New word of the day (and other delightful linguistic discoveries) - Page 3

JWBear · 09-26-2007, 08:33 PM

Mmmmmm... Butter cream frosting.....

frodo potter · 09-26-2007, 10:05 PM

My new favorite word is
Schadenfreude: pleasure taken from someone else's misfortune.

CoasterMatt · 09-26-2007, 10:06 PM

Avenue Q has a great song for you, frodo

Chernabog · 10-05-2007, 01:37 PM

lugubrious

that's my word of the day, I just read it in a movie review!

it is an adjective that means: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.

I thought it had something do do with lubrication, but alas... it's still a cool word tho!!!

Just FYI something funny about LoT - I tried doing a search for this thread under "word of the day" and it said "of" "the" and "day" were too common and/or short to do a search for. So it just gave me every thread with the word "word" in it.. grrrr :P

Morrigoon · 10-05-2007, 02:00 PM

That'll teach you to memorize the word linguistic

Morrigoon · 10-17-2007, 01:27 PM

Avoision

Moonliner · 10-17-2007, 02:44 PM

Popeidolia

Snowflake · 07-01-2008, 08:43 AM

A friend sent me this and I though it was too funny not to post

Upon hearing about our latest receptionist issue at work (the one thing we can count on in my office), my husband coined a great new term that I will now integrate into my daily parlance.

"Drama Leave"

I have submitted the term to Urban Dictionary under the name of ***** as follows---

Drama Leave:

Time off work to address---or more likely revel in---the train wreck of your life. You're not sick, it's not a vacation, and it's not really an emergency except in your own head.

Example:

"I heard the receptionist arguing with someone on her cell last night, and she's a no show, no call today. I guess she's taking drama leave."

Strangler Lewis · 07-01-2008, 10:21 AM

You people with your fancy words. You must all think you're the Pope's mustard maker.

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-01-2008, 03:56 PM

Bwahaha!

Did I mention I took a sick day today? Synchronicity indeed.

09-26-2007, 08:33 PM	#1
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09-26-2007, 10:05 PM	#2
frodo potter Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 84	My new favorite word is Schadenfreude: pleasure taken from someone else's misfortune.
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10-05-2007, 01:37 PM	#4
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	lugubrious that's my word of the day, I just read it in a movie review! it is an adjective that means: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love. I thought it had something do do with lubrication, but alas... it's still a cool word tho!!! Just FYI something funny about LoT - I tried doing a search for this thread under "word of the day" and it said "of" "the" and "day" were too common and/or short to do a search for. So it just gave me every thread with the word "word" in it.. grrrr :P __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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10-17-2007, 01:27 PM	#6
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Avoision __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Popeidolia __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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07-01-2008, 08:43 AM	#8
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Urban Dictionary A friend sent me this and I though it was too funny not to post Upon hearing about our latest receptionist issue at work (the one thing we can count on in my office), my husband coined a great new term that I will now integrate into my daily parlance. "Drama Leave" I have submitted the term to Urban Dictionary under the name of ***** as follows--- Drama Leave: Time off work to address---or more likely revel in---the train wreck of your life. You're not sick, it's not a vacation, and it's not really an emergency except in your own head. Example: "I heard the receptionist arguing with someone on her cell last night, and she's a no show, no call today. I guess she's taking drama leave." __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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07-01-2008, 10:21 AM	#9
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07-01-2008, 03:56 PM	#10
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Bwahaha! Did I mention I took a sick day today? Synchronicity indeed. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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