Ok. Out of peanuts, and we've never had fried onions (boohoo!). Sorry. But we do have plenty of fufluns. In fact, we have fufluns in such abundance, you make take them at will. Enjoy.
What?? Is the Santa Fox going? I'm a lot less poetic than ruzuzu and a lot less bilbyish than bilby, so can only settle for a really sincere and genuine: 'We wouldn't bear to see you go! Please stick around!!'
:'(
Things could only possibly go uphhill from now anyway.
Unicorns turning evil? Or just plain disturbing like Charlie the Unicorn?
It could indeed be quite a tragedy if all unicorns turned out like him. I mean, unicorns are the very foundation of the 'My Little Pony' world of rainbows and fairies and leprechauns. (Incidentally, I am now convinced that all of the women who dance for Michael Flatley are fairies.)
From Genghis (a friend of Gangerh?) to Admetus are the cats from T.S. Eliot's: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical: Cats.
From Peppo to Thomas O'Malley, are some of the cats ravaged from my memory of The Aristocats.
The 66 marks are supposed to open speech, as far as I knew and 99 to close it. It looks a lot less awkward like that (but I suppose it also has a lot to do with what you were brought up with).
Out of the gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy and Hercules Morse as big as a horse...Bottomley Potts covered in spots...Muffin McLay like a bundle of hay...Bitzer Maloney all skinny and bony...Schnitzel von Krumm with a very low tum...when suddenly, out of the shadows they saw SCARFACE CLAW!!
-Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, Lynlee Dodd
Just imagine: "Excuse me sir, would you mind very much if I observed the manner in which you wear your trousers? May I be permitted to take a few measurements?"
But don't go by the website...it really turns you off. The good thing with Milo is that it doesn't have to overly-sweet artificial taste that Nesquik does, but unlike Nesquik it will not disolve in cold milk.
(I can't believe you haven't heard of Milo!! I thought it was universal.)
Twitterature is one of the most pathetic and tragic and unoriginal publications of all time. It completely and utterly undermines the beauty of classical literature in every way, by changing the rich language into shallow and meaningless 'tweets' dotted with obscene words and phrases that can singularly destroy the personality of a character.
God only knows the purpose of this book, considering that it not only tells thousand-page works of art with a few characters, but also destroys vital character developments and gorgeous descriptions. It ruins the endings of the books and consequentially, people would be less inclined to read the original. Sure Twitterature is meant to be 'humourous' but it's just not funny to see such great literary works demoted to 140 character blots.
I could go on, but I won't. I'm getting sick just thinking about it.
Thanks for the cupcakes on peckable. In return favour, I might alert you that a certain gull may be plotting a certain attack on a certain somebody partially responsible for a certain becupcaking incident.
I have always been fascinated by books about words and language and that list is a dream come true, considering that sad limitations prevent me from collecting my own.
God have mercy on my poor soul!! If you're going to continue indulging in my discomfort I'm going to have a fit and leave this discussion herewith. Surely you cannot be that (forgive me) STUPID!!
I feel like a teenage schoolkid having a dirty conversation behind an open desk lid. I don't know what some of the suggestions meant, and I can't think of anything to rhyme with it either...
I'm sure you're all doing this to me on purpose.
How about, through which the baby emerges.
bilby: 'I wadded to tagalog but my bruvver wooded led me.' Hilarious!
But let's not forget Mr. Pronunciation lurking in the background! I suspect that he's bribed or brainwashed or tortured Mike into these evil misdoings. We must not let either of them out of our sight.
Yes, I admit, my distant relatives do include the unreceived scoundrel UnnecessaryDash and the notorious SupererogatoryHyphen. I'm sorry to be related to such definite punctuation marks but you can't choose family, can you?
Goodness me, I think this horrendous occurence confirms Mr. Pronunciation's involvement! Poor, poor dontcry is going to pay for her happy moment with Mike.
*over PA*
Send out the funships,chained_bearcraft carriers and helicopterodactyls we have another case on our hands. Make sure to fly the fbharjolly rogers high.
Ack, don't worry. It's nothing short of the 'Wordie Treatment' (should that be Wordienik Treatment now?). Just think twice before posting links to promote yourself. Try using Wordnik for what it was made for. (Then you'd see that we're not so bad.)
Yes, you were very lucky to survive. When your feeling more yourself, just give me the word and I'll bring ruzuzu and dontcry around for a chat. They helped with your survival. And yes, the doctor will be a spin doctor. (!) Meanwhile, just try and relax.
(dontcry, how about using a mini-torspeedo instead?)
And we'll send some medics over as soon as we can to deal with the injuries brought about by dontcry's torspeedos. Seems as though not everyone heard her sweet, enchanting voice!
You know I'm a great fan of that Panvocalics list, but you have to admit that some of the words there are pretty ludicrous, like counterpain or cotigulate or schizoneuran just to name a few. Are they all, really, legitimate words? or leaning towards the madeupical side?
Um...maybe I'm mistaken along the line somewhere after reading what mollusque said, but I was always under the impression it meant...well...I'll just say ladies have it, men don't.
Hah! Actually, it's the Filipino language and while its spelling may look like a game (and a fun one at that), a pronunciation is here. (Do your best to ignore the suave American accent!)
What is the OneLook 'bookmarklet' that I've been hearning so much about? I tried John's instructions here, but I just got re-directed to I miss wordie.
What was supposed to happen/ what am I doing wrong?
I was passing a toy store the other day and there were two types of barbies on display. They were identical, except one had blond hair, the other had brown. The price was also a little different, the blond one costing ten dollars more than her counterpart.
I'm happy to hear that at least one person has use for the Twitter feed. As for me, it doesn't do me any good but it doesn't do me any harm either. (I also think the statistics are fascinating, though they're so specific I still have doubts on their accuracy.)
If anything, what annoys me the most are: firstly, the inability to delete comments but I assume that will come with time (?); secondly, the inability to delete entire lists. I have an awful memory and I cannot recall if this was a feature of YOW, but I'm pretty sure it is was. Finally, the difference maintained by words with capital letters. This makes having totally separate conversations on the same word possible and I find it just a tiny bit inconvenient. Also, the listing in the sidebar (the one that says first listed by etc.) is affected because for all you know, someone has listed the same words but with capital letters.
Otherwise, all is pretty well and good. Progressions still to be made--but can't you say that about everything?
The sort of person who, when being drowned by a known attacker, will still come up for that last desperate breath and cry, voice thick with sincerity and passion, "I lerve you!"
The next day, at the usual hour, Marius took from his closet his new coat, new pantaloons, his new hat, and his new boots; he dressed himself in panoply complete, put on his gloves, prodigious prodigality, and went to the Luxembourg.
On the way, he met Courfeyrac, and pretended not to see him. Courfeyrac, on his return home, said to his friends: "I have just met Marius' new hat and coat, with Marius inside. Probably he was going to an examination. He looked stupid enough."
Poirot had a particular routine when opening his morning correspondence. He picked up each letter, scrutinised it carefully and neatly slit the envelope open with his paper-cutter. Its contents were perused and then placed in one of four piles beyond the chololate-pot. (Poirot always drank chocolate for breakfast - a revolting habit.)
Uh...well...about that... I haven't started any of my new books, but started one of my old ones instead. However, because I've already read it, I've stopped. (I don't mind half-reading a book if I have read the complete story before, especially numerous times. It's all complete in my mind.) You see, I can't bear the thought of, firstly, starting one of my new books and having it split and secondly, boring myself out of my brains reading a book I know back to front.
Ah...yes, the current president of France; the man who bears vague resemblance to Tony Shalhoub... I can remember his title, his appearance and even some of his words and actions but I always forget his name, regardless of how many times I repeat it in my mind, or write it, or say it.
Maybe it's because my year is a straight vertical line of coloured circles and so when December-January hits, I have to travel up a whole years worth of space and I don't like having a book split over that.
(How on Earth do you wake up one day in the middle of the year and suddenly think it's 2010? Talent, my friend. You have some talent. ;-) )
When reading a book, I cannot read it from the end of December into the New Year. I can't read it over the transition of the years. I feel it tears the book in two so that it is, effectively, hanging in oblivion, not having been read in either time. To me, it's a disorder that must be avoided at ALL costs.
(Just in case you didn't actually know, or you weren't actually joking, he's the Fox from Super Mario Smash Brothers. I mean, who doesn't like playing that game? Honestly.)
I seem to have the worst luck with lists. Again, Units of Language has vanished. I was trying to organise it alphabetically and I got a not found and then *POOF* it was gone.
Reading this thread, I was surprised to see how this song was interpreted. I have never thought of it as dark or patronising before. It just seems...well...a song of hope?: looking to the future, in a way.
According to this source: There is a distinction between a Christmas carol and a Christmas song. A Christmas Carol has a fairly rapid, regular beat, which would, therefore, exclude a meandering, crooning song such as “White Christmas”.
I positively adore this word when used as 'love'. But it really annoys me when people overuse it or use it for things they really don't luff deep down.
And I especially like it when someone's accent disallows them to properly pronounce 'love' and thus producing 'luff' instead.
Oh my dear Ru, when will you learn to cough anagrams into the bowl like all refined ladies and gentlemen? Alas! Am I forced to retrive my book of manners yet again?
Sorry for the abrupt and probably rather rude farewell. I was almost literally being dragged away from the computer as I was typing that and thus, I was unable to explain.
You'll never catch me abandoning wordie (wordnik)!
Anyway, I just went out of town for a while, and there was no internet connection. Thankfully, I'm back for Christmas!
Please help my list Awesome Pronunciations! It's more of a Wordnik collection than my list and I am absolutely positive and terrified of missing a pronunciation. (-oops, mistyped that as pornunciation. Heh, I'm sure we wouldn't want that.)
Good advice uselessness, for when I finally get a microphone.
What is happening when I try to add words to a list and when the page reloads it switches me to another view? I'm not sure what it's called but it only shows me the list and links in basic html and I have to go back to my profile to get the normal view again.
Briefly, in response to ththownse question, I'd like to point out that society is almost split when it comes to attitudes about homosexuals. Indeed, the world in general's almost split. Canada legalised homosexual marriages for example, though the rest of the world hasn't. What you have, is one part of society condemning homosexual behaviour, not, I think, for its 'vulgarity', but rather for the way that it defies the 'laws' of conventional marriage and sexual relations. However, there is a part of society that is all about acceptance and they fully support homosexual behaviour.
Thanks mark! :-) Feel free to contribute as many pronunciations on the list as you see fit. There are many awesome ones yet to be discovered (and made, no doubt).
Being very fussy with ratios in food myself, I must admit that breaking ramen chained_bear style is reasonable, because it's for the overall benefit of the meal.
I wonder what Chinese angels say about eating 'raw' ramen?
Not many people can wiggle their ears. I certainly can't do that either. But I can bend almost all my fingers so the middle joint sticks out and if I push, it can go back nearly 90 degrees. hyperlaxity.
Personally, I prefer spaghetti, but I have great respect for ramen too. They are all welcome at the dinner table in my house! (or the breakfast, or lunch table too ) ;-)
For ramen, it's all about slurping. No cutting, no twirrling, just slurping no matter how long, so it's important not to sit with a straight back for once.
Congratulations on that crown frogapplause! Use it wisely... I liked your pronunciation. ;-) It really annoys me when people say pasta with a short 'a' sound. They make it sound like some sort of commercial marketing blah-di-blah.
Smooth. Not gooey like nutella, and not the sort or texture of peanut butter either. It almost blends in with the bread in a way that you don't even notice that you're eating it, except you feel that one side of the bread is rough and the other side is smooth.
And never, under any circumstances, refrigerate vegemite.
'Slightly' bitter plus two steps I'd say. If you are going to to lose your vegemite virginity, I suggest starting with a very thin spread with rather a lot of butter. If you start with too much, you end up hating it for life, which would be quite a shame.
(The Penguin (last time I checked anyway) is in the sandpit in the backyard)
Heh, I see. We do. And ! always eat their food shouting. It's terribly noisy, not to mention messy. Eating spaghetti is an experience always accompanied by many strange glances in my general direction.
I also have a habit of eating half a sandwich, then opening it up and eating the inside but that leaves me with plain bread which is very annoying. Surely you understand??
How do you ensure only two or three strands get on your fork? Scrape them off the top then twirl? Do you twirl horizontally? Usually I plunge my fork into the middle of my bowl/plate and twirl vertically (which may or may not be considered 'uncivilized, oafish, and uncouth').
Of course it's all a play on cultural sterotypes (which by-the-way, I find fascinating and amusing though sometimes offensive).
I'm sorry, touched up on my research and I think that everyone knows now, that the Chinese did not invent spaghetti. I didn't think so, and I guess I'm right.
Delicious Filipino drink consisting mostly of ice, milk, red beans, chick peas, coconut shavings or slices, yam, rice and jackfruit. It's usually served with ice cream on top.
Well, that almost killed spaghetti for me. I remember when I was small, my mum used to make me eat the bone marrow of some exotic dish we used to have. I cried. No, I didn't actually, but it was pretty bad.
And with the slurping issue, as long as it's quiet, short and doesn't flick up onto your face, spraying sauce around your nose, like a bolognaise moustache.
Bilby, is there something about spraying spaghetti that ignites your creative genius or does the wallpaper add another flavour?
I'm not sure about rt, but I consider it an insult to the spaghetti, and I'm sure the Italians can say something about it too. I was always under the impression if the dangling strands from the twirl around your fork are too long, you cut them with your teeth.
I'm interested in other ways though.
Does anyone actually have spaghetti with meatballs?
Someoneone once told me that peanut butter and jam is good. I've had that many times, of course, and it's not bad, but on that particular day I misheard him and thought he said 'ham'.
So I went trooping home for a nice peanutbutter and ham sandwich.
For the record, it was actually very nice.
But vegemite goes with ham and cheese beautifully all the time.
I use the 'proper' way, but without the spoon. I also had a friend who used the proper way, but she would pull her fork out of the spaghetti, leaving a little twirl on her spoon which she ate from.
1 year later: I'd like to point out that JKR has, to a certain extent, destroyed this word among the younger generation. You can make a perfectly decent, if not forceful, statement or complaint: "I take umbrage etc..." and your audience will roll on the floor laughing because they have an image of you taking Professor Umbridge.
Of course it depends on the general age and maturity of your audience, but it annoys me rather a bit.
