled across your page...Have a Happy Birthday!
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Actually, it was your profile that directed me to it.
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Just noticed that we both listed "Sehnsucht." Well done.
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Seriously. This may be my new 'sickness unto death.' I just cannot stop.
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I've got to say, Wordie seems almost designed with you in mind.
Comments by andrew.simone
andrew.simone commented on the word guffaw
Well, then I am glad to hear it.
February 8, 2007
andrew.simone commented on the user kafkaesque
"Of course, because it's written by Franz Kafka."
January 20, 2007
andrew.simone commented on the word vixen
I've known a few.
January 10, 2007
andrew.simone commented on the word posthumously
Etymoline for posthumous gives you your answer.
January 7, 2007
andrew.simone commented on the word haecceity
'haec' is a latin word for 'this' (declined from 'hic').
Definitely (still) an abuse of Latin.
December 29, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word circumflex
This word always felt dirty to me.
December 19, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word yawp
I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,. I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world. -Whitman
December 19, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word autograph
Depends what you mean by difficult. Textual Criticism, used for religious purposes or not, gives us a reasonable perspective on the matter.
December 19, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word covenant theology
I was waiting for this word to appear. Couldn't bring myself to do it; it would have felt like talking shop.
December 19, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word y'all
don't forget you'ins (sp?)
December 19, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word salamander
It was once thought that salamanders were immune to fire. I recall Augustine made mention of it in the City of God. He also said the peacock's flesh was incorruptable
December 19, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word ambergris
That was a great article.
December 18, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list words-that-frighten-people
actually, yes.
December 18, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list oenological
oh! good ones.
December 18, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list learned-by-nerding
I knew mana before role playing games. My father was a preacher for a brief stint.
December 18, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word wasteland
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain. -T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland
December 18, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word cattywampus
Interesting, I have heard it used as a synonym to askew.
December 18, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word geiger counter
There is a band by that name.
December 16, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list poetic-words
how about oft and twa?
December 14, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word vim
...and vigor
December 14, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word abyss
The sequel to the film Abyss: the Son of Abyss.
December 14, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word anglophile
I confess I am one.
December 14, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word imagist
As in Mr. Pound?
December 14, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word caribou
I always think of the Pixies first album when I see this word.
December 14, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list words-that-sound-sexy-whether-they-relate-to-the-act-or-not
How about moist?
December 14, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list some-words
done.
December 13, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list foods-of-wonder
definitely some terrifying foods on the list.
man do I hate scrapple.
December 13, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word antimacassar
this is a fantastic word.
December 13, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word set
it really is nice to know there are more people like me in the world.
December 13, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word twaddle
This word always sounds dirty to me.
December 13, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word tetrapyloctomy
the art of splitting a hair four ways.
December 13, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word set
shoot. wikipedia, that made it easy. I was simply going to look at my OED when I got home.
December 13, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word peckish
When I am feeling famished I will often say I am past the point of peckishness
December 13, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word impetus
I always think of Newton when I read this word.
December 13, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word urpflanze
What does it mean?
December 13, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word jehovah
Althought this transliterated word from the Hebrew is still used, most (good) scholars prefer either Yaweh with the 'w' is pronounced as a 'v').
It is 'the name of God', or more properly what God says when Moses asks God who he is.
December 12, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list opposites-without-commonly-used-opposites
gormless
December 12, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word haeccicity
'haec' is a latin word for 'this' (declined from 'hic').
Definitely an abuse of Latin.
December 12, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word iconoclasm
It's the 'clasm' half that bugs me.
December 12, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list yiddishisms
A much better version than mine but you are missing a few: kitsch, moxie, klezmer, ersatz, schitck, and schmuck.
December 12, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word uffish
Until I figure out this words meaning, it is going under Words that ain't
December 12, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word truthiness
I really loathe this word.
December 11, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word nice
An insidious and dismissive word.
December 11, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word anointed
it is used to describe David, king of the Israelites.
Christ literally means anointed.
December 11, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list useful-and-foreign
anomie?
December 11, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list literary-pursuits
or vers libre?
December 10, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word lurker
I think StarCraft's lukers imbalanced the game.
Still, it is a solid word.
December 10, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word mouth breather
I leave my home, I leave for a couple weeks
I leave my home, I leave it in the care of a friend
Don't get me wrong, he's a nice guy, I like him just fine
But he's a mouth breather
Don't get me wrong, he's a nice guy, I like him just fine
But he's a mouth breather
--Jesus Lizard "Mouth Breather"
December 10, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word cybrarian
Definitely going into my Words that Shouldn't be
December 10, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word coffee pot
there is also french press
December 10, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word hobby-horse
Then there's hope a great man's memory may outlive his life half a year: but, by'r lady, he must build churches, then; or else shall he suffer not thinking on, with the hobby-horse, whose epitaph is 'For, O, for, O,the hobby-horse is forgot.' -Hamlet: III, ii
'For, O, for, O, the hobby-horse is forgot' is a composition by Harrison Birtwistle for a Chamber Ensemble sans voices.
A similar quote appears in Love's Labor's Lost. I do not know the significance of the quote.
December 10, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word hobby horse
Then there's
hope a great man's memory may outlive his life half
a year: but, by'r lady, he must build churches,
then; or else shall he suffer not thinking on, with
the hobby-horse, whose epitaph is 'For, O, for, O,
the hobby-horse is forgot.'
