Kevin's Watch

Pere Ubu

6 times...

5 times by me and once by stonemaybe talking with me.

longevityused 174 times

most recently here

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

1 posts found

Stipe

23 times

null = 12 times

loremaster & brinn = twice each

everyone else once.

chimera : 28

Most often in the Pantheon Forum.

Once by me as a wordplay on Effy's name

There is a thread called Chimera started by Menolly on Fri Jul 27, 2007 in The Loresraat.
kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=508153&highlight=chimera#508153

No one replied. I may do as it's such a lovely word.

pisser - 7 times


Stonemaybe

aliantha

matrixman

wayfriend

kevinswatch

A Gunslinger

Cail

Redoubt : 13

is pipped at the post by

Doubter : 14

If you look at those two words long enough you'll start to doubt your spelling ability.

*nig - 154 posts, and I dominate the most recent few pages. Testament to the sudden deterioration of my typing coordination a couple of years ago.

Sarge

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i (dennisrwood) was the first to call myself that.

syl was the first other poster to call me that, followed by SBG then mrs.null, after that it became common practice.

astringent : 8

Mostly in The Galley.

My favourite was a quote from The New York Times in an article about Sarah Palin:

And four months ago, a Wasilla blogger, Sherry Whitstine, who chronicles the governor’s career with an astringent eye, answered her phone to hear an assistant to the governor on the line

No eye could be astringent enough when being cast on Ms. Palin. Shhhhh! Don't tell Cail I said that.

ussusimiel wrote:astringent : 8

Mostly in The Galley.

My favourite was a quote from The New York Times in an article about Sarah Palin:

And four months ago, a Wasilla blogger, Sherry Whitstine, who chronicles the governor’s career with an astringent eye, answered her phone to hear an assistant to the governor on the line

No eye could be astringent enough when being cast on Ms. Palin. Shhhhh! Don't tell Cail I said that.

That word is a weird one. In my line of work it means something lovely and cooling that you put on your skin, like witch hazel or calamine lotion, for sunburn or an angry rash of some sort - that'll immediately make you go 'aaahhhhhhhh' in relief. Doesn't seem to fit with it's adjectival use.

Adjectival : 6
(including the above)
Twice by TheFallen

Stonemaybe wrote:That word is a weird one. In my line of work it means something lovely and cooling that you put on your skin, like witch hazel or calamine lotion, for sunburn or an angry rash of some sort - that'll immediately make you go 'aaahhhhhhhh' in relief. Doesn't seem to fit with it's adjectival use.

I looked it up. It comes from the Latin 'stringere' which means to draw together. Can be used for a cosmetic lotion for toning the skin. The meaning may have migrated onto the lotions you are talking about but which have exactly the opposite effect. Strange, but it happens.



Atavistic: 18

Two uses by Avatar, which I would have guessed as it is a partial anagram: Atavar. In both cases he used the phrase 'atavistic urge'. The actual meaning is 'the return of the ancestor', but it is most commonly used to refer to a return to a more primitive way of feeling or behaving.

Also checked 'atavism' and 'atavist'. One use each in the same post by Holsety.

ussusimiel wrote:

Stonemaybe wrote:That word is a weird one. In my line of work it means something lovely and cooling that you put on your skin, like witch hazel or calamine lotion, for sunburn or an angry rash of some sort - that'll immediately make you go 'aaahhhhhhhh' in relief. Doesn't seem to fit with it's adjectival use.

I looked it up. It comes from the Latin 'stringere' which means to draw together. Can be used for a cosmetic lotion for toning the skin. The meaning may have migrated onto the lotions you are talking about but which have exactly the opposite effect. Strange, but it happens.

Well, at least some things [witch hazel being one, IIRC from my herbal friends] DO "pull togther" [tone] the skin while still giving an instant feeling of coolness. For men they probably feel it most commonly if they use aftershaves. Almost every single contains astringent. If they sting a bit at first it's probably the alcohol in tiny cuts. I don't know about all astringents, but for many of them either they themselves, or things they're mixed with [often alcohol again] evaporate quickly...which I would guess is at least part of the cooling feeling.
I'm fairly sure all of that is true...but won't promise.

SALUBRIOUS:
4 times, 3 users and:
Every use by people I have never read a single post by! That's just weird.

ussusimiel wrote:Atavistic: 18

what is odd is that i should have a usage for the word, in a poem but i can't find it. "atavistic rush..." but i can't place what poem it should be in either.

gambol

4 times...

Auleliel
The Eighth Ward
Peter
Cambo (quoting peter)

preposterous : 193

Who would've thunk it? Most uses are in The Close and The 'Tank.

ApPlEsEeD

13 times

null - thr33 times

bulimic : 7

Sarge wins again, with two of those.

Aspic : 30

Weirdly, mostly in Vespers and mostly in relation to a prog rock band I'd never heard of: 'King Crimson'. I've seen some hilarious prog rock videos on the net (e.g. Focus) that make 'Spinal Tap' look restrained.

A couple of mentions in the Galley, as well.

None in the Tank which surprised me as that is where I expected to find it. I always thought aspic was like amber because of the phrase, 'caught in aspic'. I live and learn

Spoiler

Plethora

147.
Would you say that is a plethora of uses?

ussusimiel : i swear aspic was going to be my next word!


cosines

3 times - all by me. odd.