Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:42 am
The months or the revolutionaries??cj wrote:They sound rather lush and sexy.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:59 am
I thought the revoloutionaries got a a bit nasty in the end. Chopping up anyone they thought was worth chopping up, whatever side they were on.
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:39 pm
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:56 pm
As soon as I posted that message I knew someone would pick up on it! The months, of course. Chopping people's heads off doesn't turn me on. (As far as I know ...)Richard Ruck wrote:The months or the revolutionaries??cj wrote:They sound rather lush and sexy.
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:53 pm
Lovely words.
I love this thread I learn something every day.
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:58 am
legator
• noun rare - a testator, especially one who leaves a legacy.
— origin mid 17th cent.: from Latin, from legat- ‘deputed, delegated, bequeathed’, from the verb legare.
• noun rare - a testator, especially one who leaves a legacy.
— origin mid 17th cent.: from Latin, from legat- ‘deputed, delegated, bequeathed’, from the verb legare.
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:31 pm
I knew there was something worrying me - now I knowenglishangel wrote:I love this thread I learn something every day.
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:48 am
About me, about here, or about yourself?sejintenej wrote:I knew there was something worrying me - now I knowenglishangel wrote:I love this thread I learn something every day.
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:03 am
fabulist
• noun - a person who composes or relates fables.
• a liar, especially one who invents elaborately dishonest stories.
— origin late 16th cent.: from French fabuliste, from Latin fabula
• noun - a person who composes or relates fables.
• a liar, especially one who invents elaborately dishonest stories.
— origin late 16th cent.: from French fabuliste, from Latin fabula
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:09 am
That could be a useful word to describe many children. It's the sort of word where others might think you had just concocted it yourself and not believe its age.Richard Ruck wrote:fabulist
• noun - a person who composes or relates fables.
• a liar, especially one who invents elaborately dishonest stories.
— origin late 16th cent.: from French fabuliste, from Latin fabula
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:38 am
Does this mean Fabulistic is a word? then we could go onto supercalifabulistic!!Katharine wrote:That could be a useful word to describe many children. It's the sort of word where others might think you had just concocted it yourself and not believe its age.Richard Ruck wrote:fabulist
• noun - a person who composes or relates fables.
• a liar, especially one who invents elaborately dishonest stories.
— origin late 16th cent.: from French fabuliste, from Latin fabula
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:33 pm
Who inserted the stray 'r' here?
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:47 pm
which r? after all I suppose he knew what he was talking about???
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:57 pm
In his first link it's neologasm (ie. from the Greek 'neo' and 'logos', new word), then it morphs into neo-l-orgasm! Not that I'm complaining. The more orgasms in this world the better.Jude wrote:which r? after all I suppose he knew what he was talking about???
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:10 pm
it wasn't me!