Words That You Recently Had To Look Up

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:54 pm

Affluenza

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:10 pm

Context clues and working knowledge of the english language weren't enough?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:31 pm

No. Also, Republic.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:44 pm

Look up "portmanteau", J-Lo.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 2:24 pm

brian wrote:Look up "portmanteau", J-Lo.

And "irony" as well.

(Had to.)

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:32 pm

Marking students' reviews of documentaries - had to look up "extenuates" just to make sure the student was using it incorrectly.

And he most certainly was.

Proving that the only thing worse than a moron, is a pretentious moron.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:23 pm

Wow, sounds like you really extenuated that kid's paper!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:44 am

mister d wrote:Wow, sounds like you really extenuated that kid's paper!

It then moves onto the construction of the building, the director's choice of using uplifting Chinese folk music throughout the film extenuates the idea of incorporating the culture into the building.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:29 pm

That student who wrote that sounds like an asshole.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:14 pm

That doesn't sound like the correct use of extenuates to me.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:19 pm

Prob meant "extends".

(That looks like some of the bs I had to write in college.)

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:41 pm

P.D.X. wrote:Prob meant "extends".

(That looks like some of the bs I had to write in college.)

She must mean that. Well, time for the ol' perfesser to explain to the kids that using words when you are unsure of their meaning is a no-no.

I'll do that right after I remind them that when they are reviewing a documentary, they should make sure they write the title properly. Unless of course Netflix has launched Making of A Murder" as well as The Making of The Murderer.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:48 pm

They were all from a Decemberists' song:

prevaricate
fey
sibylline

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:56 pm

Well, now sibylline

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:05 pm

Doesn't that mean you act like a Jewish lawyer?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:35 pm

A_B wrote:Doesn't that mean you act like a Jewish lawyer?

AB, don't prevaricate, now, you fey bastard.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:07 pm

Semantic (see the NBA thread). Just to make sure I was using it correctly.

Also, semantic means "relating to the meaning of words" and I was looking up its meaning. That's pretty meta.

Also "meta." Just to make sure I was using it correctly.

Also I'm drunk.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 11:23 am

Pro se

Post by **Sabo** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 11:37 am

Nidus

This came up Sunday morning when my wife was reading a letter to the editor about Donald Trump.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 11:56 am

soigné.

Came up on a recent Top Chef episode...

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:01 am

Sabo wrote:Nidus

This came up Sunday morning when my wife was reading a letter to the editor about Donald Trump.

There is no way using this word didn't come across as pretentious and douchey.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 1:37 pm

'Nidus' is one of my favorite medical words, but I've never used it in a non-medical context, precisely because I'm not that kind of douche.

(I know, don't sell myself short.)

The Swamp

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