Competitive Vocabulary Game. - Page 44

Reaper1a · 09-04-2011, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berean

Next word: Pistareen

I'm definitely not good at this game, haha. Had to look this one up, and as soon as I did I remembered how I should have known it

Ivas · 09-04-2011, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reaper1a

I'm definitely not good at this game, haha. Had to look this one up, and as soon as I did I remembered how I should have known it

Well, wassup?

Now, that you know the word's meaning, through whichever way you learned it,

are you gonna' share that information with the rest of us?

Reaper1a · 09-05-2011, 01:32 AM

haha, I thought that was against the rules? I had to look it up

2SS BUMBLBE · 09-05-2011, 08:49 AM

Since you gave such a worthless word, I will also give you a picayune one!

Ivas · 09-05-2011, 09:59 AM

"Pickayune" means to be of small value. It is used derisively in the Southern Dialects.

New word: "thresh".

2SS BUMBLBE · 09-05-2011, 06:09 PM

I've not heard "picayune" used derisively. Interesting.

Thresh: separate the grain from the plant

Next: surfactant

Ivas · 09-05-2011, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2SS BUMBLBE

I've not heard "picayune" used derisively. Interesting.

Thresh: separate the grain from the plant

Next: surfactant

I ain't sure now 'bout your new word because the spelling seems incorrect to me. I'd write it "surfEctant" to mean something that one uses to clean up or wash up dirty surfaces of most things.

If my slightly different definition/spelling of the term is acceptable, I'd like to submit a new word for our game.

The word is: "Gorgeous"

2SS BUMBLBE · 09-05-2011, 11:24 PM

My spelling was correct. Your definition was close. A substance dissolved in water that reduces it's surface tension.

GnyaTek · 09-06-2011, 12:17 AM

Gorgeous - having great/splendid beauty.

Deferring the next word to 2SS Bumblebee as I think that surfactant wasn't correctly defined by others. (spelling was correct, as was his definition ... recalled it from antiquated chemistry ... surfactant = surface active agent).

Give us a new word please, 2SS!

2SS BUMBLBE · 09-06-2011, 08:01 AM

Ok. Next: mores

GnyaTek · 09-06-2011, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2SS BUMBLBE

Ok. Next: mores

Moral views, values, or traditions.

New word: "smore"

Ivas · 09-06-2011, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GnyaTek

Moral views, values, or traditions.

New word: "smore"

I believe it's a newish word that indicates a campfire confection heated over the open flame that consists of marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate. Yum yum.

Regarding "surfactant", I never contested the spelling, only MY recollection of the spelling did not coïncide and thus cast doubt on my definition. I am happy it all worked out. You guys are always such smarty-pants.

New word: "marrow".

GnyaTek · 09-06-2011, 09:39 PM

Yeah, I accept your definition, though that was really for s'more (which is kinda an offshoot of smore ... which actually means ... smother - makes sense, graham cracker and marshmallows smothered in chocolate! Yum indeed!)

marrow = innermost or core. As in bone marrow, the soft stuff in the center of major bones.

new word = "recalcitrant"

Ivas · 09-07-2011, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GnyaTek

Yeah, I accept your definition, though that was really for s'more (which is kinda an offshoot of smore ... which actually means ... smother - makes sense, graham cracker and marshmallows smothered in chocolate! Yum indeed!)

marrow = innermost or core. As in bone marrow, the soft stuff in the center of major bones.

new word = "recalcitrant"

It means stubbornness, a refusal to change one's ways to the nth degree. I've overheard school administers grumble about "recalcitrant" teachers unwilling to bow down to the administrator's latest whim.

By the way, I thought maybe someone would define "marrow" in its vegetal sense: a zucchini (an anglicism).

New word: "Mace" (not the teargas stuff

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09-05-2011, 01:32 AM	#605
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09-05-2011, 08:49 AM	#606
2SS BUMBLBE Drives: 2010 2SS/RS/L99 Join Date: May 2010 Location: TN Posts: 392 View My Garage	Since you gave such a *worthless* word, I will also give you a *picayune* one!

09-05-2011, 09:59 AM	#607
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	"Pickayune" means to be of small value. It is used derisively in the Southern Dialects. New word: "thresh".

09-05-2011, 06:09 PM	#608
2SS BUMBLBE Drives: 2010 2SS/RS/L99 Join Date: May 2010 Location: TN Posts: 392 View My Garage	I've not heard "picayune" used derisively. Interesting. Thresh: separate the grain from the plant Next: surfactant

09-05-2011, 11:24 PM	#610
2SS BUMBLBE Drives: 2010 2SS/RS/L99 Join Date: May 2010 Location: TN Posts: 392 View My Garage	My spelling was correct. Your definition was close. A substance dissolved in water that reduces it's surface tension.

09-06-2011, 12:17 AM	#611
GnyaTek Drives: 2011 SIM 2SS/RS Vert Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Middle TN Posts: 1,128	Gorgeous - having great/splendid beauty. Deferring the next word to 2SS Bumblebee as I think that surfactant wasn't correctly defined by others. (spelling was correct, as was his definition ... recalled it from antiquated chemistry ... surfactant = surface active agent). Give us a new word please, 2SS!

09-06-2011, 08:01 AM	#612
2SS BUMBLBE Drives: 2010 2SS/RS/L99 Join Date: May 2010 Location: TN Posts: 392 View My Garage	Ok. Next: mores

09-06-2011, 09:39 PM	#615
GnyaTek Drives: 2011 SIM 2SS/RS Vert Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Middle TN Posts: 1,128	Yeah, I accept your definition, though that was really for s'more (which is kinda an offshoot of smore ... which actually means ... smother - makes sense, graham cracker and marshmallows smothered in chocolate! Yum indeed!) marrow = innermost or core. As in bone marrow, the soft stuff in the center of major bones. new word = "recalcitrant"