Mind your English - Vocabulary!
It came to me as an idea while I was whiling away my time chit chatting on non-value adding subjects and topics on QL. Won't it be a good idea to use this forum and it's members with diverse linguistic background to explore some good words that we like to use? This can be a good way of learning and improving the vocabulary of a language that binds us together.
we can follow a few simple rules like introducing our fav words and phrases and talking about it's etymology and it's usage.
Let's try it. I think, in any case, it would be a good thing to do as we would have nothing to loose anyways.
we need MOTIVATION to MOVE (motion locomotion) things.
Angelina - How can we make this interesting? Please suggest :)
Ignominy
A state of dishonor
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
After all, we love nothing better than seeing the powerful and formerly smug dragged across the front pages in ignominy.
Boring??
Russel Peters fan????
FanFreakingTastic..... that a fun word, if you use another F-word for "freaking" ;-p
Sublimation is the process of transition of a substance from the solid phase to the gas phase without passing through an intermediate liquid phase
SUBLIME -
In common use, sublime is an adjective meaning "awe-inspiringly grand, excellent, or impressive," like the best chocolate fudge sundae you've ever had.
You might describe a spine-tingling piece of music as "a work of sublime beauty." With the, the word also functions as a noun meaning "something that strikes the mind with a sense of grandeur or power": "Never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery," wrote Washington Irving. The beauty of music or nature can be awe-inspiring, but sublime is also useful for describing everything from an impressive serve in tennis to a jaw-droppingly good taste sensation.
rofl! Rizks, did u try to google bootyful ?
i did! ;)
How many sheeps did you make?
I was with a bootyful gal, making friendsheep with her ! :)
Rizks - Thats not a WORD ;)
Where were you yesterday?
Download wordweb & keep in your toolbar. It will be very handy for meaning of words, spelling, sentence, Wikipedia, synonyms, pronunciation & other grammatical information.
It is free if you are broke i.e. if your answer is NO for recent air-travel.
Bootyfool !
Rizzlier effect:
It’s when a guy is really polite and nice to girls and treats them like a queen. Some examples:
dam dude did you see Marco he was pulling mad girls last night it was crazy I can’t believe the rizzler effect actually works. :P
venerate
To venerate is to worship, adore, be in awe of. You probably don't venerate your teacher or boss; however, you may act like you do!
The word hasn't come far from its Latin roots in venerari, "to worship." Although you can certainly venerate a deity, a person can deserve it, too. Find part of the word Venus in there, meaning "love, desire" and dang, if someone venerates you, you're doing okay ;)
Goodmorning people - And the word for this morning is:
Word - sublime
Meaning - of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
He was uneven, disproportioned, saying ordinary things on great occasions, and now and then, without the slightest provocation, uttering the sublimest and most beautiful thoughts :)
drsam- Exactly!The search for meaningful origins for familiar or strange words is far older than the modern understanding of linguistic evolution and the relationships of languages, which began no earlier than the 18th century.
MT...
I'm sure no-one needs an explanation MN ;-)
So basically, a ponani is ummm, i don't know how to explain it exactly ...Well it's sumfin inside sumfin inside a cave! :P
Ponani !
nuclear desarmamentarism of iran and Nkorea?
As a kid,I used to be fascinated by the word Disarmamenterianism.
Equal - Obtain
what about proverbs?
so much of english??
snessy teacher plz introduce short-cut english chat type words and simple. thanks :P
9. Which of the following come third in order in a dictionary?
a) obsess b) obstruct c)obtrude d) obtain e) obtuse
Circumspect : Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent. [Middle English, from Latin circumspectus, past participle of ...
Circumspection
Ok watever bb and cl are starting I don't wanna start with them :P
No tinker!
1. One would expect a servant to __________ to his master
a) crouch b) yield c)truckle d) circumscribe e) arrogate
Tinkerbell: 1 point!
May I come in...
Blue_rose: I'd make a great teacher, I'm very hot on spelling and grammar :-)
1. A general pardon granted by the government to political offenders.
a) amnesty b) alimony c)armistice d) diplomacy e) antiquity
I'll start with the word "reiterate" that is originally taken from a Latin word "reiterare" which means to insist on something and/or to utter something repeatedly ;)
It's your turn *wink*
hmmmmmmmm...bluebull...no...hmmm..snessy..no...hmmm...then who? no more guess
Blue - Guess who :)
Yep :-)
lolz bluebull..ok english tution class is going on.
who is teacher?
Snessy - It's like ' Guesstimate '
Yummylicious...a word from Snessy's dictionary :-)
CL - You start then I'll start slowly.
No, you start first.. im a bit shy :P
Blue - It's English tution classes ;)
whats going on??
WB - Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. By an extension, the term "etymology (of a word)" means the origin of a particular word.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology
Firoz - No no. you start and then I'll start. Please.
Explain " Etymology"
I suggest its you started.. you first start :)
I feel this is really going to help each others... lets start
Firoz - you start first :)