OT- Word of the day.

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 July 15th, 2004, 06:17 AM

Ah. Thanks, people.

Loser · #2 July 15th, 2004, 07:55 AM

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Originally posted by Kamog:
Yeah, eidetic, I know that word because I learned it many years ago when I was playing RPG's. "Eidetic memory" was one of the advantages you can get for your character when using the GURPS system.

Champions had this too. 10 points. Funny the stuff you remember...

Ih White Wolf, or at least in Mage, its a one or two point Merit.

Randallw · #3 July 15th, 2004, 10:13 AM

One of my favourite words is "defenestrate". It doesn't pop up in books much though. Usually only in action movies or westerns.

edit: another is "antidisestablishmentarianism"

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Atrocities · #4 July 15th, 2004, 10:46 AM

Its a new day, so new word. Arrrrrrrgggggggg!

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 July 15th, 2004, 11:13 AM

I opened up the dictionary to look up the definition of defeniwhatit. New word: Bathysphere: A spherical diving bell equipped with windows for deep sea observations.

Dictionary doesn't have defenestrate.

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Randallw · #6 July 15th, 2004, 11:58 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

Dictionary doesn't have defenestrate.

ah well then you need more clues. As I said it happens in action movies and westerns. Die hard is an action movie where it happened. It seems every time a fight breaks out in a bar it happens.

Kamog · #7 July 15th, 2004, 12:01 PM

Well, I remember the word defenestrate from a book I read. It means to throw out the window. So in a fight, somebody picks up a guy and throws him out the window.