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Title: Word of the day
Post by: Jonathon on January 11, 2005, 02:01:27 PM: This one's for you, Ashley. (http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/hecka/)
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Post by: Trisha on January 12, 2005, 06:04:57 AM: >.<
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Post by: Porter on January 12, 2005, 06:34:29 AM: Yippie!
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Post by: sarcasticmuppet on January 12, 2005, 08:04:18 AM: I've found that "hecka" gives me a nice hard consonant that "hella" lacks.
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Post by: Noemon on July 16, 2008, 08:27:48 AM: Semelparous: having the quality of reproducing only once, often immediately followed by death. Antonym would be "iteroparous".
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Post by: Tante Shvester on July 16, 2008, 01:57:48 PM: I bought my husband a fax/printer/copier that was semelparous. I returned it to the store and exchanged it for one that was iteroparous.
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Post by: The Genuine on September 02, 2008, 02:10:29 PM: Cerumen (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cerumen).
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Post by: The Genuine on September 18, 2008, 03:14:43 PM: Is there a concise single word for self-loathing kinda like "misogyny" ?

This wiki article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-loathing) suggests "autophobia" but the dictionary doesn't seem to confirm that meaning.
Title: Word of the day
Post by: Jonathon on September 18, 2008, 04:36:50 PM: Meaning that it's not in the dictionary, or that the definition in the dictionary doesn't match? Just because it's not in the dictionary doesn't mean it's not a word.
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Post by: The Genuine on September 18, 2008, 04:53:42 PM: The definition in the dictionary doesn't match: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/autophobia (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/autophobia)
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Post by: Jonathon on September 18, 2008, 05:01:07 PM: Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English? What the crap is that?
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Post by: Porter on September 18, 2008, 05:05:18 PM: Quote
Is there a concise single word for self-loathing kinda like "misogyny" ?
"Self-loathing" or "self-hatred" work quite well, IMO.
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Post by: Tante Shvester on September 18, 2008, 10:39:00 PM: Autophobia is the fear of cars, right?
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Post by: The Genuine on September 19, 2008, 11:27:30 AM: But apparently not trains, boats, planes, submarines, or motorcyles.
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Post by: Tante Shvester on September 19, 2008, 11:29:39 AM: I'm pretty sure that autoeroticism has to do with making out in the back seat of a Chevy.
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Post by: Porter on September 19, 2008, 11:32:45 AM: I though it involved pictures of oiled-up women draped across hotrods.
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Post by: The Genuine on September 19, 2008, 11:53:53 AM: Sure it's not a Carl's Jr. commercial with Paris Hilton?
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Post by: Porter on September 19, 2008, 11:58:38 AM: I wouldn't know. Never saw it.
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Post by: The Genuine on September 19, 2008, 12:20:17 PM: Here. (http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=carl%27s+jr+paris+hilton&emb=0&aq=f#)
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Post by: Porter on September 19, 2008, 12:25:36 PM: No thanks.
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Post by: Brinestone on September 19, 2008, 02:51:16 PM: Quote
Here. (http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=carl%27s+jr+paris+hilton&emb=0&aq=f#)
*scrubs brain*
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Post by: Annie Subjunctive on October 21, 2008, 11:38:45 AM: Elixir means a lot of things

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1 a (1): a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold (2): a substance held capable of prolonging life indefinitely b (1): cure-all (2): a medicinal concoction2: a sweetened liquid usually containing alcohol that is used in medication either for its medicinal ingredients or as a flavoring3: the essential principle

I started on this little word hunt because my word of the day calendar was theriac, and it gave as synonyms cure-all, catholicon, elixir, nostrum and panacea. So then I wanted to look up their various etymologies. I'm still trying to figure out what catholicon has to do with Catholics.
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Post by: Porter on October 21, 2008, 11:54:20 AM: Doesn't the word "catholic" just mean "universal"?

edit: Yes it does. A universal cure, a universal church.
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Post by: The Genuine on October 31, 2008, 10:22:01 AM: Never again shall I use the term "question mark (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eroteme)."
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Post by: Jonathon on October 31, 2008, 10:25:38 AM: That word's not even in the OED. I think Noah Webster was playing a joke.
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Post by: Annie Subjunctive on October 31, 2008, 10:37:39 AM: My word-of-the-day calendar has, appropriately, lycanthropy (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lycanthropy) as the word for today.
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Post by: rivka on October 31, 2008, 03:54:24 PM: Quote
That word's not even in the OED. I think Noah Webster was playing a joke.
Or he was trying to catch copycats. Map companies put in roads that don't exist for the same purpose.
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Post by: Lyrhawn on October 31, 2008, 07:38:22 PM: That's diabolical.

And potentially very annoying.
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Post by: Jonathon on October 31, 2008, 07:46:25 PM: It's pretty standard practice, from what I understand. It helps protect their copyright.
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Post by: pooka on November 01, 2008, 07:31:51 AM: It's also why most chocolate chip cookie recipes employ such bizarre fractions.
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Post by: Tante Shvester on November 01, 2008, 04:33:24 PM: They do? I can't think of any bizarre chocolate chip fractions.

I'm gonna look it up . . .

Ah! Here it is! (http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/detail.aspx?ID=18476)

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Ingredients:

* 2 5/16 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
* 19/24 cup granulated sugar
* 17/24 cup packed brown sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 large eggs
* 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
* 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 375 7/29° F.

COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Yeah, I guess I see what you mean.
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Post by: rivka on November 02, 2008, 02:25:46 PM: Quote
And potentially very annoying.
Nah. They're pretty careful about where they put them, from what I understand.
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Post by: Tante Shvester on March 31, 2009, 08:52:49 AM: Schadenfreude:

I was driving home from work this morning on the highway, 65 mile/hour speed limit, and I was doing not quite 70 in the center lane. A Mitsubishi came zooming up behind me, rode right up my tail, then swerved hard to pass me on the right, rode hard up the car to my right's tail, then swerved hard just in front of me. About a mile later, the Mitsubishi was pulled over by an unmarked police cruiser.
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Post by: The Genuine on April 02, 2009, 03:47:35 PM: :)