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Word of the Day
Posted: 11 Nov 2024, 09:01
by Leonard Hatred
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"
Furnish me with a sentence containing the word FULCRUM.
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 14 Nov 2024, 10:16
by Massive Attack
Malapropisms
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 12:22
by Leonard Hatred
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 12:18
by Hammer and Pickle
What does splitarse mean in Welsh?
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 11:41
by Leonard Hatred
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
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 11:34
by Bungo
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
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 11:16
by side effect
Mig 29 first jet I flew.
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 11:06
by Leonard Hatred
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.
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 10:14
by easthammer
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.
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 07:57
by Mike Oxsaw
"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.
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 07:44
by XKhammer
Sialoquent....disgusting habit and could imagine Oxbore doing it as he's shown to have many other disgusting habits
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 07:21
by Mike Oxsaw
"Splitarse" is excellent bait for use when fishing for the immature and insecure posters on the site.
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 06:42
by Bungo
BRANDED wrote: ↑12 Nov 2024, 09:21
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 was great.
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 13 Nov 2024, 01:52
by One Sunny Day
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.
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 12 Nov 2024, 15:13
by Texas Iron
Old injured slowGerman striker…
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 12 Nov 2024, 09:21
by BRANDED
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
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 12 Nov 2024, 09:19
by ray winstone
Fulcrum: A cheap IPA sold exclusively in Wetherspoons.
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 12 Nov 2024, 08:08
by Mike Oxsaw
Fulcrum Vs Hystal Palace?
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 12 Nov 2024, 07:42
by Hammer and Pickle
Or maybe a few nibbles short of the fulcrum?
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 12 Nov 2024, 07:25
by Hammer and Pickle
As in a nibble short of a fulcrum?
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 12 Nov 2024, 07:00
by WHU(Exeter)
An untouched biscuit could be considered a fulcrum.
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 11 Nov 2024, 19:24
by aldgate
Our midfield has no fulcrum
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 11 Nov 2024, 17:39
by Turk1
I haven't had a wank for a week so my fulcrum is scrote.
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 11 Nov 2024, 11:51
by MaryMillingtonsGhost
Give me a FULCRUM and a place to stand, and I will move the world.
**Archimedes, after a few bevvies**
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 11 Nov 2024, 11:12
by Mike Oxsaw
A fulcrum will not operate with maximum efficiency without a well defined piecost
Re: Word of the Day
Posted: 11 Nov 2024, 09:40
by claypole
Bear with me son, i just need to fix the Fulcrum on the seesaw before you can use it.