It seems to be a quiet day, so…

[Zootonius]

And now I've learned the definition of the word 'belvedere.'

 

[EmilyMiller]

Don't tell me you're an MC Escher fan?

Are there people who aren’t?

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

Are there people who aren’t?

Em

I like classical music too (was posting about listening to the Brandenburg Concertos yesterday), so of course I’ve also read GEB. Math is not my string suit and I’m not sure I got that aspect. I had a Lit friend who is a Math student try to explain Gödel to me and it went over my head (then I am 5’1”, most things do ).

Em

 

[LizVegas79]

I had someone look at me funny the other day when I used the word posthumously.

I have to admit I did feel a little smug about it, but only because I had to explain it to them. I can tell from previous posts it likely wouldn't even be considered a $10 word with this crowd. Maybe not even a $5 word lol. In his defense though, English is not his first language. Or even his second, so I don't know why I felt so smug about it.

After I look up 'epitrochoid' I'd like to try to work it into a sentence at work this week. Hopefully I'll be able to work it into a conversation about shoes but we'll see

 

[EmilyMiller]

After I look up 'epitrochoid' I'd like to try to work it into a sentence at work this week. Hopefully I'll be able to work it into a conversation about shoes but we'll see

I’d it helps, I used it in the context of a tongue and areola.

Em

 

[LizVegas79]

Hmm, although there no doubt is a lot of geometry when it comes to shoes, using 'epitrochoid' in reference to them seems like a far stretch.

At least for me lol.

(I read the definition and still don't know what it means! )

 

[LizVegas79]

I’d it helps, I used it in the context of a tongue and areola.

Em

Now THAT I can understand!

"My areolas are in desperate need of a warm, soft tongue used epitrochoidracly!"

(don't feel bad Em, I'm well over 5'10" barefoot and I'm obviously in way over my head with all of this!)

 

[Zootonius]

Are there people who aren’t?

Em

Philistines!

 

[SamScribble]

Personally, I do my best to eschew using sesquipedalian, preposterous, or obscure words. However, for those of you who are tempted, may I recommend half an hour in the company of Mrs Byrne's Dictionary, wherein you will find such delights as desquamate (to peel), jumentous (having a strong animal smell), and migniard (dainty, delicate; mincing).

Just a suggestion.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Hmm, although there no doubt is a lot of geometry when it comes to shoes, using 'epitrochoid' in reference to them seems like a far stretch.

At least for me lol.

(I read the definition and still don't know what it means! )

OK, I said Math is not my thing, but it’s the path traced by a point on a circle which rolls around the outside of another circle (if it’s the inside it’s a hypotrochoid instead). So the context is a girl’s tongue spiralling around another girl’s nipple.

Works for me. As I say, it’s a Geek Pride story. I gave myself a pass.

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

Personally, I do my best to avoid using sesquipedalian, preposterous, or obscure words. However, for those of you who are tempted, may I recommend half an hour in the company of Mrs Byrne's Dictionary, wherein you will find such delights as desquamate (to peel), jumentous (having a strong animal smell), and migniard (dainty, delicate; mincing).

Just a suggestion.

I didn’t know any of those. And I’m often accused of having swallowed a thesaurus.

Em

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Someone offered to review a story of mine - my first foray into Erotic Horror, and commented that I'd used multiple words they'd had to look up.

I'm guessing at ichor, interstitial and possibly sotted, miasmas or conviviality ?

I did use "allele" in "In Health," though. But that's more technical than clever.

I have a biologist character (I Say Ass...) who at various points tries to stave off orgasm with the seventeen-times table and then various receptor tyrosine kinase pathways. Plus a bar quiz including Drosophila gene names such as Smaug and Spaghetti-Squash...

 

[EmilyMiller]

Someone offered to review a story of mine - my first foray into Erotic Horror, and commented that I'd used multiple words they'd had to look up.

I'm guessing at ichor, interstitial and possibly sotted, miasmas or conviviality ?

I had to look up ichor . Then kicked myself as I have read quite a bit of ancient mythology. Knew the rest.

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

I have a biologist character (I Say Ass...) who at various points tries to stave off orgasm with the seventeen-times table and then various receptor tyrosine kinase pathways. Plus a bar quiz including Drosophila gene names such as Smaug and Spaghetti-Squash...

I did some work in a GPCR, which obviously had PTK-related aspects. Won’t say which else it might allow a PubMed search.

Wm

 

[MrPixel]

I dunno, guys. I've sorta had my fill of all this hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianism that's going on around here.

(There! I actually used it in a sentence! And in context! Will wonders ever cease. Do I win?)

 

[EmilyMiller]

I dunno, guys. I've sorta had my fill of all this hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianism that's going on around here.

(There! I actually used it in a sentence! And in context! Will wonders ever cease. Do I win?)

I’d use floccinaucinihilipilification but it’s not worth it .

Em

 

[TxRad]

And then he put on the pantyhose his wife had found under his truck seat to prove they were his. If the pantyhose fit, it don't mean shit since one size fits all.

 

[Smarthomanid2]

Are there people who aren’t?

Em

I hate that stuff I always fall down/up the stairs.

 

[Trionyx]

And I gratuitously use frenulum as I like the word, it just rolls off the tongue.

As long as it’s the penile frenulum that’s rolling off your tongue.

 

[onehitwanda]

As long as it’s the penile frenulum that’s rolling off your tongue.

better than an entire foreskin, or so I hear.

 

[onehitwanda]

I like classical music too (was posting about listening to the Brandenburg Concertos yesterday)

Em

When I'm sad, Beethoven. When I'm happy, Chopin or Schubert or Elgar. When I need my soul to sing, Ralph Vaughan Williams.

When I want to see someone give a concert grand piano multiple orgasms, Liszt.

p.s: if you like classical piano at all, do yourself a favour and watch what Valentina Lisistsa can do with her fingers

 

[LizVegas79]

When I'm sad, Beethoven. When I'm happy, Chopin or Schubert or Elgar. When I need my soul to sing, Ralph Vaughan Williams.

When I want to see someone give a concert grand piano multiple orgasms, Liszt.

p.s: if you like classical piano at all, do yourself a favour and watch what Valentina Lisistsa can do with her fingers

Funny coincidence - I recently started piano lessons to brush up on what I learned when my parents forced them on me

 

[LizVegas79]

Antimacassar does not mean what I thought it might mean (hint: it has nothing to do with mascara lol)

And, as it turns out, Interrobang has nothing to do with being questioned by a bunch of horny detectives!

 

[MrPixel]

Antimacassar does not mean what I thought it might mean (hint: it has nothing to do with mascara lol)

And, as it turns out, Interrobang has nothing to do with being questioned by a bunch of horny detectives!

I'm a train nut, so antimacassar has been in my vocabulary for decades.

I recall when the interrobang was introduced in the 1960s. I could use it a lot in my writing, but, alas, it's not to be found in standard character sets.

There. Did I not give it away?

 

[onehitwanda]

Funny coincidence - I recently started piano lessons to brush up on what I learned when my parents forced them on me

I picked up piano again during lockdown here in the UK and progressed to the point where I can play a pretty decent attempt at Chopin's Raindrop prelude. Time is always scarce, though.

If I ever win a large amount of money there's a grand piano with my name on it.