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June 7, 2022 at 3:59 am #199199JessiCapriParticipant
Well this is a list of some odd ones I enjoyed so wanted to share.
Crapulence? Who knew?
June 9, 2022 at 2:46 pm #199222VaughanModeratorBuggerlugs
October 4, 2022 at 9:27 pm #200170JessiCapriParticipantOctober 4, 2022 at 9:29 pm #200171JessiCapriParticipantMarch 2, 2023 at 7:56 pm #202024JessiCapriParticipantMarch 2, 2023 at 8:00 pm #202025JessiCapriParticipantDemisexuality
A sexual orientation in which an individual does not experience primary sexual attraction – the type of attraction that is based on immediately observable characteristics such as appearance or smell and is experienced immediately after a first encounter. They can only experience secondary sexual attraction – the type of attraction that happens after knowing someone for a while. The amount of time that a demisexual individual needs to know another person before developing sexual attraction towards them varies from person to person. It is generally categorized on the asexuality spectrum.
March 9, 2023 at 1:16 pm #202067JessiCapriParticipantB’shert (pronounced bashert) is a hebrew (Yiddish) word with the following definition: One’s predestined soulmate; preordained, fated. Bashert means “destined” or “intended.”
March 9, 2023 at 1:49 pm #202073JessiCapriParticipant(The original of the word “chooch” is Italian. It’s a slang term that means a dummy, idiot or moron.)
June 17, 2023 at 9:07 pm #202855VaughanModeratorThrall
in a state of being controlled or strongly influenced by someone or something.
He was completely in thrall to her.
He was completely in her thrall.November 16, 2023 at 2:32 pm #203533VaughanModeratorEvery day’s a school day…
Ever struggle with spelling the word NECESSARY ?
This mnemonic for the word ‘necessary’: ‘one collar and two sleeves’ can help you remember.
This mnemonic could help you remember that the word ‘necessary’ has one ‘c’ and two ‘s’s’, which are the tricky parts of this spelling.MEANING:
adjective
1. needed to be done, achieved, or present; essential.
“they granted the necessary planning permission”
Similar: obligatory requisite required compulsory mandatory imperative demanded needed called for needful essential indispensable vital of the essence incumbent de rigueur
Opposite: unnecessary non-essential dispensable2. determined, existing, or happening by natural laws or predestination; inevitable.
“a necessary consequence”
Similar: inevitable unavoidable certain sure inescapable inexorable ineluctable fated destined predetermined predestined preordained
Opposite: possiblenoun.
the basic requirements of life, such as food and warmth.
“not merely luxuries, but also the common necessaries”December 10, 2023 at 7:58 pm #203579VaughanModeratorCopacetic
Meaning
Very good; excellent; completely satisfactory ; In good order, hunky-dory.It can also be used in place of Fine and Okay.
Examples
And his smile told him that everything was copacetic.
—Robert BlochBut all was not copacetic, as Ross revealed this week in a flurry of X (formerly known as Twitter) posts and Instagram Live broadcasts.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023But the Bruins also rarely overthought its lineup configuration over the grind of an 82-game slate, especially in regards to a copacetic goalie rotation and a stout six-man defensive unit.
—Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023Rather than working towards a copacetic co-parenting relationship with the mother of his four kids, West is choosing violence, opting to take the offensive by claiming that Kardashian is attempting to isolate him from their family through the divorce.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2022January 22, 2024 at 1:30 pm #203893ZuzannahParticipantShafted.
To cheat or trick someone, or to treat someone unfairly
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