Ooo! Can somebody versed in graphic design put out the Wordie version of a Google doodle? I know that it would be completely useless, but I think that a birthday necessitates a little frivolity. Not that I'm thinking of anyone in particular....
Yeah, just looked at my own lists for the first time in ages. I think what was throwing me off is that you changed the name of your Bird Wirds list or something.
Picture a custodian in his 50s high-fiving kids and telling them "It's ALL good!" Mr. X walks around like he’s got the best job on Earth. I used to be a naysayer, but then my perspective changed.
HATE, HATE, HATE!!!! But only when applied to pants. I cannot begin to express how much I disliked stirrup pants, even when they were in fashion. They press on your knees in the most unpleasant way.
OH MY WORD, there are definitions on the word pages!!! Every time I take a day or two off, the place completely changes. Our little Wordie is growing up so fast.
Oh my goodness! A friend and I stopped by this tiny convenience store in the mountains of South Carolina. There was a bulletin board by the door simply plastered in Polaroids of terminated turkeys and deceased deer. Each photo was labeled with the animal's size and the hunter's name. This was also the store where we saw the KKK bumper sticker. Sketchy....
I love this list. I kinda hate that I love this list, but it's wonderfully funny! It reminds me of that country act, Big & Rich. They have the worst songs, and I enjoy them all. :)
I did find the following delightful notes at the end of "Deconstructing Astronomy's Holy Grail" by Steve Nadis (AIR May/June 2006).
2. I can't cite any official "source" for this statement, but trust me, it's true.
3. Hinted at (though not explicitly detailed) in the aforementioned "In Search of the Holy Grail," Annals of Improbable Research, March/April 1996, pp. 4-6...
21. Reference unknown; lost by the editor of this journal (though he is certain to deny it and cast blame elsewhere--on a surrogate, perhaps).
22. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote this mystery but surely would have had there been an additional installment in the Sherlock Holmes saga.
23. You can be sure I have much more to say on this subject, but my editor is kind of stingy when it comes to "word count." Fortunately, he tends to get tired by the end of a wearying article like this and, as a result, inattentive. If you are reading this note, you can be sure he never got this far. His loss is our gain.
Tee-hee. There were other footnotes, but they weren't funny.
moritherapy, you might want to click on the word struwwelpeter and leave your comment there too. Lots of cool conversations happen on the words themselves, and you don't want to miss out. :)
My personal term for all that God created to help tighten up those arteries. Some examples include bacon, hush puppies, apple fritters with powdered sugar, fried chicken, and homemade doughnuts.
I'm way behind in my reading, so I just read your post John. In fact, I did a rather embarassing little dance. I've been *wanting* a wordie t-shirt. Particularly anything I can wear in front of other people's kids. If we're taking requests, I would be up for a stuffie shirt. :)
In addition to my conversations list, check out chit-chat and idle chatter. Right now they're organized by legnth, but that needs to be redone. I'll turn it in with my TPS report.
I have a student named Quinn this year. I've been playing Quinn the Eskimo in my head ever since planning week. Every time I call the child's name, it starts over.
I am afraid that I may be out of The Loop as well. We'll just start our own loop. One that maybe can work on my work maybe not blocking wordie during work hours. Just a thought.
Frankly, I'm not a fan, although I do appreciate the creativity it took to say, "hey, let's take that delicious, crispy cabbage and soak it in yucky vinegar for several months," similar to the creativity it requires to keep a sentence aloft through endless phrases, clauses, and comma-splices, like a balloon batted aloft by a group of bored adolescents late at night.
My school computer security system has BLOCKED WORDIE!!! I'm rather upset, especially since the comments page has exploded recently. I'll never keep up once slumry returns!!!
It's actually a play for two actors that has half a dozen characters. The actors will just suddenly change their posturing, and you know that they're a different character. It was some of the best acting I've seen in real life, but not one of the better plays. It's a bit of a downer.
I think your daugh taught a few things to my cat. Fluffy Snowflake was almost bigger than Madison was, but that didn't prevent him for carrying it around by the tummy. No idea how that cat saugh where he was going.
I agree with c_b. My sense of humor is difficult to translate into the written word, so I often edit or delete my comments. I always leave my stuff after somebody else has replied to it.
Myzeld! My AP English teacher talked about that mispronunciation. It had never occured to me, but it make so much sense. (Ooo! Ooo! Do I get to complain about how badly the English alphabet sucks???)
At a recent family wedding, one of the uncles let slip that my mom, the health nut, knows how to make doughnuts from scratch. She's been holding out on us all these years.
I bet slumry is suffering from exhaustion. Keeping at the top of the comment list isn't for the faint of heart. ;) I did always think that there was a real life connection between you and c_b. Is that untrue?
It's fun to talk to kids about the older computers. I love telling them stories about when computer monitors only had four colors. What really gets them is when I talk about what we did before mouses.
Those of us under ten were simply shocked at this revelation. The tooth fairy also drives a really bad chocolate brown van. I have no idea how he makes time for his night job with all that traffic.
Moral of the story: Dads will say anything to make five-year olds shut up.
On a side note, our family took the World's Longest Road Trip to Canada when I was about eight. My sister was very worried that the Tooth Fairy wouldn't find her in Ontario, but Dad assured her that he was actually based out of Buffalo, and made trips across the border all the time.
We need a "kidding" font or something. I was just trying to type up some smart retort, and couldn't figure out how to make it work w/o completely offending somebody. Sometimes the winky face just seems inadequate.
I'm actually at the helm of a rather profitable dessert ring. The feds have been trying to pick me up for ages, but I connections. I bake for people in several different agencies. ;)
Me too! In middle school, a time of many wildly impossible ideas, I decided that I was going to learn sixteen languages. I am sorry to report that I am still working on language number two!
Sigh. There's the rub. I sometimes find comments hiding at the bottom of my lists months later. I do check the recent comments list on a pretty regular basis. Unless you're away for a week, that will keep you pretty much up to date.
There's an old Dave Barry article that touches on the subject. I happen to enjoy the dessert, but I can also appreciate the article. u, you might especially appreciate this one, since it's really about Christmas in Florida.
I really want to add it to my fabulous usernames list, but the user needs to comment or add a word to a list or something. I'm worried that Marzipanda's not coming back! So sad.
My best friend had one for years. I always dialed the wrong number and had to try again. Man, I'd forgotten about phones with cords. Remember the extra-long ones that you could use to tie up your little sister? :)
Well, I've always been more interested in commenting on lists than creating them, but I've also been downsizing. The upcoming second grade class is a toughie (Ooo! New list genre???), and I'll be needing some extra time to lay some smack down. I have no idea how having fewer lists will keep me off of Wordie, but it fell into my head, so I thought I'd give it a try.
By the way, thanks for the link. It was highly entertaining.
I think that it always has the short i, but I can see why you'd expect it to rhyme with ivy. Yet another reason why teaching English is harder than it really needs to be.
Ugh. That is completely tasteless. Not that I approve of them, but at least I understand the purpose of calendars full of nekkid, or nearly nekkid women. I can't imagine anyone buying a calendar of dog piddle.
I had a high school chemistry teacher who used to pass out mimeographed worksheets that corresponded with the overhead sheets for that day. At the end of the lesson he collected the (untouched!) worksheets, and filed those overheads away for the next year. This was in the 1990s.
This is Dear S? I'd rather eat blue berries *and* wear my seatbelt. Tell him that he should eat the blueberries and skip the okra, or something that's actually gross.
Having taken calculus in both high school and college, I think that standard curriculum really doesn't appeal to the kinesthetic modality. A life goal of mine is to write the new classic, Calculus for the Kinesthetic Learner. Actually understanding the stuff is an intermediate goal that I keep putting off. ;)
So...in English what you're saying is that searching for "lists" in the search box will bring me here, but clicking on the word lists in brackets will take me to the list of lists page. Did I get that right?
So I was trying to make a pun with Genghis Khan leaving lots of babies, and genghisjohn not leaving lots of words. I thought that issue would work well, but I can't wrap my brain around it right now. Somebody else care to try?
I have to admit, I think that it's great that your username is sumit and you're talking about people jumping off cliffs. Just thought that it should be noted. :)
Oh, we used to have so much fun with these as a kid! Whenever my dad pulled up behind a bestickered vehicle, we'd try and figure out as much about the person as possible. During these exchanges, the husband in the car was always referred to as Bubba, and his wife was always called Sweet Thang. :)
Huh. Wordie really doesn't like "like" (vally girl). Whether I click on it on the home page or in auburnlight's profile, it never takes me to the correct page. Amusing.
Ah, but your paternal grandmother will never have exactly the same recipes as your mom. All the same, my apologies to Granny Smith. Never meant to imply that she was less than brilliant in the kitchen.
slumry, I do have to say that you have single-handedly made us all a little more typeractive. Used to be, 60 comments a week was WAY out of the norm. Now, several users regularly get over 100. Not that I'm complaining. :)
I think that it's interesting that china (or China?) showed up on the Most Wordied, Last 7 Days list. All of the other words are either slightly esoteric, or at least pretty. Sometimes I wonder what would happen to that list if all of us tried not to steal or repeat words for an entire week. Would it break? Would it choose ten random words? I admit that I'm curious....
It's funny, I live right near a state line, and the disbelief is still hard to overcome. Maryland seems *forever* away, but sure, I'll trek an hour into DC.
I think that your previous comment tells me everything I need to know, but thank you. I'm still going to be wondering, but I'm 100% positive that I'm happier not knowing. :)
Can't you just imagine some trashy romance novelist getting ahold of this word? (Yes, I know it's not that kind of cleavage, but still...that's where your mind goes.) ;)
slumry has always been a bit of a maverick. This is the woman who made lists without words, and logged more than 300 comments in one week. Why not four brainstorms? ;)
Yes slumry, reddish-blonde. People would hear me describe my roommate's hair as strawberry blonde and interject, "But she isn't blonde! She's a redhead." I change what I said earlier; It *still* drives me crazy.
Thanks u, that site made my day. I wonder if it's only 404 error messages.
And one of my new favorites:
You requested a page, and we looked for it. We sent our best man, "Speedy the Wonderhamster," on a chase to find the file you requested at lightning speed! He got run over by a steamroller. Thus, the page or file you are trying to reach was not found on Redstroke.com. If you typed the name in yourself, please ensure you typed it in correctly and try again. If you followed it as a link from another page, please inform the webmaster of that site of the error. If you believe this is an error on Redstroke.com's part, or if you do not know the correct address of the page you want to reach, contact me and explain that you received "error 404". Include the page you were trying to reach, and help with the problem will be mailed back to you. Speedy, unfortunately, is beyond help.
Yes! Exactly arby! Even today I find that I may not use the first word that comes to mind because I learned it in a book and I'm not 100% sure about the pronunciation. I mispronounced dawdle forever!
John, you are awesome. We bring up these little things only to trouble-shoot amongst ourselves, never to take you to task. :) (Not that we ever object to improvements--just to any guilt on your part.)
I'm struggling against it. Unfortunately, I have a family history of stuffocation. Just this spring, we saw the carpet in my father's office for the first time since 1988. Scary.
Yep, I think I'm doing everything to make my code as non-wonky as possible. I'm just using the code for hyperlinks that u sent me awhile ago.
But John, no worries. If this means that I "need" to put each hyperlink it its own box, then that'll put me ahead of even slumry in citations for the week. Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha
When I was in college, I used to have to visit the delightful ladies in the education office to get offical things embossed with the school insignia. Upon being asked, one secretary would say to the other, "It's time to use the seal," or some such introductory comment. Then both middle-aged women would start whooping. Sometimes hand motions would accompany the performance.
The problem is that I can't see any of the text. Instead, I get the new parsing error message. I pressed enter a couple of times and even added some text between the links. Both links worked when I copied them into independent locations. Any ideas?
In making my conversations list, I became frustrated because I couldn't include conversations on lists. (Like the one forming here.) I was going to make a list in the list description, but when you put in two links, Wordie gives you an error message. I don't want to make one comment per link, but I don't see any other way. :-/
I think that it's acknowledging that a term exists without deeming it to have actually "entered" English. After all, a real dictionary actually has to do research.
I don't think that it's so surprising. The dictionaries' job is to track language as it evolves. I'm sure that they are continually sifting through the web, looking for new words.
Christian: India! India! It's set in India! And there's a courtesan, the most beautiful courtesan in all the world. But her kingdom's invaded by an evil Maharaja! Now, in order to save her kingdom, she has to seduce the evil Maharaja. But on the night of the seduction, she mistakes a penniless po- a penniless- a penniless sitar player for the evil Maharaja and she falls in love with him! He wasn't trying to trick her or anything, but he was dressed as a Maharaja because... he's appearing in a play!
slumry, could you give a reference? I keep picturing the narrator switching stories mid-movie, whilst the actors keep performing according to the original script.
These things are impossible to kill. I know because I am the Garden Reaper. I am given several potted plants at every holiday which I then subject to periods of neglect, followed by periods of overwatering. Not even the hearty cactus can stand up to my ministrations. In the past year alone I've killed over half a dozen plants, including three consecutive pots of mint. The lone geranium still survives.
slumry, you expressed exactly what I meant to. A training bra is for girls who don't quite need to wear a bra yet. It just *looks* like a sports bra.
u, I'm sure you're the resident expert on the Smith clan, but I've never heard of a family name being associated with having more boys or girls in the family. Could you direct us to some more information?
slumry, you should try a grills-with. It's two scoops of ice cream on top of two grilled doughnuts. A nice transition. I'm also a fan of a baked Alaska.
A training bra is a more comfortable version of a sports bra. It's for girls who are just beginning to need one. Personally, I used to forget to wear one, so I always thought that that was the "training" aspect. More recently, I've discovered that there is a "right" way to don a bra, and that way is actually pretty complicated.
I used to operate a chlorinator at the local pool. It had to be at least 20 years old, and the pvc pipes would make funny noises when I turned the valves. I was *certain* that one day it was going to explode and I was going to die.
I am not hatin' on the highjackers. In fact, I quite approve. Life would be rather stale if we knew with certainty that the commentary under any given word was actually pertinent to that word. ;)
Oh, nice encompasses all the characteristics a boy requires to date your friend. I don't care about the Stepford Wives, although I would like to know how to use italics (hint hint). Girl talk simply cannot survive without nice.
Yeah, I've always been a little nervous about the RSS feed. Am I signing up for a life-time of wordie spam? (uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.) (uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(slumry has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(reestee has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.), etc.
I knew who made that suggestion as soon as I saw it on the comment feed. How about a word that's fun to say? Something slightly out of the ordinary, like foible. The masses will never give up trying to impress us with their command of the English language.
Well, I think it would be interesting to see the evolution of words listed on the site. I'd imagine that the impressive SAT lists went up first, followed by the categorical lists. The lists of created words are newer.
Yes u, I shot off my mouth w/o thinking. Again. This is why I edit so many comments. The first thing out of my mouth is always the dumbest.
I've been wanting first-added dates on words for some time now. We're almost like archeologists, digging down through the months (!) to the original layers of the site.
This is pretty much it. I really think of stuffie as a group game, and poetrie got lumped in there.
Junie B. is a ficitious first-grader who is still learning grammar rules. She's written for elementary kids, but I laugh out loud at the books myself. I hope you enjoy her.
I think that the thing to remember is that the points don't matter, and for that matter don't really exist. When I think about it, poetrie and prosie aren't actually games. Here's a link to the master list.
My summer break starts on Wednesday. Unforeseen circumstances will give me a much freer schedule than I'd anticipated, so we could get this moving again. Takers?
I am so confused, and it is way past my bedtime. When you click on add, it goes to the words you've recently added. If you're not signed in, it goes to the main page. My poor little brain can't take it.
Yay! I am so delighted to rediscover that this word. Miss Malarkey is a fictional elementary teacher who puts up with a lot of nonsense herself. My favorite book is the original, Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10.
I generally require that people who make my fabulous usernames list either use multiple words, or create a new one. screendoor merits it for sheer character.
Hey whichbe, you can actually favorite lists. They appear under your favorites section. I'll use this list as an example.
You'll usually see the creator write an introduction:
The comments section of this list is also a great place to make suggestions for the Wordie site, and discuss Wordie policies in general. Join the fray!
