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| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 1:15am On Jun 01, 2013 |
ortopazz: Kosfy....dnt knw what u talking abou...  |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 5:01pm On Jun 01, 2013 |
kofsy: hmmm are those ur new words? Jus askin cos they are beautiful jus incase they are... |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Samtolly4JESUS(m): 10:37am On Jun 04, 2013 |
Hello guys... Dont relent, keep the good works going..... My word for today is 'JABBER' -- to chatter volubly. |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by log1(m): 11:45am On Jun 04, 2013 |
#Passing by |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 2:26pm On Jun 04, 2013 |
swoopstake /SWOOP-stayk/ adverb: In an indiscriminate manner. ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of sweepstake, from sweep + stake, originally referring to the winner who takes all. Earliest documented use: 1599. USAGE: I replied by falling swoopstake and cropneck* in love with them all, damn it, them all. * completely |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 2:40pm On Jun 04, 2013 |
Samtolly4JESUS: Hello guys... Dont relent, keep the good works going..... My word for today is Thanks  |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 2:43pm On Jun 04, 2013 |
Samtolly4JESUS: Hello guys... Dont relent, keep the good works going..... My word for today is |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 2:24pm On Jun 06, 2013 |
WORD: orotund adjective 1. marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound : sonorous 2. pompous, bombastic USAGE: Josh cleared his throat dramatically, then did a dead-on impression of the professor's orotund, patronizing speech. ETYMOLOGY: The Latin roots of "orotund" are related to two more common English words—"oral" and "rotund." Latin "or-" means "mouth," and "rotundus" means "round" or "circular." The Roman poet Horace joined forms of those Latin terms to create the phrase "ore rotundo," literally meaning "with round mouth," and figuratively meaning "with well-turned speech." "Ore rotundo" was modified to "orotund" and adopted into English in the late 18th century. It can indicate either strength of delivery or inflated wording. Word Family Quiz: What relative of "orotund" can refer to a round building or room? |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Chuksemi(m): 7:22pm On Jun 06, 2013 |
i really like what u quys are doinq.......kip up d gud work......i dnt really knw biq words and d little i know might look obscene 2 u gurus....but please do not barrack over my failure to post anythinq...i will do a little research and then i will join the group properly |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 5:29pm On Jun 07, 2013 |
Crestfallen ------- sad and disappointed debonair-------confident,stylish, and charming debauch ------ corrupt morally my words for the lst 3days |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 9:18pm On Jun 07, 2013 |
[color=#9900f]@chuksemi, lol you don't need to do any research before you come up with your word for the day... You'd agree with me that we encounter at least 2 new words each day. So when you see/hear such new words, the next thing to do is check them up and post one here for the day... Since the new words I come across each day is unique and totally different from the ones you come across; it breeds learning. And the ripple effect of that on each member of this thread will be an improved/-ing vocabulary. We don't necessarily have to search for those words before we post them; they come to us on their own. It could be from the pages of magazines, news papers, on nairaland(you're aware that there are a lot of shakespares in the politics section  , from a speech, a stranger having a phone conversation, and the source goes on and on... It's limitless! I guess that's where the fun is(you don't have to consciously take it upon yourself to look for them) Hence, I'm looking forward to your first word [/color]#DropItlikeItsHot |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 9:23pm On Jun 07, 2013 |
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| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 9:25pm On Jun 07, 2013 |
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| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 9:27pm On Jun 07, 2013 |
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| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 11:07pm On Jun 07, 2013 |
Did 'k' just go 3pages without any word? My am crestfallen |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Chuksemi(m): 7:47am On Jun 08, 2013 |
My words for today ap-par-at-chick: an official in a large political organization apo-gee=the highest point of something or a point in the orbit that is furthest from the earth antsy=impatient not able to keep still thanks for the encouragement kofsy...by the way can you help with something? |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by mrsolutionm(m): 9:46am On Jun 08, 2013 |
kofsy: ^^^am enjoying this |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ZACHIE: 12:16pm On Jun 09, 2013 |
INFICETE Just like INSCIENT, it has 2 meanings which are almost word and opposite (oxymoron, really) definitions 1. dull, unfunny, deadly serious, humorless 2. elegant, graceful, facetious Thankfully, it is not an everyday word. But writing at a higher level requires more than regular knowledge. |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 6:16pm On Jun 10, 2013 |
