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Re: word of the month
« Reply #105 on: March 04, 2010, 03:12:16 pm »
Quote from: Gamling on March 01, 2010, 10:12:32 am
tbh i think the urban dictionary's definition is crap, i much more like wikipedia's "accidental sagacity", or as i've seen it described elsewhere "finding treasure without really looking for it"

the important thing to realise about serendipity is not only its accidental nature, but the ability to recognise its value once you've stumbled across it - so no pure luck here

jeyh... the etymology is also interesting... anyone have the tale?
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ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα - I know that I know nothing

Δεν ελπίζω τίποτα. Δε φοβʊμαι τίποτα. Είμαι λεύτερος. - I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

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Re: word of the month
« Reply #106 on: March 04, 2010, 03:47:21 pm »
i know that Serendip was the old name for Sri Lanka
so i assume that serendipity somehow relates to a property of Sri Lanka or the fact of finding a paradisiacal place like Sri Lanka
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Re: word of the month
« Reply #107 on: April 01, 2010, 01:10:52 am »
any candidates for this month's word of the month ?
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Re: word of the month
« Reply #108 on: April 02, 2010, 01:19:02 am »
no takers ? oh well, here goes then - i've selected the following neologism from my grab-bag for word of the month :

confunniusion : confusion about what to consider funny
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Re: word of the month
« Reply #109 on: April 03, 2010, 02:23:15 am »
serendipity is important in science.
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Re: word of the month
« Reply #110 on: April 03, 2010, 05:39:27 am »
goes to show that science always runs a few months behind the times : that was last month's word of the month
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Re: word of the month
« Reply #111 on: April 04, 2010, 04:35:52 am »
It's a cromulent word then if it is that timeless.
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Re: word of the month
« Reply #112 on: April 05, 2010, 01:28:52 pm »
well, timelessness sounds like a good word to me...
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ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα - I know that I know nothing

Δεν ελπίζω τίποτα. Δε φοβʊμαι τίποτα. Είμαι λεύτερος. - I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

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Re: word of the month
« Reply #113 on: April 05, 2010, 01:30:16 pm »
not if it's cromulent
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Re: word of the month
« Reply #114 on: May 07, 2010, 02:18:43 am »
nearly forgot this month's word of the month : forthwith

because it sounds stupid and is totally contrary to the campaign for plain english

feel free to add your own should you think of any
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Re: word of the month
« Reply #115 on: May 08, 2010, 11:30:52 am »
did we have "hereinafter" yet?

or maybe "honorific-abilitudinitatibus"
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ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα - I know that I know nothing

Δεν ελπίζω τίποτα. Δε φοβʊμαι τίποτα. Είμαι λεύτερος. - I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

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Re: word of the month
« Reply #116 on: May 08, 2010, 11:52:16 am »
make up your mind - only one contribution per person per month
keep the rest in reserve for when the well runs dry

and no, we didn't have any your 2 suggestions yet
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Re: word of the month
« Reply #117 on: May 08, 2010, 12:18:08 pm »
I'll go for "hereinafter" then and save the other suggestion for next month...
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Δεν ελπίζω τίποτα. Δε φοβʊμαι τίποτα. Είμαι λεύτερος. - I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

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Re: word of the month
« Reply #118 on: May 08, 2010, 02:23:38 pm »
word of the month: rolmops.
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Re: word of the month
« Reply #119 on: May 08, 2010, 04:51:30 pm »
Quote from: spuriousmonkey on May 08, 2010, 02:23:38 pm
word of the month: rolmops.
i second that one
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"I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened by not knowing things; by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose — which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell, possibly. It doesn't frighten me." ~ Richard Feynman
"One should always strive to make things as simple as possible - but no simpler" ~ Albert Einstein
"Tiny minds need to shrink the grand concepts of the universe until they fit the size of their tiny mind"
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