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mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 12:12:13 PM)
thank you, my right eye was nearly ready to squirt outta my head. Ron

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 1:43:23 PM)
GOTCHA. "Zakuski" is plural. The singular is "zakuska" (sometimes spelled "zakouska"). So you can't say "Zakuskis." (It's like "spaghetti.") Edited to add: I didn't know "abderian," and looked it up. Very nice word. An eponym, too. quote: ORIGINAL: Tikkiee Zakuski's are hors d'oeuvres; specifically Russian hors d'oeuvres

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 4:56:32 PM)
quote: GOTCHA [sm=ofcourse.gif] Abderian. Has something to do with laughing, but I am not sure in which context.

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 4:59:26 PM)
Your turn, Tikkiee. "Abderian" means "prone to laughter," after Abdera, the home of Democritus, the so-called Laughing Philosopher. Amazing what you can learn on Collarme these days.

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 7:53:13 PM)
LOL who would have guessed that this could be a place of such learning and achievement [:)] "Plangent"

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 8:55:59 PM)
Well, plango means "to beat oneself as a sign of grief." Plangent must mean beating oneself in mourning. Or something like that.

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/21/2006 5:08:21 AM)
Hey not bad at all lol. It's a loud resonating sound that is mournful. Your turn [:)]

submissivesilk -> RE: Word Fight (4/21/2006 5:19:00 AM)
Yurt, i've always liked that word

TxBadMan -> RE: Word Fight (4/21/2006 5:38:46 AM)
Yurt; isn't that a large storage building that they store road salt in?

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (4/21/2006 6:23:14 AM)
Yurt is a round mongolian nomadic dwelling. Usually insulated with felt and covered finally on the outside with canvas. It is somewhat portable for a house, but it is on a far grander scale than a teepee. Ron

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/21/2006 9:29:18 AM)
Your turn, Ron. Well, fuck it, my turn. "Cadel."

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/21/2006 11:14:35 AM)
How to explain this lol. A Capitol letter that is made with a flourish. Like in caligraphy. I am not sure what the exact style is though; I have seen them, just never thought to actually find out lol.

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/21/2006 11:27:45 AM)
Uh huh. Your turn.

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/22/2006 7:51:56 AM)
"Apparatchik"

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/22/2006 10:18:18 AM)
That's a little technocrat. Well, not even a technocrat--more like a technocrat's lackey. "hylomorphic"

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/22/2006 2:45:51 PM)
quote: "hylomorphic" I always hated philosophy [&:] A term used by Greek Philosopher's to describe a materialistic concept of the universe. Darn, I know I am close, but that's not quite right either [:@]

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/22/2006 3:00:31 PM)
Well, hyle is the stuff of the universe, and morphe is its form. I just noticed the word isn't on Dictionary.com or in OED. I guess that one was unfair then. Your turn.

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/22/2006 3:07:16 PM)
Well, actually it was fair if you think about it. After all, it IS a word lol. "cellarer"

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/22/2006 3:17:23 PM)
That's the person in charge of the cellar, or the storeroom. "cenobite"

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/22/2006 3:23:34 PM)
quote: That's the person in charge of the cellar, or the storeroom Well, I was at first going to say no, you were wrong, but after thinking for a few, it could be construed in such a way. quote: "cenobite" is a member of a religious community Keeping in line with the religious theme we seem to have going [:)] "Qarmatian"

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