Thursday's - Word of the Week

[Falbe Publishing]

The man was such a bold rule breaker he decided to join the Pro Rogue league.

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by Falbe Publishing

The man was such a bold rule breaker he decided to join the Pro Rogue league.

Some variances acceptable if they make you laugh.

[rebarnmom]

I wonder if I should have prorogued my purchase of the Sony PRS-700 until they had a DICTIONARY for it!

(As I had to drag out this big huge World Book dictionary with little tiny print to look up this word!)

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

The whole point of the exercise is to look up the meaning, if you don't know it, then post a sentence using it.

When I get bad sinus, I like to listen to Pink Floyd, because prorogue cheers be ub.

Cheers,
Marc

[Wetdogeared]

I was going to let this thread die, since I didn't encounter any interesting words in posts last week, but due to late breaking news we have a winner.

This weeks word is Bezel(s).

Bezel was used twice in the following quote:

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

...the emphasis on Kindle 3 seems less on innovation, but a concentrated effort to increase the proven attributes of the existing Kindle family.

In this case that means bezels. I am sure that they will work long and hard to increase the top and bottom bezels to complete the geometric beauty of their device.

Once more in the following quote:

Originally Posted by debacler

I was packing up my 700 and it occurred to me to snap a couple of pictures before I sent it off. If I had to guess, I'd say the dust is getting in through the seam between the metal and the gray bezel surrounding the screen. The pictures aren't so great, but it's a pain to get a nice shot in the dark without the flash.

Give us another example of the use of bezel(s) in a sentence.

How about "Shezels bezels by the Azores".

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Give us another example of the use of bezel(s) in a sentence.

Do you want to be Zelda's poodle?

[ravenne]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Do you want to be Zelda's poodle?

WDE, there´s an "r" missing; it must be brezel (since the kindle - as we´ve finally learned in the kindle thread - is for reading AND cooking).

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Do you want to be Zelda's poodle?

Very inventive! I like it! And no, I'm loyal to only one.

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by ravenne

WDE, there´s an "r" missing; it must be brezel (since the kindle - as we´ve finally learned in the kindle thread - is for reading AND cooking).

Looks like the big salted pretzels you can buy from street vendors in major cities in North America.

I'll need desertgrandma's opinion to see if this is allowable, since she is the Kindle fan and cooking fan, when blowing away that smoke when her red element covers catch fire.

[GeoffC]

He was always one for sitting on the fence, until, that is, gravity caused him to slide down the bezel; he was, thereafter, no longer in his prime.

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

He was always one for sitting on the fence, until, that is, gravity caused him to slide down the bezel; he was, thereafter, no longer in his prime.

She was climbing the dike, when all of a sudden she lost her footing, tumbled down the bezel and into the canal.

[rebarnmom]

The man from Brazil was suspected of embezzling bezel cut diamonds from his girl's best friend, a jeweler by trade, but was finally caught when he tripped over the bezeled embankment in the sidewalk, while stealing a glance at himself in a storefront's beveled-edge mirror. Vanity was ultimately his downfall.

[pshrynk]

Bezel sting if you try to steal their honey...

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by rebarnmom

The man from Brazil was suspected of embezzling bezel cut diamonds from his girl's best friend, a jeweler by trade, but was finally caught when he tripped over the bezeled embankment in the sidewalk, while stealing a glance at himself in a storefront's beveled-edge mirror. Vanity was ultimately his downfall.

[Wetdogeared]

Word of the week, one day late and courtesy of rebarnmom and pshrynk, is pica.

Some chatter salvaged this week on the subject....there is more than one defintion.

Originally Posted by rebarnmom

Bookarexia/Bookalemia: a newly catagorized disease (eating disorder) for those who consume vast quantities of books... literally.
(I'm sure someone can come up with a better, technically accurate word or name for this than I.)

Originally Posted by pshrynk

It's called pica, and applies to all sorts of things, books included.

Originally Posted by rebarnmom

Somehow, I knew you might have the correct term for this!
It's interesting to note that the other definition of the word deals with the size of print.
"She has pica for consuming books with a pica of nine."

Plus we have a late breaking synonym:

Originally Posted by lightfusegetaway

Bibliophagia: The eating of books.

rebarnmom uses both definitions in one sentence, can anyone else. Or any play on words...