Posted July 11, 2017

DOWL
Is that a Gek?
Registered: Aug 2016
From Canada

Yezemin
Panda-holic
Registered: Jul 2014
From Germany
Posted July 11, 2017
Have a nice vacation, Fairfox! *waves*
My favourite word is nictitate. If only because I stumbled across it in a book and stared at it for ten minutes straight because I had no idea what it means (which rarely happens). For those who want to know: It means winking with your third eyelid (some animals have those).
I hope you don't change your speech patterns too much. I'm actually kinda fond of them. Seeing one of your posts usually makes me smile (although I can understand that some people find it challenging).
Not in. My backlog's killing me already. My birthday didn't help.
Don't read the following before your birthday:
Happy birthday, Foxy! On your special day, I wish you peace, love, insight, relaxation, fun, knowledge, romance, friendship… and all that stuff that doesn’t cost anything.
My favourite word is nictitate. If only because I stumbled across it in a book and stared at it for ten minutes straight because I had no idea what it means (which rarely happens). For those who want to know: It means winking with your third eyelid (some animals have those).
I hope you don't change your speech patterns too much. I'm actually kinda fond of them. Seeing one of your posts usually makes me smile (although I can understand that some people find it challenging).
Not in. My backlog's killing me already. My birthday didn't help.
Don't read the following before your birthday:
Happy birthday, Foxy! On your special day, I wish you peace, love, insight, relaxation, fun, knowledge, romance, friendship… and all that stuff that doesn’t cost anything.

joppo
New User
Registered: Dec 2011
From Brazil
Posted July 11, 2017
Happy birthday Firefox^W Fairfox! I hope it is a fun and enjoyable year until your next birthday.
I admit I get curious as to how and why you choose to speak/write like that. Most of the time I don't have a problem with it... I enjoy reading in english but sometimes slang can throw me off. So your posts are a kind of interesting training for me to understand at least this subset of slang you adhere to. Is that ghetto-speak, mebbe?
Anyway, I'm IN and my favorite word... I never thought about it but maybe something like Justice/Fairness (What can I say, I'm Lawful Good).
If you want to know an interesting foreign word however, saudade is a portuguese word that has no match in english. It means that feeling you have when you're missing someone or a past situation you liked.
Have a nice trip and come back an older, wiser, healthy, Fairfox-shaped lump of human flesh and tissue.
I admit I get curious as to how and why you choose to speak/write like that. Most of the time I don't have a problem with it... I enjoy reading in english but sometimes slang can throw me off. So your posts are a kind of interesting training for me to understand at least this subset of slang you adhere to. Is that ghetto-speak, mebbe?
Anyway, I'm IN and my favorite word... I never thought about it but maybe something like Justice/Fairness (What can I say, I'm Lawful Good).
If you want to know an interesting foreign word however, saudade is a portuguese word that has no match in english. It means that feeling you have when you're missing someone or a past situation you liked.
Have a nice trip and come back an older, wiser, healthy, Fairfox-shaped lump of human flesh and tissue.
Post edited July 11, 2017 by joppo

joppo
New User
Registered: Dec 2011
From Brazil
Posted July 11, 2017

I know I have an awesome friend because I did it to him hundreds of times and not once has he punched me :)

gogtrial34987
Grog'tial | half-dwarf, dual-bolt crossbow
Registered: Dec 2013
From Netherlands
Posted July 11, 2017


I know I have an awesome friend because I did it to him hundreds of times and not once has he punched me :)

Wirvington
Mon Oncle
Registered: Dec 2013
From Nauru
Posted July 12, 2017
No idea what's this about but sounds pretty funny.
Anyway, the best word in the world is "umbreller" and if you think that's not a word because the correct word is "umbrella" then you'd be right, but you'd also never win a Nobel prize like Faulkner did, shame on you, you should know your english better.
Anyway, the best word in the world is "umbreller" and if you think that's not a word because the correct word is "umbrella" then you'd be right, but you'd also never win a Nobel prize like Faulkner did, shame on you, you should know your english better.

joppo
New User
Registered: Dec 2011
From Brazil
Posted July 12, 2017

I know I have an awesome friend because I did it to him hundreds of times and not once has he punched me :)

BTW I said that I mostly do it because of nuanced meanings, but sometimes it's because it'll allow me to pull a very cringeworthy pun on him.
The fact we remain friends surprises me most of all :D

