| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 291.1 | /noerase? | SQM::RAVAN | | Fri Dec 12 1986 10:01 | 6 |
| palimpsest - something that's been written on and incompletely erased
several times, so bits of the various writings all show. (This one
struck me like many of the better sniglets do - "what a great concept
for which to have a word!")
-b
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| 291.2 | more... | MODEL::YARBROUGH | | Tue Dec 16 1986 13:15 | 8 |
| ... and then there's
phlegm
smegma
queueing (5 consecutive vowels)
sacrilegious (the 'i' and 'e' appear to be switched)
... and some Central European family names with no vowels at all.
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| 291.3 | I had a classmate whose name was 'Jzcyck'. | DRAGON::MCVAY | Pete McVay, VRO (Telecomm) | Fri Jan 02 1987 21:12 | 6 |
| > ... and some Central European family names with no vowels at all.
"Can you read the third line?" the eye doctor asked the [Central
European of your choice].
"Read it?! Why, I know him!"
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| 291.4 | | GENRAL::JHUGHES | NOTE, learn, and inwardly digest | Wed Jan 21 1987 17:58 | 1 |
| Five-sixths ... contains three sibilants in succession.
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| 291.5 | Another bunch of sibilants and stops... | HARDY::KENAH | O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!! | Fri Jan 23 1987 14:01 | 6 |
| "tasks" -- a word that really cannot be used in a spoken sentence
without totally disrupting the sentence's rhythm.
andrew
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| 291.6 | breakfasts | DEBET::CANTOR | Dave C. | Mon Jan 26 1987 12:43 | 0 |
| 291.7 | | GENRAL::JHUGHES | NOTE, learn, and inwardly digest | Thu Jan 29 1987 16:51 | 2 |
| Facetiously .... contains all regular vowels (plus "y", a part-timer)
in alphabetic order
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| 291.8 | two more words with six vowels in order | VIDEO::OSMAN | and silos to fill before I feep, and silos to fill before I feep | Mon Feb 02 1987 11:16 | 4 |
| Other words with vowels in order:
ABSTENTIOUSLY, ABSTEMIOUSLY (what does this one mean?)
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| 291.9 | onomatopoeia | VINO::JMUNZER | | Mon Feb 02 1987 13:16 | 3 |
| its sound, its meaning, and its examples
John
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| 291.10 | 'phthisic' and 'chthonic' | JULIE::CORENZWIT | authenticated impersonator | Mon Aug 03 1987 09:07 | 9 |
| phthisic some novelist (Thomas Wolfe in _Look_Homeward_Angel_?)
kept using this word over and over in strange contexts
chthonic the dictionary I'm looking at at the moment says this
is 'chthonian', but I'm sure I've seen it in context
as 'chthonic'
Julie
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| 291.11 | 'boustrophedontic' | AKOV11::BOYAJIAN | It's a dream I have | Tue Jun 28 1988 12:19 | 3 |
| Which perfectly describes an LA120 terminal.
--- jerry
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| 291.12 | | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine, CXN | Mon Mar 13 1989 18:16 | 6 |
| fico - an obscene gesture
(my cheapie dictionary says it is obsolete)
Is there a better name for "the finger�" or the New York arm gesture?
[ � aka "the bird" (?), "you not number 1", and countless other names ]
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| 291.13 | | DDIF::CANTOR | This is not all rock and roll, dude. | Sat Mar 25 1989 17:07 | 14 |
| Re .12
There are several other ways of rendering this "salute":
1. Hold up the index, middle, and ring fingers pressed together; say
"Can you read between the lines?"
2. Hold up all five fingers; say "Take the average." (A likely
response is "Average this.")
3. Hold up all the fingers except the middle finger; say "It's a
complement." (The insulted may hear "compliment".)
Dave C.
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| 291.14 | | CNTROL::HENRIKSON | IfHellFreezsOver,WhereCanIReachYou | Sat Mar 25 1989 18:53 | 7 |
| Re: .13 [Re: .12]
Also, hold up just your little finger and say,
"You don't deserve the best"
Pete
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| 291.15 | | TKOV52::DIAMOND | | Wed Feb 21 1990 08:09 | 17 |
| Re .0
> strengths the longest (I'm told) word with one vowel
Strengths's longer if you allow contractions.
Wait a minute. That just says strengths is longer than strengths.
OK, got it.
"Strengths's"'s longer if you allow contractions.
"'Strengths's''s"'s even longer.
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| 291.16 | | STAR::RDAVIS | Too much cheesecake too soon | Fri Feb 23 1990 19:31 | 12 |
| Current fetish words include:
Extremities (cold hands, hot-headed)
Mojo (and its distant cousin, "mofo")
Contentment (I'm not sure why I prefer it to the very similar
"fulfillment")
Conundrum (I like its vaguely threatening sound and "orig. unknown")
Ray (another "palimpsest" fan)
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