In reference to your third request, I don't like the idea of having the first person who adds the word control the conversation. I know that your words are a bit different, because they're created. However, I think that that could easily slide into censorship. There have been prior discussions concerning conversational control, but I can't remember where they are. I seem to remember John falling on the hands-off side of things, but somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.
As for your last request, you may have subscribed to a feed for the word. I've never done that, so I can't tell you how to fix it.
Thanks for the reference! I absolutely couldn't remember where it was from. Ok, 1834 is not archaic, but so many phrases are written into church songs, prayers, etc. and then petrified. For example, modern writers don't use 'thee' or 'thou', but we read them in church writings all the time (well, some churches). I can't imagine many people today using 'whelm', so I think of it as fossilized.
That being said, it would be cool to bring it back.
For your edification: I was associating "dropping like flies" (connoting lots of people) with the literal death that a fly would meet on a frog's tongue which I associated with the phrase "you're killing me". So, a backwards way of saying I appreciated the joke. I guess that post needed a ;) for lack normal auditory cues.
Ooo! I saw a new game at the store the other day. You choose three letters and players try to come up with as many words as they can using those letters. I feel as though somebody may have mentioned it before, but it's been awhile. What do you think?
Anybody know how to change the order of your lists once you've made them? The only way I've found is to create a new list and transfer the words one...at...a...time.
I'm not comparing the books in terms of sci-fi, but the in terms of feeling of joy I get from being sucked into an amazing plot. HGTG has great lines, but the plot in EG just grabs on like a leech and won't let go until you're done.
Huh. I read Hitchhiker and half of Restaurant this weekend. It's getting better, but not my favorite series. Maybe having just reread Ender's Game is hurting my opinion.
I once ran across an article with hilarious footnotes. The first twenty were completely serious, then the author started testing his luck. The editor either never caught them, or thought that they were too funny to cut. I need to see if I can find that one....
Your mom may just be a really good chef. My mom always baked our bacon in a two-level pan so it was less fattening. I didn't discover properly-fried bacon until college.
Wait a minute. How big are these things? I'm envisioning a Victorian bannister, suitable for sliding down, held up by slender spindles. How could a person fit in one of those?
Eek! Swimming pools in private homes freak me out. Sounds like a pefect setting for a real-life game of Clue! (While we're on the subject, that movie has great costumes. Miss Peacock is in muted rust, Mrs. White is in all black, etc.)
Oh, lol. I didn't get the joke. I thought that it was *supposed* to rhyme. I guess I should have clarified, is this chant for a soccer team in England?
Twas a pact forged in ages long past that the marauding Heidi shall ner again dominate with her iron and wood, nor with her soldiers and roads. And indeed, any settler who does not summon his resources to defend Katan (sic) from her grasping hand should take heed, for the common good of all is at stake! And so it is with heavy heart, that I must report from the front line that clan B--- cannot hope to fight this latest battle. They are yet to weary from weeks of travel, there is no food in their huts, many are sick, and the evil smell of the open road still clings to all their garments. And even as my scribe writes this, I am imprisoned behind bars of parchmentwork that have accumulated in my absence, baring my exit 'till the last embers of the fire die late in the evening. But to those who do battle, I say fight bravely! You hold the very fate of Katan in your hands.
This comment thread took me forever to unravel. There's a city of Poquoson in Virginia with the same pronunciation, and it's located in the same region as the Great Dismal Swamp.
There are no rules yet...but we need to come up with something. I just discovered that you can search all comments under the Recent Comments page. It even works with strings of letters. I've tried love, vivi, and acq so far. Some of the comment strings are really interesting.
ellenw, the problem with a megalist is that it would take a long time to load. Some lists have already crashed computers as is.
John, I was wondering if there was some way to add extra organization to the favorites page. I'm up to 50, and it's getting tough to navigate through them all.
Cool, thanks u. Also, thanks for saying straight up that something made you uncomfortable. Being a girl, I like to think that have the low-down on sketchy, but clearly not. I'll remove most of the comments tonight.
Well, I wanted people to be able to see the users' profiles. Since I don't know how to link to their profiles, I have to go fish some uncommon word out of their lists. There's nothing on there that they haven't put out themselves, and nothing that is one could use to identify them in real life. If *somebody* would teach me how to link to profiles, I could dispense with the comments.
I just wish we had a better way of *finding* them. The words are the connections, but that's so hit or miss. Today I'm trying to find elbowcrannies, but I can't remember which word lead me to their profile. I'd love to ramble through a list of users, beyond the top-hundred lists. John?
but, I was just thinking the same thing the other day. He or she created the best list *ever* and then disappear. I was also wondering about inkhorn and Lampbane. Sigh. Do you ever feel like there are about fifteen of us actually using the site, for make benefit of the glorious rest of the world?
trivet brings up a good point. Most stuffies are burried in uselessness' lists, but I know of at least one other random one besides my own. Is there a way we can organize or interconnect all the stuffies? uselessness, I don't know how to make links to lists, but maybe we could put a list of links under Wordplay? I think that they're a kind of game in themselves.
trivet, if you're not up for a lost stuffie, let me know. I happen to enjoy them.
Lol! SonofGroucho, I agree. This is my new favorite username, although we should ask danceswithtrout why he or she doesn't like the word they. I'm simply baffled.
I have been LOOKING for this word for ~ a year. I heard some old-timer use it last spring, but I misheard it as scarble. reid_burkland, you made my day!!!!
First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.
I slogged through the Hobbit, but came to the same conclusion. The modern reader (me) is too used to instant gratification.
(It's no shame not to have read HP. Once you start, you feel compelled to read all seven. Kinda like the Wheel of Time books. I am simply *not* going to try to keep up with all of those characters.)
chained_bear, wasn't it your lists that reportedly crashed computers? I think that that's worthy of a little heckling. Besides, I've never seen stpeter make a comment. It's no fun he's not gonna rise to the bait.
reesetee, forgive me if I gave any such impression. One can *never* love one's words too much. It's just that some lists should come with warning labels, as should some comments. ;)
Ok, if we're keeping it strictly to titles, then it could be manageable. However, if the witch doctor keeps telling me what to do, I'll throw something. Get it OUT of my HEAD.
See? This list is already too long. You nominated 13 words, and I've only added 10 of them. I'm vetoing one, so there are two words unaccounted for. By the time I scroll between the comment and the top of the list, my poor little brain has forgotten which words I was supposed to be remembering.
Uh, I don't think we were thinking of the same song. Roomie says that Brown Eyed Girl is Sha-la-la. We were thinking of the one that goes, "There she was, just-a walkin' down the street...."
Art? I'm not sure about martial arts either. Fortunately, my roommate is into both of these, so I shall consult an outside expert. But the rest are really good. Thanks :)
There are a lot of stuffies. I don't think I saw one with do, but please feel free to let me know (with fire and brimstone if necessary) if I have erred.
It's been awhile since a list made me laugh out loud. How about three snaps up? BTW, uselessness, your link to pbpbpbpbpb doesn't work. Now I need to see that thread.
You can also use your knuckles. Start at the left knuckle on your left hand. That's January. It has 31 days. Next, point to the space between that knuckle and the following. That's February. It has fewer than 31 days. March, May, and July round out the knuckles on the left hand. April and June are in the spaces. After July, you switch to your right hand and August is on your first knuckle. Etc., etc., etc. I promise that it's easier than it sounds.
I can guarantee that you won't find the word "timesed (not a real word, but annoying anyway)" in the dictionary. ;) What you want to do is enter timesed as a word and put your commentary (not a real word, but annoying anyway) on the page for that word.
Wow. You poor thing, you've never had a funnel cake. Think of a fritter, think of a hot doughnut, think of those little drips of waffle batter that always hang off the sides of the waffle. You haven't *lived* until you've had a funnel cake.
I noticed that you commented on wordie games awhile ago. Just wanted to let you know that some of us are using the username WordPlay to kick around some lists. Feel free to join in the fun!
Her name is pronounced "Trillion", but it's written out as "10^10". I doubt that my kids will have the mojo to carry off 10^10, but it is the coolest name, ever.
I'm willing to bet that schadenfreude stays on the most wordied, past seven days list because it is always listed on the homepage. Akimbo went through a similar period.
Well, I think that we’d have to allow for Internet searches, since we couldn’t prevent them. One person comes up with a category that’s bound to be limited. This person will judge for that round and cannot play. Each person has 24 hours to put together a list. I wish we could do a group list, but I don’t think wordie allows that yet. Eventually, that would be the ideal.
I first ran across this word while working in a reading group with my second grade students. Who writes for seven- and eight-year olds with an archaic word like quern?
Well, absent is in most of the online dictionaries as a transitive verb. Dictionary.com even uses the example of absenting oneself from a meeting. It’s pretty formal. I’ve heard it only a few times in real life, usually coming from an English teacher. :)
Oh, I would say that scrabble means that the word has to be legal in the game Scrabble. That does limit play, because I couldn't use Falling Water in the aforementioned architecture game. Although to be fair, the game does have to end sometime.
Like, I would say architecture, and edwardvielmetti would say house, Ecrivaine33 would say window, uselessness would say column, AbraxasZugzwang would say door, and we'd just keep going around until somebody broke?
Does firstflickr mean that we can use pictures?
When do we know that somebody gives up? How do we know who's playing?
I got as far as making a list of verbs that I needed to work on. :) I realized that no matter what system I used, it would still be based on either English or French. After that, the whole thing seem phony. I just love A verbs for the memories.
I always use "y'all". There was some commotion at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta b/c somebody held up a sign spelled ya'll. You just don't *do* that in the South. Personally, I have always wondered about the possessive. Is it y’all’s and all y'alls'?
However, the world's longest acronym according to the Guinness Book of Words is NIIOMTPLABOPARMBETZHELBETRABSBOMONIMONKONOTDTEKHSTROMONT (56 letters, 54 in Cyrillic). Found in the Concise Dictionary of Soviet Terminology, it means: The laboratory for shuttering, reinforcement, concrete and ferroconcrete operations for composite-monolithic and monolithic constructions of the Department of the Technology of Building-assembly operations of the Scientific Research Institute of the Organization for building mechanization and technical aid of the Academy of Building and Architecture of the USSR Stuart Kidd.
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jennarenn commented on the word trapper keeper
RRRRRIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!
November 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list c-5
Uh, oh. I think the wordworm crawled onto the wrong list!
November 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word league of extrawordy gentlemen
That was fun! Really gives me a fresh perspective on my dad's closet.
November 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stpeter-s-words
Or, John could subdivide each list into pages of approximately 100 words.
November 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list my-little-_____
Sweet doll
November 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word womonym
Ooo! Can somebody versed in graphic design put out the Wordie version of a Google doodle? I know that it would be completely useless, but I think that a birthday necessitates a little frivolity. Not that I'm thinking of anyone in particular....
November 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word context
Can we stick this on a stuffie somewhere?
November 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word antonomasia
Yeah, just looked at my own lists for the first time in ages. I think what was throwing me off is that you changed the name of your Bird Wirds list or something.
November 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word it's all good
Picture a custodian in his 50s high-fiving kids and telling them "It's ALL good!" Mr. X walks around like he’s got the best job on Earth. I used to be a naysayer, but then my perspective changed.
November 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word antonomasia
Hehehe. Did you redo your lists, c_b? I *know* that your second list didn't used to be a Tunie.
November 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word loggerheads
Could loggerheads ever be at loggerheads? They seem too placid.
November 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cabochon
Actually, uncut cabbage will last for about a month in the fridge. ;)
November 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cholera
So my friend decided that The Painted Veil would be a "fun" Friday night movie.
November 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word stirrup
HATE, HATE, HATE!!!! But only when applied to pants. I cannot begin to express how much I disliked stirrup pants, even when they were in fashion. They press on your knees in the most unpleasant way.
November 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word inchoate
I know it's wrong, but it always looks like IN-cho-ate to my eye. Why didn't the queen consult me when she fashyned her English? Hmph!
November 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user chano_the_brown_fist_of_god
That is some serious username you got going on. Can we call you Chano, or just The FIST?
November 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pun
Really? You are simply filled to the brim with useful tidbits, even eight months later.
November 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list words-that-make-velvetrabbit-squeak-with-despair
I happen to love your list names.
November 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word slug
Funny, I think an aversion to slugs is rather normal.
(Points for your use of queer!)
November 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word wella, wella, wella
Tell me more, tell me more!
November 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word saving
I wish I could take the credit. Sadly, that one was stolen from a commercial I was watching while on Wordie.
November 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word oprah
The name Orpah always reminds me of the word porpoise.
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word jentacular
I get my words from all over Wordie. :)
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mynah
What's your beef with tuna fish?
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word oprah
She's confirmed it on her show.
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ♖☞
Good. We're all over at my place, eating my mom's cookies.
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word shirt
What about good one-liners? We have them in spades.
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ink pen
Yes reestee, in the South there are Wawas in the South.
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word van gogh
I cried. Thank you, Mr. Uselessness.
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word utilize
Who says that nicknames have to be short? I'd argue that it can be long with a nice flow.
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word saving
What was that?
It's our savings.
What's it doing?
Making a sandwich.
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word kudzu
OH MY WORD, there are definitions on the word pages!!! Every time I take a day or two off, the place completely changes. Our little Wordie is growing up so fast.
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word kudzu
I believe it's actually illegal to plant in some states.
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word jeri thompson
uselessness taught me how on this list.
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word crayon
I am decidedly a member of the "crown" camp. So how's about them apples?
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word tagyoureit
Tag!
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word petticoat
Also, something to keep your skirts at their fullest.
October 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list computer-connection-outlets
Outlets? Like the one that my student tried to stick her finger in the other day? Aie! No hyperbole here. No substance either. ;)
October 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word turkey shoot
Oh my goodness! A friend and I stopped by this tiny convenience store in the mountains of South Carolina. There was a bulletin board by the door simply plastered in Polaroids of terminated turkeys and deceased deer. Each photo was labeled with the animal's size and the hunter's name. This was also the store where we saw the KKK bumper sticker. Sketchy....
October 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word white on rice
White on rice! One of my coworkers uses this expression, and I love it.
October 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word swan
My dad says, "I swannie!" No clue how to spell that.
October 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list identify-the-wordie
No, y'all just don't know yourselves very well. ;)
October 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list double-your-fun
Sounds perfectly logical to me. I usually keep my raccoons in the tool shed, but a nook would work well too.
October 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word luxuriant flowing hair club for scientists
They have their own website! Silly things always make my day.
October 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word out loud on toast with lingonberry butter
Hahahahahahah. Can't wait to see what else you've cooked up when I come back. :)
October 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list how-does-it-suck-let-me-count-the-ways
I love this list. I kinda hate that I love this list, but it's wonderfully funny! It reminds me of that country act, Big & Rich. They have the worst songs, and I enjoy them all. :)
October 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list identify-the-wordie
chained_bear is caffeinated. It's either c_b or r--I know we've had a conversation about this.
jennarenn is fried goodness.
John is dissociative. ???
reesetee is abecedarian. Really, this fits everybody.
rocksinmypockets is winsome.
seanahan is sophistical. I might actually bet real monopoly money on this one. ;)
skipvia is tenacious. ???
uselessness is rapprochemental. He gets people together.
P.S. We got report card forms today. I'll be out of pocket until the 6th.
P.P.S. What adjective do you think slumry would choose for herself?
October 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word listless
So true. I always feel like a bit of a parasite, but the comments are so much more fun and low-stress.
October 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word jar jar binks
Always makes me wonder, "what was George thinking?"
October 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list words-that-rhyme-with-larynx
Syrinx?
October 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word character shoes
Awww. They were so much better than toe shoes! Brings back memories of Miss Belastrachi fussing at me to keep my arms up. :)
October 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word footnote
I did find the following delightful notes at the end of "Deconstructing Astronomy's Holy Grail" by Steve Nadis (AIR May/June 2006).
2. I can't cite any official "source" for this statement, but trust me, it's true.
3. Hinted at (though not explicitly detailed) in the aforementioned "In Search of the Holy Grail," Annals of Improbable Research, March/April 1996, pp. 4-6...
21. Reference unknown; lost by the editor of this journal (though he is certain to deny it and cast blame elsewhere--on a surrogate, perhaps).
22. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote this mystery but surely would have had there been an additional installment in the Sherlock Holmes saga.
23. You can be sure I have much more to say on this subject, but my editor is kind of stingy when it comes to "word count." Fortunately, he tends to get tired by the end of a wearying article like this and, as a result, inattentive. If you are reading this note, you can be sure he never got this far. His loss is our gain.
Tee-hee. There were other footnotes, but they weren't funny.
October 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word dilettante
That makes me sad. It's such a pretty word for a dabbler.
October 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word monosyllabic
"Monosyllabic isn't." -skipvia
October 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list monosyllabic-words-in-the-wordie-top-100
You're so good. (I'm also positively *thrilled* that somebody else is on right now.) :)
October 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pumpkin
I like pukkin. :) I think we all understand that you were joking, but I much prefer when stabby is directed at the words themselves.
October 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word jeez
Actually it's the frass, as well as the expired crickets themselves. Ugh.
October 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list monosyllabic-words-in-the-wordie-top-100
Shirt quote: why the heck is "monosyllabic" five freakin' syllables?
Good one c_b.
October 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-several-stages-of-wordie-addiction
c_b, the same thing happened to me. I ended up leaving the list.
October 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-several-stages-of-wordie-addiction
palooka, you are spot on. I responded to my dry period by deleting lists.
October 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list monosyllabic-words-in-the-wordie-top-100
It seems most wordies have something else on their minds.
October 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user soitoldthatfool
I love your username.
October 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word smack yourself in the head
In the past seven days, 1851 comments were made by the top ten alone. It was *quite* a week.
October 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pumpkin
Ah, pumpkin. I had that nickname as a child. It was pronounced PUMP! kin.
*waiting to see if Seanahan will add PUMP!kin* ;)
October 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user thinkmydear
about what?
October 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word jeez
Crickets are only icky when you keep them confined to cages for weeks. Then the smell gets pretty intense.
October 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word dominiknitrix
My roommate just saw a t-shirt last night that read, "Will knit for tattoos." I thought that it was cute.
October 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word kraft single
Where?
October 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list moritherapy-s-words
moritherapy, you might want to click on the word struwwelpeter and leave your comment there too. Lots of cool conversations happen on the words themselves, and you don't want to miss out. :)
The words on this list are good examples.
October 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list out-with-the-verbs
wig out
October 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list out-with-the-nouns
Good one.
October 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nouveau riche
But some people's mothers chose ugly silver!
Hi mom.
October 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word myfaceborkutspace
Have a slice.
October 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word brangelina
I posted the answer on your profile so future generations would have the opportunity to figure it out for themselves. :)
October 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user seanahan
I wonder who's kissing her now. :)
October 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word soitoldthatfool
soitoldthatfool all about my drinking problem.
October 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word spookymilk
spookymilk occasionally inhabits my fridge.
P.S. That is the very FIRST hyperlink that I have ever done from memory. :D
October 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list best-wordie-user-names
Great list c_b!
October 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rice
Cool! Anybody know how high the levels go?
October 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word wordtuplets
Such as reestee's lists of words for tiny cars and huge suvs? If I had the time I'd make those lists into some cool merch. (hint, hint)
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word league of extrawordy gentlemen
Oooo! Sounds like we need our own walnut-paneled lounge filled with cigar smoke, lofty conversation, and crystal decanters good gin.
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hush puppy
Ooo, trivet and I have matching lists!
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word commenty
I remember a week, back in the dark ages, when I was on top with about sixty comments. Times change.
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word fried goodness
My personal term for all that God created to help tighten up those arteries. Some examples include bacon, hush puppies, apple fritters with powdered sugar, fried chicken, and homemade doughnuts.
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ubiquity
Skip, you've got to stop hanging around the uselessness.
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word earworm
The soundtrack is back! Who did that?
*huming along*
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word quim
Eek!!!!
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word typewriter
Eh. Eraser marks cost me my A back in 9th grade keyboarding class. I'm less nostalgic.
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word utilikilt
How do you know this? Are there pictures?
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word xmas
...making it even *easier* to teach children to read.
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list because-i-said-so-that-s-why
I love the list title. :)
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word shirt
Excellent suggestion.
October 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word merch
I'm way behind in my reading, so I just read your post John. In fact, I did a rather embarassing little dance. I've been *wanting* a wordie t-shirt. Particularly anything I can wear in front of other people's kids. If we're taking requests, I would be up for a stuffie shirt. :)
In addition to my conversations list, check out chit-chat and idle chatter. Right now they're organized by legnth, but that needs to be redone. I'll turn it in with my TPS report.
October 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word moxie
Wearing a sea foam green polyester suit with a pink ruffled shirt and white patent leather shoes takes moxie.
On a side note, why isn't sea foam one word? Both Dictionary.com & Word want to split in half. I think that the two halves want to sit together.
October 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word utilikilt
Kilts of any sort are alluring. Alton Brown needs a utilikilt.
October 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nascar
Your dog knows NASCAR???
October 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user reesetee
Just wanted to apologize in case my comments on rhythm belcher came out the wrong way. You weren't the one I was worried about. :)
October 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cheesois
Five down, 264 to go!
October 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list real-names
Ah, I wonder if that's the same Holly Wood that I've heard of.
October 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word earworm
I have a student named Quinn this year. I've been playing Quinn the Eskimo in my head ever since planning week. Every time I call the child's name, it starts over.
Moral: Don't name your child Quinn.
October 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rhythm belcher
Wow. I just realized that people actually *could* stalk me online. Why don't you friend me instead? :)
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rhythm belcher
Then stalk away. :)
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gangster
Don't be greedy.
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rhythm belcher
How exactly do you stalk people on Facebook if you only know their username?
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rhythm belcher
Meant only in the most complementary manner.
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gangster
Maybe you could set the building on fire.
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word earworm
But will you still love it tomorrow?
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word columbine
You must be practicing for your TS clearance!
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rhythm belcher
If I were that skinny, I'd be one happy camper. ;)
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word weeb
I'd like to get my hands on the dweeb who wrote that!
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word columbine
And yet, you keep telling us all about New Mexico.
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word features
Great ideas, seanahan!
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word white chocolate
Anybody remember the Zero bar? It only had 60 g of sugar!
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word maroon
Wha? *hangs head*
October 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word marginalizing my discourse
Hahahahahahhahahaha. See waxed paper.
October 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word white chocolate
You are SSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wrong!
October 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word waxed paper
I am afraid that I may be out of The Loop as well. We'll just start our own loop. One that maybe can work on my work maybe not blocking wordie during work hours. Just a thought.
October 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word get down with your bad self
Ditto. I couldn't LOL because I couldn't breathe.
October 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word aberdevine
Oh, the unbearable coolness of it all!!!
October 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word loves reese's peanut butter cups
They come with nuts???
October 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word kimchi
Frankly, I'm not a fan, although I do appreciate the creativity it took to say, "hey, let's take that delicious, crispy cabbage and soak it in yucky vinegar for several months," similar to the creativity it requires to keep a sentence aloft through endless phrases, clauses, and comma-splices, like a balloon batted aloft by a group of bored adolescents late at night.
That was so illegal. :)
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word dickensian workhouse fare
Are those your kitties??? They're ridiculously cute. :)
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word wet bread
White chocolate is definitely heavenly. I don't care if it's not real chocolate. :)
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list tunie-lukey-s-boat
I love Great Big Sea!!! Mad points.
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list conversations-for-the-ages
Yay! I'm a fan. I'd missed slough of despond.
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word clue-by-four
This word came to mind yesterday, and I fondly thought of this page. :)
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word weeaboo
'Cause I feel bad for the little cartoon character.
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word todal
My school computer security system has BLOCKED WORDIE!!! I'm rather upset, especially since the comments page has exploded recently. I'll never keep up once slumry returns!!!
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list colbert-nation
Oh, I'm so glad! I thought I was the only one who couldn't figure out how to add tags.
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ikea
Love the song; hate the idea of disposable furniture.
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ctl-b
Now if work hadn't blocked my precious Wordie, I'd be tons happier.
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word weeaboo
Why?
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list watch-your-language-young-man
cheese and crackers
holy shrimp
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nee naw
How cute!
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cheapdate
I love nerds with a good sense of humor. :) Wasn't there a hair club for scientists at some point?
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word curry
I thought that there were few things worse than the Ed School by this name, but this conversation is one of them.
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cheese and rice
Similar to cheese and crackers!
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user qvaak
How do you pronounce Qvaak?
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word compound interest
I happen to enjoy your use of jolly good. :)
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word moist
Ok, why is Flickr/Yahoo asking for my credit-card number?
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word todal
This conversation todally illuminates somebody's facebook status. :)
October 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nucular
:)
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word releasing my hips
Are you a dancer?
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word braintoast
Does anybody else remember the flying toasters screensaver? I bet
braintoast does. :)
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user braintoast
This username is *so* added. :) Jen
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user rocksinmypockets
It's actually a play for two actors that has half a dozen characters. The actors will just suddenly change their posturing, and you know that they're a different character. It was some of the best acting I've seen in real life, but not one of the better plays. It's a bit of a downer.
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word minced oath
Reminds me of mincemeat, which is heaven.
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word fluffy snowflake
One awesome teddy bear.
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word shaken teddy bear syndrome
I think your daugh taught a few things to my cat. Fluffy Snowflake was almost bigger than Madison was, but that didn't prevent him for carrying it around by the tummy. No idea how that cat saugh where he was going.
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word coke
Cheerwine is still around and kicking, although you can only find Diet Cheerwine in the Carolinas.
Oh Colleen, would you say, "I want a regular diet Coke"? Just wondering.
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word moist
How did this word make it onto The History of Cool?
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word warfarin
It's no fun listing normal words! Hasn't u taught you anything?!
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user colwilson
Maybe ey fries something other than chicken. ;)
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word data smog
What an apt description!
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word i'n't
No it ain't!
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cispadane
Do you ever sit up at night and wonder: What if Wikipedia is wrong?
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word lychnobite
Actually, there are several:
resident
undergrad (but only during exam time)
mom
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user rocksinmypockets
Cool username! Did you ever see the play Stones in His Pockets?
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word esperanto
Because English is noted for its limited vocabulary?
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mollusk
See clam.
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word wilhelm scream
Just commenting so I can find this later. :)
October 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word fido
THE list? That really narrows it down. ;)
October 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word scion
Possibly. Were you one of those skinny boys who glowed white? ;)
October 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user copycatalyst
Awesome username. :)
October 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word moot
Wow, I am so guilty.
October 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word random
Oh no, did I delete a good list? I could only find two words, so I decided to chuck it. I'm such a minimalist!
Hee-hee.
October 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list from-the-vault
Floppies!!! Did the 5" ones actually flop? I don't quite remember....
October 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ni
Oh, and no idea why I listed this on my shorter and sweet list. Clearly needs to be moved to conversations at this point.
October 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ni
I did invite folks to play back when I had all the time in the world. It's not my fault if y'all choose not to live in the Eastern Time Zone. ;P
October 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word www.hubbuzz.com
Spammers get smilies? I want stock options, or at least sammies! ;)
October 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word spy wednesday
Really, it's a day the church sets aside so the clergy can go watch classic James Bond flicks. ;)
October 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word make him captain of an exxon tanker
YARRR! This is by FARRR my favorite.
October 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word clam
Clam-I-Am!
October 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ni
I agree with c_b. My sense of humor is difficult to translate into the written word, so I often edit or delete my comments. I always leave my stuff after somebody else has replied to it.
October 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ,
Argh! I hate commas; the rules are so bendy.
October 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word egregious
Sometimes a word slips itself into every available conversation, until I begin to annoy even myself. This weekend it was egregious.
October 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list guten-tag-the-original-five-star-system
You need to stop coming up with cool ideas. I'm sick and tired of favoriting(?) your darn lists! ;P
October 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word tag
John, you are so good. I was going to leave a question about tags on this page, but you preempted it. :)
October 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word zanahorías
This reminded me of the tryst conversatoin from ages ago. :)
October 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list fake-slang-i-actually-use
This list is the pants!
October 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sparkle
Sparkle is also a children's skip-counting game. :)
October 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word dad dancing
SonofGroucho, you have no idea how happy that makes me. :) According to my mom, Dad excelled at dad dancing, which is why I've never seen him dance
October 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list words-i-used-to-misread
Myzeld! My AP English teacher talked about that mispronunciation. It had never occured to me, but it make so much sense. (Ooo! Ooo! Do I get to complain about how badly the English alphabet sucks???)
October 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word blink
SonofGroucho, this *is* a classic wordie page. brtom hasn't commented in ages, and I've already added it to one of my conversations lists. :)
October 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word frass
Alas, the insect unit is actually in October, but I *will* be using this word tomorrow. :)
October 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word afterpain
Rub it in. At least we get an average of seven extra years to heckle our offspring about the ordeal.
October 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hilarious misunderstanding
So I lied. I finally added drinking problem. ;)
October 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hilarious misunderstanding
Sigh. To add, or not to add? I finally gave up and added airplane!
October 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list monty-python-words
I humbly submit the holy hand grenade of antioch.
October 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list idle-chatter
9:22pm
October 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word tacky
The World's Tackiest Garage
October 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word chilver
Snap!
September 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user fungusamongus
Hi! You have an officially awesome username. :)
September 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bacon
At a recent family wedding, one of the uncles let slip that my mom, the health nut, knows how to make doughnuts from scratch. She's been holding out on us all these years.
September 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word raining fish
Oh no, my work blocked the link. I'm intrigued.
September 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hilarious misunderstanding
Does anybody know which conversation this inside joke started on? I *want* it.
September 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word squarehead
I bet slumry is suffering from exhaustion. Keeping at the top of the comment list isn't for the faint of heart. ;) I did always think that there was a real life connection between you and c_b. Is that untrue?
September 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nutella
It just that Nutella seems so similar to dessert. That makes me seriously reconsider the nutritional value of PB&J.
September 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word vacuous
This word *perfectly* describes the face of one of my students. Some days I want to walk over and check his pulse.
September 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nutella
Less sugar than jam? You can't be serious.
September 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word digital native
I actually got a B in my highschool keyboarding course because I kept smudging my papers on the typewriter. :P
September 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list how-to-talk-like-a-pirate
To think I almost missed it!
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word st. januarius
Ooo! I'm so glad I didn't delete this list.
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word momus
Anybody ever called out "MOM!" at a potluck? You get a lot of eyes. One friend started calling her mom "Mu" just to escape the problem.
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word digital native
It's fun to talk to kids about the older computers. I love telling them stories about when computer monitors only had four colors. What really gets them is when I talk about what we did before mouses.
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word warass
I love it!
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word beggin' strips
I feel like u and I :) have had this conversation before, although I can't find the reference, so I'll just give y'all the highlights:
me: Bacon is amazing!
u: yep.
me: Bacon is about the best thing you can put in your mouth.
u: yep.
me: Bacon is proof that God loves us.
u: yep.
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list interesting-iowa-place-names
Subtle.
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pididdle
One taillight out was a padunkle. You had to hit the roof of the car with your head.
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gay
Alas, I am full of woe.
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list interesting-new-mexico-place-names
Are we going to do all 50 states? We may need to name the genre....
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word king of prussia
You're kidding! I must visit the great state of PA sometime soon.
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word membrane
Mine is currently insane.
September 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word apple
Can somebody explain apple pie with cheddar cheese?
September 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word baited breath
D'oh! Good catch.
September 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user jenay
Is this a Forrest Gump reference?
September 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word dupa
Does it have a long or short u?
September 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word baited breath
Isn't this what fish (and assorted suckers) reek of right before you real them in?
September 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user john
I read icco's comment as, "It's like the site is some new form of crack!" I think that both statements apply. :)
September 14, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mudita
Your dictionary cred?
September 14, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word wrapt
I only dreamed of being that hip.
September 14, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word buffalo
Those of us under ten were simply shocked at this revelation. The tooth fairy also drives a really bad chocolate brown van. I have no idea how he makes time for his night job with all that traffic.
Moral of the story: Dads will say anything to make five-year olds shut up.
September 14, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word wrapt
I said cooler. We are, after all, posting on a website about words. ;)
September 14, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word brass tacks
I just get down, get down. Never make it to the to.
September 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word wrapt
colleen, you are far cooler than I am, chica. I also second that first commandment.
