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noshoesnoshirt
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 13, 2008 - 05:15pm PT
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Today's word is schlieren.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Sep 13, 2008 - 05:17pm PT
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A cross between "schlampe" and "siren"?
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noshoesnoshirt
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2008 - 05:21pm PT
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Heat waves, or the waves you see in a solution when you pour a solute into a solvent.
Caused by optical refraction difference in two mediums.
My favorite example is at a climbing/swimming hole on the Buffalo river. In the summer the water in the pool warms up. There is a spring about 12' deep that feeds the pool cold water. If you dive down there with a mask, you can see schlieren where the cold water intrudes on the warm water.
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WandaFuca
Gym climber
San Fernando Lamas
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Sep 13, 2008 - 05:25pm PT
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From the German for streaks or knife edge or, "no occifer, I'm not schlieren my wors"?
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
hither and yon
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2008 - 05:28pm PT
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ed zachary
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noshoesnoshirt
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2008 - 09:30am PT
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--------- New WotD -
Synchronicity
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Kung Fubar
Gym climber
Deep Dudu
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Sep 14, 2008 - 01:22pm PT
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Damn! I was just thinking of that!
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Bill Mc Kirgan
Social climber
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Sep 14, 2008 - 03:51pm PT
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I guess I saw a schlieren the other day as I poured cool water into the hot sugar water solution I make for the humming birds.
I could see the waves more as ribbons.
How's that pronounced? SHLEE-AIR-EN ?
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
hither and yon
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2008 - 03:55pm PT
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\ˈshlir-ən\
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Indianclimber
climber
Las Vegas
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Sep 14, 2008 - 07:29pm PT
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We need the Russ Walling word of the day
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 14, 2008 - 08:49pm PT
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You canna guess ?
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Sep 14, 2008 - 09:48pm PT
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Two seperate categories. After 'the word' is posted we will await, the Russ word.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 14, 2008 - 10:07pm PT
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I'm getting impatient.....or outpatient...WHAT EV ER...as ms. P. Hilton would say.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 15, 2008 - 01:01am PT
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Right now, my word seems to be... Ethnobotany.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 15, 2008 - 01:31am PT
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So hey, I could post a fun word or go home.
I'll go on cruise control.
Russ must be playing pool or cleaning the compound. Or mayhap keeping the posse straight..pro that ...the posse is hard.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Sep 15, 2008 - 10:46am PT
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As in, ethnobotany sold a lot of books for Carlos Castaneda.
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
hither and yon
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2008 - 08:14pm PT
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--------- New WotD ---------
Sanguine
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 15, 2008 - 09:28pm PT
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more or less
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 15, 2008 - 09:33pm PT
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These folks don't need NEW words....they need to learn the usage(& spelling)of the ones they think are already in the quiver.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 15, 2008 - 09:34pm PT
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Some of the most recent threads have been sanguine.
Some oranges are sanguine.
Some wine is sanguine.
Lynne is not sanguine...but likes good sangria.
WORD
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Sep 15, 2008 - 09:40pm PT
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how about- BANKRUPTCY...
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 15, 2008 - 09:41pm PT
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Ha ha....
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 15, 2008 - 09:44pm PT
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kid, where did that UGLY word come from ? We are all lookin the Lion in the face. We need the taco to be kind.
So back to sanquine....sturdiness, cheerfulness..kid, we need cheerleaders, we all know the dark side. smiles, lynne
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 15, 2008 - 09:46pm PT
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Just as long as it's the 'Cowardly Lion'.......
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Sep 15, 2008 - 09:52pm PT
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Sheesh! yesterday I had a word, but I was gonna wait till midnight to be fair, then a little after 11pm (I think) ethnobotany surfaced. pacing? or are we just throwing them all out there?
should I throw out mugwump now? or save a better word for tomorrow?
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 15, 2008 - 09:53pm PT
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Naw, mugwump will be fine.....exemplary, even.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 15, 2008 - 10:03pm PT
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I like words.
Mugwump, "a bolter"....oh my, that's not good on this climbing forum. Now we have ethics issues....
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Sep 15, 2008 - 10:45pm PT
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I meant the William S Burroughs definition, ala naked Lunch, but it appears the word has all kinds of other meanings.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 15, 2008 - 10:48pm PT
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An independent, as in politics ?
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 15, 2008 - 11:07pm PT
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Pademelon.....
