Challenge 88 "Mordant" Replies

***DFelon204409*** · 05-19-2005, 04:04 PM

Talk about this challenge and any other issues it raises. I know this word is hard but it's also cool. Really cool. Enjoy. I expect tons of vets this time so we can show off for the n00bs.

05-19-2005, 04:28 PM

/shows off

?_?

WhatILivefoR · 05-19-2005, 04:47 PM

okay. I have to tell you this Dfelon. This is hilarious.

So, on Tuesday of this week, I figured that I actually might have had a chance to win last challenge.
So I started looking up cool words.
You won't believe this. The word I finally picked was indeed: "mordant".
I am not joking!
Woah. That was SO weird when I saw that the new word was the same one I had chosen.

freaky...

05-19-2005, 04:48 PM

"Brouhaha" is such a better word. Or "flippant". Or "nuptuals".

WhatILivefoR · 05-19-2005, 05:10 PM

how about "tchotchke"???

kevbud187 · 05-19-2005, 06:37 PM

or maybe "the"........ you would get a wide variety of songs

super deluxe · 05-19-2005, 06:50 PM

I assume mordant comes from the French verb "mordre," to bite.

And DFelon, the only reply I can possibly offer is the fact that I found a picture of you on the Gigaweb:

http://files.foundrymusic.com/JPEG/cameltoe_elvis.jpg

***DFelon204409*** · 05-19-2005, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhatILivefoR

okay. I have to tell you this Dfelon. This is hilarious.

So, on Tuesday of this week, I figured that I actually might have had a chance to win last challenge.
So I started looking up cool words.
You won't believe this. The word I finally picked was indeed: "mordant".
I am not joking!
Woah. That was SO weird when I saw that the new word was the same one I had chosen.

freaky...

That's pretty cool. Last challenge I was deciding between this and "scotch" and I decided to save "mordant" for later because "scotch" had so many different meanings.

pixiesfanyo · 05-19-2005, 07:36 PM

Scotch more like sucktch.

***DFelon204409*** · 05-19-2005, 07:49 PM

More like what I'm saving for Saturday when I finish my psych final.

pixiesfanyo · 05-19-2005, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DFelon204409

More like what I'm saving for Saturday when I finish my psych final.

More like you are going to wake up next to that girl with the crazy eye on the rugby team sunday night.

***DFelon204409*** · 05-19-2005, 09:35 PM

More like I'm going to kick you in the balls.

http://shim1.shutterfly.com/procsser...OWryw4Qop4d-YA

http://shim1.shutterfly.com/procsser...OWryw8Qop4d-ZA

And besides, that's no way to talk about super_deluxe's friends.

05-19-2005, 10:21 PM

Twelve replies and this is already the best replies thread we've ever had.

kevbud187 · 05-20-2005, 12:26 AM

i agree S Dagger.

anyway.....

Main Entry: manifest
Function: transitive verb
: to make evident or certain by showing or displaying
synonym see SHOW

^^ srry DFelon had to correct you

05-20-2005, 12:27 AM

I think he meant you used it wrong in context.

/checks

05-20-2005, 12:28 AM

Hm. Maybe he's just used to it being a noun. Whatev.

***DFelon204409*** · 05-20-2005, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevbud187

i agree S Dagger.

anyway.....

Main Entry: manifest
Function: transitive verb
: to make evident or certain by showing or displaying
synonym see SHOW

^^ srry DFelon had to correct you

Oh whoops. I was pretty careless with that. I read it carefully this time and realized the problem. "Manifest" makes sense only if followed by an abstract now like "intent" or "anger." Manifesting a mordant smile is incredibly awkward because manifest is never used for something like a smile. Imagine the difference between manifesting an emotion or concept instead of a movement like a smile. That's why it seems so awkwardly used.

c0nart · 05-20-2005, 03:49 PM

"awkwardly used"
maybe she was trying to be creative ;-)
but I see what you mean it's definitely a different way to use the word and it doesn't seem right but it works all the same..

