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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 30 2014 at 02:03
Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

My intelligence has been furthered.

Thanks Doc.
So has mine.

A lot of you guys should know about this post by now. This is where I'm pulling more entries: Kipper tie and puffball skirt! (You know where to get the images of these.)


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One of my favorite word discoveries is Callipygian, which I saw on a handbill in Singapore a few months ago. The word describes someone as having 'well-formed buttocks' and is (not surprisingly) of Greek origin. It's a testament to our advanced state of being as intelligent life that we need a word such as this. I'm curious how many other languages have a specific word to describe this condition.
 
 
Biggest linguistic pet peeve is "preventive" / "preventative". According to Merriam-Webster either is acceptable but the latter really grates on the ear canal and sounds like a failed attempt at embellishment.
 
Favorite regional colloquialism - jockey box. I grew up in Montana and that's what we call the place on the dashboard of your car where maps, gloves and your handgun are stored. Wasn't until I moved south that I learned this is typically called a "glove box", "glove compartment" or "dashbox".


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^ In Nevada we call it "glove compartment" or "glove box".
Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

Biggest linguistic pet peeve is "preventive" / "preventative". According to Merriam-Webster either is acceptable but the latter really grates on the ear canal and sounds like a failed attempt at embellishment.
Apparently, you are not alone on this one.

One that I guess a writer would typically use in press (and probably in literature too, I don't know): lackadaisical.

One used in legal matters that was applied to Robert McCulloch (a guy they put in charge of the Ferguson shooting investigation): recuse.

Two more, from George Carlin: low-frequency and single-digit (remember those from "House of Blues"?), used in a context no one else would, I'd say. (The language is NSFW.) I can't find anything on the meaning of those terms in that context, something that would leave one only guessing.
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Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

One of my favorite word discoveries is Callipygian, which I saw on a handbill in Singapore a few months ago. The word describes someone as having 'well-formed buttocks' and is (not surprisingly) of Greek origin. It's a testament to our advanced state of being as intelligent life that we need a word such as this. I'm curious how many other languages have a specific word to describe this condition.
  
I believe many other European languages have almost the same word for it: check the numerous Callipygian Venus statues. 

French: callipyge; Spanish: calipigia; Portuguese: calipígia; Italian: callipigia; German: Kallipygos; Russian: Калли́пига Cool




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^ Never heard "Калли́пига" before.

One more: dolt.

By the way: is there a word for a person who embraces a culture he doesn't even fully understand?


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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

 

By the way: is there a word for a person who embraces a culture he doesn't even fully understand?
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^ Really, this is something I've picked up from Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues" character. Couldn't get the meaning of the song myself, so I read the interpretations of other people. And so I'm wondering if there is one vocabulary word that could be used for that description, a noun or an adjective ("deluded" sounds too general).

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I think the word you are looking for is "English"
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Points: 2822 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2014 at 10:28
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

By the way: is there a word for a person who embraces a culture he doesn't even fully understand?


Poseur?
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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:


By the way: is there a word for a person who embraces a culture he doesn't even fully understand?


Neckbeard?


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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

 
By the way: is there a word for a person who embraces a culture he doesn't even fully understand?

Hipster?
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Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

Poseur?
That's a person who tries to impress people. The one I have in mind does not necessarily do that.
Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

Neckbeard?
 No.
Originally posted by Sheavy Sheavy wrote:

Hipster?
I think this is our first candidate; however, this one follows the latest trends. The one I have in mind is kind of a nostalgiac, so I'm looking for something more general.

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'Throwing everything but the kitchen sink'. Are British really so fond of doing the dishes? Smile
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Not so sure about the "throwing" part of that, the idiom is just the latter part of the phrase. 

It dates back to the days when the kitchen sink was made from stone and looked like this:

These were very heavy and difficult to move (due to plumbing) so would be the last thing included in a list of everything.
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Points: 5154 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2014 at 17:21
TX Dean, BTW the pussy in your avatar must be already quite grown up? You should put some pic of him/her in the Your Pets thread!
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Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

TX Dean, BTW the pussy in your avatar must be already quite grown up? You should put some pic of him/her in the Your Pets thread!
She sure is, I'll have to find a more recent picture of her for that thread, she is the most un-catlike cat we have and for some reason cannot purr. 

Incidentally, one of the modern uses for the old fashioned stone sinks is to use them as planters for alpine plants. I have one in my garden in a serious state of neglect and has long since become overgrown with weeds that one of our cats uses as a day-bed when the weather is sunny. 
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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 01 2014 at 23:55
Bailiwick, to do up, meta/to do smth. to meta (used in the context of a discussion about films) ...
Quote (of a creative work) referring to itself or to the conventions of its genre; self-referential.
... , dais, and finally, to futz.

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What word would be the opposite of parity? As in a noun stating a situation.
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^ Inequality. Just search for the antonyms.



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