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 Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:13 am
Well, here you can post any word you want and give the definition so others can therefore use it in life...I know...kinda weird thread but I just thought it would be interesting to see what words people post.
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:17 am
Valediction: An act of bidding farewell; a leave-taking. A speech or statement made as a farewell. A word or phrase of farewell used to end a letter or message. n 1: a farewell oration delivered by the most outstanding member of a graduating class [syn: valedictory address, valedictory] 2: the act of saying farewell ~*~ All my definations are from http://www.dictionary.com great site! biggrin
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:19 am
Evanescence:
To dissipate or disappear like vapor. See Synonyms at disappear
n : the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight; "the evanescence of the morning mist"
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:22 am
Evanescent: Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor adj. Of short duration; passing away quickly : tending to disappear quickly : of relatively short duration
adj : tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:27 am
Necrophilia:
Obsessive fascination with death and corpses.
Erotic attraction to or sexual contact with corpses.
An abnormal fondness for being in the presence of dead bodies. Also called necromania.
Sexual contact with or erotic desire for dead bodies.
obsession with and usually erotic interest in or stimulation by corpses
n : an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies [syn: necrophilism, necromania]
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Necrophilia is actually part of some religion. I'm not sure what religion though sweatdrop I find it quite interesting...yeah, call me sick if you want. It's not like I go out and actually practice it, I just find it an interesting concept.
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:29 am
Sadistic:
The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others.
The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.
Extreme cruelty.
adj : deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another [ant: masochistic]
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I actually didn't know what sadistic meant, so one day a while ago I looked it up...and now I actually use it offten.
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:32 am
Angst:
A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression.
n : an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom [syn: Angst]
A unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth (10-8 ) of a centimeter, used especially to specify radiation wavelengths. Also called angstrom unit. See table at measurement.
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This is antoher word I didn't know until a whiel ago. I never use it though, it's a weird word...I can't say it sweatdrop But I never knew the measurement thing...
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:43 am
All my definitions comes from up here *taps forehead*
malapropism: the misusage of a word
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:45 am
This one, I actually had to go look up. It was on one of those university application thingies:
alumna: previous female graduate of a school, university, college etc.
and it's counterpart is "alumnus" which is the same thing, but for a male graduate.
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:48 am
I found this one when trying to find how to spell "*" out in the roman alphabet:
asterixis: recurrent bird-like flapping of the arms that is caused by a brain condition caused by liver failure.
To all those who drink alchohol: that can happen to you!
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:51 am
Just for the hell of it, I'll add this word. Many people have heard of it, but not that many people know what it really means:
alchemy: an earlier form of chemistry where the "alchemists" attempted to turn many things into gold.
BLEH! I can't think of anything else to put here...like, I know so many "longer" more advanced words and that...I just need to be in the right situation to use them... sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:11 am
Ariadyne I found this one when trying to find how to spell "*" out in the roman alphabet:
asterixis: recurrent bird-like flapping of the arms that is caused by a brain condition caused by liver failure.
To all those who drink alchohol: that can happen to you! LMAO! Oh no, you didn't!
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:17 am
Verbatim:
Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word
In exactly the same words; word for word
adj : in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" [syn: direct] adv : using exactly the same words; "he repeated her remarks verbatim" [syn: word for word]
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:21 am
Neurotic: Of, relating to, or affected with a neurosis. No longer in scientific use. Informal. Overanxious: neurotic about punctuality. A person suffering from a neurosis. No longer in scientific use. Informal. A person prone to excessive anxiety and emotional upset. Of, relating to, derived from, or affected with a neurosis. n. A person suffering from a neurosis. 1 a : of, relating to, or involving the nerves b : being a neurosis : NERVOUS
2 : affected with, relating to, or characterized by neurosis
1 : one affected with a neurosis
2 : an emotionally unstable individual
adj 1: characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms" 2: affected with emotional disorder [syn: psychoneurotic] [ant: unneurotic] n : a person suffering from neurosis [syn: psychoneurotic, mental case]
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:25 am
Necrophiliac:
Obsessive fascination with death and corpses.
Erotic attraction to or sexual contact with corpses.
of, relating to, or marked by necrophilia
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