Unique Words I've Learned

[2cute]

Always interesting how people see you. We tend to be different things to different people, mostly dependent on their perceptions rather than us as a reality.

But, in truth, a society needs conservatives to hold order, while it needs liberals to envision a new and better future. The joke is that most of the things conservatives hold dear came about because liberals of the past brought it into existence.

Absolutely. Balance in all things is not only relative, its the ideal standard.

Even if it had been, I wouldn't have played out of concern for what others might think. So you are bolder than me! I hope you didn't have nightmares of hagfish either. They can't harm us on dry land and can only affect us with their revolting appearance and characteristics, which is why I chose not to post a pic of them.

Well, I also found CONDOMS yesterday, I am embarrassed as to what people must think of me now. Unfortunately, I let the timer run out, and it wound up being the longest word. There were some 8+ words available to be found, so I am hopeful someone will erase that record.

Occasionally, I play words because of an assocation I have with them that I don't think is the real definition. I just now looked up ALF, which I remember as being a tv show way back, which seemed so silly I never watched it -- a sitcom about a furry alien. I figured ALF was some sort of plant thing (thinking of alfalfa, to be obvious) or slang or something. Well, ALF is "an uncultivated Australian," but that's definition #4. Definition #1 was "Initialism. Alien Life Form (TV series)." Life is just full of surprises.

Oh, and lalatan, hagfish can harm us on dry land., at least in Oregon, if a truck carrying hagfish from a hagfish fishery on their way to dinner plates in Korea tips over after being involved in a 5-car crash on the highway. They could slime your Prius.

[lalatan]

Well said as usual, Naboka.

Today I was surprised when PULVERABLENESSES was accepted. I thought it would be too much of a truncation of PULVERIZE. Upon further investigation, I learned that PULVER is a verb in its own right. It means the same: to reduce to a powder. Learn something every day on this website.

currerbell, I also saw INTERCOURSE on a 4x4 board but didn't play it because I knew it is too common to score the pts I wanted. Even if it had been, I wouldn't have played out of concern for what others might think. So you are bolder than me! I hope you didn't have nightmares of hagfish either. They can't harm us on dry land and can only affect us with their revolting appearance and characteristics, which is why I chose not to post a pic of them.

[Naboka]

Well, now I know. more about hagfish than I think I really needed to...google can be a dangerous tool.

Naboka, I believe you are more like nacre (mother-of-pearl) than you are a hookah-smoking caterpillar. Beg pardon.

This is hardly INTERPENETRATING, but a few years ago, I made my first-ever post to the forum because I'd found the word INTERCOURSE -- in a game that had been played 26 previous times. I thought that was kinda funny. I don't recall getting a single response, so I did not post again for a very long time. I wondered if I'd crossed a line or something. Please note that it's the name of a town in Lancaster County, PA, an area where I used to go to visit relatives, so the word is familiar to me as a town. I'm not much of one to point out such things, so posting that also used up my courage about a year. Social anxiety, general anxiety, OCD, agoraphobia, general shyness -- I'm your girl. I am sure I will post this and go into hiding for at least a week.

So, everyone, please have a good week. I will make an exception if I find another word as fun as OREOLOGY or SEPHULCHRUING.

I hope I do not dream of hagfish tonight.

Babe,

I think you're selling yourself short.

All things being relative, you're relatively outgoing and social. By far.

Consider how many people play this game, and how many engage in conversations.

That no one responds to what we post doesn't mean it isn't being read, isn't being appreciated, isn't being accepted.

When I was on social media, friends and acquaintances would tell me in person how much they liked what I posted. The frequency of these encounters made me wonder. I had no idea that they did because they never commented or hit the "like" button. But, they were part of this phantom audience. A relatively large audience. A majority.

Like the Phantom of The Opera, except the Phantom of The Internet.

Seats filled with ghosts whose applause remains silent, but ghosts who enjoy coming to the play to watch the actors.

So, when it's our turn to say our lines in the play, failing to speak leaves an emptiness against which the other actors can't react.

Silence ensues.

And the phantom audience drifts away...

to find another play.

