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on the list Olivia, npydyuan said:
"thanks for the additions, bilby!" more...
on kerning, npydyuan said:
"see also keming." more...
on pod, npydyuan said:
"Holy propaganda, Rummy man! I want a pods are there t-shirt!" more...
on suasion, npydyuan said:
"I understand fully the limits of moral suasion. We have no illusion that changes will come easily or soon. But I also believe that it is a mistake to..." more...
on octothorpe, npydyuan said:
"Thanks! :-D" more...
on strudel, npydyuan said:
"In Hebrew at sign is colloquially known as shtrudel (שטרודל). The normative term, invented by the Academy of the Hebrew Language, is krukhit..." more...
on octothorpe, npydyuan said:
"Ah, let's give old at sign some strudel as a consolation!" more...
on moment, npydyuan said:
"This is a very momentous bit of information. I must find a way to incorporate it.
:-)" more...
on fuzzy wuzzy fallacy, npydyuan said:
"Wow! Thanks for reminding me of Avalon Hill..... Ah, all those coolly thrilling hours at the game table in the basement." more...
on utilize, npydyuan said:
"I'm still hoping/wishing this word could mean "to infuse with utility; to increase the utility of something"

That would, in fact, utilize "utilize." more...
on rochambeau, npydyuan said:
"I like it because it's the name of a nearly perfect little coffee/tea house I used to frequent. :-)" more...
on the list Word Guidelines for Wordie, npydyuan said:
"* Everyone's ass needs

BUTT PASTE!

*

(Must check next Tuesday to see if Butt Paste ad appears here....)" more...
on the list Prosie: The Crisis, npydyuan said:
"I had the thankless task last year of trying to get a roomful of rowdy/bored/apathetic/confused/brilliant/asleep eleventh graders interested in this..." more...
on raccoonnookkeeper, npydyuan said:
"At last, I know what I want to be when I grow up!" more...
on the list soldier's Words, npydyuan said:
">who says "booyah"? And if nobody's *supposed* to say it... How come I keep hearing it?