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 15, 2008 - 11:25pm PT
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gender neutral ?
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AbeFrohman
Trad climber
new york, NY
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Sep 16, 2008 - 09:22am PT
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how about Boustrophedonic
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Anastasia
climber
Not there
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Sep 16, 2008 - 12:16pm PT
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Stegophilist
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Sep 16, 2008 - 12:26pm PT
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I know this is very sophomoric, but I can' t resist...
Joke from around 6th or 7th grade (circa early 70's):
The word of the day is legs.
Help spread the word.
Obviously it was a guy joke.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 16, 2008 - 01:29pm PT
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I'll have to admit that the "legs" bit was the first thing to cross my mind but I'm glad you said it and not me. As of late one term that keeps popping into my little brain is, "insipid". I like the sound of it too.
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noshoesnoshirt
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hither and yon
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 16, 2008 - 08:05pm PT
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--------- New WotD ---------
Involute
Clarification: I started WotD for my girlfriend when I was traveling last year, to stay close and help expand both our vocabularies.
Don't think that this is exclusive. Y'all post your own words. We can all learn something, and it should be entertaining.
Regards,
Kerry
PS I dig mugwump
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Sep 16, 2008 - 10:17pm PT
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Allochthonous
Outside of a few places like vedauwoo offwidth climbers are often allochthonous.
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Sep 16, 2008 - 10:24pm PT
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Misogyne: hatred of women.
Greek philosophers considered misogyny to be caused by gynophobia , a fear of women.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Sep 16, 2008 - 10:32pm PT
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Eurotophobia.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 16, 2008 - 10:40pm PT
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Allochthonous, my crappy little dictionary doesn't have that one.
So, if misogyne is hatred of women, what is the word for hatred of men?
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Sep 17, 2008 - 12:50am PT
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Wayno, It's Misandry.
Use ->Wikipedia on your computer.
edit: Lynne, nobody I know.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 17, 2008 - 01:33am PT
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Ahhh, Nita, I was gonna say who the heck hates men....?
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 17, 2008 - 02:44am PT
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I'm not that clever on my nth beer.
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
hither and yon
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 17, 2008 - 08:22pm PT
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--------- New WotD ---------
Peripatetic
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 17, 2008 - 08:34pm PT
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Grapes of Wrath, Dust Bowl of OK, the Great Depression...nah, forget peripatetic...and our crazy economic situation.
How bout roorback,,,fitting for election year....and heard daily on Channel Every.
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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Sep 18, 2008 - 05:49pm PT
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eleemosynary
inchoate
ersatz
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scuffy b
climber
Elmertown
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Sep 18, 2008 - 06:34pm PT
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...as in "the peripatetic Fred Beckey" from some old review...
So, are off-width climbers in Vedauwoo endochthonous?
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Anastasia
climber
Not there
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Sep 18, 2008 - 06:49pm PT
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"Misandry" is the word for hatred towards men/man hater.
It's Greek, now where is my Windex?
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 18, 2008 - 09:40pm PT
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Line Dancing - is actually in the dictionary...can't do it very well but love the music ! Sweet love of Life. Lynners
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Sep 18, 2008 - 09:50pm PT
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cacopygian.
and of course,
callipygian.
Guess which one best describes my current climbing partner, (since there was no [OT] label on the topic).
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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pandiculation - stretching and extending the limbs, in tiredness or waking
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Hey! You're giving away my full name there TIG! Haha
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Fairfax, CA
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Academentia: knowing more and more about less and less.
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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"pandiculation"
I thought that was when a guy waves his private parts at everything that moves. Maybe just add "or lust" to the end of Willoughby's definition.
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
dangling off a wind turbine in a town near you
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 3, 2009 - 09:05pm PT
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Holy crap, it's back from the dead.
OK, how about "lenity"
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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yes, mugwump.
from the "hassans rumpus room" chapter.
how'z about thanatocracy.
what the fuk is this any wayz,
peewees playhouse?
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the museum
Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
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jeez, one word PER DAY please!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Willoughby, Just read the whole Thread and had ALOT of Great Laughs. Thank Yo So much Bro !!!!!!!!!!!!
Dr. said I need 6-10 gut laughs per day. Taco has been so tame I barely manage 1 Q Day.
WORD be the word.....: DDD Lynnie
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john hansen
climber
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misunderestimated
didn't G dub say that?
