Between the Lines discussion

ait - a small island

puffery- hype, exaggerated self-commendation

Can I just say that "fey" is one of my favorite words? I don't even know why. It just has kind of an old-world feel about it, without being unusable in today's society. I love seeing it in books.

My word of the day is:
Piebald: \PYE-bawld\ adjective

1: of different colors; especially : spotted or blotched with black and white
*2 : composed of incongruous parts

(This word has been popping up everywhere for me lately. It's an interesting word, and doesn't look like it would mean what it does, so I like it. :) )

Interesting word but I don't know how I would work it into a conversation.

Becky Said:
My word of the day is:
Piebald: \PYE-bawld\ adjective

1: of different colors; especially : spotted or blotched with black and white
*2 : composed of incongruous parts

(This word has been popping up everywhere for me lately. It's an interesting word, and doesn't look like it would mean what it does, so I like it. :) )

Becky this is one of my favorite words too....I have what are called Piebald miniature dauchsunds...LOL Never heard of it before till I got them.
I was going to try to put a picture of them here but I don't know how to post pictures here :~( sad day...anyways...love the word too. :~)

cacophony  /kəˈkɒfəni/[kuh-kof-uh-nee:]
–noun, plural -nies. 1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
3. Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.
Origin:
1650–60; < NL cacophonia < Gk kakophōnía.

As a former teacher I have to add the noise made by elementary students learning to play in the band.It is a wonderfully expressive word. Thanks.

Caleb wrote: "cacophony  /kəˈkɒfəni/[kuh-kof-uh-nee:]
–noun, plural -nies. 1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of soun..."

That's a very onomatopoeic word!

Protocoligorical
(I dont know the meaning exactly..... = ]

I read that wrong, I read proctocoligorical and I thought I bet it has something to do with .. well you know what procto... usually means :-)

I don't think the word is a real one, its a made-up one from a song, Protocoligorically Correct from the musical Slipper and the Rose. It means (in the song) to stick to protocol basically. Better meaning than my misinterpretation!

I love that movie, I just thought the word was interesting and I looked it up and all I could find were references about the movie, I thought I could sneak it in but no luck, ah well..... = ]

Louche is a great word, Cammieo!

That is a fab word Patricia! I think I am guilty of that :)

I love the word 'namby-pamby' -lacking in vigour, wishy-washy. Good description of the democrats effort with the health care bill.

Becky wrote: "Can I just say that "fey" is one of my favorite words? I don't even know why. It just has kind of an old-world feel about it, without being unusable in today's society. I love seeing it in books.
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Piebald is a coloring for horses...

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Think of National Velvet...she rode a Piebald...named Pie (for Piebald) and tried to win the Grand National. Great story for anyone who loves horses.

Foppery

Noun

1. Foolish character or action : folly
2. The behavior or dress of a fop.

ok...here's on I will never use, but it sounds funny...


Nidifugous
(nye-DIFF-yuh-gus)
Adjective
-Leaving the nest soon after hatching.

Juxtapose
(JUK-stuh-pohz)
verb
-to place side by side

You know when you say a word, and have an amorphous idea of what it means...but don't know EXACTLY what is means...that was Juxtapose for me.

I love foppery and actually have used it on occasion.

Here's one....

 
Pes´ti`duct
n. 1. That which conveys contagion or infection.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.

My teenage son has been using it to "dis" people in high school.