« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Down

Author Topic: Word of the day  (Read 2040 times)

Steve H

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10996
  • God? She's black.
Re: Word of the day
« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2024, 03:18:43 PM »
I must admit to having felt a modicum of epicaricacy at the fate of the Toreis on the night of July 4th and 5th.
Logged
( (12 + 144 + 20 + 3 Sqrt[4]) / 7 ) + 5*11 = 9^2+ 0

Aruntraveller

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11586
Re: Word of the day
« Reply #26 on: November 06, 2024, 10:18:36 PM »
..
Logged
If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. - God is Love.

Aruntraveller

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11586
Re: Word of the day
« Reply #27 on: December 11, 2024, 12:02:40 PM »
enshittification

noun
The gradual degradation of an online platform or service's functionality, as part of a cycle in which the platform or service first offers benefits to users to attract them, then pursues more and more profits at the expense of users.
Logged
If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. - God is Love.

Steve H

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10996
  • God? She's black.
Re: Word of the day
« Reply #28 on: December 11, 2024, 12:33:22 PM »
Pokemon.
CONNECTINOS SPOILER ALERT!












I discovered to day that "pokemon" is a portmanteau word, short for "poketto monsutera", which is Anglo-Japanese for "pocket monsters". I discovered years ago, from 'A Ride In the Neon Sun', josie Dew's account of her tour of Japan by bike, that there are quite a lot of English loan-words in Japanese, their spelling and pronunciation altered to conform to Japanese practise, eg "curejitu cado", credit card.
Logged
( (12 + 144 + 20 + 3 Sqrt[4]) / 7 ) + 5*11 = 9^2+ 0
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Up
« previous next »