tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post2484774330698921526..comments2007-09-26T10:30:24.535-10:00Christine Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16367895997788996367noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-64755410002141783222007-09-26T10:30:00.000-10:002007-09-26T10:30:00.000-10:00That brings me back to my residence in London! Great addition, Occy--thanks.CThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16367895997788996367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-2116258888629160152007-09-26T01:42:00.000-10:002007-09-26T01:42:00.000-10:00Two or three years ago a very British & rather old man, sightseeing the city where I live, strolled by me, & while pointing his cane at an old building he exclaimed to his wife: 'Ah, look at that! How absolutely <B>imponderable</B>!' <BR/>I had never heard the word before, but ever since that day, I've been saying that very word out loud, sometimes as much as three or fours times a day.Occyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08964478750487733263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-12658843092006163552007-09-24T10:12:00.000-10:002007-09-24T10:12:00.000-10:00Fostoogle, hmmm: not in the OED, but perhaps it should be!CThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16367895997788996367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-48862216185108358302007-09-22T06:24:00.000-10:002007-09-22T06:24:00.000-10:00I shall be back once in a while with more but here's one for now: when we were kids in our teens, my cousin Gary told me about the word, Fostoogle. It means: to confuse.iamthewalrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00045125562816319748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-70822854530161231102007-09-21T14:03:00.000-10:002007-09-21T14:03:00.000-10:00Thanks Gigi, and All!CThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16367895997788996367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-63903380906734921562007-09-20T14:04:00.000-10:002007-09-20T14:04:00.000-10:00hi christine,<BR/><BR/>what a delightful and thought-provoking challenge! there are so many wonderful words to choose from! here are just a few of my favorites:<BR/><BR/>penultimate<BR/>nefarious<BR/>snarky<BR/>nestle<BR/>myopic<BR/>quagmire<BR/>hubris<BR/>nadir<BR/>ethereal<BR/><BR/>thanks, and btw i love your blog!gigihttp://www.roadsidescholar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-30907019705075358702007-09-20T06:33:00.000-10:002007-09-20T06:33:00.000-10:00A second vote for hyperbole :)<BR/><BR/>And adumbrate. Outline.Pickled Eelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999031321193936420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-68297905093943715992007-09-19T13:58:00.000-10:002007-09-19T13:58:00.000-10:00Wonderful responses--I so appreciate you all taking the time to indulge in what for me, is indulgent fun. The list so far:<BR/><BR/> 1. bollocks<BR/> 2. chatoyant<BR/> 3. desuetude<BR/> 4. embellish<BR/> 5. epitome<BR/> 6. gloaming<BR/> 7. infinitesimal<BR/> 8. insouciance<BR/> 9. knackered<BR/> 10. legerdemain<BR/> 11. masticate<BR/> 12. mellifluous<BR/> 13. ruminate<BR/> 14. smithereens<BR/> 15. spiflicate<BR/> 16. success<BR/> 17. swivet<BR/> 18. tangelo<BR/><BR/>Like I said, if I were teaching creative writing, I might challenge students with a poem using as many of the words on the list--perhaps I should challenge you creative commenters, as well as myself. HmmmCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16367895997788996367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-8794838662715609442007-09-19T13:46:00.000-10:002007-09-19T13:46:00.000-10:00Hey there,<BR/><BR/>... here's my favorite word: infinitesimal. It expresses the idea of something so small it cannot be seen or perceived or measured. <BR/><BR/>Have a good one, great blog BTW.<BR/><BR/>KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-38076605184086836132007-09-19T07:22:00.000-10:002007-09-19T07:22:00.000-10:00You've just won an <A HREF="http://easy-writer.blogspot.com/2007/09/shall-we-just-cut-to-chase-dispense.html" REL="nofollow">award</A>. Dress up --meaning put on your best t-shirt an pick it up!Kananihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317494343177263398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-51993835655301351022007-09-19T05:14:00.000-10:002007-09-19T05:14:00.000-10:00smithereens<BR/><BR/>Could be anything.<BR/><BR/>Today on Take Five Chef we're making Smithereens in Mustard Sauce...<BR/><BR/>They came over the hills, torches flaring, smithereens blaring...<BR/><BR/>House Democrats today declared they'd never bow to the demands of Senate smithereens...<BR/><BR/>heh.M. G. Tarquinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02970872751327021013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-60561617063947891672007-09-19T03:05:00.000-10:002007-09-19T03:05:00.000-10:00How about 'circuitous' - the path my day normally takes. Never a straight line..........Paul Shopehttp://www.successcurrent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-3779407272454702112007-09-19T01:28:00.000-10:002007-09-19T01:28:00.000-10:00I've go a few words, but today I'll add: embellish and tangelolizzardonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-32252705419842267222007-09-18T15:52:00.000-10:002007-09-18T15:52:00.000-10:00I'm not sure how to answer. I guess I'm easy, because I like nearly all of them. You just have to watch how you pair them up if you want them to behave.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, for today I guess I'd pick <I>desuetude.</I> It has a nice sound, even if <A HREF="http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/09/13/save-desuetude/" REL="nofollow">some people want to expel it</A>. <BR/><BR/>Okay, it might have cut a few classes, but I think we should cut it some slack. Desuetude deserves to hang around.<BR/><BR/>______________________________________<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Desuetude</STRONG> \DES-wih-tood\, noun:<BR/>The cessation of use; discontinuance of practice or custom; disuse. From Latin desuetudo, "disuse," from desuescere, "to become unaccustomed," from de- + suescere, "to become used or accustomed."xensenblog.rightreading.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-23590261538727321522007-09-18T10:58:00.000-10:002007-09-18T10:58:00.000-10:00InsouciancePickled Eelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999031321193936420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-23598714033030363482007-09-18T10:34:00.000-10:002007-09-18T10:34:00.000-10:00You have got me started now. Epitome reminds me of "hyberbole" - I had no idea how to say it for years - looking it up in the dictionary was no help. But if there was ever a word that rolls of your tongue this is it. Now I promise to go away and do something else. A vote for hyperbole.<BR/>Cheers (which is a stupid word) but the sentiment is OK. One of my staff needs your web site - he signed off his emails for ages with "chairs" without realising what was doing. OK, leaving now...Pickled Eelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999031321193936420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-54198894716562872052007-09-18T10:28:00.000-10:002007-09-18T10:28:00.000-10:00Ahh, that made me laugh - which is a good thing when you are in Baghdad. At the risk of being "spiflicated" (which if I recall correctly the the Full Oxford also included the v.i. "to beat") you have opened a can of worms here with "knackered" which might mean "tired" or "pooped" but also means in my grandfather's idiom "castrated". I am here with a bunch of Brits who favour the use of "bollocks" which has a nice ring to it and possible falls into the same colloquial bucket as "knackered." Well, there is a common testicle theme I guess. Won't hog the list by throwing out more than one word (other than bollocks) at this point but "ruminate" is a tasty favourite. OK, I can't help myself. How about "masticate" as well?<BR/>Appreciate your blog - there is alot of thoughtand work that has gone into it. <BR/>All the best.Pickled Eelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999031321193936420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36681256.post-835622289064587842007-09-18T09:51:00.000-10:002007-09-18T09:51:00.000-10:00Hmm my favourite word is no doubt Success.<BR/> besides the obvious meaning, I like how it echoes other words, like excess, and in italian it rhymes also with quite a few other words - process, sex, and more.raqqashhttp://raqqash.splinder.comnoreply@blogger.com