Competitive Vocabulary Game.

[Texas2SS]

It doesn't have to do with "hmm and hmm" specifically but they resemble it.

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by Texas2SS

It doesn't have to do with "hmm and hmm" specifically but they resemble it.

This may be my last attempt with "battology". And don't say I haven't tried here, you can see I really have.

Dipping into the wealth of supposition that has accrued since you launched this rigamarole, I venture the following "two-bit" ideas.

The talking/writing hint means just that, communication. The never contested humor I interjected about flying bats is possibly involved. And the fact-on-the-face-of-it "ology" means the study of something.

Battology means the investigation of bats communicating with one another by same means of high frequency sounds they emit for purposes of echolocation.

[Texas2SS]

Originally Posted by Ivas

This may be my last attempt with "battology". And don't say I haven't tried here, you can see I really have.

Dipping into the wealth of supposition that has accrued since you launched this rigamarole, I venture the following "two-bit" ideas.

The talking/writing hint means just that, communication. The never contested humor I interjected about flying bats is possibly involved. And the fact-on-the-face-of-it "ology" means the study of something.

Battology means the investigation of bats communicating with one another by same means of high frequency sounds they emit for purposes of echolocation.

Okay you tried. I'll help you out here, you were tryng to look WAY to far into it.

It's the repitition of words in communication or writing.

Hense why hmm and hmm were on the right track.



Next words restarts the game.

[Ivas]

"Alacrity"


By the way, thanks for the coup de grâce.

[Ivas]

Ooh, ooh, time's up; you folks are not showing enough "alacrity" in your responses.

New word: "Camouflage"

[Texas2SS]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Ooh, ooh, time's up; you folks are not showing enough "alacrity" in your responses.

New word: "Camouflage"

that's a method of hiding, to become unnoticed


New word: Liger

[The Stig]

Breed of animal that is a combination of a tiger and a lion for parents

"apportionment"

[Texas2SS]

Originally Posted by stieger

Breed of animal that is a combination of a tiger and a lion for parents

"apportionment"

When looking at it to break it down portion of course it seperating of things into parts so I'm guessiing it's the act of distributing proper parts/shares?

Am I close?

[The Stig]

Pretty much got it yea. Your word

[Texas2SS]

New word: obstinate

[Steve Dallas]

obstinate: to be stubborn regarding an issue

new word: Luff

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

obstinate: to be stubborn regarding an issue

new word: Luff

It means the "shivering" of the jib sail as one approaches more directly the source of the wind. This can be adjusted by taking up on the line or by steering a course farther "off" the wind. It is also a part of the sail when it's used as a noun.

New word: "Knell"

[Texas2SS]

Originally Posted by Ivas

It means the "shivering" of the jib sail as one approaches more directly the source of the wind. This can be adjusted by taking up on the line or by steering a course farther "off" the wind. It is also a part of the sail when it's used as a noun.

New word: "Knell"

It's the sound made by a bell at funerals.

New Word: stylite

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by Texas2SS

It's the sound made by a bell at funerals.

New Word: stylite

Is that one of those pyroclastic bits of the Moon thrown up and away from the lunar surface by a meteor collision that ends up falling onto our planet? Those that are recovered are usually found in open areas that allow their detection, let's say in the deserts of Australia or the wastes of Antarctica.