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Word of the day besides "murmur".

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13 March 2007, 08:18 AM
Doug Spaulding
Word of the day besides "murmur".
Largish


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14 March 2007, 07:23 AM
Braling II
lagniappe
14 March 2007, 10:39 PM
Chapter 31
Wrapped?
14 March 2007, 10:53 PM
embroiderer
embrodieristic (having traits of an embroiderer)
embroideryous (boisterous, while an embroiderer)
embroideria (place for buying embroidery)
Embroideryville (that there city/town)
Embroideryski (Polish family name with long heritage in- you guessed it!)
Embryodery (developing embroidery)
15 March 2007, 07:16 AM
Braling II
Chap, a lagniappe ("LAN-yap") is a sort of "kick-back", i.e. a gift from a vendor to a customer.

Broid, love your last entry!

Here's a new one: embrocate
15 March 2007, 11:33 PM
Chapter 31
Because I’m involved with so many kickbacks, “lagniappe” wasn’t so hard and a naked kickback is problematic so “wrapped” is usually preferred. “Embrocate” on the other hand was dicier and I had to look it up and I’ll be sure to embrocate the next time I go to the beach.
16 March 2007, 07:28 AM
Braling II
I first encountered the word defenestration in a Bradbury story, but don't recall which one...
16 March 2007, 01:08 PM
biplane1
How on earth did you remember that word?
16 March 2007, 01:37 PM
Braling II
He seemed to really like it, I looked it up and liked it, and I've encountered it since...
16 March 2007, 10:05 PM
Chapter 31
A tactinic reaction will never come knocking on my door.
17 March 2007, 07:20 PM
rocket
saturnine


She stood silently looking out into the great sallow distances of sea bottom, as if recalling something, her yellow eyes soft and moist...

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21 March 2007, 10:13 AM
rocket
crucible


She stood silently looking out into the great sallow distances of sea bottom, as if recalling something, her yellow eyes soft and moist...

rocketsummer@insightbb.com
21 March 2007, 10:19 AM
Braling II
homophone
21 March 2007, 12:17 PM
fjp451
Right! Now correctly write "their," "there," and "they're." No doubt, you know the differences. Each word has its own meaning. It's really worth more than a few cents to have a good sense of the language. Now, this brings me to my new word of the day, "Gnu!"
21 March 2007, 02:06 PM
Braling II
Good observation, Butch.
Too many folks nowadays confuse "your" and "you're", for example. (Take note good friend Rocket!)
Here are some good homophones:
right, rite, write, and wright (though you don't see the latter much anymore).
One that keeps tripping up singers, for some reason is "lead" and "led", though the former is only the metal...