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I just returned to CoD today--now I've read past the words Boethius, weltanschauung, and Svengali.
July 16, 2011
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I like your other tags, too--I was just reading about Swift and A Confederacy of Dunces.
April 23, 2011
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Yep!
April 21, 2009
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Why does swearing always sound better that way?
April 20, 2009
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I must apologise or apologize for my recent outburst but I went to see In the Loop yesterday afternoon, and Malcolm Tucker is something of an inspiration. The Scots: swearing, irn bru, whisky, heart attacks...
April 19, 2009
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Welcome to Wordie! I got started about a week ago, and look how far I got....
December 27, 2008
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Thanks, interesting. Also led to wassailing.
December 3, 2008
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Here, have an apple-howling.
December 2, 2008
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I would like to build up my vocabulary.
December 2, 2008
Comments by garyth123
garyth123 commented on the word np
new puritan and, of course, Non-deterministic Polynomial time
December 31, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word stoatir
frem the verb to stot. The Pocket Scots Dictionary defines stotter as a term of admiration for women -- a smasher.
December 31, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word attentat
Berkman on Frick eg.
December 30, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word panidrosis
from Chambers dictionary (1901): a perspiration over the whole body
December 30, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word jaywalker
from Chambers dictionary: a careless pedestrian whom motorists are expected to avoid running down
December 30, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word acidophilus
Also sometimes referred to as friendly bacteria, like they go around saying to each other "Good morning to you. How are you today?".
December 30, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word iad
See internet addiction disorder.
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word kamakiri
A new dream-car, the custom-tooled Kamakiri. It's built for the new century: steam-driven, with a self-contained vegetable garden and a radio link with the Tripstar routing satellite. See the Wikipedia on Kamakiriad.
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word brother let's stuff that dove
A line from Down with love.
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word down with love
A Howard Arlen song.
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word internet addiction
see Internet addiction disorder
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word addiction
You know you are in the grip of another internet addiction when, clicking on your Wordie link icon, you get a Page load error and you hear yourself mutter the f word.
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word the f word
see fuck
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word the c word
see cunt
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word barry
often used in Edinburgh (lower orders) to mean something like fine, good, all's well
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word radge
frequently followed by the c word
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word isinglass
...In case there's a change in the weather.
A favourite song.
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word acidophilus
Something to do with keeping your gut healthy, but always sounds to me like it could be Jimi Hendrix's birthplace.
December 29, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word sassenach
it was also formerly applied by Highlanders to (non-Gaelic-speaking) Lowlanders. (Wikipedia)
December 28, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word athole brose
That question (the first one anyway) occurred to me as well, hence brose. The brose/ambrosia thing is interesting, I've never noticed it before.
I should say by way of explanation that I am a sassenach.
December 28, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word brose
please, no nods, props, or shout outs to Dr J:)
December 28, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word athole brose
is a mixture of oatmeal brose, honey, and whisky. It is traditionally stirred with a silver spoon. Cream is an optional addition, particularly for festive occasions (Davidson 1999). (Wikipedia)
I'd like to try this.
December 28, 2008
garyth123 commented on the user BrainyBabe
I am a fan of CCF.
December 28, 2008
garyth123 commented on the user BrainyBabe
I realise now that they're not your lists. Sorry.
December 28, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word the fellow in the bright nightgown
refers to a statement from W.C. Fields -- he liked to refer to Death as "the fellow in the bright nightgown"
the urban dictionary
December 28, 2008
garyth123 commented on the user BrainyBabe
What's the W C Fields Lexicon about? Would the fellow in the bright nightgown fit in there? I like your Japanese aesthetic list, its very instructive.
:)
December 28, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word mono no aware
see lacrimae rerum
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word pirliecue
concluding sermon
"O!" says I, "I ken ye bear a King's name. But you are to remember , since I have been in the Highlands, I mave seen a good many of those that bear it; and the best I can say of any of them is this, that they would be none the worse of washing."
"Do you know that you insult me?" said Alan, very low.
"I am sorry for that," said I, "for I am not done; and if you distaste the sermon, I doubt the pirliecue will please you as little..."
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word 物�?�哀れ
see mono no aware
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word цварнохарно
see zvarnoharno
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word zvarnoharno
Great:) I must admit that I've been curious about the origin of this word for a long time.
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word cds
credit default swaps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_default_swap
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word cdss
credit default swaps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_default_swap
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word jalouse
to suspect, or be suspicious
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word fantoosh
flashy, ultra-fashionable
An example: man thae M&S cords ye’re wearing look absolutely fantoosh.