September 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word buffalo
On a side note, our family took the World's Longest Road Trip to Canada when I was about eight. My sister was very worried that the Tooth Fairy wouldn't find her in Ontario, but Dad assured her that he was actually based out of Buffalo, and made trips across the border all the time.
September 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word buffalo
What!What?What!What?WHAT??!!!
What, that's not a grammatically correct sentence too?
September 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hail mary
Some Jewish gal at work told me about St. Anthony.
September 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hail john
We need a "kidding" font or something. I was just trying to type up some smart retort, and couldn't figure out how to make it work w/o completely offending somebody. Sometimes the winky face just seems inadequate.
September 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word curry western
I keep meaning to get around to seeing a Bollywood flick. I've heard that they're really good, and I know I'll like the music. Any suggestions?
September 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rubber cement
I'm actually at the helm of a rather profitable dessert ring. The feds have been trying to pick me up for ages, but I connections. I bake for people in several different agencies. ;)
September 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list newspaper-names
I'm so surprised! It must be about eight months old and I've never seen it either. What do these other people know that I don't???
September 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list lipgloss-flavors
If it's any comfort, eyeshadow now goes both below and above the eyes. You were just ahead of the times. :)
September 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user hotforwords
I love your username! :)
September 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rubber cement
What I actually need is a dessert intervention. Somebody please take away the pie!
September 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rubber cement
The teachers are now keeping the good stuff to themselves! Nuthin' like a good whiff of rubber cement after a long day with the kidos.
September 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rubber cement
I just learned that we're not allowed to use it in the classroom anymore. Ah, the good old days.
September 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user john
Hey John, this new homepage is pretty awesome. Thought you oughta know.
September 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word battle rattle
Adorable!
September 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word awesometastic
June 2008 will be awesometastic.
September 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word riparian
I wrote a rather embarassing paper in college where I confused the generic term "riparian" with the name of a local river, the Rapidan.
August 31, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word coral
I really wish that I didn't object to coral jewelry; it's so pretty!
August 31, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word subweasel
Awesome.
August 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hyperpolyglot
Ca va bien, merci.
August 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user john
Ooo! reestee, feel free to stalk me. uselessness is the only one who ever does and it makes me feel sad. ;)
August 29, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hyperpolyglot
Me too! In middle school, a time of many wildly impossible ideas, I decided that I was going to learn sixteen languages. I am sorry to report that I am still working on language number two!
August 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list just-saying
Awww, y'all are too sweet. The room's clean now, if a bit bare, so please carry on!
August 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list just-saying
I'm having the same problem. It's planning week, and I'm supposed to be cleaning my room, not checking up on you guys. ;)
August 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list just-saying
Sigh. There's the rub. I sometimes find comments hiding at the bottom of my lists months later. I do check the recent comments list on a pretty regular basis. Unless you're away for a week, that will keep you pretty much up to date.
August 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word chantilly lace
"...Got a purty face...."
August 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list words-i-dig-2
Poor twirl feels left out.
August 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list just-saying
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
August 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user marzipanda
That would be useful. I think that facebook does a good job with their e-mail notification feature.
August 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list secretwords-s-words
I hate to tell you this, but I can see them too. ;)
August 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user marzipanda
The problem is that he/she needs to come to Wordie to see that we've posted on his/her page.
August 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word jugglinggeese
Hehehehehe. :)
August 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word amirite
Yes, but that's tougher to mock. Still possible, but I'd need to use my brain. ;)
August 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list a-wine-by-any-other-name-wouldst-taste-as-sweet
There's an old Dave Barry article that touches on the subject. I happen to enjoy the dessert, but I can also appreciate the article. u, you might especially appreciate this one, since it's really about Christmas in Florida.
August 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word vajayjay
Eh, I wouldn't be a fan.
August 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word amirite
ur so rong an i m so rite
August 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word jugglinggeese
Do you think the geese would mind?
August 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word amirite
'cept they r not rele bearz
August 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user marzipanda
I really want to add it to my fabulous usernames list, but the user needs to comment or add a word to a list or something. I'm worried that Marzipanda's not coming back! So sad.
August 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa*thud*
I happen to love that Faintheart added a scream of sorts. :)
August 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word vajayjay
I think Oprah popularized this word in one episode.
August 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list fifty-cent-words
As opposed to 50 Cent's words.
August 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user marzipanda
Marzipanda, I think you have a great username! Where does it come from? :) jennarenn
August 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word verticillate
Those are the best because nobody know if you're actually pronouncing it correctly. Dilettante is another good one for multiple pronunciations.
August 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word chowder
THE uselessness? Like The Donald?
August 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word wisteria
This may be one of the best scents on Earth.
August 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word chowder
Rats! ;)
August 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word chowder
TAWVFCI/OP(?)MPB&CSRU!!!
August 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word desultory
Yep. If there's something to mispronouce or misspell, jennarenn's already on it. :-/
August 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word forsooth
Methinks ye may be on to something.
August 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word madshrubbery
I have to admit, I saw MadShrubbery's username and smiled as a thousand Monty Python references came to mind.
August 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list danger-will-robinson
Heaven forbid!
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list quiet
Oh, I like this list. I'm not sure that we've had one like it yet.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user edes
Hey edes, could you tell me a little more about your username? :) jennarenn
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word teleportation
What if he didn't know he wasn't you?
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list danger-will-robinson
Whew! I'm glad to see that "dangerous" still is a synonym for "dangerous". ;)
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word teleportation
I'm just trying to keep the site PG, if only for uselessness' sake. ;)
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list wordzilla
I hope you become a Wordie fan too! Check out the comment feed on the right-hand side of the home page. That's where the fun is. :)
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list y-all-come-back-now
This list will not die! I have tried to delete it over and over again today. It's kinda creepy. Like kudzu.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rotary phone
My best friend had one for years. I always dialed the wrong number and had to try again. Man, I'd forgotten about phones with cords. Remember the extra-long ones that you could use to tie up your little sister? :)
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word aujourd'hui
Probably. Mrs. Duckworth, my middle-school French teacher, said that it meant today. I'm sure she was just simplifying it for us.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word amphigorey
My dad, the architectural historian, dragged us to Cape Cod ages ago. I can't believe we missed the Edward Gorey house! I'll have to bug him about it.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word teleportation
Ew, ew, ew, ew, EW!!!! Can you just imagine someone else's ear landing on your upper arm or something? Ewewewewew!
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word jeopardous
Austin "Jeopard" Powers. Nah, doesn't have the same ring.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user uselessness
Oh, I was out most of last week, but Sera and erinoftheyear admirably stood in my stead. Now all we need is a pun war, and we'll be back in business.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word amphigorey
Gosh! His books are worth a mint now if you didn't tear all the pop-ups from overuse like my sister and I did. Anybody remember The Dwindling Party?
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hurly burly
It's funny how just a simple word can make your day. This one made mine. :)
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list poetrie-404-error
Well, I've always been more interested in commenting on lists than creating them, but I've also been downsizing. The upcoming second grade class is a toughie (Ooo! New list genre???), and I'll be needing some extra time to lay some smack down. I have no idea how having fewer lists will keep me off of Wordie, but it fell into my head, so I thought I'd give it a try.
By the way, thanks for the link. It was highly entertaining.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cobblestone
These are downright obnoxious when they're too rounded; I can see why they went out of fashion.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word privy
I think that it always has the short i, but I can see why you'd expect it to rhyme with ivy. Yet another reason why teaching English is harder than it really needs to be.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user uselessness
Actually, I think we all timed it rather well. Many of the usual suspects were gone last week.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word consarn it
This is surprisingly satisfying to say.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word teleportation
This would really shorten my commute.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word aujourd'hui
Today.
August 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word spill the beans
Let the cat out of the bag?
August 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word smoot
tinyfossil, that definition makes me SO happy. I just love quirks that are specific to a particular place. :)
August 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word calendar
Ugh. That is completely tasteless. Not that I approve of them, but at least I understand the purpose of calendars full of nekkid, or nearly nekkid women. I can't imagine anyone buying a calendar of dog piddle.
August 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mimeograph
I had a high school chemistry teacher who used to pass out mimeographed worksheets that corresponded with the overhead sheets for that day. At the end of the lesson he collected the (untouched!) worksheets, and filed those overheads away for the next year. This was in the 1990s.
August 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word antioxidant
This is Dear S? I'd rather eat blue berries *and* wear my seatbelt. Tell him that he should eat the blueberries and skip the okra, or something that's actually gross.
August 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word solipsism
I do have a good sense of humor, don't I?
August 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word calculus
I'll get right to work. ;)
August 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word doughnut
Not in my county, but Fairfax is known for doing its own thing.
August 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word doughnut
Actually, I think English could do with some additional simplification. It would make my job a lot easier! Case in point: /ough/.
August 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word strumpet
I like the nickname Jenna, but have never used it. I may need to start. Thank you, seanahan. :)
August 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word calculus
Having taken calculus in both high school and college, I think that standard curriculum really doesn't appeal to the kinesthetic modality. A life goal of mine is to write the new classic, Calculus for the Kinesthetic Learner. Actually understanding the stuff is an intermediate goal that I keep putting off. ;)
August 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list a-bazillion-imaginary-numbers
I think of zounds as an exclaimation, not as an adjective.
August 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nut ball
How is wingnut an animal???
August 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word solipsism
Aren't imaginary friends great? I always wanted one as a child.
R, you simply must say hi to Canada for me, and tell them that I'll bring the cookie recipie next time I'm up that way. ;)
August 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list a-bazillion-imaginary-numbers
Ooo! I love scads! Stolen. :)
August 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word strumpet
You don't actually *use* this word, do you???
August 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word doughnut
Regardless of the spelling, anything fried is pretty American.
August 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word lists
So...in English what you're saying is that searching for "lists" in the search box will bring me here, but clicking on the word lists in brackets will take me to the list of lists page. Did I get that right?
August 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word genghisjohn
So I was trying to make a pun with Genghis Khan leaving lots of babies, and genghisjohn not leaving lots of words. I thought that issue would work well, but I can't wrap my brain around it right now. Somebody else care to try?
August 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word lists
Didn't lists connect us to a list of all the lists on wordie just a few days ago? Am I making that up?
August 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list storylined-s-words
I happen to love gloaming too.
August 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list thelivingroom-s-words
Your username made my day. :)
August 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word thelivingroom
Just when you think you've seen every fabulous username out there, you meet someone like thelivingroom.
August 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list word-of-the-day
Isn't this a great one? I discovered it on wordie myself.
August 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
No matter how tiny thy town, thou shalt name all thy streets and landmarks after thine own self.
Burke Rd., (The other) Burke Rd., Burke Center Pkwy., Burke Lake Rd., Burke Commons Rd., Burke Woods Dr., Burke Towne Ct., Burke View Ave., Col. Silas Burke Park, etc.
August 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word tombstoning
I have to admit, I think that it's great that your username is sumit and you're talking about people jumping off cliffs. Just thought that it should be noted. :)
August 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list assorted-flavors
Ha! I put these in my roll-top desk with the shiny lid.
August 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user epeuthutebetes
Hey epeuthutebetes,
Is there a story behind your username?
:) jennarenn
August 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word comment
Constant comment.
August 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user daspudlz
You have a fabulous username; is there a story behind it?
August 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pink
Or a musician.
August 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-see-the-light
I'm so sorry I missed this one!!! I'm going to start thinking....
August 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list brtom-s-words
It's neat to look at how they've progressed over time.
August 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bumpersticker
Oh, we used to have so much fun with these as a kid! Whenever my dad pulled up behind a bestickered vehicle, we'd try and figure out as much about the person as possible. During these exchanges, the husband in the car was always referred to as Bubba, and his wife was always called Sweet Thang. :)
August 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pungy
I feel like I should have heard of this one, but I haven't.
August 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word kinetinaut
I can't believe that I hadn't heard of this before!!! I really like the love triangle they have going on this year.
August 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word done
Well, there are fifty-two other definitions to choose from!
August 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sherbet
My mama grew up in Canada, so that theory has possibilities....
August 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pud
Much like a pug is an abbreviated dog. I like it!
August 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list words-for-those-of-a-certain-age
Four vacuum cleaners? Did I read that right?
August 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word humble pie
Excellent reestee.
August 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list words-for-those-of-a-certain-age
I take issue with electrolux. I happen to love mine, and I'm in my mid-twenties.
July 29, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list zzzzz
Zzzzz is right. I haven't seen wordie so dead in quite a while.
July 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list bzzzt-try-again
Hey! sherbert is a legitimate spelling. Check out the entry in dictionary.com.
Those Floridians, keepin' us DOWN! ;)
July 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list worddom
You tell 'em! Those words were getting pretty uppity if you ask me.
July 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list to-marji
She sounds like quite a woman!
July 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list player-roster
I'm happy to play today, or to wait until Monday. It's up to you guys.
July 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user kalvin
You made a comment on highly nontrivial that intrigued me. Do you know me in real life, or is my penchant for the ridiculous that obvious?
July 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word your
Oh come on, that was excellent! Well done, seanahan.
July 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list player-roster
We should also blog about this on Errata. I'm on my way out the door...maybe tomorrow sometime? I'm happy to moderate or play any game.
July 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list player-roster
Hooray! What do y'all wanna play?
July 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word crestfallen
"Dear S" refers to Mr. Slumry?
July 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list aw-nuts
Ah, I'd forgotten about the joys of Nutella. I'll never be thin again.
July 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list bootload-s-words
I love how service, temporarily, and unavailable are all in a row.
July 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user auburnlights
Huh. Wordie really doesn't like "like" (vally girl). Whether I click on it on the home page or in auburnlight's profile, it never takes me to the correct page. Amusing.
July 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pili nut
Really??? Where can I get these marzipan-flavored treats???
July 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list aw-nuts
It saddens me that so many children will no longer experience the pure joy of a fluffer nutter. Peanut butter makes everything better.
July 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word crummy
In the world of dive restaurants, a crummy atmosphere often equals awesome food.
July 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bezoar
Perusers of Potter publications are probably plotting pranks as we speak.
(Yes, I cheated on publications. Whatcha gonna do about it?)
July 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list plurale-tantum
Good collection. I almost couldn't find it in the cloud of hyperlinks that your lists comprise.
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bezoar
Yes, the Potter patter is petering out.
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word druthers
Oh my. (blushing)
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word furniture
Yes! reesetee, you're brilliant!!!
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word china
Whoa, I'm sorry u. I didn't even think about it. r, u, c_b, s...bs just slipped by the censor. Would WS be more acceptable?
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word druthers
I love that this word is always plural, like just desserts. Doesn't somebody have a list of these somewhere?
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sherbert
Yup, this is how people say it 'round these parts. :) (See sherbet for the whole discussion.)
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bezoar
Harry Potter uses one of these in book six. (Sorry u, it's not over yet.)
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word babyluv
a.k.a. serious lapse in judgement. Oh wait, that would imply having good judgement to being with.
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word china
BS, have you met Silly Dilly Thoroughly Modern Milly?
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list t-2
georgielily, I can usually tell when you add a word because the ones you choose always sound delightful.
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word furniture
This is one of those words that I always need to look up. It sounds like it should be spelled furnature. Still gets me after all these years. :P
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word typeractive
You've always been chatty, but now you have somebody who chats right back. We're all beneficiaries. :)
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sherbet
I know! Send him our love, and tell him that I'm sending along that cookie recipe that he asked for. ;)
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sherbet
Sher bet. Hahahahahah. You can't be serious. People actually pronounced sherbet. Like a bet?
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word granny smith
Ah, but your paternal grandmother will never have exactly the same recipes as your mom. All the same, my apologies to Granny Smith. Never meant to imply that she was less than brilliant in the kitchen.
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sherbet
How's it supposed to be pronounced? -Miss Mid-Atlantic
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word typeractive
slumry, I do have to say that you have single-handedly made us all a little more typeractive. Used to be, 60 comments a week was WAY out of the norm. Now, several users regularly get over 100. Not that I'm complaining. :)
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word china
I think that it's interesting that china (or China?) showed up on the Most Wordied, Last 7 Days list. All of the other words are either slightly esoteric, or at least pretty. Sometimes I wonder what would happen to that list if all of us tried not to steal or repeat words for an entire week. Would it break? Would it choose ten random words? I admit that I'm curious....
