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on earworm, angharad said:
"Why is this tagged "shirt"? If that's an earworm, I don't get it." more...
on the list Words that remind me of Monty Python, angharad said:
"tinny, gumby" more...
on gostak, angharad said:
"The gostak distims the doshes." more...
on dosh, angharad said:
"The gostak distims the doshes." more...
on distim, angharad said:
"The gostak distims the doshes." more...
on philtrum, angharad said:
"I don't. I didn't know it had a name, until I saw it in a Superman novel." more...
on the list that sound or look like outer-space names and are Hungarian, angharad said:
"Zoltán is a perfectly fine Hungarian first-name:
http://www.google.com/search?q=zoltan&sitesearch=en.wikipedia.org" more...
on ear sticks, angharad said:
"Cf q-tips" more...
on sleeps, angharad said:
"Means sleep (n) and asleep (adj)." more...
on grung, angharad said:
"Pronounced with the velar nasal final consonant (ŋ), but not the plosive g." more...
on grung, angharad said:
"Exclamation of annoyance." more...
on hoh, angharad said:
"An exclamation of delight at cute/sweet -ness." more...
on the list There is No 'X' in 'Espresso': Words Butchered by Americans, angharad said:
"Seanahan, what I love about jaguar is that there's the correct way, the American way, *and* the UK way (jag-yoo-er)." more...
on the list Where the Streets Have a Name, angharad said:
"camino" more...
on the list Where the Streets Have a Name, angharad said:
"strasse" more...
on the list words you will soon learn after watching the hit medical drama, House MD, angharad said:
"It's never lupus!"
"Aw, man, you put all the good ones in already! Porphyria, maybe, and for a while they were hep on Wilson's Disease." more...
on the list Stuffie: Butterfingers!, angharad said:
"stitch" more...
on the list Stuffie: Who's Keeping Score?, angharad said:
"Ooh! role." more...
on the list Stuffie: Put Your Weight Into It, angharad said:
"Uselessness, I imagine those are business phrases, in the sales sense (as in "drugs", which you included)." more...
on the list Stuffie: Butterfingers!, angharad said:
Your lists are fun
"it, shadows (or is that not transitive enough?), ceiling, icon?, line, class, course" more...
on the list Stuffie: Go Long, angharad said:
"rug, pillow, away, voice" more...
on the list Stuffie: Put Your Weight Into It, angharad said:
"barge, it, up, cart, wheelbarrow, drugs" more...
on the list Stuffie: Who's Keeping Score?, angharad said:
"fair, dirty, hooky (sp), video, dvd" more...
on the list Stuffie: Heave-Ho!, angharad said:
"cork, sled, switcheroo, and according to google "sickie" a phrase sort of meaning to play hookie." more...
on gups, angharad said:
"Short for getting-up, gotten-up, etc. As in awakened and arisen. Usage: "Is it gups-time yet?", "Why aren't you gups?!"." more...
on guzzunder, angharad said:
"A preposition or noun. When the cat has nustled under the blanket, he is (a) guzzunder." more...
on fuckle, angharad said:
"A dainty swear-word. Drat for the modern girl." more...
on bake, angharad said:
"Name of a dish/meal. Requires chunks of vegetable and starch (the default is potato), usually of protein, and seasoning or sauce. Traditionally..." more...
on glop, angharad said:
"One-pot meal. Starch, protein, vegetable, possibly sauce, all stirred up together. Unlike foodity-food, does not imply that ingredients were..." more...
on foodity-food, angharad said:
"One-pot meal, based on rice. Not noodles. With vegetables (and possibly onions) boiled in the same pot. A sub-set of glop." more...
on stewp, angharad said:
"very thick soup, caused by adding too many vegetables to the soup-pot." more...
on medium, angharad said:
"In my household, we refer to our cat this way. To differentiate from ourselves who are the "larges", and the "smalls" which are the the..." more...
on large, angharad said:
"In my household, we refer to ourselves this way. To differentiate from our "medium", which is the cat, and the "smalls" which are the the..." more...
on small, angharad said:
"In my household, we refer to the pocket-pets (rodents) this way. To differentiate from our "medium", which is the cat, and the "larges", who are..." more...
on the list The History of Cool, angharad said:
"wicked, wizard, beauty, brilliant." more...
on the list Not the Clearest of Intentions, angharad said:
"mask? janus?" more...
on the list A List of Mythical Proportions, angharad said:
"the great pumpkin" more...
on the list I'm Terrible With Names, angharad said:
"fellow" more...
on the list I'm Terrible With Names, angharad said:
"individual" more...
on the list Watch Your Language, Young Man, angharad said:
"Jiminy Christmas" more...
on the list Word Guidelines for Wordie, angharad said:
"I dig ligatures and diacritical marks (Indeed I usually initial "æ" for this pseudonym), so I've added several words containing them. Point of..." more...
on the list Words Some People Can't Pronounce, No Matter How Often They Try, angharad said:
"Me, I'm puzzled by 'ambulance'." more...
on the list Words Some People Can't Pronounce, No Matter How Often They Try, angharad said:
"vice-versa.

Small children purportedly say "pusketti" instead of "spaghetti"." more...
on the list Have you met Dick?, angharad said:
"johnson, phallus (?)

