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2020-08-15, 08:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-16, 08:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What new words have you learned recently?
Yup, that's what I mean: it's not understandable without naming the city. Maybe it's frequent over there? I have heard that people from Albany calling themselves Albanians have problems making themselves clear the further they are from Albany.
It's also that you sometimes do meet people calling themselves after ancient peoples who lived in their place of origin, even though modern inhabitants would consider it highly unusual.Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
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2020-08-16, 10:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-16, 03:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-20, 07:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What new words have you learned recently?
Here is a good one: "footling" meaning silly or not important.
"His theory was founded on footling facts.""We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2020-08-21, 06:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Colluquy" is a conversation, apparently. It's not often I can't at least figure out a word from context clues, but Brent Weeks has issues writing human sounding dialogue sometimes.
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2020-08-21, 08:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-21, 10:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-22, 12:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-22, 02:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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The Curse of the House of Rookwood: Supernatural horror and family drama.
Ash Island: Personal survival horror in the vein of Silent Hill.
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2020-08-22, 10:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What new words have you learned recently?
From the same book that gave me footling:
peregrinations: journeys, especially long or meandering ones.
"Her peregrinations took her to the tip of the bay.""We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2020-08-22, 12:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-22, 02:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-22, 04:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Jamais Vu, when something that should be familiar seems new.
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2020-08-22, 08:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-23, 01:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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"Déjā vu" means "already seen" and "jamais vu" means "never seen".
The Curse of the House of Rookwood: Supernatural horror and family drama.
Ash Island: Personal survival horror in the vein of Silent Hill.
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2020-08-23, 11:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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George Carlin, the great comedian, created: "Vuja De, the feeling that somehow... none of this has ever happened before"
"We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2020-08-26, 10:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Fingerer (no it doesn't mean the first thing that comes to mind... you perverts )
A friend found the word in a crossword puzzle. Merriam-Webster website defines the word "fingerer" as "one who makes the fingers of gloves" and this just blew my mind. I have been looking for hours trying to find any information on the etymology of this word. I had so many questions like: Was it an actual profession that existed that prompted the word? How was it used? Has it gone out of use?
Well, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "finger" originates in Old English, hence is Germanic in origin.
The OED recognizes "fingerer" as a dishonest person. So, perhaps a thief? A swindler?
A "glover" is a maker of gloves so I doubt there would be a separate profession for fingers. No clue where the Merriam-Webster definition came from.Last edited by WinterKnight404; 2020-08-26 at 10:11 AM.
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2020-08-26, 10:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-26, 10:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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There are two schools of thought on dictionaries - that dictionaries dictate what words mean and their usage and are thus authoritative, or that dictionaries reflect how people use words and are thus curatorial. Merriam-Webster itself subscribes to the latter, so I would imagine that "fingerer" was used for some time, at least, in order to be included in their dictionary.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2020-08-26, 10:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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From the website "careerplanner.com"
"GLOVE SEWER"Job Description and Jobs
Job Description:
1) Operates sewing machine to join or decorate glove and mitten parts or finished article: Guides parts under machine needle to join thumb pieces to back and palm; to assemble finger pieces and join pieces to glove; to join sides of cuffs or cuff to glove; to stitch around fingers, thumb, and sides of glove to close glove openings; to sew on knuckle strap or finger tips; to join parts of mittens; or to stitch knit linings to elastic wristbands to complete cuffs.
2) May repair gloves with defective stitching and be designated Mender.
3) May be designated according to part sewn or operation performed as Closer; Fingerer; Fourchette Sewer; Knuckle-Strap Sewer; Mitten Stitcher; Palm-And-Back Forger.
4) May be designated: Strapper; Thumb Sewer; Tipper; Wrist Closer; Wrister; Wrist Liner.
5) Performs duties as described under SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, REGULAR EQUIPMENT Master Title.
Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
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2020-08-26, 12:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Good catch Vinyadan! I don't remember what the clue was in the crossword puzzle because that might have helped. So it's probably a specialized function on an assembly line.
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2020-08-27, 03:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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To finger someone also means basically to snitch on someone. Obviously comes from point out someone with your finger, ie fingering someone. And everyone knows snitches get stiches, maybe in their gloves, which I think is where "fingerer" gets the "shady" descriptor.
But youy are right, if your organisation has a Frankie the Finger or Fingers you know he's the pickpocket of the outfit. Actually think there is a Lucky Luke album where the shady magician that does slight of hand, but also steals is nicknamed Fingers. Depends on translation though I guess.
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2020-08-28, 06:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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There is a baseball Hall of Famer named Rollie Fingers. I wonder what was the source of his family name? Thief ? Glove maker? Snitch? Lute picker?
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2020-08-28, 10:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What new words have you learned recently?
It comes from someone either missing a finger, make of that how you will, or similar distinct characteristics of the fingers such as a birth defect. Not all Western surnames come from an occupation.
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2020-08-28, 10:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What new words have you learned recently?
Had a customer one time, crazy name. Alone the lines of "ribeyefake". Basically almost a real food but altered so that it sounded like fake food. Asked about it at one point, apparently had grandparents or great-grandparents come over through Ellis Island, where the culturally sensitive agents that processed the immigrants said "Name? Whoah, I can't understand that, did you say "ribeyefake?" Well, here's your papers, Mr. Ribeyefake, that's your name now. NEXT!"
So yeah, names can come from anywhere.Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2020-08-29, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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The concept of "identity" is a rather young one. Werther was actually one of the first literary examples for using it, making the difference between "inside" and "outside" identity the main topic of the novel.
This is rather hard to explain to someone not sharing the German mindset.
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2020-08-29, 08:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-29, 09:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-29, 09:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2