Aurielius Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 With the HMS Illustrious being the only active carrier...Paucity.... as in the RN suffers from a paucity (insufficiency) of blue water air superiority capability, being bereft of any true fleet carriers. :whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman5000 Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 ...and lose the same ones for no definition.You lose double points for making up rules :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidus44 Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Aye, the RN is in a lugubrious state, but mostly due to the vicissitudes of the financial state of Europe but mostly due to improvident politicians. lugubrious: mournful; gloomy; dismal.vicissitude: change in condition or fortune.improvident: lacking foresight; negligent; thoughtless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDNA Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 yawn ... I think some people here shouldn't be behaving like a whining ...yeomanette. (plural yeomanettes, a woman serving as a yeoman in the U.S. naval reserve force during and immediately after World War I)And if we would expand the game for non English terms we might have an cultural interaction ( only the explanation needs to be in English and it needs to be (recherchierbar German term for: ) researchable, Now try this to say it in German without any accent. If betting wouldn't be illegal here, I would wage 100$, that even Aurelius, or his wife can manage this word without any trouble on 1st try. I'm close to even assume that his dog can manage this word after a view tries of special training. But on most others here of your I have serious doubts on the 1st try.Make this one open and you might learn a word or two from other languages if you like ...the world challenges the anglophobic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidus44 Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 mordacious: sharp or caustic in style, tone.rebarbative: repellent; irritating and keeping with the german theme - sitzfleisch: the ability to sit out a problem or ignore it long enough in the hope it will go away.gesundheit: Used to wish good health to someone who has sneezed. A german businessman was on an Aeroflot flight crossing Russia when the woman next to him sneezed. He said 'Gesundheit!' She said: 'Thank goodness, someone who speaks English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurielius Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Pseudosophy- foolish pretense of wisdom....(aimed at no one) :biggrin:The look my dog or wife pseudosophically gives me when I try persuade them that I know what I am doing, when in fact I'm wingin it. Good to see you Silver..and yes I think we should open the floodgates..bound to learn something.I checked and if there is a German version you will have to enlighten me as usual.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDNA Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Inkompetenzkompensationskompetenz in German (and click on the word for the German Wikipedia entry if you don't believe it)incompetencefactorcorrectioncompetence (translated to English) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurielius Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Inkompetenzkompensationskompetenz in German (and click on the word for the German Wikipedia entry if you don't believe it)incompetencefactorcorrectioncompetence (translated to English)One of the fun things about German is that you just add words and make a conglomeration... ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDNA Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 (edited) Inkompetenzkompensationskompetenz in German (and click on the word for the German Wikipedia entry if you don't believe it)incompetencefactorcorrectioncompetence (translated to English)One of the fun things about German is that you just add words and make a conglomeration... ;D It is a living language! We have a wide array of words created and have even a yearly competition for the worst of them to discountenance foreigners. ;D Edit : I hope, you could translate above Wiki entry. :wink: Edited July 6, 2013 by SilverDNA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurielius Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Serindipity- 'unexpected fortuitous accident' ....as in it's serendipitous that Silver has decided to broaden our cultural horizons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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