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atapizdun commented on the word flapper
Flappers were a "new breed" of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. Flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles and otherwise flouting social and sexual norms.1
Flappers had their origins in the period of Liberalism, social and political turbulence and increased transatlantic cultural exchange that followed the end of World War I, as well as the export of American jazz culture to Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapper
May 2, 2012
atapizdun commented on the word reckless abandon
Reckless abandon is a polite, almost tongue-in-cheek way of saying "rash." Eg. "He had just met her and for two weeks he courted her with reckless abandon."
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=706224
March 23, 2012
atapizdun commented on the word would that it were
"The expression would that it were implies a wishful or idealized alternative to an undesired reality. In other words, the speaker wishes for a different set of circumstances or outcome than the real situation he or she is in. Sometimes the expression is extended to "would that it were so" or "would that it were true." All of these variants still suggest a strong desire for at least one change in the present circumstances. When a talented athlete becomes injured and has to be replaced during an important game, for example, the teammates may strongly wish he or she were healthy enough to perform. The coach could respond with "Would that it were so, but we don't have that option right now." The speaker agrees with the sentiment, but also realizes that a desired change could not take place in reality."
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-would-that-it-were-mean.htm
February 9, 2012
atapizdun commented on the word Cruithne
The word is pronounced "krooy-nyuh" which can also be written as "KROOee-nyuh" and in many other ways. My point is that the stress is on the first syllable, which contains both the OO and the ee sounds. The word has only two syllables, "cruith" and "ne". The stress is not on the "ee" sound. The OOee or ooy (ui) diphthong is very common in the Celtic languages.
February 7, 2012
atapizdun commented on the word Cruithne
Cruithne is in fact not really 'Earth's second moon' but more of a quasi-satellite, because it doesn't actually orbit the Earth.
February 7, 2012
atapizdun commented on the word Cruithne
The name of the second moon of our planet. I would like to hear a pronunciation...
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne
February 7, 2012
atapizdun commented on the word snuck
a funny video about Jennifer Gardner correcting Conan O'Brien that sunck isn't a correct word only to be shot back by Conan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q51ld-scMI8&feature=related
January 26, 2012
atapizdun commented on the word snuck
Which is correct: snuck or sneaked?
Snuck is used in American and Canadian English as the past tense and past participle of sneak, but it is considered non-standard, i.e., ol for dialectal and informal speech and writing. The standard past tense is sneaked. Snuck is relatively new, an Americanism introduced in the late 19th century. The opposite has occurred to the past form of slink. Slunk was long the standard form, but then slinked appeared and is encroaching on slunk. Slinked is considered non-standard. Style guides at some of the biggest newspapers in Canada and the United States - including the Globe and Mail (1998) and the New York Times (1999) - ban snuck. But snuck may tiptoe into more formal writing over the years.
http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/g08.html
January 26, 2012
atapizdun commented on the word sneaked
Which is correct: snuck or sneaked?
Snuck is used in American and Canadian English as the past tense and past participle of sneak, but it is considered non-standard, i.e., ol for dialectal and informal speech and writing. The standard past tense is sneaked. Snuck is relatively new, an Americanism introduced in the late 19th century. The opposite has occurred to the past form of slink. Slunk was long the standard form, but then slinked appeared and is encroaching on slunk. Slinked is considered non-standard. Style guides at some of the biggest newspapers in Canada and the United States - including the Globe and Mail (1998) and the New York Times (1999) - ban snuck. But snuck may tiptoe into more formal writing over the years.
http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/g08.html
January 26, 2012
atapizdun commented on the word flier
A difference between a flier and flyer... http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/flier-or-flyer.aspx
January 3, 2012
atapizdun commented on the word flyer
A difference between a flier and flyer... http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/flier-or-flyer.aspx
January 3, 2012
atapizdun commented on the word trapezoid
trapezium and trapezoid have opposite meanings in American and British English:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Trapezium.html
December 1, 2011
atapizdun commented on the word trapezium
trapezium and trapezoid have opposite meanings in American and British English:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Trapezium.html
December 1, 2011
atapizdun commented on the word brinicle
a portmanteau or combination of words brine and icicle. So, in a sense, it's a salt water icicle..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinicle
November 24, 2011
atapizdun commented on the word disinterested
it's not incorrect to use it in the sense of uninterested. It's just not a preferred meaning nowadays...
check here for explanation:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinterested
November 7, 2011
atapizdun commented on the word flibbertigibbet
As mentioned in the Wordnik blog:
A flibbertigibbet is “a flighty person; someone regarded as silly, irresponsible, or scatterbrained, especially someone who chatters or gossips.” Pretty harmless, right? But back in the 1600s, a flibbertigibbet referred to “the name of a devil,” and is described in King Lear as a “foul fiend.”
October 26, 2011
atapizdun commented on the word subpar
@a yeah, it's funny how it has two different meanings
October 26, 2011
atapizdun commented on the word soliliquy
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/soliloquy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soliloquy
September 19, 2011