OT- Word of the day.

[Alneyan]

Lan: "Trompe" should not be too difficult to pronounce, but "l'oeil" is another matter. I think it is likely one of the hardest words to pronounce correctly. I don't know much about phonetics, but it should be vaguely as: "leuïl", with a certain stress on the "i". As soon as I get back my "how to say it" program, I will try to get a closer approximation.

Besides this, my own contribution will be "Floccinaucinihilipilification". Not only is this word fairly long, but it also means "the act of judging someone or something as worthless". You could argue it was created for the sake of making a very long word though, so that might disqualify it for competing in "Word of the day". At any rate, it should be a fun design name for my next warship, and will likely annoying the player(s) facing it to no end.

[TerranC]

Originally posted by Alneyan:
Besides this, my own contribution will be "Floccinaucinihilipilification". Not only is this word fairly long, but it also means "the act of judging someone or something as worthless". You could argue it was created for the sake of making a very long word though, so that might disqualify it for competing in "Word of the day". At any rate, it should be a fun design name for my next warship, and will likely annoying the player(s) facing it to no end.

Oooooooh... cosmic.

[Raging Deadstar]

Of course such a word as "Floccinaucinihilipilification" will prove itself useful when trying to prove the word itself useless

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Raging Deadstar:
Of course such a word as "Floccinaucinihilipilification" will prove itself useful when trying to prove the word itself useless

Good point (I think ).

[Krsqk]

Well, here's an article using our new favorite word. I'm not too sure about the sanity of the guy breaking the concrete slab, but I do think I'll send in for having worn my underwear longer than anyone else has.

[Iansidious]

Guess who is back...


Today's Wordone of my favorite's)
Zydeco pronounced like it looks zy-de-co. The y has a i sound to it.


Cajun dance music: a style of dance music originating in Louisiana that is usually played on accordion, guitar, and violin and combines traditional French melodies with Caribbean and blues influences

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Iansidious:
Cajun dance music: a style of dance music originating in Louisiana that is usually played on accordion, guitar, and violin and combines traditional French melodies with Caribbean and blues influences

And them'uns down yonder tawks funny, too.

[Iansidious]

nice touch Slynky.

Today's Word:
Limn

vt (literary)
1. draw or paint: to draw or paint a picture of somebody or something, especially in outline
2. describe: to describe something in words

[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