tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post303233588193254289..comments2023-10-16T06:34:49.367-05:00Comments on Old Whig's Brain Dump: My daughter just made up a word.Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-84620495073615464342009-10-20T19:28:41.491-05:002009-10-20T19:28:41.491-05:00Oh, if only it were so.Oh, if only it were so.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-1310330989483395462009-10-19T18:52:12.187-05:002009-10-19T18:52:12.187-05:00I told a co-worker about your daughter's new w...I told a co-worker about your daughter's new word and he immediately thought it meant "a college".LibertyBobhttp://www.libertybob.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-77000301319792932252009-10-19T08:11:24.235-05:002009-10-19T08:11:24.235-05:00"cromulent"...? Had to look that one up...."cromulent"...? Had to look that one up. Live long and prosper. lol<br /><br />(If we're going to have fun, then branching out is always on the table.)T. F. Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998813855197833260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-40498663498283851112009-10-18T22:17:09.886-05:002009-10-18T22:17:09.886-05:00It was a thought like Mr. Stern's that first p...It was a thought like Mr. Stern's that first popped into my head when I read the word. It seems perfectly cromulent to me.LibertyBobhttp://www.libertybob.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-31917856552836505622009-10-18T19:59:01.633-05:002009-10-18T19:59:01.633-05:00You've convinced me Prob. It's brilliant,...You've convinced me Prob. It's brilliant, not to mention poetic. TF's'll be the ones in the dictionary, though. <br /><br />When, Prob, you write your daughter's biography, or a work of fiction based on her, that passage will fit right in.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-22693610550923251922009-10-18T17:01:05.872-05:002009-10-18T17:01:05.872-05:00Contrarium:( con trar e um )noun, 1. An enclosed ...Contrarium:( con trar e um )noun, 1. An enclosed area where opposing forces may be viewed such as the floor of Congress, courtroom or other fields of battle. 2. A philosophical location where arguments are brought out such as the comment section of a blog. 3. One who is contrary by nature.T. F. Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998813855197833260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-49937413345666708112009-10-18T12:32:00.615-05:002009-10-18T12:32:00.615-05:00Oh, not necessarily.
We were looking through our...Oh, not necessarily.<br /><br />We were looking through our kids baby records a week back. (This is the "output side" of the Plunket Society that helps mothers with new-born children as a free service to all).<br /><br />Week 36, our daughter was described by the Plunket Nurse as "Determined". That was partly in mind when I thought of the idea :) I can imagine describing The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-88259224907773218682009-10-17T19:47:28.380-05:002009-10-17T19:47:28.380-05:00Sounds like a tough one to work into a conversatio...Sounds like a tough one to work into a conversation.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-67845905515852971752009-10-17T13:50:20.925-05:002009-10-17T13:50:20.925-05:00How is about -
"a small tank of personality ...How is about -<br /><br />"a small tank of personality with a shoal of very excitable wishes trying to escape"The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com