Comments on: Nerdy Wordys http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/ "We're all naked underneath" Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:33:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Grandad http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-196 Grandad Wed, 02 May 2007 09:23:06 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-196 How about Sesquipedalian? :) How about Sesquipedalian? :)

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-195 K8 Tue, 01 May 2007 13:30:19 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-195 Onamatoepoia.. topea.. matopeia.. is not alf ard to spel but. Uxorious is now my word of the day. Ta very much. I'll use it when me fella tells me I'm a prolix. Onamatoepoia.. topea.. matopeia.. is not alf ard to spel but.

Uxorious is now my word of the day. Ta very much. I’ll use it when me fella tells me I’m a prolix.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-194 Grandad Tue, 01 May 2007 08:31:17 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-194 Strange you should mention that word Flirty. I was researching "uxoricide" only the other day [purely for the purposes of Scrabble, of course..] Strange you should mention that word Flirty. I was researching “uxoricide” only the other day [purely for the purposes of Scrabble, of course..]

]]> By: irishflirtysomething http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-193 irishflirtysomething Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-193 Top of my big word list at the moment is: uxorious ux·o·ri·ous [ uk sáwree ?ss ] adjective Definition: excessively devoted to your wife: describes a man who is excessively devoted to or submissive to his wife Top of my big word list at the moment is:

uxorious
ux·o·ri·ous [ uk sáwree ?ss ]
adjective
Definition: excessively devoted to your wife: describes a man who is excessively devoted to or submissive to his wife

]]> By: irishflirtysomething http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-192 irishflirtysomething Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:23:14 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-192 I LOVE BIG WORDS I LOVE BIG WORDS

]]> By: Brianf http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-191 Brianf Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:18:25 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-191 I think my favorite word is the onomatapiea of the sound a half a pair of scissors make when they inbed themselves in a cork board in the back of a classroom. I think my favorite word is the onomatapiea of the sound a half a pair of scissors make when they inbed themselves in a cork board in the back of a classroom.

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-190 K8 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:14:26 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-190 Quite! Quite!

]]> By: baino http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-189 baino Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:30:57 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-189 I sagitate and prognosticate that this honourable reader is overwhelmed by the exhuberance of your verbosity I sagitate and prognosticate that this honourable reader is overwhelmed by the exhuberance of your verbosity

]]> By: Dario Sanchez http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-188 Dario Sanchez Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:39:23 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-188 Testify! I am continuously criticised for speaking the same way I write! Perhaps some women find long, complex words attractive? I sound like a prick, using mind-bending words, but if people want to understand me, they know what a dictionary is. Or maybe they didn't; that was the problem. And my favourite word is prolix - it means, oddly enough, exactly what you've just spoken about, being verbose. And I hate the word collander too ... *shivers* Testify! I am continuously criticised for speaking the same way I write! Perhaps some women find long, complex words attractive?
I sound like a prick, using mind-bending words, but if people want to understand me, they know what a dictionary is.

Or maybe they didn’t; that was the problem.

And my favourite word is prolix – it means, oddly enough, exactly what you’ve just spoken about, being verbose.

And I hate the word collander too … *shivers*

]]> By: Grandad http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-187 Grandad Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:58:52 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/04/28/nerdy-wordys/#comment-187 I don't know what this is about because I can't read all them big words. I know it must be something about me because I can see the word 'dad' in there. Actually, what happened was that we used to bulk out your baby-food with fibre - usually shredded pages from a dictionary. Maybe that's the problem? I don’t know what this is about because I can’t read all them big words.
I know it must be something about me because I can see the word ‘dad’ in there.

Actually, what happened was that we used to bulk out your baby-food with fibre – usually shredded pages from a dictionary. Maybe that’s the problem?

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