Word of the day

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:28 pm

Rory wrote:Yes???
No!!!
That wasn't me - that was my eldest brother.....
I have never owned one - and never want to.

Was he heavy ?

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:33 pm

no he aint...

at least not in 1984 when I saw him...

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:40 am

How about a word, then?

I suspect that many of us know this one already:

rehoboam

â€¢ noun - a wine bottle of about six times the standard size.

â€” origin late 19th cent.: from the name Rehoboam (well I never.....).

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:34 am

Richard Ruck wrote:How about a word, then?

I suspect that many of us know this one already:

rehoboam

â€¢ noun - a wine bottle of about six times the standard size.

â€” origin late 19th cent.: from the name Rehoboam (well I never.....).

go on then, tell us all the rest.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:42 am

Jereboam - 4 bottles
Methuselah - 8 bottles
Salmanazar - 12 bottles
Balthazar - 16 bottles
Nebuchadnezzar - 20 bottles

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:46 am

OK, I admit I wasn't sure about a couple of them.......had to look them up!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:46 am

Thank you, never know when that will come in useful.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:35 pm

Trust Richard to know all about wine bottle sizes.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:49 pm

J.R. wrote:Trust Richard to know all about wine bottle sizes.

I can look, but I can't afford.....

Well, not the big ones, anyway!

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:48 am

spruit

â€¢ noun S. African - a small watercourse, typically dry except during the rainy season.

â€” origin Dutch; related to sprout.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:49 am

Forgot to post this yesterday:

chaebol

â€¢ noun (pl. same or chaebols) (in the Republic of Korea) - a large family-owned business conglomerate.

â€” origin 1980s: Korean, literally â€˜money clanâ€™.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:51 am

......and today's:

teraphim

â€¢ plural noun [also treated as sing.] - small images or cult objects used as domestic deities or oracles by ancient Semitic peoples.

â€” origin late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek theraphin, from Hebrew terapim.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:58 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:......and today's:

teraphim

â€¢ plural noun [also treated as sing.] - small images or cult objects used as domestic deities or oracles by ancient Semitic peoples.

â€” origin late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek theraphin, from Hebrew terapim.

.... and I thought they had hard shells and were found swimming around in ponds with angels !

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:16 pm

J.R. wrote:
Richard Ruck wrote:......and today's:

teraphim

â€¢ plural noun [also treated as sing.] - small images or cult objects used as domestic deities or oracles by ancient Semitic peoples.

â€” origin late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek theraphin, from Hebrew terapim.
.... and I thought they had hard shells and were found swimming around in ponds with angels !

I don't swim in ponds

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:31 am

Took a bit of a break from this last week, but here we go again.....

entresol

â€¢ noun - a low storey between the ground floor and the first floor of a building; a mezzanine floor.

â€” origin early 18th cent.: French, from Spanish entresuelo, from entre â€˜betweenâ€™ + suelo â€˜storeyâ€™.