Words You Think Everyone Should Know
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[v. uh-fekt; n. af-ekt]
?verb (used with object)
1.
to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.
2.
to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply.
3.
(of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of.
(Damn you people get them right.....ugh.)
ef·fect   
[ih-fekt]
?noun
1.
something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
2.
power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect.
3.
the state of being effective or operative; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect.
[v. uh-fekt; n. af-ekt]
?verb (used with object)
1.
to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.
2.
to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply.
3.
(of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of.
(Damn you people get them right.....ugh.)
ef·fect   
[ih-fekt]
?noun
1.
something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
2.
power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect.
3.
the state of being effective or operative; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect.
Can I just say I really love British slang?Genuine Evil said:
"Correlation does not imply causation" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
More than one word, but a phrase describing how some arguments can be supported by dodgy facts.
eg. the whole mobile phones causing cancer debate. Cancer cases have increased; mobile phone use has increased; therefore mobile phones cause cancer!
More than one word, but a phrase describing how some arguments can be supported by dodgy facts.
eg. the whole mobile phones causing cancer debate. Cancer cases have increased; mobile phone use has increased; therefore mobile phones cause cancer!
Everyone should know the word bubble.
Everyone should appreciate its lightly innocent and playful sound as it crosses their lips. Everyone should also be aware of the many possibilities for creatively neologistic portmanteaus based on the word, such as 'sensibubble': the imaginary sphere of ordinary and socially-acceptable behaviour in which a down-to-earth person is contained whilst madness ensues around them.
Everyone should appreciate its lightly innocent and playful sound as it crosses their lips. Everyone should also be aware of the many possibilities for creatively neologistic portmanteaus based on the word, such as 'sensibubble': the imaginary sphere of ordinary and socially-acceptable behaviour in which a down-to-earth person is contained whilst madness ensues around them.
This. Very much this. All across the internet.StriderShinryu said:
On a similar note:Twad said:
lose: 1) To be beaten in a contest
..........2) To misplace an object
loose: The opposite of tight.
Also the differences between there, they're, and their. And your and you're.
Uhm, not quite. Sanguine means cheerful or optimistic, or red.brandon237 said:
It can also mean passionate.
It does not mean solemn. Or even really bloody.
Honorificabilitudinatatibus. A state of being able to receive honours.
Aeaeae. Magic, the magical arts.
Et hoc genus omne. Latin for "And all that sort of thing". Always use in place of et cetera.
Anserine. Of or pertaining to geese, stupid.
Froward. Disobedient or unmanageable.
Aeaeae. Magic, the magical arts.
Et hoc genus omne. Latin for "And all that sort of thing". Always use in place of et cetera.
Anserine. Of or pertaining to geese, stupid.
Froward. Disobedient or unmanageable.
Mental note: demand my money back from the bastard study helper who taught us that as THE FIRST PIECE OF LEARNING FOR THE COURSE. My apologies, let me hide that now...Stasisesque said:
This is sort of unrelated (but interesting to me), but have you heard of univocalics?LiberalSquirrel said:
If not, it's a form of writing where you only use a single vowel, e.g:
Meg kept the wee sheep,
The sheep's fleece resembled sleet;
Then wherever Meg went
The sheep went there next;
He went where she needed her texts,
The precedent he neglected;
The pre-teen felt deep cheer
When the sheep entered there.
Sadly, I can't find a source for more of them. I just found that one with a quick google search. It was partly what prompted the choice of poem in the first post I made
Lexical gap. Yes, a phrase, not a word, but it's the term for when a phenomenon doesn't have a word to describe it, like that moment when you think of a perfect come-back for an insult several days after it has occurred.
Also,
Also,
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