bedizen: /bih-dahy-zuhn/
to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner.
how to use in casual conversation:
"what the hell makes you think it's ok to bedizen your 12-year-old daughter in victoria secret clothing and sweats with things written across their asses?"
not to be confused with:
denizen
how it makes me feel:
i'm okay with it. it isn't exactly like 'whoa!' but it isn't bad. i'd prefer it had more syllables. i was looking for a link between denizen and bedizen but it seems like a bit of a goose chase. then both end in '-zen' however, denizen is derived from the word deinz and bedizen is derived from dizen which is weird since they're anagrams of each other but don't have origins in the same time frame and one seems to appear in old and middle english but the other doesn't.
i have no idea what any of that means.
what i do know is that if i could become a bed-denizen i'd be a happy man.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
RATE-A-WORD!
popinjay: /pop-in-jey/
1. a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter; coxcomb; fop.
2. british dialect. a woodpecker, esp. the green woodpecker.
3. archaic. the figure of a parrot usually fixed on a pole and used as a target in archery and gun shooting.
4. archaic. a parrot.
last week's results:
exiguous
based on a weighted average of your votes exiguous is a :
4
(4.25 to be precise)
this could possibly be the highest result we've had in the short but exciting history of the RATE-A-WORD! feature. personally, i would have rather seen didactic score this high. but if i could read the pulse of a population of people i'd be president by now. well, 7 years from becoming president. damned constitutional age requirements....PONY FOR AMERICA! 2020!
note:
i'm screwing with the format to improve readability. also, i was reviewing old posts yesterday and noticed the staggering number of typos and spelling errors. i apologize. i swear i'm not as stupid as my use of the written word would imply. i just don't do a very good job of proofreading. thank you for your patience.
popinjay: /pop-in-jey/
1. a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter; coxcomb; fop.
2. british dialect. a woodpecker, esp. the green woodpecker.
3. archaic. the figure of a parrot usually fixed on a pole and used as a target in archery and gun shooting.
4. archaic. a parrot.
last week's results:
exiguous
based on a weighted average of your votes exiguous is a :
4
(4.25 to be precise)
this could possibly be the highest result we've had in the short but exciting history of the RATE-A-WORD! feature. personally, i would have rather seen didactic score this high. but if i could read the pulse of a population of people i'd be president by now. well, 7 years from becoming president. damned constitutional age requirements....PONY FOR AMERICA! 2020!
note:
i'm screwing with the format to improve readability. also, i was reviewing old posts yesterday and noticed the staggering number of typos and spelling errors. i apologize. i swear i'm not as stupid as my use of the written word would imply. i just don't do a very good job of proofreading. thank you for your patience.
Monday, March 29, 2010
uxorial: /uk-sor-ē-l/
of, relating to, or characteristic of a wife
how to use in casual conversation:
"if i felt i needed assistance of an uxorial nature, i would have stayed married"
not to be confused with:
unction
how it makes me feel:
this one is pretty good. first of all, it's fairly esoteric. i've never heard of it and i think some of you are going to say the same thing. it's also a latin derivative which also makes me think this word is pretty ok. additionally, i was married once (i know, hard to believe) and while i'm not bitter anymore i do take every opportunity to make ex-wife jokes, because why go through the trouble of getting divorced if you can't make ex-wife jokes regardless of how accurate they are?
i.e.:
"fuck, it's cold today"
"yeah, but not as cold as my ex-wife"
"......"
that kind of thing.
i hope she doesn't read this blog.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a wife
how to use in casual conversation:
"if i felt i needed assistance of an uxorial nature, i would have stayed married"
not to be confused with:
unction
how it makes me feel:
this one is pretty good. first of all, it's fairly esoteric. i've never heard of it and i think some of you are going to say the same thing. it's also a latin derivative which also makes me think this word is pretty ok. additionally, i was married once (i know, hard to believe) and while i'm not bitter anymore i do take every opportunity to make ex-wife jokes, because why go through the trouble of getting divorced if you can't make ex-wife jokes regardless of how accurate they are?
i.e.:
"fuck, it's cold today"
"yeah, but not as cold as my ex-wife"
"......"
that kind of thing.
