Jersey and Guernsey are Bailiwicks
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I learned the word 'defenestration' from a Czech friend at work many years ago. Loved the ring of it, and the idea that someone would come up with a word for that. Maybe 6 months later, I was visiting my dad and he says "Oh...hang on" and he whips out a piece of paper and says "Have you ever heard the word 'defenestration' before?", to which I answered as casually as possible "Of course...for the Czech practice of throwing people out a window as a form of punishment". He gave me this "well...shit" look, which I quite enjoyed then...and now.
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I learned the word 'defenestration' from a Czech friend at work many years ago. Loved the ring of it, and the idea that someone would come up with a word for that. Maybe 6 months later, I was visiting my dad and he says "Oh...hang on" and he whips out a piece of paper and says "Have you ever heard the word 'defenestration' before?", to which I answered as casually as possible "Of course...for the Czech practice of throwing people out a window as a form of punishment". He gave me this "well...shit" look, which I quite enjoyed then...and now.
Was that before or after the Garry Hoy incident?
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Originally posted by Sits View PostMrs. S gets pissed off if I use words like these; she says I'm being an intellectual snob. I left school at sixteen.
Even though they don't really qualify for this thread, I enjoy using suboptimal, oxymoron, tautology and counterintuitive.
Snake's wrong by the way - it's pronounced 'bailiwick'.
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Originally posted by Eggchaser View PostMoiety.
/ˈmɔɪɪti/
noun
FORMAL•TECHNICAL- each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided.
"the tax was to be delivered in two moieties"- ANTHROPOLOGY
each of two social or ritual groups into which a people is divided, especially among Australian Aborigines and some North American Indians. - a part or portion, especially a lesser share.
- ANTHROPOLOGY
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- each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided.
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I have a crossover with an ear worm, in that I learned the word jejune in an English seminar about the same time I 1st heard Spandau Ballet’s “To Cut a Long Story Short” and it rhymes with the 1st line’s ‘lune/lagoon’ and has stayed there ever since.
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