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Post by Liiisa on May 27, 2021 18:08:24 GMT -5
Terms I like:
static caravan
I remember first hearing that on TT and thinking what the hell! I had this image of a caravan, like camels and such, only with... static electricity? Anyway later I learned it was just what we'd call a "trailer," which isn't as interesting but I still like it.
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Post by tzarine on May 27, 2021 18:54:30 GMT -5
defenestrate
phlox
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Post by Liiisa on May 27, 2021 19:37:15 GMT -5
Phlox is good, but creeping phlox is better
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Post by tzarine on May 31, 2021 23:54:32 GMT -5
indigo
pussy willow
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Post by Phar Lap on Jun 1, 2021 12:06:02 GMT -5
Bishōnen
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Post by tzarine on Jul 1, 2021 21:04:27 GMT -5
Kogarashi
This is the first cold wind you feel in autumn that lets you know winter is fast approaching. It means “leaf-shaking wind,” and it might have you shaking too! Depending on your feelings about winter, the coming of kogarashi is either exciting or foreboding. Nicely reflecting a lot of Japanese culture, this word is both poetic and practical.
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Post by rikita on Jul 7, 2021 14:36:44 GMT -5
phlogiston
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Post by tzarine on Jul 8, 2021 18:55:07 GMT -5
ya amar
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Post by vinnyd on Jul 9, 2021 8:02:39 GMT -5
I had to look that up, because that is the Egyptian pronunciation and I didn't recognize it. Standard Arabic transcription would be ya qamr. Q like a K but further back in the throat.
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Post by tzarine on Jul 10, 2021 15:51:18 GMT -5
mimo
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Post by Phar Lap on Jul 10, 2021 20:46:32 GMT -5
Philadelphia
It’s a cheese as well as a city.
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Post by tzarine on Jul 12, 2021 22:57:52 GMT -5
eblouissante
resplendissante
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Post by tzarine on Jul 22, 2021 22:57:01 GMT -5
zwoddor
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Post by tzarine on Aug 4, 2021 19:56:24 GMT -5
“Quem ri por último ri melhor.”
He who laughs last laughs best
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Post by Oweena on Aug 4, 2021 21:35:36 GMT -5
Tombolo
New word I learned this weekend while staying in a beach house and which now reminds me of a happy place.
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Post by Oweena on Aug 24, 2021 19:31:15 GMT -5
Fjard!
Who knew there was such a thing?
I'm guessing lots of you did know this, I'm just late to the game.
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Post by tzarine on Aug 25, 2021 21:20:38 GMT -5
ylem
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Post by tinaja on Aug 27, 2021 5:39:16 GMT -5
Nebula
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Post by tzarine on Aug 27, 2021 19:29:37 GMT -5
quasar
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Post by tzarine on Oct 8, 2021 14:21:36 GMT -5
oort cloud
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 8, 2021 19:19:56 GMT -5
Love those sciency words.
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Post by groo on Oct 8, 2021 20:31:19 GMT -5
yclept
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Post by tzarine on Oct 17, 2021 20:53:20 GMT -5
xertz
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Post by tzarine on Nov 1, 2021 14:00:12 GMT -5
hwyl
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Post by groo on Nov 1, 2021 16:45:49 GMT -5
I enjoyed reading some of the creative descriptive terms that some of you used to describe your orange President. I have just come across this word, used to explain our Prime Minister's activities in Rome and Glasgow:
"bunglefuck"
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Nov 2, 2021 2:26:45 GMT -5
May I add a word I don’t like, at least in its current context. Why is ScoMo using the word “sledging” to describe what others are saying? It belongs on a sports field, not in diplomacy.
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Post by tzarine on Nov 17, 2021 13:32:17 GMT -5
euphorbia obesa
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Post by tzarine on Jan 28, 2022 1:02:03 GMT -5
apricity
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Post by tzarine on Mar 10, 2022 19:23:26 GMT -5
perihelion
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Post by tzarine on Apr 23, 2022 14:28:28 GMT -5
pahoehoe
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