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Pet rock (I guess in the context of the intro to this Elementary episode Sherlock meant "a dull, inefficient substitute" ... ... of course I may be wrong on this one); 



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Originally posted by Argonaught Argonaught wrote:

Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

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biannual http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biannual Which is it: i.e. twice a year or every two years?Confused
 Means both, depends on the concept WinkHug 

There is a little bit of confusion here. The correct word is "bananual", which means either "as often as banana", or "as banana as often", or the other way around, depending on the consensually constricted content.  
 
What's semiannual, though? 




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Originally posted by Argonaught Argonaught wrote:

Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

biannual http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biannual Which is it: i.e. twice a year or every two years?Confused
 Means both, depends on the concept WinkHug 

There is a little bit of confusion here. The correct word is "bananual", which means either "as often as banana", or "as banana as often", or the other way around, depending on the consensually constricted content.  
 
What's semiannual, though? 


semiannual is an annual that isn't as fully annual, whereas a biannual can swing either way.
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Points: 1413 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2015 at 04:38
Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

biannual http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biannual Which is it: i.e. twice a year or every two years?Confused
 Means both, depends on the concept WinkHug 

There is a little bit of confusion here. The correct word is "bananual", which means either "as often as banana", or "as banana as often", or the other way around, depending on the consensually constricted content.  
 
What's semiannual, though? 
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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

OK, here's one I've spotted that I can't find a definition for on the Web: technicalese (used in this context). Ostensibly, it means "too technical".
Ah, no it doesn't. It may imply that in context but the -ese ending simple converts the root word to a noun meaning "of" or "from a place". 

Often it refers to the language of that place, for example Japanese and Portuguese, so when applied to nouns that are not places it refers to the "language of" whatever the root noun is and tends to mean "jargon". For example legalese is the language of the legal profession, tabloidese is the jargon of the tabloid journalist.

Therefore technicalese simply means the language of the technologist, or more specifically technical jargon.


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OK, here's one I've spotted that I can't find a definition for on the Web: technicalese (used in this context). Ostensibly, it means "too technical".

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Got a new batch for you here: precept, goober, psychobabble, exclusionary vs. exclusive, slippery slope, growing pains, nancy ( ), soot, opulent, under the weather, chlamydia, underdog, quid pro quo, furtive.

What a sad batch coming from a 23-year-old residing in an English-speaking country.


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Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

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biannual

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biannual

Which is it: i.e. twice a year or every two years?Confused
Means both, depends on the concept WinkHug


Ok but would your creditor take the view that paying him after 2 years instead of twice a year be really just a matter of erm... 'context?' Wink
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

biannual

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biannual

Which is it: i.e. twice a year or every two years?Confused
Means both, depends on the concept WinkHug
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biannual

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biannual

Which is it: i.e. twice a year or every two years?Confused
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Dervish, ascetic, chlamydia.

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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2014 at 19:48
Palinode.

(Great, ... now I'm just repeating whatever Merriam-Webster spits out on my FB feed. Better stop it. Might as well just refer to their site.)

One more: metonym.


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Syncretism.
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Telemetry, mandible.

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Mondegreen.
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