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word peerie
A Northern Isles word for small or wee.
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word tammynorrie
Northern Isles word for a puffin. See tammie norrie.
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word bubblyjock
I know it sounds like it should mean a tearful Scotsman, but in fact it means a turkey.
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word pyloric
Ignatius J Reilly has problems with his pyloric valve.
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the user BrainyBabe
I added clettering stick after I saw your comment on cletter. I'm new here myself but so far it seems fun.
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word zvarnoharno
I'm not sure. It's a word that I've read in Gurdjieff. See Gurdjieff in the Light of Tradition.
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word zvarnoharno
the aura of kingship
December 27, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word howff
a meeting place, eg a public house
December 26, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word stravaiging
Present participle of stravaig
December 26, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word humbug
The prevalence of humbug by Max Black.
December 25, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word subtrahend
see also minuend
December 24, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word addend
see also augend
December 24, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word consanguinean
See consanguineal. See also consanguinity.
This sounds like someone with relatives in the Republic of Guinea.
December 24, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word deely-boppers
I saw someone sporting a set with reindeer on, hence prompting my memory of this word.
December 24, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word illiquidity
illiquid - Said of investments such as a stock, bond or commodity that cannot be readily converted into cash. (from one of the definitions returned by the Google link). So the state of being illiquid or something like that.
All vowels are i. That I've noticed this shows the effect that Wordie is having on me as previously I would not have picked up on this sort of thing.
December 24, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word clettering stick
see cletter
December 23, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word calvados
a word i associate with Gurdjieff.
December 23, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word phatic
i am so non-phatic:)
December 23, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word unobtainium
read this recently in a Stephen Fry column in The Guardian.
December 22, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word economic bubble
trade in high volumes at prices that are considerably at variance with intrinsic values
December 21, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word markov property
...given the present state, future states are independent of the past states...Future states will be reached through a probabilistic process instead of a deterministic one. From the Wikipedia article on Markov chain.
December 21, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word lutrine
pertaining to otters
December 21, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word ludologist
One belonging to a group of thinkers characterized by their insistence on treating video games not as a form of narrative or as a text, but instead simply as games, with the dynamics of play and interaction being the most important and fundamental part of the games. see the wikipedia article on Espen J Aarseth
December 21, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word ergodic literature
In ergodic literature, nontrivial effort is required to allow the reader to traverse the text. If ergodic literature is to make sense as a concept, there must also be nonergodic literature, where the effort to traverse the text is trivial, with no extranoematic responsibilities placed on the reader except (for example) eye movement and the periodic or arbitrary turning of pages.
Espen J. Aarseth Cybertext
December 21, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word ponzi scheme
The Bernard Madoff affair is an example. The BBC however referred to the Madoff swindle as a pyramid scheme.
December 21, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word buckyballs
buckminsterfullerene
December 17, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word cellular automaton
eg Conway's game of life
December 16, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word peradventure
spotted in Kidnapped earlier today.
December 16, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word ma hatmagandie
a noted female blues singer, self styled mother of the blues
December 15, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word deictic expression
"this" eg
December 15, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word crivvens
the kind of word the broons use
December 15, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word cameroonian
or having to do with David Cameron's Conservatives
December 15, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word och aye pod
an mp3 player, the owner of which is only interested in listening to Scottish music (this is a Milton Jones joke).
December 15, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word utility fog
In the original application as a replacement for seatbelts, the swarm of robots would be widely spread-out, and the arms loose, allowing air flow between them. In the event of a collision the arms would lock into their current position, as if the air around the passengers had abruptly frozen solid. The result would be to spread any impact over the entire surface of the passenger’s body.
probably from a wikipedia article
December 15, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word abduction
or abductive reasoning
December 15, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word houghmagandy
great reference to VN
December 14, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word credit crunch couture
Queen chooses 'Credit Crunch Couture' for latest tour - Telegraph
December 14, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word hochmagandy
illicit sexual intercourse
this word occurs in one of Burns' poems, and Vladimir Nabokov makes use of it in Pale Fire.
December 14, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word unknown unknowns
things we don't know we don't know
December 14, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word voe
i can confirm Shetland is replete with these.
December 14, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word scrimshanker
second meaning would apply to W or dubya
December 14, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word p
i'll have a p please bob
December 14, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word maieutic
if this website didn't exist it would be necessary to invent it.
