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...and could not be more true for me either. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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Here is a useful word from the language of the indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego (at the tip of S.Amer.):
mamhilapinatapai = the uncomfortable feeling experienced when two people are hoping that the other will volunteer to do something that both want done, but neither is willing to do.

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Wierd...I can't seem to edit my own post. It acts like it works, but then nothing changes.

Anyway, here is an example of use in a sentence:
The mamhilapinatapai was overwhelming -- almost as overwhelming as the odor from the old dying dog's pile of crap in the corner of the living room.

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Great Word dmm(notice the medal you get in the post icon).


Today's Word:
Forecastle Now this word is very interesting in pronunciation. My Dictionary has two pronunciation for this word. What I think is the correct way of saying it and the way the word looks. Foks l(the o is long.) and the way the word looks. Fore and castle. I do believe foks l' is the proper way of pronunciation.

n
1. front part of ship: the space at the front end of a ship below the main deck, traditionally where the crew’s quarters were located
2. raised deck at bow: a raised section of deck at the bow of a ship

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Here is a Online scrabble site mentioned on slashdot today...

Scrabble!

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Perhaps a nice word such as Hymeneal would work? It means "Pertaining to a wedding or a marriage", and comes in straight line from Greek. I cannot think of a word on this root that would mean "wedding" though.

In case it doesn't qualify (and I have a hunch it won't), I will settle for a nice "to mesmerise":
1: To spellbind; enthrall
2: To induce hypnosis in.

Voilà!

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incorrigible
adjective
1. Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal.
2. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults.
3. Difficult or impossible to control or manage: an incorrigible, spoiled child.

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Who is Fyron? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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And assuming it's not pronounced as it's spelled... how do we pronounce this jem? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I would assume something along the lines of mam-he-lap-in-ah-TAH-pie. A bit of a mouthful [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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Your Words are just fine. Sorry I been lax with the Word of the Day topic.


Today's Word:
Kvetch pronounced "ka vech"

kvetch·ing, 3rd person present singular kvetch·es)
complain incessantly: to grumble and complain about things all the time (like your wife?)


n (plural kvetch·es) (informal)
1. somebody incessantly complaining: somebody who is always grumbling and complaining about things (like your wife?)
2. complaint: a complaint about something (what your your wife likes to do?)