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10-18-2005, 11:48 AM
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Word of the day...
castrato (kăsträ´tō) -- a male singer with an artificially created soprano or alto voice, the result of castration in boyhood. The combination of the larynx of a youth and the chest and lungs of a man produced a powerful voice of great range and unique sound. Castrati were especially popular in churches and opera in Europe during the 17th and 18th cent. The most celebrated castrato was Carlo Broschi Farinelli. In 1870 the practice of castrating promising young singers (or castratism) was outlawed in Italy, the last country where it was still in custom.
The things you learn on the History Channel...  Unfortunately it was never outlawed in the United States...
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10-18-2005, 11:49 AM
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I thought douchelozzle was the word of the day?
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10-18-2005, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by FindlayBucks
I thought douchelozzle was the word of the day?
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I thought it was antidisestablishmentarianism? |
10-18-2005, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by FindlayBucks
I thought douchelozzle was the word of the day?
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You've got your word, I've got mine... 
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10-18-2005, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Thump
I thought it was antidisestablishmentarianism?
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That's so last week...
My word of the day is godwottery.
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This week's theme: words about words.
godwottery (god-WOT-uhr-ee) noun
1. Gardening marked by an affected and elaborate style.
2. Affected use of archaic language.
[From the line "A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!" in a poem by Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897).]
Now here is a word with a dual personality. Poet T.E. Brown unwittingly
helped coin it when he wrote a poem describing his garden filled with all
that came to his mind: grotto, pool, ferns, roses, fish, and more.
And when he needed a word to rhyme with the line "Rose plot," he came up
with "God wot!" He used "wot", an archaic term that's a variant of wit
(to know), to mean "God knows!" and it stood out among other contemporary words in the poem.
If you wish to create your own godwottery, we recommend: sundials, gnomes, fairies, plastic sculptures, fake rockery, pump-driven streams, and
wrought-iron furniture. A pair of pink flamingos will round it out nicely.
-Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org)
"And an important thing about all this godwottery -- as Anthony Burgess
calls it -- is that all types and classes embrace it."
Paul Fussell; The Great War and Modern Memory; Oxford University Press;
2000.
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Which is also totally homo, if you ask me... I mean, they're recommending gnomes and fairies...
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10-18-2005, 12:03 PM
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Sobriety is my bitch lover
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I thought douchelozzle was the word of the day?
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I second this!
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10-18-2005, 01:08 PM
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You're all wrong. The word of the day is "[censored]".
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10-18-2005, 01:11 PM
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Sobriety is my bitch lover
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