Fulcrum
noun
the point against which a lever is placed to get a purchase, or on which it turns or is supported.a thing that plays a central or essential role in an activity, event, or situation."research is the fulcrum of the academic community"
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Word of the Day
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Leonard Hatred
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Leonard Hatred
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Bungo wrote: ↑13 Nov 2024, 11:34 Three words of the day from me - Idiot, imbecile and moron.
Not exactly unusual words but some might be surprised to learn that these words were all used clinically and specifically by doctors to describe various levels of mental development.
If interested the link below gives a good summary of when these were perfectly acceptable terms for medics to use about certain patients.
That's my Susie Dent moment of the day!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordpla ... ve-history
Moron is also the Welsh word for carrot.
Re: Word of the Day
Three words of the day from me - Idiot, imbecile and moron.
Not exactly unusual words but some might be surprised to learn that these words were all used clinically and specifically by doctors to describe various levels of mental development.
If interested the link below gives a good summary of when these were perfectly acceptable terms for medics to use about certain patients.
That's my Susie Dent moment of the day!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordpla ... ve-history
Not exactly unusual words but some might be surprised to learn that these words were all used clinically and specifically by doctors to describe various levels of mental development.
If interested the link below gives a good summary of when these were perfectly acceptable terms for medics to use about certain patients.
That's my Susie Dent moment of the day!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordpla ... ve-history
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side effect
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Leonard Hatred
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Re: Word of the Day
easthammer wrote: ↑13 Nov 2024, 10:14 Assonant is the word for me today, I came across it yesterday in a crossword. I'd never seen it before and having checked the definition, which if I understand correctly, I have concluded that a phrase such as "they fly so high nearly reach the sky" would be an example of assonance.
Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar phonemes in words or syllables that occur close together, either in terms of their vowel phonemes (e.g., lean green meat) or their consonant phonemes (e.g., Kip keeps capes ).[1] However, in American usage, assonance exclusively refers to this phenomenon when affecting vowels, whereas, when affecting consonants, it is generally called consonance.[2] The two types are often combined, as between the words six and switch, which contain the same vowel and similar consonants. If there is repetition of the same vowel or some similar vowels in literary work, especially in stressed syllables, this may be termed "vowel harmony" in poetry[3] (though linguists have a different definition of "vowel harmony").
A special case of assonance is rhyme, in which the endings of words (generally beginning with the vowel sound of the last stressed syllable) are identical—as in fog and log or history and mystery. Vocalic assonance is an important element in verse.[4] Assonance occurs more often in verse than in prose; it is used in English-language poetry and is particularly important in Old French, Spanish, and the Celtic languages.
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easthammer
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Assonant is the word for me today, I came across it yesterday in a crossword. I'd never seen it before and having checked the definition, which if I understand correctly, I have concluded that a phrase such as "they fly so high nearly reach the sky" would be an example of assonance.
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Mike Oxsaw
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"Splitarse" seems to be the WHO equivalent of Dune's "Muad'Dib " as it effotlessly draws out potential targets without even being used for fishing.
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Mike Oxsaw
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"Splitarse" is excellent bait for use when fishing for the immature and insecure posters on the site.
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One Sunny Day
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Splitarse - a word Leonard Hatred uses to embarrass himself, to describe women, as he hasn't matured yet from when he was 5 years old.
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BRANDED
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There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be.
John Fowels
John Fowels
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ray winstone
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Mike Oxsaw
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Hammer and Pickle
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Hammer and Pickle
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Give me a FULCRUM and a place to stand, and I will move the world.
**Archimedes, after a few bevvies**
**Archimedes, after a few bevvies**
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Mike Oxsaw
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A fulcrum will not operate with maximum efficiency without a well defined piecost