Words: Jay or Nay Friday - Page 2

pilotbob · 05-13-2008, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

I have someone I do business with regularly who always uses "Action" as a verb, to which I always reply "Action this",

Does he refer to himself in the third person also?

BOb

Taylor514ce · 05-14-2008, 11:29 AM

Yes: book
No: pbook

Books are books.

Taylor514ce · 05-14-2008, 02:33 PM

Nay: "etc. etc." If you have to say "etc.", which you rarely should, only say it once.

Yay: recognition. I've always loved this word because I've always seen it as re-cognition, which of course it is. Cognition, Re-Cognition, self-consciousness, Hegel and his Master-Slave dialectic... the mind wonders. The mind wonders why it wonders. The mind wonders why it wonders why it wonders... etc.

badgoodDeb · 05-14-2008, 11:42 PM

... and then there's Hires brand root beer. Which I persist in reading as hi-res root beer and wondering what the resolution is.......

RWood · 05-15-2008, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

... and then there's Hires brand root beer. Which I persist in reading as hi-res root beer and wondering what the resolution is.......

The resolution is about a 20 point jump in your blood sugar levels.

Taylor514ce · 05-15-2008, 07:53 PM

Nay: "spend", used as a noun in business speak. "When you look at your total spend on blah-blah vs. our blippity-blap, you can realize a R.O.I in 3 months."

Yay: horsesh!t. One of my grandpa's words.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-15-2008, 08:01 PM

da : miscellaneous. i love everything about this word, from its sonority to its precisely vague meaning.

nyet : trendy. how canything* hype ever be referred to with such a clunky word ? and more importantly, who cares ?

bonus oui : squirm. yet another example of onomatopeic self-descriptive perfection.

*completely inadvertent minimalist "minimal" (seriously : technically it's a typo) which i have decided to leave uncorrected, for taylor's amusement.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-15-2008, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

Yay: horsesh!t. One of my grandpa's words.

hm, well this comment no longer has any reason for being, since in the time it took me to click "quote" apparently you've changed your yay. before your edit it was bifurcate, and i was just going to tell you that i can never see the word "bifurcate" without thinking of the story the Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges. in fact i think i'll go copy out one of the (many) passages i wrote down in my notebook the first time i read it, in the scribbling thread.

just forget you read this.

Taylor514ce · 05-15-2008, 10:41 PM

You caught me mid thought... I decided I didn't want to explain why I liked "bifurcate".

montsnmags · 05-15-2008, 11:05 PM

Jay: stromatolite (C'mon, what's not to love? Life on Earth? Age? Precambrian (another luscious word), lovely dome-headed "rocks" gathering in small crowds across a blue bay)

Nay: globalisation (the kind of word that looks much more impressive than its simple meaning, and generally makes the user feel much smarter than they actually are)

Cheers,
Marc

zelda_pinwheel · 05-16-2008, 12:56 PM

oui : polymorphic. or almost any word using "morph". including morphée / morpheus, which means something completely different (and now, for...).

non : brustwarze (except on a purely humorous level). it really doesn't seem to celebrate the female body nearly enough for my taste. perhaps we should suggest some alternatives. i suspect there are at least 2 or 3 forum members who would be eminently qualified for this task.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-23-2008, 09:59 PM

ja : travesty, when used correctly

nein : travesty, when used incorrectly to mean "tragedy". it's not the same thing at all.

Taylor514ce · 05-23-2008, 11:08 PM

uh-HUH: toothsome - because no one ever uses it and they should. I know it means "pleasant, attractive", but to me it's always meant "looks good enough to eat".

UH-uh: similarly - because it's hard to say and awkward.

vivaldirules · 05-24-2008, 11:23 AM

Yep: Enthralled. To be held spellbound; enslaved. I like the feel of the word.

Nope: Like. At least, the way my daughter uses it ("Like, every other word is, like, like.")

zelda_pinwheel · 05-24-2008, 11:56 AM

hm, "enthralled", lovely.

i will try to add "toothsome" to my vocabularly (oh, and i looked it up in the dictionary : i bet i know which is your favorite use of the three...

)

si : murmur. it's like an onomatopeia which got drafted into the official language.

no "nein" for the moment. isn't it nice when the positive outweighs the negative ?

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05-14-2008, 11:29 AM	#17
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	Yes: book No: pbook Books are books.

05-14-2008, 02:33 PM	#18
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	Nay: "etc. etc." If you have to say "etc.", which you rarely should, only say it once. Yay: recognition. I've always loved this word because I've always seen it as re-cognition, which of course it is. Cognition, Re-Cognition, self-consciousness, Hegel and his Master-Slave dialectic... the mind wonders. The mind wonders why it wonders. The mind wonders why it wonders why it wonders... etc.

05-14-2008, 11:42 PM	#19
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,550 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	... and then there's Hires brand root beer. Which I persist in reading as hi-res root beer and wondering what the resolution is.......

05-15-2008, 07:53 PM	#21
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	Nay: "spend", used as a noun in business speak. "When you look at your total spend on blah-blah vs. our blippity-blap, you can realize a R.O.I in 3 months." Yay: horsesh!t. One of my grandpa's words.

05-15-2008, 08:01 PM	#22
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	da : miscellaneous. i love everything about this word, from its sonority to its precisely vague meaning. nyet : trendy. how canything* hype ever be referred to with such a clunky word ? and more importantly, who cares ? bonus oui : squirm. yet another example of onomatopeic self-descriptive perfection. *completely inadvertent minimalist "minimal" (seriously : technically it's a typo) which i have decided to leave uncorrected, for taylor's amusement.

05-15-2008, 10:41 PM	#24
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	You caught me mid thought... I decided I didn't want to explain why I liked "bifurcate".

05-15-2008, 11:05 PM	#25
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Jay: stromatolite (C'mon, what's not to love? Life on Earth? Age? Precambrian (another luscious word), lovely dome-headed "rocks" gathering in small crowds across a blue bay) Nay: globalisation (the kind of word that looks much more impressive than its simple meaning, and generally makes the user feel much smarter than they actually are) Cheers, Marc

05-16-2008, 12:56 PM	#26
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	oui : polymorphic. or almost any word using "morph". including morphée / morpheus, which means something completely different (and now, for...). non : brustwarze (except on a purely humorous level). it really doesn't seem to celebrate the female body nearly enough for my taste. perhaps we should suggest some alternatives. i suspect there are at least 2 or 3 forum members who would be eminently qualified for this task.

05-23-2008, 09:59 PM	#27
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	ja : travesty, when used correctly nein : travesty, when used incorrectly to mean "tragedy". it's not the same thing at all.

05-23-2008, 11:08 PM	#28
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	uh-HUH: toothsome - because no one ever uses it and they should. I know it means "pleasant, attractive", but to me it's always meant "looks good enough to eat". UH-uh: similarly - because it's hard to say and awkward.

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05-24-2008, 11:23 AM	#29
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Yep: Enthralled. To be held spellbound; enslaved. I like the feel of the word. Nope: Like. At least, the way my daughter uses it ("Like, every other word is, like, like.")

05-24-2008, 11:56 AM	#30
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	hm, "enthralled", lovely. i will try to add "toothsome" to my vocabularly (oh, and i looked it up in the dictionary : i bet i know which is your favorite use of the three... ) si : murmur. it's like an onomatopeia which got drafted into the official language. no "nein" for the moment. isn't it nice when the positive outweighs the negative ?