OT- Word of the day.

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 July 15th, 2004, 01:48 AM

What's a bucky ball?

Slynky · #2 July 15th, 2004, 01:56 AM

Good idea but I suspect people (like me

) will want to hop in. For example, right off the bat, my favorite word is one I learned in a book (SF) called, "Slan", I think. Every person I mention the word to has never heard of it. It's, "eidetic". Another word I find interesting that people would never really think about is, "steerageway".

OK, I'll leave your thread alone now

.

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 July 15th, 2004, 02:03 AM

Eidetic? Unless I'm remembering a word with a similair spelling, dictionary doesn't have it, that means someone who forgest nothing or very little.

Iansidious · #4 July 15th, 2004, 02:05 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
What's a bucky ball?

ball-shaped carbon molecule: a ball-shaped carbon molecule found in stable forms of carbon (fullerenes), especially the molecule containing 60 carbon atoms (buckminsterfullerene). It sometimes occurs naturally but is usually synthesized. See it's easy

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 July 15th, 2004, 02:06 AM

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Originally posted by Iansidious:

quote:
Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
What's a bucky ball?

ball-shaped carbon molecule: a ball-shaped carbon molecule found in stable forms of carbon (fullerenes), especially the molecule containing 60 carbon atoms (buckminsterfullerene). It sometimes occurs naturally but is usually synthesized. See it's easy

Ah-huh. That tells me nothing.

[ July 15, 2004, 01:07: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

Iansidious · #6 July 15th, 2004, 02:10 AM

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Originally posted by Slynky:
Good idea but I suspect people (like me ) will want to hop in. For example, right off the bat, my favorite word is one I learned in a book (SF) called, "Slan", I think. Every person I mention the word to has never heard of it. It's, "eidetic". Another word I find interesting that people would never really think about is, "steerageway".

OK, I'll leave your thread alone now .

No. I don't mind you sharing your favorite words. I eidetic and steerageway is interesting. I mainly look for words I can use in my scrabble game.

Kamog · #7 July 15th, 2004, 02:10 AM

Yeah, eidetic, I know that word because I learned it many years ago when I was playing RPG's. "Eidetic memory" was one of the advantages you can get for your character when using the GURPS system.