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Old Apr4-05, 01:31 AM                  #1
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Coolest Word Ever

Defenestration,
n.
the act of throwing someone out of a window

- Is definitly the coolest word ever. I challenge all to find one suprerior.

(Contraantidisestablishimentarianism doesn't count)
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Old Apr4-05, 01:41 AM                  #2
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My vote is for paneity: The quality of being bread.
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Old Apr4-05, 01:45 AM                  #3
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...although I have always been a fan of quonking.
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Old Apr4-05, 01:48 AM       Last edited by Moonbear; Apr4-05 at 01:51 AM..            #4
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Originally Posted by Ivan Seeking
...although I have always been a fan of quonking.
*sigh* Another word I now have to look up.

Okay, looked it up, and found this! Have a field day! http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/abc.htm
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Old Apr4-05, 01:53 AM                  #5
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Originally Posted by Moonbear
*sigh* Another word I now have to look up.

Well, you are a boffin.
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Old Apr4-05, 01:54 AM                  #6
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Here is one that I use in S&D: bogometer
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Old Apr4-05, 01:54 AM                  #7
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I don't know if you'd consider it cool or not, but I never cease to be amused by 'snorkel'.
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Old Apr4-05, 01:55 AM                  #8
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Originally Posted by Smurf
Defenestration,
n.
the act of throwing someone out of a window
Defenestration comes from fenestra, the latin for window.

Fenetre (missing an accent) is also window in french.
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Old Apr4-05, 01:55 AM                  #9
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Anybody ever use crocus cloth for anything?
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Old Apr4-05, 01:55 AM                  #10
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Does anyone like self-defecating humor?
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Old Apr4-05, 02:00 AM                  #11
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My faviorate is Sesquipedalian.... Given to the use of long words.
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Old Apr4-05, 02:01 AM                  #12
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Originally Posted by ivan seeking
My vote is for paneity
Hmm I should've known Ivan would come up with some fierce competition.
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Old Apr4-05, 02:03 AM                  #13
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Originally Posted by Ivan Seeking
Well, you are a boffin.
Good thing I kept that page open. For a moment there, I thought you might be suggesting I was a bosthoon.

Oh, crikey, in the process, I found out what a boojum is, finally!
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Old Apr4-05, 02:07 AM                  #14
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Originally Posted by Janitor
Anybody ever use crocus cloth for anything?
Yes.

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Old Apr4-05, 02:35 AM                  #15
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Use this link http://www.answers.com/ to download a neat program. Click on a word and immediately you’re provided with the definition and can chose other options besides the dictionary,i.e.:

"Answers.com is also a start toward a new search paradigm... real instant information, not just links to pages where that information may, or may not, be found. I urge you to try it."

de·fen·es·tra·tion n. An act of throwing someone or something out of a window.

Paneity - the quality of being bread; e.g., the paneity of the eucharistic bread

Quonking - also quonk [imitative] noise (as from conversation) that disturbs or disrupts a television or radio program due to proximity to the microphones or cameras; or, noise from the sidelines that interrupts an athlete's (or a performer's) concentration
(both of these are vallidated Scrabble words)

bof·fin also Bof·fin (bŏf'ĭn) n. Chiefly British Slang. A scientist, especially one engaged in research.

Bogometer /bog OM eter/ a conversational device used for the rhetorical measurement of bogosity

Bogosity [jargon] /bog OS ity/ the degree to which something is bogus (i.e., bad)

snor·kel (snôr'kəln. A breathing apparatus used by swimmers and skin divers, consisting of a long tube held in the mouth.

cro·cus (krō'kəs) n., pl. -cus·es or -ci (-sī, -kī). 1.Any of various perennial Eurasian herbs of the genus Crocus, having grasslike leaves and showy, variously colored flowers.
a. Any of several other plants, such as the autumn crocus.
2. A grayish to light reddish purple.
3. A dark red powdered variety of iron oxide, Fe2O3, used as an abrasive for polishing.
4. A coarse, loosely woven material like burlap, once used to make sacks for shipping saffron. See Regional Note at gunnysack.

def·e·cate (dĕf'ĭ-kāt') v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.
v.intr.
To void feces from the bowels.
v.tr.
1. To remove (impurities, as in a chemical solution); clarify.
2. To void (feces) from the bowels.

ses·qui·pe·da·lian (sĕs'kwĭ-pĭ-dāl'yən) n. A long word.
adj.
1. Given to the use of long words.
2. Long and ponderous; polysyllabic.
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Old Apr4-05, 02:36 AM                  #16
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Originally Posted by Ivan Seeking
Does anyone like self-defecating humor?
All the time.
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