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2014/02/02 17:41:14
Subject: Re:Test your Vocabulary
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 Tappers wrote:81%
hag·i·o·scope (hăg′ē-ə-skōp′, hā′jē-)
n.
A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the main altar.
I thought this one was some Scottish instrument for measuring haggis... 
Na, that's a Haggioscope; 2 'g's.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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2014/02/02 18:22:53
Subject: Test your Vocabulary
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Said yes to 'shart' which it then said was a non-word. Might not be in the dictionary (yet!) but I wouldn't say it's a non-word.
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2014/02/02 20:00:44
Subject: Re:Test your Vocabulary
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Oberstleutnant
Back in the English morass
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I didn't know:
gustation - tasting
excusal - a legal term meaning a waiver (its not even in the dictionary!)
ailanthus - a type of tree
hypercatalectic - Having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete line of verse or in a metrical foot. (I don't even know what this means)
grosgrain - a ribbon
aggress - to initiate and attack
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The prefect example of someone missing the point.
Do not underestimate the Squats. They survived for millenia cut off from the Imperium and assailed on all sides. Their determination and resilience is an example to us all.
-Leman Russ, Meditations on Imperial Command book XVI (AKA the RT era White Dwarf Commpendium).
Its just a shame that they couldn't fight off Andy Chambers.
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2014/02/02 20:41:57
Subject: Test your Vocabulary
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Near Golden Daemon Caliber
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As long as we're all clear on aglets, I think we'll be ok.
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2014/02/03 00:25:57
Subject: Test your Vocabulary
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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73%, not bad for it not being my native language. 
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2014/02/03 07:59:43
Subject: Test your Vocabulary
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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 wana10 wrote:Said yes to 'shart' which it then said was a non-word. Might not be in the dictionary (yet!) but I wouldn't say it's a non-word.
I don't imagine I know a single person who is unaware of what "shart" means, which I suppose says a great deal about myself.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2014/02/03 08:00:16
 lord_blackfang wrote:Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
 Flinty wrote:The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
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2014/02/03 08:41:59
Subject: Test your Vocabulary
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Drumly and enverted aren't words.
I didn't know:
b (the Chemical symbol)
Marimba (an instrument)
Schematize (to Scheme)
Liegeman (a feudal vassal)
Springe (a trap for small game)
Quarternion (a set of four persons or items) I knew, but second guessed myself.
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