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MikeL
climber
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For some political threads here:
vituperative
obstreperous
recalcitrant
egregious
rarely: insouciance
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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For the non politico threads:
patience
endurance
caring
peace
joy
helpin yo bro
bearing one anothers hurts and cares
havin fun with a suspect crowd and puttin yo self on the line
giving when yo don't have much if any
smiling when yo don't feel like it AT ALL
Generally embracing a day with HOPE that looks like it holds nothing.
We be givin' it a try, yah mon. :DD
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Heliophysics, rolls off the tongue.
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MH2
climber
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Could we reverse the process and someone tell me what is the word for those criss-crossy streaks of reflected light I first remember seeing in a half-full can of paint? Also seen on the hull of the yacht below.
The effect seems related to schlieren but I am sure has a word all its own.
Closest my memory produces is crostics but that word has a different territory all its own.
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
dangling off a wind turbine in a town near you
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2009 - 01:31pm PT
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New WotD:
Kerfuffle
MH2, not sure of a word for that particular optical effect. Interested to know if one turns up though.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 12, 2009 - 01:40pm PT
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how about the word:
ideation
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Feb 12, 2009 - 01:54pm PT
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Don't do it Ed - you have so much to live for!!!
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Fairfax, CA
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Feb 12, 2009 - 02:43pm PT
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Did you know that 'gullible' is not really a word? Not in the dictionary.
Look it up.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 12, 2009 - 02:55pm PT
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no no no,
one example use of my suggestion, ideation is "suicide ideation" which is probably were the work comes from, 1818...
but IBM's infamous series of adds uses it because it is an "I" word:
Ideation
Innovation
Implementation
but then again, after being forced to play buzz word bingo too long will lead to ideation of the type the word was coined to describe...
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Feb 12, 2009 - 03:22pm PT
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How about "advocatious", "nefarity" or "luminomity"? Words, that don't exist, but sound like they could or should. My old friend Paul Sibley had a vocabulary comprised to a large extent of such oddities made up on the spot to fit a particular situation.
-Jellousnicity
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MH2
climber
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Feb 12, 2009 - 04:29pm PT
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For a while by younger brother had a language he shared only with a neighbor kid who was the same age, 5 yrs. "Peace and twami" is the only phrase I remember. Spelling inferred from context since he seemed to mean "peace and quiet."
(refractive) caustic:
The enveloping surface formed by light rays reflecting or refracting from a curved surface, especially one with spherical aberration.
There is an artist by the name of Aaron Costic who produces sculpture in a
medium known to Jello, sculpture capable of producing refractive caustics.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Feb 12, 2009 - 04:40pm PT
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Absolute proof that there's an inner beauty/spirit just waiting to leap out at us from the ice!
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Gene
climber
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Feb 12, 2009 - 07:40pm PT
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The word that rhymes with "orange."
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Strider
Trad climber
one of god's mountain temples....
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Feb 12, 2009 - 08:36pm PT
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I always wondered if there were any other xkcd fans here...
-n
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pip the dog
Mountain climber
the outer bitterroots
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Feb 12, 2009 - 10:14pm PT
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back in my 'ute i bankrupted my fool self by going to the university of stupidly expense. same one out last predisdent went to (the only good thing about him is that he proved my point to the world -- that there are as many morons per square foot at that fancy pants college as anywhere else). but His dad was a rich guy. my dad framed houses and had 7 kids. so who's the bigger moron.
i studied words (english lit). even did some grad school work there and at other insanely expensive swankeries. i like robin williams' term 'gradual school' -- the place where you gradually learn you no longer want to go to school.
but i digress [one of the great skills i learned in various insanely expensive and famous universities].
so, anyway, i tell those few fool enough to ask that what i gained from years in libraries and bankrupting my fool self was learning 3 outstanding words i hadn't encountered previously.
and here's my fave of the 3:
callipygian (cal·li·pyg·ian) adjective
from the Greek kallipygos. kalli- (beautiful) and pygē (buttocks)
definition: having shapely buttocks
(this from the merriam-webster dictionary. the OED def is better, but i don't travell with an OED (would if i could).
now here is a truly useful word. for if you are at a party and go up to a potential prom date and say "hey, you have a great butt" you will likely be slapped. and perhaps deservedly so.
