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ames- LOL…
Aussie- sorry pal!
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aussie… you may want to see someone with a medical degree… lol
i hope you’re kidding, man!
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and a few more for the phobia lovers:
ephebiphobia – fear of teenagers
agateophobia – fear of insanity [it’s probably too late!]
autodysomophobia – fear of people with bad body odor
autodysomophobia
although i found the definition you gave on numerous places, i think this is a mistake.
everywhere in the medical literature that the prefix: “auto” is used it is used in reference to oneself.
i did find a few places that gave the correct definition. it is a fear, usually associated with OCD, that one himself has a bad odor that others find repulsive in him, leading to taking extreme measures, such as the excessive and repetitive application of deodorants and perfumes and bathing multiple times in one day.
this is from medline medical dictionary”
Main Entry: aut-
Variant(s): or auto-
: self : same one <autism> a : of, by, affecting, from, or for the same individual <autograft> <autotransfusion> <autovaccination> b : arising or produced within the individual and acting or directed toward or against the individual or the individual’s own body, tissues, or molecules <autoimmunity> <autosuggestion> <autoerotism>
noitallmr the polymath..doesn’t quite sound right does it???
Jax the polymath sounds really great! & i’m with ames on deleting math out of the equation! 😉
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feivel – i believe you are right. that is the only definition that would make sense. thanks.
to make up for that mistake:
hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666
[no, i wouldn’t know that one off the top of my head… i looked it up]
ames: nice word but why add on the grand”ILOQUENT”???
Thats what “grand” means no?
How do I know? Everyone always tells me “you look grand!!!”
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ames: probably ‘obesity’.
lol
“loquent” refers to speech, from the Latin root loqui, to speak. So grandiloquent is used for someone who has a pompous or lofty style of speech, specifically.
Squeak: ahhhhhhh….I was wondering why nobody ever called me grandiloquent!!! 😉
Noitallmr, are you engaging in gasconade or are you wheedling yourself to conjecture that “grand” is indeed panegyric?
Jewess: please speak English mate!
zymurgy
(n): the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling)
(n): the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology with
in the context of chemistry
Syzygy
(n): the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system
(n): a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
Wyvern
(n): a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon
(n): a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
these words are all awesome hang man words! love these wacky words!
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let’s keep this going!
iconoclast:
a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions as foolish or wrong
she’bi’amazing:
adjective
origin- Jax
1. it’s what lies within that is the amazement
2. the epitome of something amazing
3. beyond amazing
areivim: nice definition of my word there buddy! 😉
Ringxiety
the sensation and the false belief that one can hear his or her mobile phone ringing or feel it vibrating, when in fact the telephone is not doing so!
i usually get this on shobbos!
Me too!
mod: it’s pretty cool they have a term for our condition! 😉
Jax, you just reminded me of a quote,
“When writing, be careful you didnt any words out.”
it might take a second to get it.
kapusta: i edited it thanx morah! 😉
Brouhaha
(HA HA HA HA HA!!!)
noun. commotion, uproar.
Do you mean like hullabalo, balagan, bedlam, or tintinnabulation? (I know balagan is Ivrit, but I love that word)
Serendipitious is a nice sounding word for something that one discovers by a stroke of luck.
Not really hashgacha, more like the Princes of Serendip.
Jax, when my mother was a teenager (or so she tells me, she was always an adult in my mind) her phone was next to her bed. For Shabbos, she always moved it to her desk. One morning, the phone rang, and she answered her shoe 🙂 It was Shabbos. Maxwell smart with a kippah LOL.
ames, you just did…
squeak!! tintinnabulation’s one of my favorite words, and it has nothing to do with a brouhaha…
SJS, your mom wore a kippah? 🙂 🙂 🙂 Just kidding.
DE, it certainly can….
It is assur to use “balagan” in an english sentence. You can only use it while speaking hebrew very rapidly, very loudly, waving your hands & red in the face
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SJSinNYC: ha good one there!
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risible [riz ih bull]
amusing, makes you laugh
That word is SO risible
I know someone already posted this word…
antidisestablishmentarianism… but does someone know the definition to this? i heard this word and cannot find a definition to it- i have been searching for years….
havesomeseichel: Antidisestablishmentarianism is usually used as an example of one of the longest English words that actually means something. Used mostly in reference to the Anglican Church in 19th-century England, it refers to opposition to the separation of Church and State.
& welcome back to the CR! i’m the former poster asdf, i got a transformation!
so that’s who you are! multiple personality disorder or just switching identification? dont know how long will be on but glad to be back for what I am able to!
thanks for the definition. I had heard it was against the disestablishing (so it is for establishing) a common unified church for England. But i wanted to know if there was a different definition (someone was playing a joke when they defined it to me) or if it really means that! just curious! its not in most dictionaries, by the way.
ames, why would Jewishfeminist be upset with this word? oh… and how about giving using “avuncular” in a sentence – it seems like a hard word to fit into conversation.
seichel, the word originated in the 19th century, but can still be used today to describe the position of opposition to the belief that there should be no official church in a country. Do you have an opinion?
ouch! couldn’t you have at least picked on Mod25, I haven’t seen him on the boards in at least a week…
’72, that’s what happens to popular people…(unless you’re really not a person; just a mod)
ames: yeah i downloaded it & love it! i was ganna tell you about it, but seems like you hang with the higher leagues in the CR now! <<insert sad face here>> thank you ames!
havesomeseichel: plastic surgery it is! i got a new face!
ames: ha thank ya for that! i’m just saying you don’t hang with the CR Gang anymore!
Jax, I gave you post 5,000 on the hangman thread and a chance to edit something… what else could you want?
gumshoe
slang a detective
72: thank you! i count my blessings around here everyday! 😉
an open book: good one! perfect for the Espionage thread!
here’s a sentence-Jax & ames are good gumshoes!
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