Wordy world

by **Nyx!** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:10 pm

hi all,

was just going through Fun Kay's "Smell of fresh rain" and came across the word petrichor... pardon me if there's already a thread for this topic but i wud like all of us to collect some more words which are eponyms or toponyms or simply a proper name/word to describe a particular thing, which we thought never really existed.

to begin with .. i put in my contribution

philtrum--the vertical depression in the center of the upper lip...i came across this word when i was in my 8th standard or so . .watching Bournvita Quiz Contest by Derek O'Brien...

borborygmi--rumbling sounds made by the stomach when one's hungry (not necessarily though)

by **Nyx!** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:32 pm

chintz... a bright colored printed cotton fabric... i like this word... the sound of it ...

by **akshay** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:35 am

zeph.yr \'zef-*r\ n: a breeze from the west.

I didnt realize zephyr, though a more common word than petrichor, requires the breeze to be from the west.

by **akshay** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:53 am

prothalamion: a song in celebration of a marriage.

by **gyanster** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:40 am

naus: Common sense.

I heard this word being used a day after I first knew its meaning..

.. Or may be I was not paying attention to any one using it.

by **Moonmist** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:30 am

Wow.. i dint know about it ... and thanx gyanster... nobody replies to my posts .. i was feeling wretched... :cry:

.. sometimes CAD takes pity on me and replies to my posts .. otherwise no one ...

.. why why WHY????

by **gyanster** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:58 am

Hey man chill. No one replies here unless it is something political or some stupidity.. But there are a few good eggs around..

by **gyanster** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:04 am

pulchritude : Beauty.

Whenever I heard this word, I thought it meant something bad.. But am surprised by the meaning of it.

by **Akshay** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:30 am

Moonmist wrote:Wow.. i dint know about it ... and thanx gyanster... nobody replies to my posts .. i was feeling wretched... .. sometimes CAD takes pity on me and replies to my posts .. otherwise no one ... .. why why WHY????

Yeah right...and you thank gyanster for replying but not me, though i was the first to respond...sigh sigh....talk about acknowledgment. Just kidding man....but this is a great thread, I see a long life for it.

by **Nyx!** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:37 am

Akshay wrote:
Moonmist wrote:Wow.. i dint know about it ... and thanx gyanster... nobody replies to my posts .. i was feeling wretched... .. sometimes CAD takes pity on me and replies to my posts .. otherwise no one ... .. why why WHY????

Yeah right...and you thank gyanster for replying but not me, though i was the first to respond...sigh sigh....talk about acknowledgment. Just kidding man....but this is a great thread, I see a long life for it.

Hey sorry man! dint c ur post... cuz gyanster's was the last one .. so just clicked it ... a big THANK YOU to u too

by **Nyx!** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:40 am

gyanster wrote:pulchritude : Beauty.

Whenever I heard this word, I thought it meant something bad.. But am surprised by the meaning of it.

i have started this board n i m swerving from it myself ... :oops:

but can't help listing a word which i took to be something else .. .like gyanster did.. .

brevity...use of brief expressions.. now its a very common word...

n during my school days i used to think this word has something to do with being brave.. . :roll:

by **Nyx!** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:43 am

can the mods shift this board under special interests???.. cuz started it on a whim without realizing that i was visiting this board...

by **gyanster** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:13 am

Mods will take about 8 3/4 weeks to respond.. so, leave it as it is..

by HH » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:47 am

In a Letter to a friend at School, during Vacation: " ... flabbergasted***** ..." (wanting to sound high er 'bombastic')

***** Horrors ... it did not mean anything to flatter ... it meant >>>>>

flabbergast - : flab·ber·gast
Pronunciation: 'fla-b&r-"gast
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: origin unknown
: to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder
- http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=flabbergasted

End of School ... Lost a good smiling friend, too!

So Beware of Unknown / Strange Words ... Know Meaning and USE!

by **akshay** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:10 am

logophile: lover of words.

If so interested in words you might want to look at http://www.wordsmith.org if you havent already done so.

by **gyanster** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:14 am

Ha ha akshay. I subscribe to wordsmith as well. That is where I got petrichor and all the other ones from..

by **Nyx!** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:14 am

thanks akshay.. already know about the site ... thanx anywayz...

by **akshay** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:35 am

Quote from Anu Garg, founder of wordsmith.org: "Words are like an artist having a palette of colors: You don't use all the words in a single painting, but having a vast vocabulary is like being an artist who has the right colors to bring out just the right ideas, as they have pictured it in their mind."

orthoepist: a pronunciation expert.

dasypygal: hairy buttocked.

ventripotent: bigbellied. gluttonous

by **Nyx!** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:38 am

wow.. funny sounding terms. .. one can gets loads of such terms in medical terminology... imagine thousands of them just related to human body !!!

by **Nyx!** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:50 am

onomastics---The study of the origins and forms of proper names.

by **akshay** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:19 am

Anu Garg: "If the word fits, there’s no harm in using it. But you don’t want to force a word to sound bombastic.”

susurrous: wrestling of leaves

by **gyanster** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:21 am

But you run into the possibility of speaking to someone who does not know of the words you are speaking.. and pfft you feel like a fool..

Even here in Australia there are lots of people in high positions who do not know the basic of words.. we have to speak their language..

by **Nyx!** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:25 am

akshay wrote:susurrous: wrestling of leaves

Guess its rustling :roll:

no offence meant. .

by **akshay** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:26 am

I agree. The word should fit the sentence and audience.

by **Nyx!** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:39 am

akshay wrote:I agree. The word should fit the sentence and audience.

me seconds dat! or thirds

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