OTOH, if you walk up to the same hottie and say "i was struck by what a callipygian lady/gentleman (whatever is appropriate to your gender and tastes) you are" you don't get slapped. in my esperience, you get at "well, thank you" for few know the word.
later, when they look it up they might well want to slap you, but you are at a safe distance. and given the theory of large numbers, every so often you might get a call from said prom date. touchdown.
ok, that will be $285 dollars (what i calculated every one class meeting at the university of expensive cost -- and that was back in the mid 80's).
make your checks payable to:
^,,^
Date: circa 1800
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MH2
climber
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Feb 13, 2009 - 08:49pm PT
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sententious (adj.) given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner: Many posts on the Taco Stand are exceedingly sententious.
If so it would be more than just a "Word of the day", my good man.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Feb 13, 2009 - 11:30pm PT
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hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Feb 14, 2009 - 11:04am PT
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for Valentine's day a double header;
Eros
agape
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Feb 14, 2009 - 01:21pm PT
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Nurse Dablam?
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pip the dog
Mountain climber
the outer bitterroots
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Feb 14, 2009 - 09:02pm PT
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> Nurse Dablam?
huh? is she a she (an Ama)? if so, is she callipygian?
lonely inquiring minds want to know.
^,,^
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pip the dog
Mountain climber
the outer bitterroots
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Feb 14, 2009 - 09:11pm PT
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scatophage
def: one who eats sh#t.
example: "Today is National Take A Scatophage To The Rodeo day."
^,,^
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MikeL
climber
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Feb 14, 2009 - 10:04pm PT
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Arete, initially a Greek word meaning excellence.
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
dangling off a wind turbine in a town near you
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 3, 2009 - 02:43pm PT
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New WotD, heard at least twice whilst listening to Rush Limbaugh this afternoon during errand running:
(wait for it, it's a good'un)
Buttboy!
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Buttboy, circa 1976, Dick Cilley.
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Square Root Day
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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idiolect. one of my personal favorites.
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wildone
climber
GHOST TOWN
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I snuck "concomitant" into a letter to my boss...I doubt he knew the meaning. I felt like an ass.
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
dangling off a wind turbine in a town near you
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2009 - 06:08pm PT
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new WotD:
bankster
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
dangling off a wind turbine in a town near you
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 11, 2009 - 03:29pm PT
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Locofoco: noun; pronunciation; lo-kuh-fo-koh:
From Wiki:
The term "Locofoco" comes from Spanish for matches, or "loco focos" ("crazy lights"), a new invention. It originated when a group of New York Jacksonians used these matches to light candles to continue a political meeting after a conservative group tried to break up the meeting by turning off the gaslights.
In the 1840 election, the term "Locofoco" was applied to the entire Democratic Party by its Whig opponents, both because Democratic President Martin Van Buren had incorporated many Locofoco ideas into his economic policy, and because Whigs considered the term to be derogatory.
In general, Locofocos supported Andrew Jackson and Van Buren, and were for free trade, greater circulation of specie, legal protections for labor unions and against paper money, financial speculation, and state banks.
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
dangling off a wind turbine in a town near you
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 11, 2009 - 05:02pm PT
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So Hankster, I understand you wee involved in some bold FAs at E-Rock. Any groovy stories?
That place has always had a very cool vibe to me. Southern granite just feels different than it's western counterparts.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Apr 11, 2009 - 05:11pm PT
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Well, Caylor, that is the idiomatic definition.
Strictly speaking it means "affected with, or showing symptoms of apoplexy" which is "a sudden diminution or loss of consciousness and voluntary motion caused by rupture or obstruction of an artery in the brain."
In other words, what happens to Locker when he reads a post by LEB.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Apr 11, 2009 - 05:23pm PT
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Boolean
Another word that sounds so smooth, if only I could figure out how to use it at a party.
booooooleeeannnn
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
dangling off a wind turbine in a town near you
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 11, 2009 - 05:30pm PT
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Just hit up a geek party, preferably programmers, and you're in.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Apr 11, 2009 - 05:31pm PT
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I don't get invited to enough of those geek parties. Or maybe they're just the wrong geeks.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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fellow traveler
1 someone who is traveling in the same group or on the same train, airplane, etc., as you
2 someone who shares the opinions and beliefs of the people in a group or organization (especially the Communist Party) but does not belong to that group or organization
3 well-wisher, sympathizer - someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_traveller
I've been hearing it all over lately. Maybe a coincidence. Britain mostly I think.
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"In the minds of geniuses, we find - once more - our own neglected thoughts." -Emerson
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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Obsequious.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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Feb 14, 2016 - 08:49am PT
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Phytokarst.
