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09 Feb 2007, 6:28 pm

Today, I like the word:

galavant

1. to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; gad.
2. to go about with members of the opposite sex.

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09 Feb 2007, 6:30 pm

i heard the word ebulient..means enthusiatically..but i do like galavant thou.

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09 Feb 2007, 6:31 pm

Today's word is "Aspiediferous"

It means "to act splendidly ASpie."

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09 Feb 2007, 6:32 pm

braggadocio- a braggart

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09 Feb 2007, 6:34 pm

luminescent

to give off light

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09 Feb 2007, 6:38 pm

Melancholy

Depressed spirit.

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09 Feb 2007, 6:40 pm

Rendezvouser:
In a general sense, it means a person going on any type of meeting, generally between two persons.

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09 Feb 2007, 6:56 pm

How about 'sentient'? We all are even if we are unconnected. And it is a useful word if you like science fiction.

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09 Feb 2007, 8:04 pm

Mod:

A young, short-haired, unconventional person who's stuck in the Mid-1960s.

In other words, CockneyRebel.

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09 Feb 2007, 8:25 pm

Bemused: To be confused, baffled or bewildered.

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09 Feb 2007, 9:56 pm

Meezer: Internet name for a Siamese cat.

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09 Feb 2007, 10:50 pm

cake: the mortal enemy of pie.

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10 Feb 2007, 11:52 am

Ubiquitous: Present everywhere or several places simultaneously, often encountered, omnipresent.

Omnipresent: Unbiquitous.

More than one, sorry.

While looking for Omnipresent i came upon the word;

Onanism: Masturbation.

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10 Feb 2007, 12:06 pm

Discombobbulate - When you Discombobbulate something, you have completely messed something up and the thing you have messed up is beyond repair.

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10 Feb 2007, 5:53 pm

urbane-polished; refined; elegant

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10 Feb 2007, 5:55 pm

Starbuline wrote:

Melancholy

Depressed spirit.

melancholy doesn't sound like a sad word to me. the first time i head it, i thought it meant happy.

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