Comments on: Help save the words! http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/ but not necessarily in that order Fri, 04 May 2012 12:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marsha http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10280 Marsha Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:40:28 +0000 http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10280 @JD: Okay, now you HAVE to tell me what you're watching that has a farting ninja. That is definitely something I need to put on my to-watch list. @JD: Okay, now you HAVE to tell me what you’re watching that has a farting ninja. That is definitely something I need to put on my to-watch list.

]]> By: JD http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10278 JD Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:17:56 +0000 http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10278 I am SO doing this. LOVE the ninja sentence (in the anime that I watch, the main ninja does that)! Will look for your word in future posts. I am SO doing this.

LOVE the ninja sentence (in the anime that I watch, the main ninja does that)!

Will look for your word in future posts.

]]> By: Marsha http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10246 Marsha Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:53:48 +0000 http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10246 @Shannah: That is a most excellent word! . @Katie: Gosh, it IS hard to choose. I guess you'll just have to adopt all three. @Shannah: That is a most excellent word!
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@Katie: Gosh, it IS hard to choose. I guess you’ll just have to adopt all three.

]]> By: Katie J http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10235 Katie J Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:10:35 +0000 http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10235 How do you choose? I love all three... odynometer n. instrument for measuring pain I'm not saying Steven in bad company, but he scores an 11 on the odynometer. aquabib n. water-drinker "An aquabib by day, alcoholic by night" - that's your grandfather. theomeny n. the fury of God Tempting theomeny, Barry the bee lied about his bee ancestors: Bee Gandhi, Bee Attila, Beejesus. How do you choose?

I love all three…

odynometer
n.
instrument for measuring pain
I’m not saying Steven in bad company, but he scores an 11 on the odynometer.

aquabib
n.
water-drinker
“An aquabib by day, alcoholic by night” – that’s your grandfather.

theomeny
n.
the fury of God
Tempting theomeny, Barry the bee lied about his bee ancestors: Bee Gandhi, Bee Attila, Beejesus.

]]> By: Shannah http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10222 Shannah Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:51:42 +0000 http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10222 OK, mine is "magophony," which means "a massacre of magi or priests." I will find a way to incorporate this into my language somehow...hmmm... I do like the website's sentence suggestion: "An outbreak of magophony in Italy caused a sudden drop in applications for theological studies." Haha! OK, mine is “magophony,” which means “a massacre of magi or priests.” I will find a way to incorporate this into my language somehow…hmmm… I do like the website’s sentence suggestion: “An outbreak of magophony in Italy caused a sudden drop in applications for theological studies.” Haha!

]]> By: Marsha http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10219 Marsha Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:45:26 +0000 http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10219 @Frank: Spell check? We don't need no stinkin' spell check! . Okay, come on, people--get over to the website and adopt a word, then tell me what it is! @Frank: Spell check? We don’t need no stinkin’ spell check!
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Okay, come on, people–get over to the website and adopt a word, then tell me what it is!

]]> By: Frank http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10217 Frank Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:10:20 +0000 http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10217 But why such a teterrimous example? The spell check doesn't like it either. But why such a teterrimous example? The spell check doesn’t like it either.

]]> By: Chris http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10212 Chris Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:16:41 +0000 http://first-things-first.net/2009/10/26/help-save-the-words/#comment-10212 IHmm. Would that sentence actually read as "most most foul"? ;) IHmm. Would that sentence actually read as “most most foul”? ;)

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