Your lines are yours,

lines only you can say.

Well, now I know. more about hagfish than I think I really needed to...google can be a dangerous tool.

Naboka, I believe you are more like nacre (mother-of-pearl) than you are a hookah-smoking caterpillar. Beg pardon.

This is hardly INTERPENETRATING, but a few years ago, I made my first-ever post to the forum because I'd found the word INTERCOURSE -- in a game that had been played 26 previous times. I thought that was kinda funny. I don't recall getting a single response, so I did not post again for a very long time. I wondered if I'd crossed a line or something. Please note that it's the name of a town in Lancaster County, PA, an area where I used to go to visit relatives, so the word is familiar to me as a town. I'm not much of one to point out such things, so posting that also used up my courage about a year. Social anxiety, general anxiety, OCD, agoraphobia, general shyness -- I'm your girl. I am sure I will post this and go into hiding for at least a week.

So, everyone, please have a good week. I will make an exception if I find another word as fun as OREOLOGY or SEPHULCHRUING.

I hope I do not dream of hagfish tonight.

[lalatan]

I admit that when I mentioned hagfish a mental picture emerged of them boring into a whale carcass en masse, as they are wont to do, a sort of interpenetrating, if you will . I'm pretty sure I first learned of them yrs ago on improbable.com. (They award Ig Nobel trophies every year. Many are hilarious and I find it astounding that people can obtain grants for such things. My fave was when an international study, including a Canadian, published a paper on herring farting to communicate with each other. It was entitled, "It's Windy Down There." lol Ladies you may find it useful to know that 1 of this year's winners invented a bra that can be converted into a face mask. Never know when that could come in handy these days.) Back to hagfish: they can produce copious amounts of slime (aka mucus) in no time when they feel threatened. I saw a video of 1 guy holding one and it filled a 5 gallon bucket in what seemed less than a minute. In the award he received, a scientist believed the hagfish slime could be used to make blue jeans. Are there hagfish farms in our future? Will there be conversations like, "Oh, I love your new jeans!" "Thanks. They're genuine hagfish."

[Naboka]

I edited this post 1 too many times and it became flagged as spam.
Originally posted by Naboka
Now, that is an interesting word, lalatan.

interpenetrators

sounds...

nasty

and, perhaps...

self-fulfilling

though, perhaps just.. filling

Sorry about that, Naboka. It wasn't my intent to offend anyone by playing that word. I saw the 2 halves, typed it, got 30 pts/2 records then onto the next game. I didn't know its meaning and had never seen it before. I recall at the time thinking it was probably a scientific or industrial term. (I don't usually look up a word's meaning unless it intrigues me. I will probably forget it and the word storage area in my brain is already crowded.) Now that you mentioned it I can see it could be construed differently than I did so will avoid playing the word in future.

Merriam-Webster defines interpenetration as: to penetrate between, within, or throughout, permeate
When I goggled it I saw something about it used in scientific applications. Wikipedia says it's a term used in Buddhist philosophy and Christian theology. I did not see that one coming either.

Years ago I was often on Facebook and a group of ladies there started posting pictures of cute wild baby animals. They would rhapsodize on how nature was so beautiful etc. So after this continued for over a month I grew weary of pictures of the same animals and decided it was time to bring a little balance to their view (I have a little mischievous streak occasionally). I posted a picture of a hagfish and captioned it: This is part of nature as well. They knew me well as somewhat of a joker so they weren't too scandalized. I wouldn't have done it in any other situation.

There is much beauty in our world but also a lot of ugliness (as we all know); I think it's the same with language. Years ago, I started looking up words to do with pop culture language (admittedly I was not knowledgeable of it at all and had a teenage son) in the Urban Dictionary. Sometimes I would look at other definitions while I was there. However, I read too many seemingly mundane words that had been used to describe all manner of vile, disgusting acts and attitudes. So I chose not do that anymore and remain ignorant. It may not be bliss but sometimes it's better than knowing.

Thank you mdyak and currerbell for what you wrote to me earlier in this thread.

Lalatan,

certainly wasn't offended.

Amused.

