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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

    Feague

    Feague is a term from around the 18th century that means to put a live eel up a horse's bottom. Apparently, this was a horse dealer's trick to make an old horse seem more lively.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • sahibdad63EIS3IvJBsahibdad63EIS3IvJB Posts: 10
    i am tired of every thing
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited December 2022
    CROMULENT
    Adequate or fine. Acceptable.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    B3 said:

    Uhtceare (noun)

    Do you wake up before dawn and feel anxious? That moment and experience is described by the Old English word uhtceare

    I definitely do. Good thread this.

    Luxembourg
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thank you @coccinella. I wish others would post words too😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    Do you trawl the dictionary for the words or do you know them?

    Leptocephalic.
    (just opened the dictionary at a random page)

    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited December 2022
    No .I cheat.
    I know them now, though😊
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  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    It annoys me when words not in common parlance are casually thrown in by writers but they don’t really hit the mark in terms of meaning.

    Coterminous - having or meeting at a shared border or limit, e.g. Portugal is coterminous with Spain.

    Although in this case, applying to dad trainers:

    “Why is a cheap, ugly product coterminous with caring for and protecting children?”

    None of the secondary meanings quite fit either and the word was just jarring in an otherwise irreverent, chatty newspaper column.

    Thesaurus abuse! 
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    A thesaurus should always be used in conjunction with a dictionary otherwise you could end up with: an illegible tooth or decayed handwriting or, even worse, a conscience - stricken apple
    (bad)
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    PHILODOX.
    A person with an excessive interest in their own opinions 
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