Favourite words found

[lalatan]

wtg, DrP! Good to hear from you.

I found COLLIESHANGIES (26/14) again yesterday. From scotsman.com: "Collieshangie is thought to be a compound of the Collie dog breed and ‘shangie’, a term for an object tied to a dog’s tail. When shangies were tied to a Collie’s tail, it is said to have made them irritable. It has also been said that ‘collie’ could derive from ‘coileid’, a Gaelic word meaning a noise or disturbance." Merriam-Webster defines it as a squabble or brawl.

Another Scottish word I enjoy is WAPPENSCHAWINGS (26/15): an inspection or muster of soldiers formerly held at various times in each district of Scotland

[DrPlacebo]

SUPERPHLOGISTICATIONS - I'm glad I took a History of Science course in college and remember the old phlogiston theory from before modern chemistry...

[fert]

I know I'm not as good as all of you people who usually write on here (and nothing's been posted here for 20 months), but I found METALIZE (bad, I know). Definitely my favourite word so far.

[DrPlacebo]

Wasn't the first to find it but I just got ORTHOGONALIZATION which is fun if you like Hilbert

That's interesting, because I found ORTHOGONALIZE on a different board yesterday.

[bwt1213]

Wasn't the first to find it but I just got ORTHOGONALIZATION which is fun if you like Hilbert

When I was an undergrad (more than 50 years ago) I developed a method of full orthogonalization for any given vector. It had nothing to do with Hilbert, who I encountered for the first time in grad school a year later. Since I went from zero to grad school in less than two years, those events were somewhat compressed. Ah, but that was back when I was fab. Right now, if I can still draw breath it's a victory. My last birthday was a week ago. I was 74. I've written novels and I've written a symphony, my wife likes my poetry, and I'm no better than anyone and I know it. My pretensions are far past gone -- they're invisible.

[6winner9]

Wasn't the first to find it but I just got ORTHOGONALIZATION which is fun if you like Hilbert

[DrPlacebo]

Not the highest scoring or longest word I found on the board, but one I don't think most people would get: MANDOLA.

Similar to a mandolin, except tuned like a viola instead of a violin.

[bwt1213]

Nice word, DrPlacebo! Believe it or not, iatrogenic is one of my mother's favorite words (she was a nurse)

My new favorite that I just played (and got in before anyone else): CLAIRAUDIENTLY

I actually knew the meaning of both those words. There was a time in the mid-50s up to about the early 60s when books and stories about psychic powers were popular fiction works. Every term connected to psychic phenomena was used in such books, and I know I saw them frequently. I'd guess that hard science fiction and psychic powers stories were about equally popular back then, though only the hard science fiction stuff has had staying power. Few people remember Theodore Sturgeon's "Baby Is Three" now, though it was extremely popular then, just for one example. And someone really ought to do a movie treatment of "The Stars My Destination" (James Blish, I think, but I keep thinking maybe it was Alfred Bester).

[lalatan]

My new favorite that I just played (and got in before anyone else): CLAIRAUDIENTLY

That's a great find, Grifir. I probably would have never combined those letters to come up with that. It seems there's a word for everything in English. While thinking about it I recalled one time I was looking for something to pair with inter-. I eventually tried INTERTENTACULAR, reasoning that it could describe the space between tentacles. It means "situated between tentacles." Crazy, still makes me laugh even now.

[DrPlacebo]

One of my favorite words in general, not just in this game: ZEITGEIST.

[Grifir]

Nice word, DrPlacebo! Believe it or not, iatrogenic is one of my mother's favorite words (she was a nurse)

My new favorite that I just played (and got in before anyone else): CLAIRAUDIENTLY

[lalatan]

Good find DrP! Never heard the word before.
Although it's not a favorite of mine, I just found a word you're likely familiar with: HAEMOCYTOMETER (26/14) I reasoned that it's some kind of meter that measures blood cells and wasn't too far wrong.

A favorite that I recently found again is LACTIFEROUSNESSES (32/17). I like the -ferous words, especially ODORIFEROUS.

currerbell: I include the board that was played so others can see how it was found. Not a problem for me if you do likewise.

[DrPlacebo]

Latest: IATROGENICALLY

Thank you, DrPlacebo, I learned something today.

Happy Summer Solstice, pigletta!

I can now say that yes, I have found, not only a UNICORN, but UNICORNS!

And I have proof (and if you look at my stats, yes, I am, and always will be, one of the slowest players ever):

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[DrPlacebo]

Also not award-winning, but I was happy to find DASHEEN, which I find more frequently in this game under its more usual name (taro).