Word or Words of the Day and Discussion

[GotGarlic]

Yankees don't call that amber, sometimes? In Canada we call it amber or yellow.

We call the traffic light yellow, but the tree resin amber.

 

[Somebunny]

Yankees don't call that amber, sometimes? In Canada we call it amber or yellow.

Yankee here, calling it "Amber" lol! Must admit sometimes I say yellow.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

wizened:
Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wizened>

 

[Cooking Goddess]

amber:
1. Translucent fossilized tree resin, generally yellow or orange but
sometimes blue, often used as jewelry....

The national gem of Poland.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

croggy:
A ride on the handlebars or crossbar of a bicycle.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/croggy>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

choreography:
1. The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a
ballet, etc.
2. The representation of these movements by a series of symbols.
3. The notation used to construct this record.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/choreography>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

understudy:
1. To study or know a role, so as to be able to replace its normal
performer if required.
2. To act as an understudy (to, for someone).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/understudy>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

microcosm:
1. A smaller system which is representative of or analogous to a larger
one.
2. A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an
experimental model.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/microcosm>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

iatrogenic:
(of a medical condition) Induced by the words or actions of the
physician.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iatrogenic>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

allomother:
A human or other animal that provides some maternal care for the young
born by another.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/allomother>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

sparge:
1. To sprinkle or spray
2. To introduce bubbles into a liquid.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sparge>

 

[tinlizzie]

And a tip of the hat to the other DC: Washington, D.C.

Bloviation -- a style of empty, pompous political speech... United States President Warren G. Harding described it as "the art of speaking for as long as the occasion warrants, and saying nothing". from Wikipedia

 

[PrincessFiona60]

sine qua non:
An essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sine_qua_non>

 

[cave76]

Idiopathic -----is an adjective used primarily in medicine meaning arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause.

When the doctor has been particularly er, um unhelpful------ it's changed to Idiotpathic.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

stipulate:
(botany; not comparable) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths
borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipulate>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I've known people (a sister comes to mind) who encompass all of these traits:

insensate:
1. Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate.
2. Senseless; foolish; irrational.
3. Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive.
4. (medicine, physiology) Not responsive to sensory stimuli.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/insensate>

 

[Dawgluver]

I've known people (a sister comes to mind) who encompass all of these traits:

insensate:
1. Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate.
2. Senseless; foolish; irrational.
3. Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive.
4. (medicine, physiology) Not responsive to sensory stimuli.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/insensate>

A perfect description of my sister too, as well as a couple of supervisors.....

 

[PrincessFiona60]

A perfect description of my sister too, as well as a couple of supervisors.....

Does everyone have a sister like this??? If she wasn't my sister I would have nothing to do with her.

 

[Addie]

allomother:
A human or other animal that provides some maternal care for the young
born by another.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/allomother>

If that includes wet nursing, then that would be me. I wet nursed twins since I was the only one on the maternity floor that was nursing. Enough milk for three babies. When I went home, I would pump, and send it to the hospital by cab three times a day. The hospital paid for the cab and a small amount to me for the milk.

The mother didn't know she was expecting twins. They were boys. The hospital wanted to baptize them immediately and wanted to know what their names would be. I suggested Pete and Repeat. She had a fit of laughing and couldn't come up with any names except those two. It stuck in her head. I was just trying to help! (The twins died at three weeks.)

 

[Addie]

Does everyone have a sister like this??? If she wasn't my sister I would have nothing to do with her.

Not me. My sister felt like she always had to tell me how to live my life. I just ignored her.