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2021-02-19, 12:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-02-19, 06:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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I took the spirit of the joke-turned-challenge to be using exclusively ingredients aboriginal to the Italian peninsula pre-human expansion. So no cows, since they, like wheat, were brought over from Asia minor during the pre-history. I did hit a bit of a snag in that wikipedia doesn't narrow down the origin of most plants and animals further than "southern Europe" so I can't be sure if, say, peas are native to Italy or just, I don't know, Greece or something.
That said, looking into Bos primigenius (the non-domesticated version of the cow), it seems it was found in Europe, even if domestication happened in Mesopotamia. So if it wasn't for the small inconvenience that the last member of that species went extinct in a zoo in Poland in 1627, you could use their milk for cheese. Or grandfather the cow into the challenge through it.
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2021-02-19, 06:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-02-22, 08:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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This was a word that keeps popping up in a lecture course : apotheosis - elevation to divine status.
"Julius Caesar was the first historical Roman to be officially deified, granted the title Divus Iulius. The appearance of a comet during games in his honour was taken as confirmation of his apotheosis.""We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2021-02-26, 08:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Oooo, now I want to make a pastry called the "Sastrugi"! Imagine a sfogliatella but with white icing over the ridges?
"We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2021-02-28, 06:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Skyrender; 2021-02-28 at 06:04 AM.
Murphy said 'whatever can go wrong, will go wrong'.
I say Murphy was an incurable optimist.
In my experience, even things that can't go wrong... often do.
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2021-02-28, 12:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Why not powdered sugar and icing? If you're going for the sugar rush and crash, might as well do it at Ludicrous Speed.
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2021-02-28, 04:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bildungsroman (n) - a coming-of-age story
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2021-02-28, 06:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-02-28, 08:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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And old Emmy video of Jon Stewart taught me the word "pablum" just now.
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Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2021-02-28, 11:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Shooting off a couple of words before February ends.
sprezzatura (n): studied carelessness, especially as a characteristic quality or art style or literature
myrmidon (n): a hired ruffian or unscrupulous subordinate
vade mecum (n): a handbook or guide that is kept constantly at hand for consultation
vernissage (n): a private viewing of paintings before a public exhibition
I can't believe this thread is eight months old. Here's hoping to more.Last edited by understatement; 2021-03-01 at 12:03 AM.
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2021-03-01, 12:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Myrmidon comes from the Ancient Greek for ant, and was the name of the warriors who served Akhilleus.
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2021-03-01, 07:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Army ants, probably.
Murphy said 'whatever can go wrong, will go wrong'.
I say Murphy was an incurable optimist.
In my experience, even things that can't go wrong... often do.
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2021-03-02, 09:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Oenophile : a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
"Claire is a both oenophile and a nymph; she's rather open a bottle, then her legs than anything else.""We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2021-03-03, 09:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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I have a word that I don't understand: in a book set in Scotland, a kid tries to spend child support on "actual messages" and food and provisions, but his mum, who is an alcoholic, returns the messages she can to use the money for drinks. What are these messages?
Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
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2021-03-03, 10:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Is the book in it's original language or translated, further that date is it set?
My best guess is that someone mistranslated (postage) stamps because it used to be fairly easy to exchange unused stamps for their cash value (I think it is still something the post office is legally obliged to do, but I don't know).
Second guess is that there used to be a prepaid message money transfer called a "postal order" and they too could be cashed unsent.
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2021-03-03, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thanks foe the proposals, the book is from this or last year, the scene is set in the Eighties, and it's written in English by a Glaswegian.
Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
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2021-03-03, 04:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-03-03, 04:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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horologist
I had known horology dealt with the study and measure of time and had only ever assumed in context that one who performed such science would be called a horologist. Today I learned that the term also applies to someone who makes or repairs instruments that measure time, as in a watchmaker or clockmaker.“Rule is what lies between what is said and what is understood.”~Raja Rudatha, the Spider Prince
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2021-03-10, 01:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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March Ides.
sangfroid (n): composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances
propinquity (n): the state of being close to something or someone; proximity; close kinship
animadvert (v): pass criticism or censure on; speak out against
viennoiserie (n): baked goods of yeast-leavened dough with added ingredients to make it similar to pastries
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2021-03-13, 10:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Be'f. Saw it yesterday in the freezer section for vegetarian protein.
I was going to put it in the joke section because that's the first time I've lolled that hard in public in a while, but I figured that since it's actually true (and a proper noun), it probably fits better here. XD
(I admire those who eat vegetable protein for ethics, to reduce their carbon footprint, and other reasons - my laughter was because someone got paid a lot of money to come up with that name.)
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2021-03-14, 03:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Rather than listing every word I learned from Brett Domio's Get Bumpsy, I'm just going to provide a link. Hope that's okay.
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2021-03-15, 12:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Asthenia
Anormal tiredness and weakness.Last edited by smuchmuch; 2021-03-15 at 12:20 PM.
I'm sig'ing in the rain, just sig'ing in the rain....
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2021-03-16, 08:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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concatenation - a series of interconnected events
" It was simply a concatenation of violence, revelry, and happenstance during a blizzard.""We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2021-03-17, 12:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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According to this online Scottish dictionary, it means shopping/groceries.
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2021-03-28, 09:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Cahootnership: A form of the word cahoots which denotes a partnership.
"We entered into a cahootnership with B Company to pool our flour to make bread at the mill." - Leander Stillweel; The Story of a Common Soldier of the Civil War, 1861-1865.Perception is reality.
Non Sum Qualis Eram.
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2021-03-28, 06:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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scapegrace
Not, as you might think, the opposite of scapegoat. It is in fact another word for rascal.
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2021-04-08, 09:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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elided : Elision is the omission of sounds, syllables or words in speech.
"Italian vowels are never elided; you pronounce them all.""We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2021-04-19, 01:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Perseveration: repeating a word, gesture or phrase over and over, even after the reason (stimulus) for producing it in the first place is gone.
"None of us likes to be hated, none of us likes to be shunned. A natural result of these conditions is, that we consciously or unconsciously pay more attention to tuning our opinions to our neighbor’s pitch and preserving his approval than we do to examining the opinions searchingly and seeing to it that they are right and sound." - Mark Twain
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2021-04-22, 05:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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