squareintheteeth

Comments by squareintheteeth

• squareintheteeth commented on the word preggers

  I agree with John, for his reasons in addition to its abuse by celeb tabloid rags, which together tarnish whatever shaky need to exist it might have had.

  January 5, 2007

• squareintheteeth commented on the word geas

  I ran across it in a session of D&D (*nerd alert*) when a DM used a lesser geas on a player. I had to ask him what the hell he was talking about; it didn't sound (or look) like a real word.

  January 5, 2007

• squareintheteeth commented on the word fauxreos

  definitely nasty. in fact, most fauxreos are so truly awful it's as if they exist only to highlight how much better the real ones are. maybe it's all just a network of front companies under the puppet hand of nabisco.

  January 5, 2007

• squareintheteeth commented on the word goatsean

  different from goatsesque, goatsean images are those whose nature is intentionally obscured by an individual (through mislabeling of the file or otherwise) to surprise and disgust another. i.e., tubgirl.

  January 5, 2007

• squareintheteeth commented on the word goatsesque

  graphic designs that evoke, purposely or accidentally, the infamous goatse image. a portmanteau of goatse and grotesque.

  January 5, 2007

• squareintheteeth commented on the word fauxreos

  fake oreos of the kind often found under a store brand in supermarkets. usually terrible.

  January 4, 2007

• squareintheteeth commented on the word wootz

  An actual term describing a type of steel, or used when referring to such steel as a synecdoche. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wootz_steel

  January 4, 2007

• squareintheteeth commented on the list joanna-newsom-lyrics

  I almost did this myself. Great list!

  December 29, 2006

• squareintheteeth commented on the list fan-o-rama

  You could probably put snikt on this list -- that'd be the noise of Wolverine's claws popping in or out. And as far as fandom terms, no list is complete without hoyay.

  December 19, 2006

• squareintheteeth commented on the word verbose

  Probably a descriptor that can be attached to most wordies.

  December 19, 2006

• squareintheteeth commented on the word transcendant

  I believe this is a misspelling of transcendent.

  December 19, 2006

• squareintheteeth commented on the word quandry

  Is this an actual word? Or just a misspelling of quandary?

  December 19, 2006

• squareintheteeth commented on the word myriad

  I can't see this word and not think of the default Adobe font.

  December 19, 2006

• squareintheteeth commented on the list trees-have-the-best-names

  Indeed. Can anyone encounter the larch *without* thinking Monty Python?

  December 17, 2006

• squareintheteeth commented on the list latin-is-fun

  Or perhaps the classic memento mori?

  December 6, 2006

• shoepixie commented on the user squareintheteeth

  Delightful! I tend to use words, forget them as easily and with as little pain as I remembered them. However, the idea of hoarding words is strange to me and somewhat...exotic? I love your wordlists, and will enjoy looking at them further!

  April 16, 2008

• slumry commented on the user squareintheteeth

  Hello Squareintheteeth,

  I am new to this site, and pleasantly bewildered.

  I was struck by the appearance of "cudgel" (pun intended, unforturantely) because I was thinking about that word just a day or so ago. It is a word my mother frequently used, always in the context of trying to recall something, as in: "I cudgeled my brain, but I just could not remember. . ."

  Now that I am past 50, I cudgel my brain frequently, often to no avail but I have more empathy for my late mother on this problem than I did when I was a girl!

  June 12, 2007