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jevoudrais
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 Posted - 22 Jun 2012 : 3:38:19 PM
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Hello, and welcome to Broaden Your Vocabulary with Jevoudrais (TM). As I run across interesting words (these are usually 'book' words and not everyday conversational words), I will add them to this list for your edification (and perhaps amusement, if you are that type of person.) This thread will be updated periodically when I come across interesting words. Or perhaps not at all if I lose interest in it.
For my inaugural entry, the word is Trebuchet.
Also, we shall include the word Tumbrel.
You may add your own interesting words to this list. However, if your word is not interesting enough, I will resurrect Roshan and have her make a revenge thread policing you. |
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Lake
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Posted - 22 Jun 2012 : 3:42:31 PM
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| Hobbledehoy: clumsy or awkward. |
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jevoudrais
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Posted - 22 Jun 2012 : 3:49:08 PM
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| I love this word. When I get some pigs, and a squire to feed them their slop and catch them if they get out of their pen, I will say to him, "Hey, you hobbledehoy!" |
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Lake
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Posted - 22 Jun 2012 : 4:00:46 PM
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Originally posted by jevoudrais
... and catch them if they get out of their pen...
and you'd watch stern-faced with your hands on your hips, giving him helpful pointers from time to time.
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Lake
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Posted - 22 Jun 2012 : 4:13:23 PM
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| I plan on using 'tumbrel' in referring to someones car when they're headed off to an event which is assuredly going to be unusually rough. |
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jevoudrais
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Posted - 22 Jun 2012 : 4:26:36 PM
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Originally posted by Lake
I plan on using 'tumbrel' in referring to someones car when they're headed off to an event which is assuredly going to be unusually rough.
Use it when speaking with an aristocratic type, and it adds a touch of black humor to the occasion!
I will be the Martha Stewart of words. This is good advice.
Here are a couple more -
grama: any of various grasses of the genus Bouteloua of western North America and South America, forming dense tufts or mats and often used as pasturage
pastern: the part of a horse's leg between the fetlock and the hoof |
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jevoudrais
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Posted - 22 Jun 2012 : 4:39:22 PM
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| This is sort of interesting. I was trying to think of a word for something...like a geological term for a planet's crust or something like that. I'm not sure if it's on this list, but this list was interesting nonetheless. |
Edited by - jevoudrais on 22 Jun 2012 4:44:21 PM |
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Lake
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Posted - 22 Jun 2012 : 6:31:25 PM
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Originally posted by jevoudrais
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Originally posted by Lake
I plan on using 'tumbrel' in referring to someones car when they're headed off to an event which is assuredly going to be unusually rough.
Use it when speaking with an aristocratic type, and it adds a touch of black humor to the occasion!
I will be the Martha Stewart of words. This is good advice.
Yes, thank you. I can always count on you to bring the style-- you are the Count of Style. |
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Lake
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Posted - 22 Jun 2012 : 6:36:08 PM
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Originally posted by sunny
Now that trebuchet is an obsolete noun, I'll start using it as a verb...noone will know. The way I say it will speak for itself.
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way to bring trebuchet back in action. |
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threadbare
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Posted - 22 Jun 2012 : 9:37:36 PM
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Originally posted by jevoudrais
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Originally posted by Lake
I plan on using 'tumbrel' in referring to someones car when they're headed off to an event which is assuredly going to be unusually rough.
Use it when speaking with an aristocratic type, and it adds a touch of black humor to the occasion!
I will be the Martha Stewart of words. This is good advice.
Here are a couple more -
grama: any of various grasses of the genus Bouteloua of western North America and South America, forming dense tufts or mats and often used as pasturage
pastern: the part of a horse's leg between the fetlock and the hoof
my grama wouldnt grow in the shade |
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jevoudrais
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Posted - 23 Jun 2012 : 1:58:34 PM
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| Here is a list of enjoyable words for you this fine day. |
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Lake
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Posted - 23 Jun 2012 : 7:36:28 PM
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proprioception- your sense of space in space.
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Edited by - Lake on 23 Jun 2012 10:21:57 PM |
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Galen
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Posted - 23 Jun 2012 : 10:31:55 PM
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Originally posted by Lake
proprioception- your sense of space in space.
Great choice :thumbsup:
Idiosyncracy: A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group.