Snap! There goes my spelling again, out the window. I wonder how I could have possibly gotten that wrong, maybe something to do with my lousy pronunciation?
Nibble off opposite corners and place one end in mug of boiling water. Suck the water up the Tim Tam, melting the chocolate and burning your fingers in the process. The first person to finish their Tim Tam wins.
Well...I'm never going to be bored again, not with this fantastic list. I mean, who wouldn't want to do these things! I never thought exercising and exorcised ghost would be so fun!
Really? I'll read it for sure at some point, but I've been banned from buying anything at the moment due to some erratic spending I've done in the recent past.
Ha! I thought that too for a moment but then I was struck to the bone by the disturbing thought of unicorns and fairies eating skittles. *crunch crunch*
As we all know, Hot Wheels has the greatest tracks of all affordable time. The way the cars zip around those vertical loops is just exhilerating. Ok, I'm exaggerating, but apparantly it's possible to do a vertical loop with a car life size, with a little help from g-force.
I think really, in the end, Wordnik will be what the Wordies (and wordniks) make it. All technical glitches can be resolved eventually, but the spirit depends entirely on the people. If the spirit relied on some website, then it wasn't true spirit and I'm sure that isn't the way it was.
What's really troubling me is the disappearing Wordies.
bilby, I think you're particularly right about the Twitter. It really doesn't tell you anything about the word at all, except how other people misuse or abuse it and I also agree about that random word bit...unfortunately. Yesterday I was on and off all the time, but nothing much was happening at all. I know there will be some slow days, but there was nothing and I fear that there will be more of that.
I know it's going to take time, but these last few posts are going to make me cry.
:'(
Edit: By-the-way John, I took so long to type my post I missed yours. I'd just like to say we still really appreciate all the good intentions and understand how difficult it must be for you too.
Is it possible that *gasp* Wordies are questioning their existance??
No, I agree with a lot that 'nach said. I know that when I type the address I type: wordnik.com/zeitgeist. I don't even bother going to the opening page anymore. Zeitgeist is the opening page. However, in response to sionnach's last question, I think it would be the Wordies, and the comments that attract 'talented fresh blood'. With no comment on my talent, that's what I found most appealing about Wordie when I first joined (including the list making).
In relation to all those technical glitches, I've been relying on time to straighten them out.
I'm not entirely sure what point I'm trying to make, except maybe patience is the way to go? I don't think anyone's trying to be negative, but realistic.
I don't know what to say...isn't the very essence of Wordie humour? Isn't that the stuff we were allowed to import when switching to Wordnik? Wordie Spirit
Maybe I've misunderstood someone...?
(VO, I think you hit the nail right on the head, so to speak.)
I thought that was only my machine. I was trying to search pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and got it wrong 5 times before I gave up...all thanks to the autocomplete (more auto, less complete.)
Yum! ;-) But then again, people do eat honey ants... raw, and wichety grubs and things like that too. Toasted ants don't seem so bad compared to some things.
Exactly my point. Somewhere along the line, someone has to make up the word.
(Please don't confuse a word with a random bunch of letters that sound nice together stuck onto a meaning. I can't accept that, and I think I'm justified. Correct me if I'm wrong.)
Haha! Two questions: firstly, did that really happen Vanished, or was it by pure genius that you came up with that? and secondly, uselessness, you didn't really bang your knee when recording that pronunciation did you?
Yay! We now have 'most commented' on the side of the Zeitgeist page! The only thing is, the links don't seem to work.
At least, some of them don't. List of the day seemed to work, but the others like comments, bugs and cake (yum!) didn't. It lead to a 404. (Nice sign by the way.)
I don't know if it's just me, but your pronunciation for: 'Der dicke Dachdecker deckte dir dein Dach, drum dank dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker dir dein Dach deckte' isn't there. Have you deleted it? If so, then I request it back. ;-)
"Woman, I told you, I'm not at her house. I'm at the store! Hold up. Hold up. Ma'am? Excuse me, how you doin'? Could you do me a favor, please, and just tell her I'm at the store? "
I imagine this word to be undulating and waving gently, streaked a strange combination of light blue and light brown, surrounded by miniscule green and yellow squares.
At first I read this as 'tomato garden privacy' and I began wondering what the world was coming to, but then I re-read it, and wondered if there really was such a thing.
What's that list that has the sounds of a piano being pushed off a balcony (or something similar)? I love to hear someone have a go at those pronunciations.
I think the transition was ok, not to say there's nothing to be perfected, but I'm sincerely hoping the Wordies will stick around and wait, because that's what makes the spirit we don't want to lose!
In an old textbook I came across by chance (long story), it mentions sausage tree and umbrella tree. I hadn't heard of them before but I thought of this list!! ;-)
I've had that experience before! Except I was the one elected to squish head-first through a tiny window directly above the toilet. Not pleasant, let me assure you.
Personally, I like the name Ruddymite but I know it would never be chosen.
And I'm so glad they want to re-name the iSnak...it was a bad idea in the first place (long live vegemite! long live cheese! note the separation) but couldn't they have chosen something a little better?
Causes burning, tingling, and numbness of mouth, throat, and stomach, eventually affecting the entire body. It develops into a stomach ache, dizziness, prostration and convulsions. You die in a few hours if you have a teaspoon full.
In a few minutes, the muscles start convulsing, beginning with the head and neck moving down to the back. The victim finally dies of exhaustion and paralysis of the neural pathways that control breathing. According to Wikipedia: it produces some of the most dramatic and painful symptoms of any known toxic reaction.
Results in vomiting and diarrhoea and very bad stomach pains. You can die within an hour. It used to be very popular in the Victorian times, as paint and dye.
It builds up and damages the kidneys and the brain. If you've been poisoned pretty badly, you go insane, your skin becomes yellow and your teeth fall out of their black gums.
Botulinum travels through the blood and attaches to the nerves that control muscles. It effectively shuts down the system and the victim dies an agonising death.
Cyanide has a very similar molecular structure to oxygen. Therefore, when inhaled, it latches onto oxygen molecules and this prevents the cells of the body from using it.
Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.
You find me cold, unfeeling, selfish, don't you? Very well, be off with you to the sort of people you like. Marry some sentimental hog or other with lots of money, and a thick pair of lips to kiss you with and a thick pair of boots to kick you with.
The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same mannr for all human souls. In short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as another.
This could potentially be a misspelt word. According to dictionary.com: quiddity is 1. the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing.
2. a trifling nicety of subtle distinction, as in argument.
The Melbourne trial of a stripper accused of violating the best man at a bucks’ night with a strap-on pink dildo will decide the crucial issue of deliberate penetration against the unusual suggestion of possible 'accidental rape'.
When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, when I am in really great trouble, as anyone who know me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy.Besides, I am rather fond of muffins.
I don't play (the piano) accurately- anyone can play accurately -but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.
"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
Hey gangerh! I'm still waiting for the comment on procrastination, then I figured I'm not supposed to reply to you on my own profile. whoops, teehee...well, I'm still sorta new here.
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
Hey--'plethora' is on the list of 100 Most Beautiful Words as chosen by Dr. Goodword (Robert Beard), who has been making dictionaries, creating word lists, and writing poetry for 40 years.
"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."
“...there are no random acts. that we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.�?
It said that all people who are happy have God within them. And that happiness could be found in a grain of sand from the desert, as the alchemist had said. Because a grain of sand is a moment of creation and the universe has taken millions of years to create it.
“We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.�?
And there he sits, munching and gnawing, and looking up at the great cross on the summit of St. Paul's Cathedral, glittering above a red-and-violet-tinted cloud of smoke. From the boy's face one might suppose that sacred emblem to be, in his eyes, the crowning confusion of the great, confused city--so golden, so high up, so far out of his reach.
Does this word have a short or a long 'e' in its pronounciation? I should use one way but personally I use a long e when talking about a fever, but short when talking about agitation and the like.
"Applebee’s International, Inc. is a United States company which develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar restaurant chain," said Wikipedia.
According to Wikipedia: The term colonel derives from Latin columnella 'small column'. However, it was never actually a Roman rank. The system of ranks in the Roman military was quite different. As a rank the term arose in the late sixteenth century Italy where it referred to the officer in charge of a column (Italian colonna, plural colonne) or field force. The term is first attested as colonnello, but it is perhaps a truncation of something like capitano colonnello 'captain of the column, the captain designated to command the column'. In this context colonna seems to refer to a force marching in column, rather than to a battle formation — a battle or battlation of pike.
I remember a scene from the terrific film 'Rain Man', after reading the will.
"Upset? Why should I be upset? I got the rose bushes didn't I? I definately got the rose bushes. No one else got the rose bushes because I have them. Yes, I definately have the rose bushes."
"The thought police would get him just the same. He had committed--would have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper--the essential crime that contained all others in itself. Thoughtcrime, they called it. Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you."
"I do not like broccoli and I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli. Now look, this is the last statement I’m going to have on broccoli. There are truckloads of broccoli at this very minute descending on Washington. My family is divided. For the broccoli vote out there: Barbara loves broccoli. She has tried to make me eat it. She eats it all the time herself. So she can go out and meet the caravan of broccoli that’s coming in."
“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you.�?
I am having severe difficulty understanding what the bleepity bleep this means! Can it replace 'technically' in a sentence? If John says it's 'by itself' but I don't think I could say I am per se. ??:-C
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PossibleUnderscore commented on the word almost Solveig
Can I get out of the Panda suit and put c_b down now?
February 5, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word horndog
Really?
February 5, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list b-open-list--words-to-blurt-in-an-elevator-b
If anyone can actually muster the insanity to say any of these, please, please let us all know of your humiliation!! ;-)
Hilarious list!
February 5, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, obviously...
February 5, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word almost Solveig
How about a duet with the finches at a bridge Reese Tee?
And I vote bilby manager.
February 5, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word umbrage
*deals* Nothing beats five-card umbrage. *deals*
Ok. Out of peanuts, and we've never had fried onions (boohoo!). Sorry. But we do have plenty of fufluns. In fact, we have fufluns in such abundance, you make take them at will. Enjoy.
February 5, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word You probably think this song is about you
No, it was about me. You're so vain! I mean, you probably think that song is about you. Don't you? Don't you? Don't you?
February 5, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word almost Solveig
Can I play the zither?
February 5, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user milosrdenstvi
It really is pretty when you hear it. Thanks.
February 5, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user milosrdenstvi
Milo, I would very much like to hear you pronounce your name. Do you take requests??
February 4, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gummidge's law
Basically, the greater the number of statements understood by the general public, the less expertised the 'statement-maker' is. Right?
February 4, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word umbrage
*deals*
And one for me, extra umbrage.
February 4, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word You probably think this song is about you
Interestingly, pavlova and whipped cream are very nice together. We may both be right.
February 4, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word umbrage
I take umbrage at your umbrage and failure to accept the blatant truth. Dontcry won and that's the end of all of us.
Another round anyone?
February 4, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word You probably think this song is about you
I think clouds are very tasty, sort of light and fluffly like pavlova.
February 4, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word umbrage
Noooooo!Straight umbrage for me.
And on that matter, I may deal out some extra umbrage for all the other losers.
February 4, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word You probably think this song is about you
It turns out the singer was vain. Wasn't she? etc.
February 4, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word doona
Could anyone offer an etymology for this word?
Edit: Apparantly it was originally a brand name, I think.
February 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user topreseller
But finding good spammers is easy.
February 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word umbrage
Call.
February 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bacteria
But we are not a muse. Ever.
February 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bacteria
I was thinking ruse, ruzu style.
February 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word You probably think this song is about you
Everyone's just so vain.
February 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word You probably think this song is about you
*flinch*
February 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user sionnach
:D
February 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word sticks and stones may break my bones, but words should go on wordie
Hah! Love this!
February 2, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user sionnach
And also very much like cutting spaghetti.
February 2, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
Ack! So it did. How about reposting it?
February 2, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user sionnach
What?? Is the Santa Fox going? I'm a lot less poetic than ruzuzu and a lot less bilbyish than bilby, so can only settle for a really sincere and genuine: 'We wouldn't bear to see you go! Please stick around!!'
:'(
Things could only possibly go uphhill from now anyway.
: )
February 2, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word even prime
Yes, very oddly so.
February 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word even prime
*hurls chutney into deep void of self absorption so that it can never be retrieved again*
So there!
; )
February 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word even prime
Wanna share??
*snatches chutney away*
There's no time for mercy! The world is ending! Unicorns are becoming evil! The sieve of Eratosthenes is failing!
February 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word even prime
Unicorns turning evil? Or just plain disturbing like Charlie the Unicorn?
It could indeed be quite a tragedy if all unicorns turned out like him. I mean, unicorns are the very foundation of the 'My Little Pony' world of rainbows and fairies and leprechauns. (Incidentally, I am now convinced that all of the women who dance for Michael Flatley are fairies.)
February 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list flights-of-feline-fancy
From Genghis (a friend of Gangerh?) to Admetus are the cats from T.S. Eliot's: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical: Cats.
From Peppo to Thomas O'Malley, are some of the cats ravaged from my memory of The Aristocats.
February 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word even prime
*applause*
I'm blinded by your mathematical skill.
February 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user feedback
jingle truck worked for me. Maybe you should try one more time.
February 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user feedback
Oh... ok, thanks!
February 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user feedback
How does OneLook work? I've never used it before.
February 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user Prolagus
What an infliction! And to be your least favourite word too!
February 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ‟
The 66 marks are supposed to open speech, as far as I knew and 99 to close it. It looks a lot less awkward like that (but I suppose it also has a lot to do with what you were brought up with).
February 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word iPad
Heh.
:D
January 31, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word kwai
Q. How do you know if your piano is going to be trouble?
A. If it is a Kwai baby.
January 31, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word iPad
I have to say, those two things are almost considered basics these days.
January 31, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word w-e-a-p-o-n
I t-h-i-n-k- i-t l-o-o-k-s p-r-e-t-t-y.
January 31, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list •-words-and-phrases-that-i-would-love-to-have-on-a-wordie-t-shirt
*Prays that one day these shirts will be manufactured for a Wordie/ Wordnik store soon*
Edit: *realises that doesn't make sense*
January 31, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word iPad
Haha! I love all these links, but as funny as the Parody Inspiration was, I suddenly feel sorry for the 'little retard tv'.
January 31, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word You probably think this song is about you
Co-incidentally, I just heard this song in the car a moment ago.
January 31, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word alex
Alex. The lion!!