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word janky
I didn't know that there was a level below skanky.
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word granny smith
Make sure you send her our love, and tell her that I'm going to find that cookie recipie that she's been asking for. ;)
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bivouac
dictionary lists two pronunciations: biv-oo-ak and biv-wak.
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list johnny-appleseed
I can't believe that sorbet never made my conversations list! Thanks, r.
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word french-braid
Please accept my condolences. It is a sad day when parents refuse to cut sandwiches on the diagonal.
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word jenny
*Really*? Like the opposite of a joey?
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word youthdecay
This is my favorite username of the day!
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word contrabulous fabtraption
There *must* be a story behind this one.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list shouldn-t-be-a-word
Why not?
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word wealthy
Every time I think that we've named every word under the sun, a new one pops up and reminds me that Wordie is not a dictionary.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bivouac
I find this word downright comical. Probably because the second syllable sounds like whack.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word marzipan
That's no good. I know where you keep those!
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word marzipan
And yes, I do remember the bit o' honey bars. For some reason, I associate them with Cheerios.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pappenheimer
Sounds like puppy. Strikes fear into the hearts of furniture everywhere.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word marzipan
Oh, I'm sorry. It was a 5oz package of marzipan. My tummy protested, but the flesh was weak.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list recess
Where did he put it, by the road? Some people don't have the sense they were born with.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sitting duck
It's quite a day for seated ducks.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word french-braid
The ultimate sleep-over activity. Although one *can* brain one's own hair, why wouldst thou bother?
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list is-it-morning-yet
Are these words that came to you in the middle of the night?
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list recess
Twice? That takes true talent.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word marzipan
I never ever buy this an now I remember why: I can eat an entire package in under an hour.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word eskimo sky
The disbelief that there's any settled land directly to the North of your current location.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word uniter
Nope, he'd bribe the needy voters with free world maps.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word eskimo pie
Hmmm...eskimo sky?
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word uniter
R, that's too much work. All we have to do is rename the continents.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word eskimo pie
It's funny, I live right near a state line, and the disbelief is still hard to overcome. Maryland seems *forever* away, but sure, I'll trek an hour into DC.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word granny smith
These apples will keep forever.
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-the-castle-keep
What about the idea of a kept woman? As in, a mistress?
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-the-castle-keep
it to yourself
it together
time
it under wraps
on truckin'
(Clever list name!)
July 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word watch night
a.k.a. jennarenn's "birfday"
July 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nemo
Interesting. I was thinking of the Pixar flick "Finding Nemo."
July 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word jonestown
Children? Sometimes, words are inadequate.
July 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hoppered
Wow, those are really pretty. :)
July 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word scandahoovian
A pox on the (two) online dictionaries that won't tell me what this word means! slumry, could explain? :) Jen
July 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list bonjour-cheese-eating-surrender-monkeys
Great list name!
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user georgielily
I like how you did your lists. Much more sensible. :)
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user hannah
Hi! Welcome to wordie. :)
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word expedited blackout
When airlines use seers to read your mind through the net and blackout whatever dates you were planning to use your frequent-flier miles.
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word toupee pitch
Maybe they'd need creative facial hair, to make up for what is being lost elsewhere.
Chinstrap, anyone?
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word potterdammerung
I would have been surprised if you were actually that mean!
(I also knew that J.K. Rowling would never write such a terrible ending. She likes her characters too much.)
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word toupee pitch
I was thinking of a third kind of softball. You know...slow pitch, fast pitch, toupee pitch. It's usually for men in the throes of a midlife crisis.
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word giuliani
I think that your previous comment tells me everything I need to know, but thank you. I'm still going to be wondering, but I'm 100% positive that I'm happier not knowing. :)
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list random-phrases
It's another game! :)
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-poetrie-tunie-listings
Even if the links are down, the list is still useful. You can just look up the author of the list and do a little digging.
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Huh? You're on a completely text-based site. What have you been responding to the past 1,675 times? ;)
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word giuliani
Now I really want to look.
But I'm a wuss.
But I really want to look.
But I hate blood and guts and stuff.
But I really want to look!
sigh.
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word spathic
Can't you just imagine some trashy romance novelist getting ahold of this word? (Yes, I know it's not that kind of cleavage, but still...that's where your mind goes.) ;)
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word brick
"She's a brick, and I'm falling slowly...." -Ben Folds Five
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word snowman
8? That's my usual score on the mini-golf course. Which is why I usually don't mini-golf, of course. ;)
July 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cowslip
Probably a reference to what usually fertilized the flower.
July 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list next
slumry has always been a bit of a maverick. This is the woman who made lists without words, and logged more than 300 comments in one week. Why not four brainstorms? ;)
July 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word strawberry
Yes slumry, reddish-blonde. People would hear me describe my roommate's hair as strawberry blonde and interject, "But she isn't blonde! She's a redhead." I change what I said earlier; It *still* drives me crazy.
July 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word empowermint
Oh no, I used Lemon Ice two years ago, but now I cannot find it in the stores. Is it still around? Maybe I shouldn't have given up so easily!
July 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word misled
dwa-dle. I still have to double-check it in my head.
July 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word empowermint
It was only in production for a short time. I still mourn the loss.
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word fletcher
There was a book that I read as a child where the main character dressed up as a fletcher for Halloween. I wish I could remember which one it was.
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word strawberry
I've met people who don't understand that strawberry blonde is another way of saying, "light red hair." It used to drive me crazy.
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hard boiled
Here's oroboros' Prosie: THE HARD-BOILED SEDUCTION OF A SOFT-BOILED EGG.
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-poetrie-tunie-listings
Just added Poetrie: 404 Error.
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ant dance
That is so mean!!!
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word empowermint
Mint is pretty wonderful, but does anybody remember Lemon Ice? Best toothpaste ever.
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list poetrie-404-error
Thanks u, that site made my day. I wonder if it's only 404 error messages.
And one of my new favorites:
You requested a page, and we looked for it. We sent our best man, "Speedy the Wonderhamster," on a chase to find the file you requested at lightning speed! He got run over by a steamroller. Thus, the page or file you are trying to reach was not found on Redstroke.com. If you typed the name in yourself, please ensure you typed it in correctly and try again. If you followed it as a link from another page, please inform the webmaster of that site of the error. If you believe this is an error on Redstroke.com's part, or if you do not know the correct address of the page you want to reach, contact me and explain that you received "error 404". Include the page you were trying to reach, and help with the problem will be mailed back to you. Speedy, unfortunately, is beyond help.
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list poetrie-national-wildlife-federation-haiku
I wish I could use this with my students!
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list fun-with-apocopes
You don't immediately think of tater tots?
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mizzled
Sometimes spelled misled. ;)
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word dilettante
A former favorite, dethroned by sparble.
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word zeugma
Zooming zits? Lucky you, mine usually just plod along.
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user chained_bear
He may be hibernating again.
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word misled
Yes! Exactly arby! Even today I find that I may not use the first word that comes to mind because I learned it in a book and I'm not 100% sure about the pronunciation. I mispronounced dawdle forever!
July 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word not atall
I think of it as a southernism too.
July 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list zing-went-the-strings
I'M MELLLTTTING!!!!!!!
July 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word spat
I'm thinking of the cheap vinyl spats that they force upon marching band members, usually to cover huge, white shoes.
July 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word slack bastard
Argh! Why can't I get an error message when I want one?! Must quote the famed error message here!!!
July 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hotgloogun
Here is yet another fabulous username.
July 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word spat
Ugly shoe covers that cover even uglier shoes.
July 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word john jacob jingleheimer schmidt
Funny, I always thought you spelled it with a P. :P
July 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word highly nontrivial
I am a bit of a cheerleader, at least in this context. :)
(Do you happen to know me in real life, or was that merely an apt observation based on my propensity to comment only on things I like???)
July 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word christopagan
huh?
July 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word weapons of ass destruction
This word is a guilty pleasure.
July 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user stepintomythimble
Nice username. Where does it come from?
July 14, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list backgammon
Did backgammon originate in Egypt?
July 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word grubbly-plank
Isn't this some professor in the Harry Potter series?
July 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-get-to-the-point
I'm a fan!
July 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word tranz
I still don't see how "F U NE M?" becomes "Have you any ham?", or how ham connects to tranz at all.
July 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word shifgrethor
Welcome back! Are you still fourteen time zones away?
July 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list trinity-words
I love both the flower and the name. :)
July 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word freckles
This is one of those happy, summery words. Just ignore the skin cancer factor.
July 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word random
Oh, how cool!!! I'm a big fan of the 'random word' function. :) Most of the words I've found are only listed by one or two people.
July 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word necco wafer
I never liked the chocolate ones, so I'd try to buy packs with as few brown wafers as possible.
July 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gnice
If you give a gnice a bookie, he'll want to bet on a horse race.
July 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pronk
I know that pronk isn't technically onomatopoetic, but can't you hear kangaroos making a similar sound in a cartoon? :)
Pronk, pronk, pronk, pronk!
July 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word youse
It's OK. I'm yoused to that kind of thing. ;)
July 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list obsolete
outmoded
antique
That is so 15 minutes ago!
July 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list repeats
bye-bye, aa (prounounced ah-ah)
July 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list miserable-mis-s-es
I would be terribly remiss in my duties if I didn't mention...oh wait.
July 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list harry-potter
You must be a big fan. Is this list intended for the upcoming movie or the upcoming book?
July 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list three-peas-in-a-pod
Nice. I tried to think of another one, but came up empty handed.
July 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pronk
What an adorable word!!! Could you give an example or a reference?
July 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list she-blinded-me-with-pseudoscience
Simmer down. There's a way to state your point without attacking somebody.
July 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ratatouille
John, you are awesome. We bring up these little things only to trouble-shoot amongst ourselves, never to take you to task. :) (Not that we ever object to improvements--just to any guilt on your part.)
July 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word stuffocate
I'm struggling against it. Unfortunately, I have a family history of stuffocation. Just this spring, we saw the carpet in my father's office for the first time since 1988. Scary.
July 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word shoeingoo
The blue gnu put a shoeingoo for you.
July 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gelology
I think my favorite is, "i made you a volcano, but I breaked it."
July 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word coolio
We accept your apology on behalf of the world at large. :)
July 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list g-323
What a lovely prosie! What does the title stand for?
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word arquay
That would be arkquay. Sheesh, amateurs. ;)
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list idle-chatter
Yep, I think I'm doing everything to make my code as non-wonky as possible. I'm just using the code for hyperlinks that u sent me awhile ago.
But John, no worries. If this means that I "need" to put each hyperlink it its own box, then that'll put me ahead of even slumry in citations for the week. Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word seal
When I was in college, I used to have to visit the delightful ladies in the education office to get offical things embossed with the school insignia. Upon being asked, one secretary would say to the other, "It's time to use the seal," or some such introductory comment. Then both middle-aged women would start whooping. Sometimes hand motions would accompany the performance.
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list idle-chatter
The problem is that I can't see any of the text. Instead, I get the new parsing error message. I pressed enter a couple of times and even added some text between the links. Both links worked when I copied them into independent locations. Any ideas?
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list idle-chatter
In making my conversations list, I became frustrated because I couldn't include conversations on lists. (Like the one forming here.) I was going to make a list in the list description, but when you put in two links, Wordie gives you an error message. I don't want to make one comment per link, but I don't see any other way. :-/
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word selfishcrab
Click here to see their lists.
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word eekspaceship
I wonder if eekspaceship is related to eekshecried.
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word tryst
There's a club in DC by the name of Tryst that everybody always pronouces with a long-i sound. Could it be regional?
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user freshelectrons
Sadly, many of my favorite usernames are actually defunct. I fear that it may be so for our friend freshelectrons.
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word wiseacre
dictionary.com says WAHYZ-ey-ker
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list player-roster
Seriously, we should consider a game, soonish. Anybody have one in particular they'd like to play?
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user mandatorythinking
There are certainly some people who consider thinking optional.
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list idle-chatter
Ok. Both the link to John's profile and U's wordie guidelines are correct. Why can't I put two links in the same box?
Word Guidelines for Wordie
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word rastafarian
There's no way to see this word without thinking about Cool Runnings.
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user notahappyman
Oh no! How can we cheer you up???
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list hello-2
How about ciao, zdravo, or guten tag?
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word freshelectrons
It's a username. I like to collect the interesting ones. There's a link to their lists in the first comment.
July 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hagiothecium
I think that it's acknowledging that a term exists without deeming it to have actually "entered" English. After all, a real dictionary actually has to do research.
July 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hagiothecium
I don't think that it's so surprising. The dictionaries' job is to track language as it evolves. I'm sure that they are continually sifting through the web, looking for new words.
July 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sitar
Christian: India! India! It's set in India! And there's a courtesan, the most beautiful courtesan in all the world. But her kingdom's invaded by an evil Maharaja! Now, in order to save her kingdom, she has to seduce the evil Maharaja. But on the night of the seduction, she mistakes a penniless po- a penniless- a penniless sitar player for the evil Maharaja and she falls in love with him! He wasn't trying to trick her or anything, but he was dressed as a Maharaja because... he's appearing in a play!
--Moulin Rouge
July 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word tryst
That's how I've always said it, but I have trouble getting the /h/ in there.
July 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user sheece
Ah, another swish. Are you a dancer?
July 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word freshelectrons
"I'd like to get some freshelectrons."
"You mean the ones you've got are already stale?"
July 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word tryst
dictionary.com gives thes following pronunciations: trist, trahyst. I can't make heads or tails of the second one. Too many consonants.
July 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word clue-by-four
I'd forgotten about the excellent clue-by-four!!!
July 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word unreliable narrator
slumry, could you give a reference? I keep picturing the narrator switching stories mid-movie, whilst the actors keep performing according to the original script.
July 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word owlet
Awww. The word alone makes me want to pet it and feed it cheese. Unfortunately, said owlet would appreciate neither the petting, nor the cheese.
July 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word geranium
May Laszlo rest in peace.
July 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mooncalf
Ah Arby, you beat me to it! I love that book.
July 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word training bra
One comment on the article: Smith is the most common in English-speaking countries. I believe that Li is the most common in the world.
July 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word geranium
These things are impossible to kill. I know because I am the Garden Reaper. I am given several potted plants at every holiday which I then subject to periods of neglect, followed by periods of overwatering. Not even the hearty cactus can stand up to my ministrations. In the past year alone I've killed over half a dozen plants, including three consecutive pots of mint. The lone geranium still survives.
July 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word training bra
slumry, you expressed exactly what I meant to. A training bra is for girls who don't quite need to wear a bra yet. It just *looks* like a sports bra.
u, I'm sure you're the resident expert on the Smith clan, but I've never heard of a family name being associated with having more boys or girls in the family. Could you direct us to some more information?
July 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word favorite
One of my favorite guide books is called Quests for the Holy Grill: 50 Crummy but Good Restaurants Within Rambling Range of Washington D.C.
July 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word favorite
I love those sketchy little restaurants with good food and no atmosphere.
July 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word favorite
As far as I know, the grills-with is a local specialty in Charlottesville, VA.
July 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word exomemory
E.g. one's students, one's spouse, one's sticky-note collection? My father cannot live w/o various forms of exomemory, principally my mother.
July 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word favorite
u, the ice cream's supposed to be a surprise!!!
slumry, you should try a grills-with. It's two scoops of ice cream on top of two grilled doughnuts. A nice transition. I'm also a fan of a baked Alaska.
July 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word training bra
How does having the last name Smith affect the likelihood of having sons?
July 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word training bra
I cannot breathe...just a minute.
A training bra is a more comfortable version of a sports bra. It's for girls who are just beginning to need one. Personally, I used to forget to wear one, so I always thought that that was the "training" aspect. More recently, I've discovered that there is a "right" way to don a bra, and that way is actually pretty complicated.
July 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-phonetic-alphabet
Actually, it's short for alfalfa. ;)
July 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pedicure
My new synonym for bliss.
July 1, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-phonetic-alphabet
Cool! Thanks.
July 1, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-phonetic-alphabet
Hmmm, I wonder why they changed.
July 1, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bombylious
Actually, I was thinking bootylicious.
June 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word beaver
Beaver one, beaver all....
June 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word yrs
That's quite a riddle.
