Word Game: Language-Related Clues and Lingustic Q&A

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The discussion revolves around a word game focused on language-related clues and linguistic questions. Participants share clues about words, engage in guessing, and explore the etymology and meanings of various terms, including those from different languages and historical contexts.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant introduces a word game involving clues about language-related words, encouraging others to participate and ask questions about linguistics.
  • Another participant attempts to guess a word related to a lung disease, questioning the clues provided and seeking clarification on the consonant cluster mentioned.
  • Several participants express the need for additional clues to aid in guessing, indicating uncertainty about the hints given.
  • Discussion includes various guesses for words based on clues, with some participants noting the difficulty of the clues and the need for fair play in guessing.
  • Participants explore the historical context of words like "sinople" in heraldry and its obscure nature, with some expressing frustration over the difficulty of the game.
  • There are multiple guesses for words related to the clues, with some participants referencing their sources or prior knowledge of the terms.
  • One participant mentions the connection between the word "sabot" and its historical context during the industrial revolution, explaining its etymology.
  • Another participant brings up the word "dumbledore," linking it to J.R.R. Tolkien and discussing its archaic usage.
  • Participants continue to share clues and guesses, with some expressing confusion over the intended meanings and sounds referenced in the clues.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the format of the game and the sharing of clues, but there is no consensus on some of the specific words or meanings being discussed, leading to multiple competing guesses and interpretations.

Contextual Notes

Some clues are noted to be particularly obscure or difficult, leading to reliance on external sources for guesses. The discussion reflects varying levels of familiarity with linguistic terminology and historical context.

  • #181
Sorry.. I'm trying not to give this away too easily.

It's a sort of duel.

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this was the part I was getting at by referring to rappers.
 
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  • #182
TheStatutoryApe said:
Sorry.. I'm trying not to give this away too easily.

It's a sort of duel.

--edit--
this was the part I was getting at by referring to rappers.
Hmmm... 'flyting' ?
 
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  • #183
Gokul43201 said:
Hmmm... 'flyting' ?
Correct. You're turn Gokul.
 
  • #184
The noun form of this verb was coined very early in the 17th century, before the verb itself came into being. The verb is derived from a noun which had been in sporadic use at the time. This noun comes from an Arabic word that was born around the 11th Century.
 
  • #185
assassin (n) and assassinate (v)
 
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  • #186
Damn, that was fast ! Just living up to your name, I guess. You're up.

PS : For completeness, the noun that was coined around 1705 (by Shakespeare, for Macbeth) is 'assassination'.
 
  • #187
Ah shucks! 'Tweren't nothin'. :blushing: My word means something discarded or defunct. It once referred to things both living and non-living, but its reference to living things has been discarded and defunt for quite a while now (at least in English).
 
  • #188
is it obsolete?
 
  • #189
Nope, the word is in common usage today. It just doesn't apply to living entities in common usage anymore.
 
  • #190
oh, i meant is the word: "obsolete", but i guess that's not it ;-)
 
  • #191
ok, i have to go do laundry now. i hope this game gets played again the next time I'm on, i totally enjoyed that :approve:
 
  • #192
No, that is not the word, and it is not headed in the right direction. The word is a very basic one with Latin roots.
 
  • #193
Hint: The latin root of the word is half of the name of a US city.
 
  • #194
Its not excrement, is it?
 
  • #195
fi said:
Its not excrement, is it?
I'd have said that sure looks like a winner, but then I thought the same thing when turbo guessed 'rime' on the previous clue.
 
  • #196
fi said:
Its not excrement, is it?
Sorry, no. Big hint: the city is in Texas.
 
  • #197
I figured you rascals would have tumbled to this by now. It's a coastal city, and the Latin root word is EXACTLY half of the modern name.
 
  • #198
Corpse?

If so you really threw me with the way you worded the clue. Good Job.
 
  • #199
TheStatutoryApe said:
Corpse?

If so you really threw me with the way you worded the clue. Good Job.
Yep, that's it.
 
  • #200
There are ten of these words, one hundred letters long, all belonging to a single literary work.
 
  • #201
TheStatutoryApe said:
There are ten of these words, one hundred letters long, all belonging to a single literary work.
Thunderwords, in Finnegan's Wake.
 
  • #202
turbo-1 said:
Thunderwords, in Finnegan's Wake.
That is correct.
 
  • #203
This word can mean a star in a production or a conductor, or many other things.
 
  • #204
As a verb, it can also describe a method of joining panes of window glass (pronunciation differs).
 
  • #205
turbo-1 said:
As a verb, it can also describe a method of joining panes of window glass (pronunciation differs).
It is also the English name of an element.
 
  • #206
It's a heavy metal...
 
  • #207
Could it be lead?
 
  • #208
Absolutely! You are next. I thought that word would be easy because "lead" has so many definitions. What's your word?
 
  • #209
It's a 7 letter adjective. If you replace the 2nd letter with an "e", and add an "i" after the third letter, the two words mean the same thing.
 
  • #210
The word is a middle english variant of the second word.
 

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