thats a word, huh?

well i certainly havent heard it before

Probably what *this* should be called.
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Re: thats a word, huh?

Post by Shiny Days » Sun Oct 18, 2020 9:13 pm

Crunchums wrote:picayune
that's a pokemon

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Post by Ashenai » Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:26 am

I only just now found out that profligate was not profilgate, after I tried to use it in a sentence and I got the red underline

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Post by catonkeyboard » Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:05 pm

Ashenai wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:26 am I only just now found out that profligate was not profilgate, after I tried to use it in a sentence and I got the red underline
You're thinking of proflifergate, which is paying 5 to put an additional counter on a card.
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Post by Doug » Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:24 pm

Profligate was that big scandal with the counters
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Post by the_zoomies » Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:29 pm

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Post by Skeletor » Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:44 pm

the_zoomies wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:29 pminfix
I thought I knew who you were but now I don't
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by the_zoomies » Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:47 pm

Skeletor wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:44 pm
the_zoomies wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:29 pminfix
I thought I knew who you were but now I don't
Oof, I get enough of that from my husband

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Post by Skeletor » Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:10 pm

I was thinking about how "perfect" has a different pronunciation as an adjective vs as a verb, which allows you to use the adjective-pronunciation as a verb to coney a slightly different word than the verb-pronunciation

As in: I'm just glad to have finished the level for now. I'll go back and perfect that level later
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by Skeletor » Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:13 pm

the_zoomies wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:47 pm
Skeletor wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:44 pm
the_zoomies wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:29 pminfix
I thought I knew who you were but now I don't
Oof, I get enough of that from my husband
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wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by the_zoomies » Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:38 pm

Skeletor wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:13 pm
the_zoomies wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:47 pm
Skeletor wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:44 pm

I thought I knew who you were but now I don't
Oof, I get enough of that from my husband
Tonky plz
Well duh :loverobot:

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Post by Skeletor » Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:39 pm

I thought 'earnest' meant like, sincere, or honest

But it doesn't? Apparently it means intense/serious as opposed to flippant/jest. Dang I've had this word wrong for a long time
earnest adjective
1 : characterized by or proceeding from an intense and serious state of mind
2 : GRAVE, IMPORTANT

earnest noun
1 : a serious and intent mental state
a proposal made in earnest
2 : a considerable or impressive degree or amount
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Post by ToadBrews » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:19 pm

Also he goes to camp and saves Christmas and stuff

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Post by Ashenai » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:29 pm

You didn't have it wrong exactly, that definition is just missing "earnestly" or "in earnest", which is what you were thinking of. The meaning of those constructions is subtly different from the root word.

You wouldn't necessarily say "he's an earnest person" to mean "he's an honest person": if I asked you if Ted stole my stapler, you wouldn't tell me "no, Ted wouldn't do that, he's very earnest." That's not exactly what the word evokes, right? But you would say "he spoke very earnestly" to mean "he spoke from the heart, in an honest way".

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Post by Ashenai » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:35 pm

although I do still think the adjective form should have "honest" as a synonym. I don't think there's a real difference in meaning between "an earnest effort" and "an honest effort".

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Post by Crunchums » Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:49 am

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Post by Juri » Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:55 am

Crunchums wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:49 aminitiatic
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Post by the_zoomies » Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:46 am

Prepone

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Post by Shiny Days » Thu Feb 04, 2021 3:00 am

and prepone accessories

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Post by Juri » Thu Feb 04, 2021 3:48 am

Shiny Days wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2021 3:00 am and prepone accessories
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Post by pterrus » Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:49 pm

preptwo learns better psychic moves though

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Post by Juri » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:13 am

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Post by Crunchums » Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:08 pm

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Post by Crunchums » Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:21 pm

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Post by pterrus » Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:42 pm

Crunchums wrote: Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:21 pmluthier
luthiest

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Post by the_zoomies » Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:08 pm

Crunchums wrote: Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:21 pmluthier
Well yeah, but that's french.

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Post by Ashenai » Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:16 pm

variegated

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Post by Shiny Days » Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:46 pm

keep your hobbies variegated

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Post by Khaos » Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:01 pm

Shiny Days wrote:keep your hobbies variegated
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Post by pterrus » Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:18 pm

Getting sick of all the variegatekeeping around here

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