Interesting that it sounds so much live Lava Bowl, or maybe Laving Bowl. Laving being a term for the washing of the hands. Hence perhaps why a bathroom used to be called a lavatory, and also this: So I guess the humble lavabo evolved into the bathroom sink.
Interesting. In Turkey it's custom to offer diners a splash of scented alcohol on their hands before and after the meal. I can't find the exact word, but the restaurant staff who offer it to you always say something like "lavabu".
This is what I found on putting commas in compound predicates. I took this from the Chicago Manual editors. The omitted subject: (This one is necessary for clarity. I don't think it can be left out.) She recognized the man who entered the room, and gasped. Before or/but: (Somewhat stylistic, but in some lines the shift in purpose allows the pause. "And" doesn't shift purpose, so it doesn't work with that one.) I printed out a year’s worth of crossword puzzles, or would have printed them out eventually. The long, complex sentence: (It does help here too. I would say it's necessary, but I could see it going either way.) Electra alternated between keyboards and bass in three consecutive sold-out shows in the middle of the week, and sang every lead. The example I was expecting to see, but which didn't get mentioned, is the compound dialog tag. It happens ALL the time, but I've never heard anyone truly explain it, because it breaks the predicate in two. "The first rule of Fight Club," Tyler said, and flexed for the camera, "is that there is no Fight Club."
Yep. I'd probably do it that way for subject clarity. I would have broken that into two sentences. Had to think about this one. It could be rephrased with some "ings" and "fors" but I would probably leave it. Oof. I don't like that. But you can't really rephrase if you want the beat to have appeared without a pause in the dialogue. Unless you dropped the attribute and front loaded the beat, which I'm not a fan of either: Tyler flexed for the camera. "The first rule is...."
Ablution noun FORMAL plural noun: ablutions the act of washing oneself "the women performed their ablutions" Insensate adjective || insensately: adverb lacking physical sensation. "a patient who was permanently unconscious and insensate" lacking sympathy or compassion; unfeeling."a positively insensate hatred" completely lacking sense or reason."insensate jabbering" Salubrious adjective health-giving; healthy."salubrious weather" • (of a place) pleasant; not run-down.
zebu (/ˈziːb(j)uː, ˈzeɪbuː/; Bos taurus indicus), sometimes known as indicine cattle or humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in South Asia. Zebu are characterised by a fatty hump on their shoulders, a large dewlap, and sometimes drooping ears. Source: Wikipedia Found via: some damn crossword puzzle
We used to have these in Texas. My grandfather had a bunch of them. We called them Brahma bulls. Or maybe it's a cousin of the zebu. They look the same to me. I guess that's Hindi too.
Ah, but this thread is about new words you've learned. Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to learn it and update here.
*sigh* Ok, I'll do the legwork : What is Spingle? (from a slang dictionary) 1. "Spine tingle" (aka when you get chills up your spine, but in a good way...) That song is so awesome, it gave me a SPINGLE! See chills, tingle, spine, spingle
Laureate - a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award. This is in honour of the diagram as the profile picture of @alittlehumbugcalledShe : If I'm right, it's a Feynman Diagram (in honour of Richard Feynman, Nobel prize laureate in 1965 for physics), a pictorial representation of of the mathematical expressions describing the behavior and interaction of subatomic particles.
And here I thought it was a big walking eyeball-spider thing like from Jonny Quest: Spoiler: Much bigness Or maybe like the War of the Worlds thing: Spoiler: More with the bigness
I just learned the word "dewlap". noun a fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, especially that present in many cattle.
I believe turkeys also have them, or would that be a wattle? Spoiler: You know the drill Turkeys are some crazy looking creatures!! "A wattle is a fleshy flap of skin under the turkey's chin that some people may call a dewlap. The dewlap is more prominent in males than females." .. Do turkeys actually technically have chins though? My god, I had no idea that pic was so big! Trying to find a smaller one. The internet doesn't work like it used to, you can no longer click to see different sizes of a picture.
YEAH!!! I did my degree in Physics, and slowly but surely sunk into the deep dark depths of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, density functional theory, etc. I think the trick was to go way beyond the course material and boom, suddenly I found my thing. I know Feynman went on about how 'if you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't actually understand quantum mechanics, yadda yadda yadda' etc., but honest to god it was my favourite part of the course. Also he's dead now so I guess he doesn't have a say anymore GAH. Gotta love those diagrams. I got this one from here: https://cmp.univie.ac.at/research/quantum-field-theory-qft/ I could go on but I think I might wet my pants. I found a 'Treatise on Thermodynamics' by Max Planck recently and I just about died. I guess I'd better add a new word. Tantivy (adverb). At full gallop. Like a bloody 'orse.
Effulge verb || singular present: effulges, simple past: effulged, present participle: effulging 1. to radiate, shine or beam adjective: effulgent Febrile adjective having or showing the symptoms of a fever. "a febrile illness" Mold noun BRITISH 1. the upper soil of cultivated land, especially when rich in organic matter. "gravel and sand over clay, topped by fine vegetable mold"
I'm surprised at you, Iain. Don't you remember, "Zebu, Maggie, ze-bu" from the Simpsons episode when they were trying to get Maggie to talk?
Damn, nope. Twenty years ago I had an eidetic memory for the Simpsons, but as my access to it (not sure who carries it here now) and the overall quality of the shows has gone downhill that information has been crowded out, I guess.
Sequelae noun MEDICINE a condition which is the consequence of a previous disease or injury. "the long-term sequelae of infection" Threnody noun a lament. "a brooding threnody to urban desolation"
Bunting noun flags and other colorful festive decorations. a loosely woven fabric used to make bunting. Distaff noun a stick or spindle onto which wool or flax is wound for spinning.
