OT- Word of the day.

[Loser]

Originally posted by spoon:

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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...

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

[Randallw]

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"

[ July 15, 2004, 09:14: Message edited by: Randallw ]

[Atrocities]

Its a new day, so new word. Arrrrrrrgggggggg!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

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.

[ July 15, 2004, 10:15: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Randallw]

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]

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.

[David E. Gervais]

Threads like this discombobulate me. But I'm a trooper, so I'll join the fun none the less.

Cheers!

edit: P.S. This word of the day thing is nice, but it would be even better if the word was used in a sentance to show that it can be used in more than just a 'list of ingredients'.

[ July 15, 2004, 11:37: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]