compurgator \KAHM-per-gay-ter\ (noun) : one that vouches under oath for the character or conduct of an accused person Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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Unfortunately, my compurgator turned out to be a cross between Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.
Hmm... and I always thought a compurgator was the latest computerized alligator toy from Sony. It's not a big seller because it responds to every command by eating your poodle.
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The defense lawyer strode confidently up to the witness stand. He swept his gaze over the jury and let it rest upon the shackled witness.
"You now stand as the defendant's compugator. Is that correct?" he said in a smooth tone.
"Yessir." the witness grunted.
"Would you please explain your relationship to the defendant."
"He's mah bitch."
"When did you first meet Mr. Norton?" the lawyer queried.
"Last night in shower J2."
Suddenly, from the prosecutions desk came a loud "OBJECTION!"
After a minute-long pause the judge, in a harsh tone, said "Please be kind enough to explain the objection prosecutor Burns."
"Well sir, this man cannot be used as a compugator. He has hardly known the defendant 24 hours!"
The judge smirked "I agree. This man is completely useless as a compugator. Please remove him from the courtroom baliff."
Exasperatedly the defense leapt to the judge's seat.
"Please, your honor, my client has no other person who can act as a compugator. He has been in hiding for over 10 years! All his friend's and family have passed-"
"I've heard enough of this." The judge snapped "I find this man to be of no use, legally, as a compugator. Please remove him from the court baliff."
The would-be compugator stalked out of the chambers mumbling "He's mah bitch, yessir he is!"
sylvan \SIL-vun\ (adjective) 1 a : living or located in the woods or forest 1 b : of, relating to, or characteristic of the woods or forest 2 a : made, shaped, or formed of woods or trees 2 b : abounding in woods, groves, or trees : wooded Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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quote:Hmm... and I always thought a compurgator was the latest computerized alligator toy from Sony. It's not a big seller because it responds to every command by eating your poodle
I should think that such a toy would be popular everywhere but Beverly Hills.
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Upon entering the sylvan glade, Bob thought that the scent would make a wonderful air freshener. So, he had the whole place leveled and shipped off to the factory for rendering.
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How long do you people plan on continuing this thread? It's probably not nocuous to your mental health, but EIGHT pages?
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bona fides \boh-nuh-FYE-deez\ (noun) 1 : good faith : sincerity 2 : evidence of one's good faith or genuineness -- often plural in construction 3 : evidence of one's qualifications or achievements -- often plural in construction Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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menorah \muh-NOR-uh\ (noun) : a candelabrum with seven or nine candles that is used in Jewish worship Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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In the grand scheme of things, celebrating the fact that one night's worth of oil lasted MANY MANY days is a better reason to own a menorah than just that it looks cool on your mantel and goes with your decor.
deflagrate \DEF-luh-grayt\ (verb) intransitive sense : to burn rapidly with intense heat and sparks being given off transitive sense : to cause to burn in such a manner Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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fountainhead \FOWN-tun-hed\ (noun) 1 : a spring that is the source of a stream 2 : principal source : origin Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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nexus \NEK-sus\ (noun) 1 : connection, link :also, a causal link 2 : a connected group or series 3 : center, focus Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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After Bill's gibe about the jib, he was quite embarrassed to find it was he who had run the boat aground! Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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gild the lily \GILD-thuh-LIH-lee\ (verb phrase) : to add unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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My yoga teacher's attempts to conglobate me resulted in a lengthly hospital stay, which, ironically, gave me the time I needed to meditate. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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I always take these as a challenge. One of things I've learned by doing this job is that *everything* is a word! And the more something is actually used the more likely it is to be included in a dictionary.
I just learned that "Dobie" is a variation of dobe, a variation of adobe. It's been used since the mid-1800s. So your house may well be Dobiesque. (Though you may well be naming yourself after the TV character.)
FWIW, we do take a lot of -esque, -like words when we're compiling things for OED's database. It's a way of monitoring how prevalent a word is in our vocabulary. Spocklike would certainly communicate to a large group of people.
gnomic \NOH-mik\ (adjective) 1 : characterized by aphorism 2 : given to the composition of aphoristic writing Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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Wang-mu lapsed into epigrams even though as a gnomic philospher she was 'supposed' to spit out aphorisms such as: Bob and dobie are a two headed dog barking in unison. But what happens when the dog decides to chase its own tail?
[Guess who just started reading _Children of the Mind_?]
solstice \SAHL-stiss or SOHL-stiss\ (noun) : the time of year when the sun is farthest north of the equator or farthest south of the equator Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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syncretic \sin-KREH-tik or sing-KREH-tik\ (adjective) : characterized or brought about by the combination of different forms of belief or practice Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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I propose a syncretic faith as the only way to avoid bloodshed. Mainly, everyone will be so absorbed in figuring out what the silly mish-mosh means that they'll have very little time left over for large-scale conflicts. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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