From the film Madagascar.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word diego
The name of the sabre toothed tiger from Ice Age.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word shere khan
Also from Rudyard Kipling's: the Jungle Book.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word tigress
The tiger from Kung Fu Panda.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word figaro
The cat from Pinocchio.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word scarface claw
Out of the gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy and Hercules Morse as big as a horse...Bottomley Potts covered in spots...Muffin McLay like a bundle of hay...Bitzer Maloney all skinny and bony...Schnitzel von Krumm with a very low tum...when suddenly, out of the shadows they saw SCARFACE CLAW!!
-Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, Lynlee Dodd
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word madcat
I always thought he was cute.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word nermal
Garfield's ultimate rival.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word lucifer
Also used as the name of Cinderella's cat.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word simpkin
The name of the cat in Beatrix Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bagheera
The panther from Rudyard Kipling's: The Jungle Book.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word milo
Also the cat in the film: Milo and Otis.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word radioactive consumer products
Let me rephrase: Who in their right mind would buy something called Depleted Uranium Penetrator?
;-)
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word radioactive consumer products
Who would buy something called Depleted Uranium Penetrator anyway?
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user gangerh
What??
*is completely outside*
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user gangerh
Sometimes, you sound vaguely like Richard Hammond.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
Mooo zoo.
January 30, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word over-achiever
Hah, pantsful indeed!
Just imagine: "Excuse me sir, would you mind very much if I observed the manner in which you wear your trousers? May I be permitted to take a few measurements?"
January 29, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word over-achiever
Gosh! I wonder how she collected those measurements!
January 29, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word iPad
Couldn't they think of something at least a little bit more imaginative?
January 28, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list underscoring-the-possibilities
I wonder why I've just favourited this?? ;-)
♥
January 28, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word rain man
Heh!
(Love the movie too.)
January 28, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word you're something of a hotdog, aren't you
And the cheese.
January 28, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user chickenrecipe
Jinx bilby!!
January 27, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user chickenrecipe
Spam Recipes
January 27, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list alexis
Sweet Tooth Fairy
January 27, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list iwhat
Funny list Pro! I like it!
January 27, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Clever cookie!
January 27, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word U2 in the air
So he's not joking about the jumpsuit? I thought if he wasn't lying, he was just kidding.
And I agree with what dontcry said. At least the guy's making an effort anyway, more than I can say about many modern artists.
January 27, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word lepadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimypotrimmatosilphiotyromelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptokephaliokinklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetragalopterygon
That makes sense...
January 25, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word private notes
What happened to private notes?? Doesn't Wordnik allow them?
January 25, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word lepadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimypotrimmatosilphiotyromelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptokephaliokinklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetragalopterygon
Neither words come up in google search so I ask: Madeupical?
January 25, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Fairy!
January 25, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word lepadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimypotrimmatosilphiotyromelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptokephaliokinklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetragalopterygon
Anyone volunteer to do a pronunciation?
January 24, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hallucinations
It doesn't sound that odd...in fact, it's nicely refined.
January 23, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list you-should-make-a-list
I thought gulls v. buoys should be two serparate lists...? One for Buoys one for Gulls.
(Nice list idea by the way!)
January 23, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list lost-for-word
Heh. Very funny.
January 22, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list lost-for-word
If nudiustertian is the word for the day before yesterday, what is the word for the day after tomorrow?
January 22, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user feedback
Did you know that your profile is on private?
January 22, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word chocolate
Haha Milo(srdenstvi, not Milo chocolate)! Well, that's what happens when you take the time to read chocolate wrappers.
*they mess up your mind...* ;-)
What's Hershey's syrup?
January 21, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word chocolate
Well I can!
But don't go by the website...it really turns you off. The good thing with Milo is that it doesn't have to overly-sweet artificial taste that Nesquik does, but unlike Nesquik it will not disolve in cold milk.
(I can't believe you haven't heard of Milo!! I thought it was universal.)
January 20, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word twitterature
Twitter itself isn't so bad as long as it's not overused. I just cannot stand converting classics into tweets.
January 20, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word twitterature
Twitterature is one of the most pathetic and tragic and unoriginal publications of all time. It completely and utterly undermines the beauty of classical literature in every way, by changing the rich language into shallow and meaningless 'tweets' dotted with obscene words and phrases that can singularly destroy the personality of a character.
God only knows the purpose of this book, considering that it not only tells thousand-page works of art with a few characters, but also destroys vital character developments and gorgeous descriptions. It ruins the endings of the books and consequentially, people would be less inclined to read the original. Sure Twitterature is meant to be 'humourous' but it's just not funny to see such great literary works demoted to 140 character blots.
I could go on, but I won't. I'm getting sick just thinking about it.
January 20, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gleng
Could this belong on your "It Has a Name??" list reesetee?
January 20, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list lost-for-word
???
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
*whistles and says as airily as possible*
Good luck I suppose with your pecking attack on reesetee.
*ambles away still whistling and glancing over shoulder occasionally continuing vaguely*
There's nothing to worry about at all...
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user reesetee
Thanks for the cupcakes on peckable. In return favour, I might alert you that a certain gull may be plotting a certain attack on a certain somebody partially responsible for a certain becupcaking incident.
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user sionnach
I have always been fascinated by books about words and language and that list is a dream come true, considering that sad limitations prevent me from collecting my own.
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user mollusque
I know, right?
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word prosodic fuckups
*backs away, then runs from page*
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list stately-flowers
Thanks! I'll take a look.
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gulls and buoys
hah! You said it bilbybuns!
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word prosodic fuckups
Example?
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gulls and buoys
Why don't you make it?
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gulls and buoys
Is there a list somewhere? of why gulls are better, then why buoys are better?
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word PussyGaloreBlunders
Hahaha! *loves*
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bedroom suit
Reverse psychology?
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
:D
*fling, toss, hurl*
*manages to hit ruzuzu despite her valient attempts to escape*
January 18, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word terminal burrowing
Woah...that just completed the nightmare of terminal burrowing.
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
I certainly should hope not.
*grotesquely exaggerated inflextion* Wanna bite?
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
*nibbles cupcake delicately*
Not to worry. I'll live.
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
God have mercy on my poor soul!! If you're going to continue indulging in my discomfort I'm going to have a fit and leave this discussion herewith. Surely you cannot be that (forgive me) STUPID!!
You must know very well what I mean...
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
I feel like a teenage schoolkid having a dirty conversation behind an open desk lid. I don't know what some of the suggestions meant, and I can't think of anything to rhyme with it either...
I'm sure you're all doing this to me on purpose.
How about, through which the baby emerges.
bilby: 'I wadded to tagalog but my bruvver wooded led me.' Hilarious!
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
*flushes* Are you guys kidding with me? You do know what I'm talking about, don't you? You're not going to make me say it?
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user mollusque
Another question...how many dictionaries do you have, and in how many languages?
What fills up this entomological literature shelf of yours?
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
Getting warmer...
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangerhkinesis
But let's not forget Mr. Pronunciation lurking in the background! I suspect that he's bribed or brainwashed or tortured Mike into these evil misdoings. We must not let either of them out of our sight.
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bonox
A 'beef drink' in a jar (not bottle, jar) with exactly the same colour scheme as vegemite.
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangerhkinesis
*scream!*
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user 100000670125292
psst...try psychedelicatessen.
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word w-i-f-e
Yes, I admit, my distant relatives do include the unreceived scoundrel UnnecessaryDash and the notorious SupererogatoryHyphen. I'm sorry to be related to such definite punctuation marks but you can't choose family, can you?
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
Ok ok, very funny. How about regions of the anatomy? You get it.
January 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word earworm
I can't believe that would be very pleasant.
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user hernesheir
I thought so...
UMBRAGE!
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user 100000670125292
And you musn't leave out the vegemite virgin and gangerhkinesis.
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user hernesheir
Your list seems to be shamfree!
Edit: I demand real free!
Your list, Herne's heir, is sham-free.
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word earworm
*humming*
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangerhkinesis
Goodness me, I think this horrendous occurence confirms Mr. Pronunciation's involvement! Poor, poor dontcry is going to pay for her happy moment with Mike.
*over PA*
Send out the funships,chained_bearcraft carriers and helicopterodactyls we have another case on our hands. Make sure to fly the fbharjolly rogers high.
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangerhkinesis
Do we have a flag too?
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user PossibleUnderscore
Hah!
But I take umbrage at not having enough sham-words to take umbrage at!
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangerhkinesis
My my my... uselessness made the list, he angered Mr. Pronunciation who has now destroyed our feature. Is the useless uselessness to blame?
;-)
*cue dramatic music*
Edit: Wait, no, I take that back. (I forgot we all contributed to the list.)
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word shamwow
Can I demand real e from that shame?
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word shamwow
Atrocity! I demand realwow!
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word shampoo
Umbrage! I demand realpoo!
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word shamrock
Outrage! I demand a realrock!
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user 100000670125292
Ack, don't worry. It's nothing short of the 'Wordie Treatment' (should that be Wordienik Treatment now?). Just think twice before posting links to promote yourself. Try using Wordnik for what it was made for. (Then you'd see that we're not so bad.)
: )
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangerhkinesis
Gosh! Indeed, you're right. Summon the troops!
January 16, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Would 'divine intervention sniper' work as a sweet tooth fairy, or false teen fairy?
January 15, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user thtownse
Instruments I already know: piano, recorder and organ.
Other two: harp and harmonica
(and then follow all the other instruments like violins, pan flutes and drums etc... which I want to play.)
January 15, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bilbytortes
Ah...bilby...you can never run from ruzuzu taunts!
;-)
January 14, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user thtownse
Good idea, maybe it will be!
Actually, I was thinking harmonica.
January 14, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangerhkinesis
Yes, you were very lucky to survive. When your feeling more yourself, just give me the word and I'll bring ruzuzu and dontcry around for a chat. They helped with your survival. And yes, the doctor will be a spin doctor. (!) Meanwhile, just try and relax.
(dontcry, how about using a mini-torspeedo instead?)
January 14, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user thtownse
Do you really have a harp??
That's fantastic! If there were two other instruments I could learn, one would be the harp. : )
January 14, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user bilby
Be careful doing that ruz... have you ever seen an angry frog rampage?
January 14, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangerhkinesis
You're in the Gangerhkinesis Hospital in Wordnik sweetie...now just lie still and the doctor will pop around soon. You've had quite a shock.
January 14, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user gangerh
Welcome back!
January 14, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user mollusque
So thorough mollusque! I take my hat off to you.
January 13, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangerhkinesis
I found some!
Good luck lighting them.
And we'll send some medics over as soon as we can to deal with the injuries brought about by dontcry's torspeedos. Seems as though not everyone heard her sweet, enchanting voice!
;-)
January 13, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangerhkinesis
On second thoughts, I could swing by and pick you up in the latest helicopterodactyl model myself.
No sign of the funships. I think they've been shot down somewhere by the east coast.
January 13, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangerhkinesis
Geez you guys...I think you could do with a lifesaver 'round about now.
Want me to swing one your way?
(Is it possible?)
January 13, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list lost-for-word
Are there actually names given to types of co-incidences?
January 13, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user mollusque
Hey mollusque- just a question...
You know I'm a great fan of that Panvocalics list, but you have to admit that some of the words there are pretty ludicrous, like counterpain or cotigulate or schizoneuran just to name a few. Are they all, really, legitimate words? or leaning towards the madeupical side?
January 13, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
Um...maybe I'm mistaken along the line somewhere after reading what mollusque said, but I was always under the impression it meant...well...I'll just say ladies have it, men don't.
;-)
January 13, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
I think gangerh has been kidnapped too!
;-)
January 13, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
Hah! Actually, it's the Filipino language and while its spelling may look like a game (and a fun one at that), a pronunciation is here. (Do your best to ignore the suave American accent!)
January 12, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word millymollypollywaffle
There's nothing like a good millymollypollywaffle with maple syrup in the morning!
(The best ones are made with love by bilby ;-) )
January 12, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word I miss wordie
You're not alone bilby.
(I have Firefox.)
January 12, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
Heh! That's probably right.
January 12, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word onelook
What is the OneLook 'bookmarklet' that I've been hearning so much about? I tried John's instructions here, but I just got re-directed to I miss wordie.
What was supposed to happen/ what am I doing wrong?
January 11, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peckable
In Tagalog peck means something a little different...
January 11, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Angerh Management
*applause*
January 11, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word get my goat
I like Oak milk.
And yaks' milk is pink. Naturally.
January 9, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user bilby
Back from Singapore bilbycake?
: )
January 9, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word clout
I am totally aghast! Mr. Pronunciation has really let us down this time. You better add it to the list Pro.
January 9, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word chine collé
Oh. I thought it was French for 'china collie': a little ornament you put on your mantlepiece.
January 9, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word i miss wordie
Yay!
*loves*
January 8, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word must needs
Ok! But I need help thinking of a List Description.
January 8, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word racist
Ha!
January 7, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word must needs
Is there a list of 'must needs'?
There should be.
January 7, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word racist
I was passing a toy store the other day and there were two types of barbies on display. They were identical, except one had blond hair, the other had brown. The price was also a little different, the blond one costing ten dollars more than her counterpart.
January 7, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Lady Gaga Barbie
That is so, so tragic.
January 7, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word derstand
And boxers in boxes?
January 7, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list lost-for-word
I don't think there is a specific word......?
January 5, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word I miss wordie
I'm happy to hear that at least one person has use for the Twitter feed. As for me, it doesn't do me any good but it doesn't do me any harm either. (I also think the statistics are fascinating, though they're so specific I still have doubts on their accuracy.)
If anything, what annoys me the most are: firstly, the inability to delete comments but I assume that will come with time (?); secondly, the inability to delete entire lists. I have an awful memory and I cannot recall if this was a feature of YOW, but I'm pretty sure it
iswas. Finally, the difference maintained by words with capital letters. This makes having totally separate conversations on the same word possible and I find it just a tiny bit inconvenient. Also, the listing in the sidebar (the one that says first listed by etc.) is affected because for all you know, someone has listed the same words but with capital letters.Otherwise, all is pretty well and good. Progressions still to be made--but can't you say that about everything?
Nice link, telofy, thanks!
January 4, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word goof
The sort of person who, when being drowned by a known attacker, will still come up for that last desperate breath and cry, voice thick with sincerity and passion, "I lerve you!"
