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Word of the Day - New words, and what they mean!

CosmicGiggle

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Man Flu

Man Flu

"Man flu" is a term used to chide men who are suspected of exaggerating their symptoms when sick from a cold or other minor illness.

...... and now they're saying it might be real, and spreading rapidly!:comfort:

.................. sure hope it doesn't infect this place!;)
 

Gypsy Nirvana

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"Man flu" is a term used to chide men who are suspected of exaggerating their symptoms when sick from a cold or other minor illness.

...... and now they're saying it might be real, and spreading rapidly!:comfort:

.................. sure hope it doesn't infect this place!;)

Oh ...Cosmic, cosmic...cosmic...cosmic, sneeze, hack, wheeze!

Can't you read the thread title me old China?

Yeah?...Then what does it say?

Yes!... that's right it says 'WORD' of the day, and Man Flu (if I'm not mistaken) is 2 words. So I have deduced that you just don't have the sense and sensibilities to calculate the differences betwixt the singular and the plural. Dear oh-deary me.
 
chastise
chas·tise
ˈCHasˌtīz,ˌCHaˈstīz/Submit
verb
rebuke or reprimand severely.
"he chastised his colleagues for their laziness"
 

CosmicGiggle

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Oh ...Cosmic, cosmic...cosmic...cosmic, sneeze, hack, wheeze!

Can't you read the thread title me old China?

Yeah?...Then what does it say?

Yes!... that's right it says 'WORD' of the day, and Man Flu (if I'm not mistaken) is 2 words. So I have deduced that you just don't have the sense and sensibilities to calculate the differences betwixt the singular and the plural. Dear oh-deary me.

Well Gypsy, that's a technicality, language is a thing that evolves, it's not stationary, like take for example the word 'motherf8cker' or 'cocks8cker', 1 word now but at 1 time, 2 words.

........... and by the way, how are you feeling, (sneeze, hack, wheeze), you seem to be a lil chocked up there.:biggrin:

................... if it's the dreaded manflu you've got I highly recommend a big box of tissues, a bottle of expectorant, and a full-body purge, just get it out of your system.

I'mma send you a get well card and a hot water bottle right now!:)
 

Gypsy Nirvana

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SAPAJOU (French)

A kind of American monkey, from the family of Cébidae (Capuchin), which has a long tail and is very small.


A very ugly, hairy, and ridiculous little man.

'It's a real sapajou.'

'So why did you marry this sapajou with glasses?'
 
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Claude

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NIAISEUX

French

silly

(Quebec) Niais, ignorant, silly by excess of simplicity.
To believe everything they say, you have to be silly.
(Quebec) (Specially) Often used as an insult.
Whenever they passed him in the schoolyard, they shouted to him, "Nias! Nial-Seux! "
 

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ALLOCHTHONOUS

/əˈlɒkθənəs/
adjective
1.
(of rocks, deposits, etc) found in a place other than where they or their constituents were formed Compare autochthonous (sense 1)
Word Origin
C20: from Greek allokhthon, from allo- + khthōn (genitive khthonos) earth
 
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Gypsy Nirvana

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TWEE
/twiː/
adjective
1.
(Brit) excessively sentimental, sweet, or pretty
Derived Forms
tweely, adverb
tweeness, noun

adj.
"tiny, dainty, miniature," 1905, from childish pronunciation of sweet.

twee
adjective

Tiny; dainty; miniature; cute : no tiny, twee money to dole out

[1905+; fr tweet, a childish pronunciation of sweet]
 

Gypsy Nirvana

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SYNCRETISM

[sing-kri-tiz-uh m, sin-]

noun
1.
the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.

2.
Grammar. the merging, as by historical change in a language, of two or more categories in a specified environment into one, as, in nonstandard English, the use of was with both singular and plural subjects, while in standard English was is used with singular subjects (except for you in the second person singular) and were with plural subjects.
 
Cryptocurrency
cryp·to·cur·ren·cy
ˈkriptōˌkərənsē/Submit
noun
a digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank.
"decentralized cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin now provide an outlet for personal wealth that is beyond restriction and confiscation"
 
Phenotype
phe·no·type
ˈfēnəˌtīp/Submit
nounBIOLOGY
the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
 

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INFLORESCENCE - inflorescence.
[in-flaw-res-uh ns, -floh-, -fluh-]

noun
1.
a flowering or blossoming.
2.
Botany.

the arrangement of flowers on the axis.
the flowering part of a plant.
a flower cluster.
flowers collectively.

 

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I believe that this is the term I heard as to why you should avoid putting direct fire to kief, shatter,rosins etc. Whenever I spark up a kief topped bong hit there's a small flash, a detonation that happens, this is what I think is pyrolysis.



py·rol·y·sis
pīˈräləsəs/
noun: Chemistry
decomposition brought about by high temperatures.
 

Gypsy Nirvana

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OBFUSCATE

/ˈɒbfʌsˌkeɪt/
verb (transitive)
1.
to obscure or darken
2.
to perplex or bewilder
Derived Forms
obfuscatory, adjective
Word Origin
C16: from Latin ob- (intensive) + fuscāre to blacken, from fuscus dark

Word Origin and History for obfuscate
v.

1530s, from Latin obfuscatus, past participle of obfuscare "to darken," from ob "over" (see ob-) + fuscare "to make dark," from fuscus "dark" (see dusk). Related: Obfuscated; obfuscating.
 

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EPIGENETICS

[ep-i-juh-net-iks]


noun, (used with a singular verb)
1.
Genetics. the study of the process by which genetic information is translated into the substance and behavior of an organism: specifically, the study of the way in which the expression of heritable traits is modified by environmental influences or other mechanisms without a change to the DNA sequence.
 
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