tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post116610095896530653..comments2023-06-28T07:58:56.909-04:00Comments on PERGE MODO: What I learned this yearTony Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166594273949517792006-12-20T01:04:00.000-05:002006-12-20T01:04:00.000-05:00"Bloviate" is not in my dictionary. Are you sure i..."Bloviate" is not in my dictionary. Are you sure it is a cromulent word?Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285634258309434939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166542658556757342006-12-19T10:37:00.000-05:002006-12-19T10:37:00.000-05:00Is "tarantism" related to the tarantella?Is "tarantism" related to the tarantella?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166455215604443252006-12-18T10:20:00.000-05:002006-12-18T10:20:00.000-05:00I can't believe it, but I know the following words...I can't believe it, but I know the following words from your list:<BR/><BR/>ruching <BR/>inexorable <BR/>COBOL <BR/>occlusion <BR/>bespoke (the trendiest word of 2006) <BR/>extant <BR/>prehensile <BR/>abrogate <BR/>protean <BR/>permutation <BR/><BR/>The rest of the words might has well have been written in Aramaic because I have no clue what they mean.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and it's my udnerstanding that "melismatic" is a word that's used to describe a particularly florid vocal line in classical singing, usually within the context of bel canto or baroque opera. Is there another meaning?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166332486416974292006-12-17T00:14:00.000-05:002006-12-17T00:14:00.000-05:00I love this post. On your list of words, I know fo...I love this post. <BR/><BR/>On your list of words, I know for certain the meaning of seven of them. Five others twig a partial meaning of sorts, but I wouldn't swear to their correct usage. The rest, I don't have a clue. Of course, I will now have to look them up ... because things like that pester me worse than a mosquito buzzing around my ankles at night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166306196744113732006-12-16T16:56:00.000-05:002006-12-16T16:56:00.000-05:00One of the first big new Books of the Year I read ...One of the first big new Books of the Year I read made liberal use of the word "macabre". since I wasn't sure how to pronounce it my lame mind settled on "micawber", as in Mr., as in Dickens. Try unleashing that at a table of writers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166269068889456342006-12-16T06:37:00.000-05:002006-12-16T06:37:00.000-05:00I avoid using words that most people don't know. I...I avoid using words that most people don't know. I knew a few on the list. I liked this post, I now pronounce it memified.tornwordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581361982939423598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166220437062072512006-12-15T17:07:00.000-05:002006-12-15T17:07:00.000-05:00"making me a certifiably butch auto mechanic."Just..."making me a certifiably butch auto mechanic."<BR/><BR/>Just so you know, I give it up for men who can fix things.A Bear in the Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013721650938158869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166170648410557242006-12-15T03:17:00.000-05:002006-12-15T03:17:00.000-05:00I was once supposed to learn both COBOL and FORTRA...I was once supposed to learn both COBOL and FORTRAN. I learned neither. I don't get turned on by urine in porn. For some reason, it takes AOL about 4 hours to log on and log off. (It's all their upgrades, uploads, updates, fifteen moving boxes of ads, removing artwork, etc. The only reason I go is to read e-mail, which I should just switch out of there once and for all.)Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08827846262483271138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166161856506680982006-12-15T00:50:00.000-05:002006-12-15T00:50:00.000-05:00compliment vs complementcompliment vs complementAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166136341742864792006-12-14T17:45:00.000-05:002006-12-14T17:45:00.000-05:00I firmly believe in boycotting all "shoppes", espe...I firmly believe in boycotting all "shoppes", especially "ye olde" ones.XXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14208639257190934532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166122280782673612006-12-14T13:51:00.000-05:002006-12-14T13:51:00.000-05:00Ha! COBOL! That's a blast from the past. But y...Ha! COBOL! That's a blast from the past. But you didn't list "COBOL vs. Kobol" (both of which have meaning to a compugeek). <BR/><BR/>I don't get urine, either, at least as a prop.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, with AOL, you have to keep saying "Cancel my account" over and over again. And it probably still won't work. (<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmpDSBAh6RY" REL="nofollow">See here</A>). Good luck =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1166121918242726242006-12-14T13:45:00.000-05:002006-12-14T13:45:00.000-05:00Agreed, then, urine, as sexual currency, is fool's...Agreed, then, urine, as sexual currency, is fool's gold. Messy, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com