December 14, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word freaky deaky
elmore leonard title i believe
December 14, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word murrayfield
henmam hill renamed after the advent of andy murray
December 13, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word oats
how dr j defined this word – oh very droll
December 13, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word woolie's
familiar name in the UK for Woolworth's stores, which, as of dec 08, look like they will be no more. Apparently Ludwig Wittgenstein enjoyed shopping at Woolie's, although i can't remember now where i read this fascinating piece of information.
and i have just confirmed via the wikipedia that there is a connection between Woolie's and the Woolworth building in NYC (i thought there had to be).
December 13, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word barbara
All A are B.
All B are C.
Therefore, all A are C.
December 13, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word horse feathers
rubbish, nonsense
December 13, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word tattie
a potato
December 13, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word aye, aye
kind of a greeting, said by way of recognition of someone who is a casual acquaintance
not to be confused with aye-aye
December 13, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word i + i = i
"aye, aye" or perhaps "aye, aye, aye"
December 13, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word chief pleas
the legislature on the island of Sark, founded in 1579, held its first democratic election in dec 08
December 12, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word celarent
No reptiles have fur.
All snakes are reptiles.
No snakes have fur.
December 11, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word glyph
i've seen Jakob Nielsen use it in reference to an element (not alphanumeric) of his web page.
December 10, 2008
garyth123 commented on the user dangleberry
interesting name that you have:)
December 10, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word scunnered
often the phrase fair scunnered will be heard.
December 10, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word hornbag
it's a very funny show. see Da Kath & Kim Website.
December 10, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word guts
see smeddum
December 10, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word kerfuffle
as heard on Little Britain
December 10, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word hornbag
it's from an australian comedy show which is highly satirical in its use of language.
see hunk o' spunk
December 10, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word hornbag
an attractive woman
December 9, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word no worries
an expression of assurance
December 9, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word huffy puffy
when you have managed to overcome procrastokinetics
December 9, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word hunk o' spunk
an attractive man
December 9, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word no true scotsman
see the wikipedia for information on this fallacy
...equivocating in an ad hoc attempt to retain an unreasoned assertion
December 9, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word definately
thank god for that:) i wasn't entirely innocent of mischevious intent i admit.
December 9, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word earworm
a lady at amazon introduced me to this word in September 08.
December 9, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word definately
please see words wot i misspell. i did not intend to imply that americans solely have poor spelling.
December 9, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word modus tollens
If A, then B.
Not B.
Therefore, not A.
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word modus ponens
If A, then B.
A.
Therefore, B.
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word kapo
see holocaust glossary
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word a man, a plan, a canal: panama
Ferdinand de Lesseps
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word kludge
see kludge at the jargon file
see kludgie
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word up since the crack of sparrows
self explanatory. see the urban dictionary.
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word mind your beeswax
an intentional malapropism for business. see idiom site
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word rohatsu
臘八, the 8th day of the 12th month. bodhi day the day that celebrates shakyamuni's enlightenment.
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word zelig
leonard zelig, the chameleon man. a character invented by Woodie Allen.
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word slater
"it's better than a slater up yer nose" is a Scottish saying that i would often hear when i was growing up.
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word kakocracy
i must admit i thought the intention was to connect with the word for shit. interesting, see 12 Year Old National Spelling Bee Finalist a White Supremacist?. i must also say that Mr Bush and his associates was the more recent example that i had in mind.
see kakistocracy
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word pacifically
in kath'n'kim a confusion with specifically
Sharon might ask "How do you mean, pacifically?"
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word kvetch
There's a guy at my work and all he does is kvetch all day long.
December 8, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word foxymoron
the urban dictionary has a definition
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word pussy's bow
Well, "pussy's bow" is one of those old Australian idioms meaning "more than enough". Neal Drinnan
As heard on Kath 'n' Kim.
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word isomorphism
a 1-to-1 mapping in mathematics
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word schwarzschild radius
the schwarzschild radius of the sun is 3 km
the schwarzschild radius of the earth is 9 mm
An object smaller than its Schwarzschild radius is called a black hole.
from the wikipedia article
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word kakocracy
rule by criminals...or the worst
at example might be the germany of the hitler period, unless anyone can think of a more recent example
SCHOLAR ISLAND on government
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word the fellow in the brite nightgown
refers to a statement from W.C. Fields -- he liked to refer to Death as "the fellow in the bright nightgown"
the urban dictionary
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word giving props
1. (verb) Giving respect.
2. (verb) Getting respect. See props. Cause when I go to rhyme for mine I get props -- Daddy-O (Nobody Move (Nobody Get Hurt)
Get/give props The Rap Dictionary is the oldest and ultimate resource for looking up hip-hop slang.