January 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word I miss wordie
^^ (sympathetic grin)
*luffs*
January 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word brailling
If you're particularly sensitive, it also works with flipping a coin (or even playing Rummikub).
January 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list all-things-scrabble
I love Scrabble and I love this list!
Keep it coming!
:-)
January 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word brailling
Fascinating. I must try that!
;-)
January 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word stupid
The next day, at the usual hour, Marius took from his closet his new coat, new pantaloons, his new hat, and his new boots; he dressed himself in panoply complete, put on his gloves, prodigious prodigality, and went to the Luxembourg.
On the way, he met Courfeyrac, and pretended not to see him. Courfeyrac, on his return home, said to his friends: "I have just met Marius' new hat and coat, with Marius inside. Probably he was going to an examination. He looked stupid enough."
-Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
January 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Mandelbrot set
There is an extrememely amusing song by Jonathan Coulton, called Mandelbrot set. It is also a little helpful if you are not really a mathmetician.
Pathological monsters! cried the terrified mathematician
Every one of them is a splinter in my eye
I hate the Peano Space and the Koch Curve
I fear the Cantor Ternary Set
And the Sierpinski Gasket makes me want to cry
And a million miles away a butterfly flapped its wings
On a cold November day a man named Benoit Mandelbrot was born
His disdain for pure mathematics and his unique geometrical insights
Left him well equipped to face those demons down
He saw that infinite complexity could be described by simple rules
He used his giant brain to turn the game around
And he looked below the storm and saw a vision in his head
A bulbous pointy form
He picked his pencil up and he wrote his secret down
Take a point called Z in the complex plane
Let Z1 be Z squared plus C
And Z2 is Z1 squared plus C
And Z3 is Z2 squared plus C and so on
If the series of Z's should always stay
Close to Z and never trend away
That point is in the Mandelbrot Set
Mandelbrot Set you're a Rorschach Test on fire
You're a day-glo pterodactyl
You're a heart-shaped box of springs and wire
You're one bad*** f******g fractal
And you're just in time to save the day
Sweeping all our fears away
You can change the world in a tiny way.
etc...
January 3, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user reesetee
Hey- welcome back!
January 2, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word 2010
:D
January 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word revolting
Poirot had a particular routine when opening his morning correspondence. He picked up each letter, scrutinised it carefully and neatly slit the envelope open with his paper-cutter. Its contents were perused and then placed in one of four piles beyond the chololate-pot. (Poirot always drank chocolate for breakfast - a revolting habit.)
-Dumb Witness, Agatha Christie
January 1, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word clever
Algernon: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
Jack: Is that clever?
-The Importance of Being Ernest, Oscar Wilde
December 31, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bacon
I could be wrong...but isn't America coming out with bacon-flavoured jam?
December 31, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word books split over the new year
Uh...well...about that... I haven't started any of my new books, but started one of my old ones instead. However, because I've already read it, I've stopped. (I don't mind half-reading a book if I have read the complete story before, especially numerous times. It's all complete in my mind.) You see, I can't bear the thought of, firstly, starting one of my new books and having it split and secondly, boring myself out of my brains reading a book I know back to front.
December 31, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word rhinoceroses
Is cow tipping a sport or something?
December 31, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word double negative
Haha! I like that one!
December 31, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Sarkozy
I just changed it to Nicolas Sarkozy to be more specific.
December 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Nicolas Sarkozy
Ah...yes, the current president of France; the man who bears vague resemblance to Tony Shalhoub... I can remember his title, his appearance and even some of his words and actions but I always forget his name, regardless of how many times I repeat it in my mind, or write it, or say it.
December 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user marky
If you don't mind me asking marky, what do you have against butterflies?
December 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word snugWow
A SnugWow sounds heaps worse judging by the video!
;-)
December 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user gangerh
:D
December 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word woty09
I like the idea! But there is always so much to choose from.
December 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word books split over the new year
Ah..yes, I suppose I should. I try, I really do...
I'm going to start a book today, one that I won't possibly finish by December 31 and I'll see how I go.
:-)
December 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Scuttle
The Pelican from Disney's the Little Mermaid.
December 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word books split over the new year
Maybe it's because my year is a straight vertical line of coloured circles and so when December-January hits, I have to travel up a whole years worth of space and I don't like having a book split over that.
(How on Earth do you wake up one day in the middle of the year and suddenly think it's 2010? Talent, my friend. You have some talent. ;-) )
December 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Pronunciation: abc-defghi-jklmnopqr-stuv-wxyz
Edit: and I'm pretty sure Big Bird was the first one to say this.
December 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word books split over the new year
Yay yarb! I knew there had to be someone else out there.
December 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word certain combinations of letters, numbers, or colors
I'm listening! Actually I'm reading and I'm very interested.
Do tell.
;-)
December 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word books split over the new year
Yes, and I am positive that there must be someone who shares my sentiments.
Anyone?
December 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word books split over the new year
When reading a book, I cannot read it from the end of December into the New Year. I can't read it over the transition of the years. I feel it tears the book in two so that it is, effectively, hanging in oblivion, not having been read in either time. To me, it's a disorder that must be avoided at ALL costs.
December 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word woty09
ice-cream
December 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word certain combinations of letters, numbers, or colors
Now that is rather freaky...
December 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word woty09
I wish I could tell you, but I'm waiting for the same thing.
December 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user PossibleUnderscore
HAPPY CHRISTMAS ALL!
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list gifts-i-do-not-wish-to-receive
Actually if you squeezed it, upon release it would sound a lot like a drunk and dying pig.
No joke.
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list panvocalics
Haha!
No, I was going to suggest adding 'euvocalics' and 'supervocalics' but after browsing through 2000 or so words I found you already had them.
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list gifts-i-do-not-wish-to-receive
I received both a rubber chicken and a binbag last Christmas.
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user sionnach
Ummm.........of course it is!!!
heh.
(Just in case you didn't actually know, or you weren't actually joking, he's the Fox from Super Mario Smash Brothers. I mean, who doesn't like playing that game? Honestly.)
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user grantbarrett
Please let us see that picture! I've taken a liking to bunnies, especially if they're Oolong.
How about a unicycle, Ruzuzu?
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user grantbarrett
Could you ever so sweetly find me an Oolong Bunny that carries ice-cream on its head for Christmas? Please?
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Sand Bird
from Super Mario Sunshine.
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user sionnach
You must be terribly busy Santa Fox, at this time of year, but I have a question to pose:
Is this one of you relatives?
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ... v :
...
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user hernesheir
You can't smoke Brie, can you?
(Eel?)
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hyphen
Why thank you, I'm touched. Sprinkles remind of fairies.
:D
Do you know, fairy bread isn't on the menu for the Christmas dinner this year???
*cue gasps of horror*
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user dontcry
Do you microwave your croissants of put them in the oven?
Edit: I doubt you fry them, but if you do, I'm not going to be the one to condemn it.
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ice-cream
Don't you think Hyphen would be rather offended by this over-use?
haha gangerh! Nice one.
December 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Gloria
Mumble's girlfriend from the film 'Happy Feet'.
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Mumble
The main character from the film Happy Feet. Also see Gloria.
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Pigwidgeon
An owl from Harry Potter. See Hedwig.
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Scrooge McDuck
I love Scrooge McDuck. I can't believe he's slipped my mind in the list Flights of Fancy.
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Edwina the Emu
Edward the Emu's friend.
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Edward the Emu
An adorable character from a childrens book.
Also see Edwina the Emu.
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Mayor Pelican
The unhelpful mayor from Blinky Bill (Australian story written by Dorothy Wall).
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Poe
Poe is the name of the bird in the children's cartoon: Ruby Gloom.
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list flights-of-fancy
What's the name of:
Edit: I don't think my picture is coming up. It's the one here
Further edit: That link's not working either.
It's a mini-movie called For The Birds by Pixar Animation. It's really cute and one of my favourites but I don't think they have names.
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Opus the Penguin
That's not very nice!! Isn't he dreadfully cute?
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Seasonable
Hehheh!
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ice-cream
Ah...if you find out who this 'hyphen-hater' is be sure to tell me!
;-)
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ice-cream
hyphen
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word tallulah
Remember the obnoxious Maisy Mouse who evidently inhaled helium before every episode? Tallulah was one of her best friends. She's the chicken.
December 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user PossibleUnderscore
Thanks!
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word disappearing lists
I seem to have the worst luck with lists. Again, Units of Language has vanished. I was trying to organise it alphabetically and I got a not found and then *POOF* it was gone.
:-(
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user bzcoffe1102
That's ok then.
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user bzcoffe1102
Plus size spam?
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user petrbuben
Last time I checked, the Loch Ness Monster ate it up. Could you get it to regurgitate the link for me?
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user petrbuben
Hey, yarb...would you happen to know if BigFoot is a freemason too?
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Mother Duck
Five little ducks went out one day,
Over the hills and far away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only four little ducks came back.
Four little ducks went out one day,
Over the hills and far away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only three little ducks came back.
Three little ducks went out one day,
Over the hills and far away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only two little ducks came back.
Two little ducks went out one day,
Over the hills and far away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only one little duck came back.
One little duck went out one day,
Over the hills and far away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But none of the five little ducks came back.
Isn't that a sad nursery rhyme?
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word skipper
They're my favourite characters...they're so funny!
Wait, I also like the King Julian.
hmm...getting hard to choose.
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user reesetee
Yes, it fixed itself and the capital letters disappeared. All's ok! :-)
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word owl
'Owl' as seen here.
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word rocky
The rooster from Chicken Run.
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word skipper
The leader of the Penguins of Madagascar. Also see lieutenant, rico and kowalski.
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list flights-of-fancy
Tweety bird/Woodstock: good ones!! My two favourite birds!
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user reesetee
Something wierd happened to your list. I added snipe and all the other birds flew away! I refreshed the page and only one returned!
Is it just my browser?
Edit: oh, did you happen to delete them, just when I entered a new one?
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word have yourself a merry little christmas
Haha! Very sweet!
Reading this thread, I was surprised to see how this song was interpreted. I have never thought of it as dark or patronising before. It just seems...well...a song of hope?: looking to the future, in a way.
According to this source: There is a distinction between a Christmas carol and a Christmas song. A Christmas Carol has a fairly rapid, regular beat, which would, therefore, exclude a meandering, crooning song such as “White Christmas”.
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word nicer
Ahh, well... we can't all be perfect...
;-)
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user reesetee
I don't know if my knowlege of birds (ficticious or not) is enough to fill a list, but I would certainly love to see one made! Would you?
December 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user reesetee
What do you think about ficticious birds, reesetee?
December 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word snipe
A 'snipe' according to the new Pixar Film, Up, looks something like this.
December 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word luff
I positively adore this word when used as 'love'. But it really annoys me when people overuse it or use it for things they really don't luff deep down.
And I especially like it when someone's accent disallows them to properly pronounce 'love' and thus producing 'luff' instead.
December 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list chickens
*bok bok*
December 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word nicer
Oh my dear Ru, when will you learn to cough anagrams into the bowl like all refined ladies and gentlemen? Alas! Am I forced to retrive my book of manners yet again?
December 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word nicer
Oh. A bit of shame, really, but I'll get over it. How about resiliant?
December 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word nicer
I could get used to this... where's the bus to nicest?
December 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word good
I'm really not sure you want to know.
December 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
Sorry for the abrupt and probably rather rude farewell. I was almost literally being dragged away from the computer as I was typing that and thus, I was unable to explain.
You'll never catch me abandoning wordie (wordnik)!
Anyway, I just went out of town for a while, and there was no internet connection. Thankfully, I'm back for Christmas!
December 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list mr--pronunciations-bad-day
Yay!
I love the intro.
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
You make me laugh
:D
I'll miss all of you wordizens.
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Mr. Pronunciation
Make a list of his bad days! Let's be cruel!
*cue evil laugh*
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list words-that-should-be-heard-in-songs-more-often
Wow, that's the sort of stuff you listen to? They're amazing. Lovely voices.
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
Jack of all trades, eh? (or Jill?) Wish I could say the same for myself!
Weaving?
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word what did you do
How'd you do that one frogapplause?
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
woooooow! Stop feeding my envy! What class was that? Art? Mosaic? China? Smashing?
Sounds a little difficult though.
*concentrates on hammers and not oven plates or grouting*
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word 7457
I'm sure there are. There must be at least one Chinese restaurant in every town. (Villiages, I'm not sure, but I'm saying there is.)
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list things-the-world-is-concerned-about-according-to-google
Ha! Apparantly google answers everything.
how much house can i afford?
The financial crisis is so severe, people can now only buy parts of houses.
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word faskinating
A step up from fascinating.
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list books-that-people-sitting-next-to-me-on-the-train-are-reading
Absolutely faskinating.
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word pronunciations
Please help my list Awesome Pronunciations! It's more of a Wordnik collection than my list and I am absolutely positive and terrified of missing a pronunciation. (-oops, mistyped that as pornunciation. Heh, I'm sure we wouldn't want that.)
Good advice uselessness, for when I finally get a microphone.
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
'Broken China'????
I'm in awe. I'm staggered. I don't know what to say.
I can imagine the fun...
*jealousy*
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user hasimaical01
Be careful! The razor is razor-sharp
(The link probably won't work, but frogapplause offers good advice in the pronunciation)
December 11, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user milosrdenstvi
Thanks!
:D
I laughed!
December 11, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Wordnik
!
December 11, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list words-heard-too-often-in-songs
Wow, so many words have been added in a span of-what- a few hours!! Thanks everyone!
December 11, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bulgogi
Ha!
December 11, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word comments
Thanks heaps!
December 11, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word comments
What is happening when I try to add words to a list and when the page reloads it switches me to another view? I'm not sure what it's called but it only shows me the list and links in basic html and I have to go back to my profile to get the normal view again.
December 11, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list panvocalics
This is an amazing list. I can't believe I haven't come across it before!
*Favourited*
December 11, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list knots
I had no idea there were so many knots! Nice collection.
December 11, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word whistling
-ooh! Can someone pretty please record the 'Bridge Over River Kwai' whistling POW tune?
December 10, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word baik
Wheely.
December 10, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word It sucks
Briefly, in response to ththownse question, I'd like to point out that society is almost split when it comes to attitudes about homosexuals. Indeed, the world in general's almost split. Canada legalised homosexual marriages for example, though the rest of the world hasn't. What you have, is one part of society condemning homosexual behaviour, not, I think, for its 'vulgarity', but rather for the way that it defies the 'laws' of conventional marriage and sexual relations. However, there is a part of society that is all about acceptance and they fully support homosexual behaviour.
