Do you guys know the meaning of the word "curmudgeon"?

[ElijaRDC]

Rhymes with "bludgeon."

 

[Curmudgeonly]

Why yes....actually, I do.

 

[ElijaRDC]

Why yes....actually, I do.

Great to hear!

 

[lovetoread]

No one said that there would be a vocab test this morning.

 

[oggbashan]

Yes. Sometimes I'm one.

Usually a cup of coffee returns me to my normal self.

 

[Lord Pmann]

Where's the Dolf poll option when you need it?!?

 

[pink]

I iz smart.

 

[stickygirl]

How many people think they know what a vomitorium is, but are wrong?

 

[oggbashan]

How many people think they know what a vomitorium is, but are wrong?

Before the internet, a large number.

Now with Google, more than you might think know the right answer.

 

[butters]

i'd hope most brits know what the first means and lots the second

 

[Sean]

How many people think they know what a vomitorium is, but are wrong?

Compulsory Latin at school. Mainly used for crosswords these days.

 

[stickygirl]

Defenestration - now there's a word you wouldn't think was really necessary

 

[thør]

Defenestration - now there's a word you wouldn't think was really necessary

Unless you're an engineer.

 

[oggbashan]

Compulsory Latin at school. Mainly used for crosswords these days.

I started learning Latin at age 7. I finished at 18 with an A Level.

I use it now for family history research because records of my maternal family go back to when Latin was used for all records.

 

[ElijaRDC]

Thanks for participating! I didn't think "curmudgeon" was a particularly obscure word, but I had to tell someone on here to Google it yesterday, so I decided to check.

 

[doowdniw]

I started learning Latin at age 7. I finished at 18 with an A Level.

I use it now for family history research because records of my maternal family go back to when Latin was used for all records.

Latin was an elective at my school, and I ignorantly elected to not take it. In hindsight I wish that I had. I learned enough Latin legal phrases in law school to make it out of law school.

How many people think they know what a vomitorium is, but are wrong?

I had not heard this word until visiting several surviving Roman amphitheaters and stadiums in Turkey during a recent trip. I wonder if the ancient exit signs said "Vomit".

 

[Curmudgeonly]

Thanks for participating! I didn't think "curmudgeon" was a particularly obscure word, but I had to tell someone on here to Google it yesterday, so I decided to check.

Shall I then be more plain?

...or perhaps more... distinct?

Be of more renown?