ortopazz: Did 'k' just go 3pages without any word? My am crestfallen  so you're trying your newly found word on me abi? Ok! Seeing you crestfallen actually gave me encephalalgia?  1 Like |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 6:18pm On Jun 10, 2013 |
| , you guys should keep the good word, learning a lot. But give us more common words tho |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 7:14pm On Jun 10, 2013 |
Chuksemi: My words for today Lol that's the spirit man!!! Keep 'em coming |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 7:24pm On Jun 10, 2013 |
spelunk \spi-LUHNGK\, verb: to explore caves, especially as a hobby. USAGE They were flown to Lebanon to ski the unlikely snow, sail the Mediterranean, spelunk the Jeita cave. The pair of young German professors spelunking with their electric torches in the rafters of the Old-New Synagogue, or Altneuschul, had, as it happened, gone away disappointed; for the attic under the stair-stepped gables of the old Gothic synagogue was a cenotaph. |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 7:24pm On Jun 10, 2013 |
CAMEROONPRIDE: "us"? So you want to remain a spectator? C'mon join "us" the active ones rather than the "us" that are passive two heads they say is better than one... Now imagine those two heads+cameroonpride's lunker head that's will sum up to ten heads o Oya dust your boots and join the moving train ;P |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Chuksemi(m): 9:28pm On Jun 10, 2013 |
Words for the day(or night whichever one you choose) aorta=the main artery that carries the blood from the heart to other parts of the body Disport=to enjoy your self by doing something active Hooey=nonsense or stupid talk hooha=noisy excitement especially about something unimportant |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 2:13pm On Jun 11, 2013 |
Chuksemi: Words for the day(or night whichever one you choose) Yaaaaay Chuksemi is coming up! Keep it up  But pls let's stick to the ONE word/day rule... Thanks |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 2:21pm On Jun 11, 2013 |
hoise\HOYZ\ verb: lift, raise; especially : to raise into position by or as if by means of tackle USAGE: Bethany was selected by her Girl Scout troop to hoise the American flag for Monday's Memorial Day ceremony on the town green. The connection between "hoise" and "hoist" is a bit confusing. The two words are essentially synonymous variants, but "hoist" is far more common. You'll rarely encounter "hoise" in any of its regular forms: "hoise," "hoised," or "hoising." But a variant of its past participle shows up fairly frequently as part of a set expression. And now, here's the confusing part—that variant past participle is "hoist"! The expression is "hoist with (or by) one's own petard," which means "victimized or hurt by one's own scheme." This oft-heard phrase owes its popularity to Shakespeare's Hamlet: "For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard ." (A petard is a medieval explosive. The quote implies that the engineer—the person who sets the explosive device—is blown into the air by the explosion of his own device.) There you have it guys! HOISE is my word for today don't forget to drop yours before the day is over. Cheers! 1 Like |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 5:57pm On Jun 11, 2013 |
kofsy: hahahahahahaha. . . . . J cnt stop laughin |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Chuksemi(m): 9:35pm On Jun 11, 2013 |
ok...ok...ok.....aunty kofsy my word for the day is DEARTH:- /d3:0/ (hope you guys will understand the last one) meaning:-a lack of something;the fact of there not being enough of of something usage:-there was a dearth of trustworthy people at the just concluded meeting note=dont use it in the presence of laymen as they may confuse the word with the dreaded one(death). |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 5:56am On Jun 19, 2013 |
sorry am breaching the one word rule, my last 4 days I actually wasnt dulling, just dint post em MALADROIT--- lacking in tact, physically clumsy RANCOUR Bitter lasting, hatred or Malignant spite HAGIOLATORY-- worship of saints ABERRANT Not Normal or acceptable |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 1:07pm On Jun 19, 2013 |
 I'm sorry I've been away for a while. been kinda busy! I promise to be back before the end of today to drop my word.Ortopazz, I'm coming back to get you... If you know what I mean |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 12:06pm On Jun 20, 2013 |
Peccant adjective 1. guilty of a moral offense : sinning 2. violating a principle or rule : faulty USAGE: Outside the confessional stood a short line of peccant parishioners waiting to seek redemption for their sins. ETYMOLOGY "Peccant" comes from the Latin verb "peccare," which means "to sin," "to commit a fault," or "to stumble," and is related to the better-known English word "peccadillo" ("a slight offense" . Etymologists have suggested that "peccare" might be related to Latin "ped-" or "pes," meaning "foot," by way of an unattested adjective, "peccus," which may have been used to mean "having an injured foot" or "stumbling." Whether or not a connection truly exists between "peccant" and "peccus," "peccant" itself involves stumbling of a figurative kind—making errors, for example, or falling into immoral, corrupt, or sinful behavior. |
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