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RE: Word Fight - 3/22/2006 3:07:01 PM   
Lordandmaster


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Status: offline 		Uhhhh...as a noun, it's one word.  (As a command, it's two.)

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RE: Word Fight - 3/22/2006 6:09:43 PM   
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RE: Word Fight - 3/22/2006 7:13:47 PM   
Lordandmaster


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Status: offline 		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).

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RE: Word Fight - 3/22/2006 7:48:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		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)

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RE: Word Fight - 3/22/2006 8:40:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		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.

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RE: Word Fight - 3/23/2006 12:51:20 AM   
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German:

ungerheuer

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RE: Word Fight - 3/23/2006 5:27:14 AM   
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RE: Word Fight - 3/23/2006 8:09:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		agreed; I cannot spell or cogitate.

I am however, sitting up and taking nourishment......

LOL,

Thanks; Lordandmaster.

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RE: Word Fight - 3/24/2006 7:26:58 PM   
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RE: Word Fight - 3/24/2006 7:56:27 PM   
Lordandmaster


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RE: Word Fight - 3/24/2006 9:35:39 PM   
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i'm guessing it means "monster".
 
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RE: Word Fight - 3/24/2006 9:38:40 PM   
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RE: Word Fight - 3/25/2006 3:11:29 AM   
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RE: Word Fight - 3/25/2006 1:53:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		That's doubly wrong.  "Thanatopsis" is not the same thing as "thanatology," and neither one means "scientific."

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RE: Word Fight - 3/25/2006 2:01:21 PM   
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RE: Word Fight - 3/25/2006 2:04:58 PM   
Lordandmaster


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Status: offline 		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.

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RE: Word Fight - 3/30/2006 1:49:51 PM   
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"Homographs"
 
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RE: Word Fight - 3/30/2006 1:52:55 PM   
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RE: Word Fight - 3/30/2006 3:13:23 PM   
candystripper


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no...two words that are spelt the same but mean different things; like "designate".
 
Your turn, smarty pants.
 
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RE: Word Fight - 3/31/2006 4:00:10 AM   
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