Expanding your vocabulary

[Kevin D]

Phalanx

 

noun

1. a body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation.

"six hundred marchers set off, led by a phalanx of police"

(in ancient Greece) a body of Macedonian infantry drawn up in close order with shields touching and long spears overlapping.

 

2.

ANATOMY

a bone of the finger or toe

[Kevin D]

Quotidian 

 

Full Definition of QUOTIDIAN

1

:  occurring every day quotidian fever>

2

a :  belonging to each day :  everyday quotidian routine>

 

b :  commonplace, ordinary quotidian drabness>

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syllogism

 

 

Full Definition of SYLLOGISM

1

:  a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in “every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable”)

2

:  a subtle, specious, or crafty argument

3

:  deductive reasoning

[Sugar Ape]

prorogue

verb (used with object), prorogued, proroguing.

 

1.

to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).

 

2.

to defer; postpone.

 

 

Historical Examples

• I was so fortunate as to arrive just in time to see Lord Harcourt, with the usual ceremonies, prorogue the Parliament.

   
• A Tour in Ireland Arthur Young

 

• The sovereign had never dared to prorogue them against their will, they argued.

   
• The Scottish Parliament Robert S. (Robert Sangster) Rait

 

• Charles at once sent orders to Traquair to prorogue a Parliament under which the very existence of the Crown was at stake.

   
• Montrose Mowbray Morris

 

[Kevin D]

Propitious

 

Giving or indicating a good chance of success. Favourable.

[Dr Arthur De Sabre]

Agnotology

 

Agnotology (formerly agnatology) is the study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data. The neologism was coined by Robert N. Proctor,[1][2] a Stanford University professor specializing in the history of science and technology.[3] Its name derives from the Neoclassical Greek word ἄγνωσις, agnōsis, "not knowing" (confer Attic Greek ἄγνωτος "unknown"[4]), and -λογία, -logia.[5] More generally, the term also highlights the increasingly common condition where more knowledge of a subject leaves one more uncertain than before.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I use the word "purview" when I can, but only because it amuses me to think of Malcolm Tucker.

[Kevin D]

Calumny

ˈ

 

noun

1.

the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation

 

 

Backpfeifengesicht

 

 

 

 

 

Noun[edit]

Backpfeifengesicht n ‎(genitive Backpfeifengesichts or Backpfeifengesichtes, plural Backpfeifengesichter)

 

(rather colloquial) a face in need of a fist

[Kevin D]

Clapter:

 

Political humour that elicits applause but that isn't actually funny.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Equanimity - calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation.

 

Just the sound of the word has a calming effect.

[ZonkoVille77]

vacuous

ˈvakjʊəs/Submit

adjective

1.

having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.

"a vacuous smile"

synonyms: blank, vacant, expressionless, deadpan, inscrutable, inexpressive, poker-faced, emotionless, impassive, absent, absent-minded, uninterested, empty, glassy, stony, wooden, motionless, lifeless, inanimate

[setreal]

On a shoogly peg? Ace.

[Kevin D]

Zugzwang.

 

A situation in which the obligation to make a move in one's turn is a serious, often decisive, disadvantage.

[easytoslip]

On 04/02/2016 at 15:52, Kevin D said:

Propitious

 

Giving or indicating a good chance of success. Favourable.

Thought that was a Nap or next best, according to the Racing page. 

[ZonkoVille77]

One I came across recently..

 

Pleonasm

noun PLEE-uh-naz-um

 

Definition
1 : the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said) : redundancy

2 : an instance or example of pleonasm

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 09/03/2016 at 12:32, Kevin D said:

Backpfeifengesicht

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Backpfeifengesicht n ‎(genitive Backpfeifengesichts or Backpfeifengesichtes, plural Backpfeifengesichter)

 

(rather colloquial) a face in need of a fist

 

This cropped up on this week's "Last Week Tonight".

[easytoslip]

For some reason I like the word  Blancmange. 

[s(k)aturation]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kevin D]

Sisyphean 

 

used to describe a task that can never be completed

[Rotpeter]

3 hours ago, Kevin D said:

Sisyphean 

 

used to describe a task that can never be completed

FYI.  That's the worst definition ever.  Invest in a real dictionary.

[Kevin D]

Vituperation

 

sustained and bitter railing and condemnation

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Grawlix

 

When a rude word is replaced by a string of symbols, that's a #*@$ing grawlix, that is.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 12/06/2013 at 22:36, Kevin D said:

Imprimatur.

 

1. Official approval or license to print or publish, especially under conditions of censorship.

2.

a. Official approval; sanction.

b. A mark of official approval: a directive bearing the imprimatur of high officials.

Am I the only one who gets annoyed that the word "sanction" has two opposite meanings?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 31/05/2013 at 16:04, Guest ShoePiss said:

Another reason why SL not being here is such a huge loss, he was on a mission to save under used words from extinction.

Nah. He was an execrable mountebank.

 

And a cunt.

[Rushies tash]

 

Callipygian - having well shaped buttocks.

[easytoslip]

Importuning sounds like some kind of noble activity.