-- Also see Woody's World of Penis Euphemisms!" more...
on the list Reduplicatives, angharad said:
"cous-cous" more...
on the list Reduplicatives, angharad said:
"beri-beri, dada, papa, mama, aa, caca, nono, nana, ga-ga, yo-yo, gogo," more...
on the list prone to confusion/misspelling, angharad said:
"dis/un-interested" more...
on the list prone to confusion/misspelling, angharad said:
"infer, imply" more...
on the list urrbody in the club get..., angharad said:
"high, tight" more...
on the list There is No 'X' in 'Espresso': Words Butchered by Americans, angharad said:
"Some of my peeves: realtor, athlete, library, tsunami.
You might also take a look at
http://wordie.org/people/Kaichi?wl=173" more...
on holy mackeral, angharad said:
"I think it's "mackerel"." more...
on the list Meanings have changed over the years, either due to trends or sheer stupidity, angharad said:
"gay, nice, discover, confusion" more...
on oren's profile, angharad said:
"Do you mind to translate your favourite word, for those of us who can't read that alphabet?" more...
on omnidose's profile, angharad said:
"Hello!" more...
on the list latin is fun, angharad said:
"SPQR
SVBEV" more...
on e, angharad said:
"Plus, of course,
e ^ (i * π) = -1" more...
on the list Angharad's Words, angharad said:
"Mostly this list is for useful but obscure words. There are a few exceptions to that." more...
on John's profile, angharad said:
"Keenanpepper, the site's barely a week old. Give the man time to add a feature! (;" more...
on lagniappe, angharad said:
"Somewhere between the "baker's dozen" and a bribe." more...
on tontine, angharad said:
"Popularly, in mystery plots, a sort of group-will scheme by which the last surviving member inherits all." more...
on the list Olde Fashyned Slang, angharad said:
"wizard" more...
on the list swashbuckling vocab, angharad said:
"They're the ones pronounced "bosun", "focsl", and "coxun"…" more...
on thinder, angharad said:
"What does this mean? I love it, even if it turns out to have been a typo." more...
on the list appointments, angharad said:
"wardrobe, drapery" more...
on the list drummer's jargon, angharad said:
"tee hee hee" more...
on the list swashbuckling vocab, angharad said:
"boatswain
forecastle
coxswain

And, I think it's spelt "doubloon"." more...
on the list for me not to overuse when public-speaking, angharad said:
"This is mostly a list of things I need to pay attention to. So, I'm adding in some suggested words/phrases but not all." more...
on alþingi, angharad said:
"oldest parliament in Europe: the Althingi of Iceland" more...
on mischevious, angharad said:
"Well, either way, the spelling is of three syllables." more...
on ulteior, angharad said:
"you mean ulterior, right?" more...
on enantiotio, angharad said:
"Well, uncles, anyway." more...
on the list Words Some People Can't Pronounce, No Matter How Often They Try, angharad said:
"mischievous" more...
on mischevious, angharad said:
"mischievous" more...
on myriad, angharad said:
"Dictionaries are linguistically descriptive. Many wordies are prescriptivist." more...
on fortnight, angharad said:
"I was nearly thirty before I realised that it's called a fort-night because it's fourteen nights long." more...
on zarf, angharad said:
"the thing that goes around a coffee cup so that you don't burn your fingers" more...
on the list bestiary, angharad said:
"squonk" more...
on the list Words Some People Can't Pronounce, No Matter How Often They Try, angharad said:
"february, wednesday, spaghetti" more...
on sabi, angharad said:
Japanese
"approximately: bittersweet beauty in agedness or impermanence" more...
on wabi, angharad said:
Japanese
"approximately: beauty in natural quirks and rustic imperfections" more...
on sprachgefühl, angharad said:
German
"lit. language feeling: "an ear for idiomatically appropriate language"
http://wordsmith.org/words/sprachgefuhl.html" more...
on madrugada, angharad said:
Spanish
"wee hours; early morning" more...
on étagère, angharad said:
French
"a kind of open shelving, including the tall thing that slots over my toilet" more...
on weltanschauung, angharad said:
German
"worldview" more...
on ganbaru, angharad said:
Japanese
"to do one's best, or to have good luck" more...
on the list ogham, angharad said:
Number 11
"The Larch!" more...
on the list for me not to overuse when public-speaking, angharad said:
"thanks" more...
on the list that mean "thing", angharad said:
"Yes, thanks." more...
on the list good names for a steampunker, angharad said:
"http://blue-condition.livejournal.com/121680.html" more...
on colleen's profile, angharad said:
"I love your list names!" more...
on robotjohnny's profile, angharad said:
Not sure if you're notified of comments to a list
"Couple of us appear to have suggested more silly place names…" more...
on the list Place names that are fun to say, angharad said:
"Tittybong, Victoria
Koolyanobbing, Western Australia
Dildo, Newfoundland" more...
on yugosalvia, angharad said:
"I think you misspelt "yugoslavia"?" more...
on the list Words Some People Can't Pronounce, No Matter How Often They Try, angharad said:
"library, realtor, athlete, tsunami" more...
on bootch, angharad said:
Arrrr, eh?
"Another puzzled pirate, I see." more...
on yuri_g's profile, angharad said:
You're welcome
"I'm finishing my first semester of Library School, and I'm just *sick* of "information"." more...
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