ATC · 05-20-2005, 04:12 PM

and the cow jumped over the moon.

kevbud187 · 05-20-2005, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by c0nart

"awkwardly used"
maybe she was trying to be creative ;-)
but I see what you mean it's definitely a different way to use the word and it doesn't seem right but it works all the same..

i am a man.............

wow i REALLY need to change my avatar

05-19-2005, 04:04 PM	#1
*DFelon204409* i want tha gold Supermod Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Francisco Posts: 14,900	Challenge 88 "Mordant" Replies Talk about this challenge and any other issues it raises. I know this word is hard but it's also cool. Really cool. Enjoy. I expect tons of vets this time so we can show off for the n00bs.
	Digging: Brother/Ghost - Black Ice

05-19-2005, 07:36 PM	#9
pixiesfanyo huffing & puffing Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: idyllwild, ca Posts: 17,777	Scotch more like sucktch.
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05-19-2005, 07:49 PM	#10
*DFelon204409* i want tha gold Supermod Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Francisco Posts: 14,900	More like what I'm saving for Saturday when I finish my psych final.
	Digging: Brother/Ghost - Black Ice

05-19-2005, 09:35 PM	#12
*DFelon204409* i want tha gold Supermod Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Francisco Posts: 14,900	More like I'm going to kick you in the balls. http://shim1.shutterfly.com/procsser...OWryw4Qop4d-YA http://shim1.shutterfly.com/procsser...OWryw8Qop4d-ZA And besides, that's no way to talk about super_deluxe's friends.
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05-19-2005, 04:28 PM	#2
SubtleDagger Guest Posts: n/a	/shows off ?_?

05-19-2005, 04:47 PM	#3
WhatILivefoR Sciolist Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 226	okay. I have to tell you this Dfelon. This is hilarious. So, on Tuesday of this week, I figured that I actually might have had a chance to win last challenge. So I started looking up cool words. You won't believe this. The word I finally picked was indeed: "mordant". I am not joking! Woah. That was SO weird when I saw that the new word was the same one I had chosen. freaky...

05-19-2005, 04:48 PM	#4
SubtleDagger Guest Posts: n/a	"Brouhaha" is such a better word. Or "flippant". Or "nuptuals".

05-19-2005, 05:10 PM	#5
WhatILivefoR Sciolist Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 226	how about "tchotchke"???

05-19-2005, 06:37 PM	#6
kevbud187 Komm, süßer Tod Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern California Guitar: 1967 Martin D-15 Posts: 1,131	or maybe "the"........ you would get a wide variety of songs

05-19-2005, 06:50 PM	#7
super deluxe ... Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,684	I assume mordant comes from the French verb "mordre," to bite. And DFelon, the only reply I can possibly offer is the fact that I found a picture of you on the Gigaweb: http://files.foundrymusic.com/JPEG/cameltoe_elvis.jpg

05-19-2005, 10:21 PM	#13
SubtleDagger Guest Posts: n/a	Twelve replies and this is already the best replies thread we've ever had.

05-20-2005, 12:26 AM	#14
kevbud187 Komm, süßer Tod Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern California Guitar: 1967 Martin D-15 Posts: 1,131	i agree S Dagger. anyway..... Main Entry: manifest Function: transitive verb : to make evident or certain by showing or displaying synonym see SHOW ^^ srry DFelon had to correct you

05-20-2005, 12:27 AM	#15
SubtleDagger Guest Posts: n/a	I think he meant you used it wrong in context. /checks

05-20-2005, 12:28 AM	#16
SubtleDagger Guest Posts: n/a	Hm. Maybe he's just used to it being a noun. Whatev.

05-20-2005, 03:49 PM	#18
c0nart Corupt's banned.. Hi Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 17	"awkwardly used" maybe she was trying to be creative ;-) but I see what you mean it's definitely a different way to use the word and it doesn't seem right but it works all the same..

05-20-2005, 04:12 PM	#19
ATC Thru leaves,over bridges Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 6,746	and the cow jumped over the moon.