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Title: I just learned a word
Post by: Marianne Dashwood on June 17, 2011, 11:37:11 AM: I never recall having seen or heard this word before!

fillip (n)

1
a : a blow or gesture made by the sudden forcible straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb
b : a short sharp blow : buffet
2
: something tending to arouse or excite: as
a : stimulus <just the fillip my confidence needed> <lent a fillip of danger to the sport>
b : a trivial addition : embellishment <showy fillips of language>
c : a significant and often unexpected development : wrinkle <plot twists and fillips>
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: pooka on June 22, 2011, 10:35:27 PM: pooka is dubious
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: Jonathon on June 23, 2011, 09:34:12 AM: I don't remember ever encountering it before either.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: Tante Shvester on June 23, 2011, 09:41:09 AM: In high school I had a real hard crush on a guy named Philip. Thanks for bringing back such painful memories. Why don't you give me a nice papercut and pour some lemon juice on it while you're at it.

:cry:
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: rivka on June 23, 2011, 09:53:27 AM: Quote from: Jonathon on June 23, 2011, 09:34:12 AM
I don't remember ever encountering it before either.
Huh.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: fugu13 on June 23, 2011, 10:01:31 AM: Weird, fillip seems only mildly unusual to me. I think I might read an author or two who uses the word moderately often, and that might be why, but I can't place it.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: rivka on June 23, 2011, 10:15:56 AM: ^ This
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: Porter on June 23, 2011, 10:47:44 AM: Quote from: Tante Shvester on June 23, 2011, 09:41:09 AM
Why don't you give me a nice papercut and pour some lemon juice on it while you're at it.

:cry:
Too far away.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: Marianne Dashwood on June 24, 2011, 03:26:18 PM: Quote from: Tante Shvester on June 23, 2011, 09:41:09 AM
In high school I had a real hard crush on a guy named Philip. Thanks for bringing back such painful memories. Why don't you give me a nice papercut and pour some lemon juice on it while you're at it.

:cry:

Or I could just flick you with my index finger.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: Marianne Dashwood on June 24, 2011, 03:26:35 PM: Quote from: rivka on June 23, 2011, 09:53:27 AM
Quote from: Jonathon on June 23, 2011, 09:34:12 AM
I don't remember ever encountering it before either.
Huh.

Must be a BYU thing ;)
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: rivka on June 24, 2011, 03:36:46 PM: I thought it. But I didn't say/post it!
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: Jonathon on June 24, 2011, 03:38:26 PM: I was tempted, but I restrained myself. :innocent:
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: Tante Shvester on August 19, 2013, 08:23:35 AM: A dozen fossilized words (http://mentalfloss.com/article/51150/12-old-words-survived-getting-fossilized-idioms) that you might or might not have known the meaning of.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: rivka on August 19, 2013, 09:29:55 AM: Interesting.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: BlackBlade on August 19, 2013, 05:34:53 PM: Cool link. In the case of "fro", in the King James Bible the word "froward" is used to describe Israel as backsliding or going back to the incorrect traditions of the past. I've never heard it said anywhere else.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: BlackBlade on September 02, 2013, 09:59:40 PM: New word! Insouciance.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: Tante Shvester on September 03, 2013, 09:34:28 AM: Bah! That word's older than I am.

I learned a new word: Twerk. It's not even Scrabble-legal.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: BlackBlade on September 03, 2013, 09:38:53 AM: Let's not let twerk become a Scrabble-legal word.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: Tante Shvester on September 03, 2013, 09:43:26 AM: But the "w" and the "k"; stuff those on a double word score, and you're doing ok.
Title: Re: I just learned a word
Post by: BlackBlade on September 03, 2013, 02:29:55 PM: Quote from: Tante Shvester on September 03, 2013, 09:43:26 AM
...stuff those on a double word score....
>_< I get it! I get it!