Maybe you're having a Zyban <A..." more...
on squoze, npydyuan said:
"It's a very cute word. Especially in umpteen-point Palatino, as it is. Sassy, yet authoritative, yet ridiculous." more...
on quitting smoking, npydyuan said:
"Wow! Thanks for the encouragement and discussion, y'all. I'm intrigued by the idea of changing my identity to "someone who doesn't smoke." Maybe I..." more...
on quitting smoking, npydyuan said:
"I am.
If anyone, especially anyone who has succeeded long-term at this, has any sage wordies for me, let 'er rip!" more...
on willing suspension of disbelief, npydyuan said:
"Thanks for posting this, reesetee. I've heard and used the phrase for years, but was ignorant of its beautifully-worded origins!" more...
on mehitabel, npydyuan said:
"Hee hee!
"Expression is the need of my soul!" more...
on jeez, npydyuan said:
"Why is that creepy?" more...
on postpone, npydyuan said:
"A pleasant, drowsy state resulting from the eating of plenty of cornpone." more...
on thesaurus game, npydyuan said:
"To manoeuvre the onomasticon biz, get hold of any fistula of dramaturgy or poesy, and supervene upon as many lyrics as woos your..." more...
on pupil, npydyuan said:
"Well said, seanahan." more...
on semicolon, npydyuan said:
"And I still like Vonnegut. Especially his nonfiction, like Fates Worse than Death, and his sort of fiction/nonfiction, like..." more...
on semicolon, npydyuan said:
"Rule #4: Rules 1 through 3 are spot on, and yet... Conventional books are underrated." more...
on nanowrimo, npydyuan said:
"I'm definitely doing it. It's an excuse to write, really, a way to sidestep the usual routines and subroutines of failing to give yourself permission..." more...
on nosestickinery, npydyuan said:
"I used it on ni." more...
on the list phth, npydyuan said:
"phthor" more...
on peacock, npydyuan said:
"Interesting--I would love to see <A..." more...
on utilize, npydyuan said:
"You know what word is nice, though? inutile" more...
on unicodeworking, npydyuan said:
"It is on my bwowsah." more...
on utilize, npydyuan said:
"Utilize" could be "to infuse with utility; to increase the utility of something" more...
on pupil, npydyuan said:
"I read that Leonardo da Vinci said something along the lines of "it is a poor pupil who does not surpass his master." Are we largely then a race of..." more...
on bugs, npydyuan said:
"Seems as if there ought to be information on this page about actual insects, too. Or viruses. The various kinds of bugs could interact." more...
on bmen, npydyuan said:
"Except Qmen, who takes spicy curry dishes over to his apartment sometimes." more...
on boutique, npydyuan said:
"They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot" more...
on boutique, npydyuan said:
"Don't it always seem to go
that you don't know what you've got til it's gone?" more...
on cold, npydyuan said:
"Remember, the best way to keep warm is not to get cold in the first place." more...
on semicolon, npydyuan said:
"Yep. Bless him." more...
on pornography, npydyuan said:
"Now that is funny. Maybe having those ads up there is actually an asset, entertainment-wise." more...
on dusk, npydyuan said:
"How many shades of dusk? A brazillion, I'd say." more...
on pornography, npydyuan said:
"I'm surprised Wordie hasn't had anything to say about this, yet." more...
on semicolon, npydyuan said:
"Kurt Vonnegut said he hated them; I love them. Most of the time." more...
on typewriter, npydyuan said:
"Remember when we could say anything? There was no delete key. We made the same typographical mistakes over and over again. There was no pause for..." more...
on plinth, npydyuan said:
"Wow. What an exquisite image." more...
on bugs, npydyuan said:
Youtube comments truncate recent comments page
"Anyone else have this problem? If there's a link to a Youtube clip in a comment, no further content gets loaded (Safari, Mac) below that comment on..." more...
on the list Things go better with some, npydyuan said:
"You winsome and you losesome." more...
on wiseacre, npydyuan said:
"Yea, the ea is beautiful!" more...
on the list Things go better with some, npydyuan said:
"A winsome and handsome list!

(I see what you mean about the orthographical illusion, though!)" more...
on features, npydyuan said:
"Here's an interesting cautionary tale from Hopeless Geek." more...
on merch, npydyuan said:
"Oh yeah, I second that one, rt!" more...
on earworm, npydyuan said:
"I think she may have changed some of the words a little bit. My eldest daughter wanted it, so I said okay 'cause I was tired of listening to the..." more...
on meatspace, npydyuan said:
"I like to out of the blue in passing call my boss meathead sometimes." more...
on earworm, npydyuan said:
"Yeah, Big Rock Candy Mountain.... but Lisa Loeb does a very pleasantly ethereal version of it, I must say. Got it from iTunes, off some children's..." more...
on merch, npydyuan said:
"Hey, speaking of that story, I also recommend Terry Bisson's other work. I just read..." more...
on labarum, npydyuan said:
"I see. I would have been raised Catholic if either of my parents had kept up with it; as it was, we only went to mass when visiting my grandparents..." more...
on jeez, npydyuan said:
"Hmm.... still religious, apparently:

