Competitive Vocabulary Game.

[brandotron]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Right arm, my friend!

Prolific means to produce in abundance.

"Adze"

It's one of those woodworking tools you see that people use to make kayaks by hand. Looks like a pickaxe.

"Elucidate"

[L99SS]

Originally Posted by brandotron

It's one of those woodworking tools you see that people use to make kayaks by hand. Looks like a pickaxe.

"Elucidate"

To explain clearly

"Acedia"

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by L99SS

To explain clearly

"Acedia"

Ya' stumped me there, brother. And I am very hard to stymie with a single word, congratulations!

How 'bout the rest of y'all, can any of you suss this one out?

I might venture that "acedia" has either a biological or a musical connection. Am I even close?

[brandotron]

Originally Posted by L99SS

To explain clearly

"Acedia"

Originally Posted by Ivas

Ya' stumped me there, brother. And I am very hard to stymie with a single word, congratulations!

How 'bout the rest of y'all, can any of you suss this one out?

I might venture that "acedia" has either a biological or a musical connection. Am I even close?

isn't it like a general state of malaise? Like a general depression or disillusionment with life and your place in the world? My ex was a psych major (and a psychopath).

[Future MDPilot]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Ya' stumped me there, brother. And I am very hard to stymie with a single word, congratulations!

How 'bout the rest of y'all, can any of you suss this one out?

I might venture that "acedia" has either a biological or a musical connection. Am I even close?

Acedia has latin origins (thank you preparation for medical school many years prior) so it has to represent apathy?

If I'm right, I'll do an easy one.

Nihilism

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by Future MDPilot

Acedia has latin origins (thank you preparation for medical school many years prior) so it has to represent apathy?

If I'm right, I'll do an easy one.

Nihilism

That's easy. It began as a 19th Century philosophy that was based on a negation principle; it was popular amongst Russian anarchists of that period. It later became a stimulant to the philosophy of Existentialism that arose in France in the middle Twentieth Century.
Sorry, I get carried away by the thoughts, at times.

"Muster"

[brandotron]

Originally Posted by Ivas

That's easy. It began as a 19th Century philosophy that was based on a negation principle; it was popular amongst Russian anarchists of that period. It later became a stimulant to the philosophy of Existentialism that arose in France in the middle Twentieth Century.
Sorry, I get carried away by the thoughts, at times.

"Muster"

To gather.

"Anathema"

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by brandotron

To gather.

"Anathema"

Outside of what is acceptable.

"Bilge"

[PQ]

Originally Posted by brandotron

To gather.

"Anathema"

A rectal cleansing using ............. wait wut???

nvrmnd....

[Ivas]

Nvrmnd is lacking some vowels, lol.

Let's stay with: "Bilge".

[PQ]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Nvrmnd is lacking some vowels, lol.

Let's stay with: "Bilge".

[coolman]

Originally Posted by PQ

means to laugh out loud

subcooling

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by coolman

means to laugh out loud

subcooling

That's what "bilge" means, eh? Hmm, I foolishly thought it was the lowest region of a ship, where the filthy detritus from above would accumulate. Thanks for the heads up.

Okay, "subcooling". Is it the approach to absolute zero on the Kelvin Scale?
Or, as is more likely, is it the air conditioning of a submarine?

[coolman]

Originally Posted by Ivas

That's what "bilge" means, eh? Hmm, I foolishly thought it was the lowest region of a ship, where the filthy detritus from above would accumulate. Thanks for the heads up.

Okay, "subcooling". Is it the approach to absolute zero on the Kelvin Scale?
Or, as is more likely, is it the air conditioning of a submarine?

My answer was to PQ's post not bilge and your wrong on both accounts.