I do not know what these words mean. I have a tendency to remember words that I feel I should be able to define but can't. Do you? What are some words you can't define and it bugs you because of it?
Bonus points for anyone who can define Prolix AND Quotidian AND Synechdoche for me, without consulting a reference. (this is probably 99.94% of ILX)
― wanko ergo sum, Monday, 26 May 2008 11:08 (seventeen years ago)
prolix = talks a lot quotidian = daily synechdoche = one part of something that refers to the whole.
The word I always forget what it means is invidious.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 26 May 2008 11:13 (seventeen years ago)
prolix: wordy quotidian: everyday, ordinary synechdoche: a part standing in for the whole?
xpost dammit!
― G00blar, Monday, 26 May 2008 11:14 (seventeen years ago)
I don't know prolix. I don't think I've even ever heard it in speech. Not sure I know the meaning of quotidian, but I think I do. Had synecdoche drilled into me in high school Latin.
The problem with words like this for me is that I don't really that I can't define them until AFTER I've said them. Then I pause and think, "Wait a minute, do I actually know what that means?" (This doesn't happen all the time, I'm not that pretentious. Just once in a while.)
xpost: yep, knew quotidian.
― Maria, Monday, 26 May 2008 11:19 (seventeen years ago)
speaking of synechdoche, anyone seen the movie?
― ☞*☜ (friendly ghost), Saturday, 25 October 2008 16:45 (seventeen years ago)
oops spelling.
what about a hapax legomenon
― horrible (harbl), Saturday, 25 October 2008 19:13 (seventeen years ago)
this is the thread to anticipate "Synecdoche, New York" - written and directed by Charlie Kaufman
― provincial rube. Which you are (negotiable), Saturday, 25 October 2008 23:17 (seventeen years ago)
I always read invidious and think insidious.
― № 1 (libcrypt), Saturday, 25 October 2008 23:32 (seventeen years ago)