Words we do not the meaning of and can't be arsed to look up

[Parson Henry]

Moribund

 

[Lord Bracknell]

A geological term used to describe the material above a thrust fault plane which during times of deviatoric stress moves over the stationary material beneath the fault plane- this is known as the allocthonous material.

Maybe.

But that doesn't account for the way the word is used in a passage like this:-

Herodotus first emphasizes ancestral Athenian weakness in the story of their origins. He takes their claim that they were autochthonous, but uses it to prove that they were barbaric rather than Hellenic and weak rather than strong. For Croesus discovered that the Doric race was originally Hellenic and the Attic Pelasgic, and that while the former was 'much-wandering', the Attic had 'never yet moved out of its territory in any direction'.

 

[Biscuit]

'If'
'But'
'and'

Anyone know ANY situations in which these words can be used?

 

[brunswick]

Hegemony.

the human race / colonys of mankind.

 

[Titanic]

I've always thought HEGEMONY implied a dominant or powerful group within society or between nations ?

Perhaps I should look it up !!

 

[Bigtomfu]

Maybe.

But that doesn't account for the way the word is used in a passage like this:-

Herodotus first emphasizes ancestral Athenian weakness in the story of their origins. He takes their claim that they were autochthonous, but uses it to prove that they were barbaric rather than Hellenic and weak rather than strong. For Croesus discovered that the Doric race was originally Hellenic and the Attic Pelasgic, and that while the former was 'much-wandering', the Attic had 'never yet moved out of its territory in any direction'.

yes it does in geology the term would be used to describe the stratigraphic layer of weakness that was responsible for the movement along the fault plane.- hence weakness is the key here...

 

[Race]

yes it does in geology the term would be used to describe the stratigraphic layer of weakness that was responsible for the movement along the fault plane.- hence weakness is the key here...

kismet?

 

[Titanic]

kismet?

Fate or destiny... your lot in life... that sort of thing!

Any help with 'heinous' - I know it's really bad, shocking etc... but what are the origins - it doesn't sound like any other word I know.

 

[Race]

what my missus talks out of...oh shit she's coming

 

[Lammy]

Felch

 

[Titanic]

what my missus talks out of...oh shit she's coming

 

[Lord Bracknell]

... oh shit she's coming

There's a man who needs to learn how to treat a lady.

What's she supposed to do? Lie back and think of England?

 

[Cian]

I'd wondered what Kismet meant, as theres a wireless network scan tool called Kismet...

 

[On the Left Wing]

SHIT Vulgar Slang

VERB:
shit , also shat (sht) KEY shit·ting , shits

VERB:
intr.
To defecate.


NOUN:
Excrement.
Crystal Palace
Ian Dowie
Selhurst Park
The act or an instance of defecating or watching Palace play.
shits Diarrhea.
Something considered disgusting, of poor quality, foolish, or otherwise totally unacceptable - again Crystal Palace.
A mean or contemptible person.
A narcotic or intoxicant, such as marijuana or heroin.
Trouble or difficulty.
A small or worthless amount: He doesn't know shit.


IDIOMS:
get (one's) shit together
To get organized; put one's affairs or possessions in order.
give a shit
To care the least bit.
no shit
Used to express disbelief - example "Palace are in the Premiership"
Used to express contemptuous acknowledgment of the obvious - Palace are shit
shit bricks /a brick
up shit creek (without a paddle)
In dire circumstances with no hope of help.
when the shit hits the fan
When the situation goes awry; when trouble starts.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English shitten, probably from Old English from Croydon in SE London

 

[Bakesy]

Malango?

 

[Storer68]

Which means exactly what?

a body or organisation that is not part of government but has powers vested in it by Parliament or a government department.

 

[Storer68]

I always thought facile meant stupid, but apparanetly not

 

[Yorkie]

Facile means easy

Facilitate - make easier

 

[Lush]

I always thought that opaque meant "clear and transparent".

 

[tedebear]

Hegemony.

sounds like something a banker does!!