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Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/22/2006 3:07:01 PM)
Uhhhh...as a noun, it's one word. (As a command, it's two.)

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/22/2006 6:09:43 PM)
are You guys playing with German or Latin? candystripper

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/22/2006 7:13:47 PM)
I was playing in English, but I think Ron wants to go to Latin. I'll pop his bubble: in Latin, "vade mecum" means "come with me." Ha! In English, "vademecum" has a different meaning (though it's obviously derived from Latin).

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (3/22/2006 7:48:06 PM)
Well, I will keep trying, you never cease to amaze me. the two word one in my estimation, might be something like a wad of cash in your pocket, a little black book, perhaps a pocket knife......something that is handy that you keep close, like on your person.... now if you warrant that the definition I have given is close enough to correct, does the one word mean about the same or? Am I all fucked up? (in this specific case, Lam.......LOL I can guess at your overall appraisal of the situation) Ron

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/22/2006 8:40:46 PM)
I looked this up just to make sure I hadn't gone insane, and, surprise surprise, it's recognized as two words in English too. OED has it as hyphenated (vade-mecum), a crappy compromise. The only way I'd ever seen it written in English is as one word. OK, your turn.

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (3/23/2006 12:51:20 AM)
OK, fur candy German: ungerheuer Ron

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/23/2006 5:27:14 AM)
That would be ungeheuer, not ungerheuer.

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (3/23/2006 8:09:51 AM)
agreed; I cannot spell or cogitate. I am however, sitting up and taking nourishment...... LOL, Thanks; Lordandmaster. Ron

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/24/2006 7:26:58 PM)
Now You are both cheating; that is obviously German. candystripper

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/24/2006 7:56:27 PM)
Looks like vee haff gekilled und geburied das Spiel.

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/24/2006 9:35:39 PM)
Nessie, das Ungeheuer von Loch Ness i'm guessing it means "monster". candystripper

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/24/2006 9:38:40 PM)
Next word: "thanatopsis"

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/25/2006 3:11:29 AM)
thanatopis = thanatology = scientific candystripper

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/25/2006 1:53:34 PM)
That's doubly wrong. "Thanatopsis" is not the same thing as "thanatology," and neither one means "scientific."

AngelOfMusic -> RE: Word Fight (3/25/2006 2:01:21 PM)
thanatopsis - view or meditation of death Thegosis

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (3/25/2006 2:04:58 PM)
Now there's a word you don't see every day. I didn't know it, so I'm out, but it's in OED. Anyone? Odd that it's not attested before 1971.

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/30/2006 1:49:51 PM)
New word: "Homographs" candystripper

fastlane -> RE: Word Fight (3/30/2006 1:52:55 PM)
Homographs...............................Gay Giraffes?

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (3/30/2006 3:13:23 PM)
LOLOLOLOL. no...two words that are spelt the same but mean different things; like "designate". Your turn, smarty pants. candystripper

rivenmoon -> RE: Word Fight (3/31/2006 4:00:10 AM)
*CUSPIDOR -* *Another name for a spittoon. A resceptical for spit/phlegm* *EPIGLOTTIS*

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