December 10, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word farewell
The saddest goodbye song is one of the most simple (of course, that's just my opinion).
December 9, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user marky
Thanks mark! :-) Feel free to contribute as many pronunciations on the list as you see fit. There are many awesome ones yet to be discovered (and made, no doubt).
December 9, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user grantbarrett
Ha! You're so negative. Try to think of it as...chocolate, or mince meat.
Edit: And it's a bunny, not a hamster. I made that mistake too.
Further edit: After Image searching 'Oolong bunny' maybe it's carrying a pancake.
December 8, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user bilby
They already think that marky!
;-)
We love you bilby! Don't fret.
December 8, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word whistling
hahaha!
December 8, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user grantbarrett
I'd like to see one.
Please.
December 8, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word murder
Fantastic progression, no? Murder to murder to murder.
December 8, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word EVar
See cailin.
And never mention this to our good, sensitive friend Milosrdenstvi.
;-)
December 7, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word flanker
Still a child at heart eh, bilby?
Aren't we all.
December 7, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user robertbrandon
SPAM ALERT
December 7, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
Being very fussy with ratios in food myself, I must admit that breaking ramen chained_bear style is reasonable, because it's for the overall benefit of the meal.
I wonder what Chinese angels say about eating 'raw' ramen?
December 7, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word umbrage
Shapes take umbrage.
December 7, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word summer kisses, winter tears
Yay!
December 7, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word whistling
Not many people can wiggle their ears. I certainly can't do that either. But I can bend almost all my fingers so the middle joint sticks out and if I push, it can go back nearly 90 degrees. hyperlaxity.
December 7, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
I think so, bilby.
Personally, I prefer spaghetti, but I have great respect for ramen too. They are all welcome at the dinner table in my house! (or the breakfast, or lunch table too ) ;-)
December 6, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user reesetee
Howsstuff rt?
I think our friend gangerh needs one of your delicious conciliatory cupcakes on Schadenfreude.
December 6, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word J. Edgar Hoover
*rimshot*
December 6, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word please excuse my dear aunt sally
I always learnt it as BIDMAS: brackets, indicies etc...
December 6, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word if it pleases and sparkles
If it pleases and sparkles it must be a fairy!
December 6, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Godsmack
Apprarantly!
December 6, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
For ramen, it's all about slurping. No cutting, no twirrling, just slurping no matter how long, so it's important not to sit with a straight back for once.
December 6, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
Congratulations on that crown frogapplause! Use it wisely... I liked your pronunciation. ;-) It really annoys me when people say pasta with a short 'a' sound. They make it sound like some sort of commercial marketing blah-di-blah.
Don't ask me why. It just is.
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user siriusdorr
Thank you John! I was going to comment about how disturbing they were, but I was running late for something.
Say goodbye sirius.
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
So people really do throw their pasta on the wall... hmmm...
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word MDJRKL
See umbrage.
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
I'm actually getting pretty upset because I'm realising more and more that this spaghetti is never going to come, as much as I will it here.
Willed spaghetti...
Yum... Slurp...Twirl...Cheesify-
But it's not to be. :-(
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Schadenfreude
Are you ok there gangerh?
Do you need one of Reesetee's conciliatory cupcakes?
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word you're something of a hotdog, aren't you
Don't worry. I don't have a microphone either.
But I WANT ONE TOO!!!!!
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
Bring on the spaghetti!
Please.
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
*ties napkin around neck and gets special twirrling fork ready*
*throws knife over shoulder*
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list nice-sounding-words
tintinnabulation?
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word whistling
I still can't whistle!
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hyphen
Exactly right! I'm glad you see. I'm still trying to find a way to Defy Gravity Elphaba style.
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
That's the spirit!
dontcry: hehe :-)
December 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word look, I have a microphone now
Congratulations!
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word latitudinarianism
Woah! Listen to the pronunciations from top to bottom on loud volume and tell me if you don't jump out of your skin.
Edit: Well I've sort of warned you about it now...
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word statistics
How do the statistics work on Wornik? Does someone count the number of times a word appears in the paper or something?
Is it *gasp* madeupical?
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
But that's exactly what it is!
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
Hehehehe.
Spaghetti in garlic hotdog is supposedly very nice.
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
:D
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordnik
I think Wordnik would also do well to have more search options, such as search for lists, search for comments etc...
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word zamboni
Hee.
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word autocomplete
Yay! Awesome pronunciation uselessness.
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word g'day
G'day g'day,
And how ya goin'?
Whadda ya know?
We'll strike a light.
G'day g'day,
And how ya go-oin'?
Just say g'day g'day g'day and you'll be right.
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
Is there a rule as to whether you twirl with your right or left hand. I switch between the two, depending on how big my twirl is turning out to be...
Edit: Pro: you poet! (which I first mis-typed as 'pet' ;-) )
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
Smooth. Not gooey like nutella, and not the sort or texture of peanut butter either. It almost blends in with the bread in a way that you don't even notice that you're eating it, except you feel that one side of the bread is rough and the other side is smooth.
And never, under any circumstances, refrigerate vegemite.
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list words-which-have-their-spelling-way-different-to-pronunciation--the-english-language-just-made-some-mistakes
Honey.
And the letters are there because of the root of the word. For example, colonel
December 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
'Slightly' bitter plus two steps I'd say. If you are going to to lose your vegemite virginity, I suggest starting with a very thin spread with rather a lot of butter. If you start with too much, you end up hating it for life, which would be quite a shame.
(The Penguin (last time I checked anyway) is in the sandpit in the backyard)
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user chinaware
OMChin-aware is the new OMG.
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
Besides, you can always lick the sauce off your walls in bilby style!
;-)
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
The strands will inevitably dangle, and that's when you slurp them up, quietly of course.
And just by the way, when you chop up your spaghetti, do you then spoon it up?
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word crustimoney
Yes, I have always loved Pooh Bear and I always will.
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ambiguity
"Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it."
Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh, A. A. Milne
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word crustimoney
"Well," said Owl, "the customary procedure in such cases is as follows."
"What does Crustimoney Proseedcake mean?" said Pooh, "For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain and long words Bother me."
-Winnie the Pooh A. A. Milne
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word snooze button
Try these
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hyphen
That's what everyone says, but really it's quite ensmalling.
__ to -.
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word tobaccy
:{)
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
What a grand sounding name.
Edit: I tried to spell name three times. The first time, it came out as mane, then mean then amen.
Further edit: *gets very back seat in middle*
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hyphen
Heh, I see. We do. And ! always eat their food shouting. It's terribly noisy, not to mention messy. Eating spaghetti is an experience always accompanied by many strange glances in my general direction.
I also have a habit of eating half a sandwich, then opening it up and eating the inside but that leaves me with plain bread which is very annoying. Surely you understand??
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
Heh. You make me laugh.
I'll be sure to try that next time, though I imagine it will be so much harder than plunging.
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
Sure...
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hyphen
oh.
*feels small*
But at least I'm Possible!
*waves flag of bemusement*
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word puritan purist
HA!
*cues rotton tomatoes*
or better yet
*cues cupcakes*
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word choo choo train
It's hilarious when you play them from top to bottom!
choo choo twain
choo choo twain
CHOO. CHOO. TWAIN!
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
How do you ensure only two or three strands get on your fork? Scrape them off the top then twirl? Do you twirl horizontally? Usually I plunge my fork into the middle of my bowl/plate and twirl vertically (which may or may not be considered 'uncivilized, oafish, and uncouth').
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word puritan purist
Heeheehee. There's nothing like a few stereotypical jokes in the morning!
Edit: Wait, that sounds a bit mean.
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word WTBH
Heh.
December 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word puritan purist
Of course it's all a play on cultural sterotypes (which by-the-way, I find fascinating and amusing though sometimes offensive).
I'm sorry, touched up on my research and I think that everyone knows now, that the Chinese did not invent spaghetti. I didn't think so, and I guess I'm right.
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gull
Hang on, is gull wordie talk for girl?
I think I'm confused. I thought it was just some strange obsession with gulls (birds).
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word halo halo
Delicious Filipino drink consisting mostly of ice, milk, red beans, chick peas, coconut shavings or slices, yam, rice and jackfruit. It's usually served with ice cream on top.
Yuuuuumy!
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
Do your pour the sauce before or after blending?
Blended drinks remind me of halo halo.
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word sigh
Sorry. Next time I'll wait until you're ready.
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hyphen
Thank you.
*eats cake from underneath, licks icing, eats the rest: the only way to eat a cupcake*
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word marcel marceau
*gasp*
*faint*
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word choo choo train
Ha! What sort of reactions do you get?
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
Vegemite off a teaspoon is also delicious, but too much can destroy its power.
Heheheh. I love the image of anyone with fistfuls of Nutella!
Nutella and jam supposedly go very nicely together too: sweet with sweet I guess.
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word puritan purist
HAHAHA!
Oh Italians!
Apparantly the Chinese made spaghetti first. I say the Italians perfected it.
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
Well, that almost killed spaghetti for me. I remember when I was small, my mum used to make me eat the bone marrow of some exotic dish we used to have. I cried. No, I didn't actually, but it was pretty bad.
And with the slurping issue, as long as it's quiet, short and doesn't flick up onto your face, spraying sauce around your nose, like a bolognaise moustache.
Bilby, is there something about spraying spaghetti that ignites your creative genius or does the wallpaper add another flavour?
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
So did I, but apparantly not.
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
*makes mental note to try all these combinations*
Mayonnaise goes well on apple as well. Incidentally vegemite matches apple too.
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
I'm not sure about rt, but I consider it an insult to the spaghetti, and I'm sure the Italians can say something about it too. I was always under the impression if the dangling strands from the twirl around your fork are too long, you cut them with your teeth.
I'm interested in other ways though.
Does anyone actually have spaghetti with meatballs?
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Umbrage
Well I'm taking all the UMbrage, UmBrage, UmbRage, UmbrAge, UmbraGe and UmbragE I can, as well as all the stuff reesetee left behind.
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word sigh
becupcakes reesetee. (who(m?) I think still hasn't gotten over the last becupcaking from the trebuchet)
*sigh*
Farewell cupcakes, farewell pig.
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hyphen
*scream*
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word illustrated sweet tooth fairy
YAY!
*erratic applause*
Coming on wonderfully! I love them all. Well done!
:D
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
Someoneone once told me that peanut butter and jam is good. I've had that many times, of course, and it's not bad, but on that particular day I misheard him and thought he said 'ham'.
So I went trooping home for a nice peanutbutter and ham sandwich.
For the record, it was actually very nice.
But vegemite goes with ham and cheese beautifully all the time.
*takes some of rt's spooned out pb*
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word grill marks
Snicker bars with griddle marks!
hehheh
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word spaghetti
Hear Hear!
I use the 'proper' way, but without the spoon. I also had a friend who used the proper way, but she would pull her fork out of the spaghetti, leaving a little twirl on her spoon which she ate from.
December 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word umbrage
1 year later: I'd like to point out that JKR has, to a certain extent, destroyed this word among the younger generation. You can make a perfectly decent, if not forceful, statement or complaint: "I take umbrage etc..." and your audience will roll on the floor laughing because they have an image of you taking Professor Umbridge.
Of course it depends on the general age and maturity of your audience, but it annoys me rather a bit.
December 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word sigh
*becupcakes marsupial as he scampers away*
Mind your own business! It wasn't my fault my pig found my store of alcohol! He was dying anyway I tell you!
December 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hyphen
Someone told me today that bad Underscores become Hyphens.
That's not true is it?
Is it?
I'm not bad.
I'm really not.
I promise.
December 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word sigh
What is wrong with the third pronunciation from 'Onomatopoeia'? It sounds like a drunk and dying pig.
December 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordnik
Awwww, is poor little big ears upset?
;-)
Mind you, you were the one who put droopy drawers in her name.
Yay! We have progressed to the stage of optimism. How this discussion has evolved!
Heh.
December 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word the da vinci cod
Hehheheheheheh.
(not phony)
December 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word man-hating
Cape horn voice. I think. I'm not so sure anymore. It might have been somewhere in the middle.
*sits in idle contemplation*
December 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
Marmite maidenhead. Losing vegemite virginity would be a pleasant experience. Obviously.
December 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word becupcake
*resists licking self clean*
*loads chocolate and fairy cupcakes in a trebuchet*
*flings mightily at rt*
*sits back to enjoy the chaos, sipping a martini scornfully*
December 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word weasel
That is disgusting.
Now I have more reason to dislike Harry Potter... and Ginny Weasley
December 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list story-of-a-missing-s
Chicken catch-a-tory! Hahahahahaha!
December 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word man-hating
Snap! There goes my spelling again, out the window. I wonder how I could have possibly gotten that wrong, maybe something to do with my lousy pronunciation?
'statistician'
Oops. It's Foxy's statistician hat. Sorry Foxy.
P.S. Funny picture.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user reesetee
You've been awfully quiet lately.
All going ok?
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Tim Tam
Nibble off opposite corners and place one end in mug of boiling water. Suck the water up the Tim Tam, melting the chocolate and burning your fingers in the process. The first person to finish their Tim Tam wins.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
Yes. That would be unforgivable.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bored
Well...I'm never going to be bored again, not with this fantastic list. I mean, who wouldn't want to do these things! I never thought exercising and exorcised ghost would be so fun!
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word the boy who mistook santa fox for a barbary ape
Cool! I'm gullible! Sell it to me! I must have the Brooklyn Bridge! I must, I must!
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Umbrage
I think I might just take regular old umbrage at that remark too. Umbrage hog.
Nyah!
Taking umbrage isn't as hard as I thought. It doesn't burn calories, but I think I may do it more often.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word the boy who mistook santa fox for a barbary ape
Really? I'll read it for sure at some point, but I've been banned from buying anything at the moment due to some erratic spending I've done in the recent past.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word the boy who mistook santa fox for a barbary ape
Would you happen to know the Johnathon Livingston Seagull?
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word man-hating
How about sionnach's statician's hat?
*puts on big booming voice*
CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION
or maybe a Santa hat- no hang on, I've GOT IT! Easter Bunny ears!
Although I'm sure those big leathery ears are good enough.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
Can I have a bit of that iLife 2.0? I intend to develop it into an iLife 3.0 and maybe I may need some for my own... ahem... personal reasons...