June 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word swedish fish
Really? I'm pretty surprised. I thought that my mom and I were the only two people on the planet who liked them.
June 29, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word limpkin
Oh, chained_bear is much more creative than jennarenn. (I never have quite given up the hope of changing to jentacular.)
June 29, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word chlorinator
I used to operate a chlorinator at the local pool. It had to be at least 20 years old, and the pvc pipes would make funny noises when I turned the valves. I was *certain* that one day it was going to explode and I was going to die.
June 29, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pownce
How is this different than e-mail?
June 29, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user punky
Is the onomatopoeia on your profile a reference to a Sesame Street skit, by any chance?
June 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word oölite
I didn't realize that oolite had one.
June 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bombylious
I absolutely read this as bombylicious.
June 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gestetner
I sure know my Ricoh! Is it the same concept?
June 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word zyzzyva
Wow, it's real!!!
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word drinking problem
I am not hatin' on the highjackers. In fact, I quite approve. Life would be rather stale if we knew with certainty that the commentary under any given word was actually pertinent to that word. ;)
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word horehound
Also delicious.
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word drinking problem
If I didn't dislike that movie so much, this thread would have made it onto my conversations page long ago.
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word peabody
Here is a short history of the dance.
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hand dance
A form of the jitterbug that originated in Washington DC.
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list redundancing
How about the peabody, balboa, and hand dance?
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word swedish fish
Oh yes! Leaving the Buttered Popcorn and Peanut Butter for my sister.
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word spellczecher
Click here to see their profile.
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word dumbstruck
So reestee, what was the name of that SUV?
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word woodchuck
What if you had a caffeinated woodchuck? Or, dare I say it, a few caffeinatedcows? I bet they could chuck a lot of wood.
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word swedish fish
Yes, any form of licorice an absolute favorite in the jennarenn household. Especially black Twizzlers and the now-defunct Liquorice Altoids. Yum!
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list redundancing
Some of my favorite dances include west coast swing and east coast swing.
Here's a link to some west coast clips:
http://www.jordantatianaswing.com/
June 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user drzeus
What's wrong with shizzle?
June 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list double-z
I love double Zs!
Try zizz, shizzle, and buzz.
June 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word drinking problem
Airplane? Eh....
June 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word harrysmellsgood
You have to admit that you laughed!
June 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word finland
They call him Finland, Finland,
King of the ocean....
June 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word purr machine
I used to own a few of these. :)
June 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word algorithm march
Please tell me there's an actual song and dance to this one.
June 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-greatest-syllable
I got a good giggle out of this one. Too bad I don't have some good baritones around when I need them. :P
June 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word limpkin
I'd always assumed that your first name was Reese!
(I'm with seanahan here. Reese's Pieces are amazing.)
June 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user jennarenn
Mmmm, I teach 2nd. I'll have to take a peek. Thanks for the heads-up!
June 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user jennarenn
Oooo! What ages is it written for?
June 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nice
One of the attributes of nice is knowing when to keep your mouth shut. :P
June 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nice
Oh, nice encompasses all the characteristics a boy requires to date your friend. I don't care about the Stepford Wives, although I would like to know how to use italics (hint hint). Girl talk simply cannot survive without nice.
June 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hobby horse
Oh, this is the *hobby horse* page? ;)
June 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list conversations
I was offline at the time, and am still put-out that y'all had fun without *me*! ;)
June 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word styptic
I have read about these, but always wondered how they worked.
June 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list conversations
Sprite was the inspiration.
June 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hobby horse
It already is in wordie history. Check out my conversations list. :)
June 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word your all
Too bad, she said she doesn't want y'all here when she gets back because all y'all've been ruining everybody's lives and eating all our steak.
June 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word your all
Grandma just called and said you're supposed to go home.
June 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user arby
Yeah, I've always been a little nervous about the RSS feed. Am I signing up for a life-time of wordie spam? (uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.) (uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(slumry has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(uselessness has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.)(reestee has listed one new comment. Please log on to see the comment.), etc.
June 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word your all
Haven't we discussed this somewhere else? Isn't there a camp for those of us who like all y'all's? (There's gotta be one, 'cause I'm innit!)
June 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pruufreadr
I love the spelling! You can find their list here.
June 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list q-sans-u
We're big fans of qaid for Scrabble. Can't wait until you're back in pocket slumry.
June 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word panty girdle
Men have it so easy.
June 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list tunie-the-devil-went-down-to-georgia
Oh, nonononono!!! You still need to *hear* it once. I promise it'll be worth it.
June 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hobby horse
Odd. u has over 1000 comments, and yours only has 300.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-lettuce-pray
the dogs out.
out (a hem).
me be.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hobby horse
Your list of comments goes on *forever*, but I could find them all there, if there was a pressing need.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hobby horse
Wait a minute....
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word the devil his due
Because I don't like them as much as stuffies and I never think I do them well. I shall try.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hobby horse
Which drives me slightly nuts. I keep wanting to see a list of all the little uselessness easter eggs(?) hidden within the site.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word conspire
I knew who made that suggestion as soon as I saw it on the comment feed. How about a word that's fun to say? Something slightly out of the ordinary, like foible. The masses will never give up trying to impress us with their command of the English language.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word the devil his due
The devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal.
He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind: he was willin' to make a deal.
When he came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot.
And the devil jumped upon a hickory stump and said: "Boy let me tell you what:
"I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
"And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
"Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy, but give the Devil his due:
"I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, 'cause I think I'm better than you."
The boy said: "My name's Johnny and it might be a sin,
"But I'll take your bet, your gonna regret, 'cause I'm the best that's ever been."
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word acme
Does anybody else hear acme and think anvil?
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-gimmie
slurmy, you're right! I'd thought of this in terms of give and get, but take also works.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-gimmie
up the ghost?
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mentions
Easter Egg meaning...hidden quirks?
I wonder if that comes from the google doodle.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word apocape
I'm glad we stopped. Many words ending in a long-e just drive me up the wall. Shoppe pronounced "Shoppy" is one of the prime culprits.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word a j
you be nice!
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word za
puh-zizzle!!!
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list useless-holidays
Then I would need to go find some other useful holidays. Those are often less fun.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word seely
Seely Posturepedic, now on sale at a discount center near you. Please take advantage of our No-Money-Back Guarantee!!!
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list useless-holidays
Ok, so I want to add Juneteenth, but it would seem rather insensitive to put it on a list of "useless" holidays. Any suggestions?
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word juneteenth
Hmmm...maybe I can add this to my holidays list if I change the name.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word za
This twenty-something says pizza.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-let-s-mix
Everything is fair. It's your stuffie. You are the Queen of this Hill.
June 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-let-s-mix
mixed up with the wrong crowd.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-let-s-mix
tape!!!
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-let-s-mix
it up, and mingle?
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word möbius strip
Well, I think it would be interesting to see the evolution of words listed on the site. I'd imagine that the impressive SAT lists went up first, followed by the categorical lists. The lists of created words are newer.
Yes u, I shot off my mouth w/o thinking. Again. This is why I edit so many comments. The first thing out of my mouth is always the dumbest.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word twix
Twix fix everything. It's the crack they put in there that does it.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-gimmie
Oh, good for you. That would have been more humble. I went with a j.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word a j
Give me a J!
Give me an E!
Give me an N!
What's that spell?
Utter perfection, of course. ;)
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-gimmie
Hmmm, how do I denote that w/o listing all 26 letters?
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word break
Does anybody else hear the old Kit-kat jingle?
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-gimmie
Good ones! I'd forgotten how fun stuffies are. :)
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-poetrie-tunie-listings
I added a tunie and a stuffie today.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word möbius strip
That sounds like that could be time-consuming.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user jennarenn
Where has this cool little page been hiding? What else don't I know about?
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word möbius strip
I'm not actually adding dates, although that would be a good idea. I just wish that the site would magically start doing this. Helpful, I know.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word möbius strip
I've been wanting first-added dates on words for some time now. We're almost like archeologists, digging down through the months (!) to the original layers of the site.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-game
Cool! What keeps you from adding the same 15 affixes every time?
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list poetrie-routine-by-arthur-guiterman
Hi Shirley,
This is pretty much it. I really think of stuffie as a group game, and poetrie got lumped in there.
Junie B. is a ficitious first-grader who is still learning grammar rules. She's written for elementary kids, but I laugh out loud at the books myself. I hope you enjoy her.
Jen
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bassackwards
Really??? (I've been saying that a lot tonight.) I hadn't heard it until a few years ago. Maybe people just don't use it around me.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list coinages-of-the-realm
I think that the thing to remember is that the points don't matter, and for that matter don't really exist. When I think about it, poetrie and prosie aren't actually games. Here's a link to the master list.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word waxed paper
Actually, I think that cherried Coke is darling.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word whispering gallery
REALLY??? The National Statuary Hall just made it onto my to-do list for the summer.
Back in college, there was a "whispering wall" on grounds. It was a semicircular monument that would throw sound for quite a distance.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bookmobile
I think our neighborhood was a little *too* suburban. We got a bookmobile once in my memory.
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user john
I just had to laugh at u. I do get a little jealous when I can't visit for a few days. People are having fun without me!!!!
June 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list player-roster
My summer break starts on Wednesday. Unforeseen circumstances will give me a much freer schedule than I'd anticipated, so we could get this moving again. Takers?
June 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list coinages-of-the-realm
A few include the "games" stuffie, poetrie, prosie, and democracie (although democracie never really took off).
June 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list hidden-in-plain-sight
Is this a game or an unfinished list?
:) Jen
June 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hussy
Now a woman who'll kiss on a very 1st date,
Is usually a hussy,
And a woman who'll kiss on the second time out,
Is anything but fussy,
But a woman who'll wait 'till the 3rd time around,
Head in the clouds, feet on the ground,
She's the girl he's glad he's found,
She's his Shipoopi.
"Shipoopi" from The Music Man
June 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word devil's bargain
This one makes me think of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." Excellent song.
June 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pennsylvader
Not to be confused with pennsylvadar.
June 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pennsylvadar
Confuse this with pennsylvader at your own risk.
June 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing
The left hand has the good vowels, as well as t, r, and s.
June 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user jennarenn
I am so confused, and it is way past my bedtime. When you click on add, it goes to the words you've recently added. If you're not signed in, it goes to the main page. My poor little brain can't take it.
http://www.wordie.org/words/add
June 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list dazed-and-confused
I was just about to say how much I enjoyed flummoxed, but reesetee beat me to it.
June 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-game
Apparently not with brevity.
June 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word highly nontrivial
I like this one. :)
June 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word malarkey
Yay! I am so delighted to rediscover that this word. Miss Malarkey is a fictional elementary teacher who puts up with a lot of nonsense herself. My favorite book is the original, Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10.
June 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mincemeat
Mincemeat is actually not made of meat.
June 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word loess
What a pretty word! I love those lush o-sounds.
May 31, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word archetype
Batman? What did I miss???
May 31, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word harveythechainsaw
harveythechainsaw sounds so friendly. Don't you think?
May 31, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word earworm
I like the soundtrack. :)
May 31, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word screendoor
I generally require that people who make my fabulous usernames list either use multiple words, or create a new one. screendoor merits it for sheer character.
May 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mullet
Also used among my friends to describe computers manufactured in the late 1990s that still "work".
May 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word evanstopaddinglongasswords
I'm decidedly a fan.
May 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sike
I once designed the following shirt for our psychology dept in college:
front: I love to study...
back: Psyc!!!
(And I never got my stinkin' free t-shirt!)
May 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list good-hangman-words
Apparently cwm is another good one.
May 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word urination
This, from the creator of the No-No List???
May 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list siobhan-s-words
running around in circles?
May 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word syzygy
But regular Scrabble also has two blank tiles for just such emergencies.
May 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word beseiged
As far as I know. We've all done it before--no worries!
May 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list word-guidelines-for-wordie
Hey whichbe, you can actually favorite lists. They appear under your favorites section. I'll use this list as an example.
You'll usually see the creator write an introduction:
The comments section of this list is also a great place to make suggestions for the Wordie site, and discuss Wordie policies in general. Join the fray!
And under this is some tiny writing:
Add this list to your favorites | sort: alpha | order added
In reference to your third request, I don't like the idea of having the first person who adds the word control the conversation. I know that your words are a bit different, because they're created. However, I think that that could easily slide into censorship. There have been prior discussions concerning conversational control, but I can't remember where they are. I seem to remember John falling on the hands-off side of things, but somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.
As for your last request, you may have subscribed to a feed for the word. I've never done that, so I can't tell you how to fix it.
May 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
Which, coincidentally, has neither a V or an I. Good job. I'll tally the points, and get back to you with the score. :)
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
UNCLE!!!!
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
lavatories
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
vocational
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
villa
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
vital
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
vile
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
vial
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
invaluable
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
Yes!
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
involve
involving
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
leveling
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
valiant
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
I really like liverpool, but let's not go there. This could take forever.
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
But not plurals.
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
Yup.
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
dang. I'm getting my tush beat.
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
wait a minute! virtue? -1 for you too!
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
vainglory
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
shoot! That's -1! Totally forgot about the v.
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
fallopian
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
villiany
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
verily
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list alphabet-soup-round-1
live
villain
vilify
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word the comfy chair
Do you have the link?
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list player-roster
We can always modify the game to last over several days. Maybe something similar to a stuffie?
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list player-roster
Oh, but we're not playing Compendium. I was too lazy to think of a name, so I called the list New Game. Suggestions are welcome!
I will clean out round two though, just in case somebody actually wants to use it.
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word whelm
Thanks for the reference! I absolutely couldn't remember where it was from. Ok, 1834 is not archaic, but so many phrases are written into church songs, prayers, etc. and then petrified. For example, modern writers don't use 'thee' or 'thou', but we read them in church writings all the time (well, some churches). I can't imagine many people today using 'whelm', so I think of it as fossilized.
That being said, it would be cool to bring it back.
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word 月明�?�り
Sorry, I finally read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, so now I get Babelfish jokes. (See why men need telepathy?)
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list bass-akwards
How about a senseless devotion to the useless pastime of one's choice?
May 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word 月明�?�り
And now I get the joke. :) Good book, and a good word.
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word 月明�?�り
Sweet! What does it mean?
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word whelm
I think I've heard of it used to describe "a whelming flood." Probably a frozen fragment of language rather than an actual, modern word.
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user whichbe
I think that you may have been the first person I've seen collect more than 100 comments in a week. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word playgue
Recess.
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word parthenogenesis
Good thing this can't happen to dogs and cats! Imagine the line at the ASPCA.
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list neat
That quote is going in the teachers' lounge!
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word deskullified
Assuming she liked walking, I'd say yes.
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word tobaccode
There's no smoke without liars.
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word discoverbage
I know what you mean; the stresses are clashing. In discover, -ver is unstressed, but in verbiage/verbage, ver- is stressed. It's uncomfortable.
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hooj
Is this short for something?
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cobbs
That's adorable! How about, "Cobbs, that salad was delicious!"
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word absorbit
How was this word invented whichbe? I keep picturing one of those smothering high school romances.
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word guys
What?! You mean you *don't* know how to read our minds???
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word punique
Thanks seanahan!
May 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word criterion
What a unique last name. Where does it come from? ;) (Requisite smiley)
May 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word punique
Clearly, that comment was worth reading four times. My apologies. :P
May 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word punique
This first thing I thought of was Bean. No idea why Ender's Game has been so much on the brain recently.
May 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word monkeytician
I used to enjoy stories from pigeontician professors.
May 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word personifoccassional
Huh. Could you give us another example?
May 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word monkeysphere
I wonder how that works for teachers. I'm mentally starting to count everybody I know by name. Is this only facial recognition?
May 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word the shop around the corner
This is actually what "You've Got Mail" was based on. I liked the original much better.
May 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word church key
For your edification: I was associating "dropping like flies" (connoting lots of people) with the literal death that a fly would meet on a frog's tongue which I associated with the phrase "you're killing me". So, a backwards way of saying I appreciated the joke. I guess that post needed a ;) for lack normal auditory cues.
May 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list ne-word-er
These are great! Thanks for the break. :)
May 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word church key
Kill you? Wordies are dropping like flies stuck to a frog's tongue. It ain't pretty.
May 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word church key
u, what are we *ever* going to do with you?
