[TheJoshu]

This time I did a search (sorry about the quotes thing. I'm going blind, or crazy, or both!) and apparently nobody's done this yet. So - does anyone have any particularly delicious words to share?

port�man�teau \port-"man-(')to, port-\ noun pl port�man�teaus or port�man�teaux \-(')toz\ [MF portemanteau, fr. porter to carry + manteau mantle, fr. L mantellum � more at port] (1579)
1 : a large suitcase
2 : a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms (as smog from smoke and fog)

I apologize again if a similar thread has been posted and I've missed it.

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[maxelson]

pedantic (ironic I should put this in, hmmm?): marked by a narrow, almost ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules.

Where's Don? What's the word of the day from the Pickett Fence?

[TheJoshu]

There's nothing wrong with being pedantic.

ser�en�dip�i�ty \-"di-pe-te\ noun [fr. its possession by the heroes of the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip] (1754)
: the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for

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[Mac_hiavelli]

Mackintosh, Macintosh, mak'in-tosh, noun. A waterproof overcoat.

[nealconner]

I get the word-of-the-day in my inbox: http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/

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[happypork]

I like pizza.

[nealconner]

Originally posted by happypork:
I like pizza.

And I had the pear dream again, what's new.

[TheJoshu]

I get A Word A Day in my box.
http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html

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A monk asked Joshu: "Has a dog Buddha-nature or not?"
Joshu answered: "Mu."

Mumon's comments: "Has a dog Buddha-nature? This is the most serious question of all. If you say yes or no, you lose your own Buddha-nature."

[Fred CHOTTIN]

For your info, Joshu, 'serendib' is the Arabic name of Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

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[TheJoshu]

I wouldn't be able to answer that on Jeopardy, but I have a vague recollection of finding that on my way to finding serendipity.

...in the dictionary, that is.

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A monk asked Joshu: "Has a dog Buddha-nature or not?"
Joshu answered: "Mu."

Mumon's comments: "Has a dog Buddha-nature? This is the most serious question of all. If you say yes or no, you lose your own Buddha-nature."

[DBursey]

Don't you guys ever tire of all this verbigeration?

[maxelson]

Originally posted by DBursey:
Don't you guys ever tire of all this verbigeration?

even though the whole thing has been played to moribundity? Never.

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