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| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 11:19pm On Aug 12, 2013 |
Hmmmmmmmmmm........... I'm learning..... Where's Ogbaiagbon ? |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 10:43am On Aug 13, 2013 |
Dolapo whatsup? Do you intend taking the GRE? |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 10:59am On Aug 13, 2013 |
Hullabaloo: Great noise or excitement; uproar. Synonym : Noise, commotion. The announcement cause a lot of hullabaloo.. #im a learner tho, don't mind my simple word.. |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 8:32am On Aug 26, 2013 |
**sneaks in, doesnt find Queen Kosfy Bee, puffs his chest and drops** FACULTATIVE. . . (1) . Empowering but not compelling the doing of an Act. . (2) . . philosophy. . .that may or may not exist. . (3). . .insurance. .denoting a form of reinsurance in which the reinsurer has no obligtion to accept a particular risk nor the insurer to reinsure, terms and conditions being negotiated for each reinsurance. (4) . . Biology. . .able to exist in more than one set of envir6nmental condition. . .eg. . A Facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or satotroph 5) . .of or relating to Faculty. . .'facultatively' adv. . |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 8:48am On Aug 26, 2013 |
Apologies are in order people. . misd the thread. . .hope am 4gven. . . Chuks hope tha exams went well!. .dear Auntyk! We promze 2 be more faithful. . . |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Switup: 12:55pm On Aug 26, 2013 |
Lawd...! Where have I been from the onset of this thread..? I love love learnin new words... I'll give mind without origin sha Fickle;changing suddenly+often Sent eg:the weather today is so fickle..! Discocumbulate; confused Sent eg:only discocumbulated narialanders insult in forums |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Chuksemi(m): 10:07pm On Aug 27, 2013 |
Long time no see. Where are you guys? Thanks for wishing me well. I made my papers. Who posted "crestfallen" here? I saw it during the English paper. Uncle orto, nd aunty kofsy whats happening to this thread? |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 11:23pm On Aug 27, 2013*. Modified: 3:35pm On Aug 30, 2013 |
1- CONNIPTION (n) Us n Canadian slang ........ Meaning-- -- a fit of rage or tantrums (c19; arbitrary pseudo - latin coinage) Usage--If kosfy were to find out that Ortopazz had tried to desert this beautiful thread, she would have had an absolute conniption,,   |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 11:42pm On Aug 27, 2013 |
Chuksemi: Long time no see. Where are you guys? wow congratz bro! ***rushes to check who posted the word,, finds out its him,,, ''me i cant fit to shout''*** so whats the next step 4 you..... Dollapobello, Yame, Switup, AmeAfrica ah ah after one day? Lets pop the words na!! |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Switup: 12:12am On Aug 29, 2013 |
^^^kk... Here we go Quintences(hope I spelt it well..) A perfect example of sth Sent eg;narialand is a quintences of a social site...  |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 8:17am On Aug 29, 2013 |
Swit up: ^^^kk... Here we goHi switup thanks for joining us and thanks for the word quintessence, a perfect instance of something. If you've been following this thread, you'd observe that ortopazz is the quintessence of... *runs for cover* Welcome dear  !Chuksemi, ortopazz, zaachie, knotty, simplifier, yame014! Seripa et al I miss you all I'm so sorry for being AWOL... Been very very busy! I'd make it up to you guys |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by leyitto(m): 10:19am On Aug 29, 2013 |
hello everyone... I'm new to this thread... came across it lately and fell in love.... my word for today... BOURGEOISIE pronounced something like /bursjwazee/ (for easy understanding) origin: french (of d middle ages) meaning : the middle class of a social hierarchy usage: Her family belongs to the bourgeoisie, thus making it difficult to get her hand in marriage, as his was lower in the echelon synonyms: middle-class, average ...... |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by leyitto(m): 10:22am On Aug 29, 2013 |
Swit up: ^^^kk... Here we gohun, it's QUINTESSENCE... example...., nairaland is a quintessential social site... |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ZACHIE: 10:44am On Aug 29, 2013 |
CORNUCOPIA Abundance, plenty, rich, unending supply. |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 2:06pm On Aug 29, 2013*. Modified: 2:31pm On Aug 29, 2013 |
@kof. ., wnt even yarn, Screaming Zachie's back, Swit up more of u, .Leyitto Welcum on board. . OPSIMATH. .(N) meaning. Someone Who learns late in life. . From Greek. Opsemathès from Opse LATE + math LEARN |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 12:38pm On Aug 30, 2013 |
ortopazz: @kof. ., wnt even yarn, Screaming Zachie's back, Swit up more of u, .Leyitto Welcum on board. .. Hahahhahahhahahhahahaha but I don't scream na, do I? But seriously, don't blame me , blame Naija network that takes forever before opening a 10kb page! So by the time I drop my first comment, I feel discouraged to post a second comment cos the first one took forever to send  EmptyHen is not smiling is my area I'm sorry! |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 12:42pm On Aug 30, 2013 |
bedraggle \bih-DRAG-uhl\, verb: to make limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt. USAGE: The lane was long and soused and dark that led to the house; I helped to fill and bedraggle. Bedraggle comes from the word draggle, which is a diminutive form of drag. It entered English in the 1700s. Cheeeeeeeeeeeers Ortopazz  |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 4:02pm On Aug 30, 2013*. Modified: 4:29pm On Aug 30, 2013 |
CATACLYSM, . meaning. . A violent upheaval especially of a political, Military, or Social nature. 2. Disastrous flood: deluge 3.(geology)-- another name for catastrophe. 4. Origin-- {C17. .Via French from Latin., From Greek. .kataklusmos deluge,. From katakluzein to Flood, From Kluzein to Wash} Cata'clysmically adv cata'clysmic. . .adj the fallout of the D'Tigers in the FIBA TOURNAMENT had a cataclysmic effect on the fans. . Esp. Me! |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 5:25pm On Aug 30, 2013 |
@ Kofsy, dnt worrqui, we got ur back, Dnt mind those EmptyHENS, they av made browsing to be frustating as hell. Buh dat wnt stop we 4rm dropping words! |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Switup: 10:51pm On Sep 03, 2013 |
kofsy: Hi switup(blushing blue) thanks |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Switup: 10:55pm On Sep 03, 2013 |
leyitto: hun, it's QUINTESSENCE...hmm..! Thanx... |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Seyipa(m): 10:10pm On Sep 14, 2013 |
noun (plural kvetches) 1. Person who endlessly whines or complains. 2. Person who finds fault with anything. adjective 1. Describing a kvetch or kvetcher. verb (kvetches, kvetching; past and past participle kvetched) 1. To whine or complain, often needlessly. hey guys, was really busy with my final exams and was dysphoria when i notice a dole in kopsy daily post but now am euphoria mama is back! *jumping* hey ortopazz thumbs up bro |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Seyipa(m): 10:16pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
noun (uncountable) cunctation 1. Delay, hesitation, procrastination you all promise not to cunctate in your daily post but you aint keeping to it. |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 6:27pm On Oct 27, 2013 |
Everyone deserted my beloved thread |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by johnkay1(m): 7:00am On Oct 31, 2013 |
Debacle - event or situation that causes embarrassement. Usage - Faggie said 'hold me accountable for the debacle' |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 11:48pm On Oct 03, 2014 |
hmmm...... it's dusty here |
| Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 5:42pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
as in Where is every body, peeps Don run. n it's almost a year o! if not sef! shout out to every one wherever u peeps at! kofsy: |
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