The 'Word of the Day' Game

[OllieMartin]

Word of The Day 21st October:

Interrogative
adj-
of, pertaining to, or conveying a question
forming, constituting, or used in or to form a question
n-
an interrogative word, element or construction, as who? and what?
adv-
interrogatively

E.g. "An interrobang is both interrogative and exclamatory"

[Pumpkin Becki]

Word for 22nd Oct

'Obstreperous'

Meaning: Unruly, stubbornly defiant

Possibly another easy one, but its my favourite word.

[Snadger]

Word for 22nd Oct

'Obstreperous'

Meaning: Unruly, stubbornly defiant

Possibly another easy one, but its my favourite word.

Was it Hilda Baker who first used the slang word obstropolous meaning obstreperous?............................... Me too!!!!!!!

[Pumpkin Becki]

Was it Hilda Baker who first used the slang word obstropolous meaning obstreperous?............................... Me too!!!!!!!

Ohh I don't know Snadge, I learnt it from listening to Hancock's Half Hour on vinyl as a kid It stuck with me.

[OllieMartin]

Word of The Day 23rd October:

sangfroid
n-
coolness of mind, calmness, composure.

E.g. "Despite shouting at it, the cat walked into my flowerbed and did its business with complete sangfroid"

(It means literally, 'bloodcold' or 'cold blooded')

[OllieMartin]

Word of The Day 24th October:

pusillanimous
adj-
lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
adv-
pusillanimously

E.g. "The pusillanimous little vandals ran off as soon as I shouted"

[RedThorn]

fugacious
adjective:

Lasting but a short time; fleeting.

E.g. "She thought it would follow the fugacious nature of some flowers: bloom quickly and die just as fast."

[OllieMartin]

fugacious
adjective:

Lasting but a short time; fleeting.

E.g. "She thought it would follow the fugacious nature of some flowers: bloom quickly and die just as fast."

I like it, that's an easy one to slip into everyday conversation. I only just managed to squeeze it in (was technically the next day!)

Word of The Day 26th October:

censorious
adj-
severely critical; faultfinding; carping (characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding)

E.g. "I don't want to sound censorious, but none of these methods will successfully overwinter a chilli plant"

[OllieMartin]

Word of The Day 27th October:

parsimonious
adj-
characterized by or showing excessive economy; frugal or stingy.

E.g. "The parsimonious amongst us use voile instead of enviromesh"

(If we can't use this word on the vine, then it can't be used! )

[OllieMartin]

Word of The Day 28th October:

didactic
adj-
intended for instruction; instructive
inclined to teach or lecture others too much
teaching or intended to teach a moral lesson

also-
didactics
adj-
the art or science of teaching
didactical
see didactic

E.g. "Being something of a didactic poster, I've decided to keep this one short"

[zebedee]

Several words spring to mind. For example; 'earole'. As in "earole Albert's dead!" Also 'gruesome' as in = I watered it and it gruesome more. Possibly 'mare'; you know, you cut grass with it = the lawn mare. Maybe SEX. It's what posh people have coal delivered in.
Hang on, they're coming round with my tablets again

[OllieMartin]

Several words spring to mind. For example; 'earole'. As in "earole Albert's dead!" Also 'gruesome' as in = I watered it and it gruesome more. Possibly 'mare'; you know, you cut grass with it = the lawn mare. Maybe SEX. It's what posh people have coal delivered in.
Hang on, they're coming round with my tablets again

I love 'em.
There's also "Beercan", as in the Jamaican pork product, "I t'ink I'll have a beercan sandwhich maan!"
And "Ears", as in what posh people say to respond positively to something, "ears, I think I will have another cup of tea"

And word I discovered on Sunday, "anatidaephobia": The fear that there are ducks watching you

[Nicos]

And word I discovered on Sunday, "anatidaephobia": The fear that there are ducks watching you

WHERE?????

[OllieMartin]

WHERE?????

No idea

[zebedee]

Thats what they call a deer with no eyes, isn't it? And a dead deer with no eyes is;
TA DA

Still no idea