WOTD

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Xenophilia

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1826058671.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+11%2C+2003&author=&pub=Daily+Record&desc=How+do+you+want+to+be+welcomed+into+a+group+if+you're+a+stranger%3F&pqatl=google

On the other hand, the very same strangeness may not only pique our interest, but blossom into xenophilia--an intrigued, fascinated love of that which is different.

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/61455492.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+20%2C+1989&author=&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=WALL-POSTER+POWER&pqatl=google

The hard-liners also accused Hu of "xenophilia" for preaching an opening to the outside world, in particular to Japan.

[organofcorti]

I know, I just like to try to figure out what a word mean from context. Its way funner!

Then I give up and look at the definition, which in this case had nothing to do with turkeys or beds.

An apercu general of Turkish nationalism till the end of the First War World, died today in, ironically, his own bed.

~Cackling Bear~

Now I'm seriously impressed. Your Google Fu knows no bounds.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

I know, I just like to try to figure out what a word mean from context. Its way funner!

Then I give up and look at the definition, which in this case had nothing to do with turkeys or beds.

An apercu general of Turkish nationalism till the end of the First War World, died today in, ironically, his own bed.

~Cackling Bear~

Now I'm seriously impressed. Your Google-Fu knows no bounds.

FTFY ~ http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=google-fu


Matthew tell me eat!

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Reconnoiter

http://www.boston.com/Boston/businessupdates/2012/04/irobot-gears-for-national-robotics-week/QHf8n4qXZ0gmAw2hncqb7O/index.html

The company's military robots, meanwhile, can reconnoiter battlefields and other dangerous areas while troops stay out of harm's way.

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/04/10/were-on-the-road-to-comic-con-the-heros-journey-continues/

Also take the opportunity to reconnoiter inside and outside the center, before it fills up with crowds.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Somebody, please tell me that there's not a word for this:

[Bitcoin Oz]

Attempted murder

 

[Phinnaeus Gage]

That's item #3 here:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scat

I learnt a new word today. When I first read it, I thought it was this guy:

[Phinnaeus Gage]

bona fides

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20120418/BLOGS06/120419390/1008/sports

Message boards abound where fans (who often remain anonymous) trumpet the virtues and bona fides for their favorite players and teams.

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2012/apr/18/movie-reviews/

His bona fides are poor, but the principal (appealing Danielle Proulx) is rattled and desperate.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Agnomen

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/sbwire-135158.htm

PCCare247 is a proverbial agnomen in doling out online technical support for computer and peripherals.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9XYDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tSkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5790,2323310&dq=agnomen&hl=en

She is the feminine of Felix, which seems to have been an agnomen assumed by any individual at will when he considered himself unusually fortunate.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Hsien

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/960165752.html?dids=960165752:960165752&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+23%2C+1969&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=China's+8+Immortals&pqatl=google

Chung Li-ch'uan, chief of the "hsien," many centuries ago discovered the secret of immortality and of assuming various forms.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Obtuse

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/how-the-community-solved-fezs-hardest-puzzle/

The other half is solving puzzles, some of which hide their solutions in plain sight, while others taunt players with obtuse, seemingly indecipherable clues.

http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2012/04/tax-and-mend/

The continuing furore over the Budget--ranging from charitable giving to pasties--reflects the enormous complexity of the world's most obtuse tax system.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Germinal

http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2012/04/frankly-music-walton-and-elgar-at-wisconsin-lutheran/

But you could feel the organic probing of this germinal little figure, wiggling relentlessly on its evolutionary way from start to finish.

http://www.mxdwn.com/2012/04/03/reviews/electric-flower-group-ep-i-and-ep-ii/

Where the first triptych, simply titled Electric Flower EP, is a little shakier and germinal under the microscope, the second threesome, conveniently called Electric Flower EP II, proves a more robust man-eating disease.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Fard

http://books.google.com/books?id=5QExAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA9&dq=%22layer+of+fard%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SMuWT7HlMu306AGdwNHKDg&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22layer%20of%20fard%22&f=false

I fancy I shall have sufficient ingenuity to reverse the process, or better still, to hide the ravages of despair beneath a layer of fard.

http://www.onislam.net/english/family/moms-and-dads/cyber-life/456488-meet-counselor-sakeena-abdulraheem.html

Moreover, his ideas are very disturbing - for example he thinks that a headscarf is not fard and it's enough just to wear modest clothes and so on.

[organofcorti]

Fard me up, baby.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Barnburner (I was going to pass up yesterday's word-of-the-day, until I saw was it was--sorry for the delay)

http://prommanow.com/index.php/2012/04/26/go-fight-live-announces-five-events-to-air-this-weekend/

Steele has only had 1 of his 9 bouts go to a decision so his fight with Hall is shaping up to be a barnburner as neither man likes to go for the decision.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501708_162-57410194/fact-check-is-obama-like-ike-on-spending/

Twice in his barnburner campaign speech this week, Obama likened his administration to Republican Dwight Eisenhower's in asserting that he's got domestic spending on a path to be the lowest, as a share of the economy, since Ike was president.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Nosh

http://poway.patch.com/articles/nosh-your-heart-out-at-jewish-food-festival

Ready to nosh on what could arguably be some of the best food in town? The 2012 San Diego Jewish Food Festival is this weekend in Poway.

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/963501/daily-bread-food-bank-brown-boxes-it-for-the-love-of-feeding-those-in-need

Enjoy drink, gourmet nosh and support Daily Bread while chefs whip an ordinary food box into something worthy of applause.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Littoral

http://www.eurasiareview.com/28042012-can-china-become-a-major-arctic-player-analysis/

As it stands, China will definitely need to convince the five littoral states of its benign intentions.

http://www.marinelink.com/news/rollsroyce-littoral343788.aspx

Designed to operate in combat zones close to the shore (littoral waters), each LCS will be equipped with two Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines, powering four large Mk1 water jets.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Ensconce

http://www.slashfilm.com/week-trailers-keye-luke/

It's a shame that this is the tease because I want more, it's a story that I want to sit and enjoy, a time period that I want to ensconce myself in.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/myra-chanin/a-survivor-of-the-titanic_b_1443839.html

Its purpose was to ensconce visiting warmongers in elegant lodgings while they priced munitions.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Aphotic

http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=8258

The aphotic zone receives no light at all, and this region's inhabitants live in complete darkness…with the exception of the lights they emit from their own bodies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/books/review/29BISSELL.html

This urge does not necessarily result in novels with nameless characters, mutating typography or unpunctuated attempts to explore the aphotic realm of human consciousness.

[organofcorti]

After reading this thread, I now win most of my "Words with friends" games. Alsomy tallywhacker is three inches longer, and I'm more regular.

Thank you Bruno.