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09/30/2008 07:57:07 PM · #1 |
 Alain learnt a new word from a recent thread and thought it would be fun for you all to enlighten us with the meaning of words not oft used in conversation
Originally posted by Alain:
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
ooh, are you predicting your second lowest FSM score Alain? or just being coy? |
Main Entry: coy
Pronunciation: \koi\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, quiet, shy, from Anglo-French quoi, quei, koi quiet, from Latin quietus
Date: 14th century
1 a: shrinking from contact or familiarity <'tis but a kiss I beg, Why art thou coy? — Shakespeare> b: marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness
2: showing reluctance to make a definite commitment
LOL I had to look up that word :)
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09/30/2008 08:45:12 PM · #2 |
| Isn't a coy one of those large Japanese goldfish? |
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09/30/2008 08:49:52 PM · #3 |
Hrm. I use "coy" a lot in my general use of language, although not generally in an internet setting.
The internet wasn't really built for coyness.
*EDIT* On a more on-topic note (having finally read the rest of the post, *shameful look*) one of my favorite words that doesn't come up much is "apropos".
To compound matters, when it does come up it is usually horribly misspelled.
Message edited by author 2008-09-30 20:51:15. |
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09/30/2008 08:51:35 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by yospiff:
Isn't a coy one of those large Japanese goldfish? |
Hehe. That would be Koi. |
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09/30/2008 08:51:53 PM · #5 |
| The 'internet' wasn't built for what we use it for either. But who is noticing? |
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09/30/2008 08:57:39 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by CEJ:
The 'internet' wasn't built for what we use it for either. But who is noticing? |
Touche...
(speaking of...) |
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09/30/2008 09:03:07 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
Hrm. I use "coy" a lot in my general use of language, although not generally in an internet setting.
The internet wasn't really built for coyness.
*EDIT* On a more on-topic note (having finally read the rest of the post, *shameful look*) one of my favorite words that doesn't come up much is "apropos".
To compound matters, when it does come up it is usually horribly misspelled. |
Misspelt?......8>)
I'm something of a vocabulary & spelling freakazoid with a real bent for older verbiage and usages......and yeah, I kinda talk like that.
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09/30/2008 09:06:02 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
Hrm. I use "coy" a lot in my general use of language, although not generally in an internet setting.
The internet wasn't really built for coyness.
*EDIT* On a more on-topic note (having finally read the rest of the post, *shameful look*) one of my favorite words that doesn't come up much is "apropos".
To compound matters, when it does come up it is usually horribly misspelled. |
Misspelt?......8>)
I'm something of a vocabulary & spelling freakazoid with a real bent for older verbiage and usages......and yeah, I kinda talk like that. |
If you're that much of a vocabulary freakazoid (I'll forgive that one), then you'd know that both misspelled and misspelt are commonly accepted. In fact, misspelled is not flagged in a browser spell check, where misspelt is. (Ah, sorry, missed the "older verbiage and usages part. That's unfortunate ;))
Message edited by author 2008-09-30 21:07:22. |
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09/30/2008 09:23:51 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
If you're that much of a vocabulary freakazoid (I'll forgive that one), |
Webster's New Millenniumâ„¢ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This Main Entry: freakazoid
Part of Speech: n, adj
Definition: a bizarre or very strange person; a person with outstanding or unusual skills but questionable sanity
Etymology: 1984; patterned after schizoid
That be me!......8>)
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
then you'd know that both misspelled and misspelt are commonly accepted. In fact, misspelled is not flagged in a browser spell check, where misspelt is. (Ah, sorry, missed the "older verbiage and usages part. That's unfortunate ;)) |
There's the thing....I like usages of new, old, out-of-the-ordinary, and eclectic words, phrases, and interpretations.
I have friends in Australia and England, as well as other places 'round the world and I love the various adaptations and permutations of the English language.
I've been fascinated with how the same words and phrases can mean entirely different things depending on where you live, evolution of dialect, and just plain old fashioned bastardization.
Words like cool, gay, and bad have some seriously different connotations today than they did 50, 100, or more years ago.
A fox used to be a small member of the canine family, a shark didn't always refer to a member of the legal profession, and a hot car can be either very fast......or very stolen as opposed to powerful and manoeuvrable.
Anywho......I'm an avid and enthusiastic, albeit somewhat abstruse, vocabulary student that'd be delighted to help keep this thread going if there's interest.
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09/30/2008 09:26:03 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Anywho......I'm an avid and enthusiastic, albeit somewhat abstruse, vocabulary student that'd be delighted to help keep this thread going if there's interest. |
Well, you'll keep it going single-handed if you keep using words like abstruse, which even I had to look up. lol. |
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09/30/2008 09:29:39 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Anywho......I'm an avid and enthusiastic, albeit somewhat abstruse, vocabulary student that'd be delighted to help keep this thread going if there's interest. |
Yes, certainly differences of English around the world. See, I would use who'd, seeing that the subject of the sentence is a person; but Americans tend to regard people as things (grammatically speaking ;-)).
I was surprised that "coy" was the first word featured for this thread, though. |
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09/30/2008 11:10:31 PM · #12 |
| Must we wait until midnight for another? Hmmm? |
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09/30/2008 11:21:21 PM · #13 |
Not at all.  skewsme had a wonderful word in the abstract emotion score thread: "verklempt." |
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09/30/2008 11:36:02 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by tnun:
Not at all. skewsme had a wonderful word in the abstract emotion score thread: "verklempt." |
I remember when verklempt became a semi-popular buzz-word when it was used by Mike Myers in SNL during a "Coffee Chat" skit, talking about Barbara Streisand (I think).
Ahh, those germans, giving us many fine gems. Such as Schadenfreude. |
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10/01/2008 09:08:15 PM · #15 |
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10/01/2008 09:43:28 PM · #16 |
Speaking of German words....
how about kobold. Just found that one the other day after an individual explained he was "writing a novel intended for young adults in which a boy
finds out his grandfather is a kobold." |
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10/01/2008 11:07:35 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:
Speaking of German words....
how about kobold. Just found that one the other day after an individual explained he was "writing a novel intended for young adults in which a boy
finds out his grandfather is a kobold." |
Kobold was actually made famous by a most unlikely source, Dungeons and Dragons.
Of course, they turned it into an actual physical mythical beast, but hey. ;) |
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10/01/2008 11:19:57 PM · #18 |
| Yes, a kobold could be useful. |
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10/02/2008 04:16:27 PM · #19 |
This is a relatively new word to me and maybe society as a whole, used mainly in the IT world I think (my offshore global sourcing partners seem to have adopted it).
Updation
Part of Speech: n
Definition: updating; the act or process of bringing up-to-date
Usage: informal
Seems to be used mainly in the database world and makes sense when the other 2 oft used words are creation, deletion so updation fits better than update?
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11/18/2008 03:54:46 AM · #20 |
Oh, I am so glad I stumbled across this. My colleagues here in Finland use this word ALL the time.
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
This is a relatively new word to me and maybe society as a whole, used mainly in the IT world I think (my offshore global sourcing partners seem to have adopted it).
Updation
Part of Speech: n
Definition: updating; the act or process of bringing up-to-date
Usage: informal
Seems to be used mainly in the database world and makes sense when the other 2 oft used words are creation, deletion so updation fits better than update? |
Message edited by author 2008-11-18 03:55:01. |
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