VOCAB wars

[Tidus44]

quinquagenarian: A person 50 years old, or in his or her fifties.

 

Saw this on my annual medical report Monday - thanx Doc.

[Aurielius]

Seeksorrow- a masochist

 

Now this one surprised me..for no reason in particular.

[SilverDNA]

Therblig(s)

are 18 kinds of elemental motions used in the study of motion economy in the workplace. A workplace task is analyzed by recording each of the therblig units for a process, with the results used for optimization of manual labor by eliminating unneeded movements.

[Aurielius]

Therblig(s)

are 18 kinds of elemental motions used in the study of motion economy in the workplace. A workplace task is analyzed by recording each of the therblig units for a process, with the results used for optimization of manual labor by eliminating unneeded movements.

Dear God, where did you did that one up Silver...lol

 

Acronychal- occurring after dark or nightfall

[Tidus44]

sonder;

The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.

[Keanumoreira]

Gubernatorial

 

 

Of or having to do with a governor

[SilverDNA]

 

Therblig(s)

are 18 kinds of elemental motions used in the study of motion economy in the workplace. A workplace task is analyzed by recording each of the therblig units for a process, with the results used for optimization of manual labor by eliminating unneeded movements.

Dear God, where did you did that one up Silver...lol

 

Acronychal- occurring after dark or nightfall

 

The normal German terror at work to measure hidden pauses. Of course nobody knows the term in English unless you look it up. :laugh:

 

Heptarchy (Greek: seven + realm)

is a collective name applied to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of south, east, and central Great Britain during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, conventionally identified as seven: Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex and Wessex. The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms eventually unified into the Kingdom of England.

(That one I stumbled upon reading some historic based novel some years ago.)

The term has been in use since the 16th century, but the initial idea that there were seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms is attributed to the English historian Henry of Huntingdon in the 12th century and was first used in his Historia Anglorum.

Edited August 15, 2013 by SilverDNA

[Keanumoreira]

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis:

 

A lung disease. :sick:

[Keanumoreira]

I can't post this one since it's too long, but this is the longest published word: Titin

 

It's a chemical name over 1800 words long. Look it up. :wacko:

[Aurielius]

Intrepid- fearless with fortitutde

 

I picked this since it's the 70th anniversary of the Intrepid's launch and the first CV I ever served on. :cool: