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 Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:06 pm
This may seem a boring subject to some but, I find I am learning new words everyday.
If you have learned a new word that sounds big complicated and fun to share, just post it in bold, and the definition italics.
NO CHATTING.
NO BUMPING.
Only post vocabulary word and your definition.
Please and thank you.
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:06 pm
Cadaverous : Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:58 pm
Carnage : wholesale slaughter ; see massacre.
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:38 pm
copper-a penny 2 a type of metal 3 (slang) police
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 10:15 pm
Abase : Make lower in rank, esteem, or prestige; humiliate or degrade
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 10:18 pm
Accolade : A tap on the shoulder with the flat side of a sword, given to mark the bestowal of knighthood on a person; praise; recognition; award
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 5:09 pm
zapophyl (noun) : A zapophyl is a person who simply can't be satisfied with a program on a TV channel and keeps switching (zapping)to other channels but still is unsatisfied with what he/she sees. [I used -phyl instead of -phile for the suffix to look different.]
That zapophyl is going
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:10 am
Docile : Ready and willing to be taught; teachable. Yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable.
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:50 pm
'fat finger' (verb) : To hit two keys on a keyboard when reaching for only one.
There is an extra letter in 'yuou', I must have fat fingered it. —Daily entry of data.
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 4:40 pm
 Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- The fear of long words. [♥]
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:46 pm
Pejorative: adjective also known as a "negative word" or "negative words" in the plural, which are words or grammatical forms which denote a negative effect; that is, they express the contempt or distaste of the speaker. Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorative word and eventually be adopted in a non-pejorative sense. In historical linguistics, this phenomenon is known as melioration, or amelioration, or semantic change (e.g. "punk"). Within some social groups a particular term is still regarded as being a pejorative, whereas the term isn't deemed as such within another social group elsewhere (e.g. "gay"). Some social groups have attempted to "reclaim" formerly offensive words applied against them, known as reclaimed words. Derogatory slurs are one kind of category of pejorative, whereas stereotypes and group labels to represent specific cultural communities when used in a negative manner is also a category of pejorative.
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