Members Bakershalfdozen Posted September 26, 2008 Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 I tried this before but didn't keep up with it. I'll try to do better this time around but it won't be everyday that I post a word. If you read a word in a post here on OB and you do not know the definition, please post it here. We can all increase our vocabulary together. (I know, most of you are saying, "How boring!") I'll start with a word Annie used yesterday:Milieu - the physical or social setting in which something occurs or developsMy point had nothing to do with anyone's ignorance, but rather with their unwillingness to exist in a milieu where their ideas can be addressed from a different perspective-- Here's one that dh loves and apparently our pastor does too because he has used it in his sermons these past 3 Sundays: Juxtaposition - to place side by sideThese ideas are in juxtaposition with each other. I love words; humor me! :bleh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Annie Posted September 26, 2008 Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 Juxtaposition - to place side by sideThese ideas are in juxtaposition with each other. How interesting...I have always labored under the delusion that juxtaposition means "to switch around." Thank you for disabusing me of this notion! Now you know I'm going to have to go and look this word up to see if it really doesn't mean "to switch around." Thanks for brightening my day. I love words also. EDIT: It DOES mean only "to place side by side"!!! Thanks for showing me a new word, BHD! Now I will use it confidently...just watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bakershalfdozen Posted September 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 Actually, I gave the definition for juxtapose. Juxtaposition means "side by side". Juxtapose means "to place side by side". One is a verb; the other is a noun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Annie Posted September 26, 2008 Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 Actually, I gave the definition for juxtapose. :ooops Juxtaposition means "side by side". Juxtapose means "to place side by side". One is a verb; the other is a noun. Oh, but I knew what you meant... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bakershalfdozen Posted September 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 EDIT: It DOES mean only "to place side by side"!!! Thanks for showing me a new word, BHD! Now I will use it confidently...just watch! No prob. :cool Dh is always looking for a way to incorporate some form of juxtapose into his sentences. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Annie Posted September 26, 2008 Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 No prob. :cool Dh is always looking for a way to incorporate some form of juxtapose into his sentences. Have you read my two latest posts? :cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bakershalfdozen Posted September 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 Oh, but I knew what you meant... I know that you knew that I knew what I was talking about. Know what I mean? :coffee Seriously, known grammatical errors bug me. I have to correct them. Don't you just love that humongo word I used - "bug"? :frog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bakershalfdozen Posted September 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 Have you read my two latest posts? :cool Not yet. I'm still obsessing over this thread. :tease: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deafnva77 Posted September 26, 2008 Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 how boring *yawns* KIDDING (saw your little quote) Dictionary.com have word of the day too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deafnva77 Posted September 26, 2008 Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 humongous: extraordinarily large. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deafnva77 Posted September 26, 2008 Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 I tried to find the word humongo, but it wasn't available.. So I assume you meant humongous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bakershalfdozen Posted September 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 Humongo is slang. :Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deafnva77 Posted September 26, 2008 Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 ok.. I am terrible at slangs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pneu-engine Posted September 26, 2008 Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 Paradigm-Shift::::::::: A serious epiphany wherein an individual is convinced that his line of thinking has been all wrong from way back. ((((((Normally these two words are not hyphenated, but I did that to fit the style of the thread. ))))))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Annie Posted September 26, 2008 Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 Paradigm-Shift::::::::: A serious epiphany wherein an individual is convinced that his line of thinking has been all wrong from way back. ((((((Normally these two words are not hyphenated, but I did that to fit the style of the thread. ))))))) That's another great one, pneu-engine. There's just something about the word paradigm that makes its user sound erudite... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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