Comments by koldewyse

  • (n.) the passing of time, in particular when leading to the expiration of an agreement or contract.

    February 3, 2009

  • n.

    The state of being a tyro, or beginner.

    January 11, 2009

  • Is this actually how you spell it? Intriguing.

    November 10, 2008

  • Also, pawning.

    November 10, 2008

  • Thanks, Ivan Denisovich.

    November 10, 2008

  • (n.) one who has been sponged upon by others for free food or lodging

    This is my life.

    October 6, 2008

  • (n.) one who walks about in the streets

    October 6, 2008

  • (n.) the sense of self-importance and officiousness seen as characteristic of beadles, or minor officials

    October 6, 2008

  • (n.) one who flatters with deadly intent

    October 6, 2008

  • (n.) a suggestion of doubt

    October 6, 2008

  • (adj.) full of trouble

    October 6, 2008

  • (v.) to stare vapidly

    October 6, 2008

  • (n.) one who is religious for the sake of monetary gain

    October 6, 2008

  • (adj.) smelling like bugs

    October 6, 2008

  • From the Italian for "nephew," nepoti.

    September 16, 2008

  • Found this in The Crucible. Who'd have guessed?

    September 7, 2008

  • Often confused with "rifle," which is improper, colloquial usage.

    August 3, 2008

  • (n.) That feeling you get when you find out that you thought you understood exactly what someone was implying, but it turns out that you weren't anywhere near close.

    July 20, 2008

  • This also applies to type; the term is used to describe the problem with text on highway signs at night being blurred by light striking it. This is why the current, ubiquitous "Highway Gothic" typeface on road signs in the US is being replaced with the more legible and less halation-prone "Clearview."

    July 15, 2008

  • (n.) A pain in the coccyx, or tailbone. A "pain in the butt," if you will.

    May 6, 2008

  • Great word, this.

    May 6, 2008

  • God, people are such ninnyhammers!

    May 6, 2008

  • (n.) Offensive armpit odor.

    May 6, 2008

  • AHA I HAVE FOUND YOU

    April 23, 2008

  • Why the hell does Word tell me I'm making this word up? Gah.

    April 10, 2008

  • (v.) To make faster.

    April 10, 2008

  • (n.) The receiving, sending, or the reciprocal actions of receiving and sending messages or information through transponders or one of various radio transmission devices.

    April 10, 2008

  • Great word; I love it.

    April 3, 2008

  • So I presume the plural is -xes?

    edit: Ah, it seems I am correct.

    April 3, 2008

  • (n.) See: bro.

    March 16, 2008

  • (n.) A bro who is exceedingly chill.

    March 16, 2008

  • (n.) A repeated dose, presumably of medicine or insults.

    March 16, 2008

  • By jingo!

    March 16, 2008

  • GOT SOME PRE-90S BOLLYWOOD FANS UP IN THIS HO

    March 6, 2008

  • (v.) The action of annoying someone endlessly through an instant messaging protocol: especially waiting for the other party to sign on and subsequently starting inane conversations

    March 6, 2008

  • To add a malodorous and pungent smell to an otherwise not-unpleasant object.

    > "Dude, I just epungulated my t-shirt."

    March 6, 2008

  • To make more gay (in the context of homosexuality)

    March 6, 2008

  • To untangle or make more lucid; to describe thoroughly.

    March 6, 2008

  • An insult for persons of the male gender.

    February 27, 2008

  • Basically everything in zetadiction is worthy of this list. That is, unless we strive for adherence to some theme.

    January 24, 2008

  • Is this still usable? Or is it archaic?

    January 24, 2008

  • bug(s)

    CURSES.

    January 24, 2008

  • Molly.

    January 8, 2008

  • Close:

    "Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray."

    January 8, 2008

  • Can you change the URL of zetahydrae on the news page to http://www.zetahydrae.com/? I switched from a tumblr subdomain recently.

    January 4, 2008

  • Oh god, the bane of my existence, this.

    IN EVERY SINGLE BLOG TAGLINE IN EXISTENCE

    see also: ramblings, random, and incoherent

    December 24, 2007

  • A type of sonnet, although vastly overshadowed by its Shakespearean brother.

    December 16, 2007

  • I was reminded of this word through my Spanish studies: "edificio" is much more commonly used than its English counterpart, as we English-speakers are more prone to using "building."

    December 16, 2007

  • Also, something like propagate.

    December 4, 2007

  • Actually, I love you.

    November 27, 2007

  • I like you, man.

    November 27, 2007

  • Of Incas and other delights.

    November 27, 2007

  • Also the name of an excellent album by The Decemberists.

    November 22, 2007

  • WHAT IS THIS‽

    November 7, 2007

  • So lengthy that it causes a table overflow in Firefox.

    October 7, 2007

  • Swollen feet.

    October 5, 2007

  • 1969, in the sunshine.

    Boards of Canada.

    September 30, 2007

  • The only way to utter the word "nice" whilst still remaining excellent:

    example)>> My good friend, I just bought a car today!

    >> Noice, noice.

    September 24, 2007

  • (obsolete, Kentish) second-person singular past tense of to see. Notable because it's the last word in the Oxford English Dictionary.

    >> Did you zyxt Molly's masterful move?

    September 24, 2007

  • Tastes like VICTORY, more like

    September 13, 2007

  • Chemicals are often such oddities.

    September 6, 2007