evin290 has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 3 lists, listed 547 words, written 90 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 0 words.
evin290 has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 3 lists, listed 547 words, written 90 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 0 words.
Comments by evin290
evin290 commented on the list coinage
Ask and you shall receive. :)
July 26, 2009
evin290 commented on the word summerishness
Marked by the indelible qualities of summer. :)
In context of the story it came to existence in:
"It was a day of unmistakable summerishness. The gargantuan sun penetrated the damp, dense air and by the time the propeller-plane was ready to fly, rain fell from the sky in fat, slow droplets. Not like the cold, harsh torrents of March or April’s overcompensatory, swift-winged showers. No, this was thick, hot water which did little but mingle with the August-inspired sweat already long-clung to the skin."
July 26, 2009
evin290 commented on the word unshelf
Ephemera is indeed a suitable name for the work, mollusque, because the words themselves have vanished. :)
July 26, 2009
evin290 commented on the word kijiji
Swahili for "village".
July 26, 2009
evin290 commented on the word unshelf
I wrote this in a poem and found out later that it didn't exist as a word. I was entirely surprised. It means simply enough "to remove from a shelf", or metaphorically, "to take from view" or "to obscure", etc.
October 26, 2008
evin290 commented on the word cordial
Archaically, the word also referred to the heart. Someone asked me to use it in a sentence that way:
"The witch doctor made a grievous error in selected an herbal remedy for the chieftan; he had perscribed root of soulsbane thinking the ailment was renal, but it was actually cordial."
August 25, 2008
evin290 commented on the word misfunction
I have always liked this word better than malfunction or dysfunction, but it's disturbingly less common.
June 29, 2008
evin290 commented on the word raunch
The Raunch is a member of Paulman Berg. http://www.paulmanberg.com
June 29, 2008
evin290 commented on the word aboiement
A guy worked at an ice cream shop I liked to go to who had Tourette's and barked like a wounded dog when people came into the shop. o___O
June 29, 2008
evin290 commented on the word has both husband and wife
Reesetee is a lucky man...
June 29, 2008
evin290 commented on the word crucible
Whenever my chemistry teacher would use a crucible for heating things, he'd quip that it was invented by Arthur Miller.
That man is a genius! <3
June 29, 2008
evin290 commented on the word doric
"Hey, Roman! Call 'im."
"Doric...? Or Ionic...?"
"Forget the column; get the Pope!"
June 29, 2008
evin290 commented on the word save
Thanks, Reese. =)
June 29, 2008
evin290 commented on the list autantonyms
cleave is contranymic. It can mean to adhere, and it can also mean to sever.
June 28, 2008
evin290 commented on the word save
I never imagined this would cause such a stir! (Save for my sparse instances of clairvoyance.)
June 28, 2008
evin290 commented on the word finjan
I would imagine this rhymes with Injun, no?
January 28, 2008
evin290 commented on the word muzzle
+1, yarb. :)
December 29, 2007
evin290 commented on the word burry
adj. prickly
December 29, 2007
evin290 commented on the word superbluous
adj. exquisitely unimportant
September 27, 2007
evin290 commented on the word beangered
Sure is. :-)
September 25, 2007
evin290 commented on the word beangered
adj. enraged
September 25, 2007
evin290 commented on the word afflictionado
n. a misery enthusiast; a sadist.
September 20, 2007
evin290 commented on the word barack obameter
It's quite an exact science. To explain it would just confuse you. XD
September 14, 2007
evin290 commented on the word hanged
Thanks! ;-)
September 14, 2007
evin290 commented on the word hanged
Well, "he was hung" means something very different from "he was hanged". The latter implies gallows were involved. The first means he was well-endowed. :P
September 14, 2007
evin290 commented on the word barack obameter
Barack Obama scores a 17 on the scale, being the most good-looking politician. My friend and I just made this up one day.
Here's some examples:
Hillary Clinton - 4
Joe Biden - 0
Fred Thompson - 1
Mitt Romney - 18 (Mormons can defy scaling xD)
We originally said that it can only be used for U.S. presidential candidates, but then we changed it to politicians in general.
September 14, 2007
evin290 commented on the word barack obameter
n. A device which measures the sex appeal of politicians, on a scale from 0 to 17.
September 13, 2007
evin290 commented on the word gargantua
Rabelais! <3
September 12, 2007
evin290 commented on the list jumbo-shrimp
Microsoft works? XD
September 12, 2007
evin290 commented on the word umbridge
I was. Her characterisation is impeccably evil. Well done, Ms. Rowling. ;)
September 12, 2007
evin290 commented on the list music-of-the-spheres
I love Italian music-related words! <3
September 12, 2007
evin290 commented on the word serpentine
Maury Yeston, apparently.
September 12, 2007
evin290 commented on the word hanged
It's a big pet peeve of mine when people refer to execution by hanging in the past tense by saying "hung".
September 12, 2007
evin290 commented on the word porque
I prefer the French, pourquoi, which is the same contraction - "for what".
September 12, 2007
evin290 commented on the word awash
I love this word!
In fact, I'm awash with love for this word! :P
September 12, 2007
evin290 commented on the word serpentine
Oh, no, Titanic is awful. Some of the music is sort of pretty, but the lyrics and book are horrendous!
September 9, 2007
evin290 commented on the word wordie sixth commandment
Thou shalt not murder thy neighbor's comment feeds?
