OT- Word of the day.

[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

[spoon]

Ragnarok said:

There is. Right here. It is Yahoo Literati. It is scrabble just without the scrabble name. My mom used to play all the time. It is alot of fun.

Here is a Online scrabble site mentioned on slashdot today...

Scrabble!

[Alneyan]

Perhaps a nice word such as Hymeneal would work? It means "Pertaining to a wedding or a marriage", and comes in straight line from Greek. I cannot think of a word on this root that would mean "wedding" though.

In case it doesn't qualify (and I have a hunch it won't), I will settle for a nice "to mesmerise":
1: To spellbind; enthrall
2: To induce hypnosis in.

Voilà!

[Kamog]

incorrigible
adjective
1. Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal.
2. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults.
3. Difficult or impossible to control or manage: an incorrigible, spoiled child.

[Captain Kwok]

Kamog said:
incorrigible
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Who is Fyron?

[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]

[Iansidious]

Your Words are just fine. Sorry I been lax with the Word of the Day topic.


Today's Word:
Kvetch pronounced "ka vech"

kvetch·ing, 3rd person present singular kvetch·es)
complain incessantly: to grumble and complain about things all the time (like your wife?)


n (plural kvetch·es) (informal)
1. somebody incessantly complaining: somebody who is always grumbling and complaining about things (like your wife?)
2. complaint: a complaint about something (what your your wife likes to do?)