Whoops! My mistake. Thank you for correcting me, Storysmith and Friedrich. However, at 28 letters, this is not the longest word in English. That honour goes to the word "Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic", at 52 letters, describing the spa waters at Bath, England, and attributed to Dr. Edward Strother (1675–1737). The word is composed of the following elements: Aequeo: equal (Latin, aequo) Salino: containing salt (Latin, salinus) Calcalino: calcium (Latin, calx) Ceraceo: waxy (Latin, cera) Aluminoso: alumina (Latin) Cupreo: from "copper" Vitriolic: resembling vitriol. (Thanks to this article on Grammarly: 14 of the longest words in English)
Um, not exactly. A junket is also a pleasure trip, often funded by someone else. You've probably heard of a politician taking a trip to a fancy resort, all paid for with the taxpayers' money? That's a junket. They often take trips to Tahiti or The Bahamas, usually during the winter months, and all on our dime too. (GRR, dratted lying so-and-sos). And then they go on and on about how there's no money in the budget for us, and how we all have to tighten out belts. It'd be easier to bear if I could tighten my belt around their lying little... Hey look, a puppy! *runs the other way*
Yes but, In the context the world was used in the book i was reading (serving "sweet junket" to a patient).... Its food.
For the record, i wasnt saying Rath was wrong. I looked up the definition. I read both definitions. I just picked the definition relevant to the book i was reading.
Oh, I didn't intend that as a criticism of your post. I was going to preface that screenshot with, "If one feels the urge to be a pedant, do a quick google search before posting," but I thought that would make me sound like a dick.
Hey, fair enough. I never said you were wrong either. I only said that a junket is also ... etc., etc. I'd like to apologise if my post offended anyone.
kompromat compromising information collected for use in blackmailing, discrediting, or manipulating someone, typically for political purposes. "the leak shows that kompromat need not reveal anything illegal to be damaging"
susurrous \suh-SUE-rus\ adjective. full of whispering sounds. "As the vacationers slept, the only sound was the susurrous breeze blowing through the curtains of the open window."
^ Nope, we can't do that, because I use a single up-pointing arrow to show that I'm referring to the post above mine (assuming nobody comes in and snipes me before I finish writing, which happens more often than not, and forces me to go in and grab the quote). But we can definitely use the far more familiar 'End Sarcasm' symbol: /s.
I hate sarcasm, I find it absolutely impossible to tell if someone is serious or using sarcasm just by the way they're writing. Sarcasm is probably the most useless human invention ever. All it does is relieve some stress or provide some laughter. Sarcasm must be abolished. Screw sarcasm.
I agree it's hard to tell if someone's being sarcastic online. That's why I think that, if someone's being sarcastic, they should include a little smiley-face (e.g. a wink etc.) to say "Don't take me seriously, I'm only joking." Some more examples of sarcastrophe in action: ^ Donald Trump is the cutest, loveliest, most-like-a-basket-of-kittens-type-human of all time. ^ ^ Vladimir Putin is a wonderful human being, and should win the Nobel Peace Prize. ^ ^ You mean, a politician LIED to me??? Oh!!! I am crushed! ^ Ugh. I feel dirty now. Excuse me while I go and take a bath. And then, another bath. (Note the lack of sarcasm!)
I can put this in the "Today I learned" thread because I never knew this before today. I don't get around much.
doorsill noun a horizontal member of wood, stone, etc, forming the bottom of a doorframe Not just windows that have a sill
Are you one of those guys who snickers every time someone employes the word "tool?' It was a thing on the bike forum I belong to.
Wood alone is inocent enough (the word I mean), but in such close approximation to the word member, it gets kind of hard (heh heh) not to snicker. Certian word combinations will bring out the inner Butthead in even the most intelligent and well-mannered people (like for instance a bung hole, which is just an innocent hole in the side of a barrel). I used to have to snicker on another message board at the fact that so many people were designated under their usernames only as a "Male Member."
