Whatzat mean? Word origins.

homoe · 03-15-2018, 05:46 PM

commingle

To blend thoroughly into a harmonious whole This can be anything from cash, assets, household good, to personal effects! Often times when two people move in together, possessions are commingled!

If you've ever seen the scene in When Harry Met Sally, about the ugly wheel coffee table, it's perhaps best NOT to commingle items.

cathexis · 03-15-2018, 10:12 PM

Ether

1. A C-O-C chemical compound used as a solvent in chemistry that
has a penchant for becoming unstable and having increased
flammability especially after it's expiration date.

2. An anesthesia agent used frequently through the 1960s in the US.
Ether's use in Surgery was discontinued as a result of it's acute
flammability. Other, non-flammable, agents were developed. The
drape erected in the OR between the anesthesiologist and the surgeon
was originally used to prevent a spark caused by surgical equipment
from coming in contact with the flammable anesthetic. The original
name for the drape was the "ether curtain."

3. Ether(s) archaic definition was a term used pertaining to the upper
atmosphere or something traveling through the air, e.g. a scent or
spirit being or traveling through the ethers. A mystical version of
floating through the air.
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homoe · 03-17-2018, 06:38 AM

pedant........

A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning. A person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.

Old French from Italian pedante teacher; perhaps related to Latin paedagōgus pedagogue.

homoe · 03-17-2018, 06:43 AM

vexatious...

Of legal actions)instituted without sufficient grounds and serving only to cause annoyance to the defendant. Troublesome; annoying. disorderly; confused or troubled.

homoe · 03-17-2018, 06:50 AM

Erotomania

A type of delusional disorder where the affected person believes that another person is in love with him or her. This belief is usually applied to someone with higher status or a famous person, but can also be applied to a complete stranger.

Sidebar: I'd never heard of this word or even of this type of disorder until I came across it in the book Strange Justice I'm currently reading.

homoe · 03-20-2018, 10:41 AM

Conniption sometimes used with fit as in A Conniption Fit......

Behavior that shows that you are suddenly very angry, upset, etc.

Gemme · 03-20-2018, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by homoe

Conniption sometimes used with fit as in A Conniption Fit......

Behavior that shows that you are suddenly very angry, upset, etc.

aka a tantrum....of epic proportions.

03-15-2018, 10:12 PM	#2
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03-17-2018, 06:38 AM	#3
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03-17-2018, 06:43 AM	#4
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03-17-2018, 06:50 AM	#5
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03-20-2018, 10:41 AM	#6
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