Art, Writing, and Learning: The Clerisy Quarter => History, Science, and Interesting Information - The Great Library => Topic started by: Jubal on November 05, 2011, 01:00:02 PM
Title: What does that mean?
Post by: Jubal on November 05, 2011, 01:00:02 PM
Okay, this is the intellectual equivalent of a forum game. Essentially someone posts an unusual, little-known or interesting word, the next poster has to find another unusual or interesting word starting with the last letter of the previous one.
Here goes:
Croodle - Verb Meaning to cower, crouch, draw together for warmth or cling close to someone e.g. "We huddled under the bridge, croodling together helplessly as we struggled for warmth in the bitter weather."
Next person gets E. :)
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Post by: comrade_general on November 05, 2011, 05:10:32 PM
Erg - Noun
An erg is the unit of energy and mechanical work in the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system of units, symbol "erg". Its name is derived from the Greek ergon, meaning "work".[1]
An erg is the amount of work done by a force of one dyne exerted for a distance of one centimeter. In the CGS base units, it is equal to one gram centimeter-squared per second-squared (g·cm2/s2). It is thus equal to 10−7 joules or 100 nanojoules (nJ) in SI units.
1 erg = 10−7 J = 100 nJ
1 erg = 624.15 GeV = 6.2415 ×1011 eV
1 erg = 1 dyne cm = 1 g·cm2/s2
Also the textual expression of a grunting noise I make.
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Post by: Jubal on November 05, 2011, 06:47:50 PM
Gyromancy - Noun A form of divination by the means of walking around in a circle continually until the walker falls from dizziness: the divination is read from the place in the circle and the manner in which the walker falls.
This sounds rather amusing to try. Particularly if the walker in question was inebriated beforehand... :P
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Post by: Andalus on November 06, 2011, 12:43:46 PM
Interesting thread!
Yapok - Noun
A nocturnal, semiaquatic South American marsupial (Chironectes minimus), more properly known as the water opossum. Unlike most opossums, whose hind feet have an opposable digit for climbing trees, the yapok has webbed hind feet instead, and is the marsupial most adapted for aquatic life. It is also the only extant marsupial in which both males and females of the species have a pouch. The female pouch is watertight and is used to protect her young while in the water. However, the male pouch seems not be for protecting young, but is somewhere to put his dingdong while swimming.
The name probably comes from the Oyapok River in French Guyana.
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Post by: comrade_general on November 06, 2011, 03:08:02 PM
kakorrhaphiophobia - Noun
The fear of failure or defeat.
In response to Jub's previous word; Mythbusters aired an episode where they found out humans will walk or swim in very tight circles without realising it when their vision is blocked.
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Post by: Ladyhawk on November 06, 2011, 03:13:29 PM
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Poor person when then get told what they are diagnosed with. "Sorry sir, but you have Hippopotomonstros.... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
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Post by: Jubal on November 06, 2011, 05:44:00 PM
Since it's "start with the last letter of the previous word" I'll carry on from CG's.
Agathism - Noun The doctrine or philosophical idea that all things tend, by nature, towards good.
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Post by: Jubal on November 17, 2011, 05:58:28 PM
Nobody? :(
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Post by: comrade_general on November 17, 2011, 11:06:37 PM
I was waiting for someone else. :P
Maggotorium - noun
1. A place where maggots are stored.
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Post by: Jubal on November 18, 2011, 05:41:32 PM
Mezentian- Adjective Comparable to the actions of Mezentius, a mythical Etruscan king who tied living men to corpses then left them to die of starvation.
I just hope he didn't put the corpses in the Maggotorium first. :P
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Post by: Othko97 on January 07, 2012, 09:31:08 PM
Natricine - Of, like or pertaining to water-snakes.
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Post by: Jubal on January 08, 2012, 12:03:46 PM
Eisteddfod - Noun A congress of (Welsh) bards.
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Post by: Othko97 on March 15, 2012, 07:48:01 PM
dromestoners - people who remove stones from temporary airfields :P
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Post by: Jubal on March 18, 2012, 04:55:11 PM
Salleeman - Noun A Moorish pirate ship
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Post by: comrade_general on March 18, 2012, 05:02:40 PM
Nictate - verb To wink, or blink.
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Post by: Jubal on July 25, 2012, 10:37:06 PM
effulgence - the state of being bright and radiant.
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Post by: Lady Grey on July 14, 2013, 09:22:21 PM
Ebullient - joyously unrestrained.
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Post by: Jubal on July 14, 2013, 10:38:56 PM
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Post by: Lady Grey on July 18, 2013, 07:28:58 PM
gainsay - contradict
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Post by: Jubal on July 18, 2013, 08:58:15 PM
Yab-yum (Noun) A common symbol in southern Asian art (himalayas/indian subcontinent) that shows a male deity having sex with his female counterpart, the male usually being in the lotus position with the female in his lap.
Yay for looking up random crap in a dictionary. :P
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Post by: Othko97 on July 18, 2013, 09:24:27 PM
Mammothrept
A child who is raised and spoiled by their grandmother
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Post by: Jubal on August 27, 2013, 02:51:17 PM
Tatterdemalion (Noun)
A person dressed in ragged clothes.
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Post by: Glaurung on October 29, 2016, 10:06:42 PM
Nebuchadnezzar A wine bottle size containing 15 litres (20 standard bottles). From the biblical King of Babylon.
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Post by: comrade_general on October 29, 2016, 10:12:27 PM
Rhinotillexomania.
Compulsive nose picking.
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Post by: Jubal on October 29, 2016, 10:15:10 PM
Arcology (Noun)
The field of study pertaining to creating densely populated, low ecological impact human habitats, or an actual structure abiding by such principles.
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Post by: comrade_general on October 29, 2016, 10:17:16 PM
I thought it was supposed to start with the last letter of the previous one. :)
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Post by: Jubal on October 29, 2016, 10:17:55 PM
Yes, I forgot the rule, fixed now (and sorry, next person gets "Y" again!) :P
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Post by: comrade_general on October 29, 2016, 10:43:30 PM
Yaff.
To bark like a snarling dog.
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Post by: Jubal on October 29, 2016, 11:08:08 PM
Fescennine (adjective)
Obscene/defamatory/scurrilous. From the Etrurian town of Fescennia, which was apparently famous for the creation of songs/poems of such a nature.
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Post by: Tusky on April 12, 2018, 02:04:11 PM
Ephemeral
Lasting for a short time
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Post by: Jubal on April 13, 2018, 06:08:40 PM
Lobscouse
A stew of meat, onions, potatoes, ship's biscuits, etc, made by C19 sailors. Similarly named stews are known from Germany and Scandinavia, with the Latvian "Labs kauss" (Good Bowl) a possible ultimate origin of the term. Its popularity in the port of Liverpool is the likely origin of the term "Scouser" to refer to Liverpudlians.