Axis Mundi X discussion

Do you ever get random words stuck in your head for no apparent reason? Today I have the word 'lugubrious' stuck in my head. It keeps repeating over and over, no matter what I do. I have started singing opera about it as I wander about doing chores. Why this word? I don't remember reading it or hearing it recently. So freaking random.

(lŏŏ-gōō'brē-əs) [from lūgēre, to mourn] adj. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

It's the literary version of 'emo'.

my sister called me one day because she forgot how to spell 'of'.

it's like the black hole at the center of the universe, except inside our brains!!!

Words, why do they hate us? ...well they hate me anyway.

Do any of you remember when you learned a certain word? I remember when I learned "ecstatic." It was when I was reading an ARCHIE comic book, and Veronica was "ecstatic" about a new mini-skirt she was wearing.

I remember learning "ecstatic", too, Kate!

It was in Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards, when the High-Behind Splintercat fell into some catnip.

Dictionaries are great. Too many kids don't realize that.

Use your words NB. Use your words.

How exactly is one suppose to be too into their wife? I don't get it.

Testosteronious Infecticus. A common malady.

I like the sound of "obsequious" ... just not the meaning.

Or it's a Latinate word for *ahem* pussy-whipped.

This was my favorite line of the day. Thank you, Sherri.:)

Sometimes my students ask me to tell them what certain words mean, and I'm almost always surprised. Today a freshman asked me what "manifest" meant, e.g. "How does the disposition of empathy itself in teacher behavior?" I'm glad she asked. Good kid.

Sputum....and wainscotting.

I hope to use wainscotting in a sentence this week, this one - of course - does not count.

I thought Wainscotting was a hamlet in England...

Chalupa. Fun to say and delicious.

No quiero Taco Bell. Find the good stuff here.

I miss Taco Cabana, which was a chain in Texas. Yummy tortillas!
Chimichanga!

heh heh - that's just where I went with that, Sheila.

I like the word loquacious! Because that makes it sound much better than motor mouth!

And I dont know for sure but I have heard that chalupa is spanish for canoe can any one verify this?

Garrulous is good, too.

Murmur bugs me. I just don't like the way it sounds.

Yeah, I hear you, Sheila. Although I must admit I pronounced plethora incorrectly for years.

I did that with mausoleum, RA. I pronounced it like it was a brand of margarine.

I like to put mausoleum on my ham sammiches.

I'm still not entirely clear on how to pronounce "grandiose".

Main Entry: cha·lu·pa
Pronunciation: \chä-ˈlü-pä, chə-ˈlü-pə\
Function: noun
Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, boat, skiff, from French chaloupe
Date: 1895
: a fried corn tortilla sometimes shaped like a boat and usually filled with a savory mixture (as of meat, vegetables, or cheese)
From the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio...



So, maybe not exactly a canoe, but close, Mole.

Jackie, my friend Preston and I got in a long discussion about the difference between burritos and enchiladas.

Sometimes meetings can get boring.

I want a torta now.

I think it's grandy-ose, RA.

Short i, long o, -ose as in dose.

Oh, I know this one!

Enchiladas are made with corn tortillas coated in a chili sauce, they are enchili-ed.

Burritos are made from flour tortillas, and aren't dipped in a sauce.

I make a hybrid that's like an enchilada but with flour tortillas because I don't like corn tortillas.

Maybe I'll call them Enchiltos. Or Burchiladas.

I hate it when people don't know how to say "Fajitas", and it comes out sounding like a venereal disease, speaking of mixing gross conditions and Mexican food, Sheila!

I like watching those thespians do their thing.

I've also heard someone pronounce 'tamale' as if it rhymes 'female.' No really. It's true.

I had a pet lagamorph when I was growing up. Lagamorph. Lagamorph. Lugubrious lagamorph.

Anyone else remember the MST3K episode where they came up with the Pat Morita Fajita? Or the Emperor Hirohito Rito?

The creative junk food combinations start about 1:30 in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHs-Dg...



(psst, Larry! Lagomorph)

Bunny!!

Loquacious lugibrious lag*o*morph indeed. It was a hare-raising experience to say the least. Although, technically, not all lag*o*morphs are hares (leporids).

Flopsy leaves her alliteration all over the floor, too. Prodigiously producing pellets of poop. She can (and will) gnaw her way through al-literally anything you place in front of her wiggly little proboscis.

I can never remember the definition of "erstwhile." I always think it should mean something like "constant" or "eternal" instead of "former."

Most people get fulsome wrong. It's NOT good.