December 10, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word fetlock
unfortunately, the vocables sexiness is mitigated by its utility.
December 10, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word crimboween
I have not play KoL in SO long.
December 10, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list rpg
There is also footpad which is a legitimate word and you must not forget the essential d6, d8, et cetera.
December 10, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list words-that-grad-students-throw-around-to-make-themselves-feel-better-about-life
or anomie?
December 10, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word ricockulous
He seem to take credit for it, although--now that I think about it--he was not the most veracious of fellows.
Yet he never seemed to lack vino. Strange.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list words-that-grad-students-throw-around-to-make-themselves-feel-better-about-life
how about ontic?
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word chagrin
not only heard, but used.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word chowder
'...say it right.'
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word alot
A loathsome word.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list words-that-ain-t
There is also this word. I would put it on the list but it is so long that is upsets the page formating.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word apathon
E.g., Sports apathon: One who could care less about sports.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word ripenisulous
The superlative form of ridiculous and ricockulous.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word ricockulous
A fictional word created by an old friend because "if I am already saying 'dick' in ridiculous, then I mine as well says 'cock.' (see also ripenisulous)
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word guffaw
I do this too much
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the user ajvan
Okay, the fact that you choose swish is just funny.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word lollard
Thanks.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word gird
As in 'gird your loins.'
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word utilize
All it simply does is make 'use' sound scientific. Jacques Barzun once wrote about the wretchedness of '-ize' words.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word supine
When talking to my mother about a serious matter I must, at some point in the conversation, be completely supine. I would prefer to be on a carpet if possible.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word prewalking
'To position oneself on a subway platform such that, when the passenger steps off the train at his destination, he'll be as close as possible to the exit or stairs to his transfer. Used and done often in the nyc subway system.'
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the user andrew.simone
Actually, it was your profile that directed me to it.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the user john
You are the greatest man alive and I thank you for creating this website...
...yet I am also sad I discovered it during finals week.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word tattarrattat
It would be the sort of word Joyce would write.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the user andrew.simone
Seriously. This may be my new 'sickness unto death.' I just cannot stop.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word metonymy
Such an important word in contemporary Continental thought.
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word errata
Okay, who else forgot/lacked this word until it was posted on the Wordie homepage?
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word rancio
Word normally used to describe a flavor perception found in tawny brown, wood-aged and heated fortified wines such as some "Madeira". Refers to the peculiarly blowsy overly-ripe fruit aroma, analogous to overipe bananas, admired in Port-style fortified wines but considered a fault in dry table wines where the detectable presence of oxidized components is frowned on for the most part. -Vino.com
December 9, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word dry
Dispite the common conception dry is not the opposite of sweet, oenologically speaking.
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word omit
'Omit needless words' -Strunk & White
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word vigorous
'Vigorous writing is concise' -Strunk & White
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word phallologocentric
Personally, I think this word is an abuse of the Greek language.
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word ethos
'I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.'
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word hocus-pocus
The etymology may be found here
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list latin-is-fun
...and hoc est corpus (or in the Mass proper 'hoc est enim meum corpus' from which hocus-pocus is derived.
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list latin-is-fun
tempus fugit
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list words-some-people-can-t-pronounce-no-matter-how-often-they-try
I confess that I often find myself pronouncing realtor as 'reel-i-tur.'
I would remind word snoots (of which I am one) that perfection is the enemy of the good.
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word snoot
I love that, if you drop an 'o' from the word, its illocutionary force still seems to remain.
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the user dlestarjette
I am fond of eke and elan or, if you want to be more fanciful, prestidigitation
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word lollard
Those who participated in a Pre-Reformation church movement in the 14th century. I, however, suggest another possible meaning.
December 7, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word chili dipper
It is not what you think.
December 7, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word snikt
nice
December 7, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word epiphany
the adjectival form is epiphanic.
December 7, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word malaise
not to be confused with the sandwich dressing.
December 7, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word schadenfreude
Also, the only equivalent phrase (that I am aware of) in English is Lucretian joy
December 7, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word schadenfreude
laugharn brilliantly named schoenfraun schadenfreude's sad emo cousin.
December 7, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list literary-pursuits
What about Deus ex machina?
December 7, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word proactive
It is the most hateful of words.
December 7, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word wanderlust
I certainly possess it.
December 7, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word quinine
That is correct.
December 7, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word infralapsarian
You will actually find this word in A Portrait of The Artist without grammatical backflips.
December 6, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word q.e.d.
Or 'Quod erat demonstrandum' which is famously used in Euclid's Geometry
December 6, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word diaphonous
Don't you mean diaphanous?
December 6, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word phallomorphic
Wow, nobody else has this word. Shocking!
December 6, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list parody-s-words
I once knew a girl from Prague (to keep with the first word theme).
December 6, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word sardonic
I always think of Waiting for Guffman when I hear this word: "He was in the, the very... the sardonically irreverent..."Dybbyck Shmybbyck, I Said 'More Ham'"
December 5, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list latin-is-fun
you also forgot post hoc ergo propter hoc
December 5, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the list latin-is-fun
Latina est gaudium et utiliis.
December 5, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
'It is good and proper to die for the fatherland.'
December 5, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word legitimate
I abuse this word far too much.
December 5, 2006