― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 26 November 2004 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 26 November 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 26 November 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)
new:
antediluvian -- old as shit, pre-flood
― roxymuzak, Monday, 16 July 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)
ob·tuse [uhb-toos, -tyoos] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective 1. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull. 2. not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form. 3. (of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity. 4. indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound. [Origin: 1500–10; < L obtūsus dulled (ptp. of obtundere), equiv. to ob- ob- + tūd-, var. s. of tundere to beat + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s]
― stevienixed, Monday, 16 July 2007 14:52 (eighteen years ago)
hoo-ha
/ˈho͞ohä/nouninformal•Britishnoun: hoo-ha; plural noun: hoo-has; noun: hooha; plural noun: hoohas
a commotion; a fuss. "the book was causing such a hoo-ha"
Origin
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Thursday, 2 December 2021 22:55 (four years ago)
steatopygia
stē-ăt″ə-pĭj′ē-ə, -pī′jē-ənoun
1. An extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks.2. An excessive accumulation of fat on the buttocks.3. An extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
NB: First result on Duckduckgo. I was happy to see definitions 1. and 3. are identical, as if to accentuate just how extreme the accumulation of fat is!
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 3 December 2021 02:06 (four years ago)
I've also seen hoo-ha spelled huha, which I quite like for its air of brisk dismissiveness.
I've only ever seen that spelling in Antonia Forest's Marlow books, though, so it's entirely possible she made it up.
― Lily Dale, Friday, 3 December 2021 02:20 (four years ago)