Word of the Day - April 5, 2018.

This, along with many other great things, comes from "National Lampoon" in the 1970s. @Bitter Crank - didn't you say you had read it?

Vagino-American

A new word I just coined. Googliniscience - the ability to access the all knowing power of the internet through well crafted searches that will enable you to both prove and disprove any point you wish. As in the sentence, "Joe's googliniscience protected him from the most outlandish claims, where he was able to cite dozens of sources showing that the earth was both flat and round and even non-existence at all."

A new word I just coined. Googliniscience - the ability to access the all knowing power of the internet through well crafted searches that will enable you to both prove and disprove any point you wish. As in the sentence, "Joe's googliniscience protected him from the most outlandish claims, where he was able to cite dozens of sources showing that the earth was both flat and round and even non-existence at all." — Hanover

This "googliniscience" you speak of has ruined conversations everywhere. We can no longer have long, rambling arguments about meaningless facts. In the good old days, we could argue and argue about what Frank Lloyd Wright thought about Special Relativity. Now, someone will pull out their phone and have the real answer in 17 seconds.

Trivia night at the local bar has been ruined as well. If not for the all you can eat hot wings, why go on?

Trivia night at the local bar has been ruined as well. If not for the all you can eat hot wings, why go on? — Hanover

I love wings, but I've never been in a bar with good ones. If they're so good, why do you have to put crappy sauce on them. I'd rather eat wings from a Chinese restaurant.

That means you're boring. I know this is a hard way to find out, but now you know. Your wing needs zing.

I'd rather eat wings from a Chinese restaurant. — T Clark

Your wing needs zing. — Hanover

You call that a wing? I've seen better wings on a dodo.

Zing?

Word of The Day: Zing

The new term for owned, said after saying something witty to someone in an insulting manner.

I thought zing was how your heartstrings go on the bus when you're in St Louis.

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Ambiguous - not sure what it means.
Ambivalent - don't care what it means.
Ambidextrous - opp of ambisinister. See also evenhanded and oddhanded.
Ambitious - not sure what to do.
Ambit - debatable ground.
Ambient - not sure where its coming from.

Ambuggd - if I know what any of it means

Word of the Day - April 6, 2018

Schmomething - as in Something Schmomething. Inspired by @StreetlightX's discussion "Predicates, Smehdicates."

There's actually a name for it in linguistics - Shm-reduplication.

"Predicates, Smehdicates." — T Clark

There's actually a name for it in linguistics - Shm-reduplication. — T Clark

Yes, "shm-" sounds better. Every time I see that title, it annoys me that it isn't: "Predicates, Shmedicates".

Haha, I wanted to throw a 'meh' in there.

Word of the Day - April 7, 2018

I used to tell people I had invested part of my retirement fund in Molybdenum futures, but only because I love to say the word, Mu lib den um, emphasis on lib. Molybdenum, molybdenum, molybdenum. I also like the way the ybd looks. An odd sequence. I like Kyrgyzstan too. Rgyz! Love those "y"s in the middle of words mixed in with lots of consonants.

Molybdenum - A very hard metal element. Atomic number 42!!!

Speaking of elements, now I'll embarrass myself by trying to name the first three rows of the Periodic Table from memory. I used to be pretty good at this, but it's been a long time:

Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, chlorine, neon, potassium, magnesium, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, cobalt, iron, nickel, zinc, arsenic, phosphorous, bromine, krypton.

I know that's not right, but I'm not even going to look. When I want to memorize this kind of thing, I go to Sporcle. I need to spend some more time there.

Reykjavik! ykj!

This is not the word of the day, but it came up elsewhere.

Dingbat -

1) A typographical device other than a letter or numeral (such as an asterisk), used to signal divisions in text or to replace letters in a euphemistically presented vulgar word.

2) A stupid or eccentric person.

Words of the Day - April 8, 2018

Some exclamations I like:

Ahem... - An example of ontomonapia. Simulates the sound of clearing the throat to indicate mild impatience, disagreement, or castigation.

Alas - Exclamation of sadness or regret. As for "alack," it seems to mean about the same thing. Never cared for it. Why do you need "alas and alack?"

D'oh - No explanation needed.

One of my favorite exclamations is “schmeh”. Denotes a complex feeling of apathy, ennui, disappointment, and indifference.

One of my favorite exclamations is “schmeh”. Denotes a complex feeling of apathy, ennui, disappointment, and indifference. — Noble Dust

Is it the same as "meh," which my annoying daughter uses a lot when she wants to dismiss what someone else says without any effort?

It’s a variant of “meh” yes, but the meaning is different, as I illustrated.

Meh schmeh.

Catchy, amiright?

Comme ci comme ça.

Meh schmeh. — Sapientia

I couldn't have said it better myself.

It’s a variant of “meh” yes, but the meaning is different, as I illustrated. — Noble Dust

Just noted, this emoji - :meh: - is actually called "meh."

Schmeh is more like this: :shade:

Shleaf - Like a soul, and can only be expressed in riddles, metaphor and poetic language.

Shleaf - it's like a soul, and it can only be expressed in riddles, metaphor and poetic language. — Sapientia

In case people don't understand what our friend Sapientia is saying, he's giving me the old razzamatazz about something I said on the "Body and Soul" discussion.

‘Limerence’ - ‘Limerence (also infatuated love) is a state of mind which results from a romantic attraction to another person and typically includes obsessive thoughts and fantasies and a desire to form or maintain a relationship with the object of love and have one's feelings reciprocated.‘

In Maureen Dowd’s current column,

‘Limerence (also infatuated love) is a state of mind which results from a romantic attraction to another person and typically includes obsessive thoughts and fantasies and a desire to form or maintain a relationship with the object of love and have one's feelings reciprocated.‘ — Wayfarer

Ah, yes. A feeling I haven't had in 40 years and don't expect to have again. Thank goodness.