September 9, 2007
evin290 commented on the word xenohomonecropedapyrobestiality
RHPS... <3
September 9, 2007
evin290 commented on the word intrinsic
This is one of my favourite words to use when I'm writing. :)
September 9, 2007
evin290 commented on the word cantabile
I love it when vocalists are given the direction "cantabile". The composers are basically saying, "sing it as if you were singing." XD
September 8, 2007
evin290 commented on the word picardy third
Randall Thompson really needs to use these more sparingly. :(
September 8, 2007
evin290 commented on the list stuffie-ready-to-burst
You can pop by.
September 8, 2007
evin290 commented on the word serpentine
Yes! You get 10 points, reesetee. :D
September 7, 2007
evin290 commented on the word glycyrrhizin
I don't like licorice, either, actually.
September 7, 2007
evin290 commented on the word serpentine
"It will be like rowing in the Serpentine... come along, now, let us have a smile."
10 points to anybody who knows what that's from.
(and no Googling... that's just cheap. :P)
September 7, 2007
evin290 commented on the word punctilio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Punctilio
Daily Punctilio, anyone?
August 31, 2007
evin290 commented on the word dysmusing
adj. concerning something intended to be amusing, but which turned out to be the exact opposite.
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word awaying
n. the process of backing away.
v. (pres. part.) backing away.
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word podcastrophe
I saw comcastrophe and I couldn't resist. :P
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the list dyslexic-s-delight
Go hang a salami; I'm a lasagna hog!
Mr. Owl ate my metal worm!
;)
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word glycyrrhizin
Thanks! ;)
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word messa di voce
pretty. :)
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the list anglo-saxon-words
"Kind" is the only word meaning "type" that comes from Anglo-Saxon. Every other word, including "sort", "genre", ect. all come from French. :P
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word vichyssoise
mmm... :)
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word glycyrrhizin
The sweetening component of licorice.
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word arco
The opposite of pizzicato.
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word umbridge
I hate her so much...
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the list colbert-report-neologisms
freem
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the list filthy-stinking-rich
benjamins
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the list stuffie-picking-up-the-pieces
away (if you can forgive the fact that it's a Kelly Clarkson song...)
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the list stuffie-butterfingers
acid?
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word taciturn
Like reticent, but in a bad way. :-P
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word hegemon
When I first heard about the naming convention of Digimon, I secretly wished there were one named "Hegemon". :-P
August 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word incidentistry
The practice of engaging in impromptu tooth-related physicianship.
August 25, 2007
evin290 commented on the word albeit
To be willing to suffer for the sake of freedom and justice is noble, albeit a bit stupid.
August 19, 2007
evin290 commented on the word kine
The only plural in the Enlgish language which doesn't share a single letter with its sigular form. :) (Plural for cow, by the way, Archaically.)
August 10, 2007
evin290 commented on the word phylactery
Billy, put down that phylactery! We're Episcopalian!
August 10, 2007
evin290 commented on the word save
Oh, but it just sounds so fancy! :P
August 9, 2007
evin290 commented on the list i-m-terrible-with-names
sirrah
June 7, 2007
evin290 commented on the list word-guidelines-for-wordie
My friend had a really cool idea for an addition to the site - a list of users who have the most words in common with you.
May 28, 2007
evin290 commented on the word evanstopaddinglongasswords
What!?
May 28, 2007
evin290 commented on the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis
I believe you mean pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
May 28, 2007
evin290 commented on the word phenotypewriter
Pick-and-choose genetics.
May 22, 2007
evin290 commented on the word peptoabysmal
You must have absolutely HORRIBLE nausea, heartburn, indegestion, upset stomach, diarrhea...
May 22, 2007
evin290 commented on the word agnostalgia
"I'm not sure whether I remember it or not, but if I do then I remember it fondly."
May 22, 2007
evin290 commented on the word mythematics
Like Liebniz
May 22, 2007
evin290 commented on the word nocturne
The hands on the clock turn, but don't sing a nocturne just yet.
May 22, 2007
evin290 commented on the word theravada
hinayana
May 22, 2007
evin290 commented on the word hinayana
theravada
May 22, 2007
evin290 commented on the word lokshen
Yiddish for "noodles."
May 20, 2007
evin290 commented on the word gunish
Yiddish for "nothing."
May 20, 2007
evin290 commented on the word chazarai
Yiddish for "junk" or "garbage."
May 20, 2007
evin290 commented on the word rachmunis
Yiddish for "sympathy"
May 20, 2007
evin290 commented on the word hemiola
It's the only "uncool" syncopation, as my theory teacher would say...
May 20, 2007
evin290 commented on the word defenestration
Prague never knew what hit it.
May 20, 2007
evin290 commented on the word ennui
This always reminds me of the Gashleycrumb Tinies.
May 20, 2007
evin290 commented on the word schadenfreude
That's what stairs are for.
May 20, 2007
evin290 commented on the word ursine
All of the following, which are usually adjectives, can be used as nouns: canine, feline, equine, bovine, murine, ovine. But why are the other '-ine' adjectives (ursine being my favorite) un-noun-able? This really bothers me...
May 20, 2007
evin290 commented on the word apostrophe
A digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea
May 20, 2007
evin290 commented on the word save
The preposition, synonymous with "except."
May 20, 2007