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word shout out
The act of giving such an acknowledgement; A section of one's web page, profile or blog containing these greetings; To give props or acknowledgement to a person one considers important; To provide information you weren't asked for, particularly in a school environment
the wikitionary
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word capernoity
peevish, irritable
occurs in Fergusson
When fou we're sometimes capernoity
very strange word
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word 500 application error
a state that wordie is always getting itself into
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word seperately
i have finally mastered the spelling of this word now as i can see that this is a misspelling. it used to give me some difficulty.
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word glider
the smallest spaceship in conway's game of life
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ooo
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word definately
you see this a lot on the www. i think that americans in particular are prone to make this mistake.
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word syzygy
shortest word in english with three ys
December 7, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word maven
first came across this in connection with aficionados of apple compters mac mavens
December 6, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word vero possimus
yes we can
Barack Obama’s first 100 days have already begun
December 6, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word mole-groomer
this word has just been coined or at least come to light this week. fairly self explanatory.
Officers enter Parliament to root out a mole-groomer. Should this make Britons grateful or fearful?
December 6, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word thrawn
rls has a short story thrawn janet
December 6, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word gladwellian
possibly suggested by orwellian?
December 6, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word egregious
first came across this word when an KAL 007 was shot down
December 6, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word eschew
those who follow a macrobiotic diet eschew potatoes
December 6, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word walking spanish
to be forcibly ejected from a place. walkin' spanish (down the hall) is a tom waits song about death see below.
Walking Spanish
i think joshua ferris may have used this phrase in his novel of office life.
December 6, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word wheesht
hud yer tongue
December 5, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word rapscallion
a type of onion which has been influenced by hip-hop and African-American culture generally
December 5, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word gomasio
sesame salt
December 5, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word tric trac
backgammon
December 5, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word popinjay
or fop
December 5, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word thaumaturgist
miracle worker
December 5, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word wellkenspeckled
see well-kenspeckled
December 4, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word well-kenspeckled
easily recognisible, conspicuous, familiar.
grassic gibbon cites this word in sunset song.
December 4, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word helmet
of course also slang for the foreskin (and often used derogatively of a male) so like the yiddish schmuck. of course I could be quite wrong about any or all of this:)
December 4, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word dowie
o edina I could ne'er part with thee but wi' a dowie heart
Robert Fergusson
December 4, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word well-kenspecled
grassic gibbon cites this word in sunset song.
December 4, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word clashmaclavers
gossip, idle tales
December 4, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word agrise
to tremble; to make tremble, to terrify
The kynges herte of pitee gan agryse, Whan he saugh so benigne a creature.
Chaucer, The Man Of Law’s Tale
December 4, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word medulla oblongata
The medulla oblongata is the lower portion of the brainstem. It deals with autonomic functions, such as breathing and blood pressure. The cardiac center is the part of the medulla oblongata responsible for controlling the heart rate.
medulla oblongata at the Wikipedia.
December 4, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word occipital lobe
the visual processing center of the mammalian brain containing most of the anatomical region of the visual cortex.
occipital lobe at the Wikipedia.
December 4, 2008
garyth123 commented on the list wordies-talk-about-themselves-2
wordie words
December 3, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word wellkenspeckled
Occurs in Grassic Gibbon. Means easily recognised.
December 3, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word shorting
In the financial sense a word that has gained a certain notoriety in recent times.
December 3, 2008
garyth123 commented on the user garyth123
Thanks, interesting. Also led to wassailing.
December 3, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word wiggy
He oozes down the heating duct
Swims like seaweed down the hall
He briefly digs your wiggy pad
And seeps out through the wall
Donald Fagen Morph the Cat
December 2, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word dowie
my favourite scots word
December 2, 2008
garyth123 commented on the user garyth123
I would like to build up my vocabulary.
December 2, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word steganographic
First came across this word in connection with al qaeda just after 9/11.
December 2, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word wonk
a word a day on wonk
December 2, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word squonk
Policy wonks?
December 2, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word sehnsucht
Title of a tune on a Brad Mehldau record which is where I first came across the word I think.
December 1, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word squonk
have you seen a squonk's tears
well look at mine
December 1, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word banausic
Picked this up reading Stephen Fry.
December 1, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word demiurge
Or perhaps a wish to make love to Demi Moore.
November 30, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word antisyzygy
syzygy is a kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment according to the Wikipedia. So antisyzygy is being out of alignment. This is the sense in which I most usually use it in connection with myself. Hugh MacDairmid referred to the Caledonian antisyzygy to refer eg to the seemingly morally contradictory quality of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson and James Hogg (Wikipedia again).
November 30, 2008
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