kbobam Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Oh CRIPES, Steph! I was temporarily forgetting the Dec.13 post where you brought up the 'K thing'! Happy New Year, Hoody! Regarding 'panache', my first thought was that since the 'brins' are the sticks, maybe the 'panache' is just the paper. But that would probably be too easy. Found an ad for a fancy 'leather and lace' fan. With this one the leather was the structural 'paper' part, and the lace was basically additional ornamentation. So at this point I'm guessing that lace bit was the 'panache'. It does seem to be a rare term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Some people here use the word "panache",it means something like flamboyant a kind of bravura and courage. It's of French origin,the literal translation is a feather plume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Just found a fan for sale which included these lines in the description. One side is eye-catching hand-painted cherry blossoms on gold leaf paper. The panache (end pieces) are bamboo, lacquered black, painted with a gold foil pattern, and the brin are also made of bamboo, stained dark brown. The painting is only on one side of the fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 I was certain that fomenting must be some sort of 'typo'. But apparently it means 'to stir up' in the 'fan the flames' sort of way. Never heard of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steph Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Otters live in holts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Otters live in holts. I did not know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 whid:verb (used without object), whidded, whidding.1.to move quickly and quietly. noun2.a quick, noiseless movement. Rabbits whid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Rabbits whid lightsabers ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kbobam Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 I'm so grateful for the quick responses! Couldn't resist doing this, but was feeling terribly guilty that the joke required temporarily holding off on my serious reply to be 'effective'. I think 'whid' is my favorite 'wotd' so far! Hard to explain why I like it so much. I'm sure one part of it is the 'efficiency'. The only expression we have for ninja locomotion is to 'move stealthfully'. Whid is so much better! ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Whid is good, but I'm still stuck on "holt." I like that one particularly. Maybe it's because I like otters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Neither whid nor hold I found in my dicts - okay, might be some slang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Not slang. Obscure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 "phthalein" doesn't matter what it means ... it's just fun to spell. Like "rhythm" ... which was fun when playing hangman "hemorrhage" ... was proud when I finally learned to spell that one I ghuess I lhike the "h" whords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Nheed some mhore inphut for your scrabhle? Ophiuchus ophthalmology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Thankhyhou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 tody What a pretty bird: https://www.google.com/search?q=tody&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=923&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4yLPbkNvKAhVC5CYKHdVpArsQ_AUIBigB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Heavens to Murgatroyd! http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/heavens-to-murgatroyd.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 au·ber·gine ˈōbərˌZHēn/ noun BRITISH another term for eggplant. a dark purple color like that of eggplant. I recognized that I had most of that word in my Scrabble letters. The word seemed quite familiar in fact. And yet I had no clue what it meant. ... but now I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 I like this one. Definitely new to me. For some reason it immediately sounded like a 'Southern Belle' name. I could hear the 'coming out' party announcement "Miss Aubergine Montgomery!", as the young lady debutante began her slow descent down the stairs. ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 - brilliant. Aubergine is as british noun? I always thought they also know it as 'eggplant' and the origins of 'aubergine' are French. We use it in Germany for exactly the eggplant fruit and all people I know pronounce it a way that resembles me to French speaking. Maybe that is why kbobam just thought of a lady from the south. Names have their very special handling throughout the cultures and regions. I just think of 'Heike'. Here in Germany we use it as a female name but there is this male Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_Kamerlingh_Onnes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 English has many names which started out male but are mostly female now. Got this list from Wikipedia: Ashley, Beverly, Evelyn, Hilary, Jocelyn, Joyce, Kelly, Lynn, Meredith, Shannon, Shirley, Sidney, Vivian, and Whitney Supposedly all those were once masculine names but most of them sound completely feminine to my American ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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