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These are a few of our Favorite words . . .

Thread starter TheOlderGuy
Start date Jul 22, 2003

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 22, 2003

#1

Just for fun -- let's talk about lesser known words. There's lots of them, familiar primarily to Scrabble players, and writers. Oh, right, that's us. So if you have a few favorite words, let's share.
I'll try fruticose to start with. Let's try a multiple choice answer:

1) an island in the west indies

2) a crystalline sugar found in sweet fruits

3) of or like shrub

4) Bush (oh, right, that's the same as #3)

no peeking now

G

Guest

Guest

Jul 22, 2003

#2

I'll pick 2. Pat.

G

Guest

Guest

Jul 22, 2003

#3

Bellicose

1.a warmer for the abdomen

2. an opera by Benjamin Britten.

3. quarrelsome.

4. a stye of trousers.

lilminx

...

Jul 22, 2003

#4

Tristesse said:
I'll pick 2. Pat.

Wouldn't that be "fructose"?

kamalw1

Magnum XL

Jul 22, 2003

#5

Well, seeing as how FRUCTOSE is the sugar from a fruit, I will pick #3.

G

Guest

Guest

Jul 22, 2003

#6

kamalw1 said:
Well, seeing as how FRUCTOSE is the sugar from a fruit, I will pick #3.

Crickey! You're right.

....so's minxie.

* Hides head in shame*

kamalw1

Magnum XL

Jul 22, 2003

#7

Tristesse said:
Crickey! You're right.

....so's minxie.

* Hides head in shame*

With an AV like that, it's forgivable

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 22, 2003

#8

yes, boys and gorls

2 was the red herring

#3 is correct, "of or like a shrub", in that presidential way

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 22, 2003

#9

Tristesse said:
Bellicose

1.a warmer for the abdomen

2. an opera by Benjamin Britten.

3. quarrelsome.

4. a stye of trousers.

#3 i think?

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 23, 2003

#10

ready for another?
bowdlerlize

1) to omit or modify parts considered indelicate

2) to break into large coherent pieces, as in chapters of a book

3) to navigate across significant fields of large rocks

4) to gentrify in a coloradan way

i don't know, whaddayathink?

jeff_is_smiling

Mentally Controlling

Jul 23, 2003

#11

TheOlderGuy said:
ready for another?
bowdlerlize

1) to omit or modify parts considered indelicate

2) to break into large coherent pieces, as in chapters of a book

3) to navigate across significant fields of large rocks

4) to gentrify in a coloradan way

i don't know, whaddayathink?

I sure hope you aren't a school teacher.....I can see looking up the word and giving the definition...but DAMN! You seem to have a knack for choosing "interesting" distractors in your multiple choice questions.....not fair.... ;-)

G

Guest

Guest

Jul 23, 2003

#12

TheOlderGuy said:
ready for another?
bowdlerlize

1) to omit or modify parts considered indelicate

2) to break into large coherent pieces, as in chapters of a book

3) to navigate across significant fields of large rocks

4) to gentrify in a coloradan way

i don't know, whaddayathink?

two, I think......religiously NOT looking things up.

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 23, 2003

#13

Tristesse said:
two, I think......religiously NOT looking things up.

you're soooooo good
and it's so nice you came back
but that's wrong

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 23, 2003

#14

jeff_is_smiling said:
I sure hope you aren't a school teacher.....I can see looking up the word and giving the definition...but DAMN! You seem to have a knack for choosing "interesting" distractors in your multiple choice questions.....not fair.... ;-)

but you didn't even hazard a guess
you're not scared , are ya?

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 23, 2003

#15

rapprochement

1) the paved apron leading to a bridge or trestle

2) profound condemnation of another's position or belief

3) the attempt by white guys to rap

4) establishment or state of cordail relations

W

watergirl

romantic, in a dirty way

Jul 23, 2003

#16

I'm certain that bowdlerize is #1 - it was done to several plays since Shakespeare's works...

rapprochement - I'm guessing #1 ????

W

watergirl

romantic, in a dirty way

Jul 23, 2003

#17

TheOlderGuy, do you play a game called Balderdash, by any chance??

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 23, 2003

#18

watergirl said:
I'm certain that bowdlerize is #1 - it was done to several plays since Shakespeare's works...

rapprochement - I'm guessing #1 ????

yes on bowdlerize

but you need a new rapproche to rapprochement

i haven't balderdashed -- but i'm guessing it's similar

W

watergirl

romantic, in a dirty way

Jul 23, 2003

#19

Ahhh... rapprochement - # 4 then?\

Balderdash needs at least 4 players, really - pull a card, read and spell the word - each player makes up a definition, then the person who pulled the card reads all the fake and one true definitions... and people vote on which definition they think is real. You get points for guessing correctly, and whomever's definition gets the most votes also gets points... I don't rememer the details of how you score and win.

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 23, 2003

#20

watergirl said:
Ahhh... rapprochement - # 4 then?\

Balderdash needs at least 4 players, really - pull a card, read and spell the word - each player makes up a definition, then the person who pulled the card reads all the fake and one true definitions... and people vote on which definition they think is real. You get points for guessing correctly, and whomever's definition gets the most votes also gets points... I don't rememer the details of how you score and win.

ahhhhh - and i thought i could fool you with #3
well #4 it is then

balderdash sounds qute fun
i'll have to try it

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 23, 2003

#21

miasma

1) a noxious influence

2) an older lady's complaint about her troubled breathing

3) a swirling confluence of activities

4) paperthin covering to a nerve

W

watergirl

romantic, in a dirty way

Jul 23, 2003

#22

Miasma - 1, a noxious influence.

"Hannsy's posts can spread a miasma over Lit, if you let them."

hogmanay

1. An Idaho tradition of butchering and roasting a hog

2. Scottish word for New Year's eve; also, a gift given to celebrate the New Year

3. A gathering of hoggish, greedy characters, as in Orwell's Animal Farm

4. A cask of lard

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 23, 2003

#23

watergirl said:
Miasma - 1, a noxious influence.

"Hannsy's posts can spread a miasma over Lit, if you let them."

hogmanay

1. An Idaho tradition of butchering and roasting a hog

2. Scottish word for New Year's eve; also, a gift given to celebrate the New Year

3. A gathering of hoggish, greedy characters, as in Orwell's Animal Farm

4. A cask of lard

nice work!

i'm guessing here -- #2

TheOlderGuy

Purveyor of Pleasure

Jul 23, 2003

#24

zymurgy

1) the synergy established between zygotes after the union of two gametes

2) a viscous liquid formed at the bottom of most fuel tanks

3) the chemistry of fermentation, as in winemaking and brewing

4) the energy transferred between two overfriendly zys

KindaKinky

It's Been A Long Time…

Jul 23, 2003

#25

I'll take a Stab…

#3?

Can I Play?

myrmidon

1) An expert female swimmer

2) The Highest point the sun or a star reaches in the sky

3) An obediant an unquestioning follower

4) A mermaid fetishist

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