OT- Word of the day.

[Iansidious]

Today's Word:
Ephemeral pronounced i-fem-meral

adj
short-lived: Lasting for only a short period of time
*the ephemeral nature of slang

[Slynky]

Today's Word:
Ephemeral pronounced i-fem-meral

adj
short-lived: Lasting for only a short period of time
*the ephemeral nature of slang

Or the extent of some of my life in some games of SE4

[Iansidious]

...and could not be more true for me either.

[dmm]

Here is a useful word from the language of the indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego (at the tip of S.Amer.):
mamhilapinatapai = the uncomfortable feeling experienced when two people are hoping that the other will volunteer to do something that both want done, but neither is willing to do.

[dmm]

Wierd...I can't seem to edit my own post. It acts like it works, but then nothing changes.

Anyway, here is an example of use in a sentence:
The mamhilapinatapai was overwhelming -- almost as overwhelming as the odor from the old dying dog's pile of crap in the corner of the living room.

[Iansidious]

Great Word dmm(notice the medal you get in the post icon).


Today's Word:
Forecastle Now this word is very interesting in pronunciation. My Dictionary has two pronunciation for this word. What I think is the correct way of saying it and the way the word looks. Foks l(the o is long.) and the way the word looks. Fore and castle. I do believe foks l' is the proper way of pronunciation.

n
1. front part of ship: the space at the front end of a ship below the main deck, traditionally where the crew’s quarters were located
2. raised deck at bow: a raised section of deck at the bow of a ship

[Will]

dmm said:
Here is a useful word from the language of the indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego (at the tip of S.Amer.):
mamhilapinatapai = the uncomfortable feeling experienced when two people are hoping that the other will volunteer to do something that both want done, but neither is willing to do.

And assuming it's not pronounced as it's spelled... how do we pronounce this jem? I would assume something along the lines of mam-he-lap-in-ah-TAH-pie. A bit of a mouthful [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]