Whatzat mean? Word origins.

gotoseagrl · 08-26-2016, 05:46 PM

Unbeknownst - I love this word, and don't know why I have always used it, no one else I've known does.

"Unbeknownst derives from beknown, an obsolete synonym of known. But for a word with a straightforward history, unbeknownst and its older and less common variant unbeknown have created quite a flap among usage commentators. Despite widespread use (including appearances in the writings of Charles Dickens, A.E. Housman, and E.B. White), the two words have been called everything from "obsolete" to "vulgar." Our evidence, however, shows that both can be considered standard."

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbeknownst

homoe · 08-26-2016, 06:30 PM

origin: Smitten is related to the verb smite, which comes from the Old English smitan, meaning “to hit, strike, beat.” What do hitting and beating have to do with love, you may ask? Well, when some people fall in love they report feeling as though they've been "struck by lightning." Obviously those people have never actually been struck by lightning!

Overwhelmed or struck by something, usually love

homoe · 09-14-2016, 04:47 AM

The root is ossify, "to turn into bone," from the Latin word for "bone,".

ossified...........Too intoxicated to function properly (urban dictionary)

It can mean set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs.

To convert into or cause to harden like bone.

homoe · 01-30-2018, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by homoe

origin: Smitten is related to the verb smite, which comes from the Old English smitan, meaning “to hit, strike, beat.” What do hitting and beating have to do with love, you may ask? Well, when some people fall in love they report feeling as though they've been "struck by lightning." Obviously those people have never actually been struck by lightning!

Overwhelmed or struck by something, usually love

I think smitten is such a non-threatening way of telling someone you like them in a 'special way" without making them or yourself uncomfortable...

homoe · 01-31-2018, 09:41 PM

Kashrut

Is a set of Jewish religious dietary laws.

girl_dee · 02-01-2018, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by homoe

I think smitten is such a non-threatening way of telling someone you like them in a 'special way" without making them or yourself uncomfortable...

i love the word “smitten” .......

homoe · 02-03-2018, 12:04 PM

lethologica I just "borrowed" this word from another thread.....LOL

The inability to remember a particular word or name.

girl_dee · 02-03-2018, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by homoe

lethologica I just "borrowed" this word from another thread.....LOL

The inability to remember a particular word or name.

yup ..... thats a word i love, but can never remember

homoe · 02-03-2018, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by girl_dee

yup ..... thats a word i love, but can never remember

Thanks for letting me "borrow" it......LOL

girl_dee · 02-26-2018, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by homoe

lethologica I just "borrowed" this word from another thread.....LOL

The inability to remember a particular word or name.

OMG i was trying to remember this word, and i couldn’t. What’s it called when you can’t remember the word that means forgetting the names of words??

08-26-2016, 05:46 PM	#1
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08-26-2016, 06:30 PM	#2
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09-14-2016, 04:47 AM	#3
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01-31-2018, 09:41 PM	#5
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02-03-2018, 12:04 PM	#7
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,548 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	lethologica I just "borrowed" this word from another thread.....LOL The inability to remember a particular word or name.