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Umbrage
I don't think I've ever taken umbrage before.
So I take Umbrage at that.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word beetlestomper
Ha! I thought that too for a moment but then I was struck to the bone by the disturbing thought of unicorns and fairies eating skittles. *crunch crunch*
ew.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word chocolate
Milo or Nesquik?
For me, it's Nesquik on a hot day, and Milo on a cold night, a mix of both on a cold day and a hot night.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
I told you so.
;-)
What's the afterlife like?
Vegemity? Cheesy? iSnaky?
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word grill marks
Yes yes yes yes yes!
Yum. My mouth is watering. I have to go before I drool all over the keyboard.
You won't find me refusing anything grilled. Not even cake. As long as the grill marks are a dark brown or even black.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
I'd say so. There's too much at stake* in the afterlife to suddenly turn around and denounce the rumour.
Besides rumours do take a lot of umbrage.
I would know.
*stake: burnt at the stake: hell: afterlife... geddit?
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word miss
We miss you too bearness.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hot wheels loop
Oh the agony of defeat! I know it well.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fattoria
Typical. Aren't all penguins snobby!
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word purr
I personally thought that was common knowledge, provided you knew how to pronounce it.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word beetlestomper
I hope magical Skittles aren't poisonous. I may have 'accidentally' eaten a whole bucketful of them this morning. It's hard to say.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite virgin
*gasp*
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word beetlestomper
Heehee.
Did they smell nice?
The only scented marker I've smelt is permanent.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Faskinating
A step up from fascinating.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hot wheels loop
As we all know, Hot Wheels has the greatest tracks of all affordable time. The way the cars zip around those vertical loops is just exhilerating. Ok, I'm exaggerating, but apparantly it's possible to do a vertical loop with a car life size, with a little help from g-force.
Faskinating.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word beetlestomper
Whoops. Sorry, I confused you with myself.
hehheh.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word beetlestomper
Though we now know you actively stomped a fairy and its insides were rainbow. ;-)
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word songlifting
Not trying to be pedantic or anything, but shouldn't the fine be $1.84 million dollars?
I like audiobastardry. They should have used that. ;-)
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordnik
I think really, in the end, Wordnik will be what the Wordies (and wordniks) make it. All technical glitches can be resolved eventually, but the spirit depends entirely on the people. If the spirit relied on some website, then it wasn't true spirit and I'm sure that isn't the way it was.
What's really troubling me is the disappearing Wordies.
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fattoria
That's exactly something he could do.
And very well too.
;-)
November 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user uselessness
I absolutely adore your pronunciation of choo choo train. It's so side-splittingly funny!
November 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word autocomplete
That sounds good.
November 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordnik
bilby, I think you're particularly right about the Twitter. It really doesn't tell you anything about the word at all, except how other people misuse or abuse it and I also agree about that random word bit...unfortunately. Yesterday I was on and off all the time, but nothing much was happening at all. I know there will be some slow days, but there was nothing and I fear that there will be more of that.
I know it's going to take time, but these last few posts are going to make me cry.
:'(
Edit: By-the-way John, I took so long to type my post I missed yours. I'd just like to say we still really appreciate all the good intentions and understand how difficult it must be for you too.
November 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordnik
Is it possible that *gasp* Wordies are questioning their existance??
No, I agree with a lot that 'nach said. I know that when I type the address I type: wordnik.com/zeitgeist. I don't even bother going to the opening page anymore. Zeitgeist is the opening page. However, in response to sionnach's last question, I think it would be the Wordies, and the comments that attract 'talented fresh blood'. With no comment on my talent, that's what I found most appealing about Wordie when I first joined (including the list making).
In relation to all those technical glitches, I've been relying on time to straighten them out.
I'm not entirely sure what point I'm trying to make, except maybe patience is the way to go? I don't think anyone's trying to be negative, but realistic.
*wrings hands nervously*
November 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user PossibleUnderscore
I don't know what to say...isn't the very essence of Wordie humour? Isn't that the stuff we were allowed to import when switching to Wordnik? Wordie Spirit
Maybe I've misunderstood someone...?
(VO, I think you hit the nail right on the head, so to speak.)
November 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word autocomplete
I thought that was only my machine. I was trying to search pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and got it wrong 5 times before I gave up...all thanks to the autocomplete (more auto, less complete.)
hehheh. Powered by blipper indeed!
November 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word giant toasted ants
Personally, I like my Witchetty aunts well done with maple syrup.
Madmouth: :) Could you link that please?
November 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word madeupical
Damn right vo!
And I'm sorry but colon cleanser doesn't sound overly appealing either.
November 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list no-little-thing
What a lovely attitude. I like it. :-)
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list words-starting-with-pro
Hehheh.
;-)
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word sneezled
How you feel after a hayfever attack.
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Unabashed
Feel free to add that to my list, Jubjub. (The link should be on the right sidebar.)
Hopefully it will grow as soon as I get time to investigate the life of Una.
;-)
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Unabashed
hehheh.
Unabated, then Unawaked, then Unabashed.
Poor girl.
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user Prolagus
Please don't delete your pronunciation on fattoria! It's on my list of Awesome Pronunciations. I like it!
(I never did find that vexample by the way.)
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word giant toasted ants
Yum! ;-) But then again, people do eat honey ants... raw, and wichety grubs and things like that too. Toasted ants don't seem so bad compared to some things.
At first glance, I misread this as giant toasted aunts. That's bad.
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word silence
It's music to my ears.
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordie treatment
Where is skip? We haven't heard from him in a while. There are still a few wordies who haven't shown up on wordnik yet.
?
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word an sionnach i gcraiceann na caorach
What does sionnach mean anyway?
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wild date
Awesome. As long as there are plenty of cupcakes, ice-cream cones and dates.
hehheh.
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordie treatment
Heh! No way. I loved that page! Makes me wish for more spammers.
JUST JOKING!
But that page was hilarious. You guys...
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wild date
A type or plant...or...well..
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vitamin e
Neutralises 'free radicals'.
Sounds like some sort of manic political party.
;-)
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word becupcake
I would rather like to becupcake with someone.
Edit: On second thoughts becupcaking someone doesn't sound too bad either...
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word PossibleUnderscore
me
November 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word kiki47890
spam?
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word cuttlefish
That should say dirtyish. I don't know what went wrong with my typing and I'm itching to fix it, but the edit button has disappeared.
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word whatcher
hehheh. I love Popeye.
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word cuttlefish
Squishy yellow? No... more like vomity yellow run through with red.
(and the best Volkswagen Beetles are white(or at least a dirish white) with a blue and red stripe and the number 53)
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word feather
The World in a Feather
As composed by Refenestration
The simplicity: the complexity
The unity: the division
The regularity: the spontaneity
The dependence: the freedom
The power: the vulnerability
The plebeian: the praetorian
The mystery: the understanding
The diversity: the oneness
The love: the hate
The unknown: the discovered
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word philologia
Love of learning.
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word matching python panties
I'm not sure it will 'excite' someone more than it will disgust them.
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word buckwheat
Peanuts don't contain peas.
And there is no money in grains. It's all an illusion. Everyone knows that money grows on trees.
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word illusion bra
Eheheheheh.
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word charecter
Ah. I see.
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word starburst
A dying star is so sad. :-(
A bursting one is...well...sadder.
But I love the 'chewy, squar-shaped, fruit-flavoured candy', especially the ones with the liquidy, juicy stuff inside.
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing
What a terrific list!
I find that when I type a particularly long word, my opposite hand does the next space: a queer balancing act.
November 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word charecter
Is there something about the phrase 'Damn near killed'er' that I've missed??
I have seen it on other pages as well.?
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word minty-fresh death threat
Fantastic!
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word illusion bra
I'm not sure we want that...
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word i lick my cheese
I hope it was done with a sign, and not a ceremony.
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fattoria
You can call me anything you like, Pro, given it's not offensive of course.
And wow, does frogapplause have a loooong name.
Heh.
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word apple pie
Ah. I see.
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fattoria
What did the second pronunciation say? It was pretty good!
(Accidentally read uselessness' comment as 'Do that have auctioneers in your useless corner of the world?'
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word apple pie
And bibly's done a pronunciation on droopy drawers, although it doesn't say coldsores.
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list abominations-in-the-eyes-of-the-lord
White chocolate? White chocolate is the best!
(it tastes nothing like kitchen sponge and I defy anyone who thinks otherwise)
;-)
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word madeupical
I can accept gangerh's last comment. That's reasonable, but for words that are used more widely, I think, should have some sort of etymology or root.
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word i am getting hungry and need endorphines
Yay! *loves this phrase*
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word apple pie
But even with any other accent...
Can frogapplause add a pronunciation...enlighten us?
November 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word madeupical
Exactly my point. Somewhere along the line, someone has to make up the word.
(Please don't confuse a word with a random bunch of letters that sound nice together stuck onto a meaning. I can't accept that, and I think I'm justified. Correct me if I'm wrong.)
November 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word unicycle hockey
Hah! Thanks a lot!
:D
November 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user grantbarrett
That is an adorable hamster. (or is it a guinea pig?)
November 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word unicycle hockey
Are you for real? You've ridden one?! Do you think it would be an awful waste of money?
November 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word cuddlefish
He sleeps with the cuddlefishes does he?
heeheehee. That makes me laugh.
See cuttlefish
November 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word cuttlefish
Love the pronunciation. The t's leap out of the speakers!
November 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word unicycle hockey
If you know what riding a unicycle feels like, please let me know!!!
I may be getting one.
;)
November 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word madeupical
That's what I was hoping to hear! ;-)
Unfortunately, I don't think the rest of the world necessarily agrees.
November 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word apple pie
Frozen cartoons are the best cartoons, that's what I always say.
November 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word my parents are dead
Poor, poor Batman.
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word superkalifragilistischexpiallegetisch
I heard an alligator at the end there!
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user secret_maltese_agent
You should meet our Swedish Chef!
"bork bork bork"
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list un
The first one I thought of was unhappy, but I don't know if that would register as one of your 'favourites'.
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word madeupical
Important question: what constitutes a legitimate word, especially in comparison with a 'madeupical' one?
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word international bacon day
Yes, but unfortunately there's no such day Down Under.
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word cushaw
Do I smell sarcasm in the air???
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word forget what witticism you were originally going to insert here because you've just banged your knee on your desk
Haha! Two questions: firstly, did that really happen Vanished, or was it by pure genius that you came up with that? and secondly, uselessness, you didn't really bang your knee when recording that pronunciation did you?
Phewf! All this thought of knee-banging...
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list awesome-pronunciations
:-) It's still to grow.
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ***SPAM***
I suspect that if they hadn't explicitly told you so, you could sue them for sending unmarked spam. You can sue for almost anything these days.
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word chained_bear
Yay! Our bearness is back!
:D
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user reesetee
Yes, it's nice to see it back!
:D
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
Careful! I suspect you just popped our ruzuzu's bubble!
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word epitomy
Whoops. Typo. Thanks for pointing that out.
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word epitomy
Sick to th'epitomy stomach indeed! That's almost as bad as waiting at the devastation. (The bus station)
;-p
November 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word epitomy
Misspelling for empitome.
November 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word refenestrate
Thanks ref. ;-)
November 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user refenestration
Don't you just love it!?
November 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user feedback
Yay! We now have 'most commented' on the side of the Zeitgeist page! The only thing is, the links don't seem to work.
At least, some of them don't. List of the day seemed to work, but the others like comments, bugs and cake (yum!) didn't. It lead to a 404. (Nice sign by the way.)
November 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user Telofy
I don't know if it's just me, but your pronunciation for: 'Der dicke Dachdecker deckte dir dein Dach, drum dank dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker dir dein Dach deckte' isn't there. Have you deleted it? If so, then I request it back. ;-)
What does it mean by the way?
November 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word 404
hah! It has a nice sign.
November 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bubble wrap
Hee. It's fun.
November 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word oh dear
Haha! That's so true!.
But don't worry JM, we love you anyway!
;-)
November 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word software
I thought 'software' was like 'sheep' or 'fish'. It meant both singular and plural.
What VO said.
:-)
November 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user sionnach
Hah! I don't know about 'specific excrement' specifically but that book looks Cute!
November 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word GaN
What does that mean?
November 22, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Austrialian
Magnificent. :)
November 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hair salon dog attack
How terrible.
November 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list things-ive-overheard-people-say-into-their-cellular-telephones
"Woman, I told you, I'm not at her house. I'm at the store! Hold up. Hold up. Ma'am? Excuse me, how you doin'? Could you do me a favor, please, and just tell her I'm at the store? "
Poor guy. ;-)
November 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word run, far away, before They catch up with you
I love it! Pronunciation and all!
November 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordnikkers
Goodness... I always suspected there was a wordie store somewhere, I just wasn't sure where.
Drats!
November 21, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ribbon
What?
November 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordnikkers
ok... that just repeated itself...
November 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordnikkers
Isn't that like 'Who's on first base'?
November 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordnikkers
Isn't that like 'Who's on first base'?
November 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word non-extraordinary
Non-extraordinary sounds more promising than merely 'ordinary'.
November 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word evil
haha. Compare the two pronunciations!
November 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list awesome-pronunciations
Thanks Pro. I kept searching for those awesome pronunciations thinking, if only if they were in one place...
November 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word choo choo train
HA! Uselessness' pronunciation made me crack up!!!
:D
November 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word mellifluous
I imagine this word to be undulating and waving gently, streaked a strange combination of light blue and light brown, surrounded by miniscule green and yellow squares.
November 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word Orrore! Orrore! Ho visto un ramarro marrone! Arriva correndo il ramarro marrone!
Translation?
November 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wordnikkers
Hee.
I like that, or Wordnikies
November 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word synecdouche
oh... I'm not sure. It probably did say synecdoche, but synecdouche is funnier.
November 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word dark-sided
What a pronunciation! Were you dying? Or just becoming dark-sided? ;-)
November 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ZZ
Is there a way to pronounce a microsleep, I wonder...?
November 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ruzuzu
Wow. I just looked up 'aijā žūžū lāča bērni' and the song is really pretty!
November 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ZZ
Is ZZZZZZZ megasleep?
November 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word schadenfreude
You guys make me laugh!
November 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word peter piper
I take my hat off. I can't get passed the first sentence in ten seconds let alone two sentences in five seconds!!!
