One billion and counting...
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And to think - we have our very own Jazz to continue to keep us straight, educated, grammatically correct and now up to date on ONE BILLION AND COUNTING dictionary entries!!! 
MysticalMom
Witchy Woman
Oops. I thought this thread was about how many days onebdze has gone without 
.
Silly me.
.Silly me.
fttrsbeerwench
New Member
I found an essay on:
Morphological Paradoxes...
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~bender/paradox.html#Paradox_No__1
And the following list...
FORMS EXAMPLES SEMANTICS
-ag lag, flag (v.), sag, `droopy' and `flabby'
bag, drag
-amble amble, ramble, `locomotion'
scramble, shamble
-ash gnash, crash, trash, `breaking' or
smash, bash, dash `fragments'
-ee shivaree, jamboree, `absence
jubilee, spree, of restraint'
whoopee, whee, `carefree abandon'
free, yippee, glee
-eazy sleazy, greasy, `the sleaze factor'
queasy
-ician logician, beautician, `practicioner'
mortician, magician,
syntactician,
dietician,
-icious delicious, luscious, `sensual indulgence,
scrumptious, `appealing to the
nutritious, senses'
voluptuous,
licentious
-ump hump, rump, bump, `heavy masses'
crump, lump, stump
-ush lush, slush, gush, `moist' and
flush `oozy'
-utter mutter, stutter, `utter'
sputter, splutter
-urry scurry, worry, `haste' and
flurry, blurry, `confusion'
hurry
ob- objectionable, `objectionable'
obnoxious,
obtrusive,
obstreperous,
obstinate
cr- crawl, cringe, `bent'
creep, crumple
fl- flitter, flow, `phenomena
flicker, flurry of movement'
gl- glitter, glow, `visual
glare, gleam phenomena'
sl- slip, slide, sled, `horizontal
slime, sledge, sleigh, movement',
sluice `lack of
traction'
sw- swoop, swell, swish, `flourish',
swoon, swagger `sweep'
tor- torture, torment, `pain'
tortuous
tur- turbulent, turment, `violence'
turmoil
tw- twist, twirl, tweak, `twisting motion'
twine, twinge
vi- vituperative, `intense ill-temper'
vitriolic, vindictive,
vicious
I just found it interesting..The relation of things and how words play such a strange role in expressing yourself. I laughed when I read the words lush, slush and flush associated with the words "moist" and "oozy". The English language is funny and complex.
Morphological Paradoxes...
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~bender/paradox.html#Paradox_No__1
And the following list...
FORMS EXAMPLES SEMANTICS
-ag lag, flag (v.), sag, `droopy' and `flabby'
bag, drag
-amble amble, ramble, `locomotion'
scramble, shamble
-ash gnash, crash, trash, `breaking' or
smash, bash, dash `fragments'
-ee shivaree, jamboree, `absence
jubilee, spree, of restraint'
whoopee, whee, `carefree abandon'
free, yippee, glee
-eazy sleazy, greasy, `the sleaze factor'
queasy
-ician logician, beautician, `practicioner'
mortician, magician,
syntactician,
dietician,
-icious delicious, luscious, `sensual indulgence,
scrumptious, `appealing to the
nutritious, senses'
voluptuous,
licentious
-ump hump, rump, bump, `heavy masses'
crump, lump, stump
-ush lush, slush, gush, `moist' and
flush `oozy'
-utter mutter, stutter, `utter'
sputter, splutter
-urry scurry, worry, `haste' and
flurry, blurry, `confusion'
hurry
ob- objectionable, `objectionable'
obnoxious,
obtrusive,
obstreperous,
obstinate
cr- crawl, cringe, `bent'
creep, crumple
fl- flitter, flow, `phenomena
flicker, flurry of movement'
gl- glitter, glow, `visual
glare, gleam phenomena'
sl- slip, slide, sled, `horizontal
slime, sledge, sleigh, movement',
sluice `lack of
traction'
sw- swoop, swell, swish, `flourish',
swoon, swagger `sweep'
tor- torture, torment, `pain'
tortuous
tur- turbulent, turment, `violence'
turmoil
tw- twist, twirl, tweak, `twisting motion'
twine, twinge
vi- vituperative, `intense ill-temper'
vitriolic, vindictive,
vicious
I just found it interesting..The relation of things and how words play such a strange role in expressing yourself. I laughed when I read the words lush, slush and flush associated with the words "moist" and "oozy". The English language is funny and complex.
Softballkid
No Longer the Kid
MysticalMom said:Oops. I thought this thread was about how many days onebdze has gone without
Silly me.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
The scene...
...an English learning class for adult immigrants (legal, of course)
Teacher: "Hello, students."
Students: (various muttered responses in 37 different launguages including the surfer dude from LA who is responsible for many of those billion words yet can't get through a job interview in 'normal' English)
Teacher: "Todays word is...'emoticon'...it means everything...and nothing at all...'
Students: (utter frustration has set in, various do it yourself Kool-Aid kits start coming out of lunch boxes, bags and sacks...)
:killmenow:
...an English learning class for adult immigrants (legal, of course)
Teacher: "Hello, students."
Students: (various muttered responses in 37 different launguages including the surfer dude from LA who is responsible for many of those billion words yet can't get through a job interview in 'normal' English)
Teacher: "Todays word is...'emoticon'...it means everything...and nothing at all...'
Students: (utter frustration has set in, various do it yourself Kool-Aid kits start coming out of lunch boxes, bags and sacks...)
:killmenow:
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Now see that?
You know what you mean by that. But, to me, it could mean anything!
dumb post
sad but true
a little bored this AM, Lar?
I'm eating peanut butter
...and so on and on and on!
otter said:
You know what you mean by that. But, to me, it could mean anything!
dumb post
sad but true
a little bored this AM, Lar?
I'm eating peanut butter
...and so on and on and on!
Larry Gude
Strung Out
...
otter said:
Larry Gude said:
