The 'Word of the Day' Game

[Incy]

ROFL Ollie, how many executives are you planning to recruit

[zazen999]

Good job I didn't delete that thread or Snadger's poem would have been into the ether......[I really don't want to be a pedant, but IF was written after Victoria's death]

[OllieMartin]

Good job I didn't delete that thread or Snadger's poem would have been into the ether......[I really don't want to be a pedant, but IF was written after Victoria's death]

You are, of course, absolutely right. I was trying to highlight the Victorian attitude of self-restraint towards emotion that the poem evokes rather than the specific era.
I probably could have worded it better, but wanted to keep it short.
Director of Poetry seems like a pretty big title, we like to keep executives focused on smaller projects at Ollietopia Inc.

[zazen999]

You are, of course, absolutely right. I was trying to highlight the Victorian attitude of self-restraint towards emotion that the poem evokes rather than the specific era.
I probably could have worded it better, but wanted to keep it short.
Director of Poetry seems like a pretty big title, we like to keep executives focused on smaller projects at Ollietopia Inc.

Name change approved.

[Jeanied]

Gosh darn it - I snuck in yesterday's word instead of todays

[Snadger]

Dissimilar is my word for 2009...........at least I think its a word?

Sounds powsher than unalike!

[Glutton4...]

Anyone mind if I start today? I read this in another thread, and liked it (it's new to me anyway!)

su⋅sur⋅ra⋅tion  [soo-suh-rey-shuhn]

noun

a soft murmur or whisper.

[OllieMartin]

I purposefully didn't do today's word in the hope that someone else would do one.
Good word, I'll have it used in the next 5 minutes (hopefully)

[vikkib]

How about this for a Monday morning!

Quixotic

quix⋅ot⋅ic  [kwik-sot-ik]

adjective

1. (sometimes initial capital letter) resembling or befitting Don Quixote.
2. extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
3. impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.

[bubblewrap]

But was Don Quixote a bit of an ass? (Donkey Hoetay)

My word for to-day is MENDACIOUS describes most of our MPs....................Honestly.

[vikkib]

Nicely done Ollie!

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...tml#post546509

I wish I had had that moment before they ended the offer! I could have got them ordered on behalf of my Nan and Grandad (and all their neighbours) as they were free in their area. By the time I got round to checking it was ok with them (and a couple of their neighbours!) the offer was over.

Still, managed to get one yesterday on freecycle!

[vikkib]

My word for to-day is MENDACIOUS describes most of our MPs....................Honestly.

After doing 'Cat on A Hot Tin Roof' at A'Level I NEVER want to hear that word again!

[Incy]

Ok word for today:
This is one my Oh stumbled upon whilst looking up a different word in my son's dictionary.
He has been gleefully criticising our neighbours cupidity ever since.

Cupidity:

1 : inordinate desire for wealth : avarice, greed
2 : strong desire : lust

Wonder what gems you guys will come up with for this one.

[OllieMartin]

Word of The Day 16th October:

Quaquaversal
adj-
(of geological formation) sloping downward from the centre in all directions
adv-
quaquaversally

E.g. "Having dug out the first bed, I had created a mound of soil which sat quaquaversally in the middle of the plot"

[Pumpkin Becki]

Gee Ollie, thats a tough one to slip into a thread!!