Flocculate!

[Guest]

I'm in the process of making up quiz questions for a pensioners' group on Monday. Here are some of the questions. You should be able to answer the first two.

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1. What is the meaning of the noun OSCULATION?
2. What is the meaning of the noun FLOCCULATION?
3. What is the meaning of the noun AGGLOMERATION?
4. What is the meaning of the adjective CYMBIFORM?
5. What is the difference between the words FLOTSAM and JETSAM?
6. What is the meaning of the adjective QUOTIDIAN?
7. What is the meaning of the verb IMPIGNORATE?
8. What is the meaning of the adjective OTIOSE?
9. What is the meaning of the noun RIP-RAP?
10. What is the meaning of the poetic noun WELKIN?

2, 5 and 10 - samn, I fail.

I do so love the word "welkin". I used it once in a poem and a poet I respect very much said I was brilliant when I explained the meaning of it to him.

 

[china-doll]

Flocculants are a chemical added to water, often in treatment systems, in order to get any suspended material in the water to flocculate, that is to clump together so it settles out faster, thus speeding up the treatment process.

 

[gauchecritic]

Flocculants are a chemical added to water, often in treatment systems, in order to get any suspended material in the water to flocculate, that is to clump together so it settles out faster, thus speeding up the treatment process.

interesting. which means what they used to call 'finings' in the beer trade would be flocculents. something added to the barrel in order to settle the sediment.

 

[china-doll]

interesting. which means what they used to call 'finings' in the beer trade would be flocculents. something added to the barrel in order to settle the sediment.

I've never heard that term before but it sounds accurate.

Flocculation in action:

http://www.cleaningdeburringfinishing.com/scan0008.jpg​

 

[Oblimo]

Do you/have you created words?

fangst, n. - the appropriate mindset for a Vampire: the Masquerade live-action roleplayer.

And I once foolishly thought I was the first person to come up with the word nanogasm.

Where do they come from?

The word-pool where we all go down to drink.

 

[Guest]

fangst, n. - the appropriate mindset for a Vampire: the Masquerade live-action roleplayer.

And I once foolishly thought I was the first person to come up with the word nanogasm.


The word-pool where we all go down to drink.

Fangst - LOVE it!

That reminds me, I need to send a note to Steve, or his people, or something. Wanna ask him if I can use something of his.

My fondest dream - to actually speak to the Word-Slinger, in any form.

Well met, Oblimo. *smile*

 

[fifty5]

Lewis Carol and Edward Lear were masters at this - "slithy" & "pobble" !o mention but two. Myself, I occasionally use the rules to extend a root to where 'no spell checker has stepped before', but that's my limit.

 

[Oblimo]

My fondest dream - to actually speak to the Word-Slinger, in any form.

Hiya, babygrrl!

Wellll...I happened to be a junior at Vassar when Joe was a freshman...and I, er, "happened" to be working in the campus computer store when he was doing the campus tour and he and his dad dropped by to ask about the new portable Macs. The Big Steve relaxed and was quite nice when he realized I wasn't going to ask for his autograph and was just doing my best to answer his questions and to say "Mr. King" without going .

 

[Guest]

Hiya, babygrrl!

Wellll...I happened to be a junior at Vassar when Joe was a freshman...and I, er, "happened" to be working in the campus computer store when he was doing the campus tour and he and his dad dropped by to ask about the new portable Macs. The Big Steve relaxed and was quite nice when he realized I wasn't going to ask for his autograph and was just doing my best to answer his questions and to say "Mr. King" without going .

I imagine he's quite the regular guy - heck - most people think I'm pretty normal myself. How wonderful for you.

I've met a few celebs - they're just like us regular folk - in my experience they're just tickled to be treated that way.

I might have a few moments of hero-worship before I remembered that, tho. I do so enjoy how very - human he is.

 

[oggbashan]

I used my quiz this morning.

The Word part (shown above) scored lowest. The highest was 3.5 out of ten.

Yet they keep asking me to give them a quiz twice a year...

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[Guest]

I used my quiz this morning.

The Word part (shown above) scored lowest. The highest was 3.5 out of ten.

Yet they keep asking me to give them a quiz twice a year...

Og

These are senior citizens, right?

Keeping their minds sharp, whether they are correct or not, I would presume.

 

[oggbashan]

These are senior citizens, right?

Keeping their minds sharp, whether they are correct or not, I would presume.

They are active senior citizens. One is swimming a mile for charity on Saturday, another is running a half-marathon next month.

Our country walks range from 2 to 7 miles, always ending with a pub lunch.

The rest of the quiz was much easier.

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[Guest]

They are active senior citizens. One is swimming a mile for charity on Saturday, another is running a half-marathon next month.

Our country walks range from 2 to 7 miles, always ending with a pub lunch.

The rest of the quiz was much easier.

Og

Sounds like an excellent group. I've often found that if one keeps their mind young, the body tends to follow.

 

[oggbashan]

Sounds like an excellent group. I've often found that if one keeps their mind young, the body tends to follow.

The oldest member of our pensioners' group is a published poet who still writes about 30 poems a day.

I have a hard set of acts to follow. My father used to walk 14 miles a day until a couple of weeks before his death at age 96. He retired for the first time at age 70, started a new career as a training coordinator and did that for ten years while taking a part-time BA and being a volunteer guide for the City of London. In his 80s, his holidays were strenuous walking tours, for example in the hills of Austria.

He gave up being a volunteer guide at age 90. His "short tour" was 14 miles long. His long tour was 27 miles.

His elder brother, once he had retired from being the Human Resources Director of a multinational, was the musical director of an amateur orchestra AND a choir.

Their eldest sister, a former suffragist, was employed full-time until age 90 as an advisor to pensioners and ran a youth club for "difficult" Afro-Caribbean teenage boys in her spare time.

I've got a long way to go to equal them.

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