OT- Word of the day.

[Renegade 13]

Kvetch was originally a Russian word. Unless my memory is failing me again...

[TerranC]

Renegade 13 said:
Kvetch was originally a Russian word. Unless my memory is failing me again...

I thought it was Hebrew/Yiddish.

[Renegade 13]

TerranC said:

I thought it was Hebrew/Yiddish.

Ah, you could be right. Not the first time I was wrong!

[Alneyan]

Piquant:
1. Spicy.
2. Appealingly provocative.
3 Charming, interesting, or attractive.
4. Archaic: Causing hurt feelings; stinging.

Being fairly lazy, the above definition comes straigth from the trusted dictionary. For once, a French word has almost kept the same meaning in English and the same spelling (well, expect that the fourth meaning is the most common in French; is it really archaic?).

Oh, and what about creating words as well? For example, wouldn't "gabegie" be a nice-looking word for English? It means "turmoil or various trouble, especially due to a mismanagement" in French, but you could probably broaden its meaning a bit.

Let's see: "The word "Gabegie" was the only one fitting to describe the situation at the office after his blunder." Hmm... It is perhaps not such a great idea.

[Aiken]

Renegade 13 said:
Kvetch was originally a Russian word. Unless my memory is failing me again...

Where is no such word in Russian.

[Iansidious]

TerranC said:

I thought it was Hebrew/Yiddish.

My dictionary says... [Mid-20th century. Via Yiddish kvetsh (noun) and kvetshn (verb) from German Quetsche “crusher” and quetschen “to crush, squeeze.”]

[Iansidious]

Alneyan! tut tut tut. You didn't tell us how to pronounce it. I myself said pee*quant. But, I found out piquant is pronounced pee*kent. I offically ban Alneyan for one week effective today. For voilating the rule of words . While I'm here...
Today's Word:
Effulgence pronounced ef·ful·gence

n
brightness: brightness or a brilliant light radiating from something (literary)

[Kamog]

vicarious
adjective
1. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
2. Endured or done by one person substituting for another
3. Acting or serving in place of someone or something else; substituted.
4. Committed or entrusted to another, as powers or authority; delegated.

adverb
vicariously

[Iansidious]

I like that Kamog. I will use that today in an e-mail. But I have to put this word out...

Today's Word:
Qwerty pronounced KWER*ty

n
having standard typewriter keyboard layout: used to describe a typewriter or computer keyboard with the standard arrangement of keys for the alphabet, with the top row of alphabetic characters beginning with the letters q,w, e, r, t, and y.

And I have something special. A bonus word!

Today's bonus Word:
Azerty pronounced a*zer*ty. Not hard at all.

adj
having European typewriter keyboard layout: used to describe a computer or typewriter keyboard layout in continental Europe, where the top row of letters, beginning from the left, runs A, Z, E, R, T, Y.


Can you handle all this!

[Kamog]

premonitory

adjective
1. Giving previous warning or notice
2. Warning of future misfortune