November 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
Have you read chained_bear yet? That might be the answer to your 'Christmas present' from Santa Fox. (though it isn't officially from him...)
November 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word chained_bear
Phewf! I'm glad its an addition to a family and not some sort of anti-wordnik protest.
November 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word pronunciation
Lets say I got myself a microphone and recorded a pronunciation (on wordnik), would I be able to listen to myself before it's officially put up?
November 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word mixed peel
Yuuummy!
November 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word jean dimmock
Good for you. I still don't get it.
November 18, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word aliquid in aere erat ea nocte, stellae illustres erant, fernande
hee. Well that explains it. Very nice singing by the way.
;-)
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user reesetee
Where did your list on trees go reesetee? It was one of my favourites!
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word aliquid in aere erat ea nocte, stellae illustres erant, fernande
phew!
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word aliquid in aere erat ea nocte, stellae illustres erant, fernande
Hang on, is it latin?
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word aliquid in aere erat ea nocte, stellae illustres erant, fernande
Is that for real? It sounds like an abba song.
Latin freak!
(it's a good thing!)
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user milosrdenstvi
Do you want to tell that joke you alluded to on ruzuzu's list?
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word posttend
I like that thought... someone 'tending' to the post. My mail is loved!
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word tomato garden piracy
At first I read this as 'tomato garden privacy' and I began wondering what the world was coming to, but then I re-read it, and wondered if there really was such a thing.
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fee-ee-ee-ee-ww-ww-ww-kreng
I can't bear the thought of a piano tumbling out of the sky in such an ungraceful manner. Makes me sad. :-(
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fee-ee-ee-ee-ww-ww-ww-kreng
One years?
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word formed by two very shapely legs of flesh-colored plastic!
That is pretty sad...
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word SHAZAM!
What's that list that has the sounds of a piano being pushed off a balcony (or something similar)? I love to hear someone have a go at those pronunciations.
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list found-on-the-front-page-of-wordnik
awww... you beat me to this list!
I have some that you haven't got though, so if you're interested tell me. But you may want to see them first. I don't mind.
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word !!!!!
Don't worry Pro, I couldn't do it either!!!!!
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word SHAZAM!
Got it right on target uselessness!! I'd reconsider my username now if I were you! ;-)
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
Now I feel a whole lot better ruzuzu.
;-)
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list containers
What a terrific list!
Makes you think twice about thinking inside the box! heheh
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word stimthought
Hehheh
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user sionnach
We all wish...
hang on... are you?
November 16, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word comments
yay! thanks.
November 16, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gaytime
Coloured golden.
November 16, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user bilby
Things wouldn't be the same without you, bilbs! And I'm one of the 'newer' users anyway. I would hate to see any one of you old guys leave.
:-(
November 16, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word comments
ooh ooh! While you fix Prolagus, could you please fix me too? PossibleUnderscore would be be cool!
(sugar on top of the please if you have a sweet tooth)
November 15, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ☃
He looks a little obese to me...
November 15, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word comments
I don't think you can delete lists either...
November 14, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word comments
I think the transition was ok, not to say there's nothing to be perfected, but I'm sincerely hoping the Wordies will stick around and wait, because that's what makes the spirit we don't want to lose!
November 14, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ☕
How do you do it?
November 14, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word comments
Right. Just fixed the empty profile and the caps!
This might take some getting used to...
;-)
November 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word comments
I have never bounced around in so much excitement for a long time. Sure there's still a way to go, but I can't wait!!
:-) teehee.
My profile is empty and I'm missing my capital letters too.
But this is a terrific change.
I'm happy.
:-)
November 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list trees
In an old textbook I came across by chance (long story), it mentions sausage tree and umbrella tree. I hadn't heard of them before but I thought of this list!! ;-)
November 10, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word headache
I think that's terrific!!! How do you come across things like that?
And is it just me, or does the speed change according to the position of the cursor?
November 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bellini
That sounds like the name of a list...
November 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list ruthlessly-plundered-place-names
Does 'Hell, MI' count?
October 31, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word this is zit
Very funny. ;-)
October 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word agrume
A citrus fruit?
October 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegan quiche...even more emasculating than real quiche!
I'm not sure whether this looks yummy or not...
October 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word studnet
It is an awkward word to type. I generally end up with stuent
October 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word refenestrate
I've had that experience before! Except I was the one elected to squish head-first through a tiny window directly above the toilet. Not pleasant, let me assure you.
October 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word it sucks to be me
I was thinking more Heathcliff of Wuthering Heights.
October 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word refenestrate
haha. ;-)
October 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word albatross
That's atrocious. The poor birds!
October 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word zygodactyl
I came here expecting to find some sort of version of a pterodactyl. They aren't related, I'm guessing.
October 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word world bean bag association
Unless they're stuffed so full of beans that they're on the unfortunate verge of popping. But then they're less comfy too.
!!!Beanbag predicament!!!
October 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word puny
heehee.
October 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word british left waffles on falklands
Yum. If anyone's willing to come with me, I'll go.
October 19, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word casu marzu
'To be served with a strong red wine' says Wikipedia. Ha! Maybe you have to be a little bit tipsy to eat it. ;-)
October 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word whale-penis leather
I don't know how willing I'd be to sit on one of those seats.
October 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list potpourri
Cool name for a list.
October 14, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user ruzuzu
Pleasure. Awesome list, by the way.
October 10, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word i am not a number!
I think you're mistaken, 24601!
October 9, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list against-nature
Chained bear!
October 9, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list •-words-and-phrases-that-i-would-love-to-have-on-a-wordie-t-shirt
Thanks. 'tis now listed.
October 8, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word features
This has got to be the page with the most comments!
October 8, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list it-s-just-a-phrase-i-m-going-through
*Favourited* :-)
October 8, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list •-words-and-phrases-that-i-would-love-to-have-on-a-wordie-t-shirt
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but a single word can conjure thousands of pictures.
October 7, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite
haha! I'm going to be laughing for weeks now... ;-) Thanks for the link!
October 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite
Personally, I like the name Ruddymite but I know it would never be chosen.
And I'm so glad they want to re-name the iSnak...it was a bad idea in the first place (long live vegemite! long live cheese! note the separation) but couldn't they have chosen something a little better?
October 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ubiquitious
A variant spelling on ubiquitous?
September 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ass muffin
Meaning: poo
September 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word disappearing lists
Ok. Thanks for the help!
September 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word disappearing lists
Introduced by a 404, two of my lists (one of which was my biggest) have disappeared this way. x(
September 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word button
Button, Oh button, where hast though fled?
Did thee tarry too long, amongst fabric and thread?
Did thee roll off by bosom and cease to exist?
How I wish I could follow thee, into the mist.
-Snape, Snape's Diary, Potter Puppet Pals
Say what you like...I find them funny. :-)
September 15, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word defenestrate
Why Is It Still Here??
September 7, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word party accross the internet
Oops!! I'll fix that. How I hate spelling! ;-)
September 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word party across the internet
Revised version of pitiful party accross the internet.
In case no one knows, 'party across the internet' is the most pornographic advertisments in existance at the current moment.
September 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ass muffin
It's a classy (but rather biting) insult that tends to leave the victim in confusion.
September 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word defenestrate
I'm not entirely sure either...but maybe it has something to do with defenestrating blades?
August 31, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ass muffin
Possibly, but my knowledge of gluteus dentata is shamefully limited.
August 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ass muffin
Take a guess at the meaning...go on, I dare you...
August 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word some mornings are made for bouncing.
This is a surprisingly helpful phrase. See mention in snooze button.
August 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gallumphing
I'm pretty sure this is supposed to have one 'l'.
August 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word heffalump
Not to be confused with woozle.
August 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word jack - raoul
Jack from the 'Titanic' and Raoul from 'The Phantom of the Opera'.
August 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word botulinum
Painful Poisons
August 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word aconite
Causes burning, tingling, and numbness of mouth, throat, and stomach, eventually affecting the entire body. It develops into a stomach ache, dizziness, prostration and convulsions. You die in a few hours if you have a teaspoon full.
August 18, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word strychnine
In a few minutes, the muscles start convulsing, beginning with the head and neck moving down to the back. The victim finally dies of exhaustion and paralysis of the neural pathways that control breathing. According to Wikipedia: it produces some of the most dramatic and painful symptoms of any known toxic reaction.
August 18, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ricin
Less than a milligram will kill you whether it is ingested or inhaled. It damages the ribosomes that carry out protein synthesis in cells.
August 18, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word arsenic
Results in vomiting and diarrhoea and very bad stomach pains. You can die within an hour. It used to be very popular in the Victorian times, as paint and dye.
August 18, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word mercury
It builds up and damages the kidneys and the brain. If you've been poisoned pretty badly, you go insane, your skin becomes yellow and your teeth fall out of their black gums.
August 18, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hydrogen cyanide gas
Very much like cyanide (obviously). It stops the tissues from receiving oxygen. Supposedly smells like almonds. You die in minutes.
August 18, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word mustard gas
Makes you vomit and breathing becomes very difficult. If you survive, damage to stomach and lungs lasts for ages after.
August 18, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word chlorine
Makes the lungs fill with fluid: you drown on dry land (this is chlorine gas).
August 18, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word botulinum
Botulinum travels through the blood and attaches to the nerves that control muscles. It effectively shuts down the system and the victim dies an agonising death.
August 18, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word cyanide
Cyanide has a very similar molecular structure to oxygen. Therefore, when inhaled, it latches onto oxygen molecules and this prevents the cells of the body from using it.
August 18, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word skiwi
Someone has a good sense of humour.
August 15, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word kings and queens of england
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three,
One two three Neds, Richard two
Harrys four five six... then who?
Edwards four five, Dick the bad,
Harrys twain, Ned six the lad,
Mary, Bessie, James you ken,
Then Charlie, Charlie, James again...
Will and Mary, Anna of gloria,
Georges four, Will four, Victoria,
Edward seven next, and then
Came George the fifth in nineteen ten.
Ned the eighth soon abdicated,
Then George six was coronated;
(or a George was re-instated)
And then number two which Elizabeth.
And that's all folks until her death...
August 15, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list slam-fodder
What's a slam poem?
August 14, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word snitch
Frank Burns: At school I used to snitch on myself for not snitching.
August 14, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word tarquin fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-f'tang-f'tang-olé-biscuitbarrel
That's fantastic!!!
August 14, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word scissors
Leonardo DaVinci could control seven pairs of scissors independantly with one hand.
August 14, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word can't be bloody bothered
No actually, I can't be bloody bothered.
August 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word difference
Might just as well be happy, seeing as it doesn't make a difference to anyone but you if you are or not.
-The Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo
August 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word conform
Reader, you must know that an interesting fate (sometimes involving rats, sometimes not) awaits almost everyone, mouse or man, who does not conform.
-The Tale Of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo
August 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word cry
That is an amazing quote c_b. I wonder why I have never come across it before.
August 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word contextual
Fantastic word, and very useful.
August 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word crisp
Onomotopoeia.
August 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word modcon
Goodness, I don't know if I'd want to attend...
August 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word jungle man
Orange u tan.
August 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word inexplicable
One of my lists has inexplicably disappeared! I promise I did not hit the delete button. Help?
August 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word eugene
Ha!
August 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word women
Yeah, I probably should have said with what he writes. Thanks for pointing that out. :-)
August 4, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word creampuff
Melts my heart every time. :-9
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fred
Usually well-intentioned and good natured however.
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fred
The slow and unintelligent character, promoting the phrase: 'Duh Fred!'.
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word eugene
*applause*
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word 1 rule: obey ads
The advertisements that appear absolutely everywhere (on my browser at least) with pictures of fat, then skinny rear ends in underwear and stomachs.
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hircine
Does anyone know if it's 'hir-kine' or 'hir-sine' or 'hir-seen'?
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bilious
Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.
-Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word damn
Formally Damn Mrs. Pearce; and damn the coffee; and damn you; and wildly damn my own folly in having lavished my hard-earned knowledge and the treasure of my regard and intimacy on a heartless guttersnipe. He goes out with impressive decorum, and spoils it by slamming the door savagely.
-Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw
(I thought it was rather amusing...)
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hog
You find me cold, unfeeling, selfish, don't you? Very well, be off with you to the sort of people you like. Marry some sentimental hog or other with lots of money, and a thick pair of lips to kiss you with and a thick pair of boots to kick you with.
-Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word manners
The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same mannr for all human souls. In short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as another.
-Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word folly
What is life but a series of inspired follies?
-Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word living
Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby!
-Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word women
Women upset everything. When you let them into your life, you find that the woman is driving at one thing and you're driving at another.
-Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw
(Disclaimer: PossibleUnderscore does not necessarily agree with opinions of George Bernard Shaw.)
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word breakfastidious
3 cups of cornflakes, 2 cups of low fat milk, 1 teaspoon of brown sugar, 4 strawberries, 1 banana (12% brown) and 1 glass of cranberry juice. ;-)
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word axillism
Well that's disturbing...
August 3, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word goodbye
I heard someone the other day say goodbye as: "Toodles and cheese!". I don't know about you, but I reckon that's a new one.
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word mash
Mash potato, mash potato...
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word sticky carrot
The annoying occurence of freshly grated carrot sticking to your fingers.
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word quidity
This could potentially be a misspelt word. According to dictionary.com: quiddity is 1. the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing.
2. a trifling nicety of subtle distinction, as in argument.
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word quidity
Quid means 'what' in latin doesn't it?
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word predicate
See the definition of apt.
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word wandering mouse
When your mouse on the computer screen, inexplicably starts moving around without external help.
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word contraption
*Keeps misreading this page as contraception*
That's an awesome vehicle! Note to self: must somehow acquire the contraption for future use.
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word sunshine
You are my Sunshine, my only Sunshine,
You make me happy when skies are grey.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you.
Please don't take my Sunshine away.
-Jimmie Davis
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list color-adjectives
Hey- so I do. Well spotted!
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list color-adjectives
Wow. Nicely made mollusque. :-)
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ecstasy
You love me with a passionate grace
Which gives me ecstasy
And there within your warm embrace,
My spirit wanders free.
-Junior Kennedy
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word baling
How do you bale water?
August 2, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word mazel tov
Good luck or something isn't it?
August 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word marrow
SUCK THE MARROW OUT OF LIFE!!!!
-The Dead Poet's Society
August 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fate
The future was with Fate. The present was our own.