And feeling a bit perverse. And mischievous.

And willing to risk the tightrope of impropriety to see if I could cross from one skyscraper to the next without falling to my death.

Interpenetration is actually a useful word. Though, in the swamps of my mind, certain connections create sparks that ignite the gasses. And, whomp!

Never heard of a hagfish before. Quite the creature. I suppose I would have posted a picture of the carnage nature inflicts on its participants. Cute is far overshadowed by savage. Though, both seem to have their place.

[lalatan]

I edited this post 1 too many times and it became flagged as spam.
Originally posted by Naboka
Now, that is an interesting word, lalatan.

interpenetrators

sounds...

nasty

and, perhaps...

self-fulfilling

though, perhaps just.. filling

Sorry about that, Naboka. It wasn't my intent to offend anyone by playing that word. I saw the 2 halves, typed it, got 30 pts/2 records then onto the next game. I didn't know its meaning and had never seen it before. I recall at the time thinking it was probably a scientific or industrial term. (I don't usually look up a word's meaning unless it intrigues me. I will probably forget it and the word storage area in my brain is already crowded.) Now that you mentioned it I can see it could be construed differently than I did so will avoid playing the word in future.

Merriam-Webster defines interpenetration as: to penetrate between, within, or throughout, permeate
When I goggled it I saw something about it used in scientific applications. Wikipedia says it's a term used in Buddhist philosophy and Christian theology. I did not see that one coming either.

Years ago I was often on Facebook and a group of ladies there started posting pictures of cute wild baby animals. They would rhapsodize on how nature was so beautiful etc. So after this continued for over a month I grew weary of pictures of the same animals and decided it was time to bring a little balance to their view (I have a little mischievous streak occasionally). I posted a picture of a hagfish and captioned it: This is part of nature as well. They knew me well as somewhat of a joker so they weren't too scandalized. I wouldn't have done it in any other situation.

There is much beauty in our world but also a lot of ugliness (as we all know); I think it's the same with language. Years ago, I started looking up words to do with pop culture language (admittedly I was not knowledgeable of it at all and had a teenage son) in the Urban Dictionary. Sometimes I would look at other definitions while I was there. However, I read too many seemingly mundane words that had been used to describe all manner of vile, disgusting acts and attitudes. So I chose not do that anymore and remain ignorant. It may not be bliss but sometimes it's better than knowing.

Thank you mdyak and currerbell for what you wrote to me earlier in this thread.

[Naboka]

Currerbell,

a hookah-smoking caterpillar, hmmm.

Caterpillars aren't caterpillars long, no matter how much they smoke.

Always interesting how people see you. We tend to be different things to different people, mostly dependent on their perceptions rather than us as a reality.

I've done jobs where I was praised by some as the most productive person on the job--while being reviled by others as being the laziest. Both opinions proved to be true.

In a sense.

Efficiencies allow you to do more while doing less.

So, I had a lot of time to goof off, while concurrently producing more than anyone else. Keeping me on payroll always fell to the boss's practicality of looking the other way in order to reach their goals.

Contradictions seem to upset our minds. But, it's the contradictions that give us breadth. The more you eliminate, the less you have as a resource.

The difficulty is in managing the array so it remains a resource rather than obstructive clutter.

Our minds like to simplify. We like to see one another as simply as possible. We'll drop someone into a category and that's how we'll see them hence.

But, we are all degrees of complex.

And degrees of simplicity.

The problem is reconciling the contradictions. In self and others.

A person can be overbearingly arrogant--and humble. How can you be arrogant and humble at the same time? I've seen it a lot in impressive people.

A person can be selfish and generous at the same time. I'm very self-centered, competitive and selfish, but my wife and I both know that if I won the lottery I'd give most of the money to those who need it more.

On forums, conservatives hate me for being liberal; while liberals hate me for being conservative. But, in truth, a society needs conservatives to hold order, while it needs liberals to envision a new and better future. The joke is that most of the things conservatives hold dear came about because liberals of the past brought it into existence.

So, a hookah-smoking caterpillar I may be, destined to be a butterfly, but content with my fat belly and short legs while drifting on imagining clouds.

