Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:13 am
Crikey ... makes you ask yourself sometimes, doesn't it : why do I make so much work for myself? 
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:58 am
Why, so you can get that coveted membership to the masochists' club.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:43 am
The list is awesome. I am starting a reread of the first chronicles.
I noticed in my reading of the second chronicles a remarkable drop off of words in WGW. I think the hunting is far better previous to the last.
Landwaster again I commend you for taking up the bat and running with it.
An awesome resource is building.
Regards, Roynish.
I noticed in my reading of the second chronicles a remarkable drop off of words in WGW. I think the hunting is far better previous to the last.
Landwaster again I commend you for taking up the bat and running with it.
An awesome resource is building.
Regards, Roynish.
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 5:59 pm
This is much too cool a thread to be down near the bottom of the second page...in fact, I wish someone would sticky it... 
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 1:06 pm
I been asking for someone to sticky it 
Nobody listens to me 
Nobody listens to me Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:12 pm
INTERNET RESEARCHED WORDS
dromond (DROH-mond), ????, n. In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel
encyst (en-CIST) ??? v. To enclose in or as if in a cyst. [cyst: pathology term for an abnormal membranous sac containing a gaseous, liquid, or semisolid substance]
habiliments (ha-BIL-eh-ments) TOT-21 n. 1. clothing, especially the identifying clothing of an occasion or affiliation. 2. characteristic furnishings.
rue (ROO) ??? n., v. regret, remorse, or sorrow.
sabulous (SAB-yuh-lus) ??? adj. gritty or sandy.
sendaline (SEN-da-lin) ???, adj. having the characteristics of sendal: a thin silk fabric used in the middle ages, capable of holding most silk dyes.
vigas (VEE-guhs) ??? (pl. of viga) n. [Southwestern architecture] A rafter or roofbeam, especially a trimmed and peeled tree trunk whose end projects from an outside adobe wall.
guerdon (GAIR-dun) TPTP-???, n. a reward or payment; recompense.
REACHES / EDUCATED GUESSES
tersity [what context?] My guess is that it is a shorter way of saying terseness, which means "brief and to the point; effectively concise."
Hope this helps This is a great resource!! 
DukkhaWaynhim
[Weirdy, wordy, dictionerdy!]
dromond (DROH-mond), ????, n. In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel
encyst (en-CIST) ??? v. To enclose in or as if in a cyst. [cyst: pathology term for an abnormal membranous sac containing a gaseous, liquid, or semisolid substance]
habiliments (ha-BIL-eh-ments) TOT-21 n. 1. clothing, especially the identifying clothing of an occasion or affiliation. 2. characteristic furnishings.
rue (ROO) ??? n., v. regret, remorse, or sorrow.
sabulous (SAB-yuh-lus) ??? adj. gritty or sandy.
sendaline (SEN-da-lin) ???, adj. having the characteristics of sendal: a thin silk fabric used in the middle ages, capable of holding most silk dyes.
vigas (VEE-guhs) ??? (pl. of viga) n. [Southwestern architecture] A rafter or roofbeam, especially a trimmed and peeled tree trunk whose end projects from an outside adobe wall.
guerdon (GAIR-dun) TPTP-???, n. a reward or payment; recompense.
REACHES / EDUCATED GUESSES
tersity [what context?] My guess is that it is a shorter way of saying terseness, which means "brief and to the point; effectively concise."
Hope this helps
This is a great resource!! DukkhaWaynhim
[Weirdy, wordy, dictionerdy!]
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 4:03 pm
Yeah, it's an unusual noun form of terse (adj.), and tersness is the more usual noun. But Donaldson wouldn't want to use the common form of the word.
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:17 pm
Crepuscular was my favorite. It was used in Illearth War once, and then a bunch of times in Wounded Land, IIRC.
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:03 pm
L. Ron Hubbard used crepuscular a lot.
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 12:53 am
That explains a lot LOL!!!
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:59 pm
Updated with Dukkha's additions and also with ochre/ocher
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 5:40 am
Landwaster, you rock!!
DukkhaWaynhim
[Weird, warped, and wassail-ready!]
DukkhaWaynhim
[Weird, warped, and wassail-ready!]
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 5:53 am
*does air guitar solo*
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 8:01 pm
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:33 pm
NOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I am so NOT a fan of Mr. ScientologyJoy wrote:L. Ron Hubbard used crepuscular a lot.
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:18 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:34 am
Yes, what IS it with Word Boy (SRD) and his penchant for effusive usage of preternaturally excessive verbiage? I mean I love the books, but for crying out loud would be nice to make it through a sentence without brain-splatting on a 16 syllable eye-crosser all the time.
Somebody has to ask him what it is with him and his 50 cent words at Elohimfest. And call him WordBoy when you do. I dare you.
Somebody has to ask him what it is with him and his 50 cent words at Elohimfest. And call him WordBoy when you do. I dare you.
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:18 am
That's obviously your role, markjeffrey.markjeffrey wrote:Somebody has to ask him what it is with him and his 50 cent words at Elohimfest. And call him WordBoy when you do. I dare you.
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:24 pm
Oh and I WILL! I'm not afraid of SRD! BRING IT ON! I'll call him WordBoy and even say Bloody Hellfire when I do! I might even pay his phone bill for him! Or bring this icebox down around his ears!
But most of all, I'll ask him why, oh why, do I have to study honors vocabulary at the Loresraat or become an Unfettered One of word-lore just to slog through two paragraphs of anything he writes???
I mean, did he fail a vocabulary test as a small child and did it scar him for life? what what WHAT WHAT?? What is it?? He KNOWS we have no clue what these words mean! He knows we're going to have to get out a dictionary and look them up!
But most of all, I'll ask him why, oh why, do I have to study honors vocabulary at the Loresraat or become an Unfettered One of word-lore just to slog through two paragraphs of anything he writes???
I mean, did he fail a vocabulary test as a small child and did it scar him for life? what what WHAT WHAT?? What is it?? He KNOWS we have no clue what these words mean! He knows we're going to have to get out a dictionary and look them up!
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:30 pm
oh AND BY THE WAY, THAT WAS ME WHO WROTE THAT LAST POST!
I just forgot to login before I did. But I didn't want SRD to think I was a chicken and posting anonymously! I'm not afraid of him and his big words!
I just forgot to login before I did. But I didn't want SRD to think I was a chicken and posting anonymously! I'm not afraid of him and his big words!