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Cool words. Cool phrases.
Simple as that. Post some words or phrases that are not quite well known (or maybe they are) that you find to be fascinating.
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| A portmanteau is a word or morpheme that fuses two or more words or word parts to give a combined or loaded meaning. A folk usage of portmanteau refers to a word formed by combining both sounds and meanings from two or more words (e.g., spork from spoon and fork, animatronics from animation and electronics, ginormous from gigantic and enormous, or blaxploitation from black and exploitation). Typically, portmanteaux are nonce words or neologisms. Portmanteaux are commonly used in scientific literature for a wide variety of technical words, such as cyborg from cybernetic and organism. |
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| A double entendre is a figure of speech similar to the pun, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. This can be as simple as a phrase which has two mutually exclusive meanings, and is thus a clever play on words. An example of this would be the title of the short story, The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, in which the title can refer both to the "game" that is most dangerous to hunt, and "game" that is most dangerous to play. But for many, perhaps even most, persons, a risqu�, even sexual, element is central to their understanding of double entendre. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as 'A double meaning; a word or phrase having a double sense, especially as used to convey an indelicate meaning' [emphasis added]. In these cases, the first meaning is presumed to be the more innocent one, while the second meaning is risqu�, or at least ironic, requiring the hearer to have some additional knowledge. |
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| Originally posted by Yan Has anyone here ever used, let alone heard of, the word "blaxploitation"? |
suigetsu- water moon 
Quite a well known word, but I've always liked "Oxymoron."
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| a combination of contradictory terms, also considered a paradox. It is usually reduced to two words that have an adverb-adjective or an adjective-noun relationship. |
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| Originally posted by mezzir absolutely, you haven't taken any film history classes, have you? |
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| Originally posted by chach suigetsu- water moon |
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| Originally posted by Yan Of the Indo-European family, plzkthx. |
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| Originally posted by chach suigetsu- water moon |
Blasphemy
itzakadoozie
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| Originally posted by naeblis thats.. japanese... |
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| Originally posted by chach it's still cool "water moon", a reference to something that can be seen but not grasped, as the moon reflected in water is |
Menage a trois
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| Originally posted by Yan I really don't wanna rain on your parade here... but it's not a real word. Even in Japanese. |
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| Originally posted by chach im going to hang myself now... thanks... |
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| Originally posted by camsr Menage a trois |
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk I thought your word was cool Chach. Ignore the haters! Even if they're right :/ |
Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to be transformed by Christ�s love are deeply, even murderously, intolerant of criticism. While we may want to ascribe this to human nature, it is clear that such hatred draws considerable support from the Bible. How do I know this? The most disturbed of my correspondents always cite chapter and verse.
-Sam Harris
(My current favorite quote.)
(Does that count as a phrase?)
(It should.)
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| Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to be transformed by Christ�s love are deeply, even murderously, intolerant of criticism. While we may want to ascribe this to human nature, it is clear that such hatred draws considerable support from the Bible. How do I know this? The most disturbed of my correspondents always cite chapter and verse. -Sam Harris (My current favorite quote.) (Does that count as a phrase?) (It should.) |
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| Originally posted by Yan Simple as that. Post some words or phrases that are not quite well known |
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Teri Ma Ki Chut - Your Mother's Vagina
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| Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN id say most words are not well known to the COR masses. |
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| Originally posted by chach it's still cool "water moon", a reference to something that can be seen but not grasped, as the moon reflected in water is |
Defenestrate.
Nidificate.
Bellwether.
furthermore:
Teratosis, zoanthropy, pilgarlic, dirhinous, succedaneum, and SLUBBERDEGULLION
With the tiniest bit of consideration for timing you can throw this phrase into almost any conversation with a buddy.
"All I'm saying is that the products are out there"
It's a winner everytime!
(Taken from the Dr. Katz CD)
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