Ostensible: outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended
Portmanteau: a combination of two (or more) words or morphemes into one new word.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." -Roald Dahl |
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Lake
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Posted - 24 Jun 2012 : 12:03:55 AM
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Originally posted by Galen
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Originally posted by Lake
proprioception- your sense of space in space.
Great choice :thumbsup:
thanks  . It's one of my favorite words in an area of study I love.
Portmanteau: a combination of two (or more) words or morphemes into one new word.
ooh, love this word (what it means + saying it) and how Lewis Carroll uses it . I actually do this by accident sometimes-- when you go to say one word, and then change your mind, and say another, but end up combining the two words.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." -Roald Dahl
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Lake
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Posted - 24 Jun 2012 : 12:11:29 AM
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Originally posted by threadbare
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Originally posted by jevoudrais
Here are a couple more -
grama: any of various grasses of the genus Bouteloua of western North America and South America, forming dense tufts or mats and often used as pasturage.
my grama wouldnt grow in the shade
you just wanted an excuse to re-post that amazing pic again.
i got your number. |
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jevoudrais
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Fleets
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Posted - 25 Jun 2012 : 7:58:48 PM
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'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch'
Longest word in Welsh
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Galen
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Posted - 29 Jun 2012 : 7:53:43 PM
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needs moreeeee
Aquiline: Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an eagle.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." -Roald Dahl |
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Galen
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Posted - 02 Jul 2012 : 12:58:47 AM
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Hypertrophy: excessive growth of one part [of the body] to the disadvantage or detriment of the plant as a whole
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." -Roald Dahl |
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Lake
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Posted - 02 Jul 2012 : 01:09:27 AM
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Hypertrophy: excessive growth of one part [of the body] to the disadvantage or detriment of the plant as a whole
Sorry to be a pain in the ass, but I have to debate that definition-- not necessarily a detriment (it, like its antithesis atrophy, is scalar a vector--a phase in a process--which can be a normal part of homeostasis. ie muscle tissue development or re-absorption [before the extreme] ).
Okay, I'll add another pair of opposites (feel free to debate- like scrabble  ):
cephalad- of, or toward, the head or anterior.
caudad- of, or toward, the tail or posterior.
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Lake
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Posted - 02 Jul 2012 : 01:27:34 AM
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Re: hypertrophy and atrophy of muscle tissue...
See also: Davis' Law
I love how smart the body is |
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Galen
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Posted - 02 Jul 2012 : 02:08:32 AM
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Originally posted by Lake
Sorry to be a pain in the ass, but I have to debate that definition-- not necessarily a detriment (it, like its antithesis atrophy, is scalar--a phase in a process--which can be a normal part of homeostasis. ie muscle tissue development or re-absorption [before the extreme] ).
I didn't think it was initially, but I saw that addition to it in the link and I figured it made the definition that much more unique and interesting.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." -Roald Dahl |
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Lake
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Posted - 02 Jul 2012 : 02:38:21 AM
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| 'Kay. I'll be back with a sexy, interesting body-related word next time. |
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Metimes10
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Posted - 04 Jul 2012 : 12:53:59 AM
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quintessence - the best example of something.
Jevoudrais is the quintessence of brilliance. 
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"As long as that which I do is ethical, as long as I do not want to hurt, steal, or take from another person, then the life-style I choose has to be good." - Terry Cole-Whittaker.
9w1 - SP/SX/so.
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Metimes10
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Posted - 04 Jul 2012 : 12:59:10 AM
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Originally posted by Lake
proprioception- your sense of space in space.
May I have that in a sentence please?
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"As long as that which I do is ethical, as long as I do not want to hurt, steal, or take from another person, then the life-style I choose has to be good." - Terry Cole-Whittaker.
9w1 - SP/SX/so.
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Lake
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Posted - 04 Jul 2012 : 02:09:27 AM
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Originally posted by Metimes10
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Originally posted by Lake
proprioception- your sense of space in space.
May I have that in a sentence please?
Of course, I'll give you two, as a matter of fact
Oh, look at me, bumping into walls, my proprioception is off since I've had that inner ear infection.
One of my proudest moments as a new chiropractor was realizing that my entire body had learned, through my proprioceptive sense, what adjusting a low back perfectly felt like--from my toes, and out through my finger tips, my whole being was involved in the process--so, I could just close my eyes, turn off my brain, be fully in the moment, and concentrate solely on personalizing my force for that particular patient, at that particular moment.
(haha sorry, that was a long one-- probably should have been two, at least )
@Fleets- you had it!
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