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Title: Word of the day
Post by: Dos Equis on May 13, 2009, 11:51:18 AM

Priapic.  Ran across this word the other day.  Had to look that one up. 

overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality; "priapic episodes"; "priapic victories"
phallic: resembling or being a phallus; "a phallic symbol"; "phallic eroticism"; "priapic figurines"
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Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: ~flower~ on May 13, 2009, 11:53:54 AM

Heard of it.  They worn you about priapism when taking weiner hardener medications. 

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Dos Equis on May 13, 2009, 12:28:30 PM

Hahaha!  That's TMI!   :D

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: ATHEIST on May 13, 2009, 04:12:21 PM

good one. im going to incorrporate that into my vocab.

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Dos Equis on August 22, 2009, 01:37:36 PM

Solipsist. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
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Compliments of an English Lit professor who used it to describe Dick Cheney. 

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: ToxicAvenger on August 22, 2009, 05:37:22 PM

miminipimini ->  one over zealous about cleanliness

<found in the Oxford dicky

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: sync pulse on August 23, 2009, 05:34:36 PM

Sophists:

Group of philosophers in ancient Greece whose priority wasn't the seeking of truth, but to win the argument.  As such it can be argued (ha) that they were the first lawyers...

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: ~flower~ on August 23, 2009, 05:51:36 PM

Quote from: ToxicAvenger on August 22, 2009, 05:37:22 PM

miminipimini ->  one over zealous about cleanliness

<found in the Oxford dicky

drkock is a miminipimini   

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: xxxLinda on August 24, 2009, 03:08:51 PM

zymurgy, the very last word in my OED dicky.  It's a chemistry term and has to do with fermentation.




xxxL

am I allowed on the Gen Tops or is I still banned?  Must have been 6 months or a year ago I was banned?  Is I allowed back?



I'm a scrabble pro (spend more time on the ISC than getbig) and adore words and how they're spelt.

>>>log onto International Scrabble Club.  I'm xLinda there.

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: xxxLinda on August 24, 2009, 03:14:16 PM

xystus: a covered portico used by ancient Greek athletes for exercise

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: xxxLinda on August 24, 2009, 03:18:40 PM

Prefer priapic.  Great word.  One of the best words I ever looked up. 

Although obviously you start in the a's and get to the funny words in the p's later.  I used to make lists of words to look up.  Nowadays you can just google them in an instant...


Two separate p's, one at the beginning of each syllable
that's such a good word.


I've never ever used it though!


xL

Title: Re: Word of the day
Post by: Dos Equis on September 13, 2010, 08:54:59 PM

eponymous

being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
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An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponymous