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Sockdolager something that settles a matter; a decisive blow or answer Apparently, it was one of the last words Abraham Lincoln heard before he was shot : In Tom Taylor’s play Our American Cousin , there occurs the line “Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, you sockdologising old man-...

caducity
the infirmity or weakness of old age; frailty

Due to the patient's caducity, it would be wise to eliminate his exposure to significant amounts of frass.

Tally M. wrote:

Whistler wrote:I'm sure that other colleges offer bookbinding but I enjoyed it. I took an honors class on classical music in pop culture that was fun.

Did you take it with Dr. Howard?

Yes. (source: I was in the same class)

frass: (1) Fine powdery refuse or fragile perforated wood produced by the activity of boring insects. (2) The excrement of insect larvae. I encountered this word in its second definition today during a presentation by our library's conservation department. This is my 4-year-old daughter's favorite ...

vinculum
that line that goes above a repeating decimal (and has other uses as well)

(I was probably taught the name in a math class at some point, but it has no familiarity to me at all)

'How full is the cellaret, lad?' 'Point three with a vinculum, sir.'

cellaret
a deep, often metal-lined drawer in a sideboard used for storing wines and liquors.

We could enhance the look of our cellarets by commissioning a diptych.

gallimaufry: a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley From Simon Winchester's A Crack in the Edge of the World : "This unattractive gallimaufry of attitudes and morals that made up pre-earthquake San Francisco was presided over, most appropriately, by a city government that was as corrupt as it wa...

Katya wrote:noisome - having an extremely offensive smell

Interestingly, in Russian, while most people say they "чувствовать" (feel) a smell, there are many who say they "слышать" (hear) a smell.

Pounce: a fine powder, most often made from powdered cuttlefish bone, that was used both to dry ink and to sprinkle on a rough writing surface to make it smooth enough for writing

I cannot write a description of the bight outside of my window, as I have run out of pounce.

I just want to chime in with an observation, that just like in "White and Nerdy," "It's All About the Pentiums," and various other songs, Weird Al's "Word Crimes" makes fun of the internet culture (people who correct "grammar" mistakes every chance they get, r...

Question #78474 In 2003 or so, Elder Russel M. Nelson came to my mission in Ukraine and did a Q & A after his talk. He cut one of the elders off midsentence to correct him when he said "D & C" instead of "Doctrine & Covenants". It sounded more like a pet peeve to me ...

Emiliana wrote:

Digit wrote:Saddle seats on an airplane? No thanks.

Ugh!

And I'm sure there will be a $20 fold-down fee too.

Dune is classic sci-fi stuff, definitely top of the list. I love how it is set so far into the future that a completely different society can be imagined, it helps put things into perspective. It also has the benefit of introducing key themes that reappear in sci-fi literature more generally. Dune ...

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is extremely good. High quality writing from a black female author, seems pretty important to expose high school kids to that, so it gets my vote. It deals with important issues of race and sexual abuse, and while not everyone will enjoy reading it, they will not be ...

yeah, didn't some prophet clarify that the "hot drinks" part is coffee/tea? A lot of prophets have clarified a lot of things about the Word of Wisdom, from decaf coffee being okay (McKay) to caffeinated soft drinks being not okay (Hinckley). But as far as the official line of the church, ...

Anything goes!

But really, the hot drinks thing is kind of ridiculous, since every Mormon I know drinks Hot Chocolate with no misgivings.

If you want to know what a subreddit is about, there is usually a brief description in the right-hand column. In the case of /r/NoSleep it says: NoSleep is a place to share your original scary story. This is not a place for you to post creepypasta or any stories which you did not write yourself. Rem...

#78184 Will Smith is a fantastic example of a musician-turned-actor. Heck, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is enough to put him near the top of the list. Throw in Independence Day , Men In Black , I, Robot , I am Legend , Seven Pounds , and the kazillion other films he's made, and it would be pretty ea...

This story gets linked a lot, but it's a good look into the psychology of a moment like that: http://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/19fmjf/autopilot/ I try not to read too much into someone's reaction to unexpected news. Sometimes it takes a long time to process something that you never imagined ...

There's a lesson to be learned here... Would that be...tunnels smell? Make sure you are fit enough to hold your breath for 10 seconds without fainting? Never drive while holding your breath? If you can't take the smell of exhaust, get off the road before you hurt someone? Those are all pretty good ...