Word or Words of the Day and Discussion

[Cooking Goddess]

diaperhood:
(informal) The period of time for which one wears a diaper as a child;
babyhood.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diaperhood>

Some of these wikiwords are silly, but I'm sticking with them...

Would it also apply to those late in life with *ahem* "issues"? I sure as heck see enough ads for those things on TV.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Would it also apply to those late in life with *ahem* "issues"? I sure as heck see enough ads for those things on TV.

As in...We enter our second diaperhood, some want to know at what age this happens and all I can say is, "It Depends...."

 

[CWS4322]

quaff (v)

/kwäf, kwaf/

1. To drink something quickly or thirstily.
2.to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.

(noun)
3. an act or instance of quaffing.
4. a beverage quaffed.

Etymology: For quach, fr. Gael. & Ir. cuach, a drinking cup; cf. L. caucus, a drinking vessel. Cf. Quaigh
Possibly 16th Century: perhaps of imitative origin; compare Middle Low German quassen to eat or drink excessively.

 

[taxlady]

As in...We enter our second diaperhood, some want to know at what age this happens and all I can say is, "It Depends...."

good thing I did not have a mouthful of coffee when I read that.

 

[taxlady]

onomatopoeia

from onomatopoeia - Wiktionary

Noun

onomatopoeia (countable and uncountable; plural onomatopoeias or onomatopoeiae)

1. (uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.  [quotations ▼]
2. (countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle" or "hiss".
3. (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.

I think my all time favourite onomatopoetic word is a word I heard on a vacation in Israel. It's the Ivrit (modern Hebrew) word for fly (the insect). It's pronounced "zvuv". I Googled and found the Hebrew spelling:
זְבוּב

 

[Cooking Goddess]

As in...We enter our second diaperhood, some want to know at what age this happens and all I can say is, "It Depends...."

Catchy! Were you in advertising in an earlier life?

Just so long as it isn't "catching". After all, you do work with the elderly...

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Catchy! Were you in advertising in an earlier life?

Just so long as it isn't "catching". After all, you do work with the elderly...

Nurses are given a 10 gallon bladder with their diploma...

 

[PrincessFiona60]

chirality:
The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which an
object differs from its mirror image.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chirality>

 

[Cooking Goddess]

doyenne
noun [C usually singular] /dɔɪˈen/ /dwaɪˈen/

Definition
› the oldest, most experienced, and often most respected woman involved in a particular type of work.

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I don't know about the "respected" part, but I certainly am the doyenne of goofing off.

 

[CWS4322]

queen·fish


queenfish

[kween-fish]
plural queen·fish·es ( especially collectively ) queen·fish.

A silvery and bluish drum, Seriphus politus, inhabiting shallow waters along the coast of California.



Etymology:
1880–85, Americanism; queen + fish

 

[PrincessFiona60]

snood:
1. A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.
2. The flap of red skin on the beak of a male turkey.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snood>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

canard:
A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canard>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

munificent:
Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as a munificent benefactor.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/munificent>

 

[Claire]

Oh, good grief. Does anyone know how I can print this entire line? I have a blind friend who is very interested in etymology (as I am) and finding new words is one way we entertain ourselves when I spend time with her.

Another is words we just like the sound.

 

[Addie]

Oh, good grief. Does anyone know how I can print this entire line? I have a blind friend who is very interested in etymology (as I am) and finding new words is one way we entertain ourselves when I spend time with her.

Another is words we just like the sound.

Copy and paste onto a blank word document. Then print out.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Claire,

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[Claire]

My two favorite words just for the sound are actually French (I note that is mentioned earlier). Parapluie and pomplemousse (probably both misspelled), umbrella and grapefruit. I just like the way they sound. My blind friend and I can spend hours discussing what language a word is derived from (OK, bad grammar).

 

[Dawgluver]

My two favorite words just for the sound are actually French (I note that is mentioned earlier). Parapluie and pomplemousse (probably both misspelled), umbrella and grapefruit. I just like the way they sound. My blind friend and I can spend hours discussing what language a word is derived from (OK, bad grammar).

I remember them both from French class, love the sound of parapluie!

 

[taxlady]

Go up to the blue line just below the first "Post Reply" button. Click "Thread Tools", then click, "Show Printable Version". The control P to print it.

 

[tinlizzie]

canard:
A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canard>

Does it walk like a duck and talk like a duck? (Canard is French for duck, is it not?)