Cavalary
RIP GoodOldGOG:DRMfree,one price,goodies,community
Registered: May 2011
From Romania
Posted July 12, 2017
Around here it's common among young people, and also the not so young now, since we grew up this way, to speak in a mix or Romanian and English (or "romgleza" (Romglish)). In speech it can be English words thrown in, in writing it can more often be far more English.
Personally, since I think in English and generally use it the large majority of the time, communicating in Romanian takes some mental effort, translating thoughts back, so when chatting or sending message to friends you can see my mental state by the ratio of English to Romanian. The less stable, the more English, full English when all messed up.
Or that WAS the rule at least. The last two people from here I'm talking to (and that means quite a while, me and people, things tend to get really ugly really fast, first messages with next to last one I'm still talking to were... something like a year and a half ago?) tend to generally use just English, I find myself in the odd situation of occasionally being the one slipping into Romanian while they don't. Before it was the other way around...
Personally, since I think in English and generally use it the large majority of the time, communicating in Romanian takes some mental effort, translating thoughts back, so when chatting or sending message to friends you can see my mental state by the ratio of English to Romanian. The less stable, the more English, full English when all messed up.
Or that WAS the rule at least. The last two people from here I'm talking to (and that means quite a while, me and people, things tend to get really ugly really fast, first messages with next to last one I'm still talking to were... something like a year and a half ago?) tend to generally use just English, I find myself in the odd situation of occasionally being the one slipping into Romanian while they don't. Before it was the other way around...

Reever
Demon
Registered: Sep 2012
From Germany
Posted July 13, 2017
Happy Birthday! And have a great holiday! I'm in, thanks for the awesome GA!
Hmm, favorite word. Let's think about it.
I'm going to go with climactic. Because forgetting the middle "c" makes it have an entirely different meaning. So it can be quite funny when people make that mistake.
Hmm, favorite word. Let's think about it.
I'm going to go with climactic. Because forgetting the middle "c" makes it have an entirely different meaning. So it can be quite funny when people make that mistake.
Post edited July 13, 2017 by Reever

LiefLayer
I'm darkness
Registered: Jul 2013
From Italy
Posted July 13, 2017
I don't undestand anything but I can understand 3 things (+ that I can get a 20$ game if I'm lucky):
I'm in.
my favourite word is: gaming
Thank you!
I'm in.
my favourite word is: gaming
Thank you!

DeadFishEye
Two eyes, one impression
Registered: Feb 2017
From Brazil

LiefLayer
I'm darkness
Registered: Jul 2013
From Italy
Posted July 14, 2017
because I love to game (not just videogame). I started as a small child and I'm still not tired of games.
I love to have fun in my life, watch cartoons, read comics, play games, develop games etc... and I hate to do not fun things like going to work (because I cannot have fun... and even when I have, I still have to stay 8 h focus on the same thing).
that's why gaming is my favourite word
I love to have fun in my life, watch cartoons, read comics, play games, develop games etc... and I hate to do not fun things like going to work (because I cannot have fun... and even when I have, I still have to stay 8 h focus on the same thing).
that's why gaming is my favourite word

Zjeraar
professional pessimist
Registered: Nov 2009
From Netherlands
Posted July 16, 2017
Happy birthday in advance!
As a considerable nerd I'm somewhat of a collector of words with special traits. Most of those are in my mother tongue though. Here are some remarkable, but not too uncommon, English words I've "found":
- ambidextrously
- bass
- blackjack
- cell structures
- demo mode
- divorce court
- downtown
- draw award
- hodgepodge
- hydropneumatics
- incandescence
- intestines
- isogram
- kickstand
- knickknack
- left
- lossless
- minute
- mishmash
- nook
- oversight
- oxymoron
- picnic
- polysyllable
- portmanteau
- present
- press release
- racecar
- redivider
- rhythms
- rotator
- sanction
- schmaltz
- schnapps
- screen
- strengths
- subformatively
- tactic
- Titicaca
- uncopyrightable
- wound
41 notable words that can be put in ten categories of each four words.
Since you've asked for just one word, the word that remains is among one of my favorites because of its meaning and sound
And if you're not into all that, here's another one I also really like due to its form, pronunciation and its imposing definition, which is... syzygy.
As a considerable nerd I'm somewhat of a collector of words with special traits. Most of those are in my mother tongue though. Here are some remarkable, but not too uncommon, English words I've "found":
- ambidextrously
- bass
- blackjack
- cell structures
- demo mode
- divorce court
- downtown
- draw award
- hodgepodge
- hydropneumatics
- incandescence
- intestines
- isogram
- kickstand
- knickknack
- left
- lossless
- minute
- mishmash
- nook
- oversight
- oxymoron
- picnic
- polysyllable
- portmanteau
- present
- press release
- racecar
- redivider
- rhythms
- rotator
- sanction
- schmaltz
- schnapps
- screen
- strengths
- subformatively
- tactic
- Titicaca
- uncopyrightable
- wound
41 notable words that can be put in ten categories of each four words.
Since you've asked for just one word, the word that remains is among one of my favorites because of its meaning and sound
And if you're not into all that, here's another one I also really like due to its form, pronunciation and its imposing definition, which is... syzygy.

LEMON CURRY?
Møøse operator
Registered: Jun 2013
From Denmark
Posted July 17, 2017

LEMON CURRY?
Møøse operator
Registered: Jun 2013
From Denmark
Posted July 19, 2017
As a homage to George A. Romero here's a (goreless) banana brain-eating cat bump.
Post edited July 19, 2017 by Lemon_Curry