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Discussion Topic  RE: A new competition... & R.E. WINS!!! (in Wordplay) by jheem
I mentioned ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Defective lexical items" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
I think the author chose the term because it is used in classical (Latin) grammar: nouns that lack a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The history of schadenfreude (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
Sorry to disappoint, but I like schadenfreudistic(al(ly)) and I propose ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Least favorite words? (in Potpourri) by jheem
Gaydar's been around for at least a decade. Jazz was a colloquial term for sexual intercourse. Simil......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Least favorite words? (in Potpourri) by jheem
Let's see. Folks tend to dislike words because they're: 1. not correct (i.e., newly coined or newer......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The history of schadenfreude (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
wordnerd. Yes, you've got the right Carlyle quotation. There's also another quotation I omitted that......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The history of schadenfreude (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
No, but how about the Greek word ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The history of schadenfreude (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
Took a look at the 2nd edition OED's entry for Schadenfreude. It defines the word as the "malicious ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Characters from Greek Myth (in The Vocabulary Forum) by jheem
I've wanted to write a short story for some time now. The two main characters are Mister Quark from ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fluids (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
Kalleh-- Don't bow down to no linguinis. Keep up the good fight. It's just that in spite of all the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fluids (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fluids (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
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Discussion Topic  RE: Characters from Greek Myth (in The Vocabulary Forum) by jheem
For our dear museamuse we have musical and mosaic....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Characters from Greek Myth (in The Vocabulary Forum) by jheem
Also: sisyphean....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fluids (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
Because ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Characters from Greek Myth (in The Vocabulary Forum) by jheem
OK. How about Procrustean, as in Procrustean bed? "Producing or designed to produce strict conform......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mati (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
In Italy, the person curing / combatting the evil eye is supposed to spit three times, rapidly in su......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Out of the mouths of "babes" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
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Discussion Topic  RE: Out of the mouths of "babes" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mati (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
Looked around online, and mati seems to be the modern Greek term for 'evil eye'. ......
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