i hope she doesn't read this blog.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
defenestrate: /dē-fěn'ĭ-strāt'/
to throw out of a window
how to use in casual conversation:
"i love living on the fourth floor because i can defenestrate feces at passers-by and no one knows the difference!"
not to be confused with:
not sure. help me out here...
how it makes me feel:
i love this fucking word! no seriously, i would abandon everyone of my friends if this word asked me to. i would move back to simi valley if this word asked me to. i would stop drinking and smoking and doing drugs and save all my money to buy this word a big fat ring and make it unreasonable promises about the future. i would start drinking again when this word eventually decides to rip my heart out of my chest and show it to me. i would spend months on end saying horrible things about this word to anybody who would listen. i would drunk dial it and tell it how it ruined my life. two years later i would wonder how i ever let this word hurt me so bad. that is until alacrity enters my life to remind me of my feelings for defenestrate and then there i am back where i started with a broken heart and a bottle of rye, yelling at children walking around greenlake with their parents about how they "have no idea what life is going to do to them" and exposing myself to old ladies. isn't love grand?
to throw out of a window
how to use in casual conversation:
"i love living on the fourth floor because i can defenestrate feces at passers-by and no one knows the difference!"
not to be confused with:
not sure. help me out here...
how it makes me feel:
i love this fucking word! no seriously, i would abandon everyone of my friends if this word asked me to. i would move back to simi valley if this word asked me to. i would stop drinking and smoking and doing drugs and save all my money to buy this word a big fat ring and make it unreasonable promises about the future. i would start drinking again when this word eventually decides to rip my heart out of my chest and show it to me. i would spend months on end saying horrible things about this word to anybody who would listen. i would drunk dial it and tell it how it ruined my life. two years later i would wonder how i ever let this word hurt me so bad. that is until alacrity enters my life to remind me of my feelings for defenestrate and then there i am back where i started with a broken heart and a bottle of rye, yelling at children walking around greenlake with their parents about how they "have no idea what life is going to do to them" and exposing myself to old ladies. isn't love grand?
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
RATE-A-WORD!
exiguous: /ig-zig-yoo-uhs/
scanty; meager; small; slender
last week's result:
hirsute
based on a weighted average of your votes hirsute is a:
4
(3.95 to be precise)
you guys were really into that one. especially people who know me in real life. i got a lot of emails and gchats telling me how hirsute i am. smartasses......
don't forget to vote yall!
exiguous: /ig-zig-yoo-uhs/
scanty; meager; small; slender
last week's result:
hirsute
based on a weighted average of your votes hirsute is a:
4
(3.95 to be precise)
you guys were really into that one. especially people who know me in real life. i got a lot of emails and gchats telling me how hirsute i am. smartasses......
don't forget to vote yall!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
WORD OFF!
magniloquent: /mag-NIL-uh-kwunt/
speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner
vs.
cozen: /KUZ-un/
to cheat, deceive, or trick
results from two weeks ago:
fealty
yeah, the options really weren't that great. personally speaking i would have voted for licit, mainly because i like the word 'illicit'. thought i like the definition of illicit more than i like the definition of licit. licit things are boring. illicit is where it's at. you never hear anybody saying "man, i had the craziest night last night. i was doing licit drugs and drinking soda like it was nobodies business". it just doesn't happen. oh well.
reader-monkeys: don't forget to vote!
magniloquent: /mag-NIL-uh-kwunt/
speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner
vs.
cozen: /KUZ-un/
to cheat, deceive, or trick
results from two weeks ago:
fealty
yeah, the options really weren't that great. personally speaking i would have voted for licit, mainly because i like the word 'illicit'. thought i like the definition of illicit more than i like the definition of licit. licit things are boring. illicit is where it's at. you never hear anybody saying "man, i had the craziest night last night. i was doing licit drugs and drinking soda like it was nobodies business". it just doesn't happen. oh well.
reader-monkeys: don't forget to vote!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
potable: /poh-tuh-buhl/
–adjective
1. fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
–noun
2. Usually, potables. drinkable liquids; beverages.
how to use in casual conversation:
portable water? that doesn't make sense. how can water be portable? huh? potable? that doesn't make any sense!"
not to be confused with:
[see above]
how it makes me feel:
it makes me nostalgic. i don't know about any of you but i distinctly remember being confused about this word when i was a kid. i'm having a particular flashback to a giant water truck full of potable water they used to control the dust at that one boy scout jamboree when i was 11. it wasn't first time i had seen the word but it was the first time it finally sunk in that the whole word wasn't misspelling portable at that there actually was a word 'potable'. incidentally i learned today that 46% of people living in africa don't have access to potable water. that sucks.
–adjective
1. fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
–noun
2. Usually, potables. drinkable liquids; beverages.
how to use in casual conversation:
portable water? that doesn't make sense. how can water be portable? huh? potable? that doesn't make any sense!"
not to be confused with:
[see above]
how it makes me feel:
it makes me nostalgic. i don't know about any of you but i distinctly remember being confused about this word when i was a kid. i'm having a particular flashback to a giant water truck full of potable water they used to control the dust at that one boy scout jamboree when i was 11. it wasn't first time i had seen the word but it was the first time it finally sunk in that the whole word wasn't misspelling portable at that there actually was a word 'potable'. incidentally i learned today that 46% of people living in africa don't have access to potable water. that sucks.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
RATE-A-WORD
hirsute: /hur-soot/
1. hairy; shaggy.
2. botany, zoology. covered with long, rather stiff hairs.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of hair.
results from two weeks ago:
didactic
based on a weighted average of your votes didactic is a:
3
(3.2 to be precise)
seriously?!?! 3?!?! didactic is an amazing word!
what is wrong with you people?!
hirsute: /hur-soot/
1. hairy; shaggy.
2. botany, zoology. covered with long, rather stiff hairs.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of hair.
results from two weeks ago:
didactic
based on a weighted average of your votes didactic is a:
3
(3.2 to be precise)
seriously?!?! 3?!?! didactic is an amazing word!
what is wrong with you people?!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
WORD OFF!
licit: /LISS-it/
: conforming to the requirements of the law : not forbidden by law
vs.
fealty: /fee-uhl-tee/
1. History/Historical.
a. fidelity to a lord.
b. the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
2. fidelity; faithfulness.
last week's results:
gregarious won. by a lot. i have exactly 30 seconds before i lose my internet access at work forever. so this is a shorty.
don't forget to vote!
licit: /LISS-it/
: conforming to the requirements of the law : not forbidden by law
vs.
fealty: /fee-uhl-tee/
1. History/Historical.
a. fidelity to a lord.
b. the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
2. fidelity; faithfulness.
last week's results:
gregarious won. by a lot. i have exactly 30 seconds before i lose my internet access at work forever. so this is a shorty.
don't forget to vote!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
eructation: /ih-ruhk-TAY-shuhn/
1. the act of belching; a belch.
how to use in casual conversation:
"i've got this massive eructation all up in me"
not be confused with:
surreption
how it makes me feel:
like a seventh grader. i.e. "haha, sean had an eructation in english class today". kinda like when we used to tell people that their "epidermis was showing" or said "hey, wanna fondle my weenis?"
1. the act of belching; a belch.
how to use in casual conversation:
"i've got this massive eructation all up in me"
not be confused with:
surreption
how it makes me feel:
like a seventh grader. i.e. "haha, sean had an eructation in english class today". kinda like when we used to tell people that their "epidermis was showing" or said "hey, wanna fondle my weenis?"
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
RATE-A-WORD!
didactic: /dī-dak-tik/
1 a : designed or intended to teach
b : intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment
2 : making moral observations
last week's result:
fructuous
based on a weighted average of your votes, fructuous is a:
3
(3.045454545454545454545454545 to be precise)
this one really wasn't all that exciting. it made me think of fructose which is somewhat interesting to use dorks that love biology but otherwise a generally useless thought. whatev.
don't forget to vote!
didactic: /dī-dak-tik/
1 a : designed or intended to teach
b : intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment
2 : making moral observations
last week's result:
fructuous
based on a weighted average of your votes, fructuous is a:
3
(3.045454545454545454545454545 to be precise)
this one really wasn't all that exciting. it made me think of fructose which is somewhat interesting to use dorks that love biology but otherwise a generally useless thought. whatev.
don't forget to vote!
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