Mr. Mxy's Word Corner

[MrMxyzptlk]

                                 


for you two!

...And 'Mind: I didn't know that you're of British flavoring?!  [ amongst ]

[Joel]

BFM admins help to make halo race servers more ameliorable.
PR_Joel

p.s. took a crack at it right when i woke up i hope i hit it right. 

[-shiNe!]

Can you say like you "ameliorated them with something"?

[jim360]

I wouldn't like to say for certain, but I think if you wanted to say something like that, it would be better to "enhance" them with something, or perhaps more simply to "strengthen". I'd use "ameliorate" - well, never to be honest since improve almost always will do just as well, but if I did it would simply substitute the word "improve" and I don't think the phrase "to improve with something" makes much sense. You'd tend to "ameliorate something by doing something else".

[MrMxyzptlk]

Bor-riiing!


NEXT!: A simple word, oft overlooked, I bring you...


a·but [ uh-buht ]



verb, a·but·ted, a·but·ting.

verb (used without object)
1. to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon,  or against ): This piece of land abuts on a street.

verb (used with object)
2. to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
3. to support by an abutment.


Origin: 1425–75; late Middle English  < Middle French, Old French abuter  touch at one end, verbal derivative of a but  to (the) end; see a-⁵ , butt²



Related forms
un·a·but·ting, adjective

After getting his butt joint abutting the foundation,
the carpenter sat on and lit up
his butt,
and had a cold butt sandwich.



BUT WAIT! THERE's MORE!:
See how all the letters in each word abut each other?!

 

[-shiNe!]

In the game of Curve ball. My pad on most occasions, cannot abut the corner of the game on level 7.

Weird^^ I don't think I said It right.

[Fraggle]

I'm a keen LEGO™ enthusiast. It's such a brilliant building tool because the studs on the bricks ensure that each piece abuts the adjacent pieces rather neatly and thus there's never a shoddily built structure.

[MrMxyzptlk]

I'm a keen LEGO™ enthusiast. It's such a brilliant building tool because the studs on the bricks ensure that each piece abuts the adjacent pieces rather neatly and thus there's never a shoddily built structure.

Well done, Fraggle!! 


Extra credit for excellence in grammar, too! 

[Fraggle]

Well done, Fraggle!! 


Extra credit for excellence in grammar, too! 

Thankyousir

[Light]

I just have to put this in here...
Susurrus
It's pretty much my favorite word ever.
It is 'a soft murmuring or rustling sound.'

[MrMxyzptlk]

I just have to put this in here...
Susurrus
It's pretty much my favorite word ever.
It is 'a soft murmuring or rustling sound.'

Appended to my list!

TY!


(Don't hold your breath, tho: There are over a hundred other words in front of it....  )

[BFM_SüprM@ñ]

One of the main reasons why I dislike many Metropolis' is due to the fact that many buildings abut each other. Maybe it's just that I vrew up on a farm.... xD

[MrMxyzptlk]

One of the main reasons why I dislike many Metropolis' is due to the fact that many buildings abut each other. Maybe it's just that I vrew up on a farm.... xD

LOL!

[MrMxyzptlk]

Well done, that!  And now for something completely different....


Each of us forms our own "bag" of "invested thoughts and wisdom," thus making each of us not just unique beings, but also the individuals we are - and present to each other we meet as we stumble along our path.  Seems an important-enough aspect of each and every one of us that we should have a word for it, no?  Hence we have the word:


cre·do [ kree-doh, krey- ]



noun, plural -dos.

1. (often initial capital letter) the Apostles' creed or the Nicene Creed.

2. (often initial capital letter) a musical setting of the creed, usually of the Nicene Creed.

3. any creed or formula of belief.



Origin: 1150–1200; Middle English < Latin: literally, I believe; first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds in Latin






                                       Mxy's Credo:

                                       1) Leave things better for my having been alive.
                                       2) Experience the richness of the Cosmos to the best of my ability.
                                       3) Understand "Why?"
                                       4) Live long enough to be a burden on those around me.  

[BFM_SüprM@ñ]

The 4th is perhaps my favorite Mxy. = ) I'm still developing my credo, however with a bit more time to contemplate it I'm certain that I'll find it. Well, off to work! -flies away-

Edit:

Part of my credo:

Express your happiness to the ones you love. While you may take pleasure in thinking how beautiful a girl is, she takes pleasure in hearing it.

Actively practice the conservation of energy/matter. Let everything you do be for a purpose, never just for the sake of doing something.