May 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list ne-word-er
gatewasted!
May 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word macademia
I always want to see this of a portmanteau of academia and...*something*. Suggestions?
May 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gin
This is how people in NC pronounce my name. It's also wonderful with tonic.
May 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word π
Can anybody else see this as a cute, cartoony wig? She's got major bangs and a flip on one side.
May 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list ne-word-er
Oooo, I hope you're going to put commentary on some of the individual word pages. Some of these look really good. :)
May 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list player-roster
Friday works for me. 4-4:30pm, EST? Anyone? I've said it before: you *know* you don't get work done on Friday afternoons.
May 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list brad-bolman-speaks
Well, it was....
May 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list player-roster
Yes, any word that includes those three letters. Tobacco would be fine, as would tack, catatonic, etc.
We could either score one point per word, or one point per target letter.
May 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list player-roster
Ooo! I saw a new game at the store the other day. You choose three letters and players try to come up with as many words as they can using those letters. I feel as though somebody may have mentioned it before, but it's been awhile. What do you think?
May 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word axehandle
I am a big fan of axehandles's Learned from Rap list.
May 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list learned-from-rap
Now I have been sitting on my milkshake since my ballet days, which barely predate rap. (Wasn't the first rap song in '89? Am I making that up?)
May 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user jennarenn
No worries. We love the site, quirks and all. And yes, that is a *fabulous* first sentence. I wish I knew which one was the grand-prize winner.
May 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user jennarenn
Anybody know how to change the order of your lists once you've made them? The only way I've found is to create a new list and transfer the words one...at...a...time.
May 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word screwery
Oh yes. Much better to make up a new word than fit a square word into a round hole.
May 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word dromedary
A class full of second graders will be thanking you on Monday. :)
May 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word fraggle
Rock
May 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word genitive
Nothing with "jen" in it can be *too* awful. ;)
May 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cloudjuice
Click here to see their profile.
May 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list faint-sausage-stargazer
Where did you find this? Very cool.
May 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word fahrvergnügen
But it's German!
May 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word quotato
You say quotato.
May 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word elvesoncrack
Click here to see their lists.
May 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word footnote
I think that the test itself is slightly biased, because it won't let you give more than one answer. I use tennis shoes and sneakers interchangeably.
Seen on the advanced test:
Answer: My spouse packs for me.
Reply: Mine does too.
May 16, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list hauntedtapedeck-s-words
I'm a big fan of gallowglass.
May 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sarahtonin
Click here to see their profile.
May 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hooloovoo
I'm not comparing the books in terms of sci-fi, but the in terms of feeling of joy I get from being sucked into an amazing plot. HGTG has great lines, but the plot in EG just grabs on like a leech and won't let go until you're done.
May 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mrwindupbird
Click here to see their lists.
May 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word esprit d'escalier
*Always* happens to me.
May 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hooloovoo
Huh. I read Hitchhiker and half of Restaurant this weekend. It's getting better, but not my favorite series. Maybe having just reread Ender's Game is hurting my opinion.
May 14, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mu
I am so glad you said something, or I wouldn't have scrolled down that far. :)
May 14, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word footnote
There h'aint nothin' wrawng wit' uh Deep South ak sent.
May 14, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word footnote
I once ran across an article with hilarious footnotes. The first twenty were completely serious, then the author started testing his luck. The editor either never caught them, or thought that they were too funny to cut. I need to see if I can find that one....
May 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word fhqwhgads
I always view words with the thought of how well a second-grader could sound them out. This one fits squarely in the heinous category.
May 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hooloovoo
Ha! I actually own the Hitchhiker omnibus edition. It's on the to-read list for this summer. Maybe I'll bump it up to the front of the queue.
May 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word fhqwhgads
How do you think it's pronounced?
May 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list anything-but-standard-international
I love your list names. How about a pinch? a handbreadth?
May 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hooloovoo
Yes, but that makes no sense. How can a color be intelligent?
May 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list that-s-not-a-banana
u, I'm with reesetee on this one.
May 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word lilo
LOL. I absolutely thought I was going to find a Disney character list or something. Very interesting.
May 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word croissant
You've *heard* somebody pronounce it that way?! Ugh!!!
May 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list mimi-brands
I can't figure it out! Would you care to explain a little further? :)
May 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bacon
That *is* impressive.
May 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bacon
Your mom may just be a really good chef. My mom always baked our bacon in a two-level pan so it was less fattening. I didn't discover properly-fried bacon until college.
May 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word twitterpated
I've always thought that they made it up for Bambi. Does anybody know if that is the case?
May 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bacon
Heaven on a plate.
May 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hugslife
Too cute--reminds me of the movie. Click here to see their profile.
May 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word zig
Funny, I always associate it with zag. Where does justice fit in?
May 6, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hollow bannister
Ok, that makes much more sense. :)
May 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list poetrie-a-proposal
It's early texting!
May 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hollow bannister
Wait a minute. How big are these things? I'm envisioning a Victorian bannister, suitable for sliding down, held up by slender spindles. How could a person fit in one of those?
May 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word paperkingdoms
paperkingdoms sounds so pretty. I envision a Victorian family vacationing at the beach, collecting shells and cutting out paper dolls.
May 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word praxis
Also, a test designed to insult the intelligence of future educators.
May 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word tuppers
It reminds me of preggers, a word that I happen to find endearing.
May 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word flowerpot
Also bakes excellent bread. :)
May 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word revolving bookcase
Eek! Swimming pools in private homes freak me out. Sounds like a pefect setting for a real-life game of Clue! (While we're on the subject, that movie has great costumes. Miss Peacock is in muted rust, Mrs. White is in all black, etc.)
May 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hollow bannister
Really?! I want one.
May 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word revolving bookcase
I've been told that these are actually against building code. Not that that keeps me from wanting one!
May 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word polygon of virtue
Is this a euphemism for a square? We are Not Amused. Giggling, but most decidedly Not Amused.
May 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
I honestly didn't think that it was real.
May 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word norfolk
Ok, so it's the same in England and Virginia. It's just another city; I never give it a second thought.
May 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
If we figure it out, do we win a prize? Is this the next game for WordPlay?!
How on earth does it exist without anybody listing it?
May 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word norfolk
Oh, lol. I didn't get the joke. I thought that it was *supposed* to rhyme. I guess I should have clarified, is this chant for a soccer team in England?
May 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ironic
Awesome.
May 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word settlers of catan
Twas a pact forged in ages long past that the marauding Heidi shall ner again dominate with her iron and wood, nor with her soldiers and roads. And indeed, any settler who does not summon his resources to defend Katan (sic) from her grasping hand should take heed, for the common good of all is at stake! And so it is with heavy heart, that I must report from the front line that clan B--- cannot hope to fight this latest battle. They are yet to weary from weeks of travel, there is no food in their huts, many are sick, and the evil smell of the open road still clings to all their garments. And even as my scribe writes this, I am imprisoned behind bars of parchmentwork that have accumulated in my absence, baring my exit 'till the last embers of the fire die late in the evening. But to those who do battle, I say fight bravely! You hold the very fate of Katan in your hands.
~Emissary B---
May 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word norfolk
It doesn't rhyme in Virginian. :) Norfolk has more of a short-u sound than a long-o sound.
May 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list mapping-it-out
I do have to ask, what do you like about Ohio?
May 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word holy shrimp
Seriously, kids' cartoons have gotten a lot less innocent. I miss my SheRa, my Jem, Transformers, et al.
May 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bulldog
When you have to wrestle somebody to the surface in order to tag them during sharks and minnows. Very fun!
May 1, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word eekshecried
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May 1, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user nicseow
You have the *best* list names. Thought you oughta know. :)
May 1, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pocosin
This comment thread took me forever to unravel. There's a city of Poquoson in Virginia with the same pronunciation, and it's located in the same region as the Great Dismal Swamp.
April 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list it-s-wet-and-it-s-land-wetlands
Fabulous list. I'm just jealous that I didn't think of it first!
April 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word oregon trail
I've heard that one can download an old version online.
April 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sharks and minnows
There are *always* house rules. I'm particularly fond of bulldog, although I always lose.
April 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word beyond balderdash
Better-known cousin of the classic "Babberdash".
April 29, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bluepenclub
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April 29, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word jentacular
Rats! THIS should have been my username.
April 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word frass
Ooo! I will use this when I teach my cricket unit in September. *That* is why it needs a name.
April 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list game-list-and-rules
There are no rules yet...but we need to come up with something. I just discovered that you can search all comments under the Recent Comments page. It even works with strings of letters. I've tried love, vivi, and acq so far. Some of the comment strings are really interesting.
April 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user john
ellenw, the problem with a megalist is that it would take a long time to load. Some lists have already crashed computers as is.
John, I was wondering if there was some way to add extra organization to the favorites page. I'm up to 50, and it's getting tough to navigate through them all.
Thanks again!
April 28, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word flutist
Also known as a flautist or floutist.
April 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word flautist
Also known as a flutist or floutist.
April 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word floutist
The controversial older sister to flautist.
April 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list fabulous-usernames
Done. :)
April 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list fabulous-usernames
Cool, thanks u. Also, thanks for saying straight up that something made you uncomfortable. Being a girl, I like to think that have the low-down on sketchy, but clearly not. I'll remove most of the comments tonight.
April 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list fabulous-usernames
Well, I wanted people to be able to see the users' profiles. Since I don't know how to link to their profiles, I have to go fish some uncommon word out of their lists. There's nothing on there that they haven't put out themselves, and nothing that is one could use to identify them in real life. If *somebody* would teach me how to link to profiles, I could dispense with the comments.
April 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word recoveringoverachiever
I should have taken this username.
April 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gooseontheloose
Click here for their profile.
April 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mcskeletor
McSkeletor has listed narwhal, which has a rather amusing little commentary of its own.
April 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user mcskeletor
I HAVE THE POWERRRR (and some haggis)!!!
April 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word notasausage
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April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user notasausage
Oh good, I'm glad we cleared that up. ;)
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word needsmorecowbell
NeedsMoreCowbell has not listed cowbell. So sad.
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hauntedtapedeck
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April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ohmypuddin
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April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-incredible-shrinking-list
*paint drying*
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word elbowcrannies
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April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list essigurken-s-words
I'm stealing 'tis! Not such a great book, but a cute little word.
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word socktopus
Click here for their profile.
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word slackagogo
slackagogo has listed the adorable jigsaw, among others.
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word danceswithtrout
danceswithtrout was the first person to list they.
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list poetrie-appeal-to-the-grammarians
Oh, I like this poem.
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user thunderfoot
I just wish we had a better way of *finding* them. The words are the connections, but that's so hit or miss. Today I'm trying to find elbowcrannies, but I can't remember which word lead me to their profile. I'd love to ramble through a list of users, beyond the top-hundred lists. John?
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list junk-drawer
Yes! Where do marbles come from? I never buy them, but they keep cropping up underfoot.
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user reesetee
Dang! I just noticed that you've topped 5,000 during my sabbatical. Where do you keep them all? What are we going to do when you get to 10,000?
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list foodie-2
Cabbage always reminds me of that scene in Princess Bride. "Mawwage is what bwings us togeder." It's all I can do to say it normally.
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word thelastgoodnameleft
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April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word squareintheteeth
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April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ilovemuffins
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April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word brandelion
His first word was ridiculous, which also describes the length of his lists. ;)
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word caffeinatedcows
Click here to see their profile. Makes me wonder what the cows would do without caffeine.
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user thunderfoot
but, I was just thinking the same thing the other day. He or she created the best list *ever* and then disappear. I was also wondering about inkhorn and Lampbane. Sigh. Do you ever feel like there are about fifteen of us actually using the site, for make benefit of the glorious rest of the world?
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list rig-marole
Very cool! How about a tandem or a trap?
P.S. You should also check out websites for mini mokes. I think that we all might take a go at moking through big puddles. http://www.mokeclub.org/
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list delcat-s-words
Please don't keep us in suspense! What happened next?
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-where-did-it-go
u, you meant trail, right?
April 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list fabulous-usernames
Really? What words have they listed?
April 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-where-did-it-go
Excellent! Thank you.
April 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-poetrie-tunie-listings
There is currently a lost stuffie under construction. :)
April 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-all-my-love
Ok, I *just* now got the double entendre behind "stuffie." Embarrassing.
April 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-all-my-love
trivet brings up a good point. Most stuffies are burried in uselessness' lists, but I know of at least one other random one besides my own. Is there a way we can organize or interconnect all the stuffies? uselessness, I don't know how to make links to lists, but maybe we could put a list of links under Wordplay? I think that they're a kind of game in themselves.
trivet, if you're not up for a lost stuffie, let me know. I happen to enjoy them.
April 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-all-my-love
You guys make me smile. (And I'm using America. It's simply too cute!)
I'm still thinking about things that go missing. Hmmm...kinda fishy. Maybe that could be a different list.
April 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list fabulous-usernames
*Yeah* you do! I'd completely missed slackagogo, but I should have remembered squareintheteeth.
April 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-git-in-here
a Mac? I get a Dell, but a Mac? What cultural thing did I miss?
April 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-all-my-love
Hmm...this one seems less promising. Still, I thought I'd try it.
April 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hot babes
Just for Kip, my hero.
April 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list double-your-fun
You are absolutely correct socktopus!
April 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user danceswithtrout
There simply isn't a good word for the concept. Still, smiting such a useful word for one little usage? I'm saddened.
April 24, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user danceswithtrout
Lol! SonofGroucho, I agree. This is my new favorite username, although we should ask danceswithtrout why he or she doesn't like the word they. I'm simply baffled.
April 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word quirk
Care to share some of those quirks with us?
I force fabulous children's books like Don't Let the Pidgeon Drive the Bus upon innocent twenty-somethings.
April 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list tert68-s-words
You had me at fun; when do we start? (Uselessness, do we have a stuffie for get?)
April 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list bill-bryson-s-disagreeable-words
I happen to disagree with Mr. Bryson on marzipan. It's a delightful confection with an equally delightful name.
April 22, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-grove
chesnut? sassafras?
April 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list words-having-to-do-with-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror
Are you looking for something as pedestrian as candlemark?
April 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list brad-bolman-speaks
Apparently, Brad Bolman is a man of few words.
April 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word snurfing
Sounds a lot like smurfing. I just keep picturing people knocking Papa Smurf over the head and dragging him into the bushes.
April 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list unholychew-s-words
So, what do you chew on?
April 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user postnomer
Wow, cryptonym is a great word! Go ask John to add it in.
April 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sparble
Sparble means to scatter. The one time I heard it, it was in the context of houses being "sparbled around."
April 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sparble
I have been LOOKING for this word for ~ a year. I heard some old-timer use it last spring, but I misheard it as scarble. reid_burkland, you made my day!!!!
April 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word twaddict
Oooo! I haven't actually used the service, but I love the word twitter. Thanks for reminding me of that fact.
April 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gotten
What would they say in the UK?
"We had just gotten there when...."
April 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list breathe-in-breathe-out
Aww, I feel the wordie love.
April 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list speak-low-darling-speak-low
Lovely list. Favorited!
April 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word holy hand grenade of antioch
First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.
-Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
April 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list breathe-in-breathe-out
Ok, now I need to smell gak again.
April 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list bzzzt-try-again
Man, I was guilty of ect. for *years*.
April 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user emera
Have you found the open courses at MIT? My Internet time is rather constrained right now, but they look like another delicious time zap.
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
March 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list potential-cat-names-male
Who can resist Wumpus??? I haven't even seen him, and I alread think I have a case of the wumps!
March 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Not allowing for write-ins is sheer uselessness. I'm voting for smack dab.
March 5, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list tailoring-seamstressry
ruffle? crease? peter pan collar??
March 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word couvade
The least he could do is throw her an eskimo pi on his way to bed.
March 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word your majesty princess of life
Her last name was Jones. My friend swears he saw her driver's license.
March 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word oregon
How are we supposed to prounce it? I always say...well now that I'm thinking about it, I can't make it sound right. OR-ih-gon?
February 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list zz
Love it! How about zizz?
February 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list archaic-spellings
"Chuse" in particular just makes so much more sense than the conventional spelling.
February 26, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list ffine-ffettle
stiff? :)
February 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list nana-words
How about friend? Used with emphasis where most folk would say boyfriend or girlfriend.