"exclamation of surprise, 1803, a disguised oath, probably for Jesu Domine "Jesus Lord." Extended form jiminy..." more...
on merch, npydyuan said:
"Or maybe just a "meat" shirt." more...
on merch, npydyuan said:
"Hmmm.... could I get a "purchase this list for use in meatspace" shirt or mug?" more...
on labarum, npydyuan said:
"Curious: what reasons?" more...
on relamping, npydyuan said:
"bulblamp bulb lampbulb lampbulblampbulblampbulblamp blamp" more...
on earworm, npydyuan said:
"IN THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*collapses in quivering heap*" more...
on relamping, npydyuan said:
"Ha ha!
I remember from when I was in charge of "relamping" a big retail space, those fluorescent "bulbs" are technically called lamps.
Still, when..." more...
on vermicelli, npydyuan said:
"My hump. My hump. My hump, my hump, my hump." more...
on earworm, npydyuan said:
"Why? Why is the bear torturing me?" more...
on earworm, npydyuan said:
"Aaaaaaaaighhh!!!! Make it stop!!!!!" more...
on nattering nabobs of negativity, npydyuan said:
"Yeah... EVERYTHING has a place on this site!" more...
on malicious afterthought, npydyuan said:
"Oh, ya know I was just playing about that. Unless you were to steal a phrase with, you know, malicious afterthought." more...
on earworm, npydyuan said:
"Oh, of course. And now I have in my head a slurry of all these bits of ditties swimming around... like an auditory analog of the miasma from the..." more...
on the list Real Names, npydyuan said:
"I know a guy named Dick Thickens. Really." more...
on malicious afterthought, npydyuan said:
"A fortuitous inversion of malice aforethought." more...
on earworm, npydyuan said:
"Personal worst earworm song: "Big Rock Candy Mountain" from O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack." more...
on with malice aforethought, npydyuan said:
"When I was a kid, I misheard this phrase as malicious afterthought--like, Wow! I didn't mean to do it, but now I'm really glad I killed that guy!" more...
on cilia, npydyuan said:
"Thanks, rt!
Hmmm... Some of them I can see, like bed (cool!), but others.... I'm gonna need some help." more...
on cilia, npydyuan said:
"Hmmm.... is there a word for visual onomatopoeia? "Cilia" kinda looks like what it means, at least in the middle...." more...
on glassanine, npydyuan said:
"two-way mirror glass when used to humiliate or annoy people on one side of said material"

Hmm. The glass itself could be called television." more...
on cilia, npydyuan said:
"Oh man, I just gave myself a SImon & Garfunkel-related earworm!" more...
on cilia, npydyuan said:
"Cilia! You're breakin my heart! You're shakin my confidence daily....!" more...
on glassanine, npydyuan said:
"for the behavior, i mean" more...
on glassanine, npydyuan said:
"glassanism? glassanimism?" more...
on bugs, npydyuan said:
"Right... all I get is "Comments since your last visit" followed by... nothing!" more...
on earworm, npydyuan said:
"No. It's still playing.
And playing.
And playing...." more...
on glassanine, npydyuan said:
"Like, a see-through mezzanine?" more...
on glassine, npydyuan said:
"Also the slightly brittle, cellophane-like clear part of a windowed business envelope." more...
on sialia, npydyuan said:
"Why does this word remind me of Hazelnuts???" more...
on the list habitat, npydyuan said:
"Very nice. :-)" more...
on John's profile, npydyuan said:
"Speaking of Safari, I still get this when I try to edit my fave word, etc, on my profile page (using Safari 3.0.3 (522.12.1) on Mac OS 10.4.10):
<img..." more...
on cholula, npydyuan said:
"Ha! I had to look that one up. I knew it first as hot sauce, and then as the name of one of my little animated subtext people." more...
on omsatigo, npydyuan said:
"one more smoke and then i go" more...
on oedilf, npydyuan said:
"Oxford English Dictionary I'd Like to F***

(thanks, c_b)" more...
on the list Journey of a 300-Year-Old House, npydyuan said:
"I think you're spot on with the "ordinary" words. Playing with this sort of thing (Wordie) allows the ordinary to interconnect. You can make..." more...
on antidisestablishmentarianism, npydyuan said:
"That would be todally awesome, though I don't see it happening any time soon." more...
on lollygagging, npydyuan said:
"Then my work here is done!
;-)" more...
on lollygagging, npydyuan said:
"Maybe if you wouldn't try to eat the whole sucker at once...." more...
on antidisestablishmentarianism, npydyuan said:
"A word used more for example than for its meaning. It looks like a cityscape." more...
on the list Journey of a 300-Year-Old House, npydyuan said:
"Wowee zowee. Beautiful." more...
on wyrd, npydyuan said:
"Whoa--that's cool. I used to call Microsoft Word 5.1a "Ms Wyrd." Seems strangely appropriate." more...
on recursion, npydyuan said:
"see recursion" more...
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