Whatzat mean? Word origins.

homoe · 03-12-2018, 06:24 PM

Wonky............

Crooked; off-center; askew. Unsteady; shaky. Not functioning correctly; faulty, weak, wobbly.

homoe · 03-13-2018, 07:03 AM

Cahoots...............

Colluding or conspiring together secretly.

Cahoot is used almost exclusively in the phrase "in cahoots," which means "in an alliance or partnership." In most contexts, it describes the conspiring activity of people up to no good. "Cahoot" may derive from French cahute, meaning "cabin" or "hut," suggesting the notion of two or more people hidden away working together in secret.

homoe · 03-13-2018, 07:08 AM

Cheerio....

Used as an expression of good wishes on parting; goodbye.

British, 1910, from cheer.

homoe · 03-13-2018, 07:31 AM

maelstrom.........

A powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius. A restless, disordered, or tumultuous state of affairs.

Maelstrom comes from an early Dutch proper noun that literally meant "turning stream." The original Maelstrom is a channel that has dangerous tidal currents located off the northwest coast of Norway. The word became popularized in the general vocabulary of English in reference to a powerful whirlpool, or something akin to one, in the 19th century. This was partly due to its use by writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne (whose writing was widely translated from French) in stories exaggerating the tempestuousness of the Norwegian current and transforming it into a whirling vortex.

cathexis · 03-13-2018, 06:53 PM

Cryptocurrency

An alternate form of currency that is strictly digital.
Works through encryption over the internet making it's use anonymous.
Difficult for the receiver to prove who the sender
was and visa versa. There are 2 main types of cryptocurrency in
use at present, Bitcoin and Ether. There are other less used forms,
but they operate in the same or similar ways.

homoe · 03-13-2018, 08:23 PM

cryptic......

Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure. Having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning.

The history of "cryptic" starts with "kryptein," a Greek word meaning "to hide."

homoe · 03-13-2018, 08:27 PM

gander

To look or glance at something. A male goose.

Probably derivative of gander, from the goose-like appearance of a person stretching to look at something or somebody.

03-12-2018, 06:24 PM	#1
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03-13-2018, 07:03 AM	#2
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03-13-2018, 07:08 AM	#3
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03-13-2018, 07:31 AM	#4
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03-13-2018, 06:53 PM	#5
cathexis Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Trotskyist, Anarcho-syndicalist Preferred Pronoun?: They, Them, Their, Sir Bitch Relationship Status: open Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Great White North! Posts: 4,332 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,812 Thanked 4,705 Times in 1,604 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Cryptocurrency An alternate form of currency that is strictly digital. Works through encryption over the internet making it's use anonymous. Difficult for the receiver to prove who the sender was and visa versa. There are 2 main types of cryptocurrency in use at present, Bitcoin and Ether. There are other less used forms, but they operate in the same or similar ways.

03-13-2018, 08:23 PM	#6
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03-13-2018, 08:27 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: 21474890	gander To look or glance at something. A male goose. Probably derivative of gander, from the goose-like appearance of a person stretching to look at something or somebody.