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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #255 on: November 22, 2011, 11:12:21 AM »


Extended version in my life, as a part of "better the Cosmos": I'm still a bit of a chivalrist*, always holding doors and offering to assist and such.

Just one aspect of being enough of a Good Samaritan soas to have my kids scold me for "interfering" in stranger's lives.  (Strange how they can think it "interfering" when I get thanks from people for it, eh??)


* Not a valid word for "one who practices chivalry," but I'm going with it anyway, since part of "a better place" includes extending the English language, in my book.  :cop:
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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #256 on: November 22, 2011, 08:25:49 PM »
My son isn't quite old enough to criticize me for such things, yet.... However I too try to hold doors open for people, even when my hands are full. Lol. If I'm there first I feel like there's no use in making them waste energy to open a door when I could just hold it open with my foot or something. -goes back and edits his credo-

Edit: I always joke around when someone calls me lazy. I just say," No, I'm just practicing the conservation of energy." xD
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Being a good racer in Halo isn't just about getting the best times. You have to know where your teammates and enemies are, and most of all... how to be crafty! XD -nods-

Oh... and "v.v" = sad face.






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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #257 on: November 23, 2011, 01:40:51 AM »
I always hold doors open for people. Infuriates me, sometimes, when they go through without thanking me, or perhaps when other people don't show the same courtesy. I once had to take a bike through a door, not an easy task when there was a step in the door too, and it was locked, and I had the key. Anyway, this other person wanted to go through the door, so I unlocked it, and they then just strode through and let it shut on me and my bike! There was another man there and we just stared at each other in a typical English, "I'm so going to get angry about that later!" sort of way.

So yes, I am very chivalrous. Sort of.
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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #258 on: January 27, 2012, 08:09:58 PM »

Seems as though the frequency of my posting new words is inversely-proportional to the amount of interest.  ::)





gad·a·bout [ gad-uh-bout ]



noun

1) a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.

2) a person who travels often or to many different places, especially for pleasure.



Origin: 1810–20;  noun use of verb phrase gad about




When I finally get around to visiting Alaska
- the last of the 50 US States that I have left to visit -
I will consider myself to be an official gadabout!

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« Reply #259 on: January 28, 2012, 03:19:16 AM »
My colleague is a gadabout. she's off on Holiday to various overseas destinations many times in each year.
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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #260 on: January 28, 2012, 10:21:18 AM »
In a similar vein to the last post...

Gallivant : to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure

"Oh you've been off gallivanting around town whilst I was left holding the baby have you!"   :toot:

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« Reply #261 on: March 03, 2012, 11:27:20 AM »
My two best friends are most certainly gadabouts. Within a time span of four years they went from slot cars, to real cars, to paintball, to card games, to guitars, then to amateur film making. My finances did not permit me the ability to keep up with their intense yet quickly changing interests so I don't consider myself much of a gadabout.
Being a good racer in Halo isn't just about getting the best times. You have to know where your teammates and enemies are, and most of all... how to be crafty! XD -nods-

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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #262 on: April 09, 2012, 02:29:24 PM »
Due to a request by Nebula, we're moving along to the next new word, which by coincidence is:



syz·y·gy [ siz-i-jee ]



noun, plural -gies.

1) Astronomy . an alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet: Syzygy in the sun-earth-moon system occurs at the time of full moon and new moon.

2) Classical Prosody . a group or combination of two feet, sometimes restricted to a combination of two feet of different kinds.

3) any two related things, either alike or opposite.



Origin: 1650–60;  < Late Latin syzygia  < Greek syzygía  union, pair, equivalent to sýzyg ( os ) yoked together ( sy- sy-  + zyg-,  base of zeugnýnai  to yoke1  + -os  adj. suffix) + -ia -y3




The real event behind all the hullabaloo about the strange occurrences this forthcoming year end
is the preponderance of syzygies that will be happening throughout this calendar year,
many of which occur near year's end.

This should be met not with alarm,
but rather described as any Red Lectroid from the eighth dimension would tell you: 

"So what.... Big Deal!"

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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #263 on: May 16, 2012, 03:55:40 PM »
Would the middle leg in a three legged race count as a syzygy?







(see what I did there? xD)
Being a good racer in Halo isn't just about getting the best times. You have to know where your teammates and enemies are, and most of all... how to be crafty! XD -nods-

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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #264 on: January 25, 2013, 09:25:44 PM »
One day there will be a new word that truly means something and stands for what what we all believe in and Mr. Mxy will be there to post it... :winkgrin: But How long must we wait oh great and magical ImP? :eyebrow:

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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #265 on: January 29, 2013, 01:58:52 AM »
Can't blame him really.... Being a 5th dimension imp does create a lot of distractions.
Being a good racer in Halo isn't just about getting the best times. You have to know where your teammates and enemies are, and most of all... how to be crafty! XD -nods-

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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #266 on: January 30, 2013, 08:33:15 AM »
Okay, okay already! (Man, when it rains it pours battery acid!  ::) )



ir·i·dol·o·gy [ ir-i-dol-uh-jee ]



noun, plural -gies.

the inspection of the iris of the eye as an aid in determining a person's state of health or in diagnosing a health problem.



Origin: 1920–25; irido- + -logy







Widely considered to be pseudoscience or even quackery,
we used to perform iridology on each other's eyes a lot
(when dating back in the Dark Ages....  ::) )

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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #267 on: January 30, 2013, 11:07:19 AM »
At my last eye exam, my doctor wished to dilate my pupils, which would've made any iridology quite impossible.
Being a good racer in Halo isn't just about getting the best times. You have to know where your teammates and enemies are, and most of all... how to be crafty! XD -nods-

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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #268 on: January 30, 2013, 02:48:40 PM »
Ewww; Eye's gross me out in a very phobic way  :o

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« Reply #269 on: June 25, 2013, 12:08:30 PM »
S'been awhile....



cat·a·chre·sis [kat-uh-kree-sis]



noun

misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect.



Origin: 1580-90; < Latin  < Greek:  a misuse (akin to katachrêsthai  to misuse), equivalent to kata- cata- + chrêsis  use ( chrê ( sthai ) to use, need + -sis -sis)









This sentence is a fine example of catachresis!





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