dclamp's Word Of The Day

[dclamp]

Everyday i will post a new word of the day. Try to use it on the forums as much as possible

Contemptuous
Definition: (adj) To be contemptuous is to have the feeling that someone or something is beneath you; that it or they are worthless.

Sentence: The wealthy man was contemptuous of the old homeless lady in the street

[abhijit]

Are you trying to be contemptuous of everyone else on the board, by showing off your knowledge?

[dclamp]

yes

[dclamp]

and these are my vocabulary words for English class

[kregg]

Try learning japanese buuuuuudy.

[dclamp]

i am already learning spanish, and that is hard enough

[abhijit]

Try learning Hindi. its very easy.

[kregg]

Don't let the door hit you on your way out

[oceanebelle]

Having had no breakfast, and have the urge to poo, I have a contemptuous longing for rice right now.

[dclamp]

nice use of the word oceane

[Lord Orwell]

japanese is easy to learn to speak from what i understand. it's reading it that is difficult.

[dclamp]

Hoodwink
Definition: (Verb) To trick or mislead

Sentence: Mendhak hoodwinked RobDog into thinking that the world was going to end, and it really wasnt going to end.

[dclamp]

Obstreperous
Definition: (adj) loud, unruly

Sentence: The class was obstreperous when the teacher was trying to lecture.

[Lord Orwell]

ok i got a 780 just on the verbal of the SAT, and i have never heard THAT word before.

[hairball]

dclamp's obstreperous posts crashed the whole internet.

[oceanebelle]

Klegg's obstreperousness made timeshifter hoodwink dclamp to become a goon.

[dclamp]

Klegg's obstreperousness made timeshifter hoodwink dclamp to become a goon.

[oceanebelle]

coutesy of zaza.

[techgnome]

Your contemptuous plan to hoodwink us into using big words is only going to lead to a obstreperous thread in the end.

-tg

[dclamp]

nice use of our vocabulary. Ok guys, there will be a test tomorrow, dont forget to study lol

[kregg]

Mind you, oceanebelle is creating her own vocabulary...

Klegg?

[kregg]

Klegg
Definition: (noun) bufoon, moron

Sentence: DClamp was unimpressed by kregg's abillity to be such a klegg.

[dclamp]

bravado
Definition: (noun) A real or pretended show of courage or boldness.

Sentence: The man in that show had real bravado the way he ate that lion alive.

[kregg]

Timeshifter is a living example of bravado in action.

[wossname]

The toolshed was silent apart from the bravado.

[kregg]

Fedora is one of the many bravado operating systems out there.