Edit 4 wilbeer....
Only if its good.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Feb 14, 2016 - 08:54am PT
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Riddance.........lol.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Feb 14, 2016 - 08:58am PT
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Plants, algae, and lichen not only secrete acids but are responsible for increasing the amount of carbonic acid entering the groundwater system. Blue-green algae can produce a surface karst characterized pitting and a sharp-edged spongy lattice of ridges and pinnacles. This epilithic plant-generated karst is called phytokarst.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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Feb 14, 2016 - 09:08am PT
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Yeeah, Bushman knows what's up.
Lichens rock and
stromatolites too.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Feb 14, 2016 - 09:21pm PT
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Strategerizing for the Jeb.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Feb 14, 2016 - 11:06pm PT
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phytokarst...good one
chemolithautotroph: microbe capable of utilizing inorganic molecules or minerals as energy sources...for example, bacteria that can derive energy by coupling pyrite oxidation with nitrate reduction
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Feb 15, 2016 - 12:16am PT
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[puffs pipe in reminiscence]
yeah, that old phytokarst makes for some phatty traction on the trainers
let's go for a wine-hike out kwagunt-way, out on the land after a day of sunburning and easy water, deepening canyon and lessening petrosocial attachment.
let's go for a wine-hike on the imaginary lotto-win, let's go for a wine-hike for today.
wine-hike is the word of the day.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 15, 2016 - 02:29am PT
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After perusing the entries, I have made the (regrettable) floccinaucinihilipilification that this is a useless thread for the most part.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Feb 15, 2016 - 08:56am PT
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Many have floccinaucinihilipilificated the GOP presidential candidate list to be as well.
Turn this thread into another politard debate and you have a true floccinaucinihilipilification.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Feb 15, 2016 - 09:49am PT
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Anthropocene - a proposed epoch that begins when human activities started to have a significant global impact on Earth's geology and ecosystems.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Feb 20, 2016 - 12:05pm PT
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Discombobulated
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Rock Eagle
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Feb 20, 2016 - 12:42pm PT
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Feb 20, 2016 - 12:47pm PT
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flag-sucker is my WoD
as in:
Coming of age in a fascist police state will not be a barrel of fun for anybody, much less for people like me, who are not inclined to suffer Nazis gladly and feel only contempt for the cowardly flag-suckers who would gladly give up their outdated freedom to live for the mess of pottage they have been conned into believing will be freedom from fear. -HST
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Feb 21, 2016 - 10:02am PT
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Banality...
The banality of...
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Feb 21, 2016 - 10:27am PT
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Good one Marlow
Antiestablshmentarianism
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Feb 21, 2016 - 01:05pm PT
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Irascible
When people say I'm irascible I become even more irascible.
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Winemaker
Sport climber
Yakima, WA
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Feb 21, 2016 - 01:25pm PT
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Penultimate, last but one; the penultimate lap of the race .....
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Feb 21, 2016 - 01:51pm PT
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Antiestablishmentarianism (or anti-establishmentarianism) is a political philosophy that views a nation's or society's power structure as corrupt, repressive, exploitative, or unjust.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Feb 21, 2016 - 01:58pm PT
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I feel it is my duty to take umbrage at those who would oppose reestablishing the day to day use of the word antidisestablishmentarianism. Were this word still in common use and there were a group of people who would make a move to disestablish the daily use of antidisestablishmentarianistism I would take an antidisestablishmentarianistic stance towards such a move. Damn, I'm feeling irascible today.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Feb 21, 2016 - 02:00pm PT
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TORUS.
Not as in mother nature torusanewone.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Feb 21, 2016 - 02:06pm PT
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Heideggerian
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Feb 21, 2016 - 02:25pm PT
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Wrapping my mind around Heidegger's neologisms? Understanding those might not be helpful with understanding what 'torusanewone' means and I can find no reference to it. I think I'm way out of my league here.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Feb 21, 2016 - 02:38pm PT
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Bad joke?
Mother Nature tore us a new one.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Feb 21, 2016 - 02:55pm PT
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torusanewone is about right
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Winemaker
Sport climber
Yakima, WA
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Feb 21, 2016 - 05:48pm PT
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Antipodes. At the exact other side of the earth (or the direct opposite). NZ is pretty much the antipodes of England and in fact, the Antipodes Islands of NZ are so named.
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