-The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
August 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word advice
I can't believe that! If it's not fake, I'd like to know what happened to Miriam afterwards. :)
August 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word negative human-bear interaction
*cowers behind bilby...*
August 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gesticulate
"Well, that's only four and there are four of us." said Athos, "That's equal numbers! Look, there's Grimaud gesticulating!"
-The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas
August 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word dildo
The Melbourne trial of a stripper accused of violating the best man at a bucks’ night with a strap-on pink dildo will decide the crucial issue of deliberate penetration against the unusual suggestion of possible 'accidental rape'.
-Syndey Morning Herald, Friday 31 July 2009.
July 31, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word reference
"Well!" observed R. Wilfer, cheerfully, "Money and goods are certainly the best of references."
-Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens
July 31, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word blunderbus
That's an awesome rhyme c_b! :-) But I would suggest wandering, rather than wondering.
July 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word juggle
Juggling with two or more balls is supposedly good for pianists. Or so I've heard.
July 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word discrepancy
No, I think that we've got a basic discrepancy here between the rule of law versus the rule of man.
-Roy Moore
July 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user gangerh
HaHa gangerh!!! I get it now! Gee, it took me long enough, but Underscores aren't very quick at the best of times. ;-)
July 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word plethora
Oh, right. Thanks for that clarification! :-)
July 30, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word caseate
See caseifaction.
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word muffin
When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, when I am in really great trouble, as anyone who know me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy.Besides, I am rather fond of muffins.
-Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word sentiment
I don't play (the piano) accurately- anyone can play accurately -but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.
-Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word education
"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
-Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word dead-butt serious
I'm afraid if you said something like that, no matter how dead-butt serious your tone, you will not be taken seriously.
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word birth
London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirtyfive for years.
-Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word orphan
"To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."
-Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word lad
"Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust."
-Cymbeline quotes
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word unsunned
I thought her
As chaste as unsunned snow.
-Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word uncanny
“A kind of cross between Helen Traubel and Martha Raye an uncanny amalgam of Joan Sutherland and Phyllis Diller.�?
-James McCourt
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word plethora
Sorry...
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word intelligent
-All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
-Adolf Hitler
July 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the user gangerh
Hey gangerh! I'm still waiting for the comment on procrastination, then I figured I'm not supposed to reply to you on my own profile. whoops, teehee...well, I'm still sorta new here.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word blink rate
I wonder why it does that...I've never thought about it before.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gangling
Haha! Nice verse bilbs, though I should probably be thanking Ogden Nash.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word kiss
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
-Albert Einstein
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bitter
An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.
-Thomas Jefferson
Couldn't agree more.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word quote
I am the very model of a modern Major General
I've information vegetable, animal and mineral
I know the Kings of England and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo in order catagorical.
-Quote from Major General Song, The Pirates of Penzance
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word desist
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
-Dalai Lama
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word antidisestablishmentarianism
Sorry, I should have been more specific. Longest English word as in, can be found in an English dictionary.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word narcissus
I'm not sure...
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word narcissus
Too bad...it really was a sorry sight.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word antidisestablishmentarianism
Pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism=second longest English word.
antidisestablishmentarianism=third longest English word.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word amiss
"You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you might consume it upon thy lusts.�?
-Bible
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word narcissus
I thought that he gazed at his face in the reflection of a lake, and eventually fell in and drowned.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word yearn
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get...
-The Eagles, Desperado
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word malibu
Then the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
through the canyons of the coast, to
the Malibu
Where the pretty people play,
hungry for power
to light their neon way
and give them things to do.
-The Eagles, The Last Resort
What is a malibu anyway?
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word akhoond
Is there a difference between Ahkoond and Akhoond, or is it a typo?
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word plethora
oh...you did? I guess you all knew about it then. tee hee *blushes*
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word massacre
I think my friend said, "I hear footsteps."
I wore my black and white dress to
The Birthday Massacre.
-Birthday Massacre.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word plethora
Hey--'plethora' is on the list of 100 Most Beautiful Words as chosen by Dr. Goodword (Robert Beard), who has been making dictionaries, creating word lists, and writing poetry for 40 years.
http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/100_most_beautiful_words.html
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word freck
Freck or frack Supa?
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word zombie
Ha! I notice no one has had to use it yet--(maybe I can change that fact...)
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vagabond
Isn't there a reference to this in 'Can You Fell the Love Tonight'? It sounds a lot like they say 'vegabond' though, so I'm not sure.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vegemite
Shame it has to be owned by Kraft, though. It would have been nice to stay completely in Aussie hands.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word crumpet
I love this word. It's just so...crumpety.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word procrastination
My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word self-destruction
"Yes. He is quite a good fellow - nobody's enemy but his own."
-David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
:) Good quote.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word unworthy
"Don't you think that any secret course is an unworthy one?"
-David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list begtodiffer-com-words-dealing-with-the-problem-of-abbreviated-names
YES :-) Finally a list of all these things! Thanks denvan!
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word radioactive phone chess
Why thank you dontcry, honoured.
July 28, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fuzzy wuzzy angel
Oh...thanks bilby. I never read or watch any news. A nortoriously bad habit, I know...
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list peach-plum-pear
Each peach, pear, plum...
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list anzac-day
Fuzzy wuzzy angel??? Since when do we hear that on Anzac day? Have I missed something?
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word pleasing fungus beetle
Thank goodness they don't look like what they sound like...pleasing or not!
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word acteon beetle
That is one fantastic beetle!! I don't suppose I could have one as a friend for my pet tarantula?
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word influenza
ah...ah...AHCHOOOOOOOO!!! *sniffle, sniffle*
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word radioactive phone chess
Someone please tell me that I'm not the only one who can't make cute little pictures with the keyboard!!
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word googlarian
Roughly, someone who works for Google. I don't think it's someone who uses Google because someone who uses the library isn't necessarily a librarian.
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word culture
"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."
-Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word the miracle of our simultaneous existence
“...there are no random acts. that we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.�?
-The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word symbolism
It said that all people who are happy have God within them. And that happiness could be found in a grain of sand from the desert, as the alchemist had said. Because a grain of sand is a moment of creation and the universe has taken millions of years to create it.
-The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word eternity
Everyday, in itself, brings eternity.
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word same
“We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.�?
-The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word guidance
If God leads the sheep so well, He will also lead a man, he thought, and that made him feel better. The tea seemed less bitter.
-The Alchemist (An awesome book), Paulo Coelho
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word pity
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.
-George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list de-rigueur-mortis
If ever there was a morbid list...
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word zombologist
That is disturbingly creepy.
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word sic
Sic transit gloria mundi.
July 27, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word simpering
hmmm...Frank Burns comes to mind...
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word procrastination
I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.
-Steven Wright
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word cruelty
Terror made me cruel . . .
-Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word confusion
And there he sits, munching and gnawing, and looking up at the great cross on the summit of St. Paul's Cathedral, glittering above a red-and-violet-tinted cloud of smoke. From the boy's face one might suppose that sacred emblem to be, in his eyes, the crowning confusion of the great, confused city--so golden, so high up, so far out of his reach.
-Charles Dickens Bleak House
Another of my very favourite quotes.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word shy
My dear old doll! I was such a shy little thing that I seldom dared to open my lips, and never dared to open my heart, to anybody else.
-Charles Dickens Bleak House
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word solitude
She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company . . .
-Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word mirth
I always though mirth had a derisive attachment.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word pain
As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch.
-Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word proportion
Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self-depreciation.
-Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word interfenestration
Is this the opposite of defenestrate?
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bittersweet
Life, at best, is bittersweet.
-Jack Kirby
I have to add that I love this quote, it's one of my very favourites.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word melancholy
She dwells with Beauty -- Beauty that must die;
And Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips
Bidding adieu; and aching Pleasure nigh,
Turning to poison while the bee-mouth sips;
Ay, in the very temple of delight
Veiled Melancholy has her sovran shrine,
Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue
Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine;
His soul shall taste the sadness of her might,
And be among her cloudy trophies hung.
-John Keats, Ode on Melancholy
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word truth
When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty"---that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
-John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vanity
“What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate�?
- Henry David Thoreau
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bunny
()()
(=*=)
(! !)
(_)_(_)
Awesome bunny! (copied from oroboros)
I always thought the only meaning for this was 'rabbit'. It's the only one I ever use for sure!
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word yggdrasil
Very pretty concept. I suppose there's only one yggdrasil?
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word holophrasis
I wish this was used more often.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word malapropism
Bottom, from A Midsummer Night's Dream is famous for numerous amusing malapropisms.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word feverish
Does this word have a short or a long 'e' in its pronounciation? I should use one way but personally I use a long e when talking about a fever, but short when talking about agitation and the like.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word irreverent
John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.
-Brenda Lee
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word possible
Underscore
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word etiket
The Australian equivalent to etiquette according to John O'Grady.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word verily
"Verily I say to you..."
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word suburbify
"Applebee’s International, Inc. is a United States company which develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar restaurant chain," said Wikipedia.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word period
I thought in the morning you're supposed to wash it with cold running water, then cook with soy sauce.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word skip to my lou
Yeah, tell me about it... Throughout the whole thing the jokes never stopped. The teacher quit a couple of years later.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vanilla and roolibos
Whoops. Thanks bilby.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word suburbify
Madeupical?
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word chair
Worlds largest chair...I'm sure it would seat more than one person.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word linguaphile
'A language and a word lover'.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word colonel
According to Wikipedia: The term colonel derives from Latin columnella 'small column'. However, it was never actually a Roman rank. The system of ranks in the Roman military was quite different. As a rank the term arose in the late sixteenth century Italy where it referred to the officer in charge of a column (Italian colonna, plural colonne) or field force. The term is first attested as colonnello, but it is perhaps a truncation of something like capitano colonnello 'captain of the column, the captain designated to command the column'. In this context colonna seems to refer to a force marching in column, rather than to a battle formation — a battle or battlation of pike.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word assist
"He was the surgeon who offered his assistance to the assistant surgeon who was assisting the surgeon who had no further need for assistance."
-Colonel Henry Blake.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word encore
Quelqu'un ma dit que tu mamais encore...
-Carla Bruni
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gasp
"Fight till the last gasp."
-Henry VI Part 2, Shakespeare
(I think it's part 2??)
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word sinister
"I am Dracula, and I bid you welcome . . . "
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word unpredictable
"You can't tell what he might do."
- Lord of the Flies
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word vampire
I would love to see what would happen if you put Edward and Dracula in the same room, preferably with a juicy Bella in the middle.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word rose
I remember a scene from the terrific film 'Rain Man', after reading the will.
"Upset? Why should I be upset? I got the rose bushes didn't I? I definately got the rose bushes. No one else got the rose bushes because I have them. Yes, I definately have the rose bushes."
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word thoughtcrime
"The thought police would get him just the same. He had committed--would have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper--the essential crime that contained all others in itself. Thoughtcrime, they called it. Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you."
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 1
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word happy
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.
-Oscar Wilde
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word galoshes
Does Paddington Bear wear galoshes or wellingtons?
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word idiot walk
:-) Who hasn't taken the idoit walk at least once?
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fortune
“It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.�?
- Titus Livius
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word candelabra
Like a mini chandelier.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word steinway
Many people's ideal piano.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word diapason
Also a brand of piano. Not very popular, but affordabe.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word googlarian
See yahoolarian.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word skip to my lou
I remember when we had to do this at school for PE. Unfortunately, we didn't get the nice historic background.
July 26, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word scrunch
Does anyone else associate this word with the the great bumbling, boar-eating Obelix?
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list nicknames-you-shouldn-t-give-to-an-axe-wielding-loincloth-wearing-barbarian-warrior-with-bulging-thews
Fantastic list pt! Favourited.
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word mise-en-scène
Definition?
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word barmy
I'm surprised no one has pointed out how similar this word sounds to Barney. Once I live to see the day Barney goes barmy, I can die peacefully. ;-)
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word underpants gnomes
Is it just me, or was Step 2 wrapped in underpants and stolen by gnomes?
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word original seven
Which was based on the movie, 'The Seven Samurai'.
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word teacher
Teachers plant seeds of knowledge that will grow forever...
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word death
"He bathed my temples and his hands smelt like death."
-The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux
What on Earth does death smell like???
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word broccoli
"I do not like broccoli and I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli. Now look, this is the last statement I’m going to have on broccoli. There are truckloads of broccoli at this very minute descending on Washington. My family is divided. For the broccoli vote out there: Barbara loves broccoli. She has tried to make me eat it. She eats it all the time herself. So she can go out and meet the caravan of broccoli that’s coming in."
-March 1990 News Conference, George W. Bush
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word discomania
We have an album named 'Discomania' and listening to it does have some very serious side-effects.
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word lederhosen
I'm sure that wind up thing would make a magnificent birthday present for someone! ;-)
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word save
When you save one life, you save the world entire.
-quote: not sure who by.
July 25, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word heavy cream
Yum. Feel free to hire me as taste tester.
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word saturnine
Sluggish in temprament???
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word circumambulation
It's one of those words that are really easy to define if you study latin.
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list how-to-cook
Gee, thanks suz. I'd never have guessed it.
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word bamba
Para bailar la bamba, se necesita una poca de gracia.
Rough translation:In order to dance the bamba, you need just a little bit of grace.
Awesome song!
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the list how-to-cook
Do you know what 'soft peaks' are? I've come across it in cookbooks and stuff, but am not sure whether it's a technique or ingredient.
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word nuttery
Sod my comprehension skills. I couldn't read properly for clinging onto hope that nuttery isn't used to describe asylums. bah.
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word massif
It's pretty nice too.
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word nuttery
I thought it would mean something along the lines of an asylum. I'm actually glad I'm wrong.
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word unknown
I think that we whould leave some known unknowns as they are (mostly concerning space).
Also, are there things that we don't know we know? Is it possible?
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word existence
“We can't all, and some just don't. That's all there is to it.�?
- A. A. Milne quote
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word per se
Yeah. Thanks c_b. My mind is finally at peace. ;-) Google doesn't answer everything!
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word always
“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you.�?
-Winnie the Pooh
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word per se
I am having severe difficulty understanding what the bleepity bleep this means! Can it replace 'technically' in a sentence? If John says it's 'by itself' but I don't think I could say I am per se. ??:-C
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ishkabibble
*waves hand carelessly* "Ishkabibble!"
July 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word yod-dropping
*sob* I knew it was coming!!! I knew it!!!
*drops soggy handkerchief onto 'you's grave.*
*glares sideways at 'oo'.*
July 24, 2009
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