The word of the day game

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

A observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain't broke, don't fix it.”

new word........legerdemain

homoe???? By chance did you come across this term while reading Water for Elephants or Love During Cholera?

Legerdemain refers to that guy wearing an top-hat and white gloves, as he waves his wand over the magic hat and suddenly See's chocolate appears or that adorable bunny with fuzzy loveable ears, appears. Yanno, "abracadabra" type magic.

New Word: Fathom

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

homoe???? By chance did you come across this term while reading Water for Elephants or Love During Cholera?

Legerdemain refers to that guy wearing an top-hat and white gloves, as he waves his wand over the magic hat and suddenly See's chocolate appears or that adorable bunny with fuzzy loveable ears, appears. Yanno, "abracadabra" type magic.

New Word: Fathom

Understand a difficult problem or an enigmatic person after much thought. I also believe it's some measure of water if I'm not mistaken.

new word........laudatory

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Understand a difficult problem or an enigmatic person after much thought. I also believe it's some measure of water if I'm not mistaken.

new word........laudatory

I believe that this term describes those types of situations or actions, which deserve praise, commendation for excellence of thought, etc.

New Word (it's cousin, perhaps???) -->>>>> Valorous

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I believe that this term describes those types of situations or actions, which deserve praise, commendation for excellence of thought, etc.

New Word (it's cousin, perhaps???) -->>>>> Valorous

Valor is a word for courage.

new word.....brouhaha

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Valor is a word for courage.

new word.....brouhaha

Ha Ha!!!! Would you believe that the first time I ever heard this word was in the movie My Girl ???? Dan Ackroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis .....while having their 4th of July picnic in the yard behind the mortuary family home???? Her ex husband shows up and Dan and her ex have an massive brouhaha, in fact he uses this term to describe their fight. I LOVE that movie so much.....I've got the DVD on my dining room table.

New Word: Lexicon

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

Ha Ha!!!! Would you believe that the first time I ever heard this word was in the movie My Girl ???? Dan Ackroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis .....while having their 4th of July picnic in the yard behind the mortuary family home???? Her ex husband shows up and Dan and her ex have an massive brouhaha, in fact he uses this term to describe their fight. I LOVE that movie so much.....I've got the DVD on my dining room table.

New Word: Lexicon

The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.

new word........orotundity

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.

new word........orotundity

YOu have an AMAZINGLY very large vocabulary......by chance are you an national puzzle solving champion????

I've never heard of that word, so when I looked it up I found out it was of LATIN origin.... (COLLETTE digs Latin words!):

Primarily it means that an voice or an delivery of speech might be a time or place where we actually hear an deep resonance of vocalizations....that is an awkward explanation, but as an example, think of the voice of Walter Cronkite and you've got orotundity ....

If by chance you have watched Larry Crowne (Tom hanks & Julia Roberts movie), you'll get a great example of this as Tom Hanks builds his repertoire for speech delivery or even so, you'll crack up watching George Takei in his role as an economics professor, hee hee hee

New Word (because it sounds similar): Rotunda