odd/interesting words
12-22-2009, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Loretta
Really? I think some people have a natural gift for learning other languages, just like some people can paint etc. There are 1400 Mexican families that have moved into our county, and I cannot speak one word of Spanish, except Olah. Did you read where the language historians think Olah comes from the word Allah- from when the Moors lived in Spain? I thought that was interesting!
There, that's my odd word! It always makes me smile! :D
Albondigas - all-bone-dee-gaus = meatballs or meatball soup
12-26-2009, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Loretta
poikilothermous- cold blooded
zaftig - buxom
I'd much rather be called buxom...like Jane Russel, than zaftig...sounds like something you'd call a daffy duck.
(no, kin to 'our' ducky! xoox :wink: )
01-12-2010, 02:27 PM
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Pulsenameous :!: I love to use this if I am telling someone off :oops: I read it in Gone With The Wind years ago. I think it was Scarlett who called someone a "pulsenameous little twit" :wink: I looked it up but could not find it in the dictionary. Maybe I'm spelling it wrong. I have used it to rattle a few people :lol:
01-12-2010, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Teacup
Sesquipedalian -- A long word with many syllables.
curmudgeon - it's not an uncommon word. I just like it for some odd reason.
It means grouch! lol!
(maybe i like it, bc I am related to a few. :wink: )
01-14-2010, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Teacup
Perspicacious per⋅spi⋅ca⋅cious
Keen discernment or understanding; discerning.
It has nothing to do with needing to wear deoderant, as I thought the first time I ran across this word.
Keen discernment or understanding; discerning.
It has nothing to do with needing to wear deoderant, as I thought the first time I ran across this word.
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