February 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list klaatu-barada-n-necktie-nickel-klaatu-barada-nahagablaga
I slogged through the Hobbit, but came to the same conclusion. The modern reader (me) is too used to instant gratification.
(It's no shame not to have read HP. Once you start, you feel compelled to read all seven. Kinda like the Wheel of Time books. I am simply *not* going to try to keep up with all of those characters.)
February 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list phobiariffic
Yeah, pregnancy is pretty scary. That's why I prefer preggers. How can anybody possibly be scared of getting preggers?
February 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list things-my-twenty-pound-dog-has-eaten
I can't breathe. Another list that needs a warning label!
February 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list really-cool-three-letter-words
Foo actually has a respectable following. I know I shouldn't be surprised, but I am.
February 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list useless-holidays
Oops! Sorry reestee. :)
February 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list how-to-talk-like-a-pirate
Sorry AZ. I'll treasure that one in my head, but nothing with poop in it is going to make it onto one of my lists.
February 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word eskimo pi
I don't know what I'm ever going to do with an eskimo pi, but I *needed* to have this word. :)
February 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list not-the-sum-of-their-parts
Butterfly? I always like to picture the ones in Alice in Wonderland with the pats of butter on their wings.
February 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user thelastgoodnameleft
I have to say, I just love your name. :)
February 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list useless-holidays
wow, that's one I'd never heard of. Good one Abraxas.
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list how-to-spell-plththththth
We always said, "three snaps up", while snapping our fingers three times. I suppose it's more akin to "snap", now that I think of it. :)
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ringxiety
Abraxas, Gmail *is* the shizzle. You are completely forgiven for your preoccupation with the best e-mail application ever.
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word 18-pounders
Also a really, really, *ridiculously* large baby.
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list how-to-talk-like-a-pirate
Ok, I am a complete landlubber. Help!
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word moist
Save it for Talk Like a Pirate Day.
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word grandmaster
Actually, it's jennarenn. Grandmaster is my nickname.
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list klaatu-barada-n-necktie-nickel-klaatu-barada-nahagablaga
alohamora, stupefy, expecto patronum, expelliarmus
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list words-from-chess
Hey seanahan,
I just learned this great game that I think you might like. It's called "chess."
;P jennarenn
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list words-that-begin-with-f
fbharjo would fancy this fantastic fount of F words.
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list words-that-begin-with-f
F is a fine fellow. He frolics among the freesias in fine form.
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list really-cool-two-letter-words
I happen to like aa. So fun to say!
February 21, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list crazy-like-me
Where exactly does ennui fit in with the rest of this list?
February 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word beelzebub
or a cappella.
February 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
chained_bear, wasn't it your lists that reportedly crashed computers? I think that that's worthy of a little heckling. Besides, I've never seen stpeter make a comment. It's no fun he's not gonna rise to the bait.
February 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
reesetee, forgive me if I gave any such impression. One can *never* love one's words too much. It's just that some lists should come with warning labels, as should some comments. ;)
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
Ok, if we're keeping it strictly to titles, then it could be manageable. However, if the witch doctor keeps telling me what to do, I'll throw something. Get it OUT of my HEAD.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
Clearly, I need to watch Ace Ventura again.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
There are a zillion nonsense syllables. That list would be even longer than chained_bear's Favorite Words. :P You go right ahead. I'll just watch.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
See? This list is already too long. You nominated 13 words, and I've only added 10 of them. I'm vetoing one, so there are two words unaccounted for. By the time I scroll between the comment and the top of the list, my poor little brain has forgotten which words I was supposed to be remembering.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
Really? I don't remember that part. Of course, I haven't watched that movie since I grew up. Oh...wait....
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
Ok, thanks for the confirmation. We weren't sure. I have such a poor memory for music that my vote counts -1.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
NOT go in there could open a whole 'nother can of worms.
Do...
NOT spit
NOT run
NOT hit
NOT pick your nose
NOT stand on that bookshelf
NOT do ___________
etc. I have said all of these to children at one time or another. This list could go on forever.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
Uh, I don't think we were thinking of the same song. Roomie says that Brown Eyed Girl is Sha-la-la. We were thinking of the one that goes, "There she was, just-a walkin' down the street...."
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
Mmmm, uselessness, some of these are skating on thin ice. I dunno....
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list pirateiam-s-words
Do you happen to talk like a pirate? We could always use another freebooter around these parts. ;)
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list participation
How are we to participate?
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
There is debate in the jennarenn house as to the actual name of the aforementioned song. Anybody know it off the top of their head?
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
It took me a minute, but wah diddy is most excellent. I took the liberty of adding another diddy. Hope you don't mind.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pepero
There is an official song. I am at a loss for words.
http://www.pepero.co.kr/img/flash/ani/ani03.swf
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pepero
Aww, Pepero Day is just a marketing ploy fabricated by a corporation. It gives me the warm fuzzies.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list useless-holidays
Pepero day?
Sounds utterly useless.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
Art? I'm not sure about martial arts either. Fortunately, my roommate is into both of these, so I shall consult an outside expert. But the rest are really good. Thanks :)
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
There are a lot of stuffies. I don't think I saw one with do, but please feel free to let me know (with fire and brimstone if necessary) if I have erred.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word amuck
Mmmmmm, dictionary.com doesn't agree, and they know everything. ;)
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list double-your-fun
Yar! I hadn't heard of freebooter, but I am certainly going to use it next Talk Like a Pirate Day. Whenever that is.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list non-mainstream
Actually, it's much easier to read. I like it.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hundreds and thousands
Oh, are you talking about those little silver balls?
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list verbs
Actually, Esperanto was my inspiration. Silly young thing that I was, I wanted to see if I could do it too.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list how-to-spell-plththththth
It's been awhile since a list made me laugh out loud. How about three snaps up? BTW, uselessness, your link to pbpbpbpbpb doesn't work. Now I need to see that thread.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list ologies-ographies-onomies-c
otolaryngology? oncology?
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list ffine-ffettle
Oooo! When I saw powderpuff and creampuff on the front page feed I knew that someone was up to something. What about plain old tiff?
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list i-can-t-live-w-o-wordiehol
Palooka, you are already a list artist. There is no better outlet for all that creativity than wordie.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cwm
You used this in hangman? Ooooh, that is pure evil. Was the person a professed logophile or know-it-all?
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sprite
I didn't actually run a search (we ought to mention that to John), I just ran across it in my habitual (and slightly obsessive) perusing of the site.
I don't think anybody in this feed meant to offend, although I could see how offense could be taken. My apologies.
February 19, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word sprite
Found it! Search for the word questioning. kodaz is the only one who's listed it. It can be found on their queer words list. :)
February 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list mnemonics-days-in-the-month
You can also use your knuckles. Start at the left knuckle on your left hand. That's January. It has 31 days. Next, point to the space between that knuckle and the following. That's February. It has fewer than 31 days. March, May, and July round out the knuckles on the left hand. April and June are in the spaces. After July, you switch to your right hand and August is on your first knuckle. Etc., etc., etc. I promise that it's easier than it sounds.
February 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word smurfy
My friend uses this word when everything is right with the world. :)
February 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user picklechipsluva5
I can guarantee that you won't find the word "timesed (not a real word, but annoying anyway)" in the dictionary. ;) What you want to do is enter timesed as a word and put your commentary (not a real word, but annoying anyway) on the page for that word.
February 14, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word funnel cake
Wow. You poor thing, you've never had a funnel cake. Think of a fritter, think of a hot doughnut, think of those little drips of waffle batter that always hang off the sides of the waffle. You haven't *lived* until you've had a funnel cake.
February 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user ecrivaine33
Hey Ecrivaine33,
I noticed that you commented on wordie games awhile ago. Just wanted to let you know that some of us are using the username WordPlay to kick around some lists. Feel free to join in the fun!
:) jennarenn
February 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list some-parents
Abraxas, where did you teach?
February 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list compendium-round-1
Tee-hee. You'd be surprised if you knew who I was in cahoots with. Seriously, does anybody have any suggestions? This project is very new.
February 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list shorter-and-sweet
Good one! Thanks, fbharjo.
February 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word phlox
Yeah, a boy named Phlox would certainly make it onto my list of unfortunate names.
February 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word precious
As a name, this wasn't so bad until Lord of the Rings. Poor girl.
February 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user jennarenn
Thank you, it *is* a lovely trophy; I'll make sure to keep it polished.
February 12, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word phlox
"A phlox on both your houses!!"
oh, wait....
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list name-suggestions-for-even-bigger-suvs-and-trucks
The Olympic and the Britannic were sister ships to the Titanic. Hercules or Global Warmer would also be apt names.
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ramin
Actually a common name in some parts of the world. Just try not to think about noodles.
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word 10^10
Yeeah, I don't think accuracy was the point.
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list some-parents
It would be tough to go through life as Djibouti.
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word 10^10
Her name is pronounced "Trillion", but it's written out as "10^10". I doubt that my kids will have the mojo to carry off 10^10, but it is the coolest name, ever.
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word 7
His name is pronounced "Seven", but it's written out as "7" on his birth certificate.
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word holly wood
Holly is a regular name. Wood is a regular name. Her parents must have a great sense of humor.
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cafeteria
Cafeteria is a girl.
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word idee fixe
So, we all read the dictionary.com word of the day? :)
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word schadenfreude
I'm willing to bet that schadenfreude stays on the most wordied, past seven days list because it is always listed on the homepage. Akimbo went through a similar period.
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word zwieback
The Zwieback Motel is also mentioned in the Dr. Seuss Sleep Book.
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user notanotherjazzpoet
Hey, check out WordPlay's profile. :)
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user brtom
Hey, check out WordPlay's profile. :)
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user seanahan
Hey, check out WordPlay's profile!
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user chained_bear
Hey chained_bear,
Check out WordPlay's profile. It's a game that uselessness and I have created for wordies. Round one starts at 1pm EST today.
:) jennarenn
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the user reesetee
Hey reesetee,
Check out WordPlay's profile. It's a game that uselessness and I have created for wordies. Round one starts at 1pm EST today.
:) jennarenn
February 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list game-of-wordie
Well, I think that we’d have to allow for Internet searches, since we couldn’t prevent them. One person comes up with a category that’s bound to be limited. This person will judge for that round and cannot play. Each person has 24 hours to put together a list. I wish we could do a group list, but I don’t think wordie allows that yet. Eventually, that would be the ideal.
February 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word quern
I first ran across this word while working in a reading group with my second grade students. Who writes for seven- and eight-year olds with an archaic word like quern?
February 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list verbs
Well, absent is in most of the online dictionaries as a transitive verb. Dictionary.com even uses the example of absenting oneself from a meeting. It’s pretty formal. I’ve heard it only a few times in real life, usually coming from an English teacher. :)
February 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list hopi-tewa-and-zuni-words
We study the Native Americans in the second grade. Would you mind noting which words are of Hopi origin?
February 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list the-hills-are-alive
Ooo! School fight songs.
February 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list game-of-wordie
Oh, I would say that scrabble means that the word has to be legal in the game Scrabble. That does limit play, because I couldn't use Falling Water in the aforementioned architecture game. Although to be fair, the game does have to end sometime.
February 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list game-of-wordie
Like, I would say architecture, and edwardvielmetti would say house, Ecrivaine33 would say window, uselessness would say column, AbraxasZugzwang would say door, and we'd just keep going around until somebody broke?
Does firstflickr mean that we can use pictures?
When do we know that somebody gives up? How do we know who's playing?
February 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list verbs
You can absent yourself from a meeting, etc. The fact that it's not usually used in that sense is what makes that one so neat. :)
February 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive
chai tea?
February 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word ª s°k°
Dare we ask?
February 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list verbs
I got as far as making a list of verbs that I needed to work on. :) I realized that no matter what system I used, it would still be based on either English or French. After that, the whole thing seem phony. I just love A verbs for the memories.
February 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word y'all
Yes, but "Is this for y'all?" defeats the whole point of saving half a second.
February 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list musical-instruments
Oooo! Can we choose alpha to be the default??? I'd prefer that. Please show me how!
February 8, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word fishin'
Well I love her
But I love to fish
I spend all day out on this lake
And hell is all I catch
But today she met me at the door
Said I would have to choose
If I hit that fishin hole today
She'd be packin all her things
And she'd be gone by noon
Chorus:
Well I'm gonna miss her
When I get home...etc.
-Brad Paisley
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word truuck
I can hear it in my head; it's just not coming out of my mouth. Mebbe I'm trying to hard.
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list consarn-it
dagnabbit? Sweet Thang? whatch'all? As in, Whatch'all up tu?
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word truuck
How do we pronounce this gem?
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word y'all
I always use "y'all". There was some commotion at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta b/c somebody held up a sign spelled ya'll. You just don't *do* that in the South. Personally, I have always wondered about the possessive. Is it y’all’s and all y'alls'?
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list longest-words-on-wordie
I might have named this list "Why, God?" instead.
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word niiomtplaboparmbetzhelbetrabsbomonimonkonotdtekhstromont
Oh my. I just noticed that it's found in the Concise Dictionary of Soviet Terminology. That's just too funny.
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word niiomtplaboparmbetzhelbetrabsbomonimonkonotdtekhstromont
Taken from "A Collection of Oddities and Trivia"
http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words1.html
However, the world's longest acronym according to the Guinness Book of Words is NIIOMTPLABOPARMBETZHELBETRABSBOMONIMONKONOTDTEKHSTROMONT (56 letters, 54 in Cyrillic). Found in the Concise Dictionary of Soviet Terminology, it means: The laboratory for shuttering, reinforcement, concrete and ferroconcrete operations for composite-monolithic and monolithic constructions of the Department of the Technology of Building-assembly operations of the Scientific Research Institute of the Organization for building mechanization and technical aid of the Academy of Building and Architecture of the USSR Stuart Kidd.
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list fife-and-drum-words
Were you in fife & drum?
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list one-left-footer-s-manifesto
Yay! Yes, you can. It's the bouncy swing you see at weddings and cotillions.
Did you go to the "media" section of that website? Turn off the music at the top video and find the routine from Swingdiego. Amazing!
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list one-left-footer-s-manifesto
I promise that west coast is a type of swing dance. Check it out here:
http://www.jordantatianaswing.com/
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list smock-smock-smock
You do have the *best* list names.
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word cowbell
I think we need a little more....
February 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list merriam-webster-s-collegiatea-dictionary-11th-edition-new-words
How was comb-over *just* added!?
February 1, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list stuffie-shoots-and-ladders
jukebox (only if you're Bubba)
basket? (or is that too close to basketball?)
February 1, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list joycean-vocab
Whew! I'm impressed by the sheer volume of unique words.
February 1, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list 100-words-that-all-high-school-graduates-and-their-parents-should-know
How about no? You'd be surprised how many parents forgot that one.
February 1, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word SHAZAM!
Oooo! Hey John, where's the other word???
January 31, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hough
Rhymes with lock. Crazy.
January 31, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word doughty
I always want it to rhyme with sought. No reason.
January 31, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list iii2ii
Does this list make anybody else feel a little nervous?
December 30, 2006
jennarenn commented on the list fantastic-nicknames
sugar
honey
dolly
baby
December 21, 2006
jennarenn commented on the word grade digger
A girl who only talks for you for help with her homework.
December 20, 2006
jennarenn commented on the word oxyphenbutazone
What's that exception???
December 16, 2006
jennarenn commented on the word balboa
Don't let those dictionaries fool you. Balboa is also a dance!
December 16, 2006
jennarenn commented on the word west coast
West coast is also a verb! Check out Wikipedia's article on West Coast Swing.
December 16, 2006
jennarenn commented on the list one-left-footer-s-manifesto
You might also try:
east coast
west coast
samba
viennese
country two-step
nightclub two-step
balboa
bal-swing
standard
latin
smooth
rhythm
rock 'n' roll
modern
hip hop
character
boot scootin'
cha cha cha
December 16, 2006
jennarenn commented on the list ruby-reserved-words
I don't get it.
It's late.
Please elaborate.
:) Jen
December 14, 2006
jennarenn commented on the list pants-related-words
sweats
cullotes
December 14, 2006
jennarenn commented on the list pants-related-words
britches? cords? leggings?
December 14, 2006
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