GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

[laurie]

Boston's Hancock tower was fulgent in the morning sun.

But it's a fulgent Fenway Park that lights up the night.


GO RED SOX !!!!

[voralfred]

(...)

GO RED SOX !!!!

Ah! I know with whom I can have a car accident!
(the original joke I found online had a Yankee fan vs a Red Sox fan) (just scroll down a bit, it is not on top of the page)

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

Ah! I know with whom I can have a car accident!

Ah back at you.
Apparently you're car-accident-prone, aren't you?

[Algot Runeman]

gumshoe

Pronunciation: /ˈgəmˌSHo͞o/
noun
informal
a detective.

Origin:
early 20th century: from gumshoes in the sense 'sneakers', suggesting stealth


David Anderson

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Gorro, a Greek gumshoe.
Tobacco, he did chew.
While he sleuthed in silence and stealth,
Those disgusting gobs on the sidewalk and gutter totally left a trail even a clown could follow.

[laurie]

gumshoe

Those (Americans) of a certain age may remember a TV show with Stacy Keach playing that sine qua non of gumshoes, Mike Hammer.

[Algot Runeman]

...sine qua non of gumshoes, Mike Hammer.

So, laurie, you are "essentially" saying Mike Hammer is "required" reading?
Or are you just a fan of Stacy Keach?
hic,haec, hoc
quod erat demonstrandum
et cetera

[Algot Runeman]

lulu

Pronunciation: /ˈlo͞oˌlo͞o/
noun
informal
an outstanding example of a particular type of person or thing: as far as nightmares went, this one was a lulu

Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from Lulu, nickname for the given name Louise


Jim Capaldi

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Mike Hammer was, sine qua non gumshoe, a real lulu.

And, I promise, laurie and I didn't conspire in anticipation of this WotD. Serendipity suffices. Coincidence completes.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

...
And, I promise, laurie and I didn't conspire in anticipation of this WotD. Serendipity suffices. Coincidence completes.

This lulu is a doozy!

[laurie]

So, laurie, you are "essentially" saying Mike Hammer is "required" reading?
Or are you just a fan of Stacy Keach?

Well, I did have to read I, the Jury by Spillane for my college Lit Crit course and write a critical review based on Aristotle's Poetics... (Not joking here)

... but I'll cop to watching the show because I was a Stacy Keach fan.

[Algot Runeman]

colubrine

Pronunciation: /ˈkäl(y)əˌbrīn/
adjective
of or belonging to a snake; snakelike: he had played a game of subtle, colubrine misdirection

Origin:
early 16th century: from Latin colubrinus, from coluber 'snake'


Michael Couglan

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The serpent slithered it's colubrine curves.
At dusk, Texas roads are littered with squashed scales.
No driver hesitates much less swerves.
"Colubrine misdirection", consistently FAILS.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

colubrine

The snake's colubrine ploy convinced Eve she could easily seduce Adam to pluck her cherry.
But I'm still clueless why everybody calls it an apple.

[Algot Runeman]

catch-22

noun
a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions: [as modifier]: a catch-22 situation

Origin:
1970s: title of a novel by Joseph Heller (1961), in which the main character feigns madness in order to avoid dangerous combat missions, but his desire to avoid them is taken to prove his sanity


CHRIS DRUMM

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Thomas chose the horse closest to the stable door.
It was the only horse in the stable.
He used it to go out to the remuda to catch 22 more before the other riders arrived.
Not really much of a catch-22 situation.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

catch-22
...
Thomas chose the horse closest to the stable door.
It was the only horse in the stable.
He used it to go out to the remuda to catch 22 more before the other riders arrived.
Not really much of a catch-22 situation.

Though he would have hugely prefered to catch forty in the hayloft. Winks, that is.

[Algot Runeman]

coruscant

Pronunciation: /kəˈrəskənt/
adjective
literary
glittering; sparkling.

Origin:
late 15th century: from Latin coruscant- 'vibrating, glittering', from the verb coruscare


Vishnal Damniwala

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Stein shussed down the deep powder slope, the coruscant sprays from his turns marked his path for the eager spectators.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

coruscant

It was weird. Whenever the emperor was away, Coruscant seemed more sparkling and boisterous than ever.

[Algot Runeman]

tetrastich

Pronunciation: /ˈtetrəˌstik/
noun
Prosody
a group of four lines of verse.

Origin:
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek tetrastikhon 'having four rows', from tetra- 'four' + stikhon 'row, line of verse'


Derek N. Winterbutn

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--No tetratich--
Mac did his very best
Three lines were there for the test.
But in spite of how much he did rehearse,
He couldn't remember the fourth line of the verse.

[Algot Runeman]

behoove

Pronunciation: /biˈho͞ov/
(British behove /-ˈhōv/)
verb
[with object] (it behooves someone to do something) formal
it is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something; it is incumbent on: it behooves any coach to study his predecessors
[with negative] it is appropriate or suitable; it befits: it ill behooves the opposition constantly to decry the sale of arms to friendly countries

Origin:
Old English behōfian, from behōf (see behoof)


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It behooved Ben to mark the horse's hoof.
The "B" hoof needed to be reshod and Ben believed Billy might botch the job.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

behoove

It behooves the groom-to-be to behave singularly at his bachelor's party in the singles bar.

[Algot Runeman]

shindig

Pronunciation: /ˈSHinˌdig/
noun
informal
a large, lively party, especially one celebrating something.

Origin:
mid 19th century: probably from the nouns shin and dig, influenced later by shindy


Felicity Green

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Minnie was positive about it. It wasn't a real shindig unless there was music, preferably guitars and maybe some fiddles.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

shindig

Though the groom-to-be and his mates would have really loved to join the bachelorette company, they were not allowed to partake in that party. 'T was a shindig for th' girls only, with a Chippendales show to boot!

P.S.
Must I put a space in " 'T was " and in " th' girls " or not? Or is such abbreviation not allowed at all?
And, if allowed, should it be " 't Was " instead of " 'T was " at the start of a sentence?

[laurie]

Must I put a space in " 'T was " and in " th' girls " or not? Or is such abbreviation not allowed at all?
And, if allowed, should it be " 't Was " instead of " 'T was " at the start of a sentence?

'Twas a good question, EPS, and here be th' answer.


For me, Shindig will always refer to the '60s variety TV show which featured an INCREDIBLE lineup of guest stars...

... and a REALLY CUTE regular named Bobby Sherman.

Shindig!

[Algot Runeman]

soigné

Pronunciation: /swänˈyā/
adjective (feminine soignée pronunc. )
dressed very elegantly; well groomed: she was dark, petite, and soignée

Origin:
past participle of French soigner 'take care of', from soin 'care'


Photo Credit

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In the middle of the 1900s, long, long ago, it always seemed the girls were more soigné than the boys. Of course, we said the girls were more "put together"; and I think that had a bit of extra intent, as well. I don't think I knew the word soigné back then in my teenage US midwest days.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

soigné

I doubt the girls/women of 'Soignies' were/are any more 'soignées' or pampered than the female citizens of other towns. Though they still endeavour by all means to uphold that traditional reputation.

[laurie]

Some haute-couture is soignée...





Some isn't...

[Algot Runeman]

daguerreotype

Pronunciation: /dəˈge(ə)rəˌtīp/
(also daguerrotype)
noun
a photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor.

Origin:
mid 19th century: from French daguerréotype, named after L.-J.-M. Daguerre (see Daguerre, Louis), its French inventor


Jon Lewis

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Don didn't want the daguerreotypes, but he saw the value they could get if he had them.