But, that is only as seen from one angle. Look from a slightly different angle and you see something else.

Like nacre. What is its color?

Every angle gives you a new color.

[Naboka]

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Now, that is an interesting word, lalatan.

interpenetrators

sounds...

nasty

and, perhaps...

self-fulfilling

though, perhaps just..

filling

[2cute]

Naboka, for some reason I have started picturing you as a hookah-smoking caterpillar. I assume that is not actually the case, as your wife makes you pancakes, and I'm not sure caterpillars, even large ones, would be very fond of pancakes. (Note: I am very fond of pancakes. And very true, I am not either a large or a small caterpillar.)

LOL

Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
~ Seneca

I can do that!

Great quote. That is my goal as well.

Too many people try to belittle or push their will against me, which I think is stupid as they are closing themselves off to their improvement assuming they always know better which is absurd. I seek to interact w/people who improve theirs as well as my state of well being & intellectual advancement.

I will likely make myself a bit cuckoo if I try to go back and pick up quotes from all the prior discussion, but I did want to chime in a bit:

dyak, I totally agree with you -- everyone is crankier, bitchier, meaner, irritable, tetchy (I will be looking for that word in a future board), disagreeable, fractious, and cantankerous these days.

When I first started playing, and didn't know the customs and practices of playing this game, lalatan used to make me nuts, and occasionally made me yell at my computer. However, as I've played more, and read more on the forum, I've come to appreciate the level of play that some of you all, and specifically lalatan, have aspired to and achieved. I still avoid Spike1007 every time he starts talking about scoring. That will break my brain. While sometimes I play and I'm looking to set my own record, other times I play and I see that John13verse34 found a 14-point word, or lalatan found a 16-point word (I'm still mostly comfortable on the 4x4 boards), I will dig in and see if I can find what they found. Usually, uhhh, no, but it's a different way of seeing the letters. I will only probably look for long words, regardless of point value, as that is more challenging and less stressful for me. (I am still smarting over SEPULCHRING only being worth 10 points, though.). APPW starts getting more complex than I want to try for. I have appreciated the advice on dumping boards, however. I am happy to report that I'm now off the top 100 scorers list for this month. Considering my current point average per game is still hovering in the mid- to upper-90 range, that's fine by me.

I've also been helped by many of the tips people have been willing to share. Now it's easier for me to hone in on TION, PRO, HYPER, ING, ABLE...I have also learned that these are not always the ways to the longest word, however. Or, in some cases, any word at all.

Naboka, for some reason I have started picturing you as a hookah-smoking caterpillar. I assume that is not actually the case, as your wife makes you pancakes, and I'm not sure caterpillars, even large ones, would be very fond of pancakes. (Note: I am very fond of pancakes. And very true, I am not either a large or a small caterpillar.)

lalatan, thank you for all your advice and kind words. Means more than you realize. I am sorry to hear about your illness. That just stinks. We live in a very broken, messed-up world. Stay by, and know you have some virtual friends here who will try to lift you up whenever they can. I mean, all you have to do is say a number to Naboka and he will wander along through mental passages not often travelled.

In this time, especially, I do feel like we all travel together in this ether. I still want to believe in the best in people, although it seems more and more difficult to these days.

Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
~ Seneca

I can do that!

Didn't know UNIQUER was really a word
RAZZAMATAZZES was fun to get, along with PAZZAZZES

That must have been a fun board when it popped up -- 4 Zs! I would have been giving it the stink eye, for sure.

[BoggleOtaku]

Didn't know UNIQUER was really a word
RAZZAMATAZZES was fun to get, along with PAZZAZZES

[2cute]

Oh, I got this one!

DORMOUSE, plural DORMICE: any of numerous small, nocturnal, furry-tailed Old World rodents (family Myoxidae synonym Gliridae) that live mainly in trees and resemble small squirrels. Note: Dormice hibernate during cold weather and may become torpid at other times of the year when food is scarce.

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Y'all are just something else.

Awww, isn't he/she cute! Thanks for the images.

Yes, I'm torpid frequently as well.