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Word of the day!

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    #242
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... onomatopoeia


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    #243
    thedrowner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭thedrowner


    *head swells to mammoth sized proportions*

    (i sense that sometime soon, i will get banned from this board. and that'll be quit a feat seeing as my mate is the mod)


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    #244
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    I took that to be Praetorian's word.f


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    #245
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    I took that to be Praetorian's word. (first post from new pda. w00t).


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    #246
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Ah, knickers.


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    #247
    thedrowner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭thedrowner


    don't ruin this for me!


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    #248
    thedrowner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭thedrowner


    knickers...
    there's a good word of the day.

    MINE! MINE! i suggested it not you. sure u said it but i SUGGESTED it....


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    #249
    zynaps
    Registered Users Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭zynaps


    whiplash, fandango, garble


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    #250
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    onomatopoeia, first part is Greek - onoma, onomata = name. Don't recognise the last part but searching dictionary.com it suggests poiein = to make, I presume this must be ancient Greek. So the name of the word suggests "to create a name". Ah, I just understood why they used that name for the name. I guess if this was a new word and hadn't been created yet it would be called "makename".

    Dictionary.com gives a good note "It has been maintained by some philologist that all primary words, especially names, were formed by imitation of natural sounds."

    I wonder if that applies to baby talk.

    My suggestion for wotd - babble.


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    #251
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... stercoraceous


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    #252
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    'Ineffectual'


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    #253
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... gradient


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    #254
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Degree


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    #255
    zynaps
    Registered Users Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭zynaps


    Refractory (not a place where light is refracted!)
    Gravidity
    Serf
    Bereft


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    #256
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... didactic


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    #257
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Joy


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    #258
    AL][EN
    Registered Users Posts: 2,236 ✭✭✭AL][EN


    how about Flaburgasted


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    #259
    Macseamusa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 359 ✭✭Macseamusa


    fiasco or swivel


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    #260
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... alliteration


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    #261
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... repetition


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    #262
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,436 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Originally posted by ecksor
    Today's word is ... repetition
    Can it be tomorrow's word also?


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    #263
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    competition


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    #264
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... eiger


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    #265
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Originally posted by ecksor
    Today's word is ... eiger

    good choice.


    Ok, em: barbituate.


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    #266
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... remortgage


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    #267
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... reliable


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    #268
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Today's word is ... button


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    #269
    cat_rant
    Registered Users Posts: 917 ✭✭✭cat_rant


    how about peutrid i know its a disgusting word
    there we go peutrid it is


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    #270
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    putrid?


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    #271
    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭jd


    Tinnitus?


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