the word of the day for August 10, 2003

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it was a bit of a disappointment when I read the definition

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 10 August 2003 20:53 (twenty-three years ago)

My word of the day: defenestrate

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 10 August 2003 20:55 (twenty-three years ago)

anagnorisis

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 10 August 2003 21:15 (twenty-three years ago)

My word of the day? Honest to God...

cum \KUM; KUHM\, preposition:
With; along with; combined with; -- often used in combination.

In 1999 he finished converting an old dairy into a sort of village -- a hip warren of apartments adjoining a restaurant and bar, some art galleries, some studios, and an "e-mat" (a laundromat-cum-cybercafé).
--Bill Donahue, "Byte, Byte, Against the Dying of the Light," The Atlantic, May 2001

― j.lu (j.lu), Sunday, 10 August 2003 21:22 (twenty-three years ago)

well fancy that!

― Aaron A., Sunday, 10 August 2003 21:25 (twenty-three years ago)

There HAS to be some way to make this naughty...?

Like,
She was a showgirl-cum-hooker.

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Monday, 11 August 2003 11:56 (twenty-three years ago)

It's basically a spoonful of splooj-cum-gelato.

― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 11 August 2003 14:51 (twenty-three years ago)

That's the ticket, Chris P!

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Monday, 11 August 2003 14:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Lenny Bruce to thread.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 11 August 2003 14:56 (twenty-three years ago)

cum-cum-urine

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 11 August 2003 14:59 (twenty-three years ago)

My word for today on my word-of-the-day calendar is "obtund." You can look it up yourself.

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 11 August 2003 15:04 (twenty-three years ago)

prairie coal.

Dried cow chips used for fuel.

Feast day of St Alexander, a third century patron of charcoal burners.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 11 August 2003 15:06 (twenty-three years ago)

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