Lovely Words

Submitted by Lord-Svenstikov on Sun, 02/03/2008 at 1:36pm.

Now I have been a member of chess.com for a long while and I still have not written a blog. I feel it is my duty to add something to this wonderful website however pointless it may be, so here goes.

I am the sort of person who often takes a fancy to a word, so at the start of the academic year I started a list of these words in a notebook. I whip it out if somebody says an exceptional word and I add it.

You would be supprised how many people have favourite words of their own.

Anywho, lets me construct a list for you:

Frustrum
Asymptote
Ambulance
Ambiance
Bromide
Schism
Pudding
Abysmal
Bafflingly
Yerp
Paradox
Parallax
Parrallel
Smoggy
Kerfuffle
Googleplexian
Pernickety
Quantised
Disproportionation
Nomenclature
Bliss
Neophyte

My list of "horrid words" is far shorter. Only four words long at the moment.

Nicely
Orang-utan
Belly
Gas

Please bear in mind that I (dis)like the sounds of these words. There presence on the list has little to do with their definitions; however I'm sure the meanings probably swayed me. For instance I do hate monkeys and apes, and I like maths.

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by hypertroll - 3 months ago
Devon England

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my favourite word atm is "caromed"

by blackfirestorm666 - 3 months ago
Manchester England

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if i sit and think about it my fave word is open

by brfc - 5 months ago
Bristol England

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My favourite word is cheese and horrid word is homework!

by Puppaz - 19 months ago
UK United Kingdom

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Bumblebee.

That is all.

by scandinaviandefense - 21 months ago
Michigan United States

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Correct Shruikon, Noob is not Newbie.

by Shruikon - 21 months ago
Worcester England

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Use dictionary.com. It is not on there.

Look, you are wrong this time. Noob does not mean newbie. End of story.

by Lord-Svenstikov - 21 months ago
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Now if google used dictionary definations how can it possibly not be in the dictionary.

"Your case is wrong. 'Nuff said." Oh yes, that is a brilliant arguement which has totally convinced me.

by Shruikon - 21 months ago
Worcester England

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Your case is wrong. 'Nuff said.

Even Wikipedia has the right definition.

You can not use a dictionary definition (which is what Google did) to state the meaning of the word since it isn't in the dictionary.

by Lord-Svenstikov - 21 months ago
Worcester United Kingdom

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You are not happy with that evidence in my case for some reason? Surely the fact that you play lots of video games is an ad hoc fallacy in terms of knowing the true meaning of the word.

Many words have confused meanings, just because a word is believed to mean something by the masses it does not necassarily make it true. Want examples?

Furthermore, I would believe that the online dictionaries that supply google with the definitions would be, for the most part, accurate. There is more than one definition on there that supports my case.

by Shruikon - 21 months ago
Worcester England

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You're trying to use a google definition to prove me, a person who loves playing video games, the place where the term originated, wrong?

Oh Alaric, stop being such a noob. (xD)

by Lord-Svenstikov - 21 months ago
Worcester United Kingdom

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ahem... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=define%3A+noob

See top entry

by scandinaviandefense - 21 months ago
Michigan United States

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And Ploo doesn't matter.

by scandinaviandefense - 21 months ago
Michigan United States

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Correct Shruikon, Alaric is mistaken. Noob is not short for Newbie.

by Shruikon - 21 months ago
Worcester England

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Agreed again with Cloudjubei xD

Noob isn't short for newbie. Alaric doesn't know his stuff xD

by cloudjubei - 21 months ago
Worcester United Kingdom

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Alaric, noob isn't short for newbie, newb is :P Noob = Alaric, but Noob =/= Neophyte

by Lord-Svenstikov - 21 months ago
Worcester United Kingdom

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Noob is short for newbie.

Newbie = beginner

Beginner = Neophyte

:. Noob = Neophyte

by scandinaviandefense - 21 months ago
Michigan United States

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So, does anyone think that "Ploo" is similar to Multiplex Ligation-dependant Probe Amplification? How about Noble Dutch Familes or South African Musicians?

by Shruikon - 21 months ago
Worcester England

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Noob =/= Neophyte.

by scandinaviandefense - 21 months ago
Michigan United States

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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I went to Wikipedia and looked up "Ploo". It had no matches, but suggested the following things to me as 100.0% like Ploo.

National Assembly of the Bavitan Republic

Sea Wing disaster

Multiplex Ligation-dependant Probe Amplification

List of South African musicians

Plew, Missouri

List of Noble Dutch Families

So there you go, Lord. There is the scoop on Ploo.

by scandinaviandefense - 21 months ago
Michigan United States

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I am sorry, but I really don't know the defenition of Ploo, and I feel that I need to know it too! I need to know it so much, that I am off to Wikipedia.

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