ASF Word of the Day

[Julia]

Thanks, Noirua. I didn't know that one. I like it.

[noirua]

There is no such word as "repave" or "repaving", even though spellcheckers allow it. You can renew your paving or repair your paving.

Today's word is n "pavage" a charge, or right to levy a charge, for paving streets.

Also, a "paving debate" has nothing to do with laying your paving stones and all to do with paving the way, it is, a parliamentary debate preliminary to the main debate.

[trainspotter]

Vexatious litigation:- is legal action which is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter which is otherwise a meritorious cause of action.

[Mr J]

Quote: Originally Posted by noirua Today's word: battre la campagne (batr' la ka-pan-y') - to scour the country, to beat the bush.

[Julia]

Quote: Originally Posted by trainspotter Vexatious litigation:- is legal action which is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter which is otherwise a meritorious cause of action.

[trainspotter]

Quote: Originally Posted by Julia Ah, you mean the sort of stuff engaged in by Rederob on this forum, minus the actual litigious aspect.

[noirua]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr J That appears to be a term, not a word, and a French one at that. I'm not sure it is appropriate.

[noirua]

Todays word is "tromino", n a flat, three-sided shape made up of identical squares placed edge to edge: -- pl "trominos or trominoes"

To explain, "three-sided in tromino to make up trominoes" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tromino

[noirua]

Today's word is "incivism" - n neglect of duty as a citizen, conduct unbecoming a good citizen.

[noirua]

The word of the day, I guess you know it, "Yowie": n a little yew (Scots) - n a tall, ape-like monster of SE Australia.

Here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yowie

[noirua]

Here's today's word "maladroit", adj not dexterous; unskilful; clumsy; tactless. -- n maladroitness. -- adj maladroitly.

Also "maladaptation", n faulty adaption. -- adj maladapted. -- adj maladaptive.

"maladdress", n awkwardness; clumsiness; tactlessness.

[noirua]

The word today is "efficacious", adj able to produce the result intended. adj "efficaciously". n "efficaciousness", efficacity or efficacy the power of producing an effect; effectiveness.

[nulla nulla]

nah....todays word is "punctuation".

[nunthewiser]

Quote: Originally Posted by nulla nulla nah....todays word is "punctuation".

[nulla nulla]

Quote: Originally Posted by nunthewiser hahahah jam sand in ya clacker nulla , i am now the proud owner of a spell checking device and have fixed all spelling mistakes in the last 3 minutes it was spelt "puntuation " previously

[noirua]

Today's word is "mascaron" n a grotesque face on a keystone, door-knocker, etc.

Also "etymon", n the true origin of a word; an original root; the genuine or literal sense of a word:
-- pl etyma or etymons.
-- adj etymic.
-- adj etymological.
-- adv etymologically.
-- n etymologicon or etymologicum an etymological dictionary.
-- n etymologist.
-- vi etymologize or ise to enquire into or discuss etymology. -- vt to trace or suggest an etymology for.
-- n "etymology" the science or investigation of the derivation and original signification of words; an etymon.

[noirua]

Today's word is n "interaction", mutual action.

Also "interact", to act on one another. An interlude; an entracte; the interval between acts. n "interactionist, -- adj interactive allowing or capable of mutual action; allowing two-way communication between a computer and its user or another computer or device.

[noirua]

Today's word is "periscian" ( you may find your spellchecker puts red lines under this, it's a word, your spellcheckers not much, we shouldn't rely on them.) - n a person living inside the polar circle, who's shadow moves round in a complete circle on those days which the sun does not set, -- adj peri-periscian refers to the shadow or a relevant shadow.

[noirua]

The word today is "panislam", n the whole Muslim world; panislamism. -- adj panislamic. -- n panislamism an aspiration or movement for the union of all Muslims. -- n panismalist [pan and Islam]

"panisk" or panisc, n an inferior god, attendant on Pan.

"Panionic", adj of or including all Ionians. [pan and Ionic]

"Ionian", adj Ionic; of or relating to an area off the west coast of Greece, as in Ionian Islands, Ionian sea. -- n an Ionic Greek.

"Ionic", adj relating to the Ionians, one of the main divisions of ancient Greeks, to their dialect, to Ionia, the coastal district of Asia Minor settled by them ...

[noirua]

The word this very day is "Hollerith code", n a code for transforming letters and numerals into a pattern of holes, for use in punched cards. [Herman Hollerith (1860 - 1929), US inventor and statistician, founder of the company that became IBM, and inventor of the electronic tabulating system.]