used in one of the most eloquent prose in Hamlet:
"So loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly."
List some of your favs!
1. Defenestrate:
"throw somebody or something out of window: to throw something or somebody out of a window (formal or humorous)"
It is quite entertaining to defenestrate paper airplanes.
2. Garbology:
"study of waste materials: the study of a cultural group by an examination of what it discards"
Garbology might be a good career choice for dumpster divers. Recycling may make the job of future garbologists extremely difficult--they'll have less to study.
3. Digerati:
"computer experts: people who have or claim to have a sophisticated expertise in the area of computers, the Internet, and the World Wide Web"
Not too long ago, computer expertise was considered nerdy. These days, many people strive to be among the digerati.
4. Antipodes:
1. "places at opposite sides of world: places at opposite sides of the world from each other, or the areas at the side of the world opposite from a given place"
2. "opposites: two points, places, or things that are diametrically opposite each other"
One could say that Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli and Warren "Potsie" Weber are antipodes.
5. Hallux: "first digit on the foot: the big toe on the human foot, or the first digit on the hind foot of some mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians (technical)"
The ballerina had her hallux insured for $10 million!
6. Otiose:
1. "not effective: with no useful result or practical purpose"
2. "worthless: with little or no value"
3. "lazy: unwilling or uninterested in working or being active (archaic)"
Will e-mail render traditional letter writing otiose? Let's hope not.
7. Cullet: "glass to be recycled: broken or waste glass returned for recycling"
Don't forget to take the cullet out to the curbside, and be sure to put it next to the trash, not in it.
8. Pellucid:
1. "clear in meaning: easy to understand or clear in meaning (formal)"
2. "transparent: allowing all or most light to pass through (literary)"
The police officer's warning was pellucid: drivers must go the speed limit in the school zone.
9. Borborygmus: "stomach rumble: the rumbling sounds made by the movement of gases in the stomach and intestine (technical)"
If you lay your head on someone's stomach, you are likely to hear borborygmus.
10. Embrangle: "perplex somebody: to confuse, perplex, or entangle somebody or something (archaic)"
As Lord Needlebottom attempted to explain the rules of cricket, his American friends became more and more embrangled.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx
used in one of the most eloquent prose in Hamlet:
"So loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly."
Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie."
Now that's what I call(one of my favorite word combos,btw) a BOVINE SCATOLOGIST (BS artist)which happens to be none other than the most romantic bs'er of all time ... in a good way...I might add...in complimentary fashion....lol
-Billy Shakespeare
Cheers!
Technical Intelligentsia - Those computer and A/V geeks you run to when things break down or don't work right....
... so they are no longer confused or perplexed and they know their purpose and meaning in life.
I've always like "betwixt". Betwixt: between (prep.)
I am betwixt two lovers.
Hugs,
Ciara
REASONS WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS HARD TO LEARN
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
the angle of the dangle is equally proportional to the heat of the meat provided that the urge to surge remains constant."
I don't know who said that... maybe Sir Isaac Newton or Casey Stangle...lol
but it works for me ...
Cheers!