Word of the day...

JWBear · 03-25-2010, 10:22 PM

I learned a new word today! "Gadarene"

Morrigoon · 03-26-2010, 01:11 AM

You gonna share with the class or do we have to resort to dictionary.com?

Kevy Baby · 03-26-2010, 07:57 AM

[adolescent mode] The word of the day is "legs" - help spread the word [/adolescent mode]

Mousey Girl · 03-26-2010, 08:41 AM

Legs? I was expecting you to say boobs.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-26-2010, 08:44 AM

Spreading "boobs" isn't as acquiescently funny as spreading "legs".

JWBear · 03-26-2010, 08:54 AM

This thread became about boobs in four posts. Is that a new record for LoT?

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

You gonna share with the class or do we have to resort to dictionary.com?

Gada·rene (gad′ə rēn′)

adjective
moving rapidly and without control; headlong

Etymology: after the Gadarene swine (Luke 8:26-39) that ran into the sea after demons possessed them

flippyshark · 03-26-2010, 09:02 AM

Maybe my favorite word -

Callipygian: Having a shapely buttocks, as in "I wish I was a more callipygian dude."

I used to feel sorry for those poor Gadarene pigs, who never asked to have Jesus send demons into them and make them run into the sea.

Kevy Baby · 03-26-2010, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear

Gada·rene (gad′ə rēn′)

adjective
moving rapidly and without control; headlong

Etymology: after the Gadarene swine (Luke 8:26-39) that ran into the sea after demons possessed them

It's weird because Dictionary.com doesn't have a definition, they only give this:

Quote:

Gad·a·ra (gād'ər-ə)
An ancient city of Palestine southeast of the Sea of Galilee. It was one of the Greek cities of the Decapolis.

Gad'a·rene' (gād'ə-rēn', gād'ə-rēn') adj. & n.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-26-2010, 09:44 AM

Which tells you something about the reliability of Dictionary.com

JWBear · 03-26-2010, 10:51 AM

I got it from yourdictionary.com (the first link that came up when I googled it). This is what Merriam-Webster has:

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Main Entry: gad·a·rene
Pronunciation: \ˈga-də-ˌrēn\
Function: adjective
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: from the demon-possessed Gadarene swine in Matthew 8:28 that rushed into the sea
Date: 1922

: headlong, precipitate <a gadarene rush to the cities>

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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Maybe my favorite word - Callipygian: Having a shapely buttocks, as in "I wish I was a more callipygian dude." I used to feel sorry for those poor Gadarene pigs, who never asked to have Jesus send demons into them and make them run into the sea.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Which tells you something about the reliability of Dictionary.com __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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