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

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The discussion revolves around a word-guessing game focused on language and etymology. Participants take turns thinking of language-related words and providing clues for others to guess. The game encourages engagement with linguistic concepts and offers resources for etymology and language exploration. Clues often involve historical or obscure references, leading to discussions about word origins and meanings. Participants share insights on various words, including their roots and connections to different languages, while also addressing challenges in guessing. The conversation highlights the enjoyment of exploring language intricacies and the community's enthusiasm for linguistic topics.
  • #151
Since I am going away for the weekend this afternoon, I'll give it and turn the thread over to you turbo.

casual and causal.-
 
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  • #152
My word is a synonym for "fixed in place" and is also an antonym of that condition.
 
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  • #153
Restive, perhaps?
 
  • #154
Sorry, no.
 
  • #155
It's going to be hard to give hints to this one without giving it away, but the word is used to describe something that is really nailed down, and something that is speedy.
 
  • #156
fast or fastened :biggrin:

Actually "really nailed down" got me to think of "fasteners" and then I realized fast was speedy.
 
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  • #157
Astronuc said:
fast or fastened :biggrin:
Actually "really nailed down" got me to think of "fasteners" and then I realized fast was speedy.
Yet "fast" is the word. The phrase "hard and fast" is used to describe something that is immovable, but it could also describe a puck when you stop a slap shot with your head.

What's your word(s) Astronuc?
 
  • #158
A noun which describes something on which things are placed, and the verb means to put things on it.
 
  • #159
My recent post didn't seem to "take". Table?
 
  • #160
"Table" is the word. You're up.
 
  • #161
One word - it can mean easy or tighten.
 
  • #162
Pinch?
...
 
  • #163
Sorry
Sinch
 
  • #164
No
Sorry
 
  • #165
turbo-1 said:
No
Sorry
:confused:
I was positive that would be it.
Another clue maybe?
 
  • #166
Perhaps instead of "easy" we can substitute "really easy" like a walkover.
 
  • #167
I'm sorry SA - I didn't notice the misspelling and assumed that you reposted pinch. My bad. The word is "cinch", and the next word is yours.
 
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  • #168
I didn't realize it could be spelled with a 'C'...
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cinch
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sinch

I guess it's supposed to be the same word though it doesn't mention the other definition with the 'S' spelling. Odd.


Umm, let's see...
This word is beyond nature rather than over it like it's more commonly used synonym.
 
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  • #169
preternatural?
 
  • #170
durt said:
preternatural?
Yes.
Boy, did I make that too easy?
 
  • #171
It's your turn now Durt if you'd like to give a hint for a word.
 
  • #172
TSA, you may have to take this one...
 
  • #173
Ok then.

Something done by poets, Loki, and even modern hip hop rappers. Specifically the older term.
 
  • #174
Loki (the norse trickster god, right?) did a bit of cross-dressing once; so I'll go for that.
 
  • #175
Quake, perhaps ?
 
  • #176
Rime? As in Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
 
  • #177
turbo-1 said:
Rime? As in Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
Ooh, nice one !
 
  • #178
Sorry I was gone for a couple days.

Turbo-1 is one the right track.

Another clue... The term started with Scot poets in particular.
 
  • #179
Stave?? (Considering that "stev" is a Norwegian word meaning a "rhyme" or song of sorts, it might be possible that the Scots have this word in their vocabulary. They already have quite a few Norwegian loan-words).
 
  • #180
TheStatutoryApe said:
Sorry I was gone for a couple days.

Turbo-1 is one the right track.

Another clue... The term started with Scot poets in particular.
Darn! I thought I had it, especially since